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A cop drama with fantasy elements is playing out in Bengal where a no-nonsense officer, once hailed as the daughter of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is now being labelled as a carpetbagger.
Members of Trinamool Congress fear Bharati Ghosh, an IPS officer who once freed the Maoist-prone Midnapore district from red terror, could now cause embarrassment to the party if she spills some "inside secret" about the way the TMC handled the bloody Maoist crisis and also the way the government functions in the state.
Cops from West Bengal, probably under instructions from higher echelons of the TMC, have travelled to as many as six states across India to trace and arrest Ghosh but to no avail.
Ghosh, who once called Banerjee "mother" and was considered extremely close to the CM, was privy to many secrets, including the controversial death of Naxalite leader Molajula Koteswar Rao, better known as Kishenji, on 24 November 2011. The state government had claimed Kishenji was killed in an encounter in Junglemahal though there were conflicting reports which said the Naxalite leader was shot dead after he had surrendered.
If Ghosh offers proof of such a killing, it could cause tremendous embarrassment to the state government. Staged encounters are not uncommon in Bengal; the state witnessed many such killings by cops during the tumultuous Naxalite movement in the 1970s.
Political observers in Kolkata say there are genuine fears within the top brass of the TMC about Ghosh and her future motives. Ghosh worked for a little over six years in Midnapore, a politically sensitive region for the TMC.
There are reports that Ghosh, who recently resigned from her job, is cosy with the leaders of the BJP, an equation facilitated by TMC rebel turned BJP leader Mukul Roy. Ghosh resigned after she was removed as the SP of West Midnapore and appointed as the commandant of Third Battalion of State Armed Police at Barrackpore—a position many consider an "ornamental post". The resignation followed a showdown between her and a TMC leader.
State BJP leaders have given her an open offer to join their party, though Ghosh has remained non-committal. Senior BJP leaders in Delhi are closely monitoring the developments.
The move has angered CM Banerjee and her close associates. In order to do some serious damage control, TMC leaders are now calling Ghosh "very, very corrupt".
"She once hounded the Maoists and other criminals, now she is being hounded," says her lawyer, Pinaki Bhattacharya. "This seems very, very vindictive."
What is intriguing is that the first complaint of extortion against Ghosh came from one Chandan Majhi, an eatery owner who sells fried noodles and egg rolls. Majhi said he sold 375 grams of gold jewellery to a police officer who worked with Ghosh. Majhi did not say from where he got the jewellery. The cops were left embarrassed when it was revealed that Majhi was a proclaimed offender and he was on bail after a two year jail period when he had filed the complaint against Ghosh.
The second complaint against Ghosh was lodged by one Younis Ali Mondal, a fruit shop owner, who said he had paid Ghosh Rs 45 lakh for helping in smuggling cattle and drugs across the Bengal-Bangladesh border in north 24 Parganas.
Ghosh and three police officers, Charanjit Ghosh, Rajshekhar Payne and Sujit Mondal, who once worked with her were named in the FIR filed by the West Bengal Police and submitted to a court in Midnapore. Interestingly, the fruit seller had lodged a similar complaint in the Calcutta High Court in 2016 but eventually withdrew it, claiming the matter was settled amicably. Mondal did not say what prompted him to lodge the same complaint again in 2018.
Mondal had run into trouble when Ghosh checkmated his plans to transport cows from Midnapore to Bashirhat in Bengal border.
But the raids in Kolkata have opened up a Pandora's Box, with political parties blaming Banerjee and her party for maligning the officer, even attempting to arrest her by falsely implicating her. Senior CPM leader Surya Kant Mishra took to Twitter to say: "If the supremo doubts your loyalty wait for any nonsense but so long your loyalty isn›t questioned you›re free to commit any nonsense. It is time for loyalists to revolt."
Mishra said it was clear Banerjee was trying to silence Ghosh. "The CM and her men are trying to implicate the officer because there are chances she could join the BJP. Why are they worried? Mukul Roy has joined the BJP, anyone can join any party. What is it that the TMC wishes to hide from the masses? What is it that Ghosh has access to and can cause discomfort to the TMC?"
The CPM leader said the TMC was trying to make an example out of Ghosh, so that other IPS officers in the state dare not revolt. "There are many such officers who have, in private, complained about the high handed behaviour of the TMC leaders in the state. Didi knows it and wants to bury it fast. If she can have Bharati arrested, she will send a strong message to all serving IPS officers in the state. And, also to the BJP," the CPM leader said.
Ghosh, however, has remained silent, except for a brief message to her social media group that included some journalists. Ghosh said she found it appalling that her house was raided by the CID officers without any notice, her husband was locked up and the interiors of her house was rampaged. "I am totally at dark, I am not in the state. My husband works for an autonomous organisation, I have served at the United Nations, the international community and the people of Bengal with dignity. I was recommended for the Shourya award and the President's Police Medal by my immediate superiors before I resigned," Ghosh said. She said she opted out of the awards because she had resigned, an indication that she was an honest cop.
TMC will not relent
CID officers who went to Ghosh's residence made some tactical blunders. They landed up without the necessary search papers. When her husband, M.A.V. Raju, insisted on seeing the search warrants, the CID officers admitted they did not have the papers issued in the name of Ghosh but they would do the same when the warrants are submitted in the court. Raju, a general manager with the Calcutta Stock Exchange, was quoted by newspapers in Kolkata saying he was locked up by the officers during the raids.
In her WhatsApp message, a copy of which is with this correspondent, Ghosh asked some pointed questions: "I am happy that I am being maligned but may I ask why should you (the CID officers) land up at my home with a blank FIR? Are you in such a hurry that you have lost your senses? You have searched my home for four days and found nothing and all of a sudden you find loads of cash stashed in one of the flats? Are you aware that the flat where you have supposedly found the cash was not mine?"
TMC leader Sudip Bandhopadhyay said the law would take its own course in the Bharati Ghosh case. "There are a number of cases against her; the matter is in the court."
But ground realities suggest exactly the opposite in Kolkata. The raids, claimed highly placed sources, started with a huge force of officers from the CID headquarters in the city. Ghosh's lawyer Bhattacharya said the CID officers flouted a number of protocols, including recording the raids and using local people as witnesses.
"I have conducted several raids in my life. You need FIR, warrants to raid someone. And even if you have searched my home without any prior notice, why did you destroy all my framed photographs? Why take away my chairs, tables? Are they made of gold?" asked Ghosh in her voice message.
There were no answers from either the CID or the West Bengal Police.
"The raids continued for four days, starting from 1 February 2018. And then, on the fourth day, they claimed to have found loads of cash (over Rs 2 crore) and only today (8 February 2018), I am being told Ghosh had carried over 100 classified files from Midnapore to her residence. From cash to files, everything is being implanted at her residence to make grounds for her arrest," says Bhattacharya.
Bhattacharya said Ghosh's husband was also summoned for questioning at the CID headquarters but exempted from appearance after the cops were told Raju was being treated at a local hospital in Kolkata. The lawyer said there was no basis in the CID charge that the former IPS officer owned five illegal flats in Kolkata.
"Her husband built 12 flats on an ancestral piece of land and kept five flats for themselves and sold six, they have got all clearances in place. They turned two next door flats into one, and retained the other five, selling the rest (six). Ghosh worked with the UN for almost two years and earned tax-free income of over Rs 3 crore, her husband earns a decent salary, why can't they own the flats?"
Seasoned Kolkata-based lawyer and author Arunabha Ghosh said West Bengal Police head Surajit Kar Purakayastha must not violate laws to please the state government (read CM Banerjee). "Look at the ridiculous nature of their charges. They claimed the cash was recovered from Ghosh's flat, then they said it was not her flat and was owned by someone else and that the owner is close to Ghosh. And that the flat was maintained by a caretaker. Now, would you believe that a caretaker would be handed over keys of a flat where crores of cash is stashed?" "Does the CID realise the implications of the case if Ghosh says the cash came from the CM?"
But the CID maintains Ghosh is an offender and must be arrested the moment she returns to Kolkata. The officers who raided her flat picked up almost anything and everything, including water filters, microwave oven, chairs, tables, ceiling fans, geysers, even clay flower vases. "We won't take any chances, the raids are continuing," a senior CID officer said on the condition of anonymity.
The former cop—now in hiding—is keeping a close watch on the developments playing out in the state she served for many years. Ghosh must clear every bit of the damning evaluations her former superiors have levelled against her. Once that is done, Ghosh will narrate her side of the story, triggering another set of breaking headlines.
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After scouting the summer camps, senior year and Shrine Bowl week we have our final rankings for the state of North Carolina. We have included a few notes on each player.
1. Toney Baker RB Ragsdale-As good as any back we have seen in many years. This is the total package. He is an every-down back. He has no weaknesses. The best I have seen since Jamal Lewis and Stephen Davis.
2. Mohamed Massaquoi WR Charlotte-Reminds us of great ones we have seen in the past. Looks like former UGA WR Durrell Robinson. In the same class as Engram, Crosby, Hamilton, etc.
3. Montario Hardesty RB New Bern-Stock rose at Shrine Bowl. Has great burst.
4. Derek Nicholson LB Mt. Tabor-Terrific run-stopper. Physical linebacker that fills holes and tackles well. Not as athletic as big brother.
5. Jonathan Crompton QB Waynesboro-The only better QB prospect we have seen at the Shrine Bowl in the last 15 years is Chris Leak. Terrific arm strength. Also showcased athletic ability and nice quickness.
6. Jonathan Hannah TE/DE Hope Mills-Great body and motor. Highly skilled athlete.
7. Cameron Sexton QB Laurinburg-Great speed and athletic ability. Can play several postions.
8. Everette Brown DE Beddingfield-Long, athletic pass rusher. Nice long arms.
9. Antonio Wardlow DB Parkland-Good cover skills. Playmaker at safety.
10. Curtis Crouch OL Fayetteville-Mountain man. Stock soared at Shrine Bowl. Big upside.
11. Josh Brisoce WR Burns-Surprised by his athleticism at Shrine Bowl. Nice body and good ball skills.
12. Chris DeGeare OL Glenn-Top notch interior offensive lineman. One of the biggest surprises at the Shrine Bowl.
13. Brandon Woods WR Southern Durham-Big wide out will good upside. Ran better than we thought.
14. Maurice Covington WR Southern Durham-Woods teammate and looks like his twin on the field.
15. James Arnold RB Davie County-Good quickness and acceleration.
16. Brandon Ghee DB Britt-Nice cover skills. Good solid corner prospect.
17. Jordan Hemby DB Freedom-Looks a lot like Ghee. Maybe a better upside.
18. Joe Cox QB Charlotte-A little disappointed in arm strength, size and athletic ability.
19. Levin Neal ATH Ashley-Good acceleration and change of direction.
20. Ryan Succop K Hickory-On film looks like super strong leg.
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In the last 150 years Spain has undergone periods of less and more stability. Going back to the late nineteenth century Spain's political regime was a Monarchy from 1887 to 1931 under the auspice of Alfonso XIII, King Juan Carlos I's grandfather. The last eight years under the ruling of Alfonso XIII were a military dictatorship. In 1931 Alfonso XIII is overthrown and the Second Republic started, a period that saw land reform and a center-left government.The Spanish Civil War began in 1936 and ended in 1939. Francisco Franco became Spain's dictator and ruled from 1939 until his death in 1975. King Juan Carlos I, Alfonso XIII's grandson, took over and made the transition into a democratic period possible and feasible. The spirit of the transition made left-wing and right-wing militants, along nationalists, come together and consensuate a Constitution that was approved in a Referendum on December 6, 1976.
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okay, here's the update a year on.. I have a small, light green male budgie now. I bought him back in January and he's taming up nicely. As for my other bird, I now keep her at work where she is used as pet therapy for older people with mental health issues. Being so tame and playful she is ideal and I get to see her everyday and keep an eye on her welfare. It's been so successful, the manager has invested in another bird to take to other homes as well as night time company for my old one. Alls well that ends well.
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...ps Internet searches are fruitless. have found plenty of babies But not light green. Hence plumping for a lesser blue one. Khaki green, bright green, dark green yes, but not babies. Not a single light green, young or old. Surely a breeder in south east England has one somewhere? If I could guarantee light greens from light greens, I would breed my own. But this strain is watered down, it seems?
Have just looked through this site and noticed everyone is Australian! Oh well, I should've looked first haha You don't know how lucky you are to have wild budgies flying about. We don't have bush budgies as you call them here. We have them the same colour in dwindling numbers it seems, but they are out of a long line of captivity birds. Most are now blue, violet, yellow or white in all sorts of hideous crosses. Give me a bush budgie any day. Infact I would much prefer to catch my own! Look after your new pair mate and count your blessing- don't ruin 'em by crossing them with pieds, spangles, whites etc. they're a very special pair. But I can sit here and say that cos I'm worlds away from having what you have. You lucky fella. Post me some of their chicks haha Regards..
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Jasongj posted a topic in Budgie Bonding and TamingHi.. I have kept budgies since I was a boy. Single bird inside the house. Each one, i got as a baby and tamed them up and had them talking. I now have a super tame 9 month spangle sky blue that has started to talk well. He flies in and out the cage at will and often comes to pester me to pull the buttons on my shirt, nibble my ear or pull my hair. If I open my mouth he gets inside and goes down my collar on a cold evening to roost. He also follows me into the shower and runs up and down my arm flapping himself in the spray. Fantastic bird and a cheeky one. Now, my problem is this- he has turned out to be a she and its not green. I hunted high and low for a year or more to find a baby, male, light green budgie. I failed and opted for second best- a blue one. And now it's defo a girl! When I was young budgies were only ever green or sky blue. Now they come in all sorts of ghastly patterns! Native light green birds are increasingly hard to find. Where can I get a green 6week bird that's a boy? (As best as can be told cos gender is hard to distinguish at that age). Any green budgie breeder within Kent area? I will have my current bird for rehoming when I find one (sorry prettyboy, you were bought in haste after desperation!) and will pose a problem in itself as I want her to go to a knowledgable loving home only. If I last resort to breeding myself, how do I select and breed them so I only end up with light green babies? I only want one bird so what do I do with all the others? I know I'm fussy and probably ungrateful for the fantastic bird I have, but pets are important and so is choosing the right one. Someone please give me constructive advice on what to do with my current bird and/or locating a LIGHT GREEN male bird.


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Worst Big Nate CharactersThere are some awesome characters from Big Nate! There's our main star, Nate Wright. He is the one who is destined for greatness. He's got some good friends like Francis Pope, Teddy Ortiz, Dee Dee Holloway, and good old Chad Applewhite. Nate dreams that one day, Jenny Jenkins will dump Artur Pashkov & reveal that she likes Nate. Keep dreaming, Nate! These are some examples of the beloved characters from Big Nate, but there are some that nobody likes. Here are some Big Nate characters that are so horrible, that even the fans of Big Nate know that they're bad.
The Top Ten
Gina is a very bad person. Everybody can say it at first sight. She is so bad, I actually enjoyed reading the final part of big Nate strikes again when she got detention. It was hilarious! Also I enjoyed the fact that Nate probably put her candid in the chronicle. I laughed so hard about the photo that I was eating food and I choked on my food.
I've always have thought that Gina is a very evil person, but when I read "Big Nate Lives it up", I already thought that she deserves to be #1 in this place. Nate has a reason for hating her, and I hope that on Big Nate goes underwater; chester kills all of the villains, and Marcus,Randy and Gina get the worst deaths.
She is very annoying. I would hate her in real life. I wish in Big Nate Blasts Off, the final, somebody goes and attacks her, gives her a turbo-wedgie and tosses her into Australia.
She is dumbV 28 Comments
If P.S 38 battles Jefferson again on big Nate blasts off,I hope it is an actual fight, and randy is fighting for his life on a very tall hill, and randy is nailing it against fighting the Jefferson students, but then a big and strong guy from Jefferson comes and starts clobbering randy without stopping and then the guy breaks randy's skull, then he stabs randy with his hand, and the big guy says a last goodbye, and throws randy of the tall hill and randy is rolling on the hill and hits several trees, and randy makes a huge rock split open with his body, and then randy falls of another cliff and falls way too high into the ground, and the big guy stomps very hard onto the cliff, creating an avalanche, and killing randy for good
I beg to god! somebody KILL that very big cretin! he and his friends do NOT deserve to live on the world! in Big Nate: Flips Out Nate had one chance to end him! one chance! he could've grabbed a knife and slashed randy's throat! or maybe even grabbing his head and hitting it with the Cafetorium wall! but he blew it! I'm so disapointed. If I could enter the big Nate world, the first wish I'd grant for myself would be KILLING that Betancourt kid! In the park I would threaten him to ending him with a bladed boomerang, he'd run away and I'd throw, getting the boomerang fly, slashing Randy's throat and coming back to me! arrrgh!
I would say that randy is a cretin! wanna check my top 5's? 3:gina Hemphill toms. 2:Marcus Goode. and for the most hated character... Randy Betancourt! why does he exist!? why is he a habitant of earth?! I am asking because he truly does NOT deserve to live on Earth! I just would make some bad wishes. #1 randy getting hit by an ox cart. #2 randy getting hit by 20 lightning volts. #3 randy falling into a hot spring in yellowstone park. #4 randy being in an avalanche when skiing. #5 randy gettin' smashed by a falling building. or else! if not... I'll grant my wish myself! HEADLINE:R.I.P. RANDALL BETANCOURT.
I actually started liking Randy after reading the final book. We learned more about him, why he's a bully. He's not just a bully with no intentions other to have fun. - SolacressV 25 Comments
That lying robber stole the camera, right? In a bet with Betancourt, he should steal chester's shoes! Then chester would grab and shake nick like a rag doll and hang him by the underwear in the coat hanger!
He robs, and lies, and we know he has made sins. I think he might be a possible candidate of "America's Most Wanted" when he grows up, he might get put in mental hospital, and put in prison for destroying a whole street with a bomb, and maybe goes to the fire realm I can't mention! seriously, what is wrong with this guy?!
I don't want a liar in my hallway. Choose a new hall monitor. NOW. Otherwise, there would be a hallway worry: Nick
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Did you know that one time in a comic strip she won TWO TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS? all of you are probably like "what? " when I said it, but it's true, and so incredibly hard to believe... and that's the point. I am believing that she bought a book of hypnosis to manipulate the minds of the faculty and some grown ups in the neighborhood for them to be brainwashed and think she is the best and a very good teacher and to win the precious golden plates, so maybe you might agree with me on that theory. I hope so.
I am going to trick her into going into a beach club in her vacation, and the sunblock she'll put will actually be animal blood, and when she goes into the pool, there will actually be piranhas in there, and she'll be devoured until she gets touched by death.
She is too mean and strict that she forgets all moral rules
Plain evil.V 15 Comments
Well, you are in love with him too. Much more than I am, even. You love him so much, you go crazy when you see his name and say random things like "Don't cry, I can cure your chicken pox" or "Welcome to Whole Foods to get your tomatoes". You think he deserves to have a posse of every single seventh-grader in the universe, multiverse, and beyond! You love him so much that even when he does something mean, you cheer him on for everything. Of course Maya likes him and not Chad! Marcus rules!
When I first heard that Marcus is a cool guy AND a bully before reading any book featuring Marcus, I was like: what the heck?! Is this guy INSANE or something? He must be a very bad kid! It turns out I was EXACTLY right when reading any big Nate book featuring Marcus
The "most popular kid" in school is a bully. Why does Marcus bully sixth graders? Does he think it's funny that sixth graders have no chance against them? Also, cool guys are not supposed to be bullies. idiot!
You?! In love with MARCUS?! WA HA HA HA HA HA HA! better think twice before answering! you are talking about the insane guy who every one is insane enough to worship, are you?V 6 Comments
Old-Fossil face is my science nightmare. I want him gone now. This second.
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I can almost feel pity for that old, scary screamer. he is as old as master Yoda and as serious as a piece of ROCK.
You have to admit, he is smart, but is also a very bizarre person.
Not bad very smart and weird
I have 0 idea who he is, but he is probably terrible.
He sounds like Stacy Dillsen from Zoey 101V 5 Comments
Well, he COULD be the descendant of THANOS( an malevolent eternal) from marvel comics being send to earth, for the mad titan to finally conquer earth along with his son.
If I had a plain old bully, that would be fine. But if my school had a bully like this one, I would get him expelled. Or, leave myself and not tell him what new school I have.
In the book, they never tell you what Chester looks like. But we all know he's the biggest and meanest. Whenever you make him mad, he will CLOBBER you. he has clobberd Nate a zillion times. by the way, read Big Nate books and follow his adventures.
He is a big bully I think he should be firstV 13 Comments
Caillou gets a check up and doctor thinks he is sick from being dumb
He sounded kinda weird when saying: "how nice to be wanted! "
" If I am correct, he does everything in a weirdest style"
He's so boring, ugly, and fat. More fat than Marty I bet. Who agrees? (by the way he also looked like a unicorn 🦄)
Do you really expect a fat guy being your PE teacher? Of course you don't, and neither does Nate. In Big Nate:In A Class By Himself, Nate is shocked with horror that Coach John is here. Seriously, Coach John must be the worst PE teacher ever!
If I had him for a gym teacher, he would probably punch me in the stomach with his sweaty fists. Then I'd fire him forever.
I will kill him.
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I can understand why she might not like Nate, as he constantly calls her things such as "m'lady" and acts as if she's his girlfriend, but that's no reason to be violent. I think she overreacts to small situations, and doesn't deserve Nate's love for her. I'm also not a big fan of her boyfriend, Artur. I think the comic is also a bit unrealistic, because kids aged eleven to twelve don't go on dates, kiss or hold hands, let alone do whatever they want without supervision. Maybe eleven to twelve-year-olds claim they date, but you never actually see them dating, or kissing, or doing anything they claim they've been doing. The comics themselves were probably constructed before I was born, so it might've been different back then. I'm not saying it should be cut out entirely, all I'm saying is it shouldn't be full speed ahead, because I definitely remember Artur correcting Nate on the fact that he and Jenny weren't playing "tonsil hockey" and that they were actually kissing.
If Nate truly replaced Jenny with Ruby in big nate blasts off, I think he made a very smart decision. She is actually the meanest girl character in the series (well, ONE of them) Anyway, let's get back to the point. When somebody saves you a swing you don't say "Drop Dead" I think she deserves to have egg salad poured on her head. She looks nice and acts nice, but whenever Nate comes along she turns into this mean version of herself. If I were Nate, I would never have her as my dream crush. Too bad he didn't know how she acted. As much as I liked the fact that nate gave up on her, I was hoping he'd do it in one of the much earlier books (Ex. Flips out) Infact, I want nate to begin hating her back, because them being a couple is a real nightmare. And any body who hates her has a reason for hating her. Seriously, what is wrong with this girl?
I feel like she should be in the top 5 for harming Nate, the very best character in the strip, both emotionally and physically, and do you think it would've been fun (to us) for Jenny to move to Seattle AGAIN for all eternity, so we won't have to feel sorry for Nate about getting clobbered time and time and time and time and time and TIME again by Jenkins? I accept!
MORON JUST BE FRIENDS WITH POOR NATE DOODV 17 Comments
I love this character he is so funny but only appears in a few books on a few pages so wouldn't it be easier to just remove him
He is a really funny character. I wish he could appear more often.
Spitsy is kinds dumb but also knows how to knit so... he's a in - between dumb and smart
Don't cry, I can cure your chicken poxV 3 Comments
That's right! Nate's most hated teacher is on this list. Why else do you think she's on here? Nate hates her a lot! Remember in Big Nate:In A Class By Himself when Nate did a list of nicknames for Mrs. Godfrey? One of those should be her actual name, not Clara Godfrey. Why not Godzilla Godfrey? What a horrible teacher!
If I were a policeman, I would send her to alcatraz island for all her life and put an electric fence and hungry hounds to attack her! I would laugh at her whenever she suffers, of the pain and torture, and as an extra credit, I would give her bones, alive eggs, and raw meat all meals a day! pretty nice I am, huh?
Ooh! I've got another nickname for clara! she is "The fat and the furious"!
Steven UniveerseV 4 Comments
I am going to find him, kidnap him and then drop him off a 100 story-high balcony into a piranha infested tank without any ladders to climb up, just paparazzi to take pics of his dreadful fate and making all those pics famous, and I will win tons of money for posting the pictures and doing that to the worlds greatest loser
One day, as a punishment for everything that he's done, I will BURN HIS FACE, chain him to the electric chair, blow up Jefferson Middle School with EVERYONE in it, and take from him everything he loves, but if I have enough mercy, I will let him live, but as a slave for me for the rest of his life. and I forgot, I will leave him homeless and without any money, and I will laugh directly at his face for all his suffering.
I really hate this bully (Who's real identity happens to be a loser) I wish him to live on his own terrible planet he should be #1 and NOT gina
This is my brothers name😂V 7 Comments
He isn't that bad, but sometimes he could be annoying if you have a friend whose better at you at everything
I am the exact OPPOSITE of the #1 fan of Artur and JENNY, I want jenny as a WRIGHT in the future!
That kid is very nice but he showed his dark side when his dog attacked Nate
He sucks to the coreV 7 Comments
This kid acts nice, but I always had a feeling he was evil behind the scenes. Turns out I was right. When Nate realizes Breckinridge/Bobby used to bully him, it immediately hit my head that everybody would agree with me he was the worst bully of Nate's. It did happen, of course. I mean, who would pee in a sip cup and dump dirt down somebody's pants. ESPECIALLY if it's a smaller kid you're harming. I mean, Bobby was a giant. So, basically this kid went from being a bully to a wierdo.
He needs to learn how to be social. He's such a wuss. He would rather examine plants then play sports or chat with other kids. It's no wonder why he has no friends.
He probably is the strangest BEING in the whole universe, and BEYOND!
I don't know why I hate him, but I just do. He is so annoying and used to bully Nate. He is lucky he is not a real person, or I would brutal wound him and watch him slowly bleed to deathV 6 Comments
Do you know what makes her worse than being the girlfriend of a psycho? Being followed. That's what she used to do when she had a crush on Nate, but now she likes Chester Budrick.
That girl must control her strength! She hugs like a fat reticulated python!
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stalker...V 4 Comments
I think Nate has a serious problem. He says that he likes Jenny because she's pretty (which by the way, should not be the only reason you like a person), and he doesn't like Gina because she's ugly. But, in Big Nate: Strikes Again he thought Gina was Jenny TWICE! So that means that Nate thinks Gina's ugly, because she's a nerd! That is so evil Nate! Smart girls can be pretty too! So boys: Stop making assumptions that just because a girl is smart that she has to be ugly! And Girls: Don't pretend to be stupid just to get boys to like you. AND NATE: I bet you, that if some pretty girl came out of nowhere, you would hit on her, and if you found out she had a A+ average, you would throw dirt at her face and call her ugly for the rest of her life! DON'T BE LIKE NATE!
Yes, Nate Is a very good person, but in big Nate: in the zone, if he really THOUGHT that he could fly when he jumped of a table, he was just being unimaginably dumb! and I can see why in big Nate: strikes again, randy said that he thought captains have to be good at sports, because he is the goalie in his soccer team, and he has been hit by the ball too many times to count, many of them being hilarious, and he can be very bad at other sports, too. one time in baseball, he got hit in the face by a baseball, giving him bandages in his head, and a black eye.
Nate is the best one, yes, but each every single time when Nate is playing soccer, he gets hit by the ball. and on big nate game on, on page 169, nate had a hilariously foolish facial expression on his face after being hit by a soccer ball.
He is such a show off and wants to be king off everythingV 7 Comments
I think that he is actually pretty cool. And every so often he can be a bit funny. The only reason I don't like him is because he buy's horrible halloween treats. It annoys me so much!
What the hell? He's a funny character who cares for his kids and provides us with laughs!
This guy really sucks at this whole fatherhood thing. How the heck was he granted custody of Nate and Ellen?
He is a total hypocriteV 4 Comments
Mary Ellen is a very bad and horrible person without senses of humor. In big Nate in the zone when she wouldn't take the Paton because of " boy cooties " she was being so dumb. I wish someone could come dig a deep hole toss her in it and patch it up.
I will teach her a lesson one day, for being so malicious to boys!
I do not trust her
Here's something Mary Ellen would say: hey, everyone! please don't infest me with your boy cooties! I am a girl, and we don't want to get our precious skin ruined!V 4 Comments
I agree. She is highly overdramatic and frankly, was not introduced the right way in the novels or the strip. In both, it seemed as if everybody knew her from the very beginning, while in truth the only way they could have realistically known her was the interview in "Poor Nate's Almanack" in "Big Nate Strikes Again." Back in January Lincoln Peirce stated in his blog the reason he introduced Dee Dee was to have a girl who could just be a friend to Nate (as opposed to a rival like Gina or a crush who was not fond of him like Jenny,) but when I read that, I thought, Is that not exactly what Sheila was in the comic strip? I wondered if he ever thought to introduce Sheila to the books instead (granted, she was going out with Francis, and was a friend to Jenny, who did not like Nate, but neither of those should have stopped her.) Sheila was never a painstakingly bad actress (several characters, such as Nate, Francis, Teddy, and Jenny, among others, would agree that Dee Dee is.) I remember ...more
I love you so much better than the original version of the year of high and the other hand it over the last two races in a row of the day of my life and you have to go out to be the same thing as the only thing that could make a difference in my head is a very long time to be the best of
Honestly I don't think she deserves being here.
I love Dee Dee - SolacressV 10 Comments
Do you guys seriously dislike Mr. Rosa? Who would put a nice teacher like him on the list? Explain.
Shouldn't be on the list
Can anyone tell me why is he here?! he shouldn't be here. I really mean it.
He's like mr CorneilleV 3 Comments
I am going to THROW HER OFF MOUNT EVEREST, chain her too a very aggressive tiger, burn her home down without caring if people are in there, and toss her on my garage roof. HARD. That I'll teach her a lesson. I won't kill her, but I will prison her in a bad jail in handcuffs for life. Without any clothing, food or money. She won't even get a place to sleep. I will also get someone to take a picture of me beating her up and make it a famous picture
I wish I could work with you on that quest if we could. BEST COMMENT EVER!
Nate falls off a canteen table (Big Nate: Goes For Broke) and injures himself. The principal says:
'At Jefferson we don't tolerate horseplay'
Emm... A child just injured themselves.
What was THAT?! horseplay?! that dumb principal thinks a kid who broke a bone was playing?! it was a confrontation with nolan!,heyy, that is different than playing friendilly, you blockbrain! (and I'm talking to mrs. williger! ). if that principal just confused a grave injury with HORSEPLAY, then her brain is as smart as a brick!
Seriously, why Ruby people, she was never mean to anyone. If your saying she's mean for liking Randy and Nat. Your all sides Ruby is the nicest person ever. Even nicer than Artur!
Listen ruby can't be on this list she is so cute and gentil I cried when I found out nate was moving but I laugh out allowed when I found out nate wasent moving I think your wrong that ruby is one of the wost big nate characters she just so cute I love her and in fact I want a new big nate sequvel were nate saves ruby from a new relly mean large and strong bully
That jerk stole Nate's girlfriend. His first girlfriend who actually liked him back. Trudy was in a different grade and Kelly was in a whole different school. So Angie was more convenient than them at least. But then Dan LaBreque came along and she dumped Nate for him. Why doesn't Dan just find another girl who likes him. I mean, seriously. I felt so sorry for Nate, I actually made up a comic about Dan LaBreque moving away and Nate getting back together with Angie.
Broke up with Angie anyway. Jerk
He just sucks
I will hypnotize him so he can stop reading trivia.
He needs a new haircut or everyone will say
I agree when Nate gets hurt he says he will be fine he is heartless
His middle name sucks - JoubsterA4V 6 Comments
He is a great person and all, but can't he take a picture of Nate when he's ready?!
He is a horrible dorky looking person who is totally insane.
The way I see it, he's a very good person. he shouldn't be here.
I would say he is good but once he wedgies nate and poor nate is in trouble
He's great but in what's a little noogie between friends they have a fight to show artur what guys are.
Teddy is definitely a likable character, but he often has something up his sleeve for Nate. He often teams up with Francis to play mean tricks on Nate. That's my personal opinion, but be sure to leave yours! 👍🏻
What a mean lunch lady!
Before Marcus, she was my least favorite. She is a typical big sister but she's a little rude to big Nate.
Weirdest and the most annoying by far
Ellen logic: Noogie Nate for no heck of a reason
She is a useless-minded sociopath. she is ANNOYING AND OUR GREATEST BENEFIT WOULD BE IF SHE EVER LEAVES THIS PLANET AND NEVER COMES BACK! and on big nate: blasts off, ellen said to nate about his new crush, ruby: "you like somebody! and you're figuring out how to tell her! " as she put an incredibly annoying and idiotic facial expression! how I wish she would try to play throwing the knife at the target, the knife bounces back from the wall, and It would stab ellen in her throat.
Friends make fun of each other all the time. It's just life. I like teddy a lot.
He made fun of an injured Nate on book 4: I wish Nate would've broken all of TEDDY'S limbs with his cast!
He is a very bad friend sometimes as he made fun of nate when he broke his wrist.
Agree, bro. Maybe Teddy is actually working for a power hungry psyquick who needs more grief feelings out there to become a GOD, along with his dark, little servant.V 3 Comments
He is to dull witted to have hired coach john and mrs. godfrey, and also the fact that it's been YEARS and wesley hasn't fired them yet.
This idiot doesn't allow kids to have the right to EAT HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS FOODS! ALSO, HE WON'T FIRE INSANE TEACHERS! DOES HE NOT HAVE EMAIL OR SOMETHING?!
He is a complete MORON! he is so dumb, he doesn't even realizes how bad the people at P.S. 38 actually are. like for example, he has hired AT LEAST TWO PSYCHOPATHS IN THE SCHOOL STAFF, AND WESLEY MAY HAVE THOUGHT PLEASANT THOUGHTS ABOUT THEM, BUT THE HORRIBLE TRUTH IS THAT GODFREY AND JOHN MAKE ALL THE KIDS SUFFER AND ALSO MAKES THEM STOP WANTING TO GO TO SCHOOL! how's your brain going, hippopotamus belly?
Seriously, people? First, Ruby and now Sheila? What the heck? Are you saying she belongs here just because she's Jenny's best friend? Why are you punishing here just because she is friends with a mean girl? I can't say she's nicer than Ruby, but she's nice enough! You guys seriously think that she is mean just because her best friend is mean?
She is very selfish
This meteorologist always gets the weather wrong. I could see how mad he was from Nate always complaining. That was the part where Nates phone sparked in Big Nate: I can't Take It
I had heard about him, but when I found out he is Nate's favorite meteorologist, I was totally shocked, because all the time when I heard him all I saw was Nate complaining to him by phone about his bizarre weather predicting skills. seriously, It makes NO SENSE that Nate is a fan of someone who makes bizarre conclusions and he even complains to.
I think if Wink had a beach vacation, his
That is what I was going to say. he is a very good friends and the last thing he needs is appearing here.
He's a nice kid. He shouldn't be here
I don't know him that much but seeing the way Nate speaks about him, Ronnie must be a HORRIBLE,HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, PERSON!
Miranda thinks it's fun to be mean to nate
She's so violent and mean to Nate.
I agree. she always threatens him and is always mad at everything.
Why is he in there he is like king smarty-pants (gina is queen) man he annoys nate sometimes
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SHE BARELY COMES UP IN BOOKS ONLY A FEW! man she does not need to be there
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NW01104 | The Hour of Power
Luke 7:20-23
When the men had come to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, 'Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?'" And that very hour He cured many of infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits; and to many blind He gave sight. Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me." NKJV
John wanted to be sure. Was he much like doubting Thomas? Interestingly we never here an account of 'doubting John' from our pulpits, therefore we need to ask, was John doubting here? Was he coming under tremendous spiritual pressure and beginning to doubt? Was he grieving for his near future knowing that the his ministry was coming to a close, "He must increase but I must decrease." Was John depressed and doubting or just doing his due diligence inn asking a final and very straightforward answer, "Are YOU the long expected, much awaited coming one?" Remember, John was prepared for his mission, knew his mission, had baptized Jesus and heard the stamp of the voice of God thunder over His life and seen God the Holy Spirit descend upon Jesus in the form of a dove. Did John doubt here? Or was He merely completing his 'due diligence?' I shall leave that with you, for my real focus tonight is how Jesus answered the question and it was not with a straightforward yes, but rather, with a an hour of unmitigated, unstoppable life changing feats of power.
I have no doubt that Jesus loved John in a very special way. For me, the Bible text seems to actually drip with the honey of Jesus love, appreciation and respect for John. In addition, Christ also knew that John's departure from this world was at hand and that now, at the last, he would need something more than a simple verbal 'yes' to help him through the finish tape. Jesus is taking no oath here, where a simple 'yes' would be more than enough, (Matt 5:37) but rather, He is communicating in action the very veracity of His being, meaning and mission. He is communicating with the words and deeds of an hour of power.
Of course, I am not talking about a literal hour here, but the immediate response of Jesus to the question posed by John through his two disciples. Right there and then Jesus did one thing to four 'types' of people here.
He cured many of
• Infirmities
• Afflictions and
• Evil Spirits
• And to many blind, He gave sight
And He preached the Gospel to the poor declaring those who believe to be 'blessed' by God. Oh for sure, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear and the dead are raised, but these are simply the specific outworking's of the all-encompassing cure of infirmities, afflictions and evil spirits. In other words, Jesus did the specifics and a whole lot more as well. Indeed, Dr. Luke, at the end of his gospel account close by saying, "And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen. (John 21:25 NKJV) Look now though, for Jesus takes care to answer John's question in the present and with a fantastic display of an hour of power in the manifestation of 'Divine Therapeutic Medicine.' Indeed the word for cure is the word from which we get our English word, 'therapy.'
So, Jesus cured many of Infirmities. These are maladies that may also sometimes be reflected in moral disabilities. These are sicknesses and diseases. Name a sickness, name a disease, yes, from cancer to venereal disease, Jesus cured the lot. (Matt 9:35) Some of these Infirmities, these diseases were directly devilish in origin and in temporal destination. So much so, that the New Testament hangs the word 'torments' onto the word 'disease,' sometimes referring to them as 'diseases and torments,' to indicate that some infirmities had taken people down to the very depths in there depraving destruction. Physically psychologically, financially, relationally, and spiritually, some of these diseases had taken people below the bottom. Jesus cured these people. None were beyond His healing power. His curing power. The diseases was made to depart, the depth of damage was instantaneously repaired, and the fraught and fractured disconnected person was left peaceful, whole, recovered and restored in every sense of the word. This was some range of curing friends, I mean it was fantastic! Disease and sickness and all there destructive connectivity was destroyed.
Jesus cured people of their physical afflictions, their 'plagues.' The idea is of a something that gives them a constant whipping! These physical afflictions were chronic, that is, continuing, persisting, never ending, unremitting and no doubt comorbid in manifestation, for you see, misery, even in physical affliction, always invites its mates to the never ending dung-fest of disease. So, the woman with a never ending emission of vaginal bleeding was healed by Jesus. Look now, long standing and comorbid afflictions can be instantly healed by Jesus. Where other doctors have failed and your finances have failed in finding a cure, one touch of Jesus fixes it all.
Jesus cast out 'Evil spirits,' even all manner of the disembodied spirits of the offspring of the fallen, (Genesis 6) and all spiritual co-morbid infestations of the same, were dealt with by Jesus. Demons always like to have their friends around. If they are going to 'squat,' then they rarely do it alone. Demons, evil spirits, physically manifest themselves in uncleanness of every kind, deceit, temptation, bondage, seduction, crippling infirmities, forced deafness, dumbness, feats of superhuman power and insight and limited future knowledge. These manifestations do not have their source in physical disease, but in spiritual demonization and oftentimes in actual, possession. These buggers need casting out. Let the angels of God deal with them once they are, in the name of Jesus, forced out of the physical.
This manifestation of Divine and Mighty Messianic power cannot be found in the fallen, the fraudsters the fake, or the technologically empowered. This all-encompassing instantaneous healing can only be found in the promised one, the awaited one, Jesus the Son of God. So, the two witnesses return to John and with wide eyes and excited lips no doubt recount to Him all they have both seen and heard. I believe John would have been satisfied, and in a state of mission completion, was now ready to move on.
In closing may I encourage you to make good use of man's legitimate medicine. However, medicine does not cure everything, and mechanics does not make a man. Jesus, however, does cure and make whole. Therefore, and I say this with the greatest of respect, in accordance with the measure of your faith, make good use of Him.
The night is coming. Indeed, some of you reading this will no doubt be in that night. The mock miracles of past soulish sensationalism will not do. More than psychosomatic suggestion will be needed now, and the power of Christ needs to be made manifest for it is Him and His power which we now seek and rely upon.
Listen: Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. And He said to them, " Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen. (Mark 16:14-20 NKJV)
Pray: Look now my Lord. We question the veracity of some of these verses in Mark because we do not find them to be so. Oh we find the demons Lord, but not the power to cast them out. Oh we find the poison Lord, but not the cure to continue on. Oh we find the snakes, but cannot stop the slithering. Oh we find the sick, but Oh my God, we watch them die before us. Yes, all our disappointments Lord, we have covered with dispensationalism and other forms of self-excusing doctrine. Father, our faith is small, but now O Lord, the need for the true manifestations of the power of Your Son our Savior Jesus, must now be seen among and out of we Your saints. Lord, it must come like never before. In faith then, as we stand at the cusp of the end of all old things and the beginning of all things new, we cry with one voice together, "Where is the God of Elijah!" Lord, come and part the waters of our unbelief that we might return to the land of promises by the dry river bed-bottom testimony of Your present power. Amen and let it be so.
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It's Time to Vote – Blossom has been nominated again for Best of Clark County!
We are honored once again to have been nominated for Best of Clark County for Naturopathy in the Health and Beauty Category! We love what we do and are so proud to be a part of such a wonderful community. Please take the time to cast your votes for us if you feel so inclined, as well as all the other local Downtown Camas businesses you love. Voting takes place March 18th – April 1st. Winners are announced May 20th. You can vote here http://bestofclarkcounty.com/


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I took a leap and invested some money in beginning my handmade beauty journey and I've been having a complete blast! As part of setting my intentions this year I mentioned that I desired an opportunity to go from researching to getting more hands on and Spirit certainly came through! This is something I've been wanting to do since childhood and the actuality of it is so fun and enchanting! This year will be full of experimentation, gifting, and receiving feedback. My desire is to one day turn my passion for handcrafted beauty products into a successful business. So mote it be! )O(
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A wonton (also spelled wantan, wanton, or wuntun in transcription from Cantonese; Mandarin: Hundun) is a type of dumpling commonly found in a number of Chinese cuisines.
Wontons are made by spreading a square wrapper (a dough skin made of flour, egg, water, and salt) flat in the palm of one's hand, placing a small amount of filling in the center, and sealing the wonton into the desired shape by compressing the wrapper's edges together with the fingers.
Adhesion may be improved by moistening the wrapper's inner edges, typically by dipping a fingertip into water and running it across the dry dough to dissolve the extra flour. As part of the sealing process, air is pressed out of the interior to avoid rupturing the wonton from internal pressure when cooked.
The most common filling is ground pork and shrimp with a small amount of flour added as a binder. The mixture is seasoned with salt, spices, and often garlic or finely chopped green onion. Factory-made, frozen varieties are sold in supermarkets.
Commonly, they are handmade at the point of sale in markets or small restaurants by the proprietor while awaiting customers. In markets, they are sold by the unit, without being pre-cooked.
Wontons are commonly boiled and served in soup or sometimes deep-fried. There are several common regional variations of shape.


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Airtel Ghana subcriber base shoots up
Airtel Ghana, has chalked another phenomenal achievement by recording over 4 million subscribers in the latest Telecom voice and data subscription trend report released by the National Communications Authority (NCA).
The report shows a consistent growth in the subscriber base of the telecommunications company over the first six months of the year moving from a voice subscriber base of 3.75 million in January to 4.11 million as at June 2015.
It means the company has added more than 360,000 new subscribers to the network which clearly makes it the network with the highest percentage growth of 8.77 per cent and the fastest growing network over the six months period.
Commenting on this phenomenal growth, Lucy Quist, Managing Director of Airtel Ghana said, "This is truly a remarkable achievement and we are excited about this performance. We have been leading the industry in product, service and digital innovation that clearly differentiates us from the competition and positions Airtel as the network of choice for the Ghanaian public."
She said "these latest results from the NCA validate our position as the most loved brand in the daily lives of Ghanaians".
"I want to take this opportunity to thank every single one of our over 4 million customers who interact with our brand every day and to invite those yet to experience our superior product and services to join us. You now have over 4 million reasons to be on the Smartphone network. Make your change now," she said.
Airtel Ghana's growth on data was unmatched with additions of over 330,000 translating to 13.3 per cent growth over the six months period and the highest percentage growth in the industry.
The MD attributed this to Airtel's "superior network and data quality, coverage and competitive pricing which is unparalleled in the Ghanaian market".
"We have led breakthrough innovations in the digital space, providing customers with offerings such as free Facebook, value added services such as roll over data bundles, browse chaw bundles with 2X and the dual scratch card, which enables consumers to load either voice or data directly. These are the reasons why customers continue to choose us first for voice, data and business solutions," she said.
Airtel Ghana has been a trailblazer since its entry into the telecommunication industry.
The telecom giant was the first to launch a 3G network in 2008 and upgraded to 3.75G in 2012 to give customers a remarkable experience on their network.
Airtel continues to innovate at scale to provide cutting edge solutions to meet customer needs.
As the second largest operator in the country in terms of network coverage, Airtel Ghana recently announced an increase in its data network speeds from 21.6mbps to 42mbps, making it the fastest and the first network operator to undertake this upgrade.
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This is an extract from an address I gave at a school in South London yesterday, while the country was engaged in the referendum on Europe. Not anticipating the result, I did not at the time connect the two things. With hindsight it seems a little prescient.
You may think this is a very strange thing for me to say, but my message to you is this – if you want to be remembered well, to have a good reputation when you are no longer here to speak for yourself, you will have to learn how to welcome disappointment.
Great lives, wonderful reputations are not often built on straightforward success. They are built on the way in which we cope with adversary, distress and disappointment.
The young child who is unfortunate enough know what physical pain is like – that is the person who may go on to be come a great doctor, specializing in the pain relief of the young.
The person who feels really lonely and isolated – that is the person who might go on to form some new society or community that accepts and supports other lonely people.
The person who isn't brilliant at school but learns how to work diligently and creatively – that's the person who will go on to be an inspiring speaker, teacher or writer.
Disappointment in life is like the grain of sand in the oyster. Of course not every grain of sand becomes the seed of a pearl; most sand is just sand, and will always be sand. And most disappointment is just disappointment, a sad turning out of events that leads on to more sadness.
But some disappointment is transformed by the person to whom it happens into something that could never have otherwise occurred.
True education, I believe, is not the education that enables us to excel when life is going well, but to cope brilliantly when life goes badly.
True education is not learning how to pass rather predictable though admittedly and sometimes cruelly difficult exams, but to come up with unpredictable, unexpected but perhaps rather simple situations to apparently impossible problems in life.
It's easy to drive a car along a motorway. Life gets difficult when you get to a junction when the road ahead is blocked and you have to decide on a new route, or maybe a new destination. But that's also the moment of possibility, the moment of potential brilliance, the moment at which, if we are not only educated but wise and spiritual, we will open ourselves up the guiding grace of God and make a decision not to do something dull and self-interested but exciting, creative and for the benefit of others.
Great things can happen when our plans are thwarted. That's never pleasant or pleasing, but I believe it's the way God very often works. And I pray that when disappointment comes in your life you will respond not by being cross with reality, but dig deep to discover the vision and determination to see what better future might unfold from the wreckage of your former dreams.
Doing well is great. Dealing well with disappointment, however, is the way to true and memorable greatness.
It is too early to say how we will do this now, but our unwanted challenge now really is to make Britain Great again.


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Birthday Theme Party in Delhi
Secret of Organizing a Perfect Birthday Party
Good planning is a tiny secret to organize a perfect birthday party for your princess or prince. There are number of factors which you have to keep in mind while planning a birthday party for your child.If you are residing in Delhi and you want to have a birthday theme party in Delhi, you can hire a birthday party organizer in Delhi.Have a look over few points that are needed to be considered during preparation of birthday plan.
Ø Choose Party Date and Time- Commonly party date is the actual birthday date of a child but for children, you may prefer to celebrate on day time. Thus, if birthday falls on weekdays, it will not be possible to keep birthday party on that day. In this situation, you need to keep party date on next weekend, so that all guests may easily attend the party.
Next most important thing is to choose a reliable time for the party. Usually, late morning or mid-afternoon is a great time for the birthday party for kids. Kids may also have extra-curricular activities in the day time.
Ø Budget of the Party- The second thing to consider in a birthday party is planning of budget. You should allocate each expense of party such as food, decoration, rent of venue, hiring of entertainer etc. The budget can be easily planned after consultation of child, on basis of his or her choice of the things. Few expenses like menu of food, gift for child, music, theme etc cannot be compromised and should be as per liking of birthday boy or girl. Other things such as party venue, number of guests, entertainer etc can be adjusted according to your budget.
Ø Venue- Choosing a right venue for birthday party of your child is also essential. The venue is important as it can affect the comfort of the guests. The venue should be according to the number of guests and the party activities to be conducted. Outdoor venues should have enough arrangement for dealing with weather.
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Founded initially by Tyson Seburn (4C in ELT), Sharon Turner (Sharonzspace) and Adam Simpson (A Year in the Life Of and English Teacher), #EAPchat began as an hour-long discussion on Twitter around relevant topics in English for Academic Purposes contexts.
We continued twice monthly for two cycles between February 2012 – November 2012 and February 2013 – August 2013. We are currently breaking from regular organised chats until our third cycle, yet to be determined.
In the meantime, please feel free to use the #EAPchat hashtag on tweets that are relevant to the EAP community.
Topics and related posts from the previous two cycles are located in the ARCHIVE.
Our topics are crowd-sourced. Please feel free to suggest future topics here. We choose topics from this list, not chronologically.
Upcoming topics & dates are located here.


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There were countless people that helped make the vision of Pearl Dive Oyster Palace and Black Jack a reality. Whether it was vintage furniture, recycled lighting, a repurposed cigarette machine, or a refurbished golf sign, the following businesses allowed us to surpass what we thought could be done with their unique products.
Habitat for Humanity
Community Forklift
Totally Bruce
Art o Mat
Olde Good Things
Born Again Restoration
Miss Pixie's
Saratoga Architectural Salvage
The Hunted House
Hunter Gatherer Antiques
LA Vintage Furnishings
Leftover Antiques
We also want to give many thanks to the visionaries behind the design, artwork, and construction. There were late nights, early mornings, last minute alterations and countless hours of hard work that went into creating the masterpiece that is Pearl Dive Oyster Palace and Black Jack. Thank you to everyone for your amazing creativity, unique skills, and unwavering dedication, we could not have done this without you.
Shelter Studios
Potomac Construction
360 Automation
Rathgeber/Goss Associates


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Renault ZOE: now able to travel up to 250 miles on a single charge
The Renault ZOE now has the longest range of any mainstream electric vehicle. Fitted with the new Z.E. 40 battery, available in the UK from November 2016, Europe's best-selling electric vehicle now delivers a record NEDC driving range of 250 miles. That's twice the distance attainable by the ZOE at its original launch, and the equivalent of 186 miles of real-world driving, according to Renault estimates.
The standard 22kWh battery (with an NEDC range of 149 miles and real-world range of 106 miles) and the new 41kWh Z.E. 40 battery will be sold alongside one another. However, the 41kWh battery brings few compromises over the 22kWh version, being barely any bigger or heavier and requiring about the same amount of time to charge. An average of just 30 minutes is needed at a public charge point to achieve enough charge for an extra 50 miles of driving range.
There are new services for ZOE owners now too. Z.E. Trip helps drivers to locate charging points, making it easier to find the most convenient and suitable ones on journeys, while Z.E. Pass gives easier access to a large number of charging stations owned by different operators. Also, in the first half of 2017, journeys in the ZOE will be made even easier, thanks to door-to-door navigation, and you'll also be able to check vehicle information and even operate some of the car's functions from your phone.


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Matt Rader
Matt Rader
Assistant Professor, Creative Writing
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
CCS 350, 1148 Research Road
Kelowna, BCV1V 1V7
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2017-2018 Courses
CRWR 217-001 Term 1 Intermediate Workshop in Creative Writing: Fiction
CRWR 260-001 Term 1 Theory and Practice of Creative Writing
CRWR 150-002 Term 2 Introduction to Writing Poetry and Non-Fiction
CRWR 381-001 Term 2 Writing of Poetry
About Matt
Matt Rader is the author of four collections of poetry: Miraculous Hours (Nightwood 2005), Living Things (Nightwood 2009) and A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno (House of Anansi 2011), and Desecrations (PenguinRandomHouse 2016). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed collection of stories, What I Want to Tell Goes Like This (Nightwood 2014).
The author of several chapbooks including The Land Beyond (greenboathouse 2004), Customs (Cactus 2010) and I Don't Want To Die Like Frank O'Hara (Baseline 2014), his poems, stories, creative nonfiction, and reviews have appeared in journals and anthologies across North America, Europe, and Australia including the Walrus, Geist, The Lonely Crowd, Wales Arts Review, and several edititons of Best Canadian Poetry. He has been invited to present his work around the world at the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival, the Victoria Writers Festival, the Ottawa Writers Festival, The Kingston Writers Festival, the International Festival of Authors in Toronto, the Queensland Poetry Festival, and the Cork International Short Story Festival.
The winner of the Jack Hodgins Founders Prize for fiction from the Malahat Review and the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize for literature from the Canada Council for the Arts, his work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award and longlisted for the ReLit Award and the Journey Prize. His most recent award was the Charles Lillard Founders Prize for nonfiction from the Malahat Review.
A contribuiting editor of Forget Magazine Rader is a past director of the Robson Reading Series at UBC Robson Square, the Kwantlen Reading Series at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the Write Here Readers Series at North Island College, and Readings from the Book of George, a companion reading series to the posthumous retrospective of the work of sculptor George Sawchuk at the Comox Valley Art Gallery.
His current research areas include disability aesthetics, access poetics, collaborative pedagogies, embodied poetics, and poetics of the Okanagan.
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Oh My stars ya'll~
We are BE-YOOOOND EXCITED to share our blog makeover with you!!!
We have been working with Tenille @designsbytenille for awhile now
and didn't want to spoil the surprise
but we have been dying to share it with you!
Eeeeeeek…we are in LOVE with what she created for us!
If you're in need of a little makeover yourself,
you should definitely check out her work.
She worked so well with us and tweaked little details
until we got it all just right!☺
Thank you Tenille~We LOVE you!!!♥
So last week was our first week of school and we made our first Comprehension Chart with our sweet little 1-2 multi-agers.
We love making comprehension charts…
they're VERY multi-level and SO beneficial to our little learners!
If you're asking yourself "WHY should I make comprehension charts?"
Here are just a few reasons…
If you've never made one
maybe these simple steps can help you:
1. Decide on a book you want to read with your students.
2. Create a chart (butcher paper works well for this)
with sections for your focus.
(We always have title, author, illustrator, & usually genre!) Then we figure out what we can focus on and add those sections too ie. nouns, verbs, adjectives, vowels, problem/solution, contractions, compound words, rhyming words, punctuation, the possibilities are ENDLESS!
3. Explain to your students that you are going to create
a comprehension chart with them.
This will help them understand the book better and
make good connections as they learn to be better readers.☺
4. Plan on re-reading your book for 3-5 days and
add on new information each day.
5. Have a culminating activity at the end of the week/study!
We usually let our students make a little craftivity
using construction paper and then have a little writing to go with it.
Here is what we created with our kiddies last week!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
If you have any questions about using comprehension charts in your
classroom, feel free to comment and we will get back
with you as quick as we can.☺


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Force Players is a combine metric study I have been running for pass-rushers for years. You can find most of the numbers I'm going to cite, updated through the 2016 draft class, on Playmaker Mentality.
Here's the gist of it:
These numbers are why it was easy to see why a Danielle Hunter or Frank Clark were going to be steals for their price point in the draft. It's why Vic Beasley should have been drafted before Dante Fowler in the 2015 NFL draft.
If you're going to draft C-gap defenders, at least in the first two rounds, they should almost exclusively be Force Players. Those players, even just at their peaks, record twice as many sacks as their non-Force Player counterparts. When the going rate of a sack is roughly $2 million per, and pass-rushers are now clearly only second to quarterbacks in the pecking order of NFL positions, this form of risk analysis is important. This should not be used as a metric to push players up a board (draft a second-round film grade pass-rusher in the top-10 because of his metrics,) but it should be used to downgrade non-Force Players, if their major value comes as a C-gap pass-rusher. History plays out there.
I will say, there are two major molds of players who tend to break the Force Players mold:
First-round splits 2005-2014:
Second-round splits 2005-2014:
Third-round splits 2005-2014:
Fourth-round splits 2005-2014:
You should notice some things by looking at those charts.
Draft athletes. Try to get them early.
I don't disclose the formula, but I do tell the public who these "Force Player" and "Mid Tier" pass-rushers are going to be before the draft. Here's how I calculate their numbers:
I'm a big believer in that the NFL draft is really only four or five rounds, with the back end of Day 3 being filled with players who are mostly free agent level talents. That's one reason why I only study the first four rounds of the draft for this Force Players study.
With that in mind, there are X players with at least a "7th-FA" grade on NFL Draft Scout this season who were Force Player or Mid Tier athletes as projected NFL pass-rushers. Here's the list:
1 Myles Garrett, Texas A&M
Force Player or Mid Tier
NFL Draft Scout Projection: first-round grade
Myles Garrett has been an all-star his entire life. He was one of the highest recruited players in his 2014 graduating class. From the Under Armour All-American game on, Garrett started separating himself from this pack of pass-rushers. Only one other pass-rusher in FBS history, 2017 Tennessee prospect Derek Barnett, recorded more sacks in the first three years of his college football career than Garrett did. He has athleticism, production, an NFL defensive end frame, the pedigree of a top-end player and he improved greatly against run. Against UCLA at the start of the 2016 season, you see how far Garrett has come as a run defender and counter player. Garrett's testing is incomplete, but his elite jumps automatically kick him into Force Player/Mid Tier category. Unfortunately, he never ran the short shuttles, so we're never going to get the answer to which category he's in. The only player with this background in my database is former San Diego Charger star Shawne Merriman. As a player, Garrett is similar to a young Jason Pierre-Paul.
2 Solomon Thomas, Stanford
Force Player
NFL Draft Scout Projection: first-round grade
Myles Garrett is mocked as the consensus number one overall pick in the 2017 draft. The second player drafted in most mocks is Solomon Thomas. As a freshman with Stanford, Thomas played in a four-man rotation on a 3-4 defense. He was playing nose tackle reps, and a lot of them, as a young player with an edge defender's body. He's not going to play inside, at least on "on pace" downs, in the NFL. Thomas athletically has a profile similar to Justin Houston and Chris Long. He has great burst off the line of scrimmage and a swim move, but he's going to need to refine himself as a 4-3 defensive end or 3-4 rush linebacker.
37 Tyus Bowser, Houston
Force Player
NFL Draft Scout Projection: first/second-round grade
Tyus Bowser might be one of the more interesting projections in this draft class. He never really played as a pass-rusher at Houston. He had great production, on a per game basis, in his limited 2016 season, but he was mostly used as an overhang defender. Really, he was playing a similar role to Darron Lee, formerly of Ohio State and now with the New York Jets, where he'd line up in the box if there was a heavy offensive formation, but split out as a slot player if offensive players were detached.
42 T.J. Watt, Wisconsin
Force Player
NFL Draft Scout Projection: second-round grade
I'm not a big fan of T.J. Watt's game. I understand that he's the brother of J.J. Watt and he makes a lot of effort sacks, but I still believe that as a pure pass-rusher, his teammate Vince Biegel is more talented. Watt's best future, in my opinion, would be as a 4-3 outside linebacker who can sometimes drop down to the line of scrimmage in a two-point stance or line up as a defensive end in nickel situations. Another good fit would be in a man-blitz heavy defense, like the New York Jets' or the Arizona Cardinals', where he can flash in limited reps as a rush or drop linebacker. The element of surprise is where Watt is going to win at the next level. If he just lines up and rushes every down, players are going to key on his athletic timing and make him win with effort, a losing plan in the NFL.
64 Jordan Willis, Kansas State
Force Player
NFL Draft Scout Projection: second-round grade
I can't figure out how Jordan Willis tested as well as he did. Willis on film looks like a more athletically underdeveloped version of Nick Perry or Olivier Vernon, but he tested like Vic Beasley. On the field, Willis looked stiff enough to run himself out of plays after initial penetration, a specialty of Perry and Vernon. My prediction is that Willis will be one of those players who records a lot of pressures on a chart, but in reality his penetration is going to mean less than most other pass-rushers with his sack numbers.
74 Derek Rivers, Youngstown State
Mid Tier
NFL Draft Scout Projection: second/third-round grade
Derek Rivers owns Youngstown State's career sack record. He plays with his hands above the eyes, a great sign of an all-around player, better than just about anyone in this draft class. His bench numbers align with his impact as a run defender, again playing with his hands above his eyes. As a pass-rusher, he can play either defensive end or outside linebacker at the next level. When he went head-to-head with FBS talent over his last three great years of production, he didn't get slowed down. When he was at the Senior Bowl, he was the most consistent pass-rusher in one-on-one drills in Mobile, and he had a great game. He's passed about every test that you can imagine an FCS prospect going through, but he's still going to be drafted at a discount because of where he played college football.
103 Trey Hendrickson, Florida Atlantic
Force Player
NFL Draft Scout Projection: third-round grade
Trey Hendrickson looks like a pass-rusher drafted in the 100s. He was a bit of an opportunist at Florida Atlantic, going up against low-quality offensive tackles, and I never really saw the type of bend that would make him a top-100 pick. He apparently did well in practices at the East-West Shrine Game (he wasn't a Senior Bowl invite or injury substitute,) but I thought that based off of the practice steams and game day looks, Deatrich Wise of Arkansas was on another level compared to Hendrickson. He's probably someone who you can mold to get onto your two-deep, though, and he will be able to contribute on special teams.
188 Hunter Dimick, Utah
Force Player
NFL Draft Scout Projection: fifth/sixth-round grade
Hunter Dimick has been a known prospect out west for a while, but for whatever reason he wasn't invited to the combine. His pro day numbers got him here, the only player we can say that of in this draft class. He has a bit of a stocky body, but you see his athleticism at his burst off the line of scrimmage, when he turns the corner and when he's avoiding cut blocks.
The majority of difference-making pass-rushers in the NFL have the same rare athletic backgrounds as those players listed above. Without knowing which players will go in which rounds, it's hard to make sack total projections for the players, but if they're drafted in the first four rounds, expect them to fit in with this graphic:


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Friday, August 07, 2015
A nice quick CAS card with some soft colours. I really like this weeks sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch...think I might have to make a Christmas version as well. I have also used the pretty colours from Color Throwdowns challenge.
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Really pretty card Vikki, you're so good with the CAS cardsReplyDelete
Vikki, I love the soft colours and beautiful flower!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at CASe this sketch!
A perfect CAS card Vikki and so pretty! Hugs Carole Z XReplyDelete
Beautiful CAS design! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Color Throwdown!ReplyDelete
So pretty and soft Vikki. Love the die-cut flowers on the circle. The faux stitch lines look great. Thank you for playing along with us at The Color Throwdown.ReplyDelete
Great design! Love how you added the different colors to the flower die cut. Thanks for joining us at The Color Throwdown!ReplyDelete
Super pretty, Vikki! Thanks for joining us at CAS(E) This Sketch!ReplyDelete
Oh, this is so pretty! Wonderful take on the sketch!ReplyDelete
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