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Book 1 Plot: When Bella meets 3 handsome strangers, her world is turned upside down. Nothing is as it seems, secrets, lies and danger all around her all at once. She eventually finds her torn between friendship and love, but what happens as danger is nearing closer?
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Yeah she is lucky :) for them sticking together is Important. Through thick and thin...they're like a mini family of their own.
I am glad you think so :) they're one of my favorite couples lol. As for her sister, she doesn't remember dying. She just thinks time has picked up where it left off
Chapter 11: Part 1-The Question
Once me and the lads finished getting the other things from the car inside the Cabin. Steven said I should go and join the girls, that'd he and Jason meet me later. So I nodded walking outside-we could always unpack later, there was no hurry. I walked along the sandy beach and when I got close enough to the girls, I heard them speaking. I was silent as not to disturb them as I wondered what they were chatting about.
"He's not a bad person." Bella commented looking up again. She must have been looking at the ground previously.
"I know." Layla said wrapping her arm around Bella's shoulders softly. "I know he's not." she told her "You two seem to click...on a level beyond that the boys or me can reach." Was she talking about me and Bella? I hoped so, I guess there was one way to find out-follow them and see where the conversation would lead to.
"There's just something about him." Bella breathed out after a moment or two "I can't explain it...he's mysterious...yet charming and sweet. Not the side that many people know...he's misunderstood by many people. Honestly, I don't blame him for being the way he used to be...he had his reasons."I could tell she was speaking with honesty and truth in her voice. The way she spoke about me, caused my heart to race inside of my chest.
"I like how I feel around him." she admitted, I saw her cheeks turn pink. "No one beside Caleb brought out that flutter deep inside of my stomach like he does. " I smiled to myself softly, so they were talking about me. My suspicions had became clear in the last few seconds"I like him...I really do." I was not sure if she was going to say something else, but I accidently let my presence be known, as I stepped on a piece of seaweed. The dried grass crunched under my feet, causing Bella to turn her head around and her eyes widened as she saw me there. She looked like she was embarrassed and her cheeks were bright red.
Layla just bit her lip looking between both of us,curious as to what might happen now.
"I...um...the...I...we...you.." Bella mumbled out, her words not making sense. I must have really surprised her right now, as she seemed like she couldn't think straight in order to make enough sense "Did...how...how much...did you...umm...did you hear?" she muttered out eventually.
"I'll leave you two alone to talk." Layla said smiling softly holding up both thumbs up at us "Good luck." I chuckled softly as she then skipped off across the beach shore humming to herself-going towards the waterfalls.
"Everything after 'He's not a bad guy'." I told her softly "I assume it was me, you were referring to us not being the bad guy?" I said. I had no idea what was said before that, as it seemed I've caught them in mid conversation.
Bella shifted slightly in her stance as she bit her lip, in a nervous gesture and she nodded softly. "Yes..who else would I mean?" she asked me after a moment, looking into my eyes.
I smiled softly seeing her so nervous, it was rather adorable. Just like everything about her, everything that made her who she was, I loved. I walked over to her, standing in front of her looking down at her. "I am not sure, and I hope that view of me won't change in your eyes." I told her honestly.
Bella looked into my eyes as she spoke "How could it?" she breathed out softly, her hand touching my cheek softly. Her hand was so soft against my skin "I wouldn't change my view of you..you're Pe…"
I cut her off in mid sentence-closing the space between us and my lips found her own. They brushed against hers in a gentle manner, before they melted with hers in a soft and tender kiss at first. My arms slid around her waist holding her against my chest gently, as I felt Bella's lips responding to mine. They moved against mine in perfect sync, as her body seemed to melt against mine. I heard a soft clatter against the sand-Bella must have dropped her shoes she was holding in her hand.
I was sure, I felt my own heart skip a beat. I was kissing Bella and what was more,she was kissing me back. Her lips were so gentle and smooth against mine-it was perfect. As I deepened the kiss after a few moments, I felt Bella's fingertips brushing against my spine as her arms slid up and around my neck gently. Her fingers curling up into my hair. One of my hands slid up her side softly up to her cheek-my thumb caressing the curves of her face as our lips moved in sync. The sparks traveling both down our spines, and I felt Bella shiver slightly from the pang of electricity that shot through both of us.
The wind here by the beach picked up slightly, causing Bella's hair to bounce up and down slightly, as it was being tossed around. Some of her hair strands tickled my wrist.I felt her lips curve up into a gentle smile against my lips, causing me to smile against the kiss as well. I pulled back softly after a few more moments of pure bliss and heaven as we kissed. My lips brushed against her lips briefly, before I placed a soft kiss to her forehead.
I saw how rosy her cheeks were as I brushed my hand against one of them softly, with a warm smile. "You know the girl I mentioned in the car?" I asked her softly.
"Umm yes." Bella nodded, as she looked down but I pulled her chin up softly, so she looked up at me again.
"The girl, is you." I told her softly looking into her eyes. Bella's eyes widened slightly, which caused me to chuckle softly with a warm smile-I loved how clueless she could be about certain things. It was rather cute.
"I...but...I...umm...is it?" she stumbled over her words, trying not to get them mixed up again.
I looked at her nodding with a soft smile "It is." I breathed out softly looking into her eyes. "You're not like the other girls I've known, no one has managed to have such a positive effect on me and make me want to be a better man, like you have.Ever since the day we met, I knew there was something unique and different about you. You're the first girl besides from Layla not to judge me, or run. Which I am glad off, as you've shown me there's something worth fighting for out there. And for me, that's you. If I could go to the end of the world for you, I would. I will do whatever it takes, for you to be happy, to make you feel like you make me." I spoke letting my emotions pour out of me-I never opened up to anyone like this before, so it was slightly strange and new to me. But good strange.
"Caleb…." Bella whispered softly trying to get a word in, but I carried on.
"You're the only one I can see myself with." I breathed out softly before carrying on "So, would you do me the honors of being mine and coming to homecoming with me " I asked, looking at her hopefully.
Bella looked at me with the most soft and happy expression, I had ever seen cross her face "Yes, of course." she replied with a happy smile as she wrapped her arms around me hugging me tightly. I smiled as I wrapped my arms around her tightly lifting her up and spun her around as I pressed another kiss to her lips, but I ended up falling back into the water with Bella.
She giggled softly as she splashed me playfully "Well done, we're both wet now." she teased me with a cheeky smile on her lips.
I laughed as I splashed her back "So...water never bite anyone." I laughed softly as I picked her up into my arms, easily as if she was a feather before playfully throwing her back in. I laughed as she shrieked making a big splash.
She came back up to the surface "Caleb Danvers!" she said giving me a playfully furious look.
"Ooopps...did I do something wrong?" I asked trying to play like I was innocent. I backed out of the water and back onto the sand before running off chuckling.
I saw Bella running after me forgetting her shoes there. I chuckled dodging out of her way playfully any time she tried to catch me. "Can't catch me…" I teased "Can't catch me...Can…" I trailed off as Bella leaped on my back causing me to stumble forward as we got to the waterfalls and fall right into the waterfall pool. We made a big splash-I then laughed as Layla let out a shriek/half laugh and she was soaking wet.
"You were saying.." Bella said looking at me and she playfully pouts looking at me.
Jason and Steven ran over and Jason was holding Bella's shoe, while Steven had a stick in his hand "What happened...we heard a scream." they said.
I laughed with Bella and Layla "Put the stick down." Layla told Steven "It was just me...these two caused a big splash." she said pointing to her soaking wet clothes and hair.
Jason looked at Bella "I think you forgot your shoes down at the beach." he said holding them up-they were dangling in his hands.
Bella giggled "Oh right...shoes." she said shaking her head giggling again. I playfully and sneakily squeezed her sides making her squeal and jump. "Caleb!"
I looked at her and tilted my head to the side slightly "What...I didn't do anything." I chuckled giving her a puppy dog look. She looked at me in a soft of yeah right you didn't, manner. She then pulled my shirt over my head exposing my toned chest and muscles as she giggled.
Layla just laughed softly "Oh boy...were you so curious about seeing his muscles?" she whispered to Bella-it was still loud so I heard.
"All you had to do was ask." I added with a smirk pulling off my shirt and tossed it aside-it accidently landed on Jason's head. Jason groaned
"Why do I get stuck with your wet t-shirt?" he asked looking at me.
"Because you're the youngest out of the guys?" Bella giggled teasingly squeezing out her t-shirt, which was wet as she went and sat down on a flat rock, beside Layla.
I chuckled and went placing myself beside Bella, wrapping my arm around her waist and leaned my chin on top of her head softly.
"What's going on with you two?" Jason asked raising an eyebrow as he set my t-shirt over a tree branch to let it dry.
"Are you two together?" Layla asked and as soon as I smiled nodding, she let out a squeak of happiness "Aww..yay! you two look so adorable together." she said hugging us. I laughed as we almost fell back into the water pool.
Steven grinned as he patted my back "Congratz, mate. So you took my advice huh?" he asked raising an eyebrow
I chuckled softly "Kind of…"
"What advice?" Bella and Layla both asked curious, their attention turning to Steven at the same time-Gosh, sometimes they were like twins. It was pretty funny actually.
Steven chuckled "The kissing advice, since he was too nervous to say something." he told them
"Oh that...it actually works, quite well." Layla commented with a cheeky smile, causing Steven's cheeks to turn pink. Layla laughed softly as she took his hand pulling him down and she placed a kiss to his lips.
Bella giggled softly as she leaned against me. I had my arm around her so laced our fingers together and hid my face in her brown hair breathing in her scent.
"Oh lord...it's a lovefest." Jason grumbled, causing us all to chuckle lightly.
"Aww don't be so bitter now, babyboy." Layla told him pouting at him playfully "I am sure, someone will come and sweep you off your feet."
"Funny." Jason said rolling his eyes "Really funny." since Layla was either making a joke, which actually was somewhat funny or she was being serious.
Bella stifled a giggle "Don't be so bitter Jas,...what are you jealous or something?" she asked him raising an eyebrow at him. His jaw just seemed to clench slightly as he looked at her-jealousy was clear in his eyes. I hoped, he wouldn't make the trip a disaster, it was not something we needed as a group. I just hoped he could be happy for me and Bella one day and learn to accept us. Well for now, one could hope.
Jason was silent and forced his gaze away from Bella's, as we all watched the waterfalls as the sun shone down on us drying our clothes and hair. The waterfalls were over 100ft high and beautiful, the water cascaded down from the top in the mountains and flowed into the water pool in front of us. The water was so blue, it sparkled like blue diamonds when the sun shone down onto it.
We stayed like that for about an hour or so,before I put the dried t-shirt back on and Bella slipped on her shoes. "We should go to Alberto's." Layla suggested smiling.
"Alberto's?" Bella asked looking up at me,before looking over at Layla.
"It's a bar close by." I told her as I helped her stand up "It's one of the best places to go here. We've been there a few times. They made the best hot chocolate there as well, if someone needs warming up. They got live music...they tend to be pretty good." I said. It brought me back a few years, since me, Jason and Steven played there a few times when I was 16/17. I had no idea where I got my musical talent from, since as far as I knew neither of my parents were musically gifted.
Bella nodded "Alright...why not." she said as she smiled softly, her arm slid around my waist as we began to walk.I kept my arm around her shoulders. We all soon came to a little clearing that was on the other side of the waterfalls and there stood a little building that looked like a cabin/cottage combined. On a plaque it read: Alberto's.
We walked inside,to see only a few people were there. Alberto looked up as he saw us and he grinned happily "Ahh, que está de vuelta otra vez. Es bueno verte de nuevo ... ah y ¿quién es esta belleza?." he spoke, but his greeting soon diverted to another subject as his eyes landed on Bella. My grip tightened a little bit around her shoulder.
"Estamos aquí por unos días ...
Se trata de Isabel, mi novia. La llevamos con nosotros este año, para mostrar a su alrededor." I replied. Bella just watched me shocked, she never heard me speak spanish before, so I guess that was new to her.
"Pues bienvenido Isabel." Alberto's gaze shifted to Bella once again as he commented.
"Umm thank you?" Bella said...I chuckled softly at how unsure she sounded, maybe she was meant to say it as a statement not a question.
"Es bueno verte encontrado a alguien por último, he de tener su habitual enviado a usted?" Alberto told me.
I just smiled giving him a nod, as Layla waved us over to a table that she had picked out. Me and Bella joined Layla, Jason and Steven sitting down. Bella took of her jumper and set it around her chair.
"Good to see this place is filling up." Someone commented, causing us to all look up. We saw a young couple, maybe in their early 20's smiling down at us. The girl had long brown hair and dark eyes, whilst the guy had blonde hair and blue eyes, that were clear as the crystal water from the waterfalls.
"I am Joseph Garwin and this is my wife Meredith." He commented with a soft smile.
"Caleb Danvers." I said with a soft smile "This is my girlfriend Isabella Swan and our friends Layla Williams, Jason Collins and Steven Michaels." I said as I introduced the group.
Meredith and Joseph smiled warmly "It's a pleasure to meet you...mind if we join you?" Meredith asked with a smile. We all nodded giving them permission to join us, as we shifted the chairs around the table slightly.
Bella smiled softly at them "So, how long have you been together?"she asked
Meredith smiled "5 years...married for 1 month now." Layla and Bella both awwwwwwed at the same time, whilst me and the lads just smiled.
Joseph chuckled at the girls reactions "That reaction never gets old." he said as he smiled and he looked over at the pool table before looking at me and Steven with Jason "Do you lads play?" he asked nodding over towards the table
I looked to what he was nodding to, before fixing my gaze at him again "Sometimes." I chuckled
"Fancy a game then lads?" he asked with a grin.
Steven nodded "Sure why not." he said getting up "You girls don't mind right?" he asked looking at Bella and Layla mostly.
"No, go ahead." Bella smiled, as she placed a kiss to my lips before I stood up and walked over to the pool table with Jason, Joseph and Steven. I then saw Alberto going over to our table setting down our usual order: Pepsis for the lads, fruit smoothie with chocolate swirls on top for the girls, a bowl of strawberries and raspberries. Plate of buffalo wings, chips and fresh salad. The best food that could be served here.
Me and the others reached out a grabbing a pool stick each. We all polished them off before we began to play. I started first, once I got myself ready and in the right position-I hit the white ball with the tip of my stick, causing the balls to go in a dizarey. 5 of them going into holes whilst the rest bounced around a bit.
"Well...dang!" Jason muttered "Why is it, you always score the most on the first go?"
I chuckled softly "All about the aim." I told him patting his back. I remembered the first time, we tried to teach him how to play pool with Steven, he almost poked our eyes out..and for his finale, his stick went flying from his hands and it ended up breaking a window; We were then banned from from the cafe we were playing at.
Joseph and Steven chuckled, as they had their turns before Jason, as we were going around in circles.Joseph was rather skilled and he seemed to even with me pretty easily as the game went on.
Before any of us knew it, we ended up playing 3 games instead of just 1. I caught Bella glancing over at us every few moments, which caused me to smile in her way. I winked at her making her gush over her smoothie.
My eyes then landed on the little stage that was behind where the girls were sitting. The drums and guitar set out with the microphones were set out-as if someone was expected to play. Steven caught my gaze and he whispered to me softly "Are you thinking, what I am?"
Joseph looked over at us "You play?" he asked raising an eyebrow
Jason looked over at him "We used to play a lot, few years ago...not so much anymore." he explained, for me.
Joseph nodded "Wow...maybe you should give it a shot...for old times sake." he suggested as he looked at me and Steven as well as Jason whilst he spoke.
"That's what I was thinking." I said before looking at Steven "What do you think?"
"Do you still remember our old songs?" Steven asked looking me and Jason. Jason nodded along with me
"Of course I do." I told Steven with a grin "I think, we should add a new song to the list." I told Steven-He knew what I was talking about.
"Wait...the song I caught you strumming in your room a few days ago?" He asked and I nodded.
"What new song?" Jason asked curious as he raised an eyebrow looking at me.
I looked over at him, in silence for a few seconds. I had a feeling he'd either sulk or be jealous if I told him. But I decided to anyways "A song, I wrote for Bella." I told him after a moment or two. His jaw flexed slightly, but he didn't make any comment whatsoever, he just nodded in silence. I walked over to Alberto and I looked at him "¿Alguien está jugando esta noche?" I asked, nodding over to the stage.
Alberto looked over at the stage and at then at me curious "No esta noche ... pero mañana hay una banda. ¿Por qué lo preguntas?" he replied, his eyes fixated on me with the same curiosity that were visible a few seconds ago.
"Me estaba preguntando si yo y los muchachos podía jugar, unas cuantas canciones. Usted sabe que los viejos tiempos." I explained looking at him hopeful, with a soft smile.
"Por supuesto que puedes. Podría animar las cosas un poco por aquí." He replied with a smile. I looked over at the lads giving them a nod with a thumbs up. I then patted Alberto's back thanking him before I re-joined the lads.
"Do you need some help?" Joseph asked looking at us 3, as he leaned against the pool table.
I looked at him surprised he was willing to offer his help "If you want to help, you can. But how would you learn our songs and lyrics so fast?" I asked
"Photographic memory." Joseph chuckled softly. I nodded and smiled softly, well that would make it bit easier.
"Let's go." I told the lads, since I had brought the songs with me luckily. I nodded at the girls as if to tell them, we'd be back in a few minutes before walking outside with the guys.
We love it.....please keep us updated you have some of us wishing you would make it into a real movie :)
Aww, that's so sweet :)
We're glad you like it.
Nice moment between Caleb and Bella in the beginning! I wonder who Joseph and Meredith are?
Can't wait to read more.
Aww yeah :) it was one of the sweetest moments I got to write for them so far.
Mhh you shall find out very soon :)
I'll post as soon as I can
Chapter 11-Part 2: Half Lit
Bella's P.O.V:
Soon after the boys went to go and play pool, Alberto walked over with our order.As soon as he set it down, I was overwhelmed by different scents: fruit smoothie with chocolate curls on top. The chocolate scent was rather rich but not overpowering the sweet scent of the fruit. The salad and the chips were rather fresh and the two scents harmonizing together perfectly, whilst the buffalo wings, were rich in meat and barbecue sauce.
I felt the saliva building up inside of my mouth...gosh everything looked so delicious and colorful. "This is your usual?" I breathed out, in shock.
Layla giggled softly "What surprised we can eat that much?" she asked looking at me, while Meredith looked amused and smiled softly.
Focusing my attention to Layla, I spoke "Maybe a little...this looks way too delicious." I commented, before taking one of the smoothies placing it on the table in front of me. I inhaled the sweet scent, before taking one strawberry from the bowl and dipped it into the smoothie and placed the fruit into my mouth.
"I know, it does." Layla said as she grabbed her smoothie taking a sip.
Meredith smiled as she was sipping her drink "Are the lads hungry or not?" she questioned
Layla laughed softly "We might have to order the food again, for them. They don't seem to be hungry at the moment." she commented.
"Their loss." I giggled before taking a sip of my smoothie. The chocolate curls mixed perfectly with the taste of the fruits. It was thick yet luscious at the same time.
Layla nodded in agreement as she and Meredith nibbled on the strawberries and raspberries from the bowl. As we chatted, I occasionally looked over to where the boys were playing pool. They seemed to be enjoying themselves, as I heard some laughter every once again. When Caleb winked at me, flashing me one of his charming smiles-I felt my cheeks burn up as I gushed over my smoothie.
"Young love." Meredith smiled at me smiling softly with a warm smile. "How long have you two known each other?"
I was about to say...a few months but I stopped myself realizing that was not true-at least not here in the past "Few weeks." I told her with a smile.
She smiled "High-school sweethearts, I gather then?" she said smiling. I giggled softly and smiled. Something like that. I thought to myself giving her a half nod.
The time passed as we talked about random things and laughed every once in a while. I noticed the lads were still playing, by the time we finished eating the chips, salad and buffalo wings. "How long does one game of pool take?" I asked looking at Meredith and Layla.
Meredith laughed softly "It looks like they started on their third." she told me
"You know...boys and their toys." Layla commented with a wave of her hand. That comment made me laugh and I shook my head, as I licked my lips, as I had some barbecue sauce smeared across the bottom lip.
The more, I took in Merediths and Joseph's features from where I was sitting...they reminded me off the young boy from the vision I had. There was definite resemblance and I couldn't help but wonder, if they would be his parents.
I was glad, my thoughts didn't slip out, or I'd really be in trouble. I soon noticed Caleb was chatting to Alberto, it made me wonder what they were on about. Their voices seemed bit hushed and I never really got Spanish...despite being what I am-somehow my powers weren't that developed yet to understand Spanish. Therefore, I felt bit lost.
"Now what are they doing?"I muttered more to myself than outloud.
Caleb looked over at us with a smile, giving us some sort of sign with his hands-It looked like was telling us that he and the lads would be back in a few minutes. Layla and I looked over at Meredith who looked just as confused and curious as we were.
"I wonder what's going on." Meredith said as she looked over at me.
"I wish, I knew." I told her giving her a soft smile. It made me curious what they were up to...their drinks were still untouched. It made me slightly nervous. Layla could sense my nervousness and she patted my back softly-as if she was trying to reassure me that things would be fine.
I gave her a soft smile as I bit my lip.
"They'll be back soon. I wouldn't worry." Meredith said with a kind smile. I nodded smiling softly-hopefully there was nothing to worry about at all.
The minutes seemed to drag somehow and It felt like ages, before I heard the soft strum of a guitar behind me. It sounded like someone was tuning a guitar, but I didn't think much of it until music filled the air and Layla whispered to me: "You better turn around, Bells."
I looked confused and shifted in my chair so I was facing the stage that was behind me and I blinked in shock seeing Caleb and the lads on stage.
Caleb's P.O.V:
Me and the lads walked back to the Cabin. It took us 7 minutes to get there, since the Cabin was not that far away and we walked rather fast. Once we got inside, I walked over to my bag and unzipped it, pulling out a folder that was tucked in one of the larger pockets.
I handed the folder to Joseph so he could look through it with Jason and Steven, so they could refresh their memory and get the new song in their head. Steven and Jason were fast learners and the fact that Joseph had photographic memory, was handy.
"You wrote them?" Joseph asked nodding to the songs and Jason nodded. "They're really good." Joseph commented with a smile as he was reading through them.
I smiled softly at him as I leaned against the wall.After 10 minutes we headed back to the bar/cafe. But I took the folder with us in case Jason or Steven needed it.
When we walked inside, the girls were still chatting. They didn't seem to notice we had returned, until Jason and Steven started to tune the Guitars while Joseph sat behind the drumset. I mean while fixed the height of the microphones. As soon as we began to play the first song, I heard Layla whisper.
"You better turn around, Bells." With that Bella shifted in her seat and her eyes went wide, as she saw us on stage.
She stared at us in awe and shocked, whilst Layla and Meredith were smiling softly. I sang, whilst the others played their instruments. Steven joined in with the singing a few times, his voice was bit more raspy than mine, as he was not used to singing, nor did he sing much.
I smiled softly as I sung, when I saw Bella and Layla swaying to the music along with Meredith. They were all moving to the beat of the song-everyone else that was there stopped to watch as well and seemed to be enjoying themselves.
As I sang the last two songs, my eyes stayed fixed on Bella and I could hear her heart flutter as I was singing. Her cheeks were bright pink by the time we were done.
When we finished, Bella was the first on stage as she wrapped her arms around me, her cheeks still flushed "Since when do you sing?" she breathed out softly.
I chuckled softly placing a kiss on her lips as I held her close to me "Surprised?" I asked giving her a cheeky smile
"Very...anything else, I don't know about you?" she asked looking at me with a cheeky smile on her lips.
I chuckled softly "Mhh...you'll have to wait and see." I told her as I gazed down into her eyes and smiled softly. The others joined the girls and I saw Layla and Steven embracing while Joseph was sitting by his wife again, his arm around her shoulder.
I rested my forehead against Bella's as I looked into her eyes, a tender and loving look crossed my eyes.
Bella couldn't stop beaming with happiness, her cheeks still rouge. I couldn't get over how adorable she looked when she was blushing. And the best part of it was...she was all mine. I couldn't feel more happy than I did today. No other person made me feel like she did. It was almost surreal.
Romantic! And a nice surprise for Bella!
Yeah, Caleb is a romantic guy deep down, despite what he thinks about himself :).
But yeah, it was a sweet/nice surprise for Bella.
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) began issuing SSNs around 1936. Typically, a person was not issued a SSN until they turned fourteen or thereabouts (usually when they were first employed). Around 1986, the SSA began issuing SSNs to children as young as five. Since 1990, SSNs are typically issued to children shortly after they are born. The first three digits of a social security number reveals the state where it was issued.
How is this important when searching for someone? We thought you'd never ask!
If you know the first three digits of someone's social security number and know roughly how old they are you can narrow down your search to a particular state and have a good guess of where they were born or where they likely got their first job.
Having a partial SSN can also help you narrow down a search when you are trying to search for someone who may be deceased. You can search the Social Security Administration Death Index for free and if you find multiple matches you can narrow your list down by eliminating incorrect SSNs.
[Please note: Having a complete Social Security Number can allow a company such as OmniTrace to search and find someone fast and very affordably. OmniTrace can also perform search miracles with very little identifying information (we don't need a Social Security Number to search for someone).
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Here is a list of social security numbers issued by state:
001-003 New Hampshire
004-007 Maine
008-009 Vermont
010-034 Massachusetts
035-039 Rhode Island
040-049 Connecticut
050-134 New York
135-158 New Jersey
159-211 Pennsylvania
212-220 Maryland
221-222 Delaware
223-231 Virginia
232 North Carolina
232-236 Virginia
237-246 North Carolina
247-251 South Carolina
252-260 Georgia
261-267 Florida
268-302 Ohio
303-317 Indiana
318-361 Illinois
362-386 Michigan
387-399 Wisconsin
400-407 Kentucky
408-415 Tennessee
416-424 Alabama
425-428 Mississippi
429-432 Arkansas
433-439 Louisiana
440-448 Oklahoma
449-467 Texas
468-477 Minnesota
478-485 Iowa
486-500 Missouri
501-502 North Dakota
503-504 South Dakota
505-508 Nebraska
509-515 Kansas
516-517 Montana
518-519 Idaho
520 Wyoming
521-524 Colorado
525 New Mexico
526-527 Arizona
528-529 Utah
530 Nevada
531-539 Washington
540-544 Oregon
545-573 California
574 Alaska
575-576 Hawaii
577-579 District Of Columbia
585 New Mexico
587-588 Mississippi
589-595 Florida
600-601 Arizona
602-626 California
627-645 Texas
646-647 Utah
648-649 New Mexico
700-728 Railroad Retirement
So, for example, if a social security number begins with 136, you know the SSN was issued in New Jersey.
Here's one more free search tool to help you search for someone… SSN Validator If you have a person's SSN, fill in the fields and you can determine if the SSN is valid and when and where the social security number was issued.
You can find many more free search tools to help you search for someone on our blog pages. Click on this link and knock yourself out!
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Hi my name is christy i been searching for my children for 7years their dad never brogth yhem back its getting hard to deal with i cry a lot and pray
hi christy i have been looking for ma brother i only have his personal info his dad took him
Hey my cosin was less than a year old when his dad took him we never gave up 12 years later we found him and he is very much apart of our life and his mom and sisters but has nothing to do with his dad because what he did. Keep looking one day you will find them and they will be just as mad at him for the stolen time.
I'm trying to find my husband to get a divorce involving children. The judge said I have to have a reply from him to get the divorce. He has blocked me from his Facebook account. No longer at his last known address. I don't know what else to do.
The courthouse should let you run an ad that gives him so long to respond if you do not know where he is. They will give you a form to show that you tried by contacting his family members etc.
Hi I am looking for my birth mother after 21 years foster care I need help bad
Hello I am looking for my mother I haven't spoke to her in about 2 years because my "dad" is controlling and doesn't want me to find them. I need to find my mom!!!!!! I am worried for her.
Im looking for my grandchildren. Have court ordered visitation but their mother disapeared with them. My deceased son is their father. Her parents know where they are but won't tell us. Haven't seen them or talked to them since Christmas 2011
im 47yrs old lookin for my kids;starla;8/12/02 & wesley;3/11/96.state of ore.pretty much stole them.took my rights.i want more than anything in the world 2 find them & hope they want 2 c me & let me get2know them.im not perfect,but dont feel i deserved2lose my babies.thats all i ever wanted in life..i hope they will give me a chance 1st GOTTA FIND EM!!! they live in salem ore.w/adptd.parents..joe& darlene.DEAR GOD PLEASE HELP FIND MY BABIES & LET ME B THE MOM I WANT/NEED2B
Searching for my mother and father, raised in foster care since 5 years of age. I left at the age of 18 and now am 26 going on 27 this year. I know nothing of my parents except there names, I'm not sure if that helps. I do know I need help desperately.
I was abandoned by my mother at the age of 5. She is now deceased and I have her social security number. I would like to find out if I have siblings after her two following marriages.
I'm 18 and looking for my brother who will be turning 14 this year. The state of Georgia took him for no legit reason and allowed a family to adopt him less than a month later (they has wanted him from the time my mother found out she was having a boy). I really want to be a part of my little brother life, and so do my (and his) parents and other siblings.
My name is Dawn. I've tried many ways to find my mom whom I have not had any contact with since I was 8 years old and Im now 30 years old. I have her ss# as well as her date of birth and full name. It is prettt costly to use the websites that are available online. Please Im asking for any help or advise that can perhaps help me locate her?
Hi I'm actually trying to do two things. I'm trying to find my husband Scotty Davidson and my two children Hank and Mary Davidson. Trying to find my husband to file divorce and file a violation of a court order for visitation of my children. But I haven't got his address and the court said to file for either I have to have a address. I haven't seen my husband or children since September 4,2012. What the heck can I do without an address? Someone else told me if the courts wont help me to go to the media… please help… thanks Ellen
hi my name is Michael moore and I lost my three kids to dss in 2002 there name is savanna , Dakota and my son name shawn…I have been looking for them for 8 years for them … I need some hope.. thank yall
Hi I'm trying to find my children…..my two girls. One was born, Cassandra, 8/31/88; the other Amy, born 9/10/89. I also have other siblings that they don't know that they have. Two younger brothers and a younger sister. I had given them up voluntarily to give them a better life…and i regret every minute of it. I hope to find some answers, thanks.
hello my name is nova and I have 2 boys timothy d.o.b 4/25/93 and Anthony Boling 3/21/99 and tyler boling i found on f.b but I am having trouble finding the other to! please i miss them so much
Hi I have been looking for my sister and brother angela m king and Brian w king.in 1990 I was 14 years old and did a bad thing,I did not want to go to school even though my parents tried to force me to go.i was abused by a teacher in ma on fort sevens and was scared to go.so I acted up and got put in to hospital's. And was taken away by dep child service .and so was my brother and sister. And I accused my parents of abuse that were lies. I have not seen them at all I was18 years old. They were a few years you younger. And my mom just passed in feb 2014, and they have never got to see her avian and I cry because it is my fault. Tried everything to find them and hoping someone knows them they were in ma last time I saw them.


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Source: YAHOO - Hailed as a visionary and a technological genius, Steve Jobs' death prompted several Fortune 500 company CEOs, celebrities, politicians, fellow tech-savvy experts and Apple lovers to offer their condolences and praises of Jobs' life accomplishments.
Apple, Inc. also launched a shout-out tribute page on their website, Apple.com, inviting all to share their "thoughts, memories and condolences."
Jobs died on Wednesday. He was 56.
Here are their words:
Statement from Bill Gates:
"I'm truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs' death. Melinda and I extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends, and to everyone Steve has touched through his work.
Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives.
The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come.
For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely. "
Statement from Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO:
"Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you."
Statement from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen:
"My condolences to Steve Jobs family and friends. We've lost a unique tech pioneer and auteur who knew how to make amazingly great products."
Statement from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
"Steve Jobs was a visionary who changed the way we live, an innovator whose products brought joy to millions, a risktaker who wasn't afraid to challenge the status quo, and an entrepreneur who led one of the most creative companies of our time.
"His sage advice was respected by policymakers on both sides of the aisle. His courageous fight against cancer brought strength to many.
"I hope it is a comfort to those who loved him, especially his family, that so many grieve his loss and are praying for them at this sad time."
Statement from Walt Disney president Bob Iger:
"Steve Jobs was a great friend as well as a trusted advisor. His legacy will extend far beyond the products he created or the businesses he built. It will be the millions of people he inspired, the lives he changed, and the culture he defined. Steve was such an "original," with a thoroughly creative, imaginative mind that defined an era. Despite all he accomplished, it feels like he was just getting started. With his passing the world has lost a rare original, Disney has lost a member of our family, and I have lost a great friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Laurene and his children during this difficult time."
This is a true story of Mother's Sacrifice during the Japan Earthquake.
After the Earthquake had subsided, when the rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman's house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on her knees like a person was worshiping; her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supporting by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head.
With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescuer team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall to reach the woman's body. He was hoping that this woman could be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.
He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reasons, the team leader was driven by a compelling force to go back to the ruin house of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used his had through the narrow cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement," A child! There is a child! "
The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3 months old little boy wrapped in a flowery blanket under his mother's dead body. Obviously, the woman had made an ultimate sacrifice for saving her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.
The medical doctor came quickly to exam the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone inside the blanket. There was a text message on the screen. It said," If you can survive, you must remember that I love you." This cell phone was passing around from one hand to another. Every body that read the message wept. " If you can survive, you must remember that I love you." Such is the mother's love for her child!!
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To be delivered to: The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate and President Barack Obama
Forgiving the student loan debt of all Americans will have an immediate stimulative effect on our economy. With the stroke of the President's pen, millions of Americans would suddenly have hundreds, or in some cases, thousands of extra dollars in their pockets each and every month with which to spend on ailing sectors of the economy. As consumer spending increases, businesses will begin to hire, jobs will be created and a new era of innovation, entrepreneurship and prosperity will be ushered in for all. A rising tide does, in fact, lift all boats - forgiving student loan debt, rather than tax cuts for corporations, millionaires and billionaires, has a MUCH greater chance of helping to rise that tide in a MUCH shorter time-frame. The future economic success of this country is wholly dependent upon a well-educated, prosperous middle class. Instead of saddling entire generations with debt from which there is no escape, let's empower the American people to grow this economy on their own!
Therefore, we, the undersigned, strongly encourage Congress and the President to support H. Res 365, introduced by Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-MI), seeking student loan forgiveness as a means of economic stimulus.
For over 30 years, the rich have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and the middle class is slowly but surely being squeezed out of existence. Instead of more of the same corporate welfare/"trickle-down" economics that have been an abysmal failure for the middle class, why not try a trickle-up approach to rebuilding our economy by targeting relief at those most likely to actually help grow the economy?


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Top Ten Albums of 2010
Think the radio sucks? It does. Think there's got to be real musicians out there producing real music? There are. Think I'm going to tell you who they are? I am. Think only a-holes ask themselves questions for themselves to answer? They do. So read on, if for no other reason than the fact that I listened to tons of crap to compile this list. You're welcome, America.
Top Ten Albums of 2010:
- Arcade Fire – The Suburbs: People like to joke about how many people are in this band. Yes, there are several hundred but it works. It's up for several Grammies which means this band could go big but are more likely to lose to people more known for their boobs (Katy Perry) or haircut (Justin Bieber) instead of their music.
- Black Keys – Brothers: Went back and forth on whether this album should be number 1. It's hard to compare this band with Arcade Fire because the Black Keys are just two guys with like three instruments tops. While discussing this album with a friend, he said "The best music is the music you can't pin down when it was recorded". If you're having trouble understanding that quote, this album is exhibit A.
- Vampire Weekend – Contra: Sophomore slump? Nope. The Ivy League rockers picked up right where they left off from their first release. Sure, the lead singer looks like the preppy jerk who eventually loses the girl to the scrappy underdog in an 80's movie, but he can belt out some catchy tunes.
- Broken Bells – Broken Bells: Need a Shins fix? Here you go. The lead singer of the Shins and Danger Mouse team for a Postal Service-ish album. Hopefully, this will be the first of many releases (unlike the Postal Service) or the Shins will go back to recording again.
- Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More: Kind of like any angrier version of the Avett Brothers although definitely not as good as the Avetts. Side note – if you haven't checked out the Avett Brothers yet, you're stupid.
- Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards: Another of Jack White's side projects that is a little louder and a little darker than the rest of his bands.
- Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig: An uber-talented African American bluegrass trio that I had the pleasure of seeing live twice this year. And if you're curious, when they say they're playing bones they are playing bones – literally.
- Interpol – Interpol: Despite naming their FOURTH album after themselves (how lame is that anyway? Hey guys, what should we call our new album? I don't know. I've always thought 'Interpol' was pretty cool. Yeah, let's call it that), this is another great release by an underrated band. I expect they'll take off after touring with U2 next year.
- South Memphis String Band – Home Sweet Home: An interesting cross between bluegrass and blues. I would call it bluesy-grass but I don't want anyone to punch me.
- Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: Yeah, he's a d-bag but this a great album. And if you refuse to listen to Kanye because you're loyal to Taylor Swift, then there's nothing I can really do for you.
Top Ten Songs of 2010
Top Ten Songs of 2010:
- Vampire Weekend – Holiday: I'm a little pissed that they sold this song to at least two businesses (Honda & Tommy Hilfiger) but it's so f#$ing catchy. Every time I catch a riff of it, I'm automatically playing the air drums.
- Arcade Fire – Suburban War: Really, I could have taken like five or six songs from this album and put it here. Such a great release. This is probably its darkest track. Love the tempo change at the end.
- Carolina Chocolate Drops – Snowden's Jig: Easily the best instrumental I heard all year. I hear this song and want to go back in time and beat up my junior high self until I agree to learn to play the violin.
- Mark Ronson & the Business International – Bang Bang Bang: English white guy rapping? Check. French lady singing the chorus? Check. Funky fresh dance beat? Check. All of three of these things I wouldn't normally go for, but put them together and somehow it works.
- Black Keys – Ten Cent Pistol: I dare you to listen to this song and not be amazed that its only two dudes playing.
- The Dead Weather – Old Mary: Man, I get chills when I listen to this song. So f@#ing spooky. I haven't felt this weirded out by a song that I couldn't stop listening to since I first heard Motley Crue's Shout at the Devil in junior high.
- Interpol – Barricade: Saw the video for this song the other day. Never knew what the band looked like even after listening to them for years. Was picturing them a little more trench-coaty.
- Of Montreal – Like a Tourist: One bright spot on an otherwise disappointing release by the Athens, GA indie band. Starting to think they jumped the shark two albums ago. Sad.
- Carolina Chocolate Drops – Cornbread and Butterbeans: This song makes me happy. I'm not a dancer but when I hear this song, I want to go dance in a wheat field or something. Does that make me gay?
- She & Him – Lingering Still: I ask myself if I would still like this band if I didn't have a crush on Zooey and the answer is yes. I think I could even get my mom to like this band if I made her listen to them. To She & Him. To they..them.
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Court Dress of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, 1875-1960, younger sister of Tsar Nicholas II.
Always a favorite.
It's a fashion face-off and there may be NO survivors!!!!!
Both painted in 1755, we have Anna Rosina de Gas's "Michał Kazimierz Ogiński Grand Hetman of Lithuania" (left) and Pietro Rotari's "Portrait of Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony" (right).
We don't know if it's all that church wine we drank, but we're seeing double!!!
The only thing Michael has over Carl is that silly little elf man in the background, who is looking quite seksi himself.
I'm reading about the LaRouche movement and I read "LaRouche-affiliated candidates" as "LaRouche-aflicted candidates" but I really don't see a difference after all.
Happy 4th of July!
"Uncle Sam's Birthday. July 4th 1776-1918. 142 Years Young and Going Strong." ca. 1917 - ca. 1919
Make that 236 Years Young!
Viet Army Recruitment, 06/02/1952
This poster is part of the series, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, ca. 1950 - 1955. Can you help is translate it?
My mother says the translation is, roughly, "Join the army and learn a trade."
Also, that guy looks like Dick Van Dyke.
This Memorial Day, we took a look back at how the U.S. soldier has evolved over the years. Did you know camouflage wasn't introduced until the end of World War II?
A very smart piece by The Daily on the evolution of the soldier.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
After seeing the trailer for Brave before The Avengers I turned to my friend and said: "There were no corsets in the Middle Ages." As he pointed out it is just a Disney movie and it's probably rife with many more anachronisms but that particularly common one always annoys me. I hate when "historical" romance novels have the wrong kind of corset on the cover (generally one from the Victorian era) because it really doesn't take that much effort to know the right one. And, really, isn't it common knowledge that stays didn't come into play until the 1500s? Besides the whole "girl forced to wear a corset and it's so uncomfortable" thing has been done to death so there was no need to inject it in a Medieval setting. I like that she doesn't seem to pass out from it like most girls in this predicament at least.
Evening Dress
Elsa Schiaparelli, 1939
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
I just love this so much.
Boys can be sooo unoriginal.
Check out these eerily similar paintings of Abbot Mangoldt Tiberius (left) and Abbot Vincentius Schwab (right).
At least throw on a splash of color, boys! You aren't fooling anyone with those innocent white frocks!!
Sucks to be them!!!
Massachusetts has been granted a new royal charter by King William III. The charter unifies the Massachusetts Bay Colony with Plymouth Colony, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and many more. Most importantly, the charter extends the right to vote beyond just those of Puritan faith and grants freedom of worship for all Christians… except for Catholics. They're still screwed.
This is a BIG step towards total religious tolerance, minus the whole Catholic thing.
Following this blog was a very good decision.
15 Years Ago Today…
Except for the stink of death, everything was neat and tidy. Police found no sign of struggle or even discomfort among the 39 corpses. Each member of the cult had followed the written instructions to "lay back and relax" after swallowing the phenobarbital-laced pudding chased with vodka… Continue Reading
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STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Stevens Point police are investigating the death of a young man not far from the university campus.
Police were called to a house in the 1500 block of Briggs Street east of Division Street at about 4:30 p.m. Police say the man in his 20's was found by his roommate after the roommate came back from a weekend out of town.
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Superstar pets of Instagram encourage you to adopt a new best friend! »
Megan Rascal here, on the ad beat. This is a few weeks old but so cute. It's all my favorite internet pet stars doing a spot for Best Friends Animal Society! Of course Lil Bub is on there and a little pal I newly followed on Instagram, Tuna! Here's Tuna ready for the holidays:
I love when famous animals use their popularity to help other animals! This pro-bono campaign comes to us from TBWA\Chiat\Day in LA. You go, ad peeps!
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Ooh fancy! These are Keep's newest limited-edition shoes! They're designed by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. You like vegan shoes? You like music? You like rescued animals? Maybe these are the shoes for you!
Designed by Justin Vernon and using our trademark Ramos silhouette, the Keep + Bon Iver shoe features herringbone accents, a black fishbone detail across the toe, and a canvas upper custom dyed to a perfect pale salmon.
Rooted in a shared love of animals, Keep + Bon Iver proudly support the Best Friends Animal Society, an animal advocacy group which operates the nation's largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals. As many of our fans know, we are grateful every day to call our rescued kitties (Toots, Teca, Orange Roughy, and Peanut Butter Face) and our rescued pups (Toni and BB) family. Justin is also the proud adopter of two rescued cats.
These limited edition Keep + Bon Iver shoes are available for pre-order now until Sunday, July 1. If you have questions regarding this project, please check the Keep + Bon Iver FAQ!
You can pre-order the shoes now through July 1, and they'll ship in October, which I think is better because 1. These are kind of fall-colored shoes, right?; and 2. Delayed gratification is important!
We love Keep, and Best Friends Animal Society! We have no opinion on Bon Iver, but we pretty much always love when famous people lend their names to good causes. And the shoes are all right, too.
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Download: Find your doggie twin! »
Don't you wish you could find your friends' doggie twins on the go?! Now you can! With the Best Friends Animal Society My Dog ID app. Above is my lovely sister Cally and her one-eyed dog twin. Pretty amazing. I tried a few other pictures of Cally and this same dog came up each time! Bwahaha. This app is more fun than I expected. Except I tried to find the dog twin for our pink dino and the app was like, whaa? It did find a dog twin for my dog though, so meta.
This app doesn't just entertain with its amazing dog twin finding abilities, it also lets you look up adoptable dogs in your area. Additionally, it makes it simple and easy to donate to Best Friends' Invisible Dog initiative. That is how I like to see animal orgs getting into social media! A free, fun, interactive game that raises awareness for shelter dogs everywhere! Well played, Best Friends.
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Victory for puppy mill protestors in California! »
A bit of good news for a change! Best Friends Animal Society had a victory against a mall and their evil, puppy-selling pet shop Barkworks. Los Angeles County Superior Court previously ruled that protestors could be relegated to a far-off corner of the mall and couldn't protest around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then the California Court of Appeal was like, WTF? That's BS! The protestors are exercising free speech! Except they said it more like this: "In general, the right of free speech in California entitles a person or group to protest a business in a shopping mall within aural and visual range of that business with no blackout days." This rules!
This doesn't just rule for animals though! As Best Friends' attorney explains, '[it's] a victory for every protester targeting any store in any mall throughout California, as the same rules apply throughout the state." As someone who's been illegally arrested for protesting (the death penalty—see, I have other interests), I'm like, hell yeah! Let's go protest something! I can't decide which store at the mall to protest first but I'm thinking of protesting Cinnabon. They aren't vegan, and that makes me mad. They always make me smell their stupid buns that I can't eat! They are infringing on my right to free-smell. This aggression will not stand!
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Aww, Hipster Puppies: "bernie moved to san francisco because it was more 'laid back' and 'anti-consumerist' than new york, but still manages to drink two cups of starbucks a day."
First: Fun-times events!
The Bay Area Vegetarians are having their monthly Vegan Food Party on Sunday, Feb. 28 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Sharp Park Library in Pacifica! Click here for details and to RSVP.
Further adventures with BAVeg: The monthly Vegan Dinner, this time on Thursday, Mar. 4 at 7 p.m. at Loving Hut in Palo Alto! Details here.
The Fredonia Humane Society's animal shelter has suddenly closed, and Best Friends Animal Society is working to find foster homes for FHS's last eight dogs. Can you help? Email Tom ASAP!
Hey North Bay, Shollenberger Park needs your help! It is apparently one of North America's premier bird sanctuaries, and threatened by the possible installation of an asphalt plant on its borders. Yes, an asphalt plant, which, gross. Help the birds, already!
Second: Weekend reads!
Friend of Vegansaurus' Pawesome directs us to Buzzfeed's roundup of the internet's 30 "most important" cats of 2009.
Who's the coolest athlete on Team USA? Hannah Teter, duh: gold-medal-winning snowboarder, vegetarian, and philanthropist!
Here's another opinion on the Tilikum-the-killer-orca issue. Preview: FREE HIM.
We haven't checked out Chronicle restaurant reviews in a while. Michael Bauer went to Gather, where chef Sean Baker, formerly of Millennium, cooks terrifying vegetarian and vegan food and reassuringly meat-tastic dishes like soups of goat and duck. Thank god, we can all get along! Even if "the staff can be a little strident," those fucking hippies.
The Healthy Food Financing Initiative has $400 million for grocery stores to open in "food deserts," i.e., areas where you can only buy food at convenience stores. Hopefully this won't all go to Wal-Mart. But, yay groceries! Everyone needs groceries, duh.
Hey so sea lions have returned to Pier 39 after a months-long absence. No, we don't know where they were, why they left, or whether these sea lions are even the same ones who used to chill there. It's all very mysterious. If only someone could speak sea-roar.
Koalas are catching a species-specific disease called koala retrovirus, which acts upon their systems like AIDS does on humans—i.e., it makes them more susceptible to other illnesses that then become lethal. Because what we need are fewer koalas.
Smiling-time adorable photo break! This dog looks totally high! Which even I think is hilarious, and I find the idea of giving intoxicants to animals completely offensive!
The often useless California legislature is debating the creation of an online animal abusers registry, which would apparently function similarly to the sex offenders and arsonists registries. It's sponsored in part by the Animal Legal Defense Fund; read more details here. (link via SuperVegan!)
The new nightmare dinner party: a butter-n-cheesestravaganza of Paula Deen recipes. Questions: would it all still taste like shit if you veganized it? Probably.
Something WAY MORE DELICIOUS: Sweet and Sara will be making Peeps-style vegan marshmallows this spring! I will take multiple dozens, please.
Foreign Policy magazine has a photo essay about life as a dog in China. There aren't any explicitly gory or violent images, but some are disturbing.
There's drama at Ike's because the neighbors don't like the crazy lines. Vegansaurus says, support your Ike, call ahead and pick up your order with minimal waiting!
So that's vile: Jeremy Fox's "other interests" now include an appearance at Cochon 555, an event in which five (5) chefs and five (5) winemakers prepare a dish from five (5) dead pigs. GET IT? We know he's made it quite clear he was never a veg chef, and his exact role in this bloodbath is unknown, BUT STILL.
Are you nauseated yet? How does this collection of canned animal products make you feel?
In generally freaky food-related news, robots—partial and full-bodied—that cook! Well, sort of. Some of them ingest beer, and another "recount[s] awful jokes and chuckl[es] to herself." I don't know. At least robots don't eat meat, right? Eh?
Brown Ramsay (duh!) makes a delicious vegetable-and-fingernail stir-fry with Ellen! This video is only a teeny bit gross.
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Olive Garden is tearing down its Tuscan decor
Parent company Darden is trying to revamp the Italian food chain with a new look, updated logo, new uniforms and healthier fare.
Welcome to The O.G. In an attempt to turn around the flagging performance of its Olive Garden chain, parent company Darden International (DRI) is tearing down the stone-and-wood archways that have been in place since 2000 and sprucing up the logo.
After installing new Olive Garden President Dave George in January, cutting quarterly expectations for both its Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains and suggesting to The Associated Press that fewer Olive Gardens will open in the next year, a struggling Darden is getting ready to gut its Italian dining cornerstone down to the bottlomless breadsticks. The chain is promising to vary its menu, lower its prices and make it healthier and more "relevant." Unfortunately, it has done all this before with limited effects.
Back in October, Olive Garden introduced 600-calorie menu items and swapped its "When You're Here, Your Family Slogan" for the peppier "Go Olive Garden." The result? Olive Garden sales fell 1.2% for all of 2012. Now the chain is swapping the staff's white shirts and wide ties for the same black button-down shirt and black slacks customers see at just about every other casual-dining chain.
Extracting what remains of Olive Garden's personality may not solve the chain's personality crisis. Since Olive Garden's heyday in the early 2000s, fast-casual chains like Chipotle (CMG) and Panera (PNRA) have been chipping away at its customer base. NPD Group says casual-dining sales in general have been dropping steadily since early 2010 as diners 18 to 47 years old flee in droves. Unsustainable price specials like 2-for-$20 meal deals have eroded casual-dining's value.
While diners are spending 5.5% more at casual-dining chains that offer healthier options, they're spending a lot less at places like Olive Garden overall. Darden has repeatedly placed the blame for woes at Olive Garden and its other chains on Obamacare, payroll taxes and just about everything besides its food and prices. It's just dressing its old problems in some new clothing.
So, farewell fake Tuscan farmhouse and funny waiter ties. The American dining public that's slowly ditching Olive Garden for fast-casual and specialty chains like Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) eagerly awaits the staid, stainless steel specials factory that's coming next.
Shame on Olive Garden for blaming Obamacare, etc on its poor performance. Olive Garden is relatively expensive for what you get there. They have not varied their menu much and it is rather difficult to find low cal, low fat options that taste good. I really don't care what my servers wear and I have always enjoyed the exterior/interior design.
Due to a lot of unglamorous business travel, I'd eaten at several Italian cuisine themed chain restaurtants many times. Bertucci's, Macaroni Grill, Maggiano's, Carrabba's, California Pizza Kitchen, Pizzaria Uno, Olive Garden and the very regrettable Old Spaghetti Factory. Skipping the Old Spaghetti Factory, the food offered at Olive Garden is of lower quality than most of the other restaurants I mentioned but in the same price range. It small wonder they have slipped down the list of dining options for most diners. Changing wait staff uniforms and renovating the restaurants isn't going to bring patrons back. Offer higher quality food at better prices and they might have a chance. Otherwise, I suggest they concentrate their business where there isn't any competition, so customers can't compare them to better restaurants.
Once upon a time Olive Garden was a nice place to eat: Great atmosphere, good food, fast & friendly service. I enjoyed it.
Fast forward to present; the last couple times I went to Olive Garden the service was slow, definitely not friendly and food was mediocre. The topper was watching the cockroaches run up the walls and over behind the folks at the table across from us. While we did make an effort at being discreet in reporting them we just couldn't keep from laughing at how crazy it was.
Sorry Olive Garden but no more of your soup for me!
People could care less about their décor – they care about the FOOD! I agree with some other comments from people saying that if they would concentrate on preparing good quality, fresh food, they would do better. All they serve is pre-frozen bricks of food that have been re-heated. Everything is pre-cooked and sold to them in massive solid chunks (including their sauces)…which they defrost and heat in a pan before serving to guests. This makes their food taste stale, like a TV dinner. I wouldn't mind paying $16-$18 for fresh cooked food, but as it stands now, customers are paying a bundle for large servings of TV dinners.
I don't know what Olive Gardens you all go to but at least once a month/ sometimes twice we go to Henrietta/Rochester NY, Jefferson Rd. Olive Garden. We live close to an hour from there so we hit the big city once a month to go to Olive Garden, Palmers, and Wegmans. The service at this Olive Garden is the best ever. Most are local college students. They work in teams, and are extremely helpful, always stopping back at the table to see how your meal is.
As far as the food goes, Olive Garden is my favorite Italian restaurant. Just their commercials on tv are enough to draw me. I love seeing the families and little kids.
Jefferson Rd. in Henrietta is restaurant row. You have your choice of so many - Chilis, Joe's Crab Shack, Red Lobster, Buffalo Wings, Chipolte, Outback, etc., etc., etc.
Olive Garden will always remain my fav.
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9-Year-Old Hero Saves Toddler From Drowning
I've always taken pride in the fact that I'm not a scaredy cat kind of mom. Kid's eating dirt? Good! You need a pound before you die. Kid's spotted a snake in the backyard? Well then stay away from it silly! But throw a pool in front of me, and start your helicopter engines. I'm not letting that kid more than an arm's length away.
You'll understand how the story of 9-year-old Ishaan Singh, who saw the body of a 3-year-old girl resting in the bottom of pool at a California apartment complex, practically gave me heart palpitations. Singh is 100 percent hero material; he jumped right in and saved the toddler while an adult saved the kid's grandpa who was also in the pool. That's some money well spent on swimming lessons!
Everyone is OK now -- Singh, the little girl, even Grandpa. But the fact that the little girl's family was seemingly doing the right thing at the pool to begin with has left me, well, scared.
She was in the pool with a responsible adult. And the last anyone saw them, he was paying attention to her. Doctors are trying to determine how Grandpa and the little girl ended up at the bottom of the pool, but there's a possibility he had a heart attack. With the child unable to swim herself, she was close to drowning before the heroic 9-year-old dove in.
That is what bothers me: the idea that kids who don't know how to swim get into a pool. Sure, you need to start somewhere, and even kids who can't swim get hot in the summer. Maybe I'm extra nervous because my daughter has been resisting her swimming lessons this summer like a prototypical stubborn 6-year-old. I've taken comfort in knowing that she always, always, always has an adult on hand. But as this story just proved, having a responsible adult on hand isn't enough. Disaster can strike at any time. Kids need to know how to swim. You never know when they'll be faced with saving a life -- and it might be their own.
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Mine is only 3, and she usually has her swimmies or a life jacket on in the pool. She's a lot more confident this year than she was last year, but cautious enough that I feel she's on the right track. Her BFF is another story- NO FEAR. That kid will jump right in the pool with no one to catch her, and go underwater. The swimmies her parents have for her don't keep her very well afloat. She scares the CRAP out of me in the water! She's had several rounds of swimming lessons, but she can't swim on her own.
As a former lifeguard, i feel confindent that I can teach my daughter to swim, but I'm doing it a little bit at a time.
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MelissaAugust 3, 2011 at 3:16 PMI had both my kids in lessons at 6 months old. At about 18 months, if you pushed them off the edge of a pool, they could turn themselves around, make it to the edge and hand-over-hand around the side of the pool to the stairs. At 5-8 they continue to take lessons. To me, swimming is a life skill. Not optional...they MUST be able to swim.
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tyrelsmomAugust 3, 2011 at 4:01 PMI've gotta get mine into lessons. It's just that it's a 1/2 hour drive, each way. I've never gotten around to it. But I promised myself just the other day that the next time I'm in town (probably tomorrow), I'll look into it.
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my dd is four and took swimming lessons this year she swims pretty whell but im still within arms reach
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my oldest can swim enough in a pool with adults around, my youngest son NO, I want to get them into swim lessons soon, and my dd when she gets a little older
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A Toledo man wanted for the rape of a young child is now in custody.
U.S. Marshals arrested Robert Tibbits Thursday night in Kentucky.
A deputy with the U.S. Marshal's Office says Perrysburg Township police were instrumental in helping track him down. The department forwarded a lead to the U.S. Marshals, who surrounded a trailer where Tibbits was hiding. He eventually surrendered.
"He's still in Kentucky right now. He will be going through an extradition process to Ohio - which he'll be coming back to Toledo to face the music," said Sgt. Joe Heffernan with the Toledo Police Department.
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Otology is a branch of medicine which studies normal and pathological anatomy and physiology of the ear (hearing and vestibular sensory systems and related structures and functions) as well as its diseases, diagnosis and treatment.
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GREELEY – In the final set of awards for the 2012 season, Northern Colorado football had three players honored on the All-National Football Foundation Colorado Chapter (NFFCC) Team.
Senior return specialist Dominic Gunn was the lone selection to the first team, while he was also named to the Second Team as a wide receiver. Senior DB Marcel Gibbons and Jordan Bible were both tabbed on the Second Team for defense.
The team is made up of all the four-year football playing institutions in Colorado in Adams State, Air Force, Colorado, Colorado Mesa, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State, Colorado State-Pueblo, Fort Lewis, Northern Colorado and Western State.
Gunn finished the year with 498 kickoff return yards and 392 punt return yards and three special teams touchdowns. He also led the team with seven tackles, five solo, on special teams plays. On offense, Gunn had 49 receptions for a team-best 673 yards and six touchdowns.
Bible was the team's second-leading tackler, notching 70 in his final year in the Blue & Gold. He also had 1.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, three pass break-ups and led the team with three interceptions.
Gibbons finished his career third on the team with 69 total tackles, four pass break-ups, two forced fumbles, two interceptions and one blocked kick.
The Bears finished 2012 with a 5-6 overall record and 4-4 in Big Sky Conference play for a tie for fifth place. The team also won its final three games of the season and four of its last five.


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