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Stephanie Pezzullo's car has a bumper held together by duct tape, she quotes Bible verses on Facebook, and she whooshes past everyone on McAlpine Creek Greenway in neon shoes, socks and running shorts.
Almost everyone who knows her calls her "Pezz."
But barely anyone knows that for years, she battled severe anxiety and depression. That she often wished she were dead.
On Oct. 13, she is set to run the Chicago Marathon; it will be her second 26.2-mile race. In her first, also in the Windy City last year, she finished behind just nine women – and ahead of 16,793 others. With that time, she would have won Charlotte's 2012 Thunder Road Marathon by a half-hour.
Pezz could live and train with other elites in California, Colorado, Arizona. But Charlotte is where she feels loved.
So here, she's probably unique: A runner who treats competing in races as her primary career. It's not glamorous; there's no health insurance, no 401(k). Her race expenses are paid for by sponsors and event directors, but she's just one injury from a financial crisis.
And yet she runs – 90 to 100 miles a week. She is running toward dreams of winning a race like Chicago, but also toward a peace that has eluded her for most of her 31 years.
Pulling her, pushing her, encouraging her are a select group of people she's shared her secrets with – and who she believes saved her life.
* * *
Pezz's father, Rhode Island physician Steven Pezzullo, was diagnosed as bipolar in 1991, when Pezz was about 9, he told the Observer. He also said his behavior around his family before that was erratic, with frequent mood swings. He screamed and swore a lot. After he learned of his disorder, he said medication helped.
Months after his diagnosis, court documents show Steven Pezzullo spent a night in jail on an assault charge; it was later dropped. Six years later, according to court records, he was arrested for allegedly beating up his mother; she refused to go forward with charges.
Pezz, her mother Linda Pezzullo, and her uncle Jim Ricci said medication did not improve home life.
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Pezz started playing soccer at age 10 in a Glocester, R.I., youth league.
Her younger brother Matt said Pezz wasn't naturally athletic, but she had drive. She took up softball, tennis and basketball, too. She'd come home and spend hours dribbling, kicking, running, jumping and shooting.
Said Ricci, her uncle: "Her drug of choice had become sports. This was her 'out' from the insanity that was going on (in her house)."
At 16, she played varsity basketball and soccer at Ponaganset High School in Glocester and joined a club soccer team.
Then at 17, she was invited to try out for a select U.S. regional team. More than 200 girls from 12 states competed for 15 spots. No one from Rhode Island had ever been selected.
She didn't have much of a relationship with God; her family only went to church for Christmas and Easter. But in the middle of the night, she went onto the field and prayed. "I just said, 'God... I want to make this team so bad. I want to play in college. But it's your will.' "
Two days later, she was the last girl chosen.
It fueled her faith and got her away from home as the team traveled to tournaments in Arizona, France, Italy and Switzerland. Between that and being named an All-American at Ponaganset, colleges took notice.
Though several top New England schools offered full scholarships, she jumped when Penn State – a top national program – gave her a partial one.
"It was far away from home," Pezz said. "I wouldn't have cared if their academic program sucked. I was going."
* * *
She arrived as a freshman in 2000 with a stress fracture in her tibia, so the coaches red-shirted her to preserve four years of athletic eligibility. But she could practice with the team.
Pezz quickly struck up a friendship with Heidi Casey, who was in the same recruiting class. Heidi, from Colorado, was battling homesickness and confided in Pezz about her struggle to adjust.
"She was always really warm and caring and seemed to have this added element to her just in terms of bigger life perspective," Heidi recalled.
Teammates found Pezz outgoing and quick with a joke, but she didn't go to parties with them, didn't drink, opting instead to join a church on campus and go to Bible study. She was getting straight As, and to an outsider, she was doing OK.
Privately, Pezz was in agony. She had nightmares – when she could actually get to sleep. Sometimes, she would only sleep for 20 minutes, then stay up all night.
In the spring semester, after her stress fractures had healed, she would go for walks at 2 or 3 in the morning. Walks turned into runs, runs turned into lung-bursting sprints. "I just had all this tension and energy that had to come out. ... My heart always hurt."
Alone in her room, she substituted one type of pain for another. She would pinch and punch herself, bang herself against the wall. She started cutting herself where no one could see. She wouldn't shower with her teammates, and never wore a bathing suit in public.
And when she was 20, Pezz tried to kill herself.
She was on Interstate 95 heading to a soccer game in Boston on a rainy July night, Pezz said. "I felt I was bad, awful, wrong in not just sports – in everything. I hated myself. I was mad. I just didn't think I could do anything right."
She sped up and started crossing lanes, aiming to hit a big tree – but she side-swiped another car, crashing instead into a sign and tree branches. Neither she nor the couple she'd hit suffered serious injuries. But Pezz remembers two things clearly: Guilt that she almost hurt someone else, and the bumper sticker on the other car: "Jesus Loves You."
* * *
Throughout her childhood, Pezz said, her father frightened her and hurt her. He would grab and strike her, push her to the ground and throw things at her. He recalled hitting Pezz just once in his life, "with a little stick on the butt," and maybe twice pushing or shoving his former wife. But Linda Pezzullo confirmed that he was physically aggressive with his family. They divorced in 2002 after both children had moved to college.
"They all lived under the fear of abuse," said Pezz's uncle, Jim Ricci. "Everybody had eye signals. ... It was a controlling thing that was going on. It was really sick to see."
* * *
Pezz at first told everyone the car wreck was an accident. Then she told Melissa Ramsey the truth.
Melissa had joined the team as assistant coach the previous year, and they had become fast friends. On the bus, while everyone else slept, she and Pezz played games or chatted. Pezz volunteered at middle and high school club teams that Melissa coached.
With suicidal thoughts consuming Pezz on one bad day in the spring semester of 2003, she did what she had never done before: She opened up to Melissa.
It startled the coach. She said she knew Pezz had been struggling – she'd seen her pass out at practice because of exhaustion. But when Pezz told her she was hurting herself, "I didn't really understand it," Melissa said.
Melissa suggested counseling. Pezz resisted, so Melissa involved the head coach, and they got tough: "You need to get help or you're going to be off the team."
Pezz reluctantly complied, but her chaotic behavior persisted. On one road trip, Pezz forgot her uniform. The very next game, she forgot it again.
In midseason of her junior year, Pezz's exasperated coaches convinced her to check into Mount Nittany Medical Center's Behavioral Health Services, where doctors diagnosed her with post-traumatic stress disorder. There, Pezz reluctantly answered questions about her family.
She told counselors her parents' divorce had enraged her father, and that she felt uncomfortable when he attended her games. So on a counselor's advice, Pezz called him with the counselor and Melissa listening.
"All I said was, 'Dad, I'm getting some help right now and I think maybe you should stop coming to my games,' and he went ballistic. 'I'm gonna come there, I'm gonna f------ kill your coach, then I'm gonna f------ kill your counselor, then I'm gonna f------ kill you.' "
While Pezz had often heard these threats, they scared Melissa.
"He was pretty coherent," Melissa said. "You could understand he was ready to come after us." Steven Pezzullo recalled being angry, but denies making threats.
Melissa said the team added on-field security during Pezz's next few games.
After she was discharged that same year, Pezz decided to hitchhike to another state without telling anyone. She was missing for two days. Pezz was hospitalized again.
"I don't really think I understood the severity of it until I entered in the daily battle with her," Heidi said. Instead of telling Pezz her troubles, she listened.
"For the first time," Pezz said, "I opened up to her instead of her always opening up to me."
The next year, Heidi graduated and returned to Colorado. Melissa married and moved back to Louisiana.
Losing two trusted supporters devastated Pezz.
So when the Charlotte Eagles – a professional team owned by Missionary Athletes International – asked her to play in their summer league, Pezz thought, "Maybe it's another chance to get away."
* * *
When she came to Charlotte in 2004, she was paired with a host family: Ron and Ramona Pedemonte of Indian Trail, and their two boys – Matt, then 8, and Mike, then 11.
Pezz could not believe how they lived. They had limits on TV time; they were strict about candy and soda; they had bedtimes. Ramona would read to the boys, then tuck them in with a kiss.
"I was like, 'How the hell am I gonna live here?' " Pezz said. "I just thought they were nerds. I thought they were complete nerds."
But Ron treated Ramona in a way Pezz had never seen a husband treat a wife. There was no yelling. No fighting.
Ramona said Pezz was friendly and outgoing, but with one odd trait: Her hands shook. A lot.
About 3 1/2 weeks after she moved in, the family was getting ready for church. Pezz had planned to join them, but at the last minute, she told them she felt sick.
Ramona asked questions as if she wanted to help, Pezz thought. So she decided to open up again.
She wasn't ready to tell all, but she told Ramona about the cutting and anxiety attacks. She told enough to paint an ugly childhood.
During milder anxiety attacks that Ramona witnessed, Pezz held her body stiffly. She grabbed at her shirt obsessively, or pulled at the skin on the back of her wrist. In more intense attacks, she would breathe shallowly and turn pale. Severe attacks would have her sobbing and in a fetal position. Then Pezz would dissociate.
"It would be like a switch went on and she would be gone," Ramona said. "Her body was there, but no one was home."
Ramona offered to help Pezz even after she returned to Penn State. In the middle of the night, Ramona would get phone calls like this:
Pezz: I'm in a field, and I don't know where I am.
Ramona: OK, look around. Do you see any lights?
Pezz: Yes, I see lights.
Ramona: Walk toward the lights. Do you see any buildings you recognize?
Pezz: Well, I think I see the library.
Ramona: Walk toward the library. ...
On the soccer field, Pezz never felt lost. She helped lead the Nittany Lions to their fourth conference championship in her four years as a starter. But they were eliminated earlier in the postseason than expected.
"I was just so heartbroken," Pezz said, "because I was a senior and I felt like, 'I don't know how we lost that game. Two days later, I just was like, 'I'm doing something else.' "
She called the track coach, asked for a tryout and learned she would need to run a mile in 5 minutes, 15 seconds or less to make the cut.
After only a month to prepare, Pezz ran a mile in 5 minutes, 6 seconds.
In her one season of track, she was among the team's stars.
* * *
As a little girl, Pezz never viewed herself as fast.
"My nickname from the time I was 5 on was 'slow f---ing retarded reject,' " Pezz said. " 'Slow' was always in my head. 'Slow, you're slow, you're slow.' " Steven Pezzullo said he "may have" used such names; both her mother and brother confirm the verbal abuse.
* * *
In May 2005, Pezz graduated from Penn State with a degree in kinesiology, then returned to Charlotte to play for the Eagles.
She had no career goals, but she had people who cared about her.
Ron and Ramona invited her to live with them indefinitely, with one stipulation: that she resume counseling. They helped her kick an addiction to lorazepam, which psychiatrists at Penn State had prescribed for anxiety, depression and insomnia. Pezz had stopped cutting herself.
Matt and Mike Pedemonte gained an older sister in Pezz, who often attended their soccer games. Ron spent hours with her in intense battles of Ping-Pong, basketball and pool volleyball. She confided in him, too. For Pezz, it "was the first time I felt safe opening up to a man."
Pezz also convinced her teammate and friend Heidi – who had been living in Colorado – to give the Eagles a shot, too. Pezz introduced an Eagles men's player, Sam Casey, to Heidi; they were married within a year.
Then in the fall, Pezz visited Clemson University to watch former Eagles teammates play a college game. At halftime, she went to the Clemson track to run. Pete Rea – a coach for ZAP Fitness, a training center for Olympic-hopeful runners in Blowing Rock – was there timing another runner. He noticed Pezz's speed, gave her his card and suggested she call.
Six weeks later, Pezz was training with Rea and his wife, Zika, ZAP's co-founder. They gave her a monthly stipend, free gear, performance bonuses and travel expenses.
Pezz's transformation from soccer player to runner was complete.
The Reas introduced Pezz to the steeplechase, a 3,000-meter track event over barriers and a water jump, and in her first event, she qualified for both the U.S. championships and the Olympic trials.
In her second, after one lap, a taller runner ahead of Pezz obstructed her view. She sailed blindly over a barrier and "instead of landing on my foot, I landed more on my top of my toe," Pezz said. "It was just like a pop."
Her ankle bone had chipped off.
She wouldn't run competitively for nearly three years.
* * *
Pezz started working as a personal trainer at Performance Training in Pineville in 2007 and became friends with Jim Reavis, a cycling coach who introduced himself after watching her limp in and out of the facility on her cast.
Over the next 18 months, she tried to run again, but she was slower than ever and off kilter. She shared her frustration with Jim. "Why don't we put you on a bicycle?" said Jim.
So Pezz borrowed a bike, and Jim hooked it up to a CompuTrainer – a device that offers feedback on a cyclist's speed, power and cadence – and she started posting numbers he'd only seen from pro cyclists.
What she really wanted to do, though, was run again.
At Jim's suggestion, they went to see renowned running gait analyst Jay Dicharry at the University of Virginia. One look at Pezz, Dicharry said, and it was clear she was using only her left leg to run. She was dragging the leg she had injured.
Back in Charlotte, she and Jim would go to the Siskey YMCA in Matthews; she'd run, he'd watch.
Jim: "I would sit there and say, 'Use your right leg, use your right leg.' "
Pezz: "It was so annoying."
But she kept at it. "And it was like I could run again."
Pezz believes God sent Jim into her life, "at a time that couldn't have been more perfect."
Though he wasn't a church-goer when they first met, she wanted him to attend with her. He resisted. She nagged.
Finally, Jim made a deal: Finish a 5K in under 17 minutes, I'll go with you.
On a sweltering summer day, she ran 16 minutes, 35 seconds. They've been going to church together since.
Pezz said Jim, 73, is "like a grandpa" to her. They don't talk about her childhood, but "he knows I came from a tough background."
* * *
When Pezz was a child, Pezz and her mother both said that Steven Pezzullo was inappropriately affectionate with Pezz and would grow angry when she wouldn't reciprocate. They said one time, for example, he grabbed kitchen knives and warned Pezz: "If you don't hug and kiss me, I'm gonna f---ing put these down your throat." Steven Pezzullo said this never happened.
* * *
In January 2010, in a three-page handwritten letter to Ron and Ramona, she outlined her hopes and fears about her running career – and her reasons for moving out.
"If I do not perform well enough, or if nothing comes of it financially, or sponsorship-wise, then I will quit, and at least know I tried," she wrote. "I know you have been willing to put up with this crazy dream. ... But maybe time is up."
She found an apartment with a former Eagles teammate in the spring. The following winter, she took another risk and moved to Flagstaff, Ariz., to live and work out with elite runners.
"I think there was a part of me that just needed to get away because I felt like I was burdening people in Charlotte, and I still had so much to hide," Pezz said.
She ran well in Arizona, but anxiety returned. She forgot to eat, missed flights and couldn't sleep. She didn't resume hurting herself, "but it was not a good year," Pezz said.
After nine months in the Southwest, she came home to Charlotte.
She was disappointed in herself, but the training helped her speed.
She ran her first half marathon in 1 hour, 14 minutes, 32 seconds – 48 seconds behind the winner, Mulu Seboka, one of Ethiopia's premier distance runners. Mark Hadley, a Charlotte coach who has experience with other elites, offered to train her. Boulder, Colo.-based footwear manufacturer Newton Running gave her a sponsorship deal.
But about the same time, Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was under investigation for molesting children.
To Pezz, it dug like a knife into old wounds. It involved kids getting hurt by adults they trusted. School officials she knew were implicated. For a month, she was sleeping only two or three hours a night.
"I wasn't seeing a counselor or anything," she said, "and just didn't feel like I could talk to anyone."
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Then she met Susan Black.
They knew each other's faces because they both ran on the McMullen Creek Greenway. A mutual friend introduced them in January 2012, and Pezz and Susan learned they both attended Elevation Church at Blakeney. Pezz had no car, so Susan took her to services.
Pezz hated herself for the experience in Arizona, and she couldn't escape hearing every day about Sandusky's crimes.
"I'm really struggling with some things," Pezz confided to Susan. "I don't know what to do."
Susan didn't either, but she accepted the challenge: "Literally, God said 'Here,' and I said, 'OK, what do you want me to do?' "
Pezz opened up again.
Susan could empathize. Her childhood was nowhere near as difficult, but she'd lost her mom when she was 13 and her dad to suicide at age 14. So she understood what she calls "a bird without a nest."
And she is a good listener. So Pezz, in time, told Susan everything.
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Pezz's darkest childhood secret, she said, is that her father had inappropriate sexual contact with her when she was a girl. She won't give details, but said "the worst of it was from the ages of 5 to 10" and it continued into her teens. Her uncle, Jim Ricci, a pastor, said Pezz disclosed this to him when she was a freshman at Penn State.
Steven Pezzullo denied inappropriate sexual contact. He said he "probably" was addicted to sex as a symptom of his bipolar disorder, "but not with little girls. With big girls."
"I don't know if she took different things, me playing around and wrestling or something – if she took something like that (the wrong way)," he said. "But there's never been any kind of sexual advances toward my daughter."
Linda Pezzullo said she wasn't aware of sexual contact, but said she believes her daughter's accounts.
The most confusing part, Pezz said, was that there were times when Steven Pezzullo seemed cheerful, generous, smart and engaging. The rest of the time, she said, "was hell on Earth."
* * *
Last year, the Rhode Island Department of Health suspended Steven Pezzullo from practicing medicine after a then-70-year-old female patient alleged sexually inappropriate contact during a physical exam in 2011. The licensing board document also refers to a similar allegation from a female patient in 1996. He was cleared in that case.
Pezz and her father, now 63, had maintained a relationship. He would occasionally travel to watch her race, she said. And they would talk on the phone maybe twice a month.
Then last Christmas, Pezz went home to Rhode Island. She'd told Susan she wasn't going to see her father, but she did anyway.
"It triggered a lot of bad memories," Pezz said. "I came (back) a wreck."
Two weeks later, with Susan by her side, Pezz called her father, confronted him and said she was ceasing contact.
She won't pursue legal action against him right now. She wants to heal, and she's not sure that would help.
Her relationship with her mother has improved. Over the summer, Linda Pezzullo visited Pezz in Charlotte. They see each other several times a year. She forgives and loves her mom. She understands her decisions.
"It was, 'This is what we do to survive. We just do what he wants,' " Pezz said. "But if I have kids, would I let that happen to them? ... Hell no."
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Pezz resumed counseling at Susan's urging, and revealed more than ever in therapy. In May 2012, Pezz moved in with the Blacks.
With Susan's encouragement, Pezz stood up more for herself, set boundaries and decided to start training for Chicago. After her strong performance there, Running Times ranked her 10th among top U.S. marathoners.
Susan, like Ramona, supported Pezz unconditionally.
"I don't care if she wants to be an amazingly fast professional runner. I don't care if she wants to bake the best cupcakes in Charlotte. I don't care if she wants to become a brain surgeon," Susan said. "I just want her to experience the chance to achieve a dream."
Pezz won't say what she earns from running, but she has always paid her bills. She never took money from the Blacks or the Pedemontes unless it was an offer to help with medical expenses or an emergency.
She said in 2012 – when 75 percent of her income came from racing – she earned less than she did as a full-time personal trainer.
Marathoners peak in their 30s, when endurance and discipline often improve. Pezz turned 31 in May.
The top marathoners are paid well. Liliya Shobukhova, 35, of Russia was the highest-paid female marathoner in 2011 at $720,000, according to a survey by ESPN The Magazine. The majority of professional runners, however, scrape by on $20,000 a year or less, said David Monti of Race Results Weekly, who recruits pros for the New York City Marathon.
"Running is mostly a pro sport in name only, with an income distribution that forms a very steep pyramid," said Toni Reavis, a marathon TV commentator.
Runners at Pezz's level must choose races carefully to maximize their income, Monti said. A bad performance means earning nothing. Mile specialists can race often, "so if the race on Friday goes poorly, there's another one on Tuesday," Monti said. But with marathoners, like Pezz, "it takes three to four months of training for each one, and even the smallest problem – a blister, an upset stomach, a calf cramp – can ruin everything. The pressure on race day is massive."
And this year already has been filled with pressure.
In February, she moved into a one-bedroom apartment. It's the first time she's lived alone.
In March, a large cyst on her left hamstring caused her to drop out of a race in Florida, then miss a race in Virginia Beach. "I was just at the point where I was like, 'I'm done' ... 'I'm just gonna take a step back from running,' " she said. So she got herself three part-time jobs.
But in April, she had "a little therapy session" with Susan and refocused herself on running. The next Sunday, two weeks after the cyst was drained, Pezz finished ninth at the USA Women's 10 Mile Championships in Washington. In the next five weekends, she won more than $4,000 in three races – not including bonuses.
Then in June, another setback: kidney stones. The pain forced her to walk during portions of a major 10k in New York, finishing in 31st place.
"There's been a lot of times where I've thought about quitting and ... ," Pezz said, then paused. "Running. This is back to running. Not quitting my life. ... It's a financial struggle. You're always waiting for your next paycheck."
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Pezz wants to finish in the top 10 in the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13. She hopes to beat her 2012 time by more than 90 seconds if the weather is ideal.
But the best part of Pezz's life now isn't running. It's the people who love her.
Melissa has hosted Pezz at her Baton Rouge, La., home multiple times. Pezz is godmother to Heidi's son Sammy, now almost 2. Jim is always there if Pezz needs a movie date or a lift to the airport. This past summer, she spent a week with the Pedemontes in the Caribbean. Susan frequently comes to Pezz's races; next month, she plans to cheer her as she runs through the streets of Chicago.
They admire Pezz's recovery, her courage and her heart.
Said Melissa: "If someone goes, 'I had a hard life,' I'm like, 'Your life was fine. Let me tell you this story about this girl ... ' She's a great example of how, no matter what your situation is, you can become anything."
And that's Pezz's wish: That her story helps others who suffer to heal through faith, trust and openness.
"There is hope for whatever tough situation or crazy past that you have experienced," Pezz said. "We all cope in different ways. I really feel that I used whatever small talent or gift I was given to keep getting to the next level of healing. Doing well in sports brought me to certain people and places that have helped me to move forward and take some shame away."
"Romans 8:28 is my favorite verse. It says, 'In all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose.' It basically just means if I really feel I was called according to God's purpose, that no matter what happens in this life, it can be turned around for good. And it has in so many ways."
When Pezz closes her eyes and dreams of her future, she sees herself as healthy, happy, and with children of her own.
She sees people who love her.
She sees hope.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Security forces opened fire on Sudanese protesters Friday, witnesses said, as thousands marched through the streets of the capital in an opposition push to turn a wave of popular anger over fuel price hikes into an outright uprising against the 24-year rule of President Omar al-Bashir.
At least 50 people have been killed so far this week in the security forces' crackdown on a startling burst of protests, sparked by cuts on fuel and gas subsidies. The marches are turning into the heaviest domestic challenge yet faced by al-Bashir, who had so far been spared the sort of anti-authoritarian popular revolts seen around the Arab world the past two years.
Though he has kept his grip on the regime, al-Bashir has been increasingly beleaguered. The economy has been worsening, especially after South Sudan broke off and became an independent state in 2011, taking Sudan's main oil-producing territory. Armed secessionist groups operate in several parts of the country. And al-Bashir himself, who came to power as head of a military-Islamist regime after a 1989 coup, is wanted by the International Criminal Court over alleged crimes in Sudan's western region of Darfur.
Protesters marched in several parts of Khartoum and in at least one other city, Wad Madani, after weekly Muslim prayers. Security forces opened fire on a march on 60th Street in eastern Khartoum, one witness said, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons. There was no immediate word on casualties.
In the Khartoum district of Omdurman, a longtime opposition stronghold, one of Sudan's most prominent opposition leaders, Sadiq al-Mahdi, delivered the Friday sermon at a mosque, telling worshippers that al-Bashir has been spending the state's budget on "consolidating power" and failed "to lift the agony off the citizens' shoulders."
"Life became unbearable. Citizens' main concern is survival after the government gave up on its responsibility to provide subsidies," said al-Mahdi, of the National Umma Party. "We call for changing the regime."
After the sermon, a crowd of protesters marched from the mosque through the district, changing "the people want the downfall of the regime," the slogan heard in Arab Spring uprisings from Tunisia and Egypt to Syria and Yemen.
Security forces were deployed nearby in pick-up trucks mounted with machine guns. Omdurman residents blocked their streets with rocks and pipes in an attempt to keep security forces out, though witnesses reported that police opened fire tear gas and live ammunition on the march as it tried to cross the Nile River into central Khartoum.
"People will not be stopped by the killings until this rotten regime leaves," one witness and Umma Party member, Mohammed al-Mahdi, told the Associated Press.
Anti-government protests first erupted this week in the town of Wad Madani south of Sudan's capital, then spread to Khartoum and seven other cities after the government on Sunday cut subsidies on fuel and gas, causing prices to leap. Angry protesters torched police and gas stations and government buildings, while students marched chanting for al-Bashir's ouster.
The subsidy cuts are part of a program worked out with the International Monetary Fund aiming to salvage the economy after the break with the south, seeking to cut state spending while encouraging non-oil sectors. Al-Bashir justified the new measures, saying they would rescue the country from "collapse."
A gallon (3.8 liters) of diesel sprang from eight Sudanese pounds ($1.81) to 14 pounds ($3.18). A gallon of gasoline, once 12 pounds ($2.7), jumped to 21 ($4.7), while a canister of cooking gas that was 14 pounds ($3.2) is now 25 ($5.6).
Faisal Saleh, a political commentator in the daily newspaper Khartoum, said the new protests were significant because of their geographical exten, the variety of protesters and the bloody response by the security forces.
"This only reflects that the government feels endangered by the protests. We have seen secondary school students shot to death for only chanting against the regime, not even throwing a rock," he said.
He said that what remains to be seen is whether the opposition can formulate a united leadership to lead these protests. "Te coming hours are very critical because they are big test whether the revolt will continue to fade away," he said.
Two rights groups, Amnesty International and the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies, accused the government of using a "shoot to kill" policy against this week's protests, saying they had documented 50 deaths in rioting on Tuesday and Wednesday.
"Shooting to kill — including by aiming at protesters' chests and heads — is a blatant violation of the right to life, and Sudan must immediately end this violent repression," said Amnesty's deputy chief for Africa, Lucy Freeman.
Youth activists and doctors at a Khartoum hospital told The Associated Press that at least 100 people died since Monday. Sudanese police, in a statement carried by the official SUNA news agency late Thursday, put the death toll at 29 people, including policemen. A precise toll was almost impossible to obtain, partly due to a media blackout that prevented journalists from obtaining records and a 24-hour Internet outage on Wednesday.
Interior Minister Ibrahim Mahmoud said Friday that 600 people have been arrested for "sobatage" and will stand trial, according to SUNA. He warned on Friday that "the safety of citizens is a red line."
Associated Press writer Geir Moulson contributed to this story from Berlin.


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SEATTLE — As dangerous and prolific as the Patriots' passing attack can be with Tom Brady at the controls, the franchise quarterback has gone on record saying he doesn't want to be throwing it 60 times a game, because it probably spells trouble.
Sunday can serve as a prime example. Brady threw 58 passes — the most he's ever attempted in an NFL game — for a season-high 395 yards. But it came in a 24-23 loss to the Seahawks at CenturyLink Field, a game that featured squandered offensive chances and multiple mistakes by Brady at inopportune moments that came back to haunt the Patriots.


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Aww. Can you believe Dancing With the Stars season 17 is already over? It seems like just yesterday we were watching the new contestants take the ballroom floor. Now it's all said and done and the mirror ball trophy has been awarded.
And I gotta say, I was really on the edge of my seat during the whole DWTS finale -- because I had no clue who was going to win this thing. Glee star Amber Riley is inspirational and amazing. And Corbin Bleu has more talent (even though he has professional training) than most contestants on the show can hope to have going into the competition. And don't even get me started on Jack Osbourne. If he didn't steal your heart from the get-go -- then his freestyle performance last night with Cheryl Burke should've pushed you over the edge. (It was ridiculous. In a very good way.)
Man ... I'm really going to miss tuning in for this show each week, but alas -- all good things must come to an end and there can only be one winner.
And even though I was really rooting for Jack and Cheryl Burke to win the whole deal -- I am so SO thrilled that Amber Riley and Derek Hough are the officially season 17 champions!
(OMG. After tonight's performances, I totally thought Corbin had it in the bag!)
Amber worked so hard this season even though her knee injury almost broke her. She could've easily dropped out of the competition -- but she persevered. And the little speech she gave after she was announced as the winner tonight says it all. Here's my favorite line: "It doesn't matter what size you are what color you are -- you can do whatever you put your mind to."
Um ... could she have summed things up any better? If that's not the quote of a true winner, I honestly don't know what is.
Congrats to Amber and Derek!
Are you happy that Amber won DWTS?
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I don't knoww you were watching but Derek Wins The Show was never a race or a contest, Amber was favored by the judges from week one with over the top unearned scores. DWTS is as real as the Kardashians, everyone knew who'd win from week 1.
Why did you think Corbin had it "in the bag"? Amber's scores were higher on both nights of the finale.
very happy with the winners!
I dont think its fair to say what is being said about Derek Hough!!! He had to teach his star just like all the other pros, and they were all so talented anyone could have won it!!! I will forever watch this show, DWTS is my fav of all times, then comes American Idol! Derek and Amber deserved to win just as much as the other 2 finalist, they were all amazing!!!!


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Remember when Robert Pattinson dumped Kristen Stewart and suddenly he started hanging out with Katy Perry? And we were all like, What the hey?! That's supposed to be Kristen's pal. And she's movin' in on her man? And bishes before hitches and all that?
Well, it turns out Katy did not hook up with Rob -- so she says. But she was so worried that Kristen would think she did that Katy sent her pal a text to defend herself.
Katy tells Elle UK:
I sent her a text message saying: "I know you've seen all this stuff but you know I would never disrespect you. I'm not that person. I'm just trying to be a friend to him but it is unfortunate that I do have a set of t*ts."
Woah. First off, wouldn't you like actually pick up the phone and CALL if your friend thinks you're schtupping her ex and you're not? Does anyone call anymore?
Also, doesn't it sound defensive? All like, "Sorry, Kristen, that I have a set of tits! Ohhh, forgive me! Guess I shouldn't be hanging out with your man then! Yeah, cause it's all about my tits!"
Sounds like she knew Kristen was mad. Kristen had probably sent her a text too. Because no one calls.
Also, what is up with choosing to hang with the male portion of the couple you were friends with and not the female? Of course the female is going to find that suspicious. But a supposed friend of Katy tells HollywoodLife:
Katy has been really supportive of Rob since he and Kristen split up. She has been his main support during this whole breakup. Kristen has tons of friends that she can lean on, whereas most of Rob's closest friends are in England.
Hmmm. Sounds like that came directly from Katy's mouth!
At any rate, Katy moved on to John Mayer and Rob may have moved on to Riley Keough (or not) and Kristen has moved on to her puppy, so all is well.
Do you think Katy and Rob hooked up?
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That's good....
I think that if Katy wrote that then she is a B****.. And there is a code between friends you never date a friends EX
I don't know. But here's what I'm quite sure of: what goes on in the private personal lives of celebrities I don't know is none of my business, and none of yours either, Cafe Mom/the Stir.
And yes, I clicked on the link specifically for the purpose of making this comment.


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One day, when I lived in Berkeley, I was waiting for a BART train in winter when a man came into the station and sat on the bench next to me; and he carefully draped a jacket over his lap. It was a beautiful fabric with beadwork of black, silver and clear beads and sequins that ran up and across the lapel, onto the sleeve and all the way down to the cuff. I exclaimed what a beautiful jacket it was — how intricate the beadwork. The man was obviously pleased that I noticed as he patted the jacket.
"It's Christian Dior," he said. I asked if he had done the beadwork himself. He told me the story of the jacket.
He worked in an upscale men's clothing store in San Francisco, and sold this jacket to someone. About a week later, the customer returned to purchase the same exact jacket again. He, himself, admired the jacket, so he remembered. "What happened to the first one?"
The customer had gone to a party, gotten drunk and rough, and wound up at San Francisco General. The doctors couldn't get him to cooperate to remove the jacket, so they cut it off him.
The salesman's first response was, "Where's the jacket they cut?"
Very casually the customer said that it was in the wastebasket at his house.
He asked the customer if he would mind bringing the jacket back to him. The customer returned later with the jacket. He took the jacket to a seamstress friend. The clothier carefully and proudly traced the beadwork and said, "This beauty is actually the scar of the jacket."
The train came.
We all have scars that live on our bodies and in our hearts. Scars may fade, become less noticeable, but they are always there. We never leave behind the lessons and learnings; we become a beautiful piece of humanity, a patchwork of hurt and healing, junk as well as joy, and all of the experiences that have made us who we are today.
The intimacy of the Psalm 139 is so tender to us — not denying our brokenness. We need God's knowledge of us, so that God can show ourselves as we truly are.
As the psalm ends, it voices a plea: "Please, God, show me myself, and lead me in your way." God knows our ways already, but here we pray that God can show us God's way, that we have learned to call discipleship.
The Rev. Eun-Joo Myung is pastor of Federated Methodist-Presbyterian Church. Sermon notes is a column by local religious leaders.


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These are always a favorite at The Lady and Sons Restaurant.
Servings: 16-20 biscuits
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Difficulty: Easy
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 stick butter, melted
3/4 cup grated sharp Cheddar
1/3 cup shortening
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cup self-rising flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together using a fork; cut in shortening until it resembles cornmeal. Add cheese. Stir in buttermilk all at 1 time just until blended. Do not over stir. Drop by tablespoonfuls, or use an ice cream scoop, onto a well greased baking sheet. Brush dough with melted butter. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
Buenos días Matrha Olvera Estrada, Gracias por visitar nuestra pagina de red, aquí en Paula Deen recetamos que sigas las instrucciones. Estos pancitos de queso requieren mantequilla, entonces no te preocupes en cambiar las proposiciones con aceite. Aconsejamos que uses 1/4 de mantequilla (la que viene en barritas). Te agradecemos por preguntar y ojalá que te guste nuestra receta!
By Anonymous on November 13, 2013
By Matrha Olvera Estrada on November 13, 2013
I dearly you also my grandchildren. I hope you will be on another channel soon. When my grandchildren leave my home.I hear, " I love more than Paula loves butter.
By Anonymous on September 22, 2013
I love you Paula!! We use your recipes all the time. My hubby calls me Paula! We are forever fans.
By Anonymous on September 02, 2013
Ms. Paula Deen..... I'm a black woman, and I just wanted to say that I'm one of many people that MISS YOU DEARLY on the Food Network channel. Yes, I was shocked to hear about the comments they said you made, as I'm sure many people were. However, all of us make mistakes in this world... NO ONE is perfect!!! We should all be given room to learn from those mistakes, not judged upon them as HARSHLY as you were judged!!! Please know that my prayers are with you & your family. I hope to see you SOON with another cooking show.... either online, or maybe or the OWN channel. GOD BLESS YOU!
By Desiree Boggs on July 16, 2013
Love you paula! I'm a transplanted southern girl, and believe me I'm very familiar with your "down home" cooking! When I cook your recipies, I get really home-sick! (I grew up in the smokies-Eastern Tenn./I also lived in Beaufort, SC.,so those wonderful seafood recipies are familiar too!).wish I could see you in person sometime! I'd love to "swap" stories&recipes;!! If you ever come west-particularly Las Vegas- I'd love to know ahead of time (a note in your newsletter)--I live only 150miles from Vegas! I wish I had more time and space, I have a lot I wish I could ask and also share with you.Keep cooking!And, squeeze those grandbabies!! LOVE YA !!
By clara snow on May 15, 2013
Had these the other day..... AMAZING!!!! I am super excited to try and make these! BUT, I don't have self rising flour...Can I use plain flour and add yeast? What do I do?
By Molly on April 17, 2013
I was just at the Savannah restaurant, Lady and Sons. Then I found this recipe and made the biscuits at home exactly like the recipe. I have to say...they are not like the biscuits at the restaurant. And I CAN cook so it was nothing I did. They are still good, but not the same.
By Audrey Johnson on March 06, 2013
Hello Paula, This may seem like a funny request, however my 11 yr. daughter and I absolutley love your shows. She is so amazed by you. If fact, she gets home everyday from school and turns the food network channel on and watches it for hrs. a day. She has become quite interested in cooking and baking and is so eagar to learn more...from you:) The only thing she asked for christmas was a cooking lesson with "Paula Dean", she has even mastered the accent..lol. If we go to Kohls ect. she is picking out baking dishes and spoons, pans.....We love to cook together, however i am not nearly as exciting as you are in the kitchen. My daughter does not ask for much from me or her dad and she is a blessing to us, so i was wondering if not a private cooking lesson, could we just maybe send you a book to sign????, anything would just make her light up. If you do read this, thank you so much for taking the time to read my request. Have a great day:)
By Heather Riddell-Tank on November 12, 2012
Would tyou please send me your cornpone receipe from the tugboat show. You didnt give how much of what to use. Howmuch cornmeal? How much salt? How much water? Thank you very much. Phyllis
By Phyllis Hamman on March 09, 2012
So who won the cheese biscuit showdown? I was about to hear it when my cable switched to the recorded local news!! Love the show and recipes!! Gem
By Gemma Mcclafferty on September 13, 2011
Recently four of us traveled to Tunica and had the pleasure of eating in your restaurant. That was my best experience. Your biscuits were just like my moms. Your bread pudding was the best I had ever tassted. Everyone of us in our party enjoyed and raved about every thing we tasted and believe me, we tasted it all. There was even a large cutout of you in front of the restaurant and we all had our pictures taken with you. Well, it was the next best thing to having you with us. God truly blessed you with a special, and it is so nice that you are using it. Thanks Pat Hoskins
By Pat Hoskins on July 18, 2011
I just made them. Really yummy. I haven't made biscuits before, as I'm the pastry chef of my friends. I do the cookies, cupcakes, cakes, souffles, etc. for them and myself. I've got about 8 left now...soon to be 7.....Thanks Paula!!!!
By Calvin Delius on July 09, 2011
Shortening is basically solidified vegetable oil... so it's like the same consistency of butter, only it is flavorless.... Using shortening in biscuits makes the biscuits really flakey and light though- it gives them a much better texture, while the butter in the recipe provides flavor. A stick of butter is about 114 grams (113.5 to be exact). And you really shouldn't substitute self-rising flour for all purpose flour plus the baking powder/salt. The ratio of ingredients in self-rising flour probably isn't the same as the ratio of flour to leavening in this recipe- hence why the recipe calls for all-purpose flour rather than self-rising. Your self-rising flour probably doesn't have as much baking powder in it as the recipe mandates, so your biscuits will most likely be less fluffy and not rise as much.
By Anonymous on May 31, 2011
Hello. I'm From South Africa. How much gram is a stick of butter? What is shortening? I tried your stuffed shrimped potato's. Delicious. Thank you Angeline
By Angeline on May 22, 2011
i have always used self rising flour ,is there a different when making stuff if u leave out baking powder,salt. IF IT call for plain flour,can u use self rising.lol is my question?
By Bonnie Smith on April 21, 2011
Hi Sissy, Here is Paula's biscuit mix: http://www.pauladeenstore.com/Product/detail/Paula-Deen-Set-of-2-Biscuit-Mix/614497
By Jonathan Able on April 15, 2011
Hi Sissy, Here is Paula's biscuit mix: http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/recipe_view/cheese_biscuits/
By Jonathan Able on April 15, 2011
I was watching one of your shows and you did a recipe for cheese biscuits, you mention using a biscuit mix of yours but I can not find the recipe for that mix. I would like to know what you have in it so I can use your recipe rather than using a store brought mix. thanks for your time.. Love your show and recipes.. Sissy
By Sissy Cone on April 04, 2011
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The capital of West Kalimantan, or Kalbar (short for "Kalimantan Barat"), Pontianak is a sprawling, grey industrial city of more than half a million people. Lying right on the equator on the confluence of the Landak and Kapuas Kecil rivers, it is a hot and noisy place, often smoky from the vast forest fires that recurrently rage inland. The most interesting thing about the city is its name, which translates roughly as "the vampire ghost of a woman who dies in childbirth" Most travellers stay just long enough to stock up on supplies before heading for a trip up the Sungai Kapuas, flying on to Balikpapan or moving straight on to Kuching.
To get your bearings, take a boat up the river from behind the Kapuas Indah building. Along the river, there are still several old buildings of interest: the eye-catching Istana Kadriyah, built in 1771, and the traditional Javanese four-tiered roof of Mesjid Jami stand near each other on the eastern side of the Kapuas Kecil, just over the Kapuas bridge from the main part of town.
On Jalan Jend A Yani, 1.5km south of the town centre is the worthwhile Museum Negeri which contains a comprehensive collection of Dayak tribal masks, tattoo blocks, weapons and musical instruments. Just round the corner from the museum, on Jalan Sutoyo, is an impressive replica of a Dayak longhouse.Read More
The Dayak
The Dayak
Dayak is an umbrella name for all of Borneo's indigenous peoples. In Dayak religions, evil is kept at bay by attracting the presence of helpful spirits, or scared away by protective tattoos, carved spirit posts (patong), and lavish funerals. Shamans also intercede with spirits on behalf of the living. Although now you'll often find ostensibly Christian communities with inhabitants clutching mobile phones and watching satellite TV, the Dayak are still well respected for their jungle skills and deep-rooted traditions.
Traditionally head-hunting was an important method of exerting power and settling disputes. It was believed that when cutting off someone's head the victim's soul is forced into the service of its captor. It is not practised now, but in 1997, West Kalimantan's Dayak exacted fearsome revenge against Madurese transmigrants. An estimated 1400 people were killed in a horrific purge of ethnic cleansing which involved head-hunting and cannibalism. Similar violence reoccurred between the Malays and the Madurese in the Sampit region of South Kalimantan in 2001. The situation is relatively peaceful now, and head-hunting has once again been relegated to the past.
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Sungai Kapuas
Journeying along Indonesia's longest river, the Sungai Kapuas, is an adventure that few travellers embark on, and means travelling with the locals and sharing deck space with whatever is being carted in that direction. Starting in Pontianak and ending in Putussibau, the five-day trip involves meandering along the murky river, cruising past local stilt villages and getting an insight into local life. Cargo boats carrying passengers leave from behind the Kapuas Indah building and depart early in the morning. It's best to enquire about departures in advance because the service tends to be irregular. The houseboat usually provides a thin mattress to sleep on, and snacks are served on board.


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William Clements' father David says his son has always had a passion for motorcycles and rode them for years. "He and his friends love to ride. He just got this motorcycle not long ago just a few days ago" said David Clements.
However, when he drove up on the accident on Route 29 Sunday evening he never though he would see that bike on the side of the road. "I lost it when I saw it ... cause I knew it was him" said Clements.
David Clements says he immediately drove to the hospital, that's when he heard William's passenger, Zachary Trent, had died.
"Zach was a real good person. He came up here with William a lot of times and he's one of the sweetest kids you'll meet" said Clements.
According to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office, a deputy tried several times to pull Clements over for speeding but Clements continued to accelerate, leading to a chase.
Officers say they lost sight of the two after reaching a road block and moments later, they came upon the crash. "He's got road rash all over him and he might have a concussion" said Clements.
David Clements says doctors expect his son to make a full recovery. As for the motorcycle, the Sheriff's Office says someone reported it stolen from the Amherst area on July 10th.
UPDATE: According to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office, a deputy had attempted to stop Clements for reckless driving prior to the crash. Authorities said that Clements ignored several opportunities to stop the motorcycle and accelerated at a high rate of speed.


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Rt. Rev. Bishop Dennis H. de Jong (1931-2003)
2001 Africa Prize Laureate
Integrated AIDS Programme, Ndola Diocese, Zambia
Under the bold leadership of Bishop Dennis de Jong, the Catholic Diocese created the Integrated AIDS Programme in 1993 to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and provide care to those already infected or orphaned from AIDS. The Integrated AIDS Programme is designed to expand the capacity for home-based care and link communities to external support providing funding and technical expertise. A highly respected and charismatic leader, Bishop de Jong has brought integrity and forthrightness to the programs, allowing participants to explore issues of sexual behavior and personal responsibility rather than only promoting abstinence as the way to prevent HIV/AIDS.
Ordained as a priest in 1958 and as bishop in 1975, Bishop de Jong is described as "a widely respected and charismatic religious leader". Bishop de Jong presided over the Zambia Episcopal Conference from 1978 to 1984, and then served as president of the Association Member Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa, a regional conference of bishops, from 1987 to 1990.
Bishop de Jong's program, the Integrated AIDS Programme, is designed to support and coordinate existing community initiatives in an area which includes 26 shanty compounds in five towns in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. The program has more than 7,000 registered clients and a cadre of 750 volunteers. Three of the many programs coordinated by the Catholic Diocese of Ndola include:
- Drama groups made up of secondary students and their teachers, presenting information on HIV/AIDS prevention to over 50,000 people in schools and public places.
- Five workplace programs focused on AIDS prevention and care, involving industrial and mining companies and two military barracks. In each of the five programs, 30 employees are trained as a "core team" to reach out to other employees and their families, which totals 12,000 people.
- Training workshops for five HIV-positive people in each of the 26 shanty compounds to become motivators of other HIV-positive people to go public and therefore assist in the destigmatization of HIV/AIDS.
The approach of the prevention programs is one of respect for the beneficiaries, using a participatory approach so that existing attitudes, practices and beliefs about HIV/AIDS are known and clarification and input can be appropriately provided. By using this approach, the beneficiaries identify the appropriate steps to take in their own lives to make informed decisions about their sexual behavior.
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1 lb fresh asparagus spears
1 lemon
1/3 cup pitted kalamata olives
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (1 3/4 lb)
1/2 cup fresh garlic cloves
5–6 whole fresh thyme sprigs
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon Greek seasoning, divided
aluminum foil (optional)
8 oz Deli hummus
4 whole wheat (or regular) pita bread
CALORIES (per 1/4 recipe) 510kcal; FAT 20g; CHOL 110mg; SODIUM 860mg; CARB 36g; FIBER 9g; PROTEIN 50g; VIT A 15%; VIT C 60%; CALC 10%; IRON 25%
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Caterer and sleuth extraordinaire Goldy Schulz jumps from the frying pan into the fire as she tries to solve a puzzling murder that is much too close to home, in this latest entry in the New York Times best-selling series from "today's foremost practitioner of the culinary whodunit" (Entertainment Weekly).
Goldy Schulz knows her food is to die for, but she never expects one of her best friends to actually keel over when she's leaving a birthday party Goldy has catered. At first, everyone assumes that all the fun and excitement of the party, not to mention the rich fare, did her in. But what looks like a coronary turns out to be a generous serving of cold-blooded murder. And the clever culprit is just getting cooking. When a colleague - a woman who resembles Goldy - is stabbed, and Goldy is attacked outside her house, it becomes clear that the popular caterer is the main course on a killer menu. With time running out, Goldy must roll up her sleeves, sharpen her knives, and make a meal out of a devious murderer, before that killer can serve her up cold.
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"BEST book in the entire series."
Great story. The book kept my attention from the beginning to the end. Love this series but the author really went the extra mile with this one.
I enjoyed the "puzzle" within the story, the review of history for the main character and the way it was all tied up in the end.
BY THE WAY....SPOILERS......SO HAPPY with how this book ended. I for one have been waiting for this to happen in the storyline for a long time. Great way to bring it about.
Very touching.....I laughed....then I cried (with joy) for Goldie.
Perhaps this is comparable to the book (can't remember the title of the specific book in the series) in which Goldie's first husband the JeRK was murdered.
Toss up between Marla and Goldie. Love em both.
The end. SPOILERS.....the end was such a wonderful surprise and sweet gift the author gave us. Such a great way to end the story.
Read it or listen to it especially if you have read prior books in the series. This is the BEST one thus far. Thank you Diane Mott-Davidson for this one!
Suspense filled fun!
It was extremely funny.
Ms. Rosenblatt infuses so much personality into the characters that I feel as if I am in the story with them.
I laughed out loud in several spots.
I have read all Diane Mott Davidson's books and listened to approximately half of them. I so much prefer Ms. Rosenblat's performances that I have repurchased those that she has recorded, replacing the other narrator. This book was very funny, and intriguing. I always enjoy the interplay between Goldie and her friends. The larger role Marla played in the book probably heightened my enjoyment, as she is hilarious. When Goldie won't do what you wish she would because it is just too outrageous - in steps Marla - damn the torpedoes. I hate it when women are easily victimized and sometimes Goldie is too placid for my tastes. In this book she was very nicely balanced by the actions of Marla.
"Fun voice for the character"
I have read and enjoyed this culinary mystery series for years, looking forward to each new release. This was my first time listening, and I enjoyed the performance of Barbara Rosenblat. Her slightly raspy voice gave wonderful character to the rowdy Goldy Bear. I look forward to listening to the next one.
"I can't imagine Goldy with this voice!"
This voice is just not Goldy to me. I imagined her as younger and peppier. This simply sounds like an old lady smoker to me. Sorry, but it's awful.
Enjoyed the book, the plot and characters.
I just imagine Goldy with a younger, smoother, and less "dramatic" voice. This voice says a 65 year old woman in a caftan to me.
Yes--kept up with characters and what you would expect, but not the same same thing.
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I am a huge Diane Mott Davidson fan and am always looking for her next book. This one does not disappoint. Same great characters and lots of adventure. I really enjoy the narrator Barbara Rosenblat - she really brings the characters to life.
It had to been to moment in the church where Goldie found Father Pete.
"I am never let down"
Diane Mott Davidson never lets me down. And if you are a fan you will love the ending on this one!
"So unrealistic yet entertaining"
Glad that Goldy is back but the premise of her having so much involvement in a police investigation makes the whole story unrealistic for me. The story itself was entertaining and I was looking for entertainment. Love Barbara Rosenblat as the narrator.
I've read all the books in this series, and was looking forward to this new release. What a huge disappointment. I've tried twice, and just can't finish it; it just doesn't hold my interest.
The plot is thin, and presented in a scatter-gun manner. The details are uninteresting: the whodunnit doesn't beg to be solved.
The characters are similarly uninteresting. Goldy, always a scatter brain, is no longer charmingly so; she's just irritatingly stupid.
The performance is similarly annoying. The sotto voce so often used is just boring.
Goldy has been a favorite for light reading since I picked up the first audiobook. This was to be a swing book between heavier reading, but I couldn't force myself to finish it. A light book should hold the reader's attention.
"Narrator ruined the story"
I love reading Diane Mott Davidson, this was the first audio book I listened to of her stories about Goldie. I will return to reading. The narrator was too perky to the point of distraction from the plot. One other concern was Goldie' s police escort was in some situations that were a little inappropriate for a policeman.
Goldie' s friend Holly has a heart attack and dies after a duel 17th birthday party for Holly' s son Drew and Goldie' s son Arch. Goldie and Marla are devastated as is Julian who use to work for Holly years ago. Holly has been keeping big secrets from her friends. Was it really a heart attack that killed her. Goldie and Marla begin to investigate Holly.'s secrets but need a police escort because either Goldie is accident prone or someone is trying to get rid of her. I could relate to Goldie' s communication issues with her 17 yr old Arch. Teenager's parents usually say or do the wrong things in their teenager's eyes.
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Le Theil is situated in the Orne (Normandy region) in the north of France at 48 km from Alencon, the department capital. (General information: Le Theil is 139 km from Paris).
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Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour) Nogent-le-Rotrou (12km)
Regional Natural Parcs Perche (17km)
Churches or other religious monuments Abbaye de l'Epau (Yvre-l'Eveque) (42km); Cathédrale Saint Julien (Le Mans) (46km)
Remarkable gardens Jardin de la petite Rochelle (20km); Le pré Catelan (42km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé) (see also historical French towns) Le Mans (48km)
Sites of natural beauty Forêt de Perseigne (36km)
Listed as villages d'etape - (recommended place to break a long journey) Tourouvre (36km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie) Cogners (44km); Coulaines (45km)
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from Alencon (prefecture): 48 km
from Paris: 139 km
from Calais: 310 km
from Nice: 718 km
from Bordeaux: 393 km
from Strasbourg: 522 km
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Rough-puff pastry
By Gordon Ramsay
Cooking timeReady in 10 mins plus cooling
Skill levelModerately easy
ServingsMakes 700g
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- 250g butter, at room temperature, but not soft
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Leftover trimmings should be stacked up and chilled or frozen for another use. Don't scrunch them together in a ball or you will lose the layers. To re-roll, allow to come back to room temperature.
- Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Roughly break the butter in small chunks, add them to the bowl and rub them in loosely. You need to see bits of butter.
- Make a well in the bowl and pour in about two-thirds of the cold water, mixing until you have a firm rough dough adding extra water if needed. Cover with cling film and leave to rest for 20 mins in the fridge.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured board, knead gently and form into a smooth rectangle. Roll the dough in one direction only, until 3 times the width, about 20 x 50cm. Keep edges straight and even. Don't overwork the butter streaks; you should have a marbled effect.
- Fold the top third down to the centre, then the bottom third up and over that. Give the dough a quarter turn (to the left or right) and roll out again to three times the length. Fold as before, cover with cling film and chill for at least 20 mins before rolling to use.
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My friends and I had a Bakeathon one evening at Sarah's and we all made different baking delights - I went savoury and made sausage rolls using this pastry recipe. First ever puff pastry attempt for me. I found rolling into a rectangle quite difficult - I know it sounds inept especially as no one else has mentioned but this was the hardest thing. I also feel I did not get the butter marbled texture right resulting in not that flaky but very tasty pastry.
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We have become such conscious beings that we now over complicate stress which used to be a simple subconscious survival mechanism.
We are not teaching our bodies to react with our mind, we are retraining ourselves to not over think our physical coping mechanisms to life.
Two things in Kelly's talk got me thinking about the roots of this:
1. Stress is the body's way of overcoming the stressor.
2. Human interaction is a natural desire that helps stress.
First off, why would we think of stress as bad when it's purpose is to help us? Kelley McGonigal has stated it and biology states it, stress is the body's way to react to a challenge. Who would want to compete with this natural reaction? By saying our mind has the power to create a positive affect from stress is to say that stress is a negative reaction. But as stated, it has been a positive response and we have to rediscover how to work with that response.
Regarding our desire for human interaction; it seems like a very animal like response. When we look at the response to stress in animals such as monkeys (that's very broad because I'm speculating) I have a feeling very few of them break down and start pulling their hair out. The natural response as Kelly mentioned is to seek help. In an animal pack that is exactly what will happen while in the human world social interaction has become so much more complex that reaching out for help could show signs of weakness and cause embarrassment.
So why do we compete with stress? I believe this is because humans have been trained out of it; we've brushed our natural response to stress aside as we've become more dominant as a race and as we've made more and more technological advances.
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Sep 13 2013: You've not supplied a great deal to support your conjectures here. Stress can be perceptual, there can be positive levels of stress and negative stress.
Acknowledging the Power of Positive Stress: Alex Charfen at TEDxRedondoBeach
Negative stress can have profound effects on the body.
'Stress, Neurodegeneration and Individual Differences' by Robert Sapolsky
Ryan NieseSep 14 2013: I understand I have not supplied much support and that is because I personally don't know much about the subject however I appreciate where the comments have gone. I believe Robert Sapolsky stated it perfectly when he states that we are in this realm where we can "...secrete Glucocorticoid merely with thoughts...this capacity to chronically turn on the stress response for reasons of physiological or social stress...this system did not evolve for chronic activation." He says much more but I feel this captures the essence of what I was getting at with my original thought. I'd say regardless of this being a chronic thins, the system did not evolve for as many social triggers as we have in our day and age. This helps me understand that there is such thing as too much/ bad stress and what the biological explanation is for it.
As for the other talk, its great. I believe these two are brilliantly paired and get at the concepts that i believe to be the true struggle of stress.
Now I would challenge that much of the bad stress is caused by incorrect or irrational perceptions of our ever growing social lives that we experience today. Stress may be the biological response but the big picture that is all too often over looked is what is causing that stress and if we better identify it can we start to control the stress?
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Sep 21 2013: Did you miss the last part of my statement. "The failure to do either is to suffer the effects of it."
Now, granted we all have differing capacities for dealing with stress, and part of the conditioning soldiers go through addresses how they will handle stress. But stress needs up taking its toll over the long run in an accumulated fashion, resulting in what was once called "battle fatigue," and now referred to as PTSD.
See Combat stress reaction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_stress_reaction
Sep 29 2013: Theodore: I think you are being wildly optimistic if you think our society is "managing Stress". It is more the case that the Stress is managing US. Old enough to remember the Depression, ,my main memory of those days is, how much more neurotic and out of control people's fears are nowadays , compared to then. Neurotic behavior is one of the symptoms of Battle Fatigue: i.e. over reacting to shadows, and failing to react to real threats. Seems like a good description of American society these days. We are overwhelmed with examples: I don't recall hearing about any mass shootings until 1946, right after WW2; the "War on Terror", about as sensible as the old War on Witches of 300 years ago. The very existence of the TSA . The astounding gullliblity of the public when it comes to accepting nonsensical explanations , or rather, lack of them, for such things as the WTC incidents. The constant emergence of mass shootings by ordinary people, for practically no reasons. Sounds like Battle Fatigue to me. And let us remember, even changes for the Better are stressful.
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