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"Hey, here is your uniform." My best guy friend Bert...
"Hey, here is your uniform." My best guy friend Bert said jogging to me from behind me and handing the nerdy school uniform over my shoulder. I was slightly embarrassed 'cause Frank was still holding me.
"Who is this?" Frank asked suspicious. He looked over at Bert. He had the stupid uniform on with his tie hanging loosely from his collar. His hair messy as usual.
"Uh, Frank this is Bert my friend." I said as innocent as possibly.
"Can I talk to you privately Sky?" Frank asked pulling me away from Bert's sight and to the entrance of the school.
"Who is he? And tell me the truth." He demanded.
"He is my friend. Gosh Frank. I thought you trusted me? I wouldn't lie to you. We just discussed this. I told you." I answered not lying.
"Then tell me why he gave you your clothes and not Kyla?" He asked.
"'Cause." I only managed to say.
"'Cause why?" He asked intensely grabbing my arm and squeezing it tight. I looked over at Bert in the parking lot waiting next to the car. "Look at me! Tell me why." He demanded once again this time shaking me harshly.
"I went over to his house after school to finish our project in science we had together. And we were drinking coffee and I spilt it on my uniform so he said I could borrow some of his clothes. And when I left I forgot them on the couch. And he called me and told me that he would wash them and give them back to me at school." I explained. I wasn't lying. I swear. Then suddenly I remembered.
I had a mug of hot coffee in my hands. It had just been made and I was waiting it to cool off. We were pasting pictures on our poster board on DNA for science. Pictures of the double helix in various colors. Then the cup cooled down a bit and I placed my lips to the rim of the mug and slowly tipped it toward me. Feeling the warm coffee wet my top lip, then I opened my mouth to swallow the warm sensation. After me and Bert were finished with the poster we just talked about my brothers and their bands and him and his band. It was called The Used. They were good as well. Then he tried to touch my hair while I was drinking my coffee but he moved too fast and his arm collided with the bottom of my coffee mug and the coffee from within sprayed up in my face and I was surprised that I dropped my mug onto my lap. The coffee spilling onto my school uniform. "Oh fuck, I'm sorry Sky." Bert apologized to me.
"It's okay Bert. It was an accident and accidents happen. Don't sweat it." I reassured him. Then he got up and grabbed a towel from the hall closet. Running over to help clean up the mess.
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"You swear?" He questioned.
"I fucking swear. I'm telling you the damn truth. Pinkie swear." I answered and held out my pinkie for him to return to make the swear. He returned it, of course. It was our little secret.
"I believe you, but next time tell me, okay?" He asked.
"Yeah I will. Can you let me go now?" I asked a little embarrassed 'cause people were beginning to stare.
"Oh yeah, right." He said removing his grip on me and clearing his throat. "So, do you like him?" He asked smiling.
"No. Hell no!" I shook my vigorously.
"Okay. I'm just asking. I'm your big brother you know I have to protect you from a-holes and things like that. That's my part to play." He laughed and hugged me pushing me back to the car toward Bert.
When we finally got to the car I said, "So, Bert thanks for washing and brining my clothes for me."
"No problem." He shrugged.
"Okay Sky get to class before you're late. You too Bert." Frank told us.
"It was nice to meet you Frank." Bert said extending his hand and so did Frank and they shook hands firmly. Honestly, if Frank shook my hand like that he would have ripped it off by now.
"Same here Bert." He replied with a grin. "Okay you guys get to class." Frank said to us before he walked away toward the entrance where I saw Gerard, Mikey, Ray and Bob standing at the curb waiting for Frank. They were all in the band and constantly hung out together. They all basically had every class together. The only class I had with them was math and science with Mikey, art with Gerard, PE and history with Ray and language arts with Bob.
"So, let's follow your brothers perfect example and get to class." Bert nudged me that broke my stare at them.
"Yeah, let's." I nodded in agreement and we both started walking toward the school prepared for another day at the most shittiest school ever.
A few moments later.
"Hey guys!" Kyla ran up from behind me and Bert nearly jumping over us as we walked in the crowded halls outside the school.
"What the hell Kyla?" I asked giggling a little.
"So, are you ready to enter hell?" She asked deepening her voice like a guy.
"I'm never ready." I sighed. Bert and Kyla just smiled and laughed.
"Hey, Sky, why aren't you wearing your uniform?" Kyla asked.
"I forgot to put in on this morning so I brought it so I could change in the bathroom." I lied.
"Oh, okay." She said grabbing a hold of my backpack and pulling me into the girls bathroom. "Hurry up and change before you get detention." She demanded pushing me into a stall.
"Okay, gosh kill me why don't you." I whined.
"Just hurry the hell up." She demanded raising her voice a little.
So I did as she said 'cause if I didn't and got another detention my dad would ground me forever and I wouldn't see Bert or Kyla or Mikey. He treated the boys like gods and me like shit 'cause I was the only girl.
I finished and packed my other clothes in my backpack struggling to zip but managed to cram it all in. I fixed my tie and tucked in my shirt and put on the hideous blue blazer. I came out and Kyla picking at her nails which irritated the shit out of me.
"Okay, let's go." I said fixing my skirt from the top.
"Finally. You take forever." She said rolling her eyes.
We exited the girls room to find Bert waiting leaning against the wall and Frank, Mikey, Gerard, Bob and Ray sitting on a table. Ray playing his electric guitar and Frank on his acoustic guitar. Bob giving them a beat on the table with his drum sticks and Mikey playing his bass, and Gerard adding vocals. They were good even without the amps and wires.
Then I saw Frank spot me and yelled, "Sky, come over and tell us what you think!"
I shrugged and walked over to them telling Bert and Kyla that I would meet them at my locker in 20 or more, 20 tops; promise. I finally got to the guys and Frank said, "Guys, this is my little sis Skylar or Sky for short. Sky this is My Chemical Romance. Gerard, the best singer in the whole fucking world," and he pointed to a handsome guy with short black and heavy eyeliner. "And Bob, the awesomest drummer in the universe," he said pointing over to a guy with gold blonde hair in a small mohawk. "Ray, the best fucking lead guitarist ever," he smiled pointing to a guy with crazy bushy hair. "And Mikey, the most outstanding bassist in the world." he said pointing at devilishly gorgeous man. He was so hot. He had rectangular glasses and flat brown hair. I already knew their names 'cause Frank would go on talking about them and their new songs they wrote. I really didn't know what they looked like but I imagined. They all waved and grinned at me as Frank introduced them. Except for Mikey. He outstretched his arm and shook my hand violently. It felt like my arm was, at any, moment about to fall off. "So, tell us what you think, okay?" Frank told me as he nodded to them to play.
"This is called The Desert Song." Gerard said clearing his throat getting ready to sing.


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Jonnie Dean is a Screenwriter and Film Director based in London and Dorset, He works as a freelancer as a Cameraman, Editor and sometimes a self-shooting Director.
Although still in his twenties, Jonnie has written his first Motion Picture Film aimed for Children, has Directed several short films, has been screened in International Film Festivals, and he has travelled to India, Nigeria, Kenya, The Caribbean, Mexico and some of the States in America.
He is a practising Pacifist and Meditator, adopting some forms of Spiritual concepts that he puts into practise in daily life.
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Tattoos are widely known to represent a person's social background, status in a group, image or order in the framework of society. Many people see tattoos and piercings as a form of bodily mutilation and modification. Tattoos have been associated with thugs, numbering individuals for slaughter in the Second World War or even identifying one's blood type or medical condition. Tattoos do have certain health risks like HIV infection or Hepatitis and the fact that they are permanent scares many people away. Stereotypical thought includes one assuming that they are bound to regret a tattoo which adds to the negative attitudes associated with tattoos.
The perception of tattoos depends widely on society, one's social background and one's faith. For example, Buddhists and Hindu's see tattoos as protectors against evil spirits whilst Muslims are forbidden to get tattoos as they are seen to prevent peace with God. Tattoos also widely depend on culture. In Japan, Toru Hashimoto - the mayor of Osaka, launched a campaign against city employees who had tattoos. He made it a requirement for them to fill out paperwork and document exactly what the tattoo was, and where on their body it was located.
In Malta, the traditional mindset against tattoos has stayed strong for years. Most people perceive tattoos as ugly, unprofessional and slovenly. Many disregard that it is an art which expresses one's inner being and imagination. Self-expression as part of one's identity is very important and shouldn't define a person's skills within the workplace.
Damian Allison, one of the creators of the Facebook group titled 'Tattooed and pierced… but no less human' was contacted for comments regarding their group and their cause.
"The group 'Tattoos and Piercings Acceptance in Malta' was opened in early July with the aim of breaking down the stereotype that those who choose to modify their body are unreliable or outright criminals. Many people write down their stories and experiences in journals and diaries, others choose to portray them on their bodies.
Today, we have laws protecting gays, transgendered people and those with special needs from being discriminated. We have laws that don't allow employees to discriminate against a specific gender or age, but in reality there's another form of discrimination which is rarely talked about. It is people with modified bodies. We feel that these people are no different and they should be judged by their abilities, qualifications and character rather than by the way they look.
So far, over 1700 people have joined our group to show us support and more than 480 people signed our petition. Additionally, on the 9th of November, with the help of Rejects events, we are organizing a charity event for children that suffer from autism. The details are still being worked out as we speak but will definitely have some more information soon."
Those interested in attempting to eliminate negative attitudes in the workplace and in the media can contribute by finding the group on Facebook and signing a petition.
Overcoming this ingrained mindset in our society is going to be difficult. Maltese culture is widely intolerant of expressing oneself through this medium and minority groups in Malta tend to suffer as their causes usually fall on deaf ears. One must note that we are all individually equal and deserve to be treated in the same way regardless of how we look. It is ultimately a form of self-expression. Society shouldn't judge a person based on their colour, sexual orientation, marital status or bodily art. Things are changing and for the better but ultimately we are the ones that make up society and reinforce its silent rules.
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The Buick Enclave is a full-size (it fits seven or eight passengers) crossover SUV that debuted in 2006 as a concept car and 2008 as a production model. It comes standard with front-wheel drive with all-wheel drive as an option. Power for the SUV comes in a 3.6L V6 engine that is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Coming in at 4,780-4,985 lbs, the Enclave puts out 288hp and 270 lb-ft of torque.
Tiger Woods, the world's top-ranked professional golfer and long-time Buick partner, teamed up with Buick to introduce media to the brand's newest vehicle: the all-new 2008 Enclave luxury crossover SUV, on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Enclave was unveiled at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, one of the world's most prestigious art and design schools.
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In the wake of Harold Camping's erroneous prediction that the end of the world would come on 21 May, we look at other mistaken forecasts of armageddon.
Followers of a California-based religious groups called Family Radio had expected a series of earthquakes to hit successive countries at 6pm local time on Saturday. This was to signal the start of The Rapture, in which millions of the Faithful would ascend to heaven before the Second Coming of Christ. Instead, the world continued turning as normal.
The man behind the prediction, 89-year-old retired civil engineer Harold Camping (pictured), had previously predicted the end of the world to occur in 1994. When this failed to happen, he blamed mathematical error. This time, Camping and his followers spent over $100m worldwide to promote what they believed to be the forthcoming apocalypse.
Camping is not the first, and will certainly not be the last, to prophesise the end of the world. Here are a few others who have tried and failed.
Heaven's Gate
Members of the Heaven's Gate cult in San Diego believed that the appearance of the Hale-Bopp comet in the spring of 1997 portended the arrival of a spaceship. This craft was to begin the destruction - or "recycling" - of the Earth. To survive the coming apocalypse, cult leader Marshall Applewhite (pictured below) ordered his small group of followers to leave their "flesh bodies", so that their souls could board the UFO.
On 19 March he recorded a video message proclaiming that mass suicide was "the only way to evacuate this Earth". Seven days later police found the partially-decomposed bodies of 38 Heaven's Gate members, plus that of Applewhite, in a rented mansion. There were no reports of the simultaneous arrival of a spacecraft.
William Miller and the Great Disappointment
William Miller was a Baptist preacher from Massachusetts. Studies of the Bible suggested to him that the world would end in 1843 with the second coming of Jesus Christ. He publicised his views widely, and quickly won many followers, dubbed Millerites, all of whom believed his apocalyptic prediction.
To begin with, Miller refused to name a precise date for armageddon, but he did amend his prophecy to claim that "Jesus Christ will come again to this earth, cleanse, purify, and take possession of the same, with all the saints, sometime between 21 March 1843, and 21 March 1844." When this period passed without incident, Miller opted for 18 April. When this too failed to herald the second coming, he adjusted his forecast to 22 October. This date became known as the Great Disappointment. Miller died in 1849, still convinced that the day of judgement was near at hand.
God's Salvation Church
A Taiwanese sect in the Dallas suburb of Garland prophesised that God would make an appearance on channel 18 of every television set on the planet at one minute past midnight on 22 March 1998, to announce that the world would end nine days later. Unfortunately for the sect, He did not show up.
Heng-ming Chen, leader of the God's Salvation Church, called a press conference to say: "Even though the image doesn't show on television, I don't have any reason to doubt the existence of the Supreme Being, God, in this universe." His group had predicted an apocalypse involving a mixture of religious revelation and UFOs. Their Chinese name, Chen Tao, translated roughly as "God Saves the Earth Flying Saucer Association".
The Amazing Criswell
Jeron Criswell Konig, better known as Charles Criswell King, was a 20th century American psychic who went under the stage name The Amazing Criswell. He specialised in predictions of a particularly outlandish kind; he once forecast that the city of Denver would be hit by a space-ray that would give metal the properties of rubber.
Criswell had a keen sense of how to generate self-publicity. He won just as much notoriety for his eccentric lifestyle as his prophecies, including his fondness for sequinned tuxedos and the rumour that he slept in a coffin. His most fantastic prediction was that the world would end on 18 August 1999, accompanied by an outbreak of mass cannibalism. Sadly Criswell did not live long enough to see this prove to be completely untrue.
Ever since their publication in 1555, the writings of the French soothsayer Nostradamus (pictured below), or Michel de Nostredame. have been linked to dozens of historical events. Everything from the Great Fire of London in 1666 to the rise of Adolf Hitler has supposedly been foretold in his manuscripts, albeit in highly ambiguous terms. One passage of text became particularly famous due to its apocalyptic undertones: "In the year 1999 and seven months, from the sky will come the Great King of Terror." Naturally this did not come to pass.
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Pastor John Hinkle
Pastor John Hinkle, of Christ Church Los Angels, believed the world would end on 9 June 1994. Unlike many other soothsayers, who have based their predictions on numerology, Hinkle claimed to have received a vision for God. Quoting God, Hinkle said: "On Thursday, 9 June, I will rip the evil out of this world."
Sheldon Nidle
Sheldon Nidle's prediction was one of the more unusual eschatological claims. The California psychic said the end of the world would come on 17 December 1996, when 16 million spaceships and a host of angels would converge on Earth. When the date passed without incident Nidle tried to save face by claiming that the angels, instead of destroying the planet, placed us in a holographic projection to preserve humans, giving us a second chance.
Lee Jang Rim and the Mission For The Coming Days
Korean-born Lee Jang Rim started his church called Mission for the Coming Days and claimed that the end of the world would come at 9:00am on 28 October 1992. Rim said that Jesus would return through Sydney Harbour and his church had over 10,000 followers. When the day passed without incident Rim went into hiding and some of his followers committed suicide. Rim was later jailed for two year after embezzling $4.4 million from his followers.
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Michael Drosnin
After looking through the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) Michael Drosnin claimed to have found a hidden message, which predicts that a comet will crash into the earth in 2012 and annihilate all life.
Professor Lloyd Cunningdale
While the professor was excavating the site of the Donner Party, he claims to have found evidence that points to the end of the world. Cunningdale claims his find says that humans will abandon conventional methods of conflict and resort to biological warfare. One such disease will spread and kill us all sometime in 2016.


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Football is back!
The 2011 San Diego Chargers will open Training Camp to the public on Saturday, July 30 at Chargers Park with a full-pads practice from 4-6 p.m. Gates open at 3 p.m.
Head Coach Norv Turner and the Chargers, winners of four of the last five AFC West titles, will have a total of 9 practices open to the public, including a special night practice at Qualcomm Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 3 and FanFest 2011 (presented by Bud Light) at the stadium on Saturday, Aug. 6.
For all open weekend practices, fan parking will be available on Murphy Canyon Road and in the Kearny Mesa Business Center, located just south of Chargers Park. During weekday practices, parking is available ONLY on Murphy Canyon Road. Gates will open one hour before the start of practice.
Fans interested in securing season tickets or group tickets can visit the Chargers sales booth during any Training Camp session which is open to the public or by calling 1-877-Chargers or visiting www.Chargers.com.
The Chargers Team Store will be open for all public practices and selling the latest team merchandise and apparel at Chargers Park. There will be a concession stand selling hot and cold food, water and soft drinks, and special visits from the Chargers Girls.
Bleacher seating will be available at Chargers Park, however fans are welcome to bring folding chairs to sit on the pavement surrounding the practice fields. Coolers with food, water and soft drinks also are permitted, however cigarettes and alcoholic beverages are not allowed on the property at Chargers Park at any time. Fans may also bring their own cameras, however video cameras and long-lens cameras are not allowed.
Other items not permitted at Chargers Park during Training Camp include: pets (other than service dogs), weapons, chains, stun guns, mace & peppers spray, water guns, fireworks, frisbees, sports balls, beach balls or other inflatable objects, laser pointers, flammable objects, musical instruments or noise making devices and boomerangs.
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Aug. 1: Practice 4-6 p.m.
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Aug. 3: Practice 6:30-9:25 p.m. at Qualcomm Stadium
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Aug. 11: Chargers vs. Seattle Seahawks (5:00 p.m. PT) at Qualcomm Stadium
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Poverty reduction, economic growth and inequality in Africa
AbstractWe study the relationships among economic growth, inequality and poverty. Economists agree that growth is fundamental to reducing poverty. But the links among growth, distribution and poverty is still a subject of debate because the growth elasticity of poverty seems to differ from one country to another. Using a data set for 16 African countries, based on household budget surveys, we find strong support that poverty decreases in response to economic growth, with the estimated elasticity ranging between -0.5 and -1.10. Other variables, albeit important in varying degrees, are much less significant as determinants of poverty.
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About 3 years ago, two acquaintances of mine, we'll call them Elvis and Priscilla, began seeing each other seriously. The three of us are all involved in the same local community group. Priscilla and I had hung out together on a few occasions, and Elvis was/is my mechanic, but I wasn't particularly close to either of them. (I don't really get close to much of anyone.) In the meantime, I met and started living with my partner and spending a lot less time with the local community group, but in the past year the four of us have become closer friends, getting together at each others houses, etc. It is well known in the community that Elvis is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict with a criminal past, clean and sober for I believe 7 or 8 years. He has been wonderful and kind to me every time I've dealt with him.
I knew Elvis and Priscilla's relationship was a bit stormy, but they seemed solid overall. A couple weeks ago Priscilla emailed and asked me to provide her with companionship and support as Elvis had just broken up with her - she knew I was friends with both of them and wouldn't take sides, and she was right. She and I have a great deal in common and I was happy to potentially make a real, close girlfriend, something I have been lacking for many years.
In spending time with her over the last couple weeks she has been very supportive of some of the things I've been going through lately (cancer, relationship issues, etc) and of course I've been there for her too. She tells me that through their relationship Elvis has been abusive and controlling, violent (destroying stuff, punching walls, etc) gaslighting, blowing up at her then claiming it never happened and telling her she's delusional, he's narcissistic, appears to possibly be having an inappropriate relationship with his adult stepdaughter, and is, as Priscilla describes it, "gun-happy." Having never seen any of this behavior in person, I remained neutral, giving him the benefit of the doubt when he started showing up at her house or at her work, sending her cards and flowers and letters and emails and texts trying to get back together with her, if only she would change *her* abusive ways. I had not actually spoken to Elvis about anything that's been going on.
They've been trying to work things out, so we hung out with them on Friday and again on Sunday. Sunday when she went to the bathroom and my partner was out of earshot he thanked me for being her friend and supporting her. I said she and I both needed a friend and it had been very mutually beneficial. He said he loves her and that she has a lot of issues to work out. He half grinned and said he didn't think it was *all* him. I was pretty noncommittal, letting him talk, so I could get some of his side of the story. That was pretty much the end of it, he didn't provide any further insight and I didn't ask any leading questions.
Last night we met Priscilla just after she and Elvis had been to couples therapy. In front of the therapist, she tells us, Elvis blew up at her, broke up with her again, called her names and screamed at her - enough that the therapist actually told her "just go, get out of here." She said that in his ranting, Elvis said that "even thrasher thinks you're mentally unbalanced." I never said any such thing and Priscilla knows it. She was and still is an absolute wreck. We tried to comfort her as much as we could - today she tells me Elvis left her a voicemail last night trying to patch things up yet again. I told her I will be there for her and that I think it best if she not try to pursue a relationship with him any longer.
At this point I still only really have Priscilla's side of the story, but I am inclined to believe all the things she is saying about Elvis are true. And if they are, I am concerned that my partner and I will be caught in the crossfire of all this. Hopefully not literally.
All I wanted was to be a friend and to have a friend, and maintain a friendship with my mechanic, but this is getting pretty deep. I kinda want to run away from the whole thing and never try to make friends again, but that seems pretty chickenshit. Should I try talking to Elvis privately? Any advice on how to proceed?
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What do you want to do? Do you want to remain friends with Priscilla or distance yourself?
There is NO way that telling Elvis that you think he's abusive will turn out well for Priscilla, or for you, for that matter. Talking with him about this is a very bad idea. It involves you further in their relationship and could lead to escalation of the abuse.
posted by
the young rope-rider
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Should I try talking to Elvis privately? Any advice on how to proceed?
My advice would be not to do this; if it is true, Elvis is unpredictable and can turn violent and you do not want to be the messenger in this.
You can still be friends with Elvis without hanging out with all of them together; if he's your mechanic, visit him for mechanic stuff and don't involve him in your private friendship with Priscilla. Be friendly but not overly inquisitive. The best thing you can do is be a good friend to Priscilla, ensure she's making decisions which ensure her own safety and stay out of the middle of their collective issues.
posted by
Rodrigo Lamaitre
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While there are exceptions, in virtually all divorces I've been a witness to, someone gets the friends. In the best case scenario, you remain friends with one party and superficially friend
with the other. If what you want to do is remain friends with Priscilla, focus on doing that. You can be sympathetic and helpful and supportive without actually trashing Elvis to either party, which allows you to remain socially friendly with Elvis.
Also remember that as a couple, they have professional help, and that in any given incident, you're only getting one side of the story
posted by
on August 29, 2012 [
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thrasher, i have been in a similar situation before and i was fucking scared out of my mind that i, too, could get caught in a "crossfire". i would listen to that feeling that you are having about getting caught in the middle and would not have anything to do with the situation at all, any way possible.
i know you say they are your friends, but if i were in your shoes (again), i would very slowly but surely just get entirely back away from that situation and that relationship, and as mean as it may sound, both of them. for one, you have known them for only a short while - he's an unpredictable loose cannon and she already got you involved "thrasher thinks you're unbalanced" in a very unstable situation. that's just bullshit and it wouldn't sit well with me at ALL if i had been trying to be her friend. i know she was just making her case during a heated moment, but from what you've posted, i would reconsider the health of this friendship entirely. get a new mechanic. and don't keep yourself from meeting new people simply because these two are behaving this way.
tl;dr - just too much deadly drama. i'd just get away from it all. you don't need their shitstorm of a relationship. be safe.
posted by
on August 29, 2012 [
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, it wasn't her who said Thrasher had called the other unstable, it was him.
posted by
Meep! Eek!
on August 29, 2012
This woman is trying to get out of an abusive relationship and could really use a friend. Despite saying that you've only heard one side of the story, it seems pretty clear that you know elvis is in the wrong here. One thing that keeps a lot of women in abusive situations is that they have no support, no-one wants to get involved, no-one believes them, and the only person who listens is their abuser. You say that you would like to have a real, close girlfriend, here is a great opportunity to be the friend that you want to have. I'm not suggesting that you should get involved in their fights - talking to elvis about it will only lead to trouble - but it would be sad to abandon Priscilla right when she needs a friend the most. As for staying friends with elvis - why the hell would you want a jerk like that in your life? Just avoid him when you can, and be cooly polite when contact is unavoidable.
posted by
on August 29, 2012 [
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Oops - read over too fast. thrasher, just be safe. i'd still advise to keep away from him as much as possible, like almost everyone else advises.
posted by
on August 29, 2012
Have you actually seen Elvis behaving badly?
I hesitate to suggest that Priscilla is exaggerating or misrepresenting anything, but is it possible? Your narrator might be unreliable.
Regardless, you can be supportive of Priscilla without needing to actually buy into her story 100%. Do not give any (more) advice that suggests a course of action; that kind of thing blows up 99% of the time.
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I was pretty noncommittal, letting him talk, so I could get some of his side of the story. That was pretty much the end of it, he didn't provide any further insight and I didn't ask any leading questions.
This is pretty much how you'll want to engage with either of them on this topic. You can be a close friend to Priscilla, but when she talks about this stuff you can just let her talk and that's being supportive without taking sides. Ditto Elvis. Ultimately, you'll be better off assuming that they're both wrong about the problems in the relationship, taking everything with a grain of salt, and putting it out of your head as soon as they're done talking about it in the moment because it is stuff from the past, and they're just rehashing it so that they can come to understand it.
And if someone -- either of them -- asks for validation? "You know, at this point neither you nor [other person] really understand everything that was happening between you, so I wouldn't dare to speculate. I'm just glad you're moving on with your life."
posted by
on August 29, 2012
Oh yeah, and I'm not suggesting you seek out Elvis to be his confidant. Just stay the course if you run into him and he brings it up.
posted by
on August 29, 2012
Wow. This is tough.
You are not a domestic abuse professional and you are not qualified for this gig.
Honestly? I think it is 200% OK for you to turn your back on both of them because of the gun factor. Really. Really truly.
But if you do, it is tantamount to condemning Priscilla. I know.
- Do research on Domestic Violence and abusive relationships from the perspective of an outside friend.
- Make a plan.
- Stick to it, whatever it is.
Write it down if you need to, so that you don't get swept up in some crazy spur of the moment drama or danger.
- Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Personally, I think it is time for you to have a "come to jesus" talk with Priscilla, but I'm pretty sure that is counter to the advice given to women who love abusers, so YMMV.
Again, the gun thing. Your intuition is screaming at you, and I think you should listen.
I feel like someone needs to tell Priscilla that she is a wonderful valuable human being, and that the gaslighting, drama, and possibility of serious violence is 100% not OK for her or anyone else to be involved with. Tell her that you are not issuing an ultimatum, but that if she won't make safe choices for herself based on the seriousness of this situation, that you must still make safe choices for yourself.
Tell her (and yourself!) this is not about choosing one friend over another in a break-up, it is about staying safe.
Then ask her what she thinks and listen deeply.
After that, follow your plan. Be kind, but set an example and do what is best.
My advice is likely totally wrong. It's just... If no one calls the elephant in the room a fucking elephant, I don't understand how anyone can expect change or improvement (or in this case, real safety!)
I'm operating from the perspective that Priscilla and women like her get confused because no one ever says point blank, "Thatz Not OK."
Be friendly with Elvis, but not friends. Just slowly (and carefully!) back away from him.
Priscilla is a grown woman making her own adult choices. Give her the truthful feedback she deserves, that the treatment she describes is both toxic and dangerous. Then let her process and decide.
Urge her to discuss the ugly stories she has been relating with a professional counselor, explain you love her as a friend, but you are not a professional.
This woman needs some perspective on the stories she has been telling you - give her some.
PS - My understanding from the metafilter and the internetz is that women with shades of Borderline Personality Disorder often attract and partner up with men who have Narcissistic Personality Disorder. In other words, they could both be nuts. I believe the seeds of these types of behaviors are the result of childhood trauma.
Be kind, but don't get sucked in further. This isn't looking like it is going to end well, or soon. You don't have to stick around for it if you don't want to. You are not a domestic abuse professional and you are not qualified for this gig.
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Can you get her connected with some professional, one-on-one help? I think that's what she really needs right now-- from a domestic abuse counselor, perhaps. Would she be willing to do this on her own, without telling Elvis? Being there for her when she needs to talk is often the most important thing-- as someone else mentioned, women in abusive relationships often feel like they can't talk to anyone but their abuser (everyone else thinks it's not their business). On the other hand, if she calls you saying she needs to stay the night at your place because she has nowhere else to go, for example, you can instead get ahold of an abuse hotline or find a shelter or help her pay for a hotel room. I think it's smart not to get yourself and your partner involved, and not to bring the dispute onto your property. Go with your gut safety-wise.
Also, you can't know 100% for sure what's going on. But I know an abuser and his wife. I know for a fact that he abuses her, but he's never been anything but courteous and nice and obliging to me on a personal basis. Not a hint that he's the bastard I know he is. It's a major mindfuck, feeling sorry for someone who is physically abusing your friend. What you can do with minimal intervention is get her connected with some resources. But it's up to you.
posted by
on August 30, 2012
It sounds like your friend Priscilla enjoys drama.
That's not to say she ISN'T in an abusive relationship, but there's some reason she keeps going back.
I know how it is to want to help Priscilla, and you should do that, but I don't see how you can keep Elvis in the picture as well.
I think you need to have a boundary, even if your friend won't establish one for herself.
"You are in a dangerous situation. If even half of what you say is true, your relationship is too dysfunctional for you to continue in it, and I don't support your getting back with Elvis. I want to be a good friend to you and based upon what you are telling me, my instincts are to advise you to not continue in a relationship where you are mentally and physically injured. What you decide to do is ultimately your choice, but I don't want to be dragged into a situation that has the potential to turn violent. You are free to come here and hang with us, but we won't be going to hang with you and Elvis any more. Also, Elvis is no longer welcome here. While couples therapy is good, I think you need to have a therapist who is trained in domestic abuse for yourself. I'm not going to say this again, but I am going to stand by what I say. I will help you in any way that I can, but I'm not putting myself into a sitaution that I think is unsafe."
Then stick by this. I too had a friend who kept going back, finally, I extricated myself, because me being in the middle of all of that drama was unhealthy for ME.
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Movie: Secretly Greatly (English title) / Covertness (literal title)
Revised romanization: Eunmilhage Widaehage
Hangul: 은밀하게 위대하게
Director: Jang Cheol-Soo
Writer: Hun (comic)
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Runtime: 124 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
Won Ryu-Hwan (Kim Soo-Hyun) trained in the North Korean Special Forces. He can speak five languages and is also a lethal killing machine. Two years ago, he received orders to deploy to South Korea as a spy.
While wondering in a poor neighborhood in Seoul, Won Ryu-Hwan passed out and was awakened by a worried old mother. The woman then allowed him to live in a small apartment above her modest convenient store and let him work in her store. His identity in South Korea is now Bang Dong-Gu and he has taken up the persona of a goofy, mentally challenged young man. Since that time, Bang Dong-Gu has gotten to know everybody in the neighborhood and has become attached to the woman who treats him like her second son.
One evening, Bang Dong-Gu receives a visitor in his small apartment. His visitor is Lee Hae-Rang (Park Ki-Woong), who trained in the same North Korean Special Forces Unit. Lee Hae-Rang has also received orders from North Korea to work covertly as a spy in South Korea. His persona is that of a young wannabe rock star. Lee Hae-Rang finds it difficult, because he never played the guitar before. Shortly later, Ri Hae-Jin (Lee Hyun-Woo), also a member of their special forces team in North Korea, arrives in the same neighborhood. While the three young men live unnoticed among their neighbors, they await orders from North Korea. Their order finally arrives.
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@PKING cant remember subtitle files ever being over 100MB lol
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@PKING but that is a 00.1 archive right?
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If you look at the file name on the subs ( Secretly.Greatly.2013.HDrip.H264.720p-Mbaro ) you will note why the timing is off of these subs because they were made for the following video format:
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This film is ABSOLUTLY not a comedy ! and sub are 4000 ms too late, and a little bit to fast, even if i can read fast it was hard. Some miss translation. But thank you for the sub, it is a great work.
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I recommend all of you to wait for more comprehensible subtitles. These are a bit difficult to understand. But thanks a lot for the efforts of giving us this subs, at least we have something. Keep the good work.
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Subs uploaded are only 93 percent fan translated from darksmurf.
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@rashan the sub you have listed are translated very poorly in english. half the time it dont make sense
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sirs please share english subs...
it's been deleted from subscene.com
really looking forward to seeing this... looks good
thanks for uploading korean movies
24/08/2013 07.54 pm
Thanks for sharing..
22/08/2013 11.50 am
Some people can speak Korean here.
Movie 5/10
22/08/2013 03.38 am
Thanks for the upload. May I ask where to get English Subtitles?
21/08/2013 02.35 am
maybe bcos there is no subtitle...
21/08/2013 02.15 am
Thanks. I saw half and did not understand the point of this movie and turned it off. Don't know how it scored that high
16/08/2013 12.05 pm
thank you
14/08/2013 08.31 pm
Thank You very much.
10/08/2013 12.22 pm
Thank you
09/08/2013 03.35 pm
Downloading and waiting patiently for the subs..Thank you for sharing
08/08/2013 11.23 am
thank you so much
07/08/2013 09.35 am
somebody has 'entitlement' issues! lol...
Eneweis, THANKS FOR THIS MOVIE!! Can't wait for the subs! Again, THANKS!
06/08/2013 09.51 pm
Braindead logic ... retardnes in its finest !Sry to be harsh ...tryed to resist the urge to answer you but couldnt ....I am a person that need english subs for korean movies .. BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO KNOW , Koreans exist ... they also watch their movies ...they doesnt need subs...but they are not aliens and also need seeders so they could download and watch .!!! There are also people that spend some time to learn Korean on speakable level ( not myself )... who also doesnt need subs . Many movies that you downloaded and watched are seeded to you by those people .
06/08/2013 05.21 pm
most of us need English subtitles
i mean no point of downloading if there isn't English subs
05/08/2013 10.51 am
Thanks a lot for this version...much smaller,really appreciate it♥
The subtitles will be posted when are available,have patiance...the movie still airs so there will take some time...
05/08/2013 10.38 am
Any English subs?
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|1–3 Day Summary
|4–6 Day Summary
|7–9 Day Summary
|West Scarborough
|17 km
|Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon
|Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sat night
|Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon
|48 km
|Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed morning
|Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sat night
|Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Wed morning
|73 km
|Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Wed night
|Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sat night
|Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon
|74 km
|Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Wed night
|Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sat night
|Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon
|117 km
|Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Wed night
|Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sat night
|Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon
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If you are in Saco and would like to go mountain climbing, hiking, skiing or surfing, click below for detailed forecasts.
Tide times close to Saco:
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|Great Diamond Island (United States)
|1 km ENE
|Second closest tide times
|Peaks Island (United States)
|2 km SE
|Third closest tide times
|Back Cove (United States)
|3 km W
|Fourth closest tide times
|Cow Island (United States)
|3 km NE
|Fifth closest tide times
|Cushing Island (United States)
|3 km SSE
Ski Resorts close to Saco:
|Closest ski resort
|Lost Valley (United States)
|52 km N
|Second closest ski resort
|Shawnee Peak (United States)
|65 km WNW
|Third closest ski resort
|Powderhouse Hill (United States)
|67 km SSW
|Fourth closest ski resort
|Middlebury College Snow Bowl (United States)
|73 km W
|Fifth closest ski resort
|King Pine (United States)
|74 km W
Mountains close to Saco:
|Closest mountain peak
|Bauneg Beg Mountain (United States)
|56 km SSW
|Second closest mountain peak
|Mount Tire-m (United States)
|70 km WNW
|Third closest mountain peak
|Noyes Mountain (Maine) (United States)
|77 km NW
|Fourth closest mountain peak
|Black Cap (mountain) (United States)
|81 km W
|Fifth closest mountain peak
|Nickerson Mountain (United States)
|82 km WSW
Surf Beaches close to Saco:
|Closest surf break
|Doc Browns (United States)
|12 km S
|Second closest surf break
|Two Lights (United States)
|12 km S
|Third closest surf break
|Higgins Beach (United States)
|13 km S
|Fourth closest surf break
|Scarborough Beach (United States)
|16 km S
|Fifth closest surf break
|Pine Point (United States)
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Thrones. There is nothing worse than watching something you became familiar with deteriorate at the slowest imaginable pace, so that it is almost undetectable to the human eye. It happened to Robb Stark with his ungrateful "mother" (I still doubt this, Ned Stark was a man of many mysteries), it happened to the respect Tyrion Lannister had for his bigoted father, it happened to me with George R.R. Martin and it is going to happen to this show.
Until then, we must absorb the tragically bad acting of Jon Snow with the kind of good grace I was known for when I decided to rid the Iraqi people of their savage dictator. I was planning to do the same thing for the people of North Korea, but in 2007 I got so caught up in my hatred of J.J. Abrams that things kind of went off the reservation there for a while.
Also, Star Trek: Into Darkness just looks so fucking bad, although I guess no worse than watching Tom Cruise hold an energy weapon like it's a ham sandwich. But yeah, Jon Snow's attempts at being nervous are about as believable as the idea of Littlefinger's whoremaster looking out for Sansa Stark. The Seven Kingdoms was a hard land, this sentimental shit does not fly.
But let me get back to Tyrion Lannister, since a little man is the only sort of man who can save us. The immortal team of Tyrion and his sellsword Bronn had potential to be the best since Laurel and Tom Hardy. It's really sad what happened to the guy during the Battle of Blackwater. I couldn't myself watch it, because viewing the triumph of the Lannisters is like witnessing John Kerry winning a debate.
Enough jokes at the expense of the man amazingly charged with our foreign relations. I would have put Ser Jorah Mormont at the head of everything. The guy is solid, and his love for Daenarys Targaryen is both a little upsetting and completely understandable. It's nice to see HBO was willing to spring for the money to have a nice-looking CG scorpion, but unfortunately they had to cancel Enlightened to pay for it. Then again, if I wanted to watch a television show about a liberal woman, I'd just tune into Charlie Rose.
Ser Barristan Selmy kind of gives me a weird feeling, much the same as is felt in the groin area by the reigning King of Westeros. Joffrey had to surreptitiously view Ms. Margaery Tyrell become popular with the people of King's Landing. He looked like my golden retriever when you leave her outside too long. It's no small feat to connect with orphans, they don't really have much in the way of hobbies outside of aimlessly searching for their birth parents.
And let's be honest, it's not really a trip to an orphanage unless you decide at the very last minute to adopt one. And it's not King's Landing unless that orphan somehow turns out to be Roger Targaryen, the new heir to the Iron Throne.
You know who kind of got the short shaft? Mance Rayder. This man was a fantastic singer in his time. I think we all remember classics like "Ned Stark's Annoying Grandpa Samuel", "The King Beyond the Wall...Is Me" and "The Time Robert Baratheon Fucked A Goat." Mance Rayder was a great man, remember that time he was like, "Don't be ashamed of yourselves wildlings. The King of Westeros also copulated with goats and in some cases, women."
As is obvious from these screenshots, Thrones is one of the best looking shows ever created. The sets are completely amazing, the costumes are sublime and Joffrey's tunic is maybe the most appropriate piece of clothing ever constructed for a fictional character. Sometimes the show actually makes a lot more sense with the sound off, especially when that illiterate sea captain starts whining about how much he hates his king's girlfriend. We get it, Jesus, she's not a nice woman. You don't have to keep saying it.
It would be impossible to end this Thronesing without mentioning the season finale of The Walking Dead, which I now think of as the show without dwarves. Sunday's sendoff featured the worst military strategy I have ever seen combined with the finest outfit ever placed on a woman. This was the onesie of all onesies.
Strangely only one long-term cast member could be written off the show — in true AMC fashion, it was the actress with the highest salary demands. The closing decision of the episode, in which all the castaways survivors retreated to the disgusting camp prison instead of the lovely community of the Barracks Woodbury, struck me as strangely ungenerous to everyone.
The moment in which the Governor, who now officially bores me because he is so one-note, turned on his own citizens struck me as a bit false and vapid. Even if we can accept that he has gone off the rails enough to slaughter his own supporters for questioning his leadership, the idea that no one would hold up a gun and shoot him down is impossible to put faith in. It's wrong to believe someone you never even tried to get to know is a coward.
It's always nice to see a man doing something for his son or daughter. Teaching your keedz about good and evil is not always easy — first inform them to always omit the last comma in a series, and then instruct the children that two spaces after a period is just an artifact from the typewriter era; it's one space after a period now, for Carl's sake. Then you can start showing them verses from the Bible, while including the helpful erratum "This is all made-up bullshit." After that you can start setting a good example for your children by not leaving a bunch of infirm seniors and women to die at Woodbury. Baby steps.
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MANCHESTER - The Candia School Board had a blunt message for Mayor Ted Gatsas and the city school board Monday night: Reduce class sizes or let us go.
The joint meeting follows one earlier this month with Hooksett parents and board members, who decried conditions in Manchester high schools. Under an agreement with the district, the two towns send their high school students to Manchester. Hooksett has 686 students in the district and Candia has 144, all of them at Central High.
"We're here with two solutions," Candia School Board member Kim Royer told her counterparts. "One: we would like every class that has a Candia student in it to have no more than 30 students per class. We would like to have that immediately. We also don't want disruptions to their schedule."
The second option, Royer said, is for Manchester to "release us from the contract."
Royer acknowledged that improvements in class sizes, as well as with textbook and desk shortages, have been made since the start of the school year, but said that classes remain too large.
Mayor Gatsas, citing the most recent figures from the district superintendent, said there were about 59 classes at Central that still had more than 30 students, the state standard for maximum class size.
Gatsas, who serves as chairman of the city school board, said that it would be impossible to respond to the Candia board's request since it was unknown how many Candia students are in classes that exceed the 30-pupil standard. Such information could only be presented in a follow-up meeting with Manchester Superintendent Thomas Brennan. He was unable to attend Monday's meeting because he was sick, as was the case with the Hooksett meeting on Nov. 15.
Assistant Superintendent Michael Tursi was at the meeting with the Candia board, but he did not respond directly to its concerns, beyond presenting a report on new technology initiatives.
Gatsas emphasized that the district was doing all it could in a challenging fiscal environment.
"The situation we're in has not been an easy one," he said. "The state has downshifted costs, and there's no question we're all feeling the fiscal impact. I can only tell you we're all working as hard as we can, and that the transition (next) September won't be anything like this year."
Hooksett and Candia pay Manchester tuition to send their high school students to the district under a 20-year contract signed in 2003. The contract does allow a party to declare another in breach, a process that takes at least six months. The contract doesn't specifically mention class sizes, but it does require the district to comply with state standards, which include the class size limit of 30 students.
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Around 40 people attended the meeting in the conference room of the city's public health department. Gatsas adjourned the meeting without opening the floor to public comments on the grounds it was a "special meeting," applying the same rule for school board and aldermanic meetings.
Jim O'Connell, an activist and one of the founders of the parents group Citizens for Manchester Schools, objected to Gatsas' move; several parents also indicated that they wanted a chance to speak. Several city school board members stayed later, including Kathy Staub and Erica Connors, who sat down with a group of parents.
The meeting began with a presentation from Assistant Superintendent Tursi on a report Brennan had produced earlier in the month, "Maximizing Educational Opportunities." The plan calls for the offering of "virtual" computer-assisted classrooms, allowing students to take courses remotely, as well as courses at local universities, to be available as soon as next semester.
The plan, which was also presented at the Hooksett meeting, did not appear to greatly impress the Candia board or Superintendent Charles Littlefield, who heads SAU 15, which includes Candia and Hooksett.
"V-LACS is already available to Candia students," Littlefield said, referring to the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School. "That is not the solution. The solution is adequate resources to make sure our kids are getting what we bargained for, and we're not getting that."
Littlefield later added, "I think the relationship between Candia and Central (High) is special, and I think of it with sadness that the Candia community found it necessary to draw a line in the sand. I think it's only fair that, if there are no solutions to these problems, then we need to know that. Candia kids are great kids, as are yours. But they are highly desirable."
The audience applauded after these comments.
O'Connell, of the Manchester school advocacy group, has had several public clashes with Gatsas. In an interview after the meeting, O'Connell said, "To lure people into the public arena, to deny the parents of Candia and Manchester and Hooksett the opportunity to speak is very disturbing."
He referred to the technology report a "snow job," saying, "This is nonsense document. It's aspirational. It was dreamed up one night while staring at the wall."
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LEE COUNTY, Fla.- A former Lee County Commissioner struck a deal to help keep his record clean, in connection with a drug case. Brian Bigelow was arrested in November, charged with allowing an unauthorized person to drive his car. That driver was also carrying drugs.
Bigelow made his way into Judge Adams' courtroom and was not willing to speak with the media about the incident that lead to this court appearance, or anything else for that matter.
Today, he entered into a plea deal with the State. In exchange for admitting he allowed an unauthorized person to drive his car, he will have to pay a $300 fine along with the $50 cost of prosecution, and the judge, in turn, withheld adjudication.
This means this will not show up on the former Commissioner's record.
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Cassadee Pope's debut country album will be hitting stores on October 8th. In anticipation of the album release, CMT will be airing a doc-u-series, Frame By Frame, all about Cassadee. The show will follow Cassadee while she is recording in the studio, interviewing with different radio stations throughout the country, and touring with country mega trio, Rascal Flatts.
Frame By Frame will premiere on CMT on Friday, October 4th, at 10:00pm EST/9:00pm CST. Make sure to tune in and/or set your DVRs for a chance to get a glimpse into the process of Cassadee recording her first country album and all the promotion that goes along with the project.
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These bars are very good. Everything is pretty quick and easy too and you can't beat caramel and nutella together, so good. The only thing is you might have to cook them a little longer than the time listed, mine didn't brown too much on top but I was in a hurry and they're still good so just an appearance thing. Next time I might add a few ingredients just to make the bar thicker but I am very happy for now.
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