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[F2F] Trevor/Amara - When Push Comes to Shove
Trevor tilted his head. "Huh, I've never known rioters to really consider whether they can afford it or not. They just freak out. That's what people do around people like us. Well, more like people like me." He didn't say it with any bitterness or fear, just as a matter of fact. If anything, he was a little amused by it, but then again, he was pretty good at lightening his own mood after a lifetime spent honing the skill. "I just don't want you getting in trouble. I mean, it's your senior year. That would suck, getting kicked out now. Miss out on prom and being able to stuff freshmen in trash cans after you put in all that time to get to the top?"
Trevor shook his head. "Fine, I'll train with him." He sighed. "After all, now I'm going to be facing a helluva lot worse because I didn't finish it myself, I got rescued by a girl half the size of any one of those football players just because she caught them by surprise. Tomorrow, if I'm not suspended, it's going to be the entire football team, so I may as well take them on by myself and put a stop to it. That's how I've always handled it before."
He made a confused expression at her tone. "Wow, you really do need to stress less, Amara. It's your senior year, you've made it. Why not ditch? I would if I had a car. It's not like you're behind in your classes, is it?" He used his free hand to shrug. "Take off whenever you just wanna go to the mall like everyone else does."
It wasn't until she started actually helping him into the car that he paused. First off she dragged him out of a fight before he had a chance to turn it around and finish it for good, and now she was treating him like he was some kind of helpless baby. "Uh… Amara? I'm blind, not crippled. You know, I really really like you, you're my sister, at least that's how I think of it, but why do you act like I'm a four-year-old? I'm sixteen. I mean, I know you're just trying to be helpful, and maybe they don't have blind people in Brazil, but I can get into a car by myself." He pulled away from her hand and dropped into the seat. "The seatbelt? Really? I dunno. Let me look." He reached up for it and pulled it down with no more difficulty than a sighted person would. "Oh, wow! I managed it. Do I get a graham cracker or a gold star? I'd prefer the graham cracker because I didn't get lunch."
She could have gone on about how they help their own, defend each other, never leave one another behind—the stuff she heard all the time. But she already knew all of that, and followed those guidelines every day. And even so, she didn't like hearing them that much. "It's fine," is what she did tell him, "Don't worry about something like that." Though it was after that when his words began to catch her off guard. Is that what he got out of her protecting him? That he was going to get even worse treatment because a girl saved him? She didn't do it because she thought he couldn't—she came in because no one should be treated like that. With her lips now pursed, she shook her head. "I doubt you'll be suspended if we get the story straight. The training could be used for other situations, you know. That way, no one will mess with you."
"And… I want to go to college. I'm doing the best I can in classes. So I only skip when I have to. Yeah, things now are much more lax, but not stress free. There's also other things I need to focus on." Like training, for one thing… Really, what was with this sudden change in tone? She shook it off, just wanting to concentrate on leaving more than anything else.
However… that proved to be a little difficult to do as time went on. "I-I know, I was just…" What could she say? That was both unexpected and a little hurtful, at least from where she was standing. With added sarcasm too? Yeah, that wasn't entirely pleasant to listen to. Amara swallowed hard, not saying anything else as she made her way to the driver's side from the front of the car. The door was opened, she entered, shut the door behind her, and put the seat belt on without another word being spoken, too. Mostly because she didn't know what to say at that point. Before putting the key into the ignition, she checked the mirrors and looked around just in case. "I'm sorry," she muttered, trying not to let too much emotion be conveyed.
Amara sighed. "Let's just take care of this…" And with a turn of the key, and a change to reverse, she backed out of the parking space and began to drive out of the parking lot.
[F2F] Trevor/Amara - When Push Comes to Shove
Trevor dropped the tray to the ground as there was a letup in the blows. He smelled that scent of the deepest parts of the Earth even before he heard her voice. Amara. The odds were at least a little more even now. Her hand closed over his wrist and he felt her tug. "What? But we got 'em down now. Why run?" He had heard the tension in her voice, though. This was upsetting to her and he didn't like the idea of upsetting his Earth-sister. "Okay, okay."
He lifted his hand behind him in a single finger salute to the jocks as he followed her lead, the crowd of students parting to let them through. He doubted any of them wanted to mess with two mutants, especially with the fire in Amara's tone. As he felt the air clear around them, he slid his hand into hers and gave it a squeeze. "Thanks for the assist. I'm guessing football players, unless this school has an MMA team I don't know about." He rubbed his side where a few of the punches had landed in the same place. At least the assholes probably got some bruised knuckles from hitting his solid muscles. "You okay, Amara?" he asked in a more private tone. "I wasn't tryna upset you. I know I said I wouldn't start nothin', but I had to. And I didn't use my powers, not once."
"What's going on in here?!" The stern voice of the vice principal from the main doors made Trevor step closer to Amara. "Who was involved in this?!"
"Okay, I think that whole getting out of here thing better happen now," he suggested. "There a fire door or a window we can jump out of?"
The brunette girl only caught of glimpse of him touching at his side as she kept walking, and while it worried her, and she would usually react immediately, she wanted to get to safety first. "Right on the nose. Football players…" she trailed off, squeezing his hand a bit. "They're the ones who upset me. Only reason I'm not going back there to make sure they learn a lesson is because you're way more important. But, yeah, we need to get out before—" she was interrupted by the sudden arrival of the vice principal. Freezing for a moment, she looked around for a quick escape. The VP entered through the far entrance, where Amara had come in before when the fight had been happening. "… Before the vice principal gets here…"
But Trevor had a good idea. There was a fire door nearby, and if they could just move behind one of the groups of gathered students, they'd be able to pass through with other exiting kids. "Follow my lead. Once we're out I'll tell you more," she whispered to him, beginning to move toward the exit. It wasn't at all easy to avoid people's stares, seeing as they knew she had been the one to strike out against the jocks, but they didn't seem to want to rat her out, either. That was a bright point to the whole thing, at least.
Everything was going pretty smoothly given the situation. The crowd was still grouped together, so it was good to make use of the confusion. Weaving through the throng was easy enough, so long as she made sure to keep Trevor close and didn't actually push through any small gatherings to not startle him. When the reached the fire escape, she pushed it open with her free hand, releasing a breath she hadn't even realized was being held until a severe tightness in her chest evaporated at the action. As soon as they were actually through the doors, her shoulders eased. She turned to face Trevor. "One of those muties picked a fight with us!"
"Yeah, and then this bitch came out of nowhere and attacked us!"
Amara rolled her eyes with a whispered curse—particularly directed to the jerks inside—in Portuguese. All she could think of was that they'd begin searches on every known mutant in the school. Currently, the only ones listed were Xavier's students. "I think we should head home, Trevor. At least get you looked over by Doctor McCoy. What do you say?" She tried to hide the slight anxiousness in her voice, but some still made its way into her tone. What she had just done was reckless. She didn't regret it, but that didn't make it any less so.
[F2F] Trevor/Amara - When Push Comes to Shove
Trevor pushed his tray along the tracks in the line. From the smell of the stuff, he was kind of glad he couldn't see it. It smelled like something he would have left in the dumpster a few months ago. "What is this?" he asked the lunch lady, pointing to the cardboard boat she had put on his tray. "I mean, aren't you guys funded or anything?"
"It's lasagna," she replied tersely. "Vegetarian lasagna."
"Huh, ran out of meat again," Trevor commented under his breath, starting to slide his tray down again. He was cut off by someone pretty big who smelled heavily of leather and sweat. Jock in a letterman jacket. Great. "Uh, sure, help yourself, not like I'm here or anything."
"Hey, thanks, nice of you, mutie," replied the jock. "Hey, guys, the freak says we can all go ahead of him."
"See you later in Trig, Amara!" "Of course! I'll hurry over to give you those notes you needed—right after lunch, Penny. Promise!" she called out to one of the acquaintances she'd made so far during her senior year. The small pile of notebooks she carried was quickly stuffed into her book bag as she walked down the hall toward the cafeteria. Her English Honors class was a bit of a distance from there, but at least she knew the school well enough after about maybe three to four years to have discovered a shortcut or two so the journey would be just a little bit faster. With a brisk pace, she chose to take a quick pass through the courtyard which would take her directly to the building with an entrance close enough to her destination.
There were some glances in her direction. Discreet, little looks that weren't too obvious to everyone else. A person—especially a mutant—would have to be quite ignorant to not notice that there was some animosity still around. Like Amara commonly stated, it wasn't as bad as it used to be, but it wasn't quite a paradise, either. For the most part, she was left alone. On the other hand, she sometimes caught whispers of people talking about how long it would be until she turned on them (like some rabid animal, she heard once). This was something she had become used to way before her senior year even started. And seeing as she had met a couple of good people who didn't mind her known mutant status, she definitely had a partially positive outlook most of the time.
It seemed that particular outlook wasn't going to cut it as soon as she did enter the cafeteria doors and saw a ring of spectators surrounding what seemed to sound like a scuffle. Some were chanting the ever-popular "Fight, fight!" or "Someone call a teacher!", but what really caught her attention as she approached was a younger guy—probably a freshman or sophomore—telling his friends something along the lines of "Dude, the kid's blind…". She snapped to attention immediately, already pushing her way through.
[F2F] Trevor/Amara - Overdue
Trevor bit his lip at her surprised reaction. "Yeah. I guess I don't look too much like him even if Vance said he can see it. Otherwise the people here who know him mighta been at least like 'Huh, you look like that other guy.' Not that I don't just gotta take their word on it anyway." He reached down with one hand to grasp his toes. "But I guess it's gotta be an epic joke or somethin'. I'm a total nobody and everybody seems to know who he is. 'Cept me."
He lifted his head, a hint of his smile returning at her assurances about his identity. "You're right. I'm kinda glad anyway I didn't hafta have their name. It's sorta snooty sounding anyway. I'm an anti-social blind kid with a bad attitude about people in general, don't wanna be a snob on top of it." He knew that Lance would have his back, that was true, but it was good to hear Amara saw it the same way. The idea of meeting his brother was still enough to cause anxiety, though, even with her vouching for his character and perfectly reasonable explanation of the pretty lavish gift. Even if it was supposed to be a sign of Warren not trying to overwhelm him, it was a lot to deal with. And then there was the whole thing of what kind of mutant his brother was. "I guess it's okay, I mean, I like the stuff. But that doesn't mean I gotta like him just because of all this, right? If I like him, okay, but if he's a jerk, then I just like the stuff, not him. Does he really have wings like a bird?" He said it quietly, but he couldn't help the anxious tone in his question.
He closed his eyes as he leaned against her, able to feel the warmth of her skin through her shirt. It had a little extra heat to it, but nothing too worrying, and right now it was actually pretty comforting to have it radiate through to him, like sun-soaked sand. Choices he'd have to make. He wasn't used to making choices in the first place, not big ones. The last big choices he'd made were to run away from foster care and to stay at the institute with the only people he cared about. And even so he missed Lance, even if he saw him every day. It was hard sleeping knowing he wasn't right across the hall, and Fred never came over. He only got to see him when Lance would take him to their house, and then they had so much roughhousing fun he'd crash out from sheer exhaustion. But then again, here was where he had Amara and Trey, where things were safe and quiet and even the adults like Dr. McCoy and Professor Xavier made time for him and had that tone of actual concern, not social worker acting. Living with Warren, even if he turned out to be the nicest guy in the world, was not an option he was even ready to consider. "Guess I gotta wait to find out what he wants, anyway. Maybe he'll take one look at me and be all 'Yeah, sorry, this was a bad idea. Later.' But you and Lance, you'll both help me figure it all out if he does ask?"
The thing was, once it had been stated, Amara was able to see just how he did resemble Warren somewhat. But she assumed no one would make the connection even with knowing the both of them because… well… who really suddenly compared appearances in such a way? And, truthfully, Warren didn't show himself much anymore, even less than he did in the past. No one had noticed, probably, the comparisons. That, and no one guessed that the Worthingtons would have been so cruel as to abandon a child like they did, and in that light, didn't think Warren could possibly have a brother because of it. Even before coming to America, she'd heard the name a little bit in Brazil. Nothing too major, but she'd definitely recognized it when her new friends at the Institute had begun speaking about it, and even more so when she'd first met Warren in person.
"Trevor, if you like him, it should be because you actually do like him. Not because he gives you gifts. He needs to understand that, while it's good to give you things, that isn't going to make you like him as a person." She took note of his nervous tone. "And yes. He has wings. But he can tuck them back if he has to, and he's really careful." When it came to Amara, flying was something she didn't really enjoy due to her becoming ill whenever she was off the ground. She wasn't sure if that was the same reasoning behind Trevor being nervous about Warren's wings, but that was the input she could provide. And she could tell the truth about what she knew about his recently discovered older brother.
She didn't really move as she held him, not wanting to surprise him. "I doubt that, I really do. He's really lucky to have you for a little brother, but if you're not comfortable with him, that's how it is. So long as you give it a try, there's really nothing to be said." He needed to know that he did have people who would be there for him through any sort of trial he faced, and still be there after that. "I'll be there, and I know Lance will be. We won't tell you what to do, that's all you, but we'll be there to listen and give you our insight. No matter what, we're here for you."
[F2F] Trevor/Amara - Overdue
Trevor leaned against the hand, taking a deep breath. "Yeah, sort of. I know his name at least. One of the Avengers came and told me. His name is Warren Worthington. As in the guy who owns the ice cream places. He said my name's really Worthington, too." He gave one of those palms up shrugs. "I don't know if I wanna be someone else. I've always been Trevor Worth." It felt as if he was being told somehow that he wasn't the person he'd always known himself as, and with everything else, it was a rather confusing feeling. He knew Trevor Worthington less than Warren Worthington.
"I guess he knows about me now, or why would he have known about my birthday?" He dropped his head in his hands. "I said I'd meet him if Lance was there, too. I mean, he didn't do nothin' to me. Didn't even know I existed. Vance said he was away at school and didn't even know his.. our mother was pregnant with me. Said he wasn't real close with them, either, but he's still sad about them dying. What'm I gonna do, Amara? I don't know this guy and he's my brother. If he wants me to go live with him I'm not."
"W-Warren Worthington?" she stammered out, brows raising in surprise. Now looking at the many new things in his room apparently purchased recently by the winged mutant, it made a little more sense to that point, but that didn't really make it any less of a shock. A cold and uncomfortable feeling moved into her stomach, realizing that Warren's parents had left Trevor when he was a baby because of his physical mutations. They'd… they'd made that choice willingly and because of them, he'd dealt with so much in his life. Her jaw tensed, and her nose twitched in frustration she knew she wasn't supposed to be feeling. It made no sense to her. Why were there parents out there that chose to abandon their children without looking back? Amara felt a small chill over her skin, which made her pull her hand away from Trevor—not to quickly as to surprise him, but so that she wouldn't possibly hurt him.
Luckily, she took a breath to calm her nerves right then, so nothing happened besides her face feeling a little warm. She cleared her throat. "You're still Trevor Worth no matter what your name is. That's who you've been, and a blood relative doesn't mean you have to change who you are. A name is only a name. It is as powerful as you make it." She chewed on her lower lip, thinking. Then, she placed her hand back on his shoulder once she felt safe enough to do so, squeezing gently in support. "He let you name your terms if you were to meet. That's a good sign, if you ask me. Lance will… he'll take care of you, listen to you. And he'll make sure Warren knows where the line stands. I don't know Warren that well, but I've met him before, and he's a good person. And if I know enough about how he cares for others, knowing he has a little brother who he'd never been able to know will get to him. That's why he got you all these things. He wants to show you he cares, but willing to go at your speed."
Vance, though? She sort of knew that name. Justice—the Avenger. He must have been the one to tell Trevor, then. She looked down at the further details. They hadn't even the decency to tell their own son. "This is up to you. If you want to stay here, then you need to tell him that if he asks you to live with him. He might make mistakes, no one's perfect, but I'm sure he just wants to know you." With a little breath, she continued, "Even if he wasn't close to his parents, he did know them, and their deaths hurt. You didn't. And you have a right to be indifferent about their deaths. To you, they were people you had no idea actually existed or were connected to until recently. No one should expect anything." She looked at him, head in his hands. "Even if you have a blood relative now, you also have your own family," she said softly as she brushed his hair back gently, slowly pulling him a bit close so she could partially hold him. "There are choices you'll need to make, but you won't have to deal with them on your own."
[F2F] Trevor/Amara - Overdue
Trevor closed his hand over the vial, his shoulders straightening with a sense of confidence at the presence of it. "Me, too. I get sick even going over a bridge. I guess I won't now." He smiled. "All of us, yeah, we're a family." He bit his lip for a moment. What about real family showing up? This felt like real family. Lance was his real family. Warren was still just a name and some objects. Would he want to take him away from his real family?
He relaxed again as he listened to her talk about the professor's hope. It still sounded like a pipe dream to him, but it would be nice if it happened. He just didn't like trying to be optimistic. It was a surefire way to get your hopes dashed to bits. He knew who he could count on, and so far it was the Earth and the mutants who sheltered him and made him feel like he was safe, like he was part of something. He couldn't really picture a world where people outside weren't afraid or rude or dangerous toward the people that they kept calling a danger just for existing. He broke into a smile at her take on their school life, though. "Yeah, they can keep normal. We're special. If they don't like it, they're just jealous." He scratched at his claws. "Don't worry, I won't go around starting shit, though. If they wanna leave us alone, that's good enough."
He pulled one knee up to his chest, resting his chin on it. "Amara, if I tell you something, you're not gonna go tell everybody else, are you? I mean, I know you won't, it's just I don't want it all over the place if things don't work out is all." He picked at the plates on his foot silently for a moment. "I… might have a brother. Like, ya know.. we had the same parents. Who're dead, which is fine by me."
Even though she felt calm, and even a little happy despite the concerns brought up with their conversation, she knew something must have been on Trevor's mind that he wasn't talking about just yet. At first, she'd believed that her differences separated her from the herd in a bad way, but when she went to Xavier's and saw how wonderful everyone she knew there was, she realized that despite those differences, being unique wasn't considered bad. It was just… different. But a lot of people didn't like different. That was the problem. She figured that if they could accept that not everything was the same in the world, then they'd be able to see how great of a person so many mutants were. A few people had gotten used to mutants being in the school over the years, at least. "I know you won't." She turned to face him. "It doesn't matter what they think." Amara believed that now more than ever.
"I promise not to tell, Trevor." She sat up a bit and placed her hand on his shoulder, showing her honesty and support. If what doesn't work out? she thought, tilting her head. Then he explained how he might have a brother, and actual blood-related brother, but that his birth parents were dead. But that didn't seem to bother him that much. Amara understood that part. Trevor's birth parents gave him up when he was really, really small. A baby. Thinking about it still brought an uncomfortable feeling in her stomach. "Do… do you know where this brother is? Does he know about you?" Does he want to see you? She left that last question in her mind. The previous were more important.
[F2F] Trevor/Amara - Overdue
Trevor grinned, leaning his head forward. "Yeah, I'd like. This way, even if I'm not on the ground, if I gotta go upstairs or anything like that, I'll still have her with me." His shoulders relaxed at just thinking about it. "I mean, I still like this room best and all that, but, ya know, Professor Xavier, he's upstairs most of the time. He said I could come up and see him any time, though. He said he'd always have time." He still wasn't sure how that could happen, why someone who did all the things he did would make time for just one kid who wasn't a superhero or a good student or anything, but even during the riot, when he'd obviously been busy, when Trevor expected to be ignored, he had gone out of his way to make sure he wasn't.
"They're always angry. Or scared. Or something." Trevor sighed, dropping his head on the bean bag and rubbing his cheek against the soft velvety fabric. "When they get it that I'm blind, they just get all awkward and weird. If they found out I'm a mutant, it was different. 'Cause we're different. We're just freaks and monsters and they're always gonna think that. I know Professor Xavier says it won't always be that way, but how's he know it'll get better?" He slid over so his head rested on her shoulder. "I don't wanna be around them anyway, Amara. Here we're the normal ones. What's gonna happen when we gotta go to school? It's gonna be like everyplace else, ain't it. Maybe they won't pick on us, but we gotta eat alone, sit alone, if they're nice it's just so they can tell people they know a freak."
As he leaned his head forward, she took the necklace out of the box and made sure to face it the right way before carefully slipping it over his head and onto his neck, allowing the pendant to rest on his chest. She touched the vial lightly with a fingertip, smiling at his words and at the light feeling of connection gathered even through the container. "That's one of the reasons I kept her with me, too. I used to feel really ill if I was too above ground, like on an airplane or a boat, so when I came back, I decided to bring Ceres with me, instead." Amara laughed softly, moving her hand away. "Take my word for it: That looks good on you." She tilted her head at the mention of Xavier. Truthfully, she'd only heard bits about how Trevor had been with the Professor during the riots since Scott had left the young mutant with the telepath. She was glad he seemed to have warmed up to him, though, since she really respected Xavier and was thankful for everything he'd put up with and done for her. And those words… they certainly sounded like something he'd say. "He's telling the truth. The Professor always has time for us. We're a part of his family. That's why he takes us in and tries his best to make us happy—because each of us mean a lot to him." After speaking, she moved a bit to get more comfortable in the bean bag chair, still looking at her fellow mutant.
Her gaze followed him with light concern at his sigh, and then as he dropped his head onto the chair. All she could think about was how correct his statements seemed now, rather than how they had sounded almost like a shocking revelation to her before. "They don't understand," she muttered, "They're so scared and angry because they don't bother to understand. Your being blind, or being a mutant, all of us in general… A lot of people don't try to accept what's different because they're scared of change. It's not fair, but that's something I've learned and had to accept, lately." She sighed softly. "The Professor has hope. It's his dream for things to get better, and every day, he works for it. He can't see into the future, but his faith in what he believes is unstoppable." Despite his words, Amara could see how these things bothered him. She relaxed as his head moved to rest on her shoulder.
"Then it's their loss," she told him, watching his face for a short moment before she glanced away to look ahead. "We'll have lunch together and make them jealous because that's how cool we are." Her tone was light, joking, but there was a hint of resoluteness. "Besides, I'm proud to be a freak, then. My mutation might not be all there is to who I am, but it's certainly an interesting addition, right? Being different isn't always a bad thing, no matter how many normal people tell you otherwise."
[F2F] Trevor/Amara - Overdue
"Good, because I'd rather have you help me than Cyborg. He's nice now, but it's like, I dunno, he's too nice." Trevor shrugged. "It's like he's trying real hard to make sure I think he's cool. I guess I do, but don't tell him, okay?" He scooted into the bean bag, pulling his feet up and putting the soles together. "I tried, but they don't want to stay in a pile. They're all different shapes. But at least they don't hurt to bump into." He figured he'd rather fall onto a pillow if he did trip before he knew where everything was than faceplant onto the floor.
"I'll take your word for it. I know it feels pretty different. Which is cool." His face took on a much more serious air as his hand touched the smooth curve of the vial. His brows grew closer as he ran his finger across it softly, then he smiled, listening to her describe it. "I can feel it," he said quietly. "It's still full of life, and warmth. And it feels so different, like.. it has an accent, you know? But it's still her." He hoped it made sense to her, trying to describe the exotic but familiar vibration that trembled under his fingertip. Putting things about the Earth he had only felt privately for most of his life into words was always a bit of a challenge, even when he was sure that if he could actually just transmit the feelings to Amara she'd understand perfectly. "Thanks, Amara. This is the best present ever. Can I really wear it?"
He put his hand on her arm again. "I'm glad you're okay, ya know. Those people, what happened? It shouldn'ta been like that." He kept the actual mention of what he knew about the circumstances vague, not wanting to remind her again, even though the thought of it made his lower lip stick out a little with the injustice. "Least in here, nobody would ever treat you like that. We take care of each other, right?"
"Your secret's safe with me," she whispered, unable to stop the grin that bloomed on her face at hearing that he thought Scott was cool now. After all, she'd always partially looked up to the older mutant since he never seemed to waver in his dreams or become weighted down by his lack of control over his mutation. Now, even though she knew the latter wasn't always constant, she bore an even stronger sense of respect for him. That was something she could compare to, and even though he went through it, he came out victorious and kept working for what he believed in. She touched one of the mentioned pillows. "They work as padding, and maybe markers."
The unique feeling of knowing someone else who could communicate with the Earth she'd looked to for guidance and comfort for such a long time still managed to lift her spirits no matter how used to it she was becoming. Hearing Trevor speak about the contents of the vial so personally really awed her. His own way of understanding and listening were different than hers, but she comprehended his words fairly easily. She'd felt something like it when she'd been so used to the Earth and how she was in Brazil and then she had suddenly been sent to America, where the ground seemed more like a slightly distant member of a close family who had immediately begun taking care of her as soon as they'd met. It was hard to explain in actual words, but while the feelings of both lands were different, Amara was close enough now (compared to before) to know that it was all the same being that she had a connection to. Just, as Trevor said, with differing accents depending on where she was. Just like a person. She smiled at him, looking at the necklace. "Of course you can. It's all yours. I can help you put it on now, if you'd like." Her hand moved over the clasp, but she knew the necklace itself was lengthy enough to easily slip over her head, and his as well.
The touch on her arm grabbed at her gaze. His words didn't upset her, even with the light reminder. She was happy to say that it was officially put behind her in the hopes of improving her future. Placing her hand on his after she'd lowered the gift box onto the chair gently, she moved her eyes back to him. "It was an accident—one of those chance moments where everything that could have gone wrong… went much worse. They were angry." She noticed the slight jutting out of his lower lip into that very Trevor-like expression, and her expression remained cheery despite the topic. "And you're right. We take care of each other here. Before I knew it, Scott and Kurt were there."
[F2F] Trevor/Amara - Overdue
Trevor reached for her arm as soon as her hand was on him. "Yeah, um, Warren had stuff delivered here and it's cool, but.." He sighed. "I still keep forgetting where things are 'cause it's all different now. The bean bag's over there, right?" He pointed a few feet to the left of it. "Cyborg got me headphones that're real nice. I think he's still tryna suck up to me or something. But they're real good for the music Trey got me."
He broke into a bright smile at her wishing him a happy birthday. The fact that it was a little late didn't upset him. He'd never had so much attention paid to a birthday before at all, and now all three of his favorite people had made a special mention of it. "Thanks, Amara!" He shook his head, still smiling. "I don't care how much something cost, or if it didn't even cost anything. If it's from you, it's special anyway. This is the best birthday ever."
He cautiously stepped for the bean bag, tripping on a pillow that had been knocked out of place earlier, managing to stay upright by having his hand on Amara already. "I gotta figure out how ta keep those things in one place. They get all over the floor." He tried again and this time managed to make it to the bean bag, dropping into it. "There's room for both of us, it's almost as big as my bed was. Not sure what color it is, but it feels nice." He gestured to the corner by the closet, where a mini-fridge stood. "You want a soda or some ice cream? Warren kinda sent that, too. And that chair on the other side, it plays music. I thought I was just gonna get ice cream outa this."
As soon as he had a hold on her arm, she moved to help be his guide rather than just standing there. Warren? That confused her about his words, but she figured it was because he was just a nice person. He was always giving people things and he was pretty much friends with everyone. She didn't know Trevor knew him, but then again, she never really asked. The older mutant had wished him a happy birthday, so they must know each other, she reasoned. "The bean bag? Um… it's a little more to the right," she told him, moving his arm toward the right direction with a careful hand. But she still wasn't used to him calling Scott Cyborg. It was both funny and a little strange at the same time. It was really nice to know that the X-Men leader was really treating Trevor like a part of the family, though. "Getting used to the new setup is going to take some time, but for now, I'm here to help, okay?"
Her thoughts were confirmed by his words, and his expression, so joyful at her for just mentioning his birthday. She smiled right back, knowing he wouldn't be able to tell, but unable to do anything else because of his contagious expression. Even if her gift wasn't the shiniest, or the most valuable, he said he'd like it just because it was coming from her. And that meant a lot. She just hoped he genuinely liked it, so it'd be doubly meaningful to her. Despite the sudden surprise of Trevor tripping over one of the pillows around the bean bag chair, she kept her pulse calm and therefore didn't start to become antsy. She supported him and helped him situate back onto his feet before he tried again and this time landing on it. That was when she released her semi-protective contact with him. "Maybe you could pile them up a certain way in some spots that make you more comfortable?" she suggested as she sat down next to him, glancing at the miniature refrigerator as he mentioned it. "No thank you. But this really is comfy!"
There was Warren's name again. She figured it wasn't really her business, and while her idea on why these gifts were given to Trevor may have lessened in likeliness, she didn't feel the need to actually question it. "It sounds like you got a lot of wonderful gifts. And your room looks really great." She looked down at the gift box in her hand, blinking for a moment as she silently contemplated the object inside before she slowly removed the lid. "Here," she muttered, taking his hand and carefully placing it to touch the pendant. "It's a necklace. There's a small bottle on it, which your touching—it's filled with some earth from my home all the way back in Brazil. I brought it with me here when I last arrived. And… well… I really want you to keep it." She sighed softly, as if she were thinking. "I felt so close to Ceres when I was gathering it."
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Trevor stood in the middle of his room, still trying to get used to the new placement of the furniture. The bed he never used for sleeping and had mostly been there to serve as seating for his friends and a central landmark had been moved out to make room for stuff that he wasn't sure about. Yeah, it was mysteriously stuff that he kind of liked, even if he'd never thought of it, but it was new and from an uncertain source.
Where the bed had been was a huge bean bag chair that he had been told somehow unfolded into a bed. He kind of preferred it as just the big bean bag. It was large enough that he could curl up on it and sleep right on top without having to figure out how to convert it back and forth, and it was covered in a soft microfiber that was fun to touch. Accompanying it was a pile of pillows of all kinds of textures, fuzzy to velvety to smooth. In the corner was a new chair as well, a console chair that sat right on the floor and rocked, with a place to plug in his mp3 player and his phone, as well as the new headphones Scott had given him for his birthday, although they weren't entirely necessary. The chair itself had speakers built right into it. It was all kind of cool, and yet he really didn't know what to think. He had to get used to the new layout, even if it meant fewer things to smack his shins into, and Scott had told him it was sent by Warren Worthington. Scott hadn't said anything about the whole brother revelation, and Trevor wasn't going to bring it up to him of all people. Not with the awkwardness of them sort of being not actual adopted brothers. He just kept his arms crossed silently while Scott and Dr. McCoy had done all the moving, then started carefully exploring the area.
He was just reaching out to touch the bean bag again when he heard a knock and Amara's voice. "Yeah, it's open!" He turned toward the door, putting his hands out as he tried to remember how many steps between him and the wall now. He didn't exactly want to get hit in the face when she opened it.
"I'm opening the door!" she called out, doing as she said only slightly, making sure to peek in just to make sure he wasn't in danger of getting hit or nicked by accident. Once making sure he was a safe enough distance away—noting how he looked a little hesitant in his movements compared to before, and then took in the new additions to his room—the Brazilian girl entered the room. She shut the door behind her carefully, then turning toward him and placing free her hand on his shoulder to let him know where she was, and making sure she was within arm's reach for him.
While she still felt partially bad for effectively avoiding him for the past few days, she knew it was for the best, for him. He didn't know what her powers were like, and if she could help it, he'd never have to face them. How much worse could things have been if she'd risked seeing him so soon after the riots and after she'd lost control? Nothing good could have come from that. "How have you been? I see you got a lot of cool stuff for your birthday. Your room looks really different, though! Do you need help finding something?"
That was the most important thing. But there was another matter she came for that, while not as dire as helping him with anything due to his changed surroundings, was necessary to mention. "Um… Happy belated birthday, Trevor. I brought you something. It… " she trailed off, looking at the box. "It's nothing really special or expensive, but I want you to have it."
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Integrating Entrepreneurial Training Into Graduate Film Programs
By Ted Hope
I was excited to learn recently about how entrepreneurial skills are in integral part of the University of Central Florida MFA filmmaking program. I gave a talk at LAFF on "The Rise Of The Artist Entrepreneur" and find many filmmakers woefully under-equipped to navigate the demands of both survival and creation in today's world. Randy Finch helped start UCF's innovative program in 2005 and I asked him to explain it a bit further. This is his guest post:
By Randy Finch
Not all filmmakers want to know about writing business plans, entity formation, the uses of social media and DIY distribution strategies. The MFA program at UCF is not for everyone. Our program is designed for a small group of microbudget digital filmmakers. If you are not prepared to do everything (including raising your own financing) that it takes to get a feature made and marketed for under $50,000, we're not for you.
While I agree with Ted that financing, distribution and marketing should be woven into today's independent filmmaker's education, I also understand the recent backlash from filmmakers who have no interest in these subjects. The reason most of us got into this was not to become experts in distribution, marketing or finance. But in the 20+ years since I first became an independent filmmaker, I've been compelled to learn about VHS deals, sale leasebacks, foreign presales, negative pick-ups and all sorts of other arcane (and now mostly useless) business practices.
As far as I can tell, being an independent filmmaker has always meant hustling to get the money and an audience. So teaching my students about the new models of distribution, transmedia storytelling, forming an LLC and the like – is not really such a stretch. Just like all the other parts of the filmmaking process, the entrepreneurial stuff independent filmmakers must navigate today are just skills that can (and, I think, should) be learned. Of course, you can choose to ignore what happens with your film after you're done with the editing – just as you can choose to ignore visual storytelling, sound recording and the intricacies of post-production workflow – but the more you know about all aspects of the filmmaking process, the better.
I'd be lying if I said that the students in our Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema MFA track all happily accomplish every task we put in front of them. The two classes they are required to take in UCF's Business School (Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Formation) are generally not their favorites. And the paperwork they are required to submit to get their degree (after they've written, budgeted, scheduled, financed, insured, pre-produced, cast, crewed, directed, edited, and mixed their own microbudget feature) detailing everything they've done and how they now plan to release their film, always seems excessive. (I tell them that we require less paperwork than the delivery requirements of most distribution companies, but it never seems to soothe them.)
But now that their films are starting to circulate, and our graduates are starting their own careers, the results are very positive. Last time I checked, everyone who has received an MFA from UCF Film is working in the film business. And the first three graduates from our program have all launched their films on the festival circuit, where they all have won awards (including: Best Narrative Feature at the 2010 Gasparilla International Film Festival, Best Feature Director 2009 LA Femme Film Festival, 2009 Silver Crystal Reel Award for Best Feature $1 Million and Under from the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association, and Best Feature, Best Score and Best Cinematography at the 2009 Bend Film Festival in Oregon).
So, in addition to a finished feature length film and an MFA (a credential that will allow them to teach at the University level), everyone who completes UCF's graduate program in Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema has been exposed to ALL parts of the filmmaking process – including film financing, marketing and distribution using online tools. Whether they want to use all the tools when they get out is up to them. But, by the time they graduate, all our students really know what it takes to make and market an independent feature.
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Cumulative dominance and heuristic performance in binary multi-attribute choice
AbstractSeveral studies have reported high performance of simple decision heuristics multi-attribute decision making. In this paper, we focus on situations where attributes are binary and analyze the performance of Deterministic-Elimination-By-Aspects (DEBA) and similar decision heuristics. We consider non-increasing weights and two probabilistic models for the attribute values: one where attribute values are independent Bernoulli randomvariables; the other one where they are binary random variables with inter-attribute positive correlations. Using these models, we show that good performance of DEBA is explained by the presence of cumulative as opposed to simple dominance. We therefore introduce the concepts of cumulative dominance compliance and fully cumulative dominance compliance and show that DEBA satisfies those properties. We derive a lower bound with which cumulative dominance compliant heuristics will choose a best alternative and show that, even with many attributes, this is not small. We also derive an upper bound for the expected loss of fully cumulative compliance heuristics and show that this is moderate even when the number of attributes is large. Both bounds are independent of the values of the weights.
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Easy Chicken Quesadillas
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- Calories: 245
- Fat: 7.1g
- Saturated fat: 3.2g
- Protein: 18.5g
- Carbohydrate: 22.9g
- Cholesterol: 39mg
- Iron: 1.4mg
- Sodium: 589mg
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fiber: 1.3g
- Calcium: 216mg
- 1 1/3 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
- 1 tablespoon 40%-less-sodium taco seasoning
- 4 (8 1/2-inch) flour tortillas
- 1/2 cup fat-free refried beans
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded 50% reduced-fat Cheddar cheese with jalapeño peppers
- 3/4 cup refrigerated fresh salsa
- Place chicken in a bowl; sprinkle with taco seasoning, and toss well.
- . Stack 2 tortillas in a large nonstick skillet, and place over medium heat; cook about 30 seconds or until warm and soft, turning stack once. Remove tortillas from pan, and quickly spread half of each tortilla with 2 tablespoons refried beans. Top each with 1 tablespoon green onions, 1/3 cup chicken mixture, and 1/4 cup cheese.
- . Fold tortillas in half, and place, folded edges together, in pan. Cook 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned and cheese melts. Remove from pan, and keep warm. Repeat procedure with remaining tortillas, beans, green onions, chicken mixture, and cheese. Cut each quesadilla into 3 wedges, and serve immediately with salsa.
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Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior lets you clean up your own mess
Okay, this is weird. In playing The Stanley Parable's demo, I seem to have been transported to an alternate universe where daft things just happen. Not that I'm complaining. It's much better than the reality I came from. Everyone there took things far too seriously. Not like here, where the makers of old-school remake Shadow Warrior can team up with the makers of janitorial sim Viscera Cleanup Detail to create a free DLC update that lets you clean up after a particularly messy katana battle.


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This recipe sounds delicious but am I crazy or does the photo look like something fried? I want to try this since I love olives and blue cheese.
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OMG. These are SO fabulous. With my new mixer, they were fairly easy. I did add about 1/2 tsp Tabasco, because no self-respecting Southerner would make a cheese straw or cracker without some bite. Frankly, it could have used a full 1 tsp. To answer Andreakat below, they are NOT fried; they are baked. With all the (real) butter and cheese they are hardly fat-free. But they are SO tasty! I didn't have a crescent moon cutter, just a star, but they could be globs and they'd be just as good! Andrea, I love olives, too. Somewhere I have a recipe for a similar type dough that you wrap around a whole olive and bake. Wonderful!
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Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, director, musician, playwright and screenwriter. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone. In the mid-1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the independent film Sling Blade, he won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). He appeared in several major film roles following Sling Blade 's success, including 1998's Armageddon and A Simple Plan. During the late 1990s, Thornton began a career as a singer-songwriter. He has released three albums and was the singer of a blues rock band.
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Kato, a German shepherd, needed 50 stitches following the stabbing. Kato had tracked a suspect at 7 p.m. The man stabbed Kato in the shoulder with a pocket knife.
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The asshole should have been taken out. If anyone would have done that to my k-9 he would have been carried away in a body bag.
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It's a British invasion in Memphis, Tennessee this weekend. British Princes William and Harry have already been spotted at a downtown Memphis restaurant.
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Prince Harry was reportedly spotted partying it up in Miami Wednesday at a South Beach hot spot.
UK Transplants To S. Fla. Watching Royal Baby News
As the pints were poured and the fish and chips were eaten at the Kingshead Pub in Sunrise, the talk was about Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge's, new baby boy — with typical British understatement.
Duchess Kate Gets Official Portrait
The first official portrait of the Kate, Duchess of Cambridge was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery on Friday.
Pregnant Kate Leaves Hospital, Feeling "Much Better"
The Duchess of Cambridge left a London hospital Thursday after being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy.
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It's official. More than a year-and-a-half after their royal wedding at Westminster Abbey, Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton are expecting a baby.
Royal Victory For Prince William & Catherine In Topless Photo Fight
Prince William and his wife, Catherine are probably quite happy Tuesday after learning about their legal victory.
Prince William And Kate Wax Figures Unveiled
Britain's young royals have now been immortalized in wax as Kate joined husband Prince William at Madame Tussauds.
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California Gov. Jerry Brown and first lady Anne Gust Brown will greet Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton, when they arrive in Los Angeles next week.
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Stamp collectors are getting into the Royal Wedding too. Britain's Royal Mail issued special stamps for the wedding and American postal authorities are offering them as part of a commemorative packet.


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This Blogger post was written by my good friend Amanda, aka the woman who first introduced me to Couchsurfing. She describes exactly why I still miss Couchsurfing and having surfers in my home. Even though I've had a good run of Airbnb guests for quite a while now, the dynamic is just not the same.
BACKPACKERS illegally camping around Darwin have said they would pay to stay in the residents' backyards if they were offered.
Um… hi! *waves*
Over the weekend I took Swedish couchsurfers Albin and Julia, and my 13-year-old sister on a camping trip to Litchfield National Park. It was my first camping trip with couchsurfers, and probably my second in my entire (albeit short) life, so there were a few learning curves. Firstly, it turned out that Walker Creek, where I was advised to camp, was right at the end of the 70+km road through the Park - past every other waterfall, campsite, lookout, etc, and it wasn't well signed. So for a while we were almost convinced we had gone too far. Then, when our excitement about finally reaching our destination waned, we set off for the campsite. We hiked for ages in darkness with all our gear and probably a 20kg Esky, through mud and umpteen steps, but still no campsite. We turned back, only to find a sign that we missed at the start of the trail which showed that we had been on the right track. By the time we set up camp it was 10pm!
We did see a dingo though (well, Albin reckons he did) and a goanna who posed ever-so-willingly for Albin's camera, and I also saw a spider defecate. Well I think that's what it was doing, anyway. It just stuck its bum out of its web and spat something out of it, then went back to just sitting on his web as spiders usually do. And I never really thought about it till then, but I think if I was a spider I'd want my web to be as neat as possible and there's no way I'd be doing my business in the web.
We also made some awesome pumpkin damper on the campfire and were absolute gluttons because we all agreed there was no way we were carting any food back down that stupid trail. Despite sleeping rather uncomfortably on inadequate bedding, I dreamt I was bitten by a death adder on the first night and on the second night I dreamt of being ripped off by a tuckshop lady who was trying to pass off ham + cheese + tomato between two crackers as a HCT toastie… something about cost cutting. Yep, so all in all a good camping trip. I might take my couchsurfers more often, actually, as most of them are more experienced in the art of camping than I am.
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Glam Slam: People's Choice Style
Jennifer Aniston brought it! She showed off mayjah cleavage with her sexy black Dolce & Gabbana vest and pants at last night's "People's Choice Awards" in Los Angeles. Love that she did something a little different wearing a vest, which showed off her very tanned and toned arms.
There was a lot of amazing star power and star style at the annual schmoozefest.
Taylor Swift went with her signature girly style. The singer was pretty in peach, in a very feminine silk chiffon J. Mendel dress. Gorgeous Selena Gomez dazzled in a pale pink ruffled one-shouldered Paule Ka. If that wasn't enough to keep new beau Justin Bieber thinking about her, I don't know what is!
"Twilight" star Kristen Stewart, who often looks miserable on red carpets, was smiling and beaming. She shimmered in a sequined Reem Acra mini, which showed off her trim legs. She paired the dress with Jimmy Choo peep toe heels and tousled hair, created by her long-time hair guru, Fekkai's Adir Abergel.
Natalie Portman absolutely glowed in a loose fitting navy blue ruffled Jason Wu. For a complete photo gallery of "People's Choice" stars, CLICK HERE!
The Kardashian sisters perfectly color coordinated their ensembles: Kim in a short metallic Malandrino, Khloe, sporting new red locks, in a long flowy Alexander McQueen and a very tanned Kourtney in a strapless Gert-Johan Coetzee dress.
For more "People's Choice" style, tune in to Access Hollywood tonight, where yours truly will be talking fashion! Check your local listings!
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Monitoring export performance helps drive economic growth: Foster
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster today launched the latest Economic Commentary by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI), which includes a new Exports Monitor.
The Exports Monitor utilises Regional Trade Statistics published by the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to examine Northern Ireland's exports performance.
Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster said: "Evidence shows that export led growth is a proven route for small open economies such as Northern Ireland to grow. The latest figures show that international trade is increasing despite the global economic downturn and therefore there are significant opportunities for Northern Ireland exporters to tap into.
"Export led growth is the focus of the new Executive Economic Strategy and the Exports Monitor tool will enable us to track local export performance every quarter."
The latest edition of the Economic Commentary focuses on a range of annual statistics which provide an indication of how the Northern Ireland economy is performing on the key drivers of growth.
The Minister continued: "The latest figures reveal a very welcome increase in spending on Research and Development last year, reflecting the importance local firms place on innovation to drive and grow their business.
"However, wages and living standards remain below the UK average, which highlights why I and Executive colleagues are not content to accept the status quo. We are determined to transform the local economy and place it on a higher growth trajectory. Through the draft Economic Strategy and by continuing to push for corporation tax powers to be devolved to Northern Ireland, we are rebuilding and rebalancing the local economy."
The commentary also highlights that while Northern Ireland remains a Small and Medium Sized dominated economy, large and foreign owned companies make a significant contribution to local employment, output, exports and spending on Research and Development.
Arlene Foster concluded: "I am determined to help businesses across Northern Ireland, both large and small, through the current economic difficulties. Invest Northern Ireland's Boosting Business programme has a range of measures on exports, R&D and skills."
The DETI Economic Commentary can be accessed at www.detini.gov.uk/deti-stats-index/deti-stats-index-4.htm


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Credit constraints and the north-south transmission of crises
AbstractAdverse shocks to rich countries often have a large and persistent negative impact on investment and output in developing countries. This paper examines a transmission mechanism that can account for this stylized fact. The mechanism is based on the existence of international financial frictions. Specifically, if a small, developing country has to collateralize its assets to borrow funds to invest, falling asset prices caused by a negative shock in an advanced economy worsen the developing country's collateral value and reduce its ability to borrow and reinvest. Hence, investment in the developing country declines, and international investors repatriate capital to the advanced country. As less capital now can be pledged as collateral, the developing country's credit constraint is further tightened, which leads to another round of decline in investment. This generates a downward spiral that may cause large output losses to the developing country. The mechanism finds empirical support in the 2008-2009 crisis data.
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The republican problem can be boiled down to two simple points: lack of coordination / poor communication. 1) They (we) should be marching in lock-step. A key set of talking points should be circulated amonst the party members weekly. Anyone who deviates (Akin / Mourdock) should be quickly alienated as a loon. The republican primaries are the best example of lack of coordination. The in-fighing caused too much delay, cost critical dollars which could have been used in the presidential race, and in the end caused apathy among conservative voters. 2) The conservative message is a great one, but must be communicated by those who can articulate it (back to point 1 - the primary should have been quickly boiled down to 2 candidates.


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Wet Wet Wet are live at York Races in July. Be there for as little as £40 per personRead more
Enjoy this legendary band live on stage after Doncaster in May! This evening meeting is bound to be rocking!...Read more
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See the legend that is Sir Tom Jones sing live to a packed Haydock Races audience from just £50 per person...Read more
Most racecourses have special race meetings where there is a day of racing followed by a concert from one of the UK's biggest acts.
These race trips are extremely popular as they are great value for money and an excellent way for your group to celebrate any occasion!
In 2013 we watched Madness rock Haydock Park in the way only they can, whilst in July we saw Little Mix entertaining to swelling crowds at York
Join us in 2014 to see what acts can entertain your group, after a great afternoon of racing.
Haydock Races play host to the epic band Wet Wet Wet who play live asfter an evening of racing at the Lancashire track.
This package allows you to enjoy an evening of exciting horse racing and straight after features the live concert from Wet Wet Wet to play into the night.
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Evening racing at York Races followed by a live concert from the legendary The Beach Boys!
Come to York Races for this Friday evening meeting with us for as little as £40 per person, which includes everything needed to enjoy the night at York Races.
Boogie down to all those popular hits from the Beach Boys after racing and party into the night with us! Our packages include everything you need to enjoy this special night out.
We cater for groups of all sizes from a range of pick up points in the North, so get in touch now to reserve your places!
One of the most popular meetings at York Races is their Saturday July meeting that features a live concert from Wet Wet Wet!
Enjoy an afternoon of exciting racing followed by an evening of Wet Wet Wet's most popular hits. This meeting is sure to suit all groups and occasions.
This meeting is not only great value for money, but is ideal for any group wanting a fun-packed day out at York Races.
Our Raceday Package starts from £40 per person and includes return coach travel, entry ticket, bubbly, racecard, photos and more!
This Friday night meeting is full of excitement, atmosphere and fun! An evening of summer racing followed by a live concert by Jessie J, playing live to a packed Haydock Races crowd!
Want to join in? Then we have a range of packages available for your group. Get in touch now and we can quote your group based on your pick up point.
This meeting will be popular and not one to miss, so get in touch now!
To say that this raceday is action-packed, is an understatement. This meeting features the Rose of Lancaster Stakes, which is one of Haydock's biggest races of the day.
After you have enjoyed the racing in the afternoon, the legend Sir Tom Jones takes to the stage to play a live concert! Hear his greatest hits and more!
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Enjoy one of Doncaster's premier meetings of 2014, with a Saturday afternoon of racing followed by a live concert from James Blunt!
This event is sure to appeal to groups of all ages, as James Blunt plays his best hits to date to the Doncaster Races crowd and with packages starting from £50 per person, can you afford to miss out?
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The Cognitive Rhythms Collaborative (CRC) is a group of scientists in the Boston area who work together to advance our understanding of the brain dynamics underlying cognitive functions such as sensory processing, attention, learning, memory and motor planning.
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February 14, 2014
Valentine's Day and Love Month isn't all about romantic love according to People Inspired. Today they matched up the release of their new single 'Real Love' with 30 days of Real Love. What does this mean? Every day for 30 days, show a random act of kindness for another, and post it with #RealLove. So what's their idea of love; check out the video:
- When you are at your least, you give your most.
- The highest form of love is not affection.
- Drives you to feed the hungry.
- Won't clock out.
- Drives you to fight for what is just.
- To reach beyond yourself.
- Not about selfish gain.
- Not dismissive.
- Highest concern is for another.
- Don't keep record of wrong.
- Never looks back.
What can you do? Need some suggestions of what these random acts of kindness could look like? Great! There is a list of 30 on their website; there are others below. Can you think of any to add?
- sponsor a youth group by purchasing them music (either the organization or each student)
- pay for the person's meal behind you in the drive-thru
- find something to compliment a stranger about
- contact an elderly person in your space to ask if you could do some housework for them
- add money to parking meters that are about to expire
- donate the service that you are good at to a non-profit
- help build a house with Habitat for Humanity
- instead of giving someone an unneeded gift just because it's a holiday, make a donation in their name to heifer.org
- cut off all your hair to donate to Pantene so they can make wigs for cancer patients
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Want to look toned and gorgeous on the beach this summer? Who doesn't. Our personal trainer Karen Weir has everything you'll need to look and feel great right here. From diet advice to exercise tips, she'll have you whipped into shape in no time.
Finally, there's a little more daylight in our lives and the weather is starting to warm up, so it's time to start thinking about revealing your body to the world. The summer holidays may seem a long way off but you need to be thinking about getting your body in shape now. Like everything in life, if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing properly. So don't subscribe to some fad diet two weeks before you're planning to bare all. Instead, start now with a structured exercise programme and healthy diet and you'll see real improvements in three months' time.
1. Shifting excess body fat
Lets start with shifting excess body fat. Toned muscles are basically lean muscles, so wherever your wobbly bits are, you need to lose or at least reduce the superficial layer of fat over the top. Unfortunately - and contrary to popular belief - there is no way to spot-reduce fat, i.e. hundreds of abdominal crunches will not give you a six-pack. Your six-pack will emerge if you lose sufficient body fat that the natural shape of your muscles are revealed. So, to reveal those ripped abs, shapely shoulders and firm thighs there is a simple equation we need to get to grips with: to reduce body fat, you need to burn more calories than you consume. That gives us three options: 1. Eat less calories, 2. Burn more calories, 3. Do both. Lets aim for both!
2. Get the body moving
Exercise doesn't need to be onerous, aim for a minimum of 30 minutes five times a week - even if it's just walking. It sounds like a lot but if you plan ahead and schedule your exercise sessions, you'll be surprised how easy it is. A long walk at the weekend, a couple of gym sessions a week and occasionally getting off the bus or train a couple of miles from work to finish your journey on foot and you've cracked it!
3. Tackle the diet
Next in the grand plan: let's consider the diet, or rather the healthy eating plan that you can adopt now and which will stay with you forever. It's simple and you know it already. Eat fresh, unprocessed food, get lots of variety, minimise salt, fat and alcohol and try to eat most of your starchy carbs for breakfast and lunch.
4. Strength and conditioning
We've talked about consuming calories and we've talked about burning calories. However, there's one other strategy which will really help make a difference to you achieving your beautiful bikini body and that's strength and conditioning work. Working with weights, or even your own body weight as resistance, will help you tone and sculpt your muscles. Below are the best moves for hitting those common problem areas (don't worry, you don't need to be a member of a gym to make these work for you):
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The Next Step method incorporates stretch, strength, and manual soft tissue work to achieve the best results. Next Step Fitness Trainers assess your starting point and progress you safely and effectively. We accomplish your goals, while caring for your body's needs.
We are focused. ActivEX sessions are one-to-one, in our individual training rooms.
It's Educated. Many bodies need to be 're-wired' because they are not working properly, or efficiently. We begin by re-educating your body by isolating and working each muscle. Not only do you feel better when you leave, you've accomplished a healthy fatigue, which will create a positive change.
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- " Hostel is situated in a quiet neighborhood. If you have a motorbike you are in 5 minutes in Fira town. "
- 06 Sep 2014 Julian Germany
- " Caveland is one of the greatest hostels I've been to. The place is wonderful. You can feel like in a hotel. Rooms have their own bathroom, sheets and beds are clean, locks are available for free and there is even a swimming pool with a big space where to chill out and barbecue. Staff is kind and professional. What else can you ask for such a nice price?! "
- 01 Sep 2014 Samuel Spain
- " We really enjoyed our stay here. It is a close walk to Fira and easy to get where you need to go. The staff is very nice and friendly!! Basic breakfast, wonderful pool, nice patios and the room we were in was HUGE, even had a kitchen! And please please please DO NOT flush paper down the toilet as instructed in all of Greece; it backs up the drainage pipes and caused a flood in the bathroom and our room, which was taken care of ASAP. I would definitely stay here again!! "
- 16 Aug 2014 Danielle USA
- " Wonderful place! "
- 08 Aug 2014 ana Portugal
- " It's good place if you can find it directly. "
- 24 Jul 2014 Yung Chun Taiwan
- " Amazing staff and great facilities like a large common Space for cooking, lots of room to relax in the courtyard and an awesome pool. Very laid back vibes, the dorm rooms are relatively spacious. So worth the extra walk from Fira to Karterados (I made the walk several times a day and also with my luggage) "
- 23 Jul 2014 Diana
- " This place is great. The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. Very clean, felt very secure as well. Is located in Karterados, which is a bit away from Fira (main city) but there are many buses to take back and forth (or to just walk isn't too bad, about 15 - 20 mins). Highly recommended. "
- 13 Jul 2014 Adam USA
- " Stay here because the dogs are adorable and loveable and want to play! Buy them a toy. The stars on the rooftop really sparkle at night out here and it's really quiet which is nice to get away from hustle in Fira and Oia. Fira is a 20-25 minute walk,but I did it quite a few times day or night alone. If I didn't feel up for it, I walked to the bus which was only a 10 min. walk. Cheap accomidation. breakfast selection great for price inclusion! Staff seemed petty though about laundry. "
- 26 Jun 2014 Anonymous USA
- " Beautiful hostel! The staff is nice too. "
- 20 Jun 2014 Anonymous Canada
- " Very good hostel in a quirky cave setting. Fairly convenient location in the village of Karterados, with Fira and the airport either a 20 min walk or a short taxi ride away. The staff are excellent, very obliging and helpful, as well as good fun. If you are arriving early (I arrived at 7am for instance) the place will still be closed up and very quiet, until about 9am when breakfast is served. "
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This no-fuss treat comes together in minutes. The sauce, made of butter, apple juice, and a homemade caramel sauce, reduces while the apples bake, creating a velvety glaze. Make extra Caramel Sauce, and store it in the refrigerator to serve over pound cake or ice cream later in the week.
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1. Preheat oven to 375°.
2. Cut each apple horizontally into 5 slices. Reassemble each apple, and place in an 11 x 7inch baking dish. Combine apple juice and melted butter; pour over apples. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 45 minutes or until apples are tender, basting with juices every 15 minutes.
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