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No Working Mom Guilt Here!
Why one mom actually looks forward to going back to work after her baby is born.
Susan McLain: OK, I have to admit it, I like my job. I know, as a mom of a toddler and another baby ready to make her way into the world any day now, I am not sure I should admit that. Yes, the transition back to work after having my first child was unbearably painful -- the guilt, the separation anxiety, the cross-country traveling, the dinner meetings were at times more than I thought I could handle. But, surprisingly, I have to say I wouldn't change a thing.
Now, maybe it's because my job allows me to be immersed in something that I'm truly passionate about, or maybe it's just that I have great child care at home. As the General Manager of The Baby Einstein Company, I get to think about and play with baby products all day, and talk to and listen to moms who are also in a situation similar to mine -- looking for quality time and creating the best environment for their child(ren).
Don't get me wrong, I loved the time I spent at home with my child, but it also made me realize that "me" time was also critical for our happiness, and shockingly, work actually provides me with a little "me" time. In fact, I have found that it actually makes the time with my child that much more meaningful because I know how precious that time is.
I have also realized the importance of focusing on what you have in front of you. While there are days when work may interfere with my home life, I really try to dedicate myself to the project at hand -- whether it's my child, my husband, or the newest product at work. Now, fortunately, my work is something that I can bring home without feeling guilty. My daughter, Keira, and I have spent a lot of time together watching our Baby Einstein DVDs, and playing with various products, and truthfully, these have been some of the best bonding moments we have shared because we were actually discovering things together -- beautiful paintings, an appreciation for classical music (I'm your typical rock or pop mom type), and even a basic understanding of sign language.
As I look to the future and think about the new baby that is about to become part of our family, I am excited -- not stressed. Yes, I've heard how two is much harder than one, and I'm concerned about giving each child enough of my time, but at the end of the day, what comforts me most is that I know I will be a better parent to both of my children if I stay true to who I am -- a wife, a mom, a business person, a friend, a sister, a daughter, a seeker of new things. And, while I look forward to the next few months at home, I also look forward to what I am going to learn when I come back to work in the fall.
UPDATE: Sloane Alexandra McLain was born May 13th at 12:18 PM. She weighed 8 lbs and 8 oz and Mama and baby are doing great.
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Thank you for this. This is very helpful as I prepare to return to work after being home with my little girl for 18 months.
Good for you to be so in touch w/yourself. As I always say:
"PARENTING BEGINS w/YOU"
You must be a solid person and therefore a solid parent and if your job is part of what makes you solid..then your a better parent for it. ENJOY !!!
i'm sure you will be crucified for this blog…even called selfish, but not my me! i agree with dr. sophy
I am sincerely glad you can feel this way. I'm constantly riddled with mother's guilt (four children later) so it's good that you can overcome those emotions. Oh, and congrats to you on the new chubby baby.
I'm so glad you shared this! I only have one, but had to go back to work after seven weeks. I felt guilty because I couldn't spend as much time with him as I wanted, but also because I didn't enjoy him as much because of stress and difficulties with my family. Needless to say, now that I'm doing something I love (therapy), I am so much happier with sending him off to school while I try to make a difference in the world, one person at a time. :)
congratulations on the new little one!
I'm surprised that this debate has been going on for decades. I hardly know any stay at home moms anymore. Most of the moms I know work. But I've always been a-little irritated that people seem to think us working moms don't spend enough time with our kids or we don't work at home. My husband works 5am-2pm I work 3pm to 12am. So, I'am with my children all day before I even go to work and I have dinner ready and the house clean. The only thing I really miss is bedtime.
Not everybody wants to be at home raising children. It is demanding, tiring, and full of other essentials. I have been an on again off again worker. I have picked up jobs that allow for me to be around my home, I have my youngest daughter who is now 17, and she does certain things that can be stressful. I know that when I work, it takes pressure off of my husband. But, it still dosen't center on who I am as a person. I am much more of a home maker, and my family at times appreciates and sees my efforts, and other times is over whelmed with financial responsibilities. It is never perfect, I try to pick up different types of work, but some of the jobs are not really great. But there has to be a give and take sense that there is something besides just a check. I know that lots of women make the sacrifice not only for thier homes and kids, but also for thier own sense of security. There are many reasons why women work, saving for retirement, saving for kids when they go to college, and other things like being able to afford things that are necessary. Groceries are expensive, clothes and many other products that are also expensive are part of a household. It is no surprise that many people put off as long as they could when considering having a child.
I am a sty at home mom, and I feel guilty for being a stay at home mom. It is a constant struggle trying to make it off one income and barely being above the poverty level. But with two children not in school yet and the other three that will be home all day this summer, childcare is out of the question. I struggle to keep my sanity as I feel I am locked out of the adult world. It is hard on me, and hard on the kids when I get stressed and just need a break and snap at them. My husband works out of town a lot, and with no family nearby it is very hard. I don't think any mom should feel guilty about returning to work. It is hard at first but in the end you know what is best for your family.
I used to do a paper route in the mornings before my husband started traveling, it was the most peaceful time I have ever had, plus I felt better because I could contribute financially to the family.
We can't have it all - whether we stay home or not - and knowing this we must be willing to accept responsibility for the outcome no matter what.
I returned to work after my son was born almost 18 years ago - not without the accompanying guilt, or judgement (that I am sorry to hear still plagues moms.)
I am proud to have the most awesome - intelligent, compassionate, gregarious, teenage son - who I believe benefited from being raised by loving, happy parents and a wonderful caregiver.
What is wrong with you people? Work more important than raising kids? What kind of thinking is this? Deep down you all know that a hundred years from now no one will remember what you did at work, but you kids will ALWAYS remember your time and attention (or lack thereof). If you have to work to buy food, that's something they can understand, but for a mom to choose to work to support a lifestyle (to pay for daycare) that's a choice that needs serious reflection, not a pat on the back or encouragement to salve a seared conscience. That choice sends unmistakable messages to the child of a lack of love for them (I'll farm you off while I do something more important), exaggerated love of self (it's too hard for me) and a general ignorance of what really matters in life. This choice is being made by an increasing number, but will always be regretted (eventually).
So much "me first" blah, blah, blah…
When I finally have a child you can bet I will think of the child FIRST. I had too many years of my mother never home and all the problems that ensued, I wouldn't want this for my children at ALL.
When will mothers finally realize their most important job?
Sure you don't want to leave your job, you make the big bucks and all your identity is tied up with that!


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Each day this April I will be writing a post for The Health Activist Writer's Month Challenge hosted by WEGO Health. It's going to be a lot of fun and I'd love to see what you have to say about each of the topics, too. Check out the challenge here: http://info.wegohealth.com/HAWMC2012 Enjoy today's topic!
#HAWMC Day 06
Health Haiku
I haven't written a haiku in about 6 years so hang in there with me! This haiku is focused on diabetes, of course. Enjoy and don't make fun of me too bad.
Diabetes should
Not control me ever
I will repeat this
Wow Diabetes has 4 syllables. Dang.
Okay okay, now you should send me your Diabetes Haiku, because I am seriously horrible at it.
Haikus consist of 5 syllable followed by 7 syllables followed by 5 syllables.
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In response to our requests for more help with picking the right tokidoki clothing sizes when shopping online, Trendy Stars just added sizing charts for each of the new Spring 2008 tokidoki clothing items (under "Product Description" when you click on each item). Note that the all-over print t-shirt runs larger than all of the other t-shirts from this season – from the sound of it, the rest of the t-shirts this season are all sized the same as last season. That might be a relief to some of you. I just ordered the stripey tie-front top, the tunic, and the Ciao Ciao t-shirt – and I'm sure that I ordered the correct sizes now, yaaaaay.
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More Spring 2008 Sizing HelpWednesday, January 16th, 2008
Spring 2008 Clothing SizingMonday, January 14th, 2008
I just received my package from The Giant Peach containing the Adios & Ciao Ciao all-over print t-shirt, hoodie, and raincoat, and I love it all! The sizing is quite different from the holiday 2007 clothing though. My spring 2008 t-shirt is 2 inches longer than my brown holiday 2007 t-shirt with Sandy on the swing, even though both tees are the same size. In contrast, the spring 2008 hoodie that I got is 2 inches shorter than my tan holiday 2007 hoodie with Sandy on the swing. It is also 2 inches narrower in width, so it is more of a slim fit. Therefore my sizing advice for those who buy online is to size down with the t-shirts if you are on the fence between sizes, but size up with the hoodies. For the raincoat, I got a Medium and I am happy with the fit. If anyone needs measurements, just ask. A Small would have also fit me, but I prefer the extra breathing room since the PVC the raincoats are made of has no give to it. So for the raincoat sizing I recommend that you go with whatever size tokidoki t-shirt usually fits you most comfortably.


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What do you consider the biggest rip-offs in the travel world? Vote in our poll!
What do you consider the biggest rip-offs in the travel world? Vote in our poll!
Sarah Schlichter
Senior Editor
Independent Traveler
Taxis at airports and cruise ports.....especially Piraeus, near Athens.....
Expected tips, in the USA, which comes as a major shock to anyone from Europe.
Bar prices on certain cruise lines....which we won't use again.
Taverna owners who alter the prices according to the nationality they're serving.
Artificial prices demanded by stall holders and beach sellers, in countries which haggle.
Livorno, where you can't walk through the harbour-but HAVE to take a harbour bus and pay €5.
Countries which fine you for buying replica goods, but don't manage to catch the men who sell them, nor the Mr. Big who runs them.
I wanted to vote for all of these! Airport food is a biggie -- I have rarely gotten a decent meal in an airport, but I always pay through the nose for my wilted iceberg lettuce salad. And hotel minibars: $7 for a bottle of water, are you kidding me? LOL.
"I haven't been everywhere yet, but it's on my list." -- Susan Sontag


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It's not exactly a great moment when you awake on the second full day of the NCAA tournament to find you rank 5,461st of 5,742 entrants in the contest you founded. But that's where I, Mark Bradley, stand in Mark Bradley's Bracket Fiasco after as bad a prediction day as I've ever known. (Which is saying something.)
I went 7-9 in Thursday's games. My two major upsets — Belmont over Wisconsin and Wofford over BYU — never came close to fruition. The two major upsets I chose not to pick — Morehead State over Louisville and Richmond over Vanderbilt — actually happened. The Michigan State comeback against UCLA fizzled. Old Dominion lost to Butler on a last-second putback. Missouri and St. John's and Clemson all lost, and only Clemson was ever in its game.
To which I say: Rats. But now we move forward. The good news is that I have all my Elite Eight working. (The less-good news is that only three of the eight have actually begun play.) Today I've picked two more double-digit seeds — VCU over Georgetown and Georgia over Washington — and I can't say the doings of (Full) Day 1 have filled me with optimism.
That said … (Full) Day 1 was one heck of a deal. Four last-second winners. Two huge upsets. Morehead State came very close to being the only team from Kentucky still playing. Butler is still doing as Butler does. And the price for hiring Chris Mooney away from Richmond keeps going up, which might not be the best news for Georgia Tech.
And me, I'm near the bottom of my own contest. Just between us, I would not classify that as a major upset.
By Mark Bradley
March 18th, 2011
9:25 am
georgia will blow your bracket wide open! Georgia???? You've got to be joking. 3-9 versus 1-50 rpi??? Georgia teams are always out of condition, football, basketball, whatever, that's the rap.
March 18th, 2011
9:26 am
March 18th, 2011
9:27 am
Rats, guess not.
Not doing much better. Losing Mizzou was a big blow to my brackets. Approaching the day with optimism.
March 18th, 2011
9:28 am
How many of Fox's 20 wins were against teams with a decent rpi, say 40 or better? 2? 3?
That's what you look for in teams who go deeper in the tourney.
March 18th, 2011
9:31 am
If you're elite 8 is still in tact, you can finish well in the contest. Who carews, you're a top notch writer, not a Vegas picker.
March 18th, 2011
9:33 am
I'm at 26 points – 140th place.
NEVER pick against 'Zaga in the first round!
March 18th, 2011
9:36 am
I missed Temple over Penn St, UCLA over Michigan, and Morehead St over Louisville. No one in their right mind would have reasonably picked Morehead over Louisville.
March 18th, 2011
9:43 am
Mark, it is not where you start, it is where you end up. Heck, you started out at the MHS Advocate and look where you are now.
March 18th, 2011
9:44 am
I'm 788th right now. Went 12-4 on day 1. Not too terrible. Louisville's last second collapse didn't help me though.
March 18th, 2011
9:46 am
Wow. I was actually 12-4 yesterday, but 2 of those picks are going to kill me later, especially Louisville. Really surprised there was no call @ the end of the Louisville game. Whether it was actually a foul or not is generally irrelevant when the higher seed is involved in the shooting!
March 18th, 2011
9:47 am
MB, I had a bad day myself but from a basketball standpoint it was one of the best days in the history of the tournament. Parity is here to stay and I would not be surprised if we don't see the first 16 over 1 upset within the next five years. The depth in this tournament is impressive.
March 18th, 2011
9:48 am
My worst loss was Belmont against WI. My company's HQ is near Milwaukee and I was smack talking the boss. I am still comfortable on my local teams going further in the tourney than theirs though.
March 18th, 2011
9:49 am
Mark, I have been trying to play nice with you lately, but I am really going to be angry with you if you have given the Dawgs the kiss of death!
March 18th, 2011
9:49 am
Luckily I had Kansas beating UofL further down the line, so that won't hurt me too much.
I went 13-3!
March 18th, 2011
9:55 am
I picked Richmond 'cause I thought they were the #12 seed that had the best chance to beat their opponent.
March 18th, 2011
9:59 am
@ Rickster – Wish I had shown more faith in Kansas now! All is not lost, however, as I still have a chance for 3 of the final 4! We shall see!
March 18th, 2011
10:04 am
hope you didn't jinx UGA by predicting them to win a couple of games. now i am not liking UGA's chances.
March 18th, 2011
10:10 am
I wish I had done a little more research on Mizzou on Utah State. Mizzou has no idea what a rebound is and Utah State apparently doesn't know how to score when their go-to-guy is out. Whoops.
March 18th, 2011
10:13 am
Yeah I lost 3 of the 4 games deceided in the last 7 seconds. That goes along with St. John and Michigan St. The good news is I am ranked higher than Bradley! LOL! All kidding aside, that is the beauty of March Madness, having a opening day so capturing like that. Look forward to todays games!
March 18th, 2011
10:16 am
I thought with the pressing defense St. John ran and the talented perimeter players they have they would handle Gonzaga better than they did. Gonzaga played a beautiful inside/outside game along with dominating the boards. St. John ran simply into a terrible matchup for the teams skill set.
March 18th, 2011
10:17 am
No one is surprised you don't know what you are talking about. And just as a side note, I checked Google and you also rank 5,461 out of 5,462 sports journalist.
March 18th, 2011
10:22 am
Don't quit your day job!
March 18th, 2011
10:26 am
Wasn't it you who said Wisc. was crap?
March 18th, 2011
10:27 am
Good luck Howard ( before I was Trey) and Co. Once you're drafted and sign, I'll call you Howard ( before I was NBA).
Go Bucks!
March 18th, 2011
10:33 am
Mark, what's going to kill you is your southeast region. Dude, you got shredded.
March 18th, 2011
10:39 am
That's not all that bad, Mark, when you consider that the, so-called, 'Experts' on ESPN – all six of 'em – missed a batch of theirs too. Not as many as you and me, but a batch. They missed on Penn State, Louisville, Old Dominion and Utah State, and they still have a bunch of upset picks that could 'go-south' on 'em today. As for picking UGA, like me you probably thought, 'what the hell', so I miss one, the upside outweighs the miss. For you maybe it'll mean folks like me won't be on your rear-end so much for 'doggin' the Dawgs'…for me, it's just that I needed to pick 'em cause I never like 'pulling against my money'.
March 18th, 2011
10:39 am
Still hopeful over here. All Elite Eight teams remain, only lost two Sweet 16s. Tip of the hat to the Zags for a great game against St. John's. Missed Vandy/Richmond so not sure what happened there.
March 18th, 2011
10:40 am
8-8 #5204..my worst first day ever by far. My Final 4 is still standing..but only 2 of them played yesterday. only lost one sweet 16 team..MO.
Oh well, the green beer was still very tasty
March 18th, 2011
10:42 am
3448 Is where i rank at the moment better than last year is all i can say about that. 7 of my elite 8 are still in which is not saying much at this point.
March 18th, 2011
10:44 am
How many people entered this thing ? If I am 8-8 and #5204. Id hate to see the # on the guy who went 6-10.
March 18th, 2011
10:45 am
never mind…re read the article..Man Im worse that I thought
March 18th, 2011
10:51 am
Mark, you're an entertainer.
Like Cedric.
You scored yesterday with your concise and accurate summation of Coach K but I deserve a assist for bringing up the issue.
March 18th, 2011
10:51 am
Still can't believe that KY came within a 3-pointer of losing to Princeton!
March 18th, 2011
10:52 am
Not sure why Belmont seemed to be such a popular choice, never thought they could handle the Badgers. But Morehead St really surprised, I thoght you picked them MB? Hats off to their HC who went for the win. Zaga was really impressive last night.
Go Dawgs!
March 18th, 2011
10:53 am
You are obviously biased.. Bark Bradley
March 18th, 2011
10:57 am
Seemingly every sports talking head (so to speak) – at least for the radio guys, I assume they've got heads – is making a joke about 'Morehead' State, but the jersey they showed on TV, a pretty young coed, I assume, with 'I (heart/love) Morehead', topped the list. Maybe this has been going on forever – at least in Kentucky (you ought to know Mark) – but it was new to me.
March 18th, 2011
10:58 am
Paul in RDU
How's your job security though?
Your boss's team lost after you smack talked him?
Your last paycheck is in the mail.
Just kiding.
March 18th, 2011
11:01 am
Both Mark and Jeff generally have to say nice things about Tech and Uga.
When they don't is after a number of years of falling returns.
Plenty of fans are egging them on by then.
Sometimes they'll be homers.
Other times they try to hit the nail on the head and spark some controversy.
March 18th, 2011
11:06 am
Since most of this state's archrival fans usually pick doom for the other side's teams, I'd like to rank Bulldogs/Huskies as a toss-up.
Should be a good game.
Should the Dawgs get past U-W, the Heels await and a stadium full of baby blue and probably not too many calls.
As Clemson and Tech find out each year in Greensboro.
March 18th, 2011
11:07 am
You should publish the screen names of the 281 people who did worse than you.
March 18th, 2011
11:08 am
Actually Jackets 2011, my last day is next Friday. I start work in NH a week on Monday.
March 18th, 2011
11:10 am
Yesterday I said Vandy, UT and UGA all lose in the first round…still on track with that one…
March 18th, 2011
11:18 am
Hey Pitino, come on man. I had you in final 4.
March 18th, 2011
11:19 am
Paul in RDU, personally I don't run any smack until the scoreboard advises me that I can.
March 18th, 2011
11:24 am
I hear you on that one, but my boss and I enjoy doing it at times (and we know it is just complete BS)


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Popular Teas from Mr. JonesSee All 2 Teas
Recent Tasting Notes
This one came to me from Cteresa. I like lychee as a fruit. They're nommy, but alas, I don't get them very often as they are a rare guest around here, and they're expensive when they are here. But sometimes you luck out and can get a few hundred grams for a reasonable amount of money.
Consequently, lychee flavoured tea is something that appeals to me.
This one is bagged and I suddenly realise what people mean when they can taste paper. There's a distinct paper-y note to this, but it's not so bad that I can't ignore it. It's also closely up against the lychee flavour, so maybe it's just a lychee aspect? The fruits have never tasted like paper to me, but a fruit and a fruit flavouring are not always exactly the same.
I find this does taste very lychee-y. It even has that slight astringency to it that the lychee fruits have, and this is significant because the base is a Chinese black and Chinese blacks are only very seldomly astringent.
This one is flavoured with lychee blossoms rather than actual fruit and it does have a flowery sort of note, but it's not overwhelming.
I keep saying I don't care for flower scented teas and then I come across one which is nice… When it's fruit flowers, I just seem to get along with them better.
I'm going to continue to explore lychee flavoureds, I believe, I in fact ordered one just yesterday. (Yeah. Oops. Twice.)
I love lychee flavoured black tea. Almost any kind (or maybe just been lucky I have not yet found a bad one).
Oh, paper note, I had not spotted that, but you might be right. Dunno, maybe it´s the lychees, maybe the envelope got to check. I also got their rose tea so I can compare those. I like these foil envelopes because I do think tea remains fresher within and second because they are my emergency thing, I usually have one of two packs in my handbag for emergencies (so I am never forced to drink Lipton).
And LOL about two new lychee teas, do review them for me please.
Well, one lychee tea, but two orders. I did actually attempt to get that raspberry and vanilla rooibos that you shared with me, but yumchaa's site was acting up. Another time then. :( I went for Les Palais des Thes and Teavivre instead.
Ah, good choices. I love lychee tea – it´s apparently one of the traditionally flavoured teas in china, and gosh there is such good reason for it. ( I think when it cames to tea of any kind, I tend to gravitate to loving best chinese tea)
About yumchaa, if you still mean to try yumchaa.com not yumchaa.co.uk, apparently they have some sort of problem at the .co.uk site which is OK in the mirror.
When I get around to it, I'll shoot them a message about what happened. That day, though, I just couldn't be bothered with that sort of thing. I didn't know there were two sites. I assume shipping-wise it'll be the same deal?
yes, just the same, all in pounds, just some sort of tech problem which they can not solve on the .co.uk site but is fixed on the .com site. I am waiting to get some tea from theirs as well – all old favorites apart from a new one.
they are very nice at answering emails, you can even order straight by email, which was what i had been doing before. i think it is [email protected], though better check on site.
I'm not a big fan of lychees. I like fruit that packs a punch, and lychees's are just too mild. But amazingly enough, it works as a tea. Very nice flavour and the smell… it's almost like you're standing next to some fresh lychees.
Regarding fruity flavoured black teas, I got a weakness for lychee as a flavour. Seriously, just try it, it´s flowery, fruity, exhuberant and somehow it just goes so well with tea – beats earl grey all the time (lady grey is a different matter). Even the most humble lychee blends can make a cup which makes me go hmmm.
This is maybe the nicest lychee flavoured black tea I ever had. It´s bagged yes, not sure they even make loose tea, but the quality of the tea and flavour is awesome, and it´s tea bags in those hermetically sealed little tin foil packets – those envelopes do no miracle for bad tea, but when tea is good, it can be so much better than more oxidized loose tea leaves.
Just a note, blender description says lychee blossom flavour. I never ever saw a lychee blossom, and have no idea what it smells/tastes like. For other fruits the blossom and fruit usually taste and smell VERY different (orange blossom and fruit, for example), so I wonder if they made the blossom/fruit confusion, this to me tastes precisely like juicy sweet ripe lychees – the fruit.
Wow… I have to admit that until I read this I had never really thought about a lychee flower. So, I had to look it up! And wow… It is very interesting looking… (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Litchi_chinensis_flowers_01.JPG) Of course, I still have no idea how it smells/tastes in comparison to actual lychee, but, this tea sounds great. I love lychee as well! : )


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Athens Habitat for Humanity is now on Pinterest!
Athens Habitat for Humanity is proud to announce we have just joined Pinterest! We want to invite all of our supporters to visit our link and view the refurnished handy work of our very own Mr. Green.
Mr. Green has drastically extened our ReStore as a recyclyling venue by refurnishing funiture that would previously be unable to sell. You can view our pinboard at pinterest.com/athenshabitat. It's still a work in progress but we would love for you to follow us and post your ideas and you might see them in our store. You can read more about Mr. Green's story at http://www.athenshabitat.com/restore/green-living-with-mr.-green.html .
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Thief review
Thief – the series – has been many things. It is the grandfather of stealth on the PC, part of a design heritage that links Quake to System Shock 2, System Shock 2 to Deus Ex, and so on. It stands for the idea that 'first person' doesn't imply 'shooter': the original BioShock might be its great-grandchild, but Amnesia and Gone Home are Thief's descendents too.
It is the actualisation of a very specific fantasy – the outlaw shadow, Robin Hood by way of Batman – and more broadly representative of a particular type of fantasy, a gothic marriage of Hexen's para-medieval grotesquerie and '90s-era steampunk. For some players, Thief is about precision – perfect sequences of evasion and distraction forged with much hammering of the quick load key. For others, it's a game of improvisation, gambits, brawls and hair's breadth escapes.
For many, it's about atmosphere. The sense of being an intruder. The latent threat of an Auldale mansion at night, the mysteries of an underground city, the terrors of The Cradle. Thief's settings are a showcase for exemplary art and level design talent, a legacy that begins with Looking Glass Studios and ends with The Dark Mod, with the gaming community.
Thief has had its less glamorous moments, too. It has been an intellectual property languishing at the bottom of a drawer, awaiting the day when the market reports come in and the market reports say we need Assassin's Creed. The drawer opens a crack; light touches an image of a man in a hood crouching on a rooftop. "This'll do," a publisher says, somewhere.
Thief – the series – has been many things. Eidos Montreal's Thief is, well, some of them.
Let's start with the good news. The developers have listened to negative feedback and dialed back on quicktime events and slo-mo nonsense. Beyond the standard spread of difficulty modes you have the option to play with customised settings, enabling purists to disable everything they feel intrudes on their game, from objective markers to entire features. Using custom difficulties, you can play Thief with campaign-spanning permadeath, quicksaves disabled, or the stipulation that being detected at all constitutes mission failure.
If you feared that Eidos Montreal were going to dumb down your favourite game, lower your pitchforks: they have given you the power to smarten it back up. That said, I recommend playing it through once on the hardest setting before you start tinkering.
After a linear but necessary tutorial on the rudiments of stealth, climbing, distracting guards and picking locks, Thief opens strong. The first wave of relief hit me early, during an opportunistic jewelry shop heist that occurs mid-way through the opening chapter. I'd jimmied a rear window and slipped in undetected, swiping cups and inkpots off shelves before sliding into a side room where a guard lay dozing in an armchair. I extinguished some candles and, in the dark, began to crack a safe embedded in the wall. This involves a simple minigame where each tumbler is unlocked by feeling for a particular sweet spot. Crack it at the right time and the action is silent: fail and the lock clicks loudly. I failed on the second tumbler.
The guard woke up, but remained in his armchair. I darted behind it and waited until he went back to sleep, listening carefully to the sound of his breathing. I always played Thief games for these near-miss moments, and in that instant I felt like Garrett again.
Later, while I was hiding in a cabinet in the kitchen of a mansion belonging to The City's foremost architect, a wandering cook threatened to discover the body of a guard I'd stashed in the corner of the room. Forced to improvise, I slipped out of the cabinet, picked up a wine glass, and threw it across the room where it smashed against the far wall. The cook span around to look and I dashed behind him, scooping up the unconscious guard and slipping away to hide him elsewhere.
On a moment-by-moment level, Thief delivers on the fantasy of being Garrett as well as – if not better than – its predecessors.
Much is owed to the way the game feels. The City is a handsome place in its modern iteration: while Thief might lack Dishonored's distinctive art style, it boasts a level of detail that gives it a real sense of place. The entire game takes place at night, but colour is used carefully to distinguish areas and make it clear when you're concealed in shadow. This is matched with a spread of audio-visual tricks that fill in for Garrett's instincts. Guards have multiple levels of awareness, and if someone catches sight of you the first you'll know of it is a stirring on the soundtrack that conveys the sense that you're being watched. In combat, your vision narrows; when sprinting the world seems to contract around your point of focus, tilting as you bank around corners and attempt to break line of sight.
Garrett is phenomenally animated. Your body and hands are always visible and interact seamlessly with the environment. Items don't simply vanish when you collect them – you pick them up and pocket them. Whether you're rifling through drawers, dialing in a safe combination or snuffing out candles, Thief achieves a sense of physical presence that few first-person games can match.
Then there's swooping. Swooping is good. A tap of the spacebar at any time results in a silent stealth dash that both speeds Garrett up and lowers his profile – it's half dive, half lunge. It's used to get from shadow to shadow, from guard to guard, from room to room. It solves the same problem that Dishonored's teleportation power did, but does so in a way that feels less like cheating. Its use is mitigated by stamina – also used for sprinting – and by caged birds and dogs who can be startled by sudden movement.
When it all comes together Thief feels dextrous, physical and fluid to play. Many interactions are context sensitive – jumping and climbing in particular – and where problems emerge it's because Garrett doesn't do quite what you expect. Sometimes you'll peek around a corner when you intended to steal something from the top of a table, and sometimes you'll jump to your death when you thought you were facing a gap you could easily cross. These are issues, but eventually you learn to look before you leap.
The cost of this tactile traversal is that the freedom of movement provided by Garrett's gadgets has been strictly curtailed. Rope arrows now only lodge into pre-determined points, making them ways of accessing pre-designed hidden routes rather than a means to create your own. Water arrows serve their purpose but the presence of electric lights in many buildings – deactivated by switches which can be hit with regular arrows – renders them situational. Moss arrows are gone, and a variety of lethal options went unused as the game (happily) didn't require me to kill anybody.
Focus is an upgradable vision mode that makes use of Garrett's enhanced eye. I normally hate magic vision in stealth games, but in Thief it's a little better than usual. By default you can use it to detect interactive items and by investing skill points you can add new functionality such as slowing down time while performing certain actions, perceiving the inside of locks, or unlocking the ability to stun alert guards with a carefully-aimed blackjack blow to the chest. You might find yourself needing the latter, by the way: combat is incredibly hard to survive on higher difficulties, as it should be.
It took me 15 hours to complete the campaign with the majority of side activities factored-in. The City plays the role of mission hub, not only linking each chapter but also offering a range of activities of its own. It's large but narrow and divided into pre-planned routes that you'll become very familiar with as you crisscross its rooftops over and over. The majority of side missions are single-room stealth or puzzle challenges, but half a dozen take place in entirely new areas. These are a highlight: small but open-ended environments that suit Thief's tight take on stealth.
Any mission can be replayed at any time if you wish to go back and try for a better rating. There's also a well-implemented challenge mode, accessed from the main menu, that enables you to make timed runs on reworked versions of certain mission areas. Factor-in secret areas and elusive special loot and Thief has good mileage beyond its initial running time.
It displays a laudable faith in Thief's basic mechanics that you're given so many different ways to play with them – and for the most part, they hold together. Where the game starts to lose points is in the inconsistency of its level design and the patchy, unsatisfactory arc of its main campaign.
A warning for long-time fans: this is a reboot. The old factions are gone and Garrett's backstory has been entirely discarded. Key motifs return – Garrett's magic eye, the clash between machines and magic, lost cities, supernatural enemies, and so on – but the result is incoherent. I was actually confused about whether it was a reboot or not for the first few hours, and the inclusion of imagery from previous games complicates things even further. Entire plot threads go nowhere and the whole feels cobbled together despite some individually adept moments. Garrett is given a protegé, Erin, who acts as an interesting foil at the beginning but this relationship isn't explored particularly well.
The campaign feels like it has been assembled from parts of discarded Thief sequels – straight successors here, reboots there, bits of this, bits of that. Thief's previous selves surface from time to time as ugly reminders of the game that almost was, and the campaign is deeply inconsistent as a result. The missions that focus around actual thieving are strong, and whenever you're given a defended area to infiltrate the game comes together. Elsewhere, not so much. You'll dodge bits of an exploding building and attempt to evade alert guards in a boxed-in area right out of Batman: Arkham Asylum. You'll explore a haunted mental asylum that has none of the terrible brilliance of Deadly Shadows' haunted orphanage. There are a couple of dumb boss encounters – better than Deus Ex: Human Revolution, but, yeah. Boss encounters.
Certain areas are linked by brief third-person climbing sequences straight out of Assassin's Creed, in which Garrett's skills feel disconnected from what you can do in the regular game. Then there's a chase sequence that gets Thief about as wrong as it is possible to get it – you dash across rooftops and steer Garrett into cinematic scrape after cinematic scrape. Slow down or screw up and you're killed by dogs. It's rubbish, so why is it here? There's a fascinating tale to be told about the development of this game, I suspect.
The game has brief dalliances with idiosyncrasy. One optional objective involves stealing beautiful but unsettling paintings by a troubled artist – images of humanoid animals in paganistic garb attached to new-agey epithets. It's as close as the game gets to the turn-of-the-century fantasism that is central to Thief's thematic legacy, if not its gaming one. There's also full frontal nudity – think of the Game of Thrones TV series and you won't be far off the mark. It's not the most egregious sexual imagery ever committed to videogame, but it is explicit, and it'll be off-putting for some.
It also has bugs. At the time of writing these range from series-staple AI weirdness – guards spinning on the spot, characters repeating the same lines of dialogue over and over, the odd omniscient crossbowman – to more serious issues with slowdown. Playing on an i5 system with 16GB of RAM and a GTX 560 Ti I experienced occasional choppiness despite an otherwise steady framerate. There's a benchmarking tool in the main menu to help you find the right settings, but the game seems to struggle with certain scenes regardless. There's also an infrequent but annoying bug where leaving certain menus will trap the screen in a vertically letterboxed 4:3 aspect ratio.
Technical issues aside, there is skill evident in Thief's execution. The team at Eidos Montreal clearly know a lot about interaction design, and enough about level construction to build exciting places to plunder. I wish, however, that this fundamental competence had been matched to a more ambitious and coherent vision.
Thief – the series – has been many things, but it has always been important. The history of PC games doubles as a history of great ideas, and the other thing that the original Thief games, System Shock and Deus Ex have in common is that they expanded our sense of what the medium was capable of. It might be unfair to expect a modern reboot to capture that catalytic fire, but I'm starting to suspect that it's flat-out unrealistic too. Genius has a hard time emerging from a system that also allows the phrase 'rooftop dog chase cinematic quicktime event' to be taken from concept to execution.
Whether you are heartbroken or merely disappointed by Thief's muddled sense of self will depend on exactly how invested you are in PC gaming's creation myth. This is a decent stealth game that feels nice to play, and that'll be enough for many – and if you feared the worst, you can rest a little easier. But the thing about evading disaster is that sometimes greatness slips away too.
Great in places, but never quite lives up to its potential. A competent sequel let down by inconsistency.
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Sip, Savor, and Stroll: From 6-10 p.m., guests will visit a total of five Harbor East restaurants and bars throughout the evening, choosing from: BIN 604, Bond Street Social, Kozmo's Lounge at the Marriott Waterfront, Lebanese Taverna, PABU, Taco Fiesta, Roy's Hawaiian Fusion, Talara and Wit & Wisdom, A Tavern by Michael Mina. Each $45 ticket includes one drink and an array of appetizers at each destination, plus a complimentary welcome cocktail at registration. Info: http:/harboreastsipsavorstroll.eventbrite.com.
Sour Beef Dinner at Zion Church: Enjoy a traditional sour beef (sauerbraten) dinner with homemade potato dumplings, red cabbage, green beans, rolls, and cake. This year's dinner is hosted in the church's dining room on both Wednesday (4:30-7:30 p.m.) and Thursday (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and will feature beef from Hickory Chance Farm and local produce. The beer hall will be open both days from 4:30-9:30 p.m. Beer and wine from The Wine Source will be available. The cost is $15 for adults, $8 for children for the dinner. The church is located at 400 E. Lexington St. Info: 410-727-3939 or www.zionbaltimore.org.
Thursday, October 25
Race for Education: The St. Casimir School will sponsor their annual Race for Education (rain date October 26) in the circle park adjacent to St. Casimir Church from 8:15 a.m. to noon. Students, faculty, and staff will run, jog, sprint, and walk laps to help raise funds for essential educational needs and new after school care programs. Info: Jennifer Anderson, 443-570-0705.
Network with the Italian Community: Fall Social hosted by the Promotion Center for Little Italy, 5-8 p.m., $5 donation before event and $10 donation at the door. appetizers, live music, networking. Da Mimmo Ristorante 217 S. High St. Info: 410-727-6876.
Saturday, October 27
Kerplunk! Free Family Art: Open to families and kids of all ages. Stop in for a quick visit or stay for the entire afternoon to make a collage, drawing, or sculpture. Youths must be accompanied by an adult—to enhance that special bond between adult and child. Kerplunk runs every Saturday through Dec. 1, 12-3 p.m., at the Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave. Info: 410-276-1651.
Howl-O-Ween: The Can Company, 2400 Boston St., hosts a dog costume competition and festival from 1-5 p.m. to benefit the Baltimore Humane Society. More than 100 imaginatively dressed dogs and their owners compete for prizes. Dog owners can register their pets on the day of the event. The registration fee is $20. Proceeds from the event assist the Baltimore Humane Society in providing temporary homes and care for homeless animals. Info: www.crossstpartners.com/Howl_0_Ween.html.
Beer Taps and Homebrew, Made in Baltimore: Did you know that Duclaw, Oliver, Brewer's Art, Stillwater Artisanal, and Raven Beer taps are all made right here in Baltimore? Stop by Mark Supik & Co. woodturning shop and watch tap handles being turned, sculpted, painted, and labeled. Local homebrew club members will be on hand to demonstrate beer making (and tasting). Raven Beer has donated some great door prizes for us to give away. Hundreds of taps on display in our Beer Tap Museum. This Baltimore Beer Week event will be held at Mark Supik & Co. Taphandles, 1 N. Haven St., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: www.marksupikco.com/beertaps/custom/baltimorebeerweek.
Halloween Lantern Parade and Festival: The Creative Alliance hosts a festival at Eastern and Linwood Avenues with hayrides, a costume contest, and music at 3:30 p.m. The annual lantern parade begins at 7 p.m. Info: www.creativealliance.org or 410-276-1651.
Halloween Dance: The American Legion Post and Auxiliary at 3300 Dundalk Ave. hosts a dance and costume contest with games, music, and prizes. This is an over-21 event. Bring your carved pumpkin. You may win a prize. 3300 Dundalk Ave. 8 p.m. – midnight. Tickets are $15. Info: 410-285-6414.
Trick or Trot: Grab your running shoes and maybe a costume and get ready for a spirited time at the Third Annual KidsPeace Trick-or-Trot 5K/1-Mile Walk. All proceeds benefit KidsPeace Foster Care and Community Programs of Maryland and Washington, D.C. The race begins and ends in O'Donnell Square (at the corner of O'Donnell and Linwood Avenues in Canton). Race-day registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The race kicks off at 9 a.m., and the fun walk starts at 9:05 a.m. It's $40 to register for the race, and $20 per family to walk. Info: Gina Seyfried at 410-964-9329 or email@example.com.
Sunday, October 28
"Trunk or Treat" at Prince of Peace: The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church at 8212 Philadelphia Rd. is hosting a fall celebration with games, food, a costume contest, and candy from the trunks of church members' cars around the parking lot. No scary costumes or costumes with weapons. Info: 410-866-8766.
Oktoberfest: The United Evangelical Church, 3200 Dillon St., is having its Oktoberfest on Sunday Oct. 28. Not on Saturday, and not on Oct. 21. The event runs from noon-5 p.m., and marks the 140th anniversary of UEC. For more information, contact Abby Markowitz: 410-276-0393.
Cornhole Tournament: The Northern Baltimore County Junior Chamber hosts its 2nd Annual Cornhole tournament on Oct. 28 to benefit Special Olympics of Maryland at the Hard Yacht Café, 8500 Cove Rd. Registration begins at 1 p.m., with play starting at 2 p.m. Registration for the social tournament is $30 in advance, $40 the day of the event. Entrants must be at least 18. To reserve a tournament spot or to get more information, email email@example.com or call 410-236-5753.
Dinner Bingo: St. Casimir Church Hall (Kolbe Center), 2736 O'Donnell Street, will have a non-smoking, handicap-accessible dinner bingo this Sunday, October 28,opening 10 am, $20/person. Proceeds benefit the scholarship fund. Call for reservation: 443-242-7074.
Monday, October 29
How Children Succeed: Patterson Park Public Charter School hosts an evening with Paul Tough, author of the new book "How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character." Tough has written extensively on the social forces in education, as well as the evaluative techniques used in the classroom and is longtime critic of evaluating student success on grades alone. This is a free, ticketed event. The event will take place at 6:00 p.m. at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, 2700 E. Baltimore St. Tickets can be reserved at www.pppcs.org. Please reserve tickets early, as space is limited.
Indoor Zumba at the Rec: If you liked zumba outside, don't miss Malindi's indoor zumba class at the Patterson Park Rec Center (Mondays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., $5 per class). All levels welcome. For adults and kids ages 12 and up (children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult). No registration is necessary. Just come out and give it a try. Info: email@example.com.
Tuesday, October 30
Greektown Neighborhood Association: The Greater Greektown Neighborhood Association meets at 7 p.m. at John Rurah Elementary on the last Tuesday of each month. The next meeting is Oct. 30. Info: email@example.com.
Wednesday, October 31
Trick or Treat on Highlandtown Main Street: Trick or treat in costume from 3-6 p.m. at local businesses along Eastern Ave. from Robinson St. to Haven St, 400 and 500 blocks of Conkling St. and Highland Ave. Info: 410-342-3234.
Highland Community Church Event: Inflatable moon bounces, face painting, balloon man, free food and drinks, carnival games, candy, outdoor movie. 6-8 p.m. 3930 Fleet St. at Grundy. Info: www.highlandcommunity.org
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Nov. 3 Residential Permit Parking Hearings: Councilman Kraft's office has announced a series of City Council hearing dates for two council bills related to Residential Permit Parking. The two bills to be heard are: Bill 12-0125, which is for the purpose of approving the RPP Area 43, and Bill 12-0102, which is for the purpose of modifying the procedures and requisites for Residential Permit Parking areas. More details on these bills can be found at http://legistar.baltimorecitycouncil.com/mattersearch/. The hearing dates will be:
Saturday, Nov. 3, at 10 a.m. at United Evangelical Church, 3200 Dillon St.
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Nov. 3 State of the Watersheds Conference: Come learn about Maryland's new stormwater rules and regulations, enhance your understanding of toxicity loads from trash, learn how outreach with residents can effectively engage communities, hear about innovations in water quality treatment practices, and contribute to the connections among watersheds, public health, recreation, and stewardship. Notre Dame of Maryland University 4701 N. Charles St., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: Jennifer Dowdell at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Nov. 11 Centennial Celebration at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church: Liturgy and banquet. 2401 Eastern Ave. Info: 410-675-7557.
Nov. 12 Patterson Park Neighborhood Association Meeting: PPNA meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 6:45 p.m. in St. Elizabeth's Church Hall at Baltimore St. and Lakewood Ave. (Use the stairs down to the basement hall on Lakewood Ave.) Info: www.pattersonparkneighbors.org.
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Canton Baptist Food Drive: Canton Baptist, 3302 Toone St., is trying to keep the shelves of its food pantry full. To donate, call 410-563-1177 or stop by the church.
Dundalk Food Pantry: The Dundalk Church of the Nazarene, 1626 Lynch Rd., has a food pantry to help families in the community. Those in need or those wishing to donate food can call 410-288-5136, or Michael Fiorenza at 410-633-3696.
St. Leo Helps the Homeless: St. Leo the Great in Little Italy is collecting toiletries for the homeless. Soap, shaving cream, deodorant, toothpaste, and toothbrushes. Drop off items at the parish office, 227 S. Exeter St.
Bagged Leaf Collection: Leaf collection continues through Jan. 14. Up to 20 bags of leaves will be collected from every address every Monday. Residents must call 311 before Sunday at 10 p.m. for the next day collection to schedule a pickup. Solid Waste will also continue to collect bagged leaves on citizens' regularly scheduled trash collection day—up to five bags of leaves from each address every week. Leaves must be in clear or labeled bags and placed at regular refuse collection locations, not in the public right-of-way.
Local Preschool Openings: United Evangelical's PACT program (Parents and Children Together) has openings for preschoolers to learn through art, projects, and play. Info/classroom visits: Concetta Clark, 410-995-0118
Adult Learning: Learning Is For Tomorrow (LIFT), 900 S. East Ave., has small-group classes in reading, writing, math, and life skills for adults (ages 16 and over). Morning, evening, and afternoon classes are held in the lower level of the former St. Brigid's School. Classes for adults with learning difficulties, learning disabilities, and learning challenges. Info: 410-522-1705 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Peanut Butter Brownie Pie
Love chocolate and peanut butter? A brownie crust paired with a rich, creamy filling celebrates the classic combo in all its lusciousness! Fluffy whipped topping sprinkled with peanuts makes it extra indulgent.
10 Servings
Prep: 20 min. Bake: 20 min. + chilling
1 package (10-1/4 ounces) fudge brownie mix (8-inch square pan size)
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup canola oil
1 egg
1 package (3 ounces) cook-and-serve vanilla pudding mix
1-3/4 cups 2% milk
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 tablespoons chopped salted peanuts
In a large bowl, combine the brownie mix, water, oil and egg until
blended. Spread into a greased 9-in. pie plate.
Bake at 325° for 12 minutes. Using a metal spatula, spread batter
up sides of pie plate. Bake 8-13 minutes longer or until toothpick
inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine pudding mix and milk. Cook
and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook and
stir 1-2 minutes longer or until thickened. Remove from the heat;
stir in peanut butter until blended. Transfer to a small bowl. Cover
and refrigerate until chilled.
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Pour into brownie crust. Spread with whipped topping; sprinkle with
peanuts. Chill for 2 hours before serving.
Yield: 10 servings.
Editor's Notes:
If you prefer, use instant pudding for the cooked pudding. Beat the milk, pudding mix and peanut butter together for 1 minute; let stand for 5 minutes. Pour into the cooled brownie crust and proceed as recipe directs.
Make Ahead:
Pie can be made the day before serving. Store in the refrigerator.
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1 piece equals 354 calories, 19 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 25 mg cholesterol, 240 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 6 g protein.
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Chris Smalling took time out from his battles with United and England to aid Nike's ongoing search for the world's best unsigned footballers.
The Reds defender was the special guest assessor at The Chance trial session in Salford on Tuesday, after an appeal was posted on United's official Facebook Page to attract budding amateur players from the local area. Nearly 30 youngsters were put through their paces and assessed by Nike coaches using SPARQ – a ratings system which measures players' Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction and Quickness.
Dwayne Greenwood, 21, from Stretford, was the player who ultimately caught the eye, not only with his professional-level test scores but also with commanding performances in the subsequent seven-a-side games, as watched by Smalling at Salford City Stadium.
The United and England defender told ManUtd.com, "The standard was good. I watched a couple of the seven-a-side games that were going on and it was great to see the players showing off their skills and flying into tackles. It was good to see different aspects, not just technical ability on the ball but also a determination and will to win.
"Selecting a winner from all the players was a tough task, as there were a lot of talented kids. In the end, I picked Dwayne Greenwood because he had the best ability in terms of his all-round game. He was physically strong but also skilful and he seemed like he could really work for the team, running about non-stop. I think he'll prove to be a good choice."
Greenwood's prize is a place at The Chance's national finals in Manchester, where three UK representatives will be selected for the global competition in Barcelona. At the end of this exciting process, Nike will assemble an elite squad of


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Former Vermont fire chief faces embezzlement chargeThe Associated Press | February 26,2013BENNINGTON — A former Vermont fire chief has been accused of fraud and embezzlement stemming from a department-sponsored raffle.
Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette says people who won prizes in the raffle never received them. They also say money paid for raffle tickets was never turned over to the department.
Joseph Hayes was Bennington Rural Fire Department chief. He lost his bid to be re-elected as chief last month.
The Bennington Banner reports (http://bit.ly/XDg3A5) Hayes was cited for false pretenses and embezzlement. His wife, Angela, was cited as being an accessory to the false pretenses charge.
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This is my first recording and this song is very close to my heart… n shreya is my fav singer….
Lavanya S ishwaran said
This song has always been close to my heart… its even more close to my heart now tat u hav sung it… awesome da!!!!….
Unnikrishnan Kb said
This song has got an amazing charm…… You have done really well. since the reverb was more than required, that was little disturbing. Very nice voice. Looking forward for your more renditions.
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Srividya Kasturi said
very nicely sung, karthika:)
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Rashmi Nair said
Sounded nice in your beautiful voice, Karthika. Would sound even better if it is mixed well. Reverb is a lil too high.
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Kumar Srinivasan said
Very nice rendition and voice. Look forward to more songs from you. The humming toward the end could be done better.
Sudha Kumar (back to listen to all of you..) said
Hi Karthika,
A very charming song pick, very nice rendition. This was my first ever k-track recording too!
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Tara Balakrishnan said
beautiful rendition Karthika!!
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Sarada said
Amazing. Enjoyed your rendition.
Meera Manohar said
You have got a beautiful voice Karthika! And very emotive too!
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Srividhya Kannan said
Very sweet voice!! Loved ur singing!! :D
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Anup Nair said
gud 2 hear dis song from u after long tym… dis song is really spl 2 me…. thanq
Hari Bhaskar said
Excellent singing! Loved it.
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The mammoths were decimated by tribesmen living as "part of the community of life", and we just might be able to fix that someday.
I agree that we've been wastefull and careless, and I agree that we apes are not the purpose of creation. BUT, we do have tremedous powers that no other thing in the known universe has. We have knowledge and foresight, and considerable technological abilities. It is our duty to aknowledge that we are exceptionnal because of Mother Culture, and that we can use our wealth to increase the beauty and sustainability of the place we live in.
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I too am an unknown author, and I agree with you that Blurb seems primarily for photography books. How many text only books feature in Staff Picks? Very very few. I've only sold my memoir (mainly text, with some B&W photos) to those who know me, despite the large number of page visits. I'd also like to know what motivates unknown people to buy…


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Railsconf Compilation, rest of my notes, session, opinions, and pictures.Published: May 24th, 2007
My trip summary at Railsconf 07′
There is just way too much stuff to type. So what I'm going to do is post some pictures, explain what that is from, and give you an idea of the "atmosphere" of railsconf at that time. Like I also promised, I will give you locations on where you can download all of my notes.
I actually just want to say one thing, the best time I had at railsconf was the RSpec BoF session. My reasoning for this is that it was in my opinion, what every other session should have been like. There was a very good presentation of information that isn't easily uncovered from a basic documentation page, or features list (like most of railsconf). The most important aspect of this BoF was the fact that the developers/speakers were able to closely initate in conversations with the group that was attending it. There were many questions, and there were many answers; it was a very close-knit collaboration, and I loved it.
Mind Map Rails Conf Notes. Most of my notes are directly in mindmap, I didn't export all of them into html. This should force you to actually download FreeMind, trust me; you'll love me for it. Call it harsh love :)
I'll pull in a couple photos from RailsConf on sunday from my flickr stream, but if you want to see the others, just check out my page. They also have descriptions so it should tell you what was going on at the time.
Well the story behind this slide (being presented by Dave Thomas in the final keynote) is that some guy created a website "rubychicks" and posted it all over the Railsconf irc channel. What was on the site, were stalkerish photos of the girls that were attending Railsconf. What a horribly creepy thing to do right? So Dave commented on how horrible and insulting that was, "How would you like RubyMiddleAgedWhiteGuys.com?" - Then I laughed for about 5 minutes.
During the final keynote, Dave was talking about new logos. Well apparently I'd love to see this one as the new Rails logo, c'mon it's so loving!
Again, at Dave's keynote: He mentioned that we are in "technical cargo cults" and we are doing a lot of things the wrong old, generic way, and we should try something new. He said that we are programming in a "class-orientated way", when really the paradigm should be object-orientated. I thought this was rather interesting. Also check out these pictures for how we're just going in "cycles" and not inventing anything really new.
End Railsconf *sniff*, *tear tear*.
Check out a bunch of official slides from the presenters.


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