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4-in-1 Tulum Adventure: Zipline, Cavern Rappel, Cave Snorkel and Skycycle
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- Enjoy a day away from the hustle and bustle of the city
- Family friendly
- Free hotel pickup and drop-off included
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Tulum Full-Day Adventure Package from Cancun
- Zip Coaster ride
- Skycycle ride
- Cenote zipline ride
- Lunch
- Hotel pickup and drop off (if option selected)
- Zip Coaster ride
- Cenote zipline ride
- Guided snorkel tour
- Use of snorkel equipment
- Lunch
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Hotel pickup and drop off (if option not selected)
- Gratuities (optional)
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- Parents, please note: you know your children best and it is up to you to decide which rides they are allowed on. However, we recommend that they be at least 40 inches (1 meter) tall in order to ride the Zip Coaster
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Reviewed by: Beth H, February 2014
My friend and I found this tour online before we even headed out to Mexico and we had a fabulous time. Great staff who really went out of their way to be informative about local culture and environment and were very safety conscious. Did some crazy things like sky cycling, ziplining through canopies, splash ziplining into cenotes and even a roller coaster zipling (no, that is not a typo!!). The swim / snorkel through the cenote was fantastic - a great experience. Highly recommended. Please note this is not one of those overly commercialised, polished, white washed tours - its real, gritty, dirty, fun and raw - and that's why we loved it.
Reviewed by: Diana D, January 2014
This was a great tour with four different activities. I appreciated the limited intrusion on the natural habitat. Our guide, Cheeta, was fabulous. He has a great sense of humor; has so many stories about his life adventures from training dolphins, to horses to his present position. The group is 10 or less, a nice size. We had a great group...young teens, early twenties, adults (40s and 50s). Before jumping into the water in the Cave for snorkeling I asked, "is the water very cold?". One of the young folks said, "it's like a sauna". Joke was on me and we laughed about it the whole day. Bring a rugged, water proof camera, such as a "one time use" camera. You wouldn't want to chance bringing your phone to take pics. It's a must do adventure.


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EDIT: Front page? Niceness! Thanks everyone!
W00t, over 25,000 views! Thanks everybody, yet again!
At last, the sequel to the front-page winning SRM Transformers is here!
I've been working on it on and off for a month straight - whether I was just drawing out character designs or doing the laborious transforming animation for BRAWL (over 3 hours to do one second of animation)
I took a bunch of viewer suggestions from the first one in - subs are in and SOUNDWAVE is no longer purple (he was in the comics, eh)
Regardless, it's finally completed. It's about as long as the last one, and the credits at the end are a little different (should stay consistent, like a TV show) but they're worth watching too!
Anyway, hope you guys like it - I know how much everyone loved the first one!
And leave a review - I respond to all of em!
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Rated 5 / 5 stars October 17, 2008
also uhh....... u could of made grimlock, at the end when it shows all the characters in the SRM transformers, be standing on top of a pile of the decepticons, and all the autobots, with that little water droplet on their heads in some anime you know?
other than that GREAT STUFF KEEP IT UP!
hope u make a 4thone :3
Nah, I don't really do the anime thing, with the sweat droplets etc. Thanks for the suggestion though!
Glad to hear you liked it, I may or may not make a 4th one. The SRM Transformers cartoons have always been really draining on me, and take longer than any other flashes I do. They're also pretty hard to write and still stay funny! I've taken it into consideration though, so who knows what the future holds!
Rated 5 / 5 stars October 16, 2008
KAWAII!!!!! TOO CUTE!!! not fair starscream keeps getting blasted :'( keep it up :D
But Starscream getting blasted is so funny!
Glad you liked it! And yes, they are cute little bots, aren't they?
Rated 5 / 5 stars May 22, 2008
love these! "hey guys" *bam!* :D XD
Heh, thanks. Probably my favorite running gag with that character, in all his incarnations.
Rated 5 / 5 stars May 21, 2008
Still Funny
This is beeter than the first and i know the thrid is going to be awesome.
Thanks! I agree, and the third is the best of the series.
Rated 5 / 5 stars April 10, 2008
Wait... transformers that actually transform?
this is very funny, funnier than SRM Transformers 1
Thanks man, glad you think so too!
The third is the best though :)

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First of all, St. Louis has some amazing parks. Take Forest park for instance...a bunch of iconic pavilions you can use as a backdrop. Seriously, google St. Louis parks and then look at the options--many good possibilities.
Second, I recall (but I may be wrong on this) that you can see the Gateway Arch from the Gateway Amtrak station. There was also an old mall nearby (sorry--can't remember the name) that I did a shoot in. Over most of the parking lot it had a very distinctive cover with a high roof.
Third, b/c of the proximity to the Mississippi River, I think you'd have some good options shooting the model/car with one of the river bridges in the background.
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I used much less chicken that it called for. That was just too much meat. I used black olives because that's what my family likes best and I don't like capers, so I left those out. But I loved the recipe and have added it to my permanant file.
Chicken Cacciatore Sicilian-Style
EricaT Posted: 01/25/09
kellienoel Posted: 09/19/10
This is my favorite chicken dish! I follow the recipe exactly except that I only use dark meat. You can find boneless wings and thighs in the chicken section at your grocery store. The dark meat gives a much better chicken flavor. Absolutely amazing cacciatore recipe!
flowerpot916 Posted: 10/08/10
Wow! This was delicious! I used kalamata olives and added extra tomatoes and a cup of red wine. I definitely recommend using the chicken combination of breasts, legs and thighs. Wonderful flavor! Will make often!
No Longer Registered Posted: 10/21/10
I've made this dish quite a few times now. While I am happy with the ingredients and outcome as is, when I have time, especially when serving this to guests, I like to pump it up a bit by adding 1 cup diced carrots and 8 ounces of sliced mushrooms. I agree with others that a cup of red wine enhances the flavor, and I also add a half a can of tomato paste to thicken it up a bit. Like others, I prefer to use all chicken thighs (skinless), and when I have it on hand, I add a 1/4 cup of minced, fresh thyme and cup back to 1/4 cup of fresh basil. Either way, it always gets rave reviews!
purplem0nkey Posted: 03/27/11
Overall this is a delicious recipe. I do like it better with modification by cutting down to 1/2 cup of celery and add 1 cup of carrots, 1 tbp of tomato paste, 1/2 cup of red wine instead of vinegar, 1/2 tsp sugar and adding 8oz of mushroom when cooking un covered.
ReganDeHaven Posted: 09/01/10
This was delicious - I used red bell peppers and mushrooms in place of the celery and really enjoyed. I used penne pasta and next time will use vermicelli or angel hair and possibly cook the pasta with the sauce before serving to let them absorb the sauce. I will definietly add it to my regular dishes.
jef9up Posted: 08/16/12
Way too salty for my taste with the vinegar, olives & capers. Cook time was too long for the final reward. I won't bother making it again and will stick to other cacciatore recipes.


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Remember Charles Ramsey, the hero behind the Cleveland kidnapping rescue?
McDonald's promised Ramsey free burgers for a year after he said on TV that he'd gone to McDonald's before rescuing the captive women and went to their aid with a half-eaten Big Mac in hand.
Ramsey said McDonald's gave him $2,000 in gift cards. "I handed them out to every homeless person and kid I could find," he said.
Everyone was making fun of this dude but hes a real stand up guy
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A marathon labour with emergency c-section, but it was all worth it for the arrival of Sophie
About Lucy
I was very apprehensive about labour with my first child because my mother had a three-day labour with me and then had been seriously ill, so I tried my best not to think about labour too much. But as the months thundered past, the ante-natal classes began and I began to resemble a dromedary on its hind legs, I thought it best to heed the advice of the books and health professionals and devise some sort of 'birth plan', however vague it might be.
The first thing was birth partners. I opted for the father as I felt it was something he should experience too and luckily he was keen. The second thing was drugs – if the going got tough, I wanted them. Thankfully, I was lucky enough to be part of a pilot scheme in London: one-to-one midwifery, meaning I had my own personal midwife whom I had got to know during my pregnancy. She visited me at home to check on me throughout which made everything relaxed and easy – no visits to the GP, my midwife handled it all.
My due date was May Day and nothing happened. I was relieved – with a house full of builders, no roof and no walls (" behind schedule" was an understatement) I was in no hurry to subject my baby to our dirty, dusty home. Because we had time to develop a relationship my midwife understood my anxieties about labour. "You aren't going to go into labour because you're living on a building site and it's too stressful," she told me. She knew that ideally I would want to have my baby at the weekend and suggested giving me a series of "sweeps" to speed up the process. I felt uneasy about this at first but then agreed.
I had two sweeps – uncomfortable but bearable experiences – and in the early hours of Friday morning I suddenly felt this incredible thudding in my tummy as if someone were banging on a door, desperate to get out. It wasn't unlike period pain although far more painful and impossible to ignore. This had to be a contraction surely? I hadn't experienced any Braxton Hicks so I was unsure. They came every five minutes. Should I phone the midwife? I decided I'd phone her at 9am and let her have some sleep – after all it was the early stages. But I couldn't sleep and so ran several baths to try to ease the pain that way. The water helped but my contractions did not ease off – sometimes they would speed up and I would have three in ten minutes.
At 9am I rang the midwife: My partner rang the builders. The midwife came round at 10.30am and confirmed that I was in labour. "Those contractions that are meant to come every half an hour at first so that you can still phone your friends or something, just haven't happened" I told her " The most apart they've been is five minutes."
"Good. Just take paracetamol for the pain or hook yourself up to your TENS machine. I think you are going to have your baby today."
Famous last words.
I started on the tablets right away and got into bed for a while with a hot water bottle but soon realised that I
could only manage the pain by pacing around the bedroom and down the hall. In typical last-minute Larry fashion, my partner watched the TENS video, hooked up the machine to my body - which almost required a degree in astro-physics - and tried to get through the day. I wasn't hungry. I felt sick and, worst of all, I had the world's angriest period.
At 10pm that evening, the midwife came round to check on things. She said I was doing well but not dilated enough to go to hospital – only 3cm. The baby was fine and I should try to get some sleep. But I was in too much pain to even contemplate five minutes of shuteye. So she suggested we go for a walk: "It's always easier to bear the pain of labour if you're outdoors."
I thought it was a strange suggestion – my neck of the London woods was not dissimilar to parts of the Bronx on a Friday night. But at midnight a large rotund woman and her midwife paced the streets of Shepherds Bush, while the former occasionally stopped to press the button on her TENS machine, hang on to a lamp-post or catch her breath. But my midwife was right – outside the pain seemed to be far less.
Around 1am we went home and I promised to call her as soon as anything changed. I was up all night again with the pain, monitoring my watch obsessively to see when I could take my next dose of paracetamol and in and out of the bath tub like a yo yo. Meanwhile my partner slept like a baby.
At 10 am on the Saturday we phoned the midwife as I'd had a"show". She came over and suggested for the trillionth time that I should have my baby at home. But I could not be persuaded to deliver on a building site, and felt that the presence of machines (read "drugs") and health professionals would make me feel safe. "Don't forget the Vim – the hospital baths are filthy," cooed my midwife reassuringly.
The car ride to the hospital was made unbearable by an army of speed bumps. After what seemed like aeons, we were finally checked in and my midwife gave me another internal examination. I was 6cm dilated – only four to go! It was 2pm Saturday.
It was a beautiful day so my midwife took me outside and we paced the gardens of the hospital, my TENS machine virtually soldered to my body. My partner was a revelation when it came to breathing and really helped me through the pain. At 6pm I had another internal examination but I was still 6cm. Annoyingly, my waters were still intact so my midwife broke them with a weird knitting needle contraption. So began the world's longest pee and my contractions became even stronger. Now, fully aware that I had a faulty TENS machine, I tried the "Gas and Air" option but it reminded me of sitting in the dentist's chair and I couldn't handle it at all. So it was back to the tablets.
By 8pm, I had dilated to 7cm and my midwife suggested syntocinon to speed up the contractions. I was at the end of my pain threshold and knew that syntocinon would increase my pain so insisted on an epidural. I can remember the anaethetist putting the needle in my back and the pain disappearing almost like magic. I was hooked up to a monitor and managed to read the paper and even eat while my partner slept like a baby (again).
But the epidural had a strong negative effect too. It completely changed the atmosphere in my birthing room and I could sense immediately the antipathy between the doctors and midwives. I was being attended to by a junior doctor who was patronising my midwife and the tension was palpable, which made me more tense.
At 10pm the junior doctor came to give me an internal examination. She was freshfaced and jolly. "Oooh, I think we'll have to start thinking about a c-section," she added in a remarkable flippant fashion when she saw my lack of progress. "A c-section!" I said to my midwife later. "I don't want a major operation!" Sensing my panic and remaining her ever-supportive self, we began to do all manner of body-bending exercises to just get that dilation going. At 12pm Dr Flippant returned to try to insist on a c-section. I refused. My midwife defended my decision and we spent two further hours waiting for progress. Apparently I had a "lip" which meant I had dilated to 10cm on one side but on the other only to 9cm. At 2am Sunday we woke the Registrar for a second opinion, as we didn't have confidence in Dr Flippant and my midwife had advised me that the Registrar was the most anti-caesarean doctor in the hospital.
He gave me my millionth internal examination and broke the news gently: "If you were a woman in my village in Africa, you would be in labour for three more days, the baby would die and you would probably die. So I think a caesarean is essential."
"Okay then," I heard myself answering meekly, petrified at the thought of theatre. I'd never had an operation before. I was wheeled into theatre, wild-eyed and thinking of Madonna: "If caesareans were good enough for Madonna, then they were good enough for me" became my mantra, forgetting the fact I wasn't even a big fan.
My epidural was topped up, my partner appeared in theatre outfit – a brief moment of hilarity – I was given more drugs, various tubes were inserted and the curtain went up. The whole process took around 45 minutes, during which the medical staff kept mentioning in an irritatingly jolly fashion that I was going to feel as if someone was doing the washing up in my stomach – ho ho!
My baby girl was born at 3.50 am on Sunday. I wept silent tears of relief but I could not turn to hold her or even see her properly because the stitch-up operation was still in progress. Instead, I dozed on the operating table, completely shattered.
I spent six days in hospital with Sophie but wasn't prepared for the dearth of post-natal care. With my brilliant midwife coming to see me every day, I fared slightly better than some of the other patients. Most of the midwives and auxillary staff on the ward were brash to the point of cruelty, chastising me for moving my chair near the window or having too many flowers. The following morning my partner came in with sushi – the forbidden fruit I had craved throughout my pregnancy – and a midwife scolded me for eating something "ridiculous". I drew the curtains around my bed and wolfed it down in secret.
Staff in the hospital seemed to treat us like annoying schoolchildren – why did we have to ring the buzzer for help (excuse me, but I can't actually move to reach my baby in the cot), why did we not know how to breastfeed properly, why did we have to complain when our food was taken away because we'd been asleep and not seen it? This was one of my biggest shocks, that conditions in one of the world's wealthiest countries were so substandard. We were a conveyor belt of women having babies and our post-natal needs did not seem important as long as the baby was healthy.
I also felt like a failure for not having delivered my child in the proper manner. What was wrong with me? I felt that I hadn't been told enough about the way many labours don't go according to plan and end up as emergency c-sections. In short, I felt cheated.
But every time I looked at my beautiful baby, I also felt such boundless joy, despite the 45-hour marathon. I was also haunted by the image of a poor mother in Mozambique who had given birth in a tree during a hurricane and thanked my lucky stars that my experience hadn't been quite so harrowing. But I also vowed that next time would be different.
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SANTA CLARA It looked like the sort of play that could flip the script for A.J. Jenkins, who badly needs some momentum after a dud of a performance in the 49ers' preseason opener Thursday against Denver.
The speedy wide receiver lined up far to the left of Colin Kaepernick in the Monday afternoon practice and took off downfield on a post pattern. Jenkins had a step on undrafted rookie cornerback Darryl Morris, and Kaepernick let fly a 45-yard pass that seemed as if it would hit Jenkins in stride.
At the last moment, however, Morris accelerated and batted away the ball for an incompletion.
That was theme of Jenkins' afternoon. He went through the session without catching a pass, and he appears to be lagging behind in the team's crowded wide-receiver competition.
If Jenkins needs a confidence boost, he can turn to teammate Vernon Davis. Asked Monday which wideouts have caught his eye, Davis concentrated on one.
"I really like A.J. Jenkins," he said. "He's got a lot of potential. He's still learning the game He has all the potential to do it. It's just taking him a little time, but he will get there. And I think he will be prepared by the start of the season."
Davis said there's no reason to rush Jenkins, the team's first-round pick a year ago who went through his rookie season without a catch.
"He's got time. He's got time," Davis said. "I don't think we can rush him, because it's up to him to change his mindset and really take off. Not only change his mindset, but really grasp whatever it is the coaches are trying to give to him, whichever role it is, and blossom. I think he has it in him."
Indeed, Jenkins has three more preseason games to recapture momentum and the backing of increasingly frustrated fans. But his practice opportunities aren't as abundant as they were earlier this month.
In the week leading up to Thursday's game, Jenkins got more practice snaps than any other wide receiver, and he was in on more plays, 39, than any other receiver against Denver.
Those opportunities have been curtailed over the last two practices as previously injured players such as veterans Kyle Williams and Kassim Osgood have gotten worked into the mix and newcomers such as Austin Collie and Lavelle Hawkins have received more snaps.
Hello, old friend On Sunday, offensive coordinator Greg Roman joked that the 49ers would treat Kansas City quarterback Alex Smith, whom the 49ers will face Friday, like any other "nameless, faceless" opponent.
The next day, coach Jim Harbaugh said Smith was anything but.
"It's personal with Alex," Harbaugh said. "It's different in that way. And I feel like there's a great friendship there and a lot of history. He's a unique person. He's a good friend. And he's no longer on our team, not a trusted agent anymore. I know what a competitor he is. He wants to win, and we do as well."
Smith is expected to play more than the one series he ran in the Chiefs' preseason opener last week.
Injuries One starting cornerback, Tarell Brown, was back at practice, but another, Carlos Rogers, was out with an apparent hamstring strain. As forecast by defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, Brown spent a lot of the early portion of practice playing in the slot position, Rogers' usual spot.
Rookie tight end Vance McDonald missed his second straight practice, and Harbaugh said the second-round pick, who led the 49ers in receiving yards against Denver, would not play against Kansas City.
With Patrick Willis (hand) out of action, Michael Wilhoite has filled in well at inside linebacker. Wilhoite still is the main backup there, but good-looking rookie Nick Moody and Nate Stupar also received plenty of snaps with the first-team defense.
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Wondering why your loved ones are giving you more personal space than you've asked for? Suspicious about the Altoids left on your desk with dental floss bows? If you're one of 90 million Americans suffering from chronic bad breath, here are some of the possible causes, as well as remedies to restore your fresh breath—and relationships.
Top 5 Causes of Bad Breath
1. A dirty mouth
"Ninety percent of mouth odors come from mouth itself—either from the food you eat or bacteria that's already there," says Dr. Richard H. Price spokesman for American Dental Association. "Mouth odor is like any other body odor—the result of microbes living in the body giving off byproducts." In the mouth, this means bacteria that normally live in the mouth interact with food particles, blood, tissue, etc., to create volatile (i.e., stinky) sulfur compounds. If you don't clean properly, the bacteria build up, and next thing you know—that's not toothpaste on your tongue.
2. A mouth out of balance
Certain mouth conditions can exacerbate bacterial growth and odor, such as gum disease and dry mouth. Gum disease causes bloody gums, creating more elements for those pesky bacteria to putrefy. But it is a dry mouth that is the more common cause of bad breath. Saliva helps flush out the mouth, keeping bacteria moving so they don't settle down and multiply, while drier mouth is a breeding ground for bacteria. In spring and summer, allergy medications can dry you out; in winter, dry heat tends to be the culprit.
3. Stinky foods
If it stinks going in, chances are it's going to stink coming out. The obvious offenders are onions, garlic, alcohol and tobacco. And foods don't only create a stench in the mouth. "Plant oils are absorbed and the byproducts enter your bloodstream so you are actually breathing the odors out via your lungs three to four hours later," says Jeannie Moloo, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. [Fulldisclosure: Moloo is the author's cousin.]
4. Not enough carbs
You look great after four weeks on Atkins, so how come you still can't get a date? High-protein, low-carb diets cause your body to burn stored fats for fuel instead of carbs and can lead to a condition called ketosis. "As fat burns, ketones build up in the body, and some are released through breath,"explains Moloo. "Unfortunately ketones don't smell particularly good." And bad breath trumps six-pack abs.
5. Illness
Occasionally, bad breath can be a sign of a more serious illness. The most common systemic causes of bad breath are diabetes or GERD (or gastro esophageal reflux disease). Diabetes can also cause ketosis, and the resulting bad breath is sometimes one of first symptoms that lead to diagnosis. GERD is a backflow of acid from the stomach to the esophagus. Less common but possible are liver or kidney disease—when toxins from these organs are excreted through the lungs, causing bad breath.
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I think this is one of your best yet. Really dig the illustration attached to demonstrate the over all view of the towers. You sir have a special place in my inspiration folder!!
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I think this is one of your best yet. Really dig the illustration attached to demonstrate the over all view of the towers. You sir have a special place in my inspiration folder!!
The cliffside fortress is an absolutely terrific map and a great example of a very inspiring setpiece map, that can still be used for a wide variety of purposes.
Great maps! Looks like must have item for every fantasy-oriented DM.
Wow, thanks for the Praise guys, look forward tot he next couple. They should be forthcoming now that my pro work load is slackening a bit. Is their any specific map any body would like to see done?
Theres a thread by industrygothica talking about putting a guild commissioned module together. I don't know if its a free or paid for thing at this point but maybe lend a hand with that. It would be yet another little notch on your already heavily gouged CV of maps. There is always the CWBP world to plonk a map down into if your really feeling the need to make something :)
Who is doing the writing on such a module for encounters, monsters and such things? I have a lot of experience with 4E so if you want any help with that, I'd be more than happy to do some.
Thought I had commented on this thread already. This is pretty stuff as always!
Oddly enough, I also thought I had posted on this but maybe I was just too stunned to say anything at the time. These are gorgeous and I really admire the way you enhance your maps with the flourishes and so on. Beautiful work.
#5 The Mountain Pass is up! Let me know what you guys think and if i should add anything to it, i was thinking maybe caves?
Have some rep. These are truly inspirational...love your style. I'm going to copy you someday. ;)


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I make my blocks 2 at a time (so as not to have thread ends to deal with) and often sew 2 Vickihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-81019135065719283402011-05-21T20:01:21.007-07:002011-05-21T20:01:21.007-07:00Don't put stress in you life. Kids come first...Don't put stress in you life. Kids come first.
Your blocks look GREAT and with that special fabric, you will want to take your time and do it the way you want it.
Take care.Mary on Lake Pulaskihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-68518800922541303942011-05-21T19:44:36.730-07:002011-05-21T19:44:36.730-07:00You asked about how others make improv log cabins....You asked about how others make improv log cabins. I also have felt that maybe I was putting too much effort into fabric placement, which fabrics to use, etc. I made a baby quilt with wonky log cabins with fussy cut centers, and got so tired of making them that I stopped at 5 and made the alternate blocks as wonky 9-patches instead.

I made each block individually, which meant even Cathiehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-59536358209940331612011-05-21T19:10:59.021-07:002011-05-21T19:10:59.021-07:00I so feel your pain...I joined a quiltalong a few ...I so feel your pain...I joined a quiltalong a few months back and was discouraged that I couldn't keep up...life just keep getting in the way.
But my quilt top is done, and I'm very proud...hopefully quilting it won't take so long!Life In A Pink Bunny Suithttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-32521388251931768962011-05-21T17:44:46.589-07:002011-05-21T17:44:46.589-07:00A) These blocks are LOVELY! and B) This is a whole...A) These blocks are LOVELY! and B) This is a whole different ball of wax from sewing up a big stack of quilt blocks all made from the same shapes. Don't get discouraged, instead rejoice in your growing skill as a quilter - you're making something unique, rather than re-creating a pattern!Candied Fabricshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-11961050900989523452011-05-21T17:31:03.963-07:002011-05-21T17:31:03.963-07:00Good advice from Jennifer R. I also want to say, ...Good advice from Jennifer R. I also want to say, didn't you join this challenge for fun? If it isn't fun and is adding stress to your life, keep working on your quilt at your own pace and enjoy it. It was just a fun thing you wanted to try. It might not work out this time.Linda at Roscoe's Mahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-25490800.post-75727446407104837922011-05-21T17:18:26.974-07:002011-05-21T17:18:26.974-07:00Love those blocks! I echo your frustrations. I ha...Love those blocks!

I echo your frustrations. I have a 7mn and 3yr - and neither one is all that happy when I want to work in my sewing studio. And they won't nap at the same time. My stash and ideas are piling while my time is quickly shrinking.

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This dish is simply delish. I'm glad a friend gave me the recipe. My family loves it...and so do I.—Mildred Sherrer, Fort Worth, Texas
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Prep/Total Time: 20 min.
3 medium ripe avocados, pitted and peeled
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 medium apple, chopped
1 medium firm banana, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 cup halved seedless grapes
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[UPDATE: Welcome to all from the Anchoress & Althouse! You may also be interested in today's post about another media untruth about Cedarburg.)
In my previous post, I estimated at least 12,000.
This news report says that the crowd was 20,000 - 30,000. Definitely possible.
But just now on Fox News, under a video clip of the rally, the crawl said "1K". One thousand?!? That's ridiculous! There were about 600 cars in the lot where I parked, and let's say, very conservatively, that each of those cars averaged 1.5 people. (There were lots of couples, families, and groups of friends in attendance, so that's probably too low.)
Anyway, at 1.5 people per car, that lot alone would yield at least 900 people. And that was just one lot, about 4 blocks away from the event, and there were cars parked everywhere, all in and around Cedarburg. There could easily have been 10 times that number of cars parked around the town.
That would mean the crowd was at least 9000, but if you count the townspeople who walked or biked to the event (lots of those), now you're talking closer to 12,000, my original estimate, and as I said I think that's very conservative.
So where on earth did Fox get their estimate of just one thousand?
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So how big was the crowd at the McCain/Palin rally?
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I wonder if they were taking their estimates from looking just at that picture? The speech was given at a T-intersection. The press was stuck in bleachers facing the stage. They couldn't see the people lined up to the left and right of the stage.
Or they're lying McLiarpants. Either way, there were a whole lot of people there!
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I'm going with the Lying McLiarpants, personally. :)
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But that's only because I like the say "Lying McLiarpants", because "pants" is a funny word and "McLiarpants" makes me laugh out loud. I'm not saying anything about the integrity or honesty of the media, of course.
Listen, I have no idea because I was not present at whatever rally you folks are referring to.
But curious to me is your quote
" But just now on Fox News, under a video clip of the rally, the crawl said '1K' ".
Fox News is always fair and balanced. And extremely supportive of the Republican ticket.
Seems unlikely that they got it wrong.
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Anonymous: I know you're being sarcastic, saying they're always fair and balanced. They simply were getting their numbers from AP which was flat out wrong. Check all the sources which are saying that 12,500 people went through the metal detectors, and thousands more were turned away. Obviously 1K was ludicrous, and yet legacy media doesn't even attempt to verify. What a joke.
I was there also. A local lady says the town population is 12k and they usually get about 50k during their summer town fair. She estimated the crowd at about 20k. There were people everywhere. The line to get into the rally stretched for blocks; I'd say about 2 miles. Me and my daughters couldn't get into the rally, so we kept walking around to find a good view. There were more lines just to get outside the bleachers. It was awesome. A lot of energy and excitement among the people.


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Reading/Language and Literacy Courses 2013-2014
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Examines cognitive, social and language understandings that older readers draw on to make sense of different kinds of texts. Focuses on metacognitive processes, vocabulary and background know ledge in later reading comprehension. Develops assessment strategies for identifying readers' strengths and vulnerabilities through small group or tutorial intervention.
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Introduces key factors affecting the literacy development of bilingual children learning to read and write in English such as print exposure, phonological awareness, and vocabulary in the home language and in English. Participants develop skills in assessing components of children's reading and writing competence, teaching early and later reading skills, planning writing lessons, and monitoring children's literacy progress.
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Consolidates professional background in theory and practice of teaching reading in grades Pre-K - 8. Addresses core concepts and instructional practices fr phonological and phonemic awareness, emergent literacy, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and reading assessment. Builds upon the professional knowledge developed in EDU 327 or EDU 337. Pre-Requisites: EDU 327 or EDU 337 or RDG 537. Pre- or co-requisites: EDU 328 or EDU 338 or RDG 530 or SPE 650.
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Analyzes stages of reading development in grades pre K-8. Focuses on phonological awareness, print concepts, word identification, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Participants administer literacy assessments to children, interpret assessment data, and plan engaging, small group instruction.
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Introduces broad range of multicultural literature. Focuses on criteria for making appropriate book selections. Examines literary theme and genre. Explores strategies for using children's literature to promote literacy development.
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Telekinetic is the name of a concept album by Aliceffekt played live with the Leap Motion, first performed at Sabaco in Tokyo. The event was recorded and can still be watched online on UStream. There was a short article on CNET about the event as well. The album cover features an alternate door to the Library of Sand ornated of the number 210 in Needle Numbers as well as the Traumae letters BI TI TA SI PO.
Tired of carrying midi controllers with me, I got myself the small Leap Motion device and used it to perform the Telekinetic album. The device gives me different controls from the usual knobs and pads, allowing me to give 3 dimensional informations to Ableton Live and be closer to actually touching the music.
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Speech synthesis markup languages are useful for providing information about the structure of a document, the meaning of numbers, or the importance of words, so that this information can be appropriately expressed in speech (such as pausing in the right places, pronouncing telephone numbers appropriately, or putting emphasis on the word carrying focus). Such information may be provided by a human user or, more likely, by other processing units such as natural language generators, email processors, or HTML readers.
SSML-annotated text
Speech synthesis markup languages are useful for providing information about the structure of a document, the meaning of numbers, or the importance of words, so that this information can be appropriately expressed in speech (such as pausing in the right places, pronouncing telephone numbers appropriately, or putting emphasis on the word carrying focus). Such information may be provided by a human user or, more likely, by other processing units such as natural language generators, email processors, or HTML readers.
SABLE parser
The benefit of this method lies in the fact that in order to parse a different markup language, all that needs to be done is writing a new stylesheet for the translation into MaryXML.
SSML parser
The benefit of this method lies in the fact that in order to parse a different markup language, all that needs to be done is writing a new stylesheet for the translation into MaryXML.
MaryXML markup
Through subsequent processing modules, the MaryXML structure is enriched. If a module finds the type of information it is supposed to add already present, that information is given piority. This means that the realisation indications expressed in the input markup (e.g., SABLE, SSML) are considered as supplements to the modules' text-to-speech analysis of the input.
For example, if the prosody module does not get information from its input on the locations and types of accents and boundaries, it will use its default rules to determine them. If it finds partial information in its input, such as the location, but not the type of an accent, it will apply its rules to fill in the missing piece of information.
Tokeniser module
<t>...</t> MaryXML tag. All local
information about a token determined by subsequent processing steps is
added to that token's
<t> tag as attribute/value
pairs. In addition, the punctuation is used to determine start and end of
sentences which are marked using the MaryXML
<s>...</s> tag enclosing a sentence.
Text normalisation module
NumbersThe pronunciation of numbers highly depends on their meaning. Different number types, such as cardinal and ordinal numbers, currency amounts, or telephone numbers, must be identified as such, either from input markup or from context, and replaced by appropriate token strings.
While the expansion of cardinal numbers is straightforward, the expansion of ordinal numbers poses interesting problems in German, because of their inflections. On the one hand, the expansion of an ordinal number depends on its part-of-speech (adverb or adjective); on the other hand, for adjective ordinals, the inflection ending depends on gender, number and case of the noun phrase the ordinal belongs to. In the preprocessing module, none of that information is available, so the ordinal number is simply marked as such, and a stem expansion is given. For example, the ordinal "1." would become "erstens" ("firstly") in adverbial position ("denn 1. ist das ...") and "erste/ersten/erstes/erster" in adjectival position. This module adds the information ending="ordinal" and sounds_like="erste" to the ordinal's tag. Based on this markup, the correct ending will be selected during phonemisation (see Inflection endings).
AbbreviationsTwo main groups of abbreviations are distinguished: Those that are spelled out, such as "USA", and those that need expansion. The first group of appreviations are correctly pronounced by spelling rules.
The second group is pronounced using an expansion table, containing a graphemic and optionally a phonemic expansion. The latter is expecially useful for foreign abbreviations, such as "FBI" which is pronounced as the English spelling [Ef-bi:-'?aI] in German.
One group of abbreviations, such as "engl.", pose a problem similar to ordinal numbers: Depending on the context, they can be adverbs ("englisch"), or to-be-inflected adjectives ("englische/n/s/r"). This group is specially marked in the expansion table and consecutively in the markup (ending="adjadv" sounds_like="englisch") for later processing (see Inflection endings).
For more information about the problems of text normalisation in German, see Breitenbücher(1999).
Part-of-speech tagger and chunker
Part-of-speech and chunking information is added to each token's
<t> tag. For the chunking information, this is not
actually a very satisfactory solution, as the local syntactic structure can
hardly be considered a property of the individual token. However, the more
logical representation of syntactic structure as an XML tree structure
would possibly conflict with the prosodic structure, due to the fact that
syntactic and prosodic structure cannot be guaranteed to coincide in all
cases. As XML only allows for a proper tree structure, with no crossing
edges, the only alternative seems to be to give up XML representation in
the present form in favour of, e.g., a chart representation allowing more
flexible edges. However, the presently used encoding with the XML structure
representing prosodic structure and syntactic structure "squeezed" into the
token tags seems to be a viable solution.
Inflection endings
In the lexicon, all entries occurring in noun phrases (determiners, adjectives, and nouns) are annotated with their possible value combinations for the morphological inflection information gender, number and case. In addition, determiners are marked as definite or indefinite. This information was obtained from the morphological analyser Mmorph.
When the inflection endings module finds an ordinal or an abbreviation with an adjectival role, it performs a unification of the morphological variables over the known tokens in the noun phrase to which the ordinal or abbreviation belongs. In many cases, this allows to determine the appropriate values of gender, number and case for the ordinal or abbreviation and thus the correct ending, which is added to the expanded form.
For example, in "mein 2. Angebot" ("my second offer"), the words "mein" and "Angebot" are looked up in the lexicon, their associated values for gender, number and case are compared, and only the common ones (gender=neutral, number=singular, case=nom.|acc.) are retained. All remaining possibilities (neutral/singular/nom. and neutral/singular/acc.) correspond to the same adjective ending ("-s" with indefinite determiner "mein"), so the correct adjective ending can be added to the ordinal: "zweites".
As the inflection of adjectives is quite regular in German, only the stem form of an adjective is contained in the lexicon, while all inflected forms are generated by the lexicon lookup program.
The lexicon performs a simple compound treatment. If a word is not found in the lexicon but is the concatenation of two or more lexicon entries, the corresponding phonemic forms are concatenated. An optional "+s+" bounding morph, typical for German noun compounds, is also allowed. For all parts of a compound except the first, primary word stress is reduced to secondary stress, i.e. the first part is considered the dominant one, which seems to be the default for German.
Letter-to-sound conversion
Letter-to-sound rules are statistically trained on the MARY lexicon, following the algorithm proposed by Alan Black et al.
The syllabification of the transcribed words is based on standard phonological principles such as the sonority hierarchy of phonemes, the maximal onset principle, the obligatory coda principle and the phonotactic restrictions for the German language.
Last, a word stress assignment algorithm decides which syllable gets the primary lexical stress. No rule-based secondary stress assignment is attempted at present.
Phonemisation output
Prosody module
The prosody rules module assigns the symbolic GToBI labels. In a later step (see Calculation of acoustic parameters), these are translated into concrete F0 targets and pause durations.
The prosody rules were derived through corpus analysis and are mostly based on part-of-speech and punctuation information. Some parts-of-speech, such as nouns and adjectives, always receive an accent; the other parts-of-speech are ranked hierarchically (roughly: full verbs > modal verbs > adverbs), according to their aptitude to receive an accent. This ranking comes into play where the obligatory assignment rules do not place any accent inside some intermediate phrase. According to a GToBI principle, each intermediate phrase should contain at least one pitch accent. In such a case, the token in that intermediate phrase with the highest-ranking part-of-speech receives a pitch accent.
After determining the location of prosodic boundaries and pitch accents, the actual tones are assigned according to sentence type (declarative, interrogative-W, interrogative-Yes-No and exclamative). For each sentence type, pitch accent tones, intermediate phrase boundary tones and intonation phrase boundary tones are assigned. The last accent and intonation phrase tone in a sentence is usually different from the rest, in order to account for sentence-final intonation patterns.
Postlexical phonological rules module
Once the words are transcribed in a standard phonemic string including syllable boundaries and lexical stress on the one hand, and the prosody labels for pitch accents and prosodic phrase boundaries are assigned on the other hand, the resulting phonological representation can be re-structured by a number of phonological rules. These rules operate on the basis of phonological context information such as pitch accent, word stress, the phrasal domain or, optionally, requested articulation precision. Segment-based rules can be applied, such as the elision of Schwa in the endings "-en" and "-em", the backward assimilation of articulation place for nasal consonants, and the insertion of glottal stops before vowels of pitch-accented syllables with a free onset. However, with diphone speech such reductions seem to limit the intelligibility, so that they are deactivated by default.
Linguistically maximally rich MaryXML structure
Calculation of acoustic parameters module
The duration rules are a version of the Klatt rules adapted for German, by fitting the rule parameters to data from the Kiel Corpus.
The realisation of GToBI tones uses a set of target points for each tone symbol. These targets are positioned, on the time axis, relative to the nucleus of the syllable they are attached to; on the frequency axis, they are positioned relative to a descending pair of topline and baseline representing the highest and lowest possible frequency at a given moment. The fact that these lines are descending accounts for declination effects, i.e. overall F0 level is higher at the beginning of a phrase than close to the end. As an example, the GToBI accent "L+H*", associated with the syllable ['fUn] of the sequence [g@-'fUn-d@n] ("found") is realised as a target on the baseline at the start of the Schwa of [g@], followed by a target on the topline in the middle of the [U] in ['fUn]. Obviously, the actual frequency values of the topline and baseline need to be set appropriately for the voice to be used during synthesis, in particular according to the sex of the speaker.
Phone segment and acoustic parameter list: MBROLA input
The structure can also be reduced to more simple synthesizer input, e.g. a list containing the individual segments with their durations as well as F0 targets, a format compatible with the MBROLA .pho input files.
Synthesis module
MARY also contains basic unit selection code, based on the cluster unit selection code taken from FreeTTS.


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Nicole Fourman
|Indianapolis, Indiana
|Major / Minor:
|English / Management
|May 2015
|Campus Activities:
|The Student English Association, Sigma Tau Delta - Alpha Omicron Chapter
What is your favorite thing about Purdue?
My favorite thing about Purdue would have to be the people. I love the diversity present on campus and Purdue is a great place to get to know people from all different backgrounds.
What was your favorite class?
My favorite class has been English 379 - The Short Story with Bob Lamb.
What is your career goal?
My goal is to work in the publishing industry when I graduate.
What would you tell prospective students about Purdue?
Come here! It's awesome! There are tons of great people and the education is top-notch.
What is your favorite spot on campus?
By far, my favorite spot on campus is the HSSE library in the Stewart Center. It is a great place to study and get away from the hustle and bustle of campus.


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i took this the other day :3
When I am older and my daughter asks me who my first love was, I won't have to pull out a photo album to show her. I will just say, "He is sitting over there."
There are moments in my life that I'll always remember, not because they were important, but because you were there.
Many men make a common mistake once they get married…they quit dating their wife.


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5. The End is No End
Never had I beheld such a morbid sight,
Even after all that had penetrated my vision,
And pierced the very innocence of my soul.
Before stood the arisen Gates of Hades,
And but a few steps was I from the source of opposition.
My knees then met the soil and ash that laid below me.
The eyes that had before surrounded me,
Came to once more encircle me
I knew not the reason, nor did my curiosity overcome my fear.
The drums of my ears felt nothing but a deafening ring,
And every hair arose on the flesh of my arm in alarm.
A familiar presence came from behind me.
I turned my eyes to the Hooded Figure that had bestowed upon me this journey.
Without haste or hesitation, I spoke with my voice high,
"You said to not fear, yet what is this?!
I feel nothing but calamity flowing like scorching sand through my veins,
And my heart pounds like the hammers that forged this abomination before me!
What say you of this journey that has led me to these infamous doors?!"
To me did he attempt to
A little girl hummed once more beneath the ears of her guide...a mixture of emotion swayed through her spirit as she was led away and picking flowers...a glance to the back of her shoulder where once she'd heard faint whispers...and she found with her faded eyes, the rope that swung a lifeless and familiar body in the wind.
The wind carried back to her hands, and the small hairs that stood at the attention of her chills tugged away at her grip upon the flowers...the severed plants retook a disoriented place at the earths surface, and her eyes overflowed with reality. Youth meant not that she was blind to revelation...and the guide took heart to this, placing an age old hand down on her ethereal shoulder. Her weeping began, just before her feet made an attempt at running towards the gallows. Her screams flew past deaf ears, through the limbo of our realm. Only she and the guide could hear those pathetic little screams that echoed past those of the crowd surrounding the stage of the gall
Blind Dates with Dolor
The eyes are closed now,
Or have they always been?
The man through motions many gone,
a machine of reluctance.
Whilst open the eyes seen only
the dark of reality, in only a literal sense.
It is by luck and misfortune that those
doors are shut by the fumes of a spent mind,
and reopened unto Hell in all of its ancient terror...
there in the realm where only
hatred outnumbers the flames.
They, the images of my creative mind,
are twisted round in defiance of fact and faith.
Spreading wide, the horizon of horrors that
I may witness within this,
my subconscious wonderland.
My truest baggage is beneath my weary eyes,
knowing I am weighed down to the will of adversity.
Here in Hell where my mind is
the devil upon my shoulder,
prod in hand, poking all in reach.
It is when I awaken the sweat
of a labored back
and sickly palms, that reality becomes
a temporary solace from the world within.
But again, the eyes are closed now.
The Bell Tower
Black vines crept up the eroded bell tower.
As I dreamt in a gray sanctum,
My eyes saw the virus grow,
Grow and spread upon time itself.
How we basked in set fires,
Amidst the beautiful and withering oceans,
There where reached we, out to sanity,
Out there in this, our gray sanctum.
The storms formed with great rhapsody,
Before my eyes, in this dream to turn into nightmare,
The rain turned to a cold sweat,
And undead gulls surrounded our ranks.
The asylum to keep the bipartisan minds enticed,
Where we grew up and over time itself,
Reaching ever higher to the source of angels,
In the lack of realization that we were the erosion.
Still Waters Beyond the Storm
It is above and beyond
the realm where soar the children
of my ever undying Lord.
My mind is forever enraptured
by the very thoughts...
the concepts that are so limitless.
God what glory is to be beheld!
Lead me by still waters my Lord,
Beyond the storms of this wretched world.
Pray I that my intrigue
is never felt as a thorn in Heaven's walls,
as my only wish bring true wisdom home.
Thou art my God,
ascended and surrounding,
forever the greatest of praise goes to you.
From my lips come prayer,
From my hands comes worship,
From my heart comes faith.
Channel my voice through, O'abounding angels!
Though my thoughts often plague me,
I make attempts to please you all that I can.
As it was once said,
"I shall fear no storm,
for I am learning to sail my ship!"
The Irony of Fear
What if my heart held no fear? What if my mind questioned nothing? What if my soul belonged to apathy? Then I would not be human.What if I had no faith? What if I believed in nothing? What if 'what if?' Was nothing more than a thought that crossed the mind that questions nothing,The fearless heart and apathetic soul? Then paradox would overtake me. I fear for I am human, a man with a caring heart and a burdened soul. Whose faith is tested by the second, because belief is what drives the ceaseless 'what if' that in turn fuels the faith of what I most believe in...improvised curiosity, established free will, and a progressivist, artistic, scientist that I call my creator. My Father.
My God.
Genre, Oh Genre
Shame befalls me, for what the muses inspire.
Is such the magnet of my psyche? Such dreadful words from pen to paper?
I question not my sanity, only the purposes for which
such written things flow from me, as to what message is to be sent...
Though dedication fills me to the brink, so does a constant curiosity...
overflowing to the shores of embarrassment.
Shame befalls me, but I write as a messenger, and my muses come from Above,
where even dreaded words are sometimes called for.
3. Clothed in Ascension
Down upon my knees,
a murky puddle,
stared as a reflection,
with familiar eyes,
looking beyond the back of my shoulders,
at stormy skies and shuffling wings.
the description unneeded, desired still...
my thoughts raced through the crowds of beasts,
growling at the very pulse that made me such a nuisance.
This place is where expectations wither and die...
where anticipation is born and grows in the arms of rhapsody.
The tests are simply are a part of what I now look forward to.
Thus far I have survived, that I may push on,
upon the degraded and bloodstained Gaia,
now given vision, as blessing or curse, to this war.
My eyes are the ones that see you as you see me!
Yet my own is my own, tested by such a timelessness...
Look to the skies, says my only Faith.
Were you all so blindfolded by mirrors,
only to see yourselves? Rotting to husks?
Falling to fire, to fight as shadows amongst us?
So blinded by light, that darkness is all you know?
Mocked by heathens, feared by believers?!
What know
God Always Comes Through (Poem)
Sometimes we live through a horrible experience
It's not easy to wrestle with personal demons
In our impatience we do things we shouldn't do
But even then, in the end, God always came through
The things we hate, those things we do
The things we'd like to do, those we can't do
If Paul the apostle went through it, so will you
But even then, in the end, God always came through
When we misaligned our minds from the will of the divine
Sin seeped through to seduce with promises of good times
Promises we paid a heavy price believing they'd be true
But even then, in the end, God always came through
Whether your affliction is violence, sex, or drugs
An unlisted addiction or all of the above
And though you feel that this is all there is for you
Remember that in the end, God will always come through
It's not because you deserve it or He owes it to you
Not because of your talents or the work that you do
It's because He really loves you and His promise to you
Is that in end, He will always co
Dear Stranger - One -How does it come, dearest stranger,
That you make me hate you so much?
How does it come, that someone I do not know,
Can make me feel so lost and insecure?
Just tell me to leave you alone,
And I'll leave, to never bother you again,
But on days like this, oh I could swear,
That you're begging me to hate you!
You hide behind an anonymous name,
Behind a fake face, a mask that covers you,
You evolve and improve your tactics,
Your attacks now very from stupid to smart.
And I must admit, I am impressed,
At how well you manipulate us,
All I have to protect myself,
Is knowing how it felt to be the same.
I was once convinced that the method of,
Fighting fire with fire is best,
Though simply it only leaves the greatest damage,
This war cannot be won, only hell awaits us.
I now learned to control my anger,
So it isn't as wild and ruthless anymore,
I converted it, into the most seething energy,
Now burning steadily inside my veins.
Passive now, I wait patiently,
So only you will break,
And I will
FairytaleOh if it would be true
Would I say I love you?
If I could let go...
Would the scars still show?
When the letters would make sense,
And built into solid words,
Would I then take my chance,
And fly in the mass of birds?
Could I keep the colours from bleeding in,
When I wipe the blood from my chin?
The lifeless body would lay still,
Counting the days to the next kill.
Would the bombs lie to rest?
The weight be lightened on my chest?
When I close my eyes in silence,
Asking for God to stop the violence...
Then we might embrace the sun,
Our feet aching form the run,
And melt in each others arms,
Blending out a thousand alarms...
Could we be then be safe in heaven,
In fairy tales we'd count till seven,
Smoke and fire mixing with steam,
The pain banished by joyful gleam...
We'd be free to smile for real,
To savor every moment we feel,
I'd wish to spend these moments with you,
The only person who won't have a clue
How much I need you by my side,
I can't resist the urge to hide,
But honey, I thi
Some Things Never ChangeRemember when you used to hide?
Each time the sky broke apart,
When the walls would shake,
In fear of the thunder,
Bending underneath it's screams,
When your eyes hurt,
And your sight was blurred,
From staring into the rain,
Watching the lighting rule the sky,
Scared but safe, part of the storm,
Back then, when you'd sneak away,
Just to see the sun set,
And to watch it rise again,
So tiny, back then, you were wiser than today,
Today you hide from the very life itself,
You used to love waking up,
Facing challenges,
You were just as silent,
But you weren't shy,
It seems you've lost your shine,
Your backbone, your wisdom,
It's a shame to be honest,
All you do is existing,
Without being alive,
Some things, they never change,
But when the thunder cracks,
You still watch the sun set,
Just to see it rise.
Marked SoulsONE
Not wanting to breathe anymore, I sat down, in front of the wall, staring blankly at it's white surface. Noises were rushing by and mixing into on annoying hum in tired ears.
I could make out laughter, but it made sick, so I blocked it out with the rest of the world.
I just wasn't able to go on any longer, my head was heavy and pressing down. The pressure inside tempting me to hit my head until it split open, so all the ghosts and pain could escape.
But I wasn't allowed. They said they cared. Maybe they were real....
A sharp pain seared through my body and I began to shiver, thoughts of hate made my eyes burn and my fingertips tingle with the need to destroy.
But the memory of punishment kept me from freeing the violence that was building in me.
My body ached, I wasn't able to breathe, everything blurred. I wailed and grasped my head with my shaking heads, pulling my knees to my chin I began rocking forth and back to sooth my wrecked body and feelings. I wanted to scream but my voi
FeverJust a day, feeling fine
as black and white intertwine
Begin to tremble, no reason why
Is this insanity, or am I high?
Sparkling faces grace my view
Intense versions of purple and blue
The sky is striped, the clouds dance
I'm certain I fly, comfortable in trance
Then I see the floor, as I fall
Because I ran right in to a wall
I hear laughter, realize it's me
Little pink man are all I see
I try to stand, of course I fail
Feeling sick and rather frail
Then I black out, awake in my swaying bed
A bitter sting messing in my head
I know I'm back now, finally
Hello my bitter sweet reality
Mind's NameSlide down into my mind
Look through my eyes
See a world
Rotten and bad
A perspective
That'll drive you mad
I don't enjoy the pain too much
But it makes me happy too
I just don't feel normally
But aroused when I watch you
Bizarre and destructive
Hurricane they call me dear
I'll hurt you, sadly, I don't want to
But let's make it clear:
I told you so
Don't complain
I sold you, so?
I am insane
I told you so,
You could've known
It was wrong
To pick up the phone
To tell me your name
All you know
Only to be left to die
To watch me go
Do you enjoy the ride?
My thinking pattern must work wrong
I heard you say it must be fixed
I heard you sing your song
Let Me Carry YouHush said the angel
Don't be lonely anymore
I'm here right beside you
Like so many times before
Time and again
I'll be here to fill your heart
Tonight I'm gonna show you
We're never far apart
Hush said the angel
You can tell me like it is
'Cos I'm not here to judge you
All I offer you is this
Time and again
I'll be here to fill your dreams
Tonight I'm gonna show you
Love is closer than it seems
Let me carry you
Let me be the one
Let me carry you
I can be the one
Let me care for you
I can heal the pain until it's gone
Let me carry you so you can carry on
Let me carry you so you can carry on
Letters To A Stranger - Three - RamblingDear Stranger,
I just wish this life would be less complicated, so I wouldn't go to bed with this restless twist in the pit of my stomach.
So I wouldn't be this restless...
I wish these warnings wouldn't be, could you imagine how easy life would be? Okay, people would die, but people die anyways, everyday, and there are too many people on this earth, if you ask me.
But how does my opinion count? It doesn't, you may disagree, but I know better.
I'm just a kid, a pretty lost one, this life offers too many chances, it's impossible to not to miss any. It's like we're meant to feel guilty for being alive.
I sometimes hate having all these choices. You say I should value them, but having nothing to fight for can become tiresome too, you know?
I guess you'll shut me up with your great life experience soon.
This letter I write to you is more personal than all the hate I threw at you the last times, your anonymity allows me to use you as a shoulder to cry on too.
What you don't understand is, n
Deserving of Nothing
My endless imperfections
shout to the very core of my soul,
Beating away at my humility,
To bare reminder
that I do not deserve you
in the slightest...
Grace is your very essence,
as you embody that which is perfection.
Whereas my rush
to find the flaws of my name,
You tell it tales true,
of the feelings you hold.
Abnormal is my persona,
and infinite apologies are due,
Many thanks, just as much,
are in order...
To God, to you....
Beauty be what has enraptured my heart
for the eternal hour at hand,
You and only you are the whom
that I most desire,But never deserve.
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Another popular look is created from tighter curls that have been deconstructed for a voluminous look with a lot of movement. "This is a style I want to see more of," says Mixon. "The bigger the better!"
Frizz has also become a fashionforerunner, according to Danilo: "I love the drama of frizz. It's got a really playful structure."
Working with a model's hair texture, whether it's frizz or flat, is becoming a popular method for runway stylists. Carlos Fernandez of LuxeLab, who is known for his innovative work in enhancing texture for runway shows, likes to adapt a model's hair texture to the runway concept.
"If a look is straight with a deep side part, but a model has super kinky hair, I won't necessarily blow the hair straight, but I will work to enhance the natural texture and incorporate the deep side part. It looks better on the model and is less work for the stylist," he says.
However, texture isn't always seen in variations of curls and waves, it's also seen in the introduction of braids, twists, buns, knots and crimped pieces to the hair.
"Texture is about adding a bit of intrigue to the hair," says Martinez. "It's taking the extra step to add a bit of drama where the audience least expects it. That's where you go from a normal salon style to a runway style."
Mixon also noted that it's rare to see a runway show without incorporating extensions into the looks: "Hair has to be exaggerated because it's on stage," she says.
Rising to the Challenge
Despite the growing popularity of texture on the runway, there still exists a lack of industry knowledge in working with curls.
"I learned how to work with textured hair because I am passionate about it and pursued working with texture on my own," says Fashion Week stylist Jennifer Lord of Naturally Me! Salon in Baltimore. "It's not something taught in cosmetology school."
Behind the scenes of the Spring 2012 shows in Paris, model Jourdan Dunn tweeted her frustrations with lack of stylist knowledge in working with her texture.
"It's so surprising to fi nd yourself at a show being styled by a stylist who knows how to work with my hair," says model Nikia Phoenix."I refuse to have my hair straightened anymore and I bring my own products because I've found I know texture better than most stylists. I keep my hair short because with less hair, there's less risk of a stylist damaging my hair."


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Royal Driving School (RDS)
was founded in September 2001. Owner
Mr. Mykal is a highly qualified
In-car and In-class instructor. He is also involved with the instruction
process of some of the newly becoming driving instructors in Windsor and
surrounding areas. In
February 2004, RDS opened its first location in Windsor. Since then, the
business has grown to include satellite locations in Belle River,
Kingsville, Essex, East Windsor, LaSalle, Central Windsor and the newest
location in South Windsor which opened in May 2009, at 3857 Howard Ave.
mission at RDS is to teach safe, defensive and courteous driving
techniques, in order to keep our roads safe and our environment clean.
In doing so, we are committed to providing our students with the best
teaching methods, while still maintaining a simple, yet effective,
comfortable and entertaining learning process. Our instructors have all
been certified and we are an MTO Approved Beginner Driver Education Course Provider.
At RDS, we provide complete driver training. We offer an MTO Approved
Beginner Driver Education Course, a 1 Day Defensive Driving / Driver
Improvement Course, preparation for Road Tests and individual driving
lessons. We have worked extensively with the elderly and extremely
nervous drivers.
Copyright ©
www.royaldrivingschool.ca 2010
All rights reserved.


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