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Ryan Atwood
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|This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. (October 2011)
|Ryan Atwood
|The O.C. character
Benjamin McKenzie as Ryan Atwood
|First appearance
(episode 1.01)
|Last appearance
|"The End's Not Near, It's Here"
(episode 4.16)
|Created by
|Josh Schwartz
|Portrayed by
|Benjamin McKenzie
|Full name
|Ryan Francis Atwood
|Chino (by Luke)
Atwood, Ry
High school student
(at the Harbor School; graduated)
College student
(at UC Berkeley; graduated)
|Francis "Frank" Atwood
(biological father)
Dawn Atwood
(biological mother)
Sanford "Sandy" Cohen
(adoptive father)
Kirsten Cohen
(adoptive mother)
Trey Atwood
(biological older brother)
Cooper Atwood
(paternal half-brother)
Seth Cohen
(adoptive brother)
Sophie Rose Cohen
(adoptive sister)
Sophie Cohen
(adoptive paternal grandmother)
Caleb and Rose Nichol
(adoptive grandparents; deceased)
Hailey Nichol
(adoptive maternal aunt)
Lindsay Gardner
(adoptive maternal half-aunt)
|Significant other(s)
|Theresa Diaz
Marissa Cooper
Lindsay Gardner
Sadie Campbell
Taylor Townsend
(ex-girlfriend; ambiguous)
|Summer Roberts
(sister-in-law, via Seth)
|Newport Beach, California
Chino, California
Ryan Francis Atwood is a fictional character on the FOX television series The O.C., portrayed by Benjamin McKenzie. A troubled teenager from Chino, California, he is considered the protagonist of the show, beginning as an outcast and is brought to a lifestyle of luxury by the Cohen family and is given a second chance to pursue his life's goals and dreams.
The final line of the show is spoken by Ryan. At the very ending of the series finale, during a flashforward, Ryan leaves the construction site in which he works and as he walks towards his Range Rover he sees a kid in the same situation as he was in "Premiere". Ryan looks at the kid and says: "Hey, kid! Need any help?". The screen then fades out.
Concept and creation[edit]
|"When Benjamin [McKenzie] came in, he wasn't physically what Josh had envisioned, but he inhabited the character unlike anyone we had seen. I think that the character of Ryan is a kid that always seems a little lost and has a sense of mystery and danger; Benjamin has all those qualities."
|— Patrick Rush on the casting of Benjamin McKenzie as Ryan[1]
Rush found the role of Ryan Atwood particularly hard to cast[1] and only invited Benjamin McKenzie to an audition after Warner Bros had made them aware of the young actor after his unsuccessful audition for a UPN sitcom. McKenzie lacked working experience and later described his selection as "a tremendous leap of faith" on the producers' part.[1][2] Chad Michael Murray was originally offered the role of Ryan Atwood but turned it down for the lead role of Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill.[3]
Having been physically abused by his biological father and some of his mother's boyfriends, Ryan finds it extremely hard to get close to anyone. Born and raised in a working class family, Ryan knows the lifestyle and attitudes of people from his neighborhood of Chino, California and the dangers that occur if outsiders are influenced by its environment. He is tough, cynical and quick-tempered, yet compassionate and empathetic toward people in trouble and those less fortunate than himself. He at times appears burdened by an almost-compulsive need to rescue others, however, and is overly protective of Marissa and Theresa, his main love interests on the show. The fact that he rarely smiles is something of a running joke among other members of the Cohen household.
Ryan's favorite fruit is peaches, and his favorite band is Journey. Some of his other extracurricular activities include soccer during his sophomore year of high school (first year in Harbor). Ryan (by his own words) used to play soccer before going to Harbor and a soccer ball is sometimes seen in the Cohen's pool house. And despite the generosity of his adoptive family, Ryan repeatedly demonstrates he can earn his own keep by taking paying jobs around town, such as a busboy at the Crab Shack, a construction worker, an intern at the Newport Group, and a barback position.
Character arc[edit]
Season 1[edit]
When Ryan and his brother Trey are caught attempting to steal a car, his mother Dawn kicks him out. His attorney, Sandy Cohen, takes him into his home in Newport Beach, California, despite objections from Sandy's wife, Kirsten. Upon realizing his mother is unwilling to take care of him, however, Kirsten's maternal instincts kick in and she welcomes him to stay. Ryan becomes part of the Cohen family, living in their pool house, and becomes a brother to Sandy and Kirsten's son, Seth Cohen; even Sandy and Kirsten consider him their second son. However, even though he is accepted by the immediate Cohen family, Kirsten's father, Caleb Nichol, and the Cohens' neighbor Julie Cooper have reservations about Ryan. Shortly after meeting her, he begins a relationship with Marissa Cooper, his next-door neighbor.
Ryan's relationship with Marissa is interrupted by Oliver Trask, a deeply disturbed boy Marissa meets in therapy who becomes obsessed with her. Ryan becomes suspicious, which brings significant trust issues between the couple, eventually resulting in a breakup, although they remain friends.
At the same time, Theresa Diaz, Ryan's childhood sweetheart, comes to Newport, resulting in a rekindled romance between them. However, Theresa leaves Newport after her fiancé Eddie, one of Ryan's friends in Chino, convinces her to return to Chino with him. Ryan and Marissa resume their relationship shortly after, but this is complicated when Theresa returns after suffering domestic abuse by Eddie. Theresa reveals she is pregnant but does not know whether the father is Ryan or Eddie. She decides to keep the baby and return home to Chino to be with her mother. Feeling compelled to help her bring up the child, Ryan decides to go with Theresa, leaving Marissa, the Cohens, and everything else in his life behind.
Season 2[edit]
Having quit school and working in construction, Ryan lives with Theresa, but she realizes he is unhappy and encourages him to visit Seth in Portland, Oregon, where he ran away following Ryan's departure. He hesitantly goes, hoping to convince his friend to go home to his parents before the fall semester starts, but while he stays in Portland, Theresa notifies him through the telephone she has miscarried. Although Ryan is devastated and wants to return to her, Theresa tells him he needs to go back to Newport with Seth.
As part of Seth's idea of a reunion of the "Fab Four" (consisting of Ryan, Marissa, Seth and his girlfriend Summer Roberts), Ryan and Marissa are pulled closer together. When he overhears Marissa admitting to Summer that Ryan is the only one she ever loved and she misses him every day, he confesses his own lingering feelings for her. The two get back together, just as Ryan's brother Trey is released from jail. Ryan, along with the Cohens and Marissa, attempts to get Trey back onto his feet. However, during his trip to Florida with Sandy and Seth to pay Sandy's mother a visit, Trey tries to rape Marissa while intoxicated on drugs. Marissa does not tell anyone, causing tension with Ryan, who suspects she cheated on him with Trey. After he questions his brother, who hides at a bar in Chino and blames a drunken Marissa, Ryan bumps into Theresa and confides his problems. She tells him that out of the two, Marissa would never hurt him and she would be the one to trust. Following Theresa's advice, Ryan makes up with Marissa.
Meanwhile, Sandy becomes concerned with Kirsten's alcoholism and decides to stage an intervention. Ryan reassures Sandy he is doing the right thing. Ryan takes part, stating that, having lost his mother to alcoholism, he would not be able to bear it if he lost someone else he loved to the bottle. Following similar statements of love from the rest of the Cohens, Kirsten gives in and checks herself into rehab. When Marissa tells Summer about Trey's attempted rape, Summer informs Seth. Seth, knowing he cannot lie to Ryan, tells him, who prompts a confrontation with his brother. The brothers fight, and Trey almost kills Ryan. Marissa turns up and shoots Trey in the back with his own gun.
Season 3[edit]
Trey survives the gunshot but remains in a coma. When he regains consciousness, Marissa's mother Julie blackmails him to place the blame on Ryan so Marissa's innocence will clear her reputation in society, but following Ryan's initial arrest, Marissa convinces him to tell the truth. With Ryan's charges dropped, Trey flees Newport, leaving Marissa expelled from Harbor High to instead attend public school. When she befriends amateur surfer Johnny Harper, Ryan becomes suspicious of their closeness, fueling their on and off relationship. After Johnny dies in an accident, Ryan questions Marissa's true feelings towards Johnny, ending their relationship. Following their split, Marissa begins spiraling down a disastrous relationship with Kevin Volchok, Johnny's former surfing rival, while Ryan develops his own rivalry against Volchok, including instances of blackmail, extortion and violence.
In the season finale, Ryan, Marissa, Seth and Summer graduate from high school, following their prospective futures; Ryan decides to attend Sandy and Kirsten's alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley. Volchok attempts to blackmail Ryan, threatening to inform the authorities of Ryan's earlier involvement in a robbery which he was forced to assist him with. In an effort to fulfill Volchok's ransom, Marissa gives Ryan her mother's graduation gift: pearls he can pawn for the money. Volchok doesn't accept the money, demanding more, including a talk with Marissa, which she refuses, instead staying with Ryan. While Ryan drives Marissa to the airport, Volchok, drunk and furious, attempts to crash Ryan's car. In a blind rage, he sideswipes Ryan's vehicle, knocking it over a barrier to roll down an embankment. Ryan sustains no serious injuries but discovers that Marissa has suffered severe head trauma; she dies in his arms on the side of the road.
Season 4[edit]
Following Marissa's death, Ryan moves into a storage closet at a bar where he works while avoiding the Cohens cage fighting to release the anger of his loss. Julie, finding any way necessary to cope with her grief, hires a private investigator to dig up evidence of Volchok's whereabouts, in hopes of exacting her revenge. She passes the information to Ryan, the only person who can truly understand the pain she feels, and suggests he do with Volchok whatever he wishes, as giving the police the information is too valuable a deal to pass up. Ryan heads to Mexico to finish the job, but Seth tags along to ensure Ryan doesn't ruin his life by committing murder. Seth warns Volchok to leave town before Ryan gets to him and advises that he take advantage of his lawyer father. His plan fools Ryan, who returns home; his relationship with Seth is severely compromised, however. Heeding Seth's advice, Volchok contacts Sandy to be his defense attorney, although Ryan discovers it. Sandy, knowing Ryan would never kill anyone, drives him to the hotel where he's housed Volchok. Inside, Ryan puts a broken bottle against Volchok's throat; he spares Volchok's life, however, leaving him for the police.
Ryan settles back down to life in Newport, determined to have an uneventful summer, until Taylor Townsend returns from France trapped in a loveless marriage, seeking a divorce. Ryan is reluctantly drawn in and, during a heart-to-heart conversation with Sandy, he is reminded that he's always been the one to help people when they need it the most. Ryan kisses Taylor in front of her husband's lawyer, who can grant a divorce only if one member was unfaithful and agrees that their kiss was heartfelt. Seth warns Ryan that Taylor is unstable and clings to anyone who shows her kindness; while Ryan appreciates the notion, he admits that he is not yet over Marissa and decides to confront Taylor; she initially denies her own feelings but later confesses that she is attracted to him. Following a second kiss, the idea being to discover if it sparks any feelings, he admits he does like her, except that he does not want anything too serious.
During Chrismukkah (a combination of Christmas and Hannukah celebrated at the Cohen house), Ryan discovers a letter in the mail from Marissa but gets distracted by Kirsten. While he's hanging decorations on the house roof, Taylor arrives with her gift to him; he is preoccupied by Marissa's letter, however, and acts coldly towards her. When she climbs the ladder he's working on to angrily give him his present, the ladder falls, along with the two of them, knocking them both unconscious. While in the hospital, Ryan and Taylor dream of being in an alternate dream universe of Newport, as if Ryan had never been adopted by the Cohen family. When Taylor misunderstands a conversation with a housekeeper from this world, she informs Ryan that Marissa is alive; Ryan says he never wants to wake up so he can be with her again. When he finds out about her arrival at an airport from Berkley and goes to meet her, he finds this world's version of Marissa's sister Kaitlin, who tells him that Marissa had died of the overdose he had saved her from. In the real world, Kirsten shows Julie Marissa's letter to Ryan, which she had written to Ryan before she left for Greece. In the letter, Marissa states that she had to leave because, even though she still loved him, they could not be together. After Julie sets the note beside an unconscious Ryan, it appears for him to read in his dream, during which he realizes he has to forgive himself for Marissa's death and to move on. Moments later, he regains consciousness.
Days later, Ryan finds out from Sandy that his biological father, Frank Atwood, is out of jail and wishes to see him. Ryan is hesitant, recalling the abuse he suffered at Frank's hands, but Frank convinces him by claiming that he has lung cancer. However, following dinner with the Cohens, a suspicious Sandy reveals that Frank lied about the cancer, and an embarrassed Frank leaves Newport, although he returns apologetically and with help from Taylor forms a tentative relationship with his son.
Meanwhile, Taylor's ex-husband Henri-Michel comes to Newport on a book tour for his best-selling novel about their marriage. Feeling insecure about Taylor's exotic life in France, Ryan breaks up with her, claiming they are "too different". A week later, Ryan decides he was wrong but discovers it might be too late as Taylor is already considering a reconciliation with Henri, who still loves her. Ryan upstages a poetry reading by Henri at a book store with a poem of his own, where he confesses he can grow to love Taylor, given time.
Series finale[edit]
To make up for giving a pocket dictionary for her nineteenth birthday, Ryan gives Taylor his original present of a bound book full of love poems that she translated. He admits he loves her, but as they reconcile, an earthquake hits Newport. The two survive, but Ryan is injured while protecting Taylor and is brought to the hospital for recovery. Six months later, Ryan and Taylor spend time together before she leaves Newport for college in Paris. Ryan thanks her for saving him from self-destruction, and he and the Cohens depart from their Newport home, damaged beyond repair, to Sandy and Kirsten's old home in Berkeley, California, while Seth leaves for RISD.
In a flashforward, Ryan attends UC Berkeley, where Sandy is now a law professor, and graduates. Ryan sticks around the Cohen home in Berkeley to help Sandy and Kirsten raise his adoptive sister, Sophie Rose. At Seth and Summer's wedding, he is best man and shares a smile with Taylor, the maid of honor (their relationship status is left ambiguous). Ryan achieves his dream of becoming an architect. As he walks away from a construction site, he notices a teenager down on his luck, seemingly in the same situation Ryan was when he was kicked out of his home. As he offers the youth help, Ryan's story comes full circle.
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The one is the one who will treat me like a prince. She'll do all this for me, because I will do all of this for her. She will be my princess, and more. I will sacrifice everything, for her. That is how I will know."
When I finished speaking there was a moment of complete silence. She turned to me a little and inhaled like she was going to speak. I put my finger on her lips and whispered "Shhh. Let me admire your eyes, and the utter awesomeness I see within them."
I'll take this.
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While defending himself against accusations of being a homophobe Buffalo businessman-turned-candidate-for-governor Carl Paladino mentioned that he has gay people working for him including a gay nephew. Since then that nephew has been staying out of the public eye.
Eyewitness News has tried unsuccessfully to contact Paladino's nephew. Then on Tuesday, some New York City-based newspaper employees went even further in their efforts to reach the nephew by staking out his Kenmore home. Someone called police and the photographers were told to stay back from the house.
Paladino was angry a couple of weeks ago when he said a New York City-based photographer was staking out his daughter's home. Eyewitness News has reached out to Paladino's campaign to see if there is any comment about this latest stakeout of a relative, but so far the campaign has not responded.


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Over-60s get in the swing at Kirkgate
Last updated at 20:45, Thursday, 29 March 2012
More than 60 people attended an afternoon of jazz and swing at the Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth last Thursday, in the latest in a series of events aimed at the over-60s.
The series, organised by Arts and Allsorts, have featured film, theatre, music and other activities with refreshments laid on.
The idea is to provide entertainment and social events for older people, particularly those who feel isolated and unwilling to go out in the evenings.
Jazz band Swing Thing performed.
Janet Sheppard, 71, of St Helen's Street, said: "We came for the music and dancing and thoroughly enjoyed it. The last event was wonderful and we will be coming back."
David Holt, 66, of Dale View, Cockermouth, said: "I enjoy most sorts of music and I have been coming since the start."
Gilli Goodfellow, community engagement officer at the Kirkgate, and charity Age UK has organised the over-60s events.
She said: "We want to encourage more people to come along."
Future events include a fascinator hat workshop on April 19 and the film Ladies in Lavender on May 17.
For more information, call 01900 829966.
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This is a summary of reports issued since 1947 under the aegis of the National Research Council's Committee on Vision. An abstract summarizing the contents of each report is provided together with information to assist the reader in obtaining copies of the information about early research efforts in such classic areas of vision science as visual search, form discrimination, and aging--together with current problems such as the use of video display terminals. The book will aid vision scientists in gaining a thorough understanding of the recent historical context of vision research.
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Nonprofits Today: Understanding the Sectors Changing Landscape
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Nonprofit leaders, managers, and sector switchers will benefit from this fast-paced exploration of todays nonprofit sector. Learn about the broad range of institutions that occupy the social space between the market and the state*, and what holds them together. Participants will discuss the specific functions of nonprofits in society, their economic and political impact and major trends that are changing the face of nonprofit organizations as we know them. The goal of this course is to facilitate increased knowledge of the nonprofit sector that prepares the learner to lead and manage strategically in a rapidly changing environment.
This intensive five-week course explores the following topics:
Defining Nonprofits and the Nonprofit Sector: Origins, Scope, Subsectors and Values.
Understanding the Changing Landscape of the Social Sector.
Nonprofits: The Fastest Growing Sector in the U.S. Economy.
Demystifying the Political Role of Nonprofits.
Facing the Future: The Innovative Nonprofit.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of readings and assigned learning activities, students will be able to:
Recognize the wide range of terms and definitions used for nonprofit organizations today and how nonprofits fit in between the market and the state.
Explain the key functions of nonprofits.
Recognize the social, economic and political impact of nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and beyond.
Identify major trends affecting nonprofits today and interpret their significance for the organization where you work or volunteer.
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Special features of this course:
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Studio activities offer opportunities for new and experienced practitioners to cultivate practical skills.
Original case studies and problem-based learning activities.
In-depth weekly discussions on the real-life challenges and opportunities of leading nonprofits.
A small class size generally limited to 25 participants.
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surrounded: a (chill) mix
for the eldest who know what they potentially might become;
for the ones who aren't whole when by themselves;
when the other half is on the edge of death;
but mostly for when you need to breath and think about when things were so much simpler
on the wagon (part i)
for those of us who don't have days off, who are told at hogwarts that "it's probably best if you just stay in the canteen for the next five years", who know that each day on the wagon means everyone's waiting for us to fall off.
alternatively;;(a mitchell mix to get us through the day and a reminder to surround ourselves with good)
listen ;;
from ritz to rubble - arctic monkeys
but now the haze has ascended; it don't make no sense anymore
i won't let you down - the subways
you saw my heart so what does it look like?; it's not what you do but how it gets done; and now i've had my fun
venus in furs - the velvet underground
i am tired; i am weary; i could sleep for a thousand years
down the burning ropes - james vincent mcmorrow
as i clean the knife for the very last time; i think she knows; i think she knows; oh my god
such a fool - 22-20's
you hurt the ones you love the most; every time you lose your head
bones - young guns
they say the spirit's willing; but the flesh is always weak; i found everything i needed; right beneath my skin
fell in love with a girl - the white stripes
i said i must be fine 'cause my heart's still beating
i'm not human at all - sleep party people
it's not your fault; it's my own fault; i'm not human at all; i have no heart
i really have no excuse for this fanmix, other than i was sorely disappointed at the lack of lady teams in pacific rim. so i made this. the jaeger in the picture was made using this app and it's what i imagine my and ruth's jaeger would look like. AH YEAH, SON. BOMB DIGGITY.
girls just wanna (operate heavy machinery); a lady jaeger pilots fanmix [listen][download]
1. seek & destroy/bassnectar 2. heads will roll/yeah yeah yeahs 3. problem/natalia kills 4. bad girls (n.a.r.s. remix)/m.i.a. ft. azealia banks & missy elliott 5. my songs aren't sentient beings/dr. brixx 6. bow down (i been on)/beyoncé 7. pass that dutch/missy elliott 8. she's a genius/jett 9. one girl revolution (battle mix)/superchick 10. bad reputation (cover)/halfcocked 11. woo hoo/ke$ha 12. girls just wanna have fun (cover)/scary mansion
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《 this is berk, john powell ∙ the dwarves explore, jamie christopherson ∙ the rite, lisa gerrard ∙ roll tide, hans zimmer ∙ hymn to red october, basil poledouris ∙ dragon battle, john powell ∙ ebla, e.s. posthumus ∙ the bridge of khazad-dum, howard shore ∙ dark ironforge, cataclysm ∙ salvete virgines, hans zimmer ∙ the pride of the dwarves, jamie christopherson 》LISTEN | DOWNLOAD
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GIRL INTERRUPTED | [listen here] [download here] | (crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. it's you or me amplified.)
i. кулинария - LAKE R▲DIO | ii. silent machine - cat power | iii. c unseen sea - dillon | iv. sugar - 2:54 | v. dark messages - air | vi. holy holy - wye oak | vii. hearing damage - thom yorke | viii. stranglin' you too - slug guts | ix. u.r.a fever - the kills | x. paranoid android - radiohead | xi. violent games - poliça | xii. hysteria - muse | xiii. blindness - metric | x. sh8kr- headless horseman | xiv. kill of the night - gin wigmore
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Because I'm Tired Of Hearing "Jingle Bells"
aka i did a thINg.
I decided to make a Christmas Holiday compilation album for all of us non-traditionalists out there. Really, I consider myself a person of the new age, and I really think that's reflected in these emotional words and lyrics.
ho ho hO MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS AHAHAHA
Hanukkah Song — Adam Sandler
Suck On My Cock — Matt Rogers
Don't Shoot Me Santa — The Killers
Dick In A Box (Feat. Justin Timerlake) — The Lonely Island
O Holy Night — Eric Cartman
Happy Holidays, You Bastard — Blink 182
Walking 'Round In Women's Underwear — Bob Rivers
A Christmas Story — Snoop Dogg
{Part One}
01. Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
02. Back in Black - AC/DC
03. Chery Pie - Warrant
04. Carry on My Wayward Son - Kansas
05. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
06. Walk Away - James Gang
07. Rocky Montain Way - Joe Walsh
08. Don't Look Back - Boston
09. Ranblin'Man - Allman Brothers Band
10. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
11. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
12. Crazy Circles - Bad Company
13. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's
14. Suger We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy
15. Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mamas and the Papas
16. Back in time - Huey Lewis and the News
17. Hocus Pocus - Focus
18. Fly By Night - Rush
19. Foreplay, Long Time - Boston
20. I've Got The World On a String - Frank Sinatra
{Part Two}
21. Speaking in Tongues - Eagles of Death Metal
22. Thunderstuck - AC/DC
23. Renegade - Styx
24. All Right Now - Fee
25. Renegade - Styx
26. All Right Now - Free
27. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
28. Cold As Ice - Foreigner
29. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
30. Bad Time - Grand Funk Railroad
31. We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
32. In a Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
33. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
34. Cant Fight this Feeling - REO Speedwagon
35. Back On The Road Again - REO Speedwagon
36. The Crystal Ship - The Doors
37. Too Daze Gone - Billy Squier
38. Key to the Highway - Eric Clapton & B.B. King
39. Heat of The Moment - Asia
{Part Three}
40. What a Wonderful World - Joey Ramone
41. Surrender - Cheap Trick
42. Lodi - Creedence Clearwater
43. Rock Of Ages - Def Leppard
44. Wheel In The Sky - Journey
45. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
46. Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
47. Down on Love - Jamie Dunlap
48. Hot Blooded - Foreigner
49. Green Peppers - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
50. Look at You - Screaming Trees
51. Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd
52. Downhearted Blues - Son House
53. Fell on Black Days - Soundgarden
54. Down on the Street - The Stooges
55. Hey You - Bachman Turner Overdrive
56. Fire of Unknown Origin - Blue Oyster Cult
57. Bad Seed - Brimstone Howl
58. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain & Tennile
59. Lady in Red - Chris De Burgh
60. Peace of Mind - Boston
{Part Four}
61. Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith
62. Every Rose has its Thorn - Poison
63. Crossroad Blues - Rory Block
64. Bang Your Head - Quiet Riot
65. Knockin on Heavens Door - Bob Dylan
66. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
67. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
68. Shambala - Three Dog Night
69. No one like you - Scorpions
70. 40,000 Miles - Goodnight City
71. Burning for You - Blue Oyster Cult
72. Time has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
73. Dead or Alive - Sam and Dean (this is the audio of them singing)
74. O Death - Remix for the CW (That fucking awesome death song)
75. Slow Ride - Foghat
76. God's Gonna Cut you Down - Johnny Cash
77. Gimme Back My Bullets - Lynyrd Skynyrd
78. Love the Way you Lie - Skylar Grey (this one never played on supernatural but I think it has everything to do with the show haha)
79. Eye of The Tiger - Survivor
Download Links
MediaFire Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4
Depositfiles Parts 1 and 2
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a broken hallelujah ; dean/cas fanmix. [x]
01. MUMFORD & SONS - i gave you all
02. JOSHUA JAMES - water run
03. THE ANTLERS - kettering
04. WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY - fare thee well
05. BIRDY - skinny love
06. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - cosmic love
07. BON IVER - holocene
08. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - what the water gave me
09. ACTIVE CHILD - hanging on
10. SCALA & KOLACNY BROTHERS - heartbeats
11. MODEST MOUSE - bukowski
12. IMOGEN HEAP - hallelujah
→ view at lj
i gave you all ohmygoddd
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Morning After Dark
A Batman/Catwoman Fanmix
1. Paradise Circus - Massive Attack
"love is like a sin, my love."
2. Government Hooker - Lady Gaga
"cause I know you love me, baby."
3. I Think I'm Paranoid - Garbage
"maim me, tame me, you can never change me.
love me, like me, come ahead & fight me."
4. Help Me - Macy Gray
"some say I'm bad, some say I'm good,
some, they think I'm just a psycho broad,
but I'm just misunderstood."
5. The Hunter Gets Captures By The Game - Massive Attack
"secretly I been tailing you,
like a fox that preys on a rabbit."
6. Tigerlily - La Roux
"I can see you burning with desire for a kiss."
7. Morning After Dark - Timbaland
"when the cats come out, the bats come out to play."
8. Mercenary - Panic! at the Disco
"in love I've always been a mercenary."
9. Red Flags & Long Nights - She Wants Revenge
"she looked into my eyes & a voice said run."
10. Ricochet! - Shiny Toy Guns
"like a bullet meant to be shot, you're the target, dead on the spot.
when I focus I never miss, it starts with a kiss."
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Remack Mobile Training Center tours U.S., Canada
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You can carry a knife and still trust everyone.
Carry it in your mouth.
Everytime you open it,
We await the sharpening noise of worship.
Cry out into the darkness
The sermon that doesn't cease:
You cannot be abandoned.
You can only be released.
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It should've jolted him from his chair, prompted him to rush to his smartphone to check the Chargers' roster. But Omon hesitated. He was scared. If he took that step, there was no turning back. He'd have to call Ogemdi Nwagbuo, but what if he rejected him? Or didn't believe him? After pacing for 20 minutes, Omon decided he had nothing to lose. He clicked on the website and found the face and name. Ogemdi Nwagbuo, defensive end, 6-foot-4, 312 pounds. Born in 1985, just like Omon.
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Sex offender registrant accused of raping girl
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A convicted sex offender faces new charges in Shenandoah County Circuit Court accusing him of raping and sodomizing a four-year-old girl.
Richard Owen Keller, 36, whose address was listed as 481 Stover Ave., Strasburg in the state sex offender registry, is also charged with using an inanimate object for sexual penetration and eight counts of failing to register as a sex offender.
Shenandoah County authorities said Friday that state police arrested Keller earlier this month after he was indicted and failed to appear in court. They said he has remained in jail without bond since then.
Commonwealth's Attorney Amanda Wiseley said she was withholding further information about the allegations against Keller until later court proceedings.
Online court records list the date of Keller's alleged offenses as March 23. The alleged failures to report as a sex offender span a period from Aug. 7, 2011 to June 15, 2012.
The state police's sex offender registry states that Keller was convicted of indecent assault and aggravated indecent assault on May 12, 2000 in Blair County Circuit Court in Pennsylvania. The victim in both cases was a child, according to the registry.
Keller initially appeared on the Virginia sex offender list on March 14, 2005, according to the registry. The registry classifies him as a violent offender.
Sex offenders classified as violent are required to re-register with the state police every 90 days after their initial registration.
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What a sick piece of sh!t! These people cannot be rehabilitated and should have a special prison to house them all. If it were my child, he would never make it to trial. But he will probably not go to trial anyway because the commonwealth's attornies are lazy and plea the dirtbags out.
Whoever takes this guy to the wood shed can count on free commisary money for life!
I have said this before and I will say it again... If someone else holds them, I will do the cutting! After a fair trial of course. And I won't waste to much time here but I heard the intellectual guy, can't remember all of his...Chadwick something...had his case tossed by Logan. I don't know the specifics but at what point do we err on the side of caution for our kids lives? I won't share my best idea as this whole comment would be scrapped by the NVD and maybe get a knock on my door.
I would like to be the judge, the jury, and executioner for these type of human waste, because I would garauntee you they would never ever touch another child and they would never even think about any kind of sex anymore. they would be in to much pain to think about having sex. If it was my child that this peice of waste touched I know that I would be the judge, the jury, and executioner and WE THE PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS TRASH FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.... This isn't no threat it is a promise ......
I agree with you 100% but we cant take the law into our own hands. If you did, we might not be supporting him, but, we would be supporting you. We need good people like yourself on the outside to try and change laws that keep this sick trash in our society. It takes a long time to get laws changed and it seems judges keep letting people off with the minimum amount of punishment. It sickens me to think how many children have to be hurt ,tortured, and killed before our laws change and judges start imposing maximum sentencing. Our children are supposed to be our most valuable resource for the worlds future,yet our laws do very little to protect them.
The moral decay in this Country is becoming more shameful and disgusting every day. We certainly are not doing enough to protect our children. We can blame everyone (parents, the legal system, the community, the family and all the rest). However, it is the innocent that suffer forever. These people do not seem to ever be rehabilitated and should be dealt with accordingly.
Before blaming judges for imposing minimum sentences, check out the sentencing guidelines they have to use in determining those sentences. Too often, I think judges hands are tied when imposing a sentence. They are bound by those guidelines and have to provide a seriously mass amount of justification for deviating from them.
The guidleines are established by the legislators. The Virginia Supreme Court enforces those guidelines through each court jurisdiction. The judges will enforce the guidelines that are recommended by law. That does not mean the maximum prescribed by law. If you want harsher sentences, it is up to each one of us to demand harsher guidelines through our state representatives.
Deeds not words! Too many poeple want to complain about what should be done, but do nothing in furthering those thoughts. However, beware of what you ask for. Harsher sentences=longer incarceration periods. Longer periods=more jail cells. More jail cells=more jails. If you're not willing to pay for the ends, your argument as to the means will fall on def ears.
Myself, I would prefer the re-instituting of a gallows on the court house lawn. Any takers??
First and foremost, throw the Grand Wazoo in the same cell as Keller and lose the key! "Unfortunately not that long ago using an "object" wan't considered rape. Where are we going???" Seriously?!?!?!?!?!?!? The victim is a a 4 yr old CHILD!!!!!!! And this guy assaulted at least one other child previously!!!
Yes, Gail, we realize that parents can and usually do try their best. Still, the greatest responbility for our children rests or SHOULD rest primarily with the parents. We have learned this all too well with our own children and now grandchildren. What an awesome responsibility this can sometimes be. There us so much out there to be aware of and consider. The children are our future and must be protected from these ANIMALS.
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How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed
Feeling overwhelmed is such a familiar strategy to me. Do you know the feeling? It's all too much, you don't know where to start, there is more to do than you can possibly get done, it's all coming at you at once, you feel stuck, paralysed, overloaded, weighed down, unable to choose between two or many more tasks, confronted with insurmountable obstacles, as if you're wading through mud. It all looks like a big mess, sounds like a bunch of noise, feels chaotic and a logical way through is not obvious.
Did you notice I just called it a strategy? It's inevitable that my coaching training will start to appear in my articles. If you tell a life coach that you're feeling overwhelmed, she is likely to ask you how choosing to run that strategy is working for you. Huh? You mean I'm choosing it? Does that imply that the answer to the question: "how do I stop feeling overwhelmed" is simply don't choose to do it?
And what about the rest of that coaching question – how is it working for you? You might think initially that it obviously isn't working for you, but on closer inspection you will find that running this strategy or pattern is working for you on some level. There is a payoff. We're getting something out of it.
What could we possibly be getting out of it? There are endless possibilities. Some possible secondary gains are getting attention, having an excuse to avoid things, the ability to blame externals rather than take responsibility, creating drama, being right, making others feel guilty, forcing a decision we are unwilling to make consciously or know is not best for us, taking an easy way out. Getting out of our automatic thinking and looking deeper for these possibilities is a very valuable thing to do. It can be confronting and uncomfortable to consider these possibilities. If so, you may well be onto something.
Why on earth would we engage in such ridiculous behaviour and make things difficult for ourselves like this? Surely we are smart enough not to fall for such illogical and silly reasons for making a choice which does not serve us. This is where it gets really interesting. There are deeper reasons for the things we do which are not always easy to see. There may be fears or beliefs affecting us which we are not consciously aware of.
Whilst addressing these deeper issues is a wonderful goal and well worth pursuing, we can make massive improvements to how we are functioning in our lives simply by being aware that these things exist.
So getting back to feeling overwhelmed, or choosing to run an overwhelm strategy, simply being aware that we have a choice and that there is a reason we have been making this choice opens up new options and possibilities to us.
You can ask yourself how you do it. How do you know when to start doing the overwhelm? What is the first step you take? What do you tell yourself? What happens in your body?
When identifying what you tell yourself, for example "I'm too tired, I'll never get all that done, it's just too much for me, I'm too depressed, how do they possibly expect me to cope with all that, it isn't fair, I can't believe nobody else has touched this, they'll be sorry if I get sick and can't do anything, I just need a week off to get it done properly, I'll be able to start when ..blah blah... is sorted out, and blah blah is not my fault and out of my control, I haven't got the right coloured pens, if only the widgets weren't so crooked and faulty I'd be able to do it, why doesn't somebody see how much stress I'm under....." you might feel embarrassed, ashamed, in denial, surprised and so on. You will see clues to your secondary gains.
What do you see when you look at the stuff that is overwhelming you? Do you see an insurmountable, impossible situation that nobody could possibly deal with? Do you see the scariest pile of papers in the universe? Or is it just, for example, stuff which can be put away in cupboards, possibly fill a mini skip, fill four boxes for the charity shop. Or just a pile which you are pretty sure contains the gas bill, the note that tells you which day is your child's library day, some class notes you'd like to file so you can easily refer to them and 70% stuff you can glance at and chuck out. Do you see a wardrobe or closet bulging with pain and misery and evidence of your shortcomings, or just some clothes that don't fit you, some that were a bad selection, some that need cleaning and repairing and some that you love and wear often.
When you recognize these things going on, it's not a reason to give yourself more negative talk and start blaming and criticizing yourself. You need not choose to use this as evidence to back up some silly belief that you are all useless. Instead, you can recognize that it took some guts for you to face this, and that you are pretty cool to be brave enough to really have a go at looking outside your little box of familiarity. You can choose to see that this is exciting and means you have other options.
What if you chose to find it hilariously funny, to be amused and laugh out loud at the crazy things you've been telling yourself. What if the fact that it seems so funny, simple, harmless and small means that it's easy for you to take control? What if?
What if you could think of different things to tell yourself which were empowering? What if you look at how you approach your life as a game, and have fun seeing how well you can do. What if you just wondered how sane you could be today, and took pleasure in every little victory, and noticed victories all over the place.
"I put a load of washing on – yay! Clap, cheer, woo hoo!"
"I'm making my bed! I'm so awesome. Thanks me. That will be nice tonight."
"I'm choosing to pay this bill now, because I'm so amazing I know this one matters the most right now and all those other papers don't have any power over me, they're just paper."
"Yeeee har! I just made that phone call I'd been dreading and it only took five minutes and hardly hurt at all."
"I'm on such a roll here I might just walk the dog. It'll feel good. Yeah, why not. Here boy..."
Does that make you feel silly? Does it feel good? Do you feel any resistance?
What if you did feel some resistance but you chose to do it anyway, because you can see that you will do better choosing the new way, and that the resistance is just some fear nagging at you. Fear that stops you walking into traffic protects you. Fear that stops you getting on with your life – well, that's a whole other article, but well, it won't hurt you – you can just choose to feel it and carry on anyway.
And here's a nice little piece of logic for you: If you feel emotional discomfort about doing something you know you need to do or want to do, the discomfort abates after you have taken the action. If you wait for the discomfort to disappear before you act, you will be waiting a long time and you will not experience change. Aha! Could you be avoiding experiencing change? Hmmmm...
So what breaks the cycle of overwhelm? Taking action of course. As I've mentioned before, don't decide to quit your job, send that email, buy that car, end that relationship etc when you're feeling angry, depressed etc. Important decisions require a clear head. But you need not let emotion hold you up from taking that box to the charity shop, doing the dishes, tidying up that cupboard, getting those tax papers together or emptying that rubbish bin.
The no brainer stuff where a perfectly good decision is already made, i.e. you show up for work, you follow certain procedures, you shower every day, you eat, you exercise, you tidy up after yourself, you read your study material, you take an action step on a project – does not have to be re-thought or re-considered every time it comes up. You just need to take action, and not allow your hilariously funny overwhelm strategy to get in your way.
Hey, leave a comment and share the silliest, funniest self talk you've used when running your own overwhelm strategy.
This is a really encouraging article!
Exactly what I need as my wardrobe is bulging with clothes that I need to attend to, the washing and ironing are way behind, not to even mention the paperwork. This has been such an overwhelming burden!
And it really made me laugh to know that I am not the only one postponing work/paperwork because I dont have the "right" stationary
My selftalk ranges from: I'll do it this evening when I am not so busy, and then: I'll do it on the weekend when I am not so tired and then: it is not really that bad - I can't do it all whilst working secularly! Which does not help as I feel guilty about it all the time. Yikes - everything is in a bit of a mess but I am quite determined to stop feeling sorry for myself and get myself into gear!
Thanks for a great article - making me recognize this as a strategy - my choice, was quite the eye opener. I am forwarding this one to my husband as we are both in this rut and in actual fact, we both hate a mess.
Many thanks for this.
But my self-talk when something like that happens is usually "I want this all done and I want it all done NOW!!! But, I found that when the self-determination kicks in, the routines and schedules come back in to focus and things get back to my "normal"......LOL! And I get very motivated but try not to overdo anything. I like to take my time and do things properly and completely, notwithstanding perfection.....that never happens but get as close as I can so the tasks don't have to be redone or repeated.
I love one thing my husband says about routine things....."It's easier to keep up than catch up".......That thought escapes me sometimes but when I remind myself, getting caught up is the motivating factor so that the next time it gets easier........Hope this makes sense!;-)
WELL DONE - you have summed up my life and now i need to go - got something i need to take care of NOW!
I have the perfect opportunity to use the strategy of anti-overwhelmism as things are in quite disarray after many of us taking turns being sick.
I love gardening. So I tell myself if I start and complete task A, B and C which might take about three hours then I allow myself to play in the garden for one to two hours.
Thanks Yvette
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I know this drives the Lidless Eye types crazy (which, of course, makes it all the more attractive to me to post), but it should be noted that the Church's basic posture toward Islam is this:
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16. Finally, those who have not yet received the Gospel are related in various ways to the people of God.(18*) In the first place we must recall the people to whom the testament and the promises were given and from whom Christ was born according to the flesh.(125) On account of their fathers this people remains most dear to God, for God does not repent of the gifts He makes nor of the calls He issues.(126); But the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator. In the first place amongst these there are the Mohamedans, who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind.
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3. The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all- powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth,(5) who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God. Though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they revere Him as a prophet. They also honor Mary, His virgin Mother; at times they even call on her with devotion. In addition, they await the day of judgment when God will render their deserts to all those who have been raised up from the dead. Finally, they value the moral life and worship God especially through prayer, almsgiving and fasting.
Since in the course of centuries not a few quarrels and hostilities have arisen between Christians and Moslems, this sacred synod urges all to forget the past and to work sincerely for mutual understanding and to preserve as well as to promote together for the benefit of all mankind social justice and moral welfare, as well as peace and freedom."
Many Catholics don't want to remember this, and prefer to indulge in American rah rah rhetoric disguised as theology, and make unwarranted declarations to the effect that Muslims "don't worship the same God we do" (as though there is another God). Nope. Muslims worship the One God, the only one there is. They have a very truncated understanding of him. And, as I will freely admit, the distorted understanding of God has led to a very popular, very evil, and very dangerous radicalism which must be opposed. But it remains the case even so that Islam can and does preserve some elements of real revelation which the Church is bound to affirm. These documents from Vatican II do not teach "We're all really saying the same thing." They do, however, affirm that there are some common elements between Catholic Faith and Islam which the Church can and must affirm, since they are aspects of her own Tradition, present in the Islamic tradition as well.
The problem with the zeal to declare that somebody outside your group is a "devil" or "doesn't worship the same God we do" is that you typically find yourself condemning everything about them, only to find that, in the process, you've condemned something about your own Tradition. This is unwise, particularly if your Tradition come from the mouth of the Incarnate God. You don't want to throw out chunks of it, merely to satisfy your urge to despise Muslims.