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The other day, my EeePC's internal SSD (hard drive) decided to start rejecting writes - looks like I wore it out. Not a huge surprise, the drive has been very slow of late, making me look unfaithfully at new machines in shop windows.
The death of the drive resulted in a minor flurry of hurried nerding, here in the lovely city of Sucre, Bolivia.
First, I decided to try replacing the drive (for now) with a cheap USB thumb-drive. I wandered the streets, eventually finding a shop which sold me a nice 32GB Sony memory stick, for 50 USD. It seemed like an OK price...
Too bad it didn't work: when I tried formatting the drive as half VFAT and half Linux ext2, the ext2 partition kept turning out to be unreadable. Googling for help, I discovered that I had fallen for a common scam: selling 1GB memory sticks which have been modified to claim to have 32x more space, happily discarding data written to most of it. Very, very nasty, I consider myself lucky I caught it so soon, before losing any data.
Unfortunately, I hadn't gotten a receipt, so I ended up resorting to a slightly asshole-ish trick to be sure I would get a refund: instead of complaining, I requested a belated receipt "for work...". As soon as the friendly woman in the shop handed it to me, I apologized, explained my problem (in broken Spanish), and demanded an exchange or refund. It worked, I got my money back and the shopkeeper was still smiling afterwards. Bolivians are nice - as I left I wondered to myself whether I had been the victim of the scam, or whether she had.
My second purchase was a 16GB Kingston stick, which worked fine. Again no receipt, this time because the person selling it was avoiding tax...
After migrating my data to its new home and verifying that everything more-or-less worked, I decided to perform a basic 'mod' and install both a hub and the thumb-drive inside the EeePC chassis itself.
The mod itself was good fun, although I am limited by the fact that I have no soldering iron, only a leatherman tool and plenty of tape. A true McGuyver mod!
I stripped all the plastic from a cheap ($7) USB hub/card-reader, stripped all the plastic from a USB bluetooth adapter given to me by my brother (why I've been carrying it around S-America I cannot say...) and somehow managed to squeeze all these gadgets, including a spare 1GB MMC card into empty spaces inside the EeePC's tiny shell. A short tail of USB cable now emerges from the Eee's bottom, which I've taped to the chassis and keep plugged into one of the external slots - when I have a soldering iron I'll be able to clean that up and connect everything internally.
At one point I thought I had bricked my laptop - it wouldn't boot at all. Ewelina's working Internet connection came to my rescue though, telling me that I could hard-reset the BIOS by shorting a pair of connectors hidden underneath a sticker hidden underneath the memory. Phew!
At another point, I couldn't understand why the memory card kept showing up as read-only - until I realized that the USB hub's on-board card-reader, really was only a reader, not also a writer. Odd, but no matter, I'm just storing applications on that card so day-to-day, read-only access is all I need.
So, to sum-up, over the past 48 hours I have replaced my EeePC's worn-out, dog-slow 16GB SSD with: one 16GB USB thumb drive, one 1GB MMC card, and 1 bluetooth adaptor. Also, my laptop no longer locks up for ages when programs try to write new files...
When I find a larger thumb drive for a reasonable price, I'll be able to upgrade further, and when I find a soldering iron, I'll be able to clean up the mod and free up enough physical space for a second thumb drive or some other USB gadget.
I'm thinking an FM radio transmitter might be pretty cool...
That's just the hardware side though. The software side is at least as interesting.
The first trick, was to get the Ubuntu boot sequence to wait for all those USB devices to settle down before trying to run fsck or attach them to the file-system.
I solved this by adding a little script to /etc/rcS.d, which I named 'S29usbwait'. It's basically a loop which runs: dmesg |grep -c 'Attached SCSI removable disk' to count how many devices have been attached - when the number is 3, I know everything is ready.
The second problem was more subtle; I am under no illusions about the reliability of cheap USB flash drives. The more I write to the drive, the sooner it will suffer the same fate as the SSD it has replaced. So I made quite a few changes to the system to try and minimize writes.
The first change was to add the 'noatime' option to the fstab line for the memory stick. This is well documented and is pretty much standard practice. I also went with 'dirsync', which does the opposite (increases writes), but should reduce file-system corruption when the device decides to misbehave. (Comments on how dumb/clever this is, are most welcome).
But how to prevent truly unnecessary writes? Which programs are creating new files all the time, for no good reason?
Firefox is a well-known culprit, it has a disk cache, bookmarks, history and all sorts of session files. Online I found hints about how to move the disk cache to RAM (open up about: config and set browser.cache.disk.parent_directory to /dev/shm/bre or something like that).
But there's sure to be more, Firefox can't be the only bad-guy. So to figure out which files are being constantly created/changed, I turned to trusty old find: find . -mtime -1 -ls |less -S
This lists all the files in my home directory which have been created or modified within the past 24 hours. I can easily ignore the ones I'm actually working on and focus on the rest to look for things to tweak or turn off. The list was quite long.
I did find some more nasty Firefox stuff (read here about the urlclassifier bug, which sounds very bad for flash-media) and am experimenting with simply removing write access from files in the session directory (.mozilla/firefox/...). We'll see how many features I can break without noticing a difference.
However, it turns out the biggest file-writing culprit on my machine was Eclipse, which I use for Android development.
Eclipse is by default configured to automatically recompile code as it is edited, generating warnings and error-messages on the fly. This is actually quite a nice feature, which does a lot to make programming in Java less bothersome. However, it also generates dozens of files in the process, over and over and over again - pure evil from the point of view of my poor flash drive!
Looking through the Eclipse menus, I found that under Project > Properties, I could change the output path - so I changed it to a location in /var/tmp (actually a symlink from the project dir to /var/tmp), which just happens to be a RAM disk. This not only removes the write load from my flash drive, it also makes Eclipse quite a bit snappier. Score!
Eclipse also seems to like editing a whole pile of files in ~/.eclipse. History and settings, no doubt. To stop that nonsense I simply ran chmod -R -w ~/.eclipse. So far Eclipse hasn't complained.
There are also a bunch of KDE configuration files that seem to get updated quite frequently, but as I suspect they are providing useful UI features, I've left them alone for now. If I change my mind later, they also will get the chmod -w treatment.
Hopefully these hints will show up in search engines and help someone out.
I've seen dozens of articles mentioning individual optimization techniques, tweaks and hacks, but just running find and having a look at what is being changed, and then using chmod and symlinks to take control of the situation was nowhere mentioned - and yet I think it is a much more complete and 'sustainable' approach.
Did I just invent it, or is it just too obvious for tech journalists to mention in their articles?
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I'm glad I made eight tapes I'll play them back home when I'm out of kefi. ATHENS, May 28, 1979. The President of France arrives, the Prime Ministers of Belgium, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands�it's the day to sign the papers that will make Greece a full member of the EEC, the European Economic Community. Prime Minister Karamanlis beams. This has been his dream (page 386). He points to achievements since 1974�political stability, social peace, economic progress, all within the framework of a healthy democracy. Accession to the EEC, linking the country to the mainstream of Europe, will stabilize these blessings. He calls it the most important political step in the history of modern Glasgow flats. Papandreou of PASOK is against it. It will be bad for farmers, he says, erode Greek sovereignty, and enslave Greeks to foreign capital. Wait till we're in power, there'll be a referendum! Communist posters depict a menacing Uncle Sam behind it all. Police stand alert to arrest demonstrators at once. Chaired by the prime minister, the government decrees new, staggered working hours for banks and civil servants; it means a lot of people won't be able to start For home until four or five in the afternoon! This is announced as an energy-saving measure, to cut the four rush hours to two. A banker says it has something to do with EEC too�we must have working hours more like those of the other countries. "High time we joined Europe." Bank workers strike, then there's a compromise. But the government says there'll be further radical changes in long-established practices. Will this mean the end of the afternoon sleep, of extra income? Tavernas must now close at 2 a.m. Will this depress the national output of kefi? A Greek friend says no way. The other side of kefi is anisichia, a feeling of disquiet, being worried. A civil servant says that in Greek life, conditioned by Greek history, there's a lot of that. From the Prespa lakes to Dhidhimotikhon, old people have had to remake their lives three times. "We still feel as if Greece is an island, just nine million Greeks surrounded by the sea and not-friendly nations, by a great uncertainty. We are full of suspicion … there's nobody we can trust." He means that Greeks have always had to depend on allies who eventually let them down. The Americans too, and NATO I've been hearing that a lot. Those were NATO weapons from America the Turks used on Cyprus�why didn't Kissinger stop them? President Carter has been the latest disappointment, sending Turkey so many dollars and weapons. "Many of us play double scenes, our real self, within the family. In public we act another way, we play around, and we strike a pose, well meaning, hospitable. But the real feeling is fear." The same day, a much traveled young businessman tells me he's often been totally fed up with all the problems and anxieties here. He's thought of going to live abroad, he's confident he'd do very well. "But something holds me back. There's something special about the sea and the sun and the light, about the total environment. Here you really feel a full human being. With all the faults and all the good things, you feel you're experiencing life fully." AND SO siga, siga�slowly, slowly� I've learned a little about what it is to be Greek. That there is bitterness and despair in the 19th-century "Hymn to Liberty" by Dionysius Solomon, which after independence became the national anthem; but that above all there is resurrection, and faith that Greenness shall survive. Every Greek child learns that at the bridge of Alamana, not far from Thermopylae where Leonia�s and 300 Spartans stood to the end against the Persians in 480 B.C., 700 Greeks were overwhelmed by the Turks in 1821. And of their leader, the Deacon Athanasius, impaled on a spit like a lamb and roasted alive… . The contemporary poet Yantis Rises sings, "Don't weep for Greek hood … it is rising again, brave and fierce�piercing the beast with the spear of the sun!" Could it be that knowing the worst engenders striving for the best? To be indomitable, to be joyous that to get the most out of life in this beautiful terrible world.
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Hi Everybody,
This is my first post in this forum hope I will get some great help from your guys. Could you please me write an effective email to my boss regarding pending salary, Below email I typed myself please tell me if there is anything need to change or add.
My salary has been pending since May this is the 5th month going on, As we all have families being the eldest son I have so many responsilities on my shoulders I've not paid the room rent from the last two months, I've not sent money back home from the last 3 consecutive months, I never thought I will ever be needed to write you for salary but now it is something which I m desperately waiting for. Please help me I m so depressed.
I m looking farward to hear from you soon.
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dear Navistar,
here goes the mail for you:
This is to bring to your kind notice the non-receipt of my salary since May 2009. I request you to kindly look into the same and facilitate early release of my dues as one payment. If it is difficult for the company to release the same at one go, request that the payment be made in 2-3 instalments (But paid early) and paid up to date. As salaried employee, I have commitments due for which I have not made payment since May 2009 and am being followed by my creditors. I apologise for the unnecessary course of events, which has forced me to raise this issue and draw it to your attention.
I would appreciate an early settlement of my dues and thank you in advance for a positive reply.
navistar - Member Since: Oct 2008
Thank you very much ramesh It is awesome I'd welcome more replies from other users. Thank you
Natureal - Member Since: Mar 2009
e no easy to job without pay o. my bro...wen d tree falls d birds demsef will look for another resting place o...begin find o...
evprabhu - Member Since: Jul 2006
I have liberty myself to bring to your notice that ---
I have been n tghis firm for the last -- Yrs/Months , Have done the job entire satisfaction of my superiors, what ever the assignment assigned me for task has been carried out without pending.
i'm wondering what went wrong and where kindly inform me so that i can rectify the things and deliver the goods.
Due to non-receipt of salary from May , Im facing severe problem of domestic evnts.
Kindly grant me and do oblige please.
ev prabhu
bodhsagar - Member Since: Sep 2009
Hi i want to know can i check the status of my provident fund please help to understand that..... thanks...
sejalm2001 - Member Since: Apr 2008
Hi, U and me are sailing in the same boat. We also have not got salary since June-09. Regards, Sejal
prashant_umathe - Member Since: Sep 2009
Dear, I Think you should ask for advance and not for salary .It will get credited automatically in case of failure for refund. Prashant
maheshb79hr - Member Since: Feb 2008
Hello Navistar,
You shall write it the way Mr. Ramesh had meant. That is an impressive one. Again you shall also find the reason for the non payment. If it is in regards to the Company's present market situation, then you shall start looking for a new work place....
nimesh.manani - Member Since: Jun 2009
I think u should write u have not given me salary from last 3 years. ur boss will reply hey man u r lying u r not paid since may 09 its only 5 months, take ur salary u lier.
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#13 for the Detroit Red Wings is arguably the most important player for the team. He hasn't played since the Winter Classic on January 1st and the exact nature of the injury hasn't been revealed. One assumes this is because it's something that can be targeted. Pavel Datsyuk hasn't had much of a timeline for a return, which makes his dedication to performing in the olympics… well… curious…
According to a Steve Simmons article in the Toronto Sun, Datsyuk is still planning on going to Sochi for the Olympics, regardless of whether or not he's made his NHL return. This has irritated some fans, much like a parent would be irritated if their child was too sick to go to school but was suddenly healthy enough to play with their friends later that afternoon. According to the Simmons article, Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland had this to say:
"Am I worried?" said Holland. "Of course, I'm worried. But I understand what an opportunity this is for every Russian and every other player. Pavel has a decision to make and I understand that it's his decision and I respect that it's his decision."
On the one hand, this had me a little bit perturbed at Pavel Datsyuk. If I had to call out of work because a doctor said I wasn't in the right shape to work, and then I suddenly turned around and did something very similar to my job for a charity or something, my boss would probably be pretty annoyed. (I think two analogies is enough, moving on). The NHL is Pavel Datsyuk's job, it's what he's paid to do, and it should be the number one priority. To say that you can't do your job for a month and a half, then take two weeks to go do your job somewhere else, seems a bit backwards.
But on the other hand, suppose the Red Wings were going to try to stop Pavel Datsyuk. What would they do? They can't ground him and send him to his room. If Datsyuk is determined to participate in Sochi, he'll show up come hell or high water. Then what? The Red Wings aren't going to suspend him for participating in the Olympics. The Red Wings don't have much of a choice other than to respect Datsyuk's decision and go along with whatever his plan is.
At the same time, maybe supporting Datsyuk is the best thing to do. Ken Holland and Mike Ilitch are the sort of guys that have always understood that there's more to life that hockey, and certainly more than NHL hockey. The Winter Olympics only come around once every four years. Having your home country host said Winter Olympics is something that happens once in a lifetime, if at all. Oh and did I mention that Datsyuk is Team Russia's captain? This is an incredible opportunity for Pavel Datsyuk and if Team Russia can win gold (which they might) it could very well be the highlight of Datsyuk's career. To deprive him of that opportunity would seem criminal, even if the team could REALLY use him right now.
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Aug. 02--Who am I to contradict Errol Morris and Werner Herzog? But I found "The Act of Killing," the scathing documentary the two acclaimed filmmakers have endorsed, a long, at times disgusting and frequently boring and monotonous slog.
There is a difference between content and quality, and this film is poster boy for that idea. While it is important to know about the atrocities committed by a corrupt anti-communist government, the product of a military coup aided by the West that hired paramilitary organizations and gangsters in the 1960s to kidnap and kill supposed communists, eventually wiping out about 1 million people, it does not help that the package is so deeply flawed. This nonfiction film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn and an anonymous Indonesian filmmaker comes across like an episode of "Punk'd."
Comprised entirely of recent talking head interviews, for the most part with the avowed killers Anwar Congo and Herman Koto, the film depicts the making of a movie chronicling and celebrating the mass murders of Congo and Koto, starring the two perpetrators, one of them in hot pink drag. Film buff Congo claims Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and John Wayne as inspirations and to have been influenced by American gangster movies in the manner in which he conducted his killings, for what it's worth.
The best thing about "The Act of Killing" may be the quotation from Voltaire in praise of war that begins the film, along with a beautiful and bizarre recurring sequence featuring dancers and a lakeside building in the shape of a giant fish. Most of the rest of it is a film about a bad, low-budget film being made about the two mass murderers. Congo is said to be "haunted" by the memory of what he did, has nightmares and talks about "the vengeance of the dead" and "karma." For his part, Koto says it was war. While one interviewee makes the point that "war crimes are declared by the winners," no one speaks for the victims and no archival footage or photographs of the atrocities are produced.
If these killers are so open about their crimes, why is there no real evidence of them in this film?
Or did the filmmakers decide not to include it?
("The Act of Killing" contains gruesome and ghoulish re-enactments of war crimes and a scene in which Congo wretches for several minutes.)
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Technical signals suggest that two of the most oversold stocks on the Nasdaq 100 appear close to bottoming out while two other high yield tech plays also look attractive as we head into earnings season.
The sharp gains last Friday in the overall market, especially the financial sector, helped stabilize the stock market after its six-day slide. Still, further gains are needed this week to keep the rally from the June lows from failing.
If the recent correction is indeed a buying opportunity, the Nasdaq-100 stocks that are closest to their weekly Starc- bands is a good place to look for stocks to put on our buy list.
Those stocks that are closest to the weekly Starc- band are lower-risk buys than those that are close to the Starc+ bands. On the top of the list is BMC Software (BMC), which is just 4.8% above its weekly Starc- band. This is in contrast to Seagate Technology (STX), which is up 19% from the June lows and is 23.6% above its weekly Starc- band.
Each of the 15 stocks that are at the top of the list were then examined to determine whether their intermediate term relative performance and the volume analysis was positive. The monthly and daily analysis are also reviewed as the monthly charts can be quite helpful in determining key support levels and in assessing the risk of new long positions.
Chart Analysis: BMC Software (BMC) is a $6.37 billion application software company that reports earnings on July 31. BMC peaked at $45.76 in May and traded as low as $38.76 last week. This was fairly close to the weekly Starc- band at $37.94.
- The 50% Fibonacci retracement support from the January lows was reached last week, with the 61.8% support at $37
- The relative performance has dropped below its WMA, but did confirm the recent highs
- The weekly on-balance volume (OBV) has just pulled back to good support (line b) and the rising WMA
- The monthly OBV did make new highs in June
- There is initial resistance now at $40.50 to $41, with stronger levels in the $43 area
Intel (INTC) is a bellwether technology stock that reports its earnings after the close on July 17. The second-quarter revenue warning from AMD (AMD) has the chip sector nervous, and put more focus on INTC, which closed on the lows last week.
- INTC has good support now in the $27 to $27.70 area, with monthly support going back to late 2011 in the $23 to $22.50 area
- The RS line has dropped sharply in the past two weeks and has broken its uptrend (line e), as INTC has been weaker than the S&P 500
- The RS line did confirm the recent highs
- The weekly OBV also made new highs in May, confirming the price action
- The OBV has dropped below its WMA, but is above long-term support (line f)
- The monthly OBV (not shown) does look much more positive
- There is initial resistance now at $26.80, with stronger levels at $27.75. There is multi-year resistance at $29 (line c)
Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) shocked the street in late June with a disappointing outlook for earnings, even though the first-quarter results were better than expected. From the June high of $75.84, the stock hit a low of $59.76 last week.
- The weekly chart shows good support in the $59 area (line a), with the February low to follow at $57.58
- The relative performance analysis confirmed the recent highs before reversing, as it dropped below its WMA and the uptrend (line b)
- The weekly OBV is acting much stronger, as it is above its WMA and well above the long-term uptrend (line c)
- There is first resistance in the $63.70 to $65.70 area. Major resistance awaits in the $68 area
CA Technologies (CA) is a $12.2 billion application software company that currently yields 3.9%. The company reports earnings on July 26.
- The weekly chart shows that it completed a triangle formation (lines d and e) in early 2012
- There is next support in the $24.29 to $25.20 area, with stronger levels at $23.10 (line d)
- The relative performance has turned down from resistance (line f), and is now below its WMA
- The weekly OBV is below its WMA, but has important support now at line g
- The daily OBV (not shown) is below its WMA, but is trying to turn up
- A close above the resistance at $27.24 is needed to reassert the uptrend
What it Means: BMC Software (BMC) and Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) look closer to an important low—especially BBBY, as it has already reported earnings.
The longer-term analysis for Intel (INTC) does point to higher prices, but it may be vulnerable going into Tuesday's earnings report. CA Technologies (CA) looks attractive at lower levels due to its high yields and positive longer-term analysis.
How to Profit: For BMC Software (BMC), go 50% long at $38.22 and 50% long at $37.72, with a stop at $3622 (risk of approx. 4.6%) Cancel if not filled by July 27.
For Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), go 50% long at $59.22 and 50% long at $58.44, with a stop at $56.84 (risk of approx. 3.4%).
For CA Technologies (CA), go 50% long at $24.22 and 50% long at $23.68, with a stop at $22.94 (risk of approx. 4.2%).
Portfolio Update: For Intel (INTC), investors should be 50% long at $25.88 and 50% long at $25.44, with a stop at $23.94.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.Themes: sector, oversold, relative performance, OBV, on balance volume, technical analysis Stocks: BMC, BBBY, INTC, CA, SPYBack To TomAspray's Instablog HomePage »
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I'm so tired of hearing "You got kicked out of YOUR own band?!" or "Why did you quit Of Mice and just give up on us?!" For one, it was never MY band. Yes, I started it, and yes I was the "frontman" but there is no "I" in "TEAM." It was everyones band. Everyone played a part. Second, think of the me and Of Mice splitting up as two parents saying, "let's get a divorce so that our kids can have double the Christmas time" Ha! But, really. It was something that had to be done due to issues with my health that were/are taking so long. (I'll be posting another blog about that, shortly. Because everything has finally fallen into place with it, and I have set in stone dates!)
I haven't been able to tour since January and wouldn't even be able to until right as Warped would be ending. Wouldn't you still all want to see the band on the road? I do. Every member worked their butts off to get to where we are, and they weren't gonna slow down. I'm taking this time off to get my health up to par, spend time with family, write music I've always wanted, and get things accomplished I've wanted to for a very long time.
So, go see Of Mice on the road, and go out and support them. But as for me, I'm alive, happy, happily married, (will be) healthy, have amazing friends & fans, and a roof over my head. So I couldn't ask for more. Thanks to everyone who continually supports me, it seriously means so much. I'll be back soon. Promise. Thanks everyone!
Besides being a hard worker, a Veteran for the greatest country in the world, a great influential dad, an all American softball player, running for mayor in 2011, and owning/running the busiest/best electrical company in Colorado (sweet brag), I am proud of my father, and glad to call him my dad for one other reason.
Second video down, him & and my uncle, identical twins, get that hair, and keep it. Haha I love you Dad, if you're ever tired of being the raddest guy in town, remember you can move to LA and do acting because you have successfully swooned the sexiest woman in the world, sweet right? Even though she is your daughter in law. *Face palm*
"Of Mice & Men
Austin Carlile was the original lead singer of Attack Attack!, which after his departure went on to plant a flag at the intersection of screamo and synthesizers, turf that few bands covet. By those standards Mr. Carlile is a purist: a manic, maniac howler who likes his post-hardcore uncut. Of Mice & Men, the band he formed after the split, is pro forma, but brilliantly so: its self-titled album (on Rise) is sure to be one of the year's most bruising rock debuts. Mr. Carlile shouts, the guitarist Shayley Bourget interjects with cleanly sung vocals that provide structure and melody, and the band flirts with swampy Southern metal, a hint of slither beneath the rigor." -Printed April 4th 2010
Big words, descriptions I've never heard before, but stoked we got this paragraph written about us in their paper. I still don't like the Yankees though.
Put it all aside. I'll make something new soon. I promise. So no worries there. You'll all meet me on tour one day, but… In the mean time I just wanna get my health together, listen to Whitechapel and Drake, eat PF Changs, share amazing moments with my Wife, play some baseball, buy a new miniature dachshund, move to my own house, do a collab song with John Mayer, enjoy my new family, and simply enjoy living life.
So stop talking crap about so and so, stop saying Im joining some other band, stop trying to hurt my feelings, stop trying to hurt anyone else's feelings. Stop trying to make yourself sound like you know what youre talking about. This has NOTHING to do with anyone outside of the working realm of the original Of Mice. And no one outside of that realm's negative opinion or words mean anything to me, or even them for that matter.
Im sorry I won't be playing Warped with Of Mice, but in all honesty if I were to rush the surgery even like over a week ago, I wouldnt even be healthy enough to play the first two weeks of it. I would have needed a replacement for over 2 and a half tours. Thats crappy. I would have hopped on Warped and been out of shape and freshly cut open down the chest. I really hope you all can just relax. This is for the best, for all parties I believe.
Life is short. Life is to learn. Life is to love. I think this is the perfect opportunity for me to really get all I want out of it. After all, it is a ride, "dont spend the whole time waiting in line."
So much love to all my fans and supporters, and friends that I left behind to move out to California to start this. Everything happens for a reason. "One door closes, another opens."
So much love to all my haters too, make sure you spell my name right when you type it, I know who I am, I dont need you telling me otherwise. I have my past, Im sorry for most of it. Ive been a ghost for the past 4 years of my life. Want to get to know me? Me now? Walk up to me on the street, lets have a conversation. Im over all of this. Hello life, I'm ready to start living you to the fullest.
YDG?! I do. Lates <3
Don't jump to conclusions. The band said to management that they wanted me out because they felt I was lying about my heart condition, and how it limits my physical activity. They, and management alike, didn't want someone in the band who is going to simply pick and choose tours. This is 100% understandable.
Since I started the band back in Ohio, and was the only one that signed the Rise Records contract, to now, almost a year later, all the guys in the band have shown and told me how appreciative they are that they were in this with me. They all expressed how thankful they were for the shot at this kind of success, and were stoked for our futures together. Most of them were saying this during the last two tours. I grew to love all of them and individually we each shared some rad moments talking about life and how excited we were to finally be doing what we loved and making something out of it.
It came time to go on tour with Alesana, A Skylit Drive, and We Came As Romans, and I couldnt go out with them because I wanted and needed to get my heart fixed. It had been constantly hurting me, and also was like a cloud hanging over my head every day. I couldnt go a long period of time without worrying about it. It was simply driving me insane that I was walking around with a ticking time bomb inside of my chest, especially because 2 years previous, I had been told by my cardiologist in Ohio that I would need the surgery within 2 to 3 years.
During the first couple of weeks of tour while I was getting insurance issues worked out, going from MD's, to cardiologists, to cardiologists, the whole band was very supportive. Example: "Dude how are you feeling today?" "Hey man hope all is well! Have some kids here saying to get better!" to "Miss you fool!" and "Any news on Doctor stuff yet?" All of them cared, all of them seemed to be okay with it until I stepped on some ones toes…
I called Jaxin one night upset about everything going on, and to talk to him about stuff. I could always go to things with him. He and I always had the most heart felt conversations, and had a good time together period. We moved across the country together to start this band because it was both of our dreams. I loved and trusted him with everything. He was, obviously, my best friend. I told him about the struggle with insurance, and how rough things were dealing with health crap again, and how the road/tour was where I needed to be. I also told him that I was going to ask my girlfriend at the time to marry me. He said that that was totally cool, but not to tell anyone just yet because he didnt want to put a damper on him and his girlfriend's engagement/marriage that was coming up shortly after the Alesana tour. He seemed happy for me, and it was a great feeling. I agreed to not say anything even though I was unclear of the reasoning but I thought to myself "this isnt a competition? I wonder why he doesnt want me telling anyone about us before he and the bird? hmmm."
On February 13th I asked my girlfriend to marry me. Got down on one knee at a secluded beach cliff in Northern California and just did it. It was one of the happiest moments of my life. I couldnt contain myself and posted a tweet saying that I was now engaged! I was super stoked, and did not want to hide this moment at all. I had no idea I was going to be this overfilled with love and joy. I would have shouted it from the rooftops if given the chance. Minutes after this, I received a couple of outrageous texts from Jaxin. Throughout the entire night I tried to talk to him, and tell him that I was sorry that I went back on what I said, but that I couldnt help it. I was too happy. But all I got in return were responses from him like "youre an ignorant hick." "you are dead to me" "no one likes you, everyone hates you and you dont matter to anyone." I was appalled he had said these things and told him I'd back off and give him space, told him I loved him and would be here to talk when he wanted. He responded saying once again that I was dead to him and that he never wanted to talk to me again after what I did to him. What I did? I got engaged. Got stoked on it. And told the world. Did I go back on my word to him? YES. So could you say that I lied to him? YES. I have no problem admitting that, and for that, I maturely apologize. But once I asked her, there was no turning back for me.
From that night on, none of the members would talk to me, and neither would Jaxin. The only person I have had the slightest contact with is Tino over the past month or so. I guess by making myself happy, I had ruined Jaxin and I's relationship and he felt it right to ruin me by talking bad on me behind my back. If any of you have been to his twitter recently you can see him openly comparing me to Charles Manson, and even saying I have no talent and cannot scream. Calling me a fake, and arrogant. He is making it out to seem like I club baby seals or stole an ex girlfriend from him. All I did was get married. Before I announced it he and I were on perfect terms, and the band was doing just fine. I don't think it calls for all of this.
Also, it's upsetting me that my "loyal fans" are turning their backs on me literally over night just because of a simple Formsping question Jaxin's GIRLFRIEND made out of the anger she shares with him. Racist? Sexist?-my WIFE is over half Native American and BLACK. What if my wife wanted to talk bad on Jaxin because of all the hurtful things he said to me? What if I wrote some huge long story saying a bunch of rude things that have nothing to do with the music industry and most not even being true? You would all be pointing the finger at him just as you are to me. If you notice none of the rest of the band, yet, is saying malicious things. They have no reason to.
I started this band from nothing, and started it to have fun and do what I love. Im not going to let one persons spitefulness ruin that for me. Lies about my heart? I have proof on this page. And proof from years of my family dealing and knowing about it. I will have doctors notes, and medical stuff posted soon also. Surgery is in the near future for me, as well. So if you think Im getting kicked out of the band because of this/that, blah blah, he said, she said, sexist, racist…etc. No. I'm going no where, and I dont care if I have to find one, or three, or four new members, Of Mice & Men will continue on. Do I want new members? No. But I will do whatever I have to to keep the band iiii started alive. The band iii put my heart and soul into since I left Attack Attack. It was my hope, life, and dream. Even if I have to take them to court, then I will. I have made this my life, and I will not give it up without a fight.
"Oh you stayed home and faked a heart problem just to be with your hot wife…" …… Yeah right, that makes sense. I skipped out on the biggest tour OM&M has ever been on just so I could sit home alone 4 days a week while she works and be bored. Good call. Give me a break. Why would I lie to miss out on doing what I love most. Thats is ridiculous and so is this entire situation of name calling, personal hatred, and trying to ruin my name. Keep talking.
Didn't have my appointment scheduled with my Cardiac SURGEON until next week but they called and have an opening today at 3:00 pm! No more Doctors, no more Cardiologists, I'm finally down to the real deal! I'll get tons of info today, about dates, what/where/when/how, and all that! Wish me luck! :D


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How does atherosclerosis happen? continued...
The fatty streak. The "fatty streak" appears as a yellow streak running inside the walls of the major arteries, such as the aorta. The streak consists of cholesterol, white blood cells, and other cellular matter. The fatty streak by itself does not cause symptoms of heart disease but can develop into a more advanced form of atherosclerosis, called fibrous plaque.
The plaque. A plaque forms in the inner layer of the artery. Plaque is a buildup of cholesterol, white blood cells, calcium, and other substances in the walls of arteries. Over time, plaque narrows the artery, and the artery hardens.
Plaque sometimes reduces blood flow to the heart muscle, which can cause angina symptoms. Plaque in the large artery in the neck (carotid artery stenosis) may block blood flow to the brain and is a common cause of transient ischemic attack (sometimes called "mini-stroke") and stroke.
Plaques are covered with a fibrous cap, which may rupture if some trigger causes a surge in blood pressure or causes the artery to constrict. A person may have a heart attack if a plaque breaks open, creating a blood clot that completely blocks blood flow through the artery.
Complicated lesion. The last stage of atherosclerosis occurs when the plaque breaks open, exposing the cholesterol and tissue underneath. Blood clots form in response to this rupture and cause symptoms of a heart attack and unstable angina.
Why does atherosclerosis happen?
Response-to-injury. This theory suggests that atherosclerosis develops as a result of repetitive injury to the inner lining of the artery.
Injury may stimulate cells to grow and divide as part of the inflammatory process. This normal, healing response to chronic injury may actually result in the growth of atherosclerotic plaque.
This injury could be caused by any number of things, including:
- Physical stress on the artery lining, such as stress caused by high blood pressure.
- A response to an infection within the artery wall.
- Oxidative damage to the artery lining. Oxidative damage refers to injury caused by unstable molecules called free radicals. Free radicals are formed during reactions between oxygen and LDL ("bad" or low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol.
- Oxidized LDL cholesterol may cause injury to the blood vessel wall and promote an inflammatory reaction that clogs the artery lining with debris. But exactly why high cholesterol levels promote plaque formation is not clear. Cholesterol is found normally in all cell membranes, but it may alter the physical properties of the blood vessel wall, making it more likely to get damaged.
How smoking leads to atherosclerosis
Smoking plays a large role in the development of atherosclerosis. The carbon monoxide and nicotine contained in tobacco smoke affect blood flow through your arteries by:
- Making it easier for cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins to enter the walls of your arteries.
- Promoting the formation of fibrous plaque.
- Promoting the formation of blood clots that can completely block your arteries.
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Saying Yes
Joel Yanofsky is the author of Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism.
We figured we were all set. The fellow at the music store near our house assured my wife Cynthia that someone on staff could give my then 12-year-old son, Jonah, guitar lessons. But when she added that Jonah has special needs, he quickly retracted the offer. "We don't do that," he said. There was nothing particularly new about this response. Jonah has been disinvited to more than his fair share of parties and had play dates cancelled at the last minute with lame excuses. It doesn't take long, as the parent of a child with special needs, autism in Jonah's case, to internalize the word "no." You're continually coming to terms with the things your child will probably miss out on. Things other parents take for granted: like finding your child a guitar teacher.Meanwhile, that "no" inside you thickens like a callus. Still, when the rejection comes from outside, especially from someone who doesn't know your child, the hurt is mixed with an element of surprise. The sting feels fresh all over again.
Of course, the word "yes," when you do hear it, also comes as a surprise and is all the more gratifying for it. We'd thought about sending Jonah to summer sleep-away camp for a few years, but with no real success. Then, last year, we met Josh Pepin, the director of the Montreal chapter of Camp B'nai Brith and that all changed. Jonah spent a week at the CBB sleep-away camp, an hour's drive north of Montreal, and the experience was so good, he intends to return this summer for two weeks.
To hear Pepin tell it, his accepting attitude is just part of the camp's longstanding tradition of diversity, of integrating all kinds of kids. "If you look at the mission of CBB, our special needs program fits it perfectly," says Pepin, a big, gregarious man in his thirties, who you can't imagine saying no to anyone, "Our idea is that kids, no matter their background, or where they come from, what language they speak, what socioeconomic background they come from or how they function, deserve a summer camping experience. I'm no professional in the special needs milieu, but I know we have to keep integrating special needs kids. Not just for them but for all our campers and our staff. Kids like Jonah are such a beautiful part of our camp."
Pepin never went to sleep away camp himself, not as a camper – "I'm a mama's boy," he confesses – but when he was 18, he lost a bet with a friend and ended up as a counselor at CBB. He continued to work there summers for a decade, met his best friends, and also his wife there. After taking on a few other jobs in Montreal's Jewish community, he came back to CBB as director in 2010. Along with the emphasis on diversity at CBB, Jewish identity is paramount for Pepin. "That's why we exist," Pepin says, "to offer kids opportunities that they may not otherwise have if they don't go to Jewish day schools or belong to a synagogue. As camp director, I consider myself an informal educator. And I have an opportunity, here, to shape young Jewish minds and identities."
He also gets the chance to say "yes" a lot more than "no." For which my family is grateful.
Incidentally, we found a guitar teacher for Jonah. He also turned out to be Jonah's shadow at CBB last summer. I'll be writing more about him and about the importance of shadows in an upcoming blog.
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Autism, Camp, and the Power of Friendship
Rabbi Isaac Saposnik is the director of Camp JRF in South Sterling, PA.
Two summers ago, I met David for the first time. Before he arrived in camp, we spoke with his parents about his Autism, how it might impact his experience at camp, and what their goals were for him – both during the summer and beyond. They were incredibly open and realistic, and we were upfront about what we could offer. And while we all hoped for the best, I must admit that I entered the summer with a bit of trepidation, worried that we might not be able to live up to all of our expectations.
Boy, was I in for a surprise.
David jumped head first into the camp experience. He participated in all of the activities, loved the food, and always had a smile on his face. He shared his love of basketball and brought us the tradition of chocolate breakfast (with thanks to our friends at Camp JCA Shalom). A week or so into the session, I showed up in our teatron (theater) to hear David talk with fifty of his peers – our ninth and tenth graders – about autism. We knew his mitzvah project had been on the topic and that he had spoken about it in other places; he came into the summer wanting to share it with us.
Our campers are incredibly thoughtful, kind, and amazingly aware that everyone is different and has their own gifts to bring to the community. Even so, surrounded by a group of teens, I was worried that, after a great first week, David's positive experience could end when he stepped up to the microphone. And then he began to speak … and you could feel the teens' excitement. There was laughter at the right times, good and thoughtful questions, and, when he finished speaking, thunderous applause. As everyone got up to leave, I watched David giving high fives, smiles, and huge bear hugs to his friends.
Even David would tell you that kids with autism often have a hard time making friends. But in just three short weeks, he had made incredible friends. He kept in touch with them all year. Last summer, he counted down the minutes until his best friend, who is a year older than him, returned to camp from his trip to Israel. And he got a letter from a friend who had other plans for the summer and said the thing he would miss most about camp was David.
Jewish camp – with values like derekh eretz (character) and kehillah (community) – is powerful. Surrounded by their peers, kids build relationships that they couldn't imagine at home. The power of camp is that it allows kids to truly become their best selves, no matter how hard that might seem the rest of the year. After this past summer, David's mom sent us a note: "We are so happy that David has a place he can go and feel comfortable, make friends while being himself – Camp JRF is his home away from home. We believe his camp experience is preparing him in so many ways and we are grateful beyond words to you and your staff for giving him the opportunity."
To tell you the truth, I'm grateful to her for giving us the opportunity. Learning from, laughing with, and just knowing David is truly a blessing. We are lucky to have him as part of our camp family.
(Autism Speaks recently debuted an animated short film of David's speech. Directed by Matt Manning, one of the animators of Robot Chicken, you can watch it here.)
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The Plain Old Normal
Joel Yanofsky is a writer and author of "Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism."
The letter my son, Jonah, sent us from sleep-away camp last summer was pretty much what you'd expect from any kid getting used to his first few days and nights away from home. He told us about passing his swimming test and about the trouble he got into when he didn't pay attention. He also complained about some of the meals. "The food here is good but it's not great. Please take me to East Side Mario's when I get back because I don't like the pasta here," he wrote. "I had the salad instead."
Of course, I recognize that this letter, including the fact that it has been proudly displayed on our refrigerator since August, couldn't be more of a cliché. But then, my wife, Cynthia, and I live for clichés. We cherish the mundane, the average, the ordinary, all the things other parents take for granted. That's because our son, who is 14 now, has autism.
He was diagnosed when he was almost four, labeled high-functioning. Over the last decade, we've learned to accept some of his differences and appreciate others. It's what we have come to call The New Normal. Still, sometimes, it's The Plain Old Normal we crave: like Jonah learning to swing on monkey bars a few years ago or celebrating his bar mitzvah last year.
The decision to send him to sleep-away camp for a week was a big step in The Plain Old Normal's direction. Cynthia argued for it; I had my doubts. In part, because I never went to camp myself. My parents moved out of the city to the suburbs when I was five and they were convinced I was as close to nature there as I needed to be. Mostly, though, I was concerned that sleep-away camp was an environment where Jonah would not fit in, one that would spotlight his difficulties with being independent and making friends.
Fortunately, Cynthia, a camper all through her youth, won the argument. She saw Jonah's week at Camp B'nai Brith, located in Lantier, Quebec, an hour north of Montreal, as an ordinary rite of passage. And while we did make some special accommodations with the cooperation of Camp B'nai Brith – like having a shadow accompany Jonah or having him stay for only a week – Jonah was, in the end, just another kid in a bunk full of kids missing home and having fun. He participated in the same things the other kids did – from Shabbat dinner to getting up, for a second or two, on water skis. He also turned out to be a popular bunkmate, celebrated for his skill at making fun of his counselors. If it took him a while to adjust to the food, that was, we realized, to be expected. If he now insists on going back to Camp B'nai Brith for two weeks this summer, well, that's what I'd call perfectly normal.
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My style crush on Leila Yavari seems to grow every day. She simply makes perfect choices when it comes to dressing. Love her Preen dress and the bag by Sophie Hulme, topped by a pair of tough boots.
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Ok, ok, I admit it! I'm a handbag junkie and high, very high on my wish list for Fall is the Bucket Bag by Mansur Gavriel.
The sleek design, that perfect leather (vegetable tanned, so it gets better with every wear) and the story behind the brand (two friends, one based in LA, the other in Berlin shared the same dream, moved to NY and made it happen!) makes it such a cool bag.
This a name to watch, so visit their site or follow their Tumblr, but be warned their design are irresistible!
How cool are the Team Designer shirts by LPD New York? Show your true colors by wearing your favorite designer in a different way.
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Nothing beats an Alaia outfit especially worn by a group of Nineties-supermodels. I spot Christy, Linda, Helena, Carla, Naomi, Nadege, Emma, Claudia, Yasmeen….How many do you see? And doesn't this picture proof that leopard really is the new classic? Love the outfit on Christy (far left) and those shoes…..want!
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I have to share this amazing site with you. Go visit The Aesthete, a really inspiring online magazine that celebrates New York's art, culture and style innovators. I got glued to the screen looking at the post on this gorgeous girl. Adeline Michele is the name and she's a member of the 17-piece disco band Escort.
I couldn't stop reading since there was a piece on Tabitha Simmons (how stylish is she?!), next to Mickey Boardman getting fit for summer (fun!) and Terence Koh among others. Definitely a site to bookmark.
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I don't want to complain about the not so sunny weather over here, but the rain is killing me! Let's add some sunshine to our wardrobes. Why not try a bright coloured bag? Although they are not in store yet, I'm totally inspired by these Miu Miu bags of F/W 13.
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Leila Yavari owns some fabulous pieces and knows how to wear them!
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Edna Miller
Apr 24, 2014 The kid you're trying to "help out" may be an underage decoy.
Taser is more than stun guns
Kate Davidson
Feb 26, 2014 Taser is diversifying into police equipment, including wearable cameras.
Watertown, Boston suburbs on lockdown as search for suspect intensifies
Jeremy Hobson
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Apr 19, 2013 As a manhunt for one of suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings intensifies this morning, authorities are asking residents of Watertown, MA., and other towns nearby to stay in their homes. Public transit has been suspended and businesses are being asked to remain closed.
Why are police scanning millions of license plates?
John Moe
Aug 17, 2012 The ACLU is asking questions about the use of License Plate Reader cameras.
Los Angeles police to use program to predict crimes
Tess Vigeland
Jul 2, 2012 It's straight out of the Tom Cruise film, "Minority Report."
Greek police officers, vehicles for rent
Mark Lowen
Apr 10, 2012 The new scheme could help the police force raise money and stop the taxpayer from footing the bill.
Warrantless cell phone tracking is everywhere
John Moe
Apr 4, 2012 A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union says that law enforcement agencies are frequently using cell phone tracking information provided by wireless carriers. Plus, Wonder Twin powers activate: Smart sand is on the way.
When burglar alarms don't work
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Overweight cops suffer criticism in Britain
Kate McGough
Mar 16, 2012 The cliche that cops like to eat doughnuts might be true in the U.K., where police officers could soon feet their unhealthy ways reflected in their paycheck.
St. Louis wants control of its police force back
Julie Bierach
Mar 5, 2012 The city is trying to go back in history, and reclaim control of its namesake law enforcement agency. You see, it's actually run by the state, and supporters claim that's "taxation without representation."


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Joey Morant and Catfish Stew
Wednesday January 1, 2014 / 1:30pm (Doors Open at 12:30pm)Joey Morant and Catfish Stew
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Mr. Morant did too much talking and joking around less performing. He is talented, but so is his band. We would have loved to hear more from his musicians and not to hear from the audience sing. The worse part was asking audience to come on up and dance. We did not pay for this. The club barely paid attention to the customers and did not bring the basics, such as sugar for your coffee.


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TUCSON — Jamelle Horne scored a career-high 22 points to lead Arizona to an 87-70 victory over No. 24 Washington on Sunday, the Huskies' worst loss of the season.
Washington (10-5, 1-3) lost 67-51 to Arizona State on Friday night, the first time the Huskies were swept on the Arizona trip since 2003.
Horne hit a career-high five 3-pointers in eight attempts for the Wildcats (8-8, 2-2).
Isaiah Thomas had 18 points for Washington, while freshman Abdul Gaddy scored a season-high 13.
Arizona limited Washington to 44.2 percent shooting from the field. The Wildcats shot 50 percent, including 47.1 percent (8 of 17) from 3-point range.
Horne was one of six Arizona players to score in double figures. Nic Wise and Kyle Fogg both had 14 points, freshman Lamont Jones had a season-high 13, Derrick Williams had 12 points and nine rebounds, and Kevin Parrom added 10 points.
Arizona's largest lead of the game was 77-58 with 3 minutes remaining.
It didn't look like it would be an easy game for Arizona moments into the second half. Down 37-27 after Wise hit a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer, Washington hit three consecutive shots, including two 3-pointers, in the opening 90 seconds of the second half to get within two points.
Arizona went on a 6-0 run, extending its lead to 43-35 on a basket by Parrom.
Gaddy, a former Arizona recruit who committed to the program but decided to sign with Washington because of the indecision and eventual retirement of Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, was booed by the crowd every time he touched the ball.
Arizona freshman forward Solomon Hill fouled out with 12:10 to play and had no points and three rebounds.
After a 78-76 loss to Washington State on Friday, Arizona coach Sean Miller criticized his team for being terrible on defense. It was much improved on Sunday. Washington started the game hitting just two of 11 shots and found itself down 15-6 in the first 10 minutes.
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Beechgrove - who they?
Sotongeoff: you're right - it's 'orrible here.
Went to sort out casualties (broken hollyhocks, roses all over the place) and got blown off my stepladder ... ouch ... just had a strong cup of tea, need a stiff drink.
I think your mum may be right
Veggie night tonight: ratatouille (the only thing from the garden is the oregano) with pasta and parmesan.
Off to town tomorrow to get holiday clothes: waterproof trousers and a sou'wester. Garden now in the 'completely wrecked' category: broken shoots and flowers everywhere and two smashed pots. Still, there's always next year ... I said that last year.
Yes, went to Eden Project last year (and the sun shone nicely). Thank you for the thought.
Right, I'll put that on the list. Looks as if it might take all day?
Thank you so much. Where were we ... oh yes, Cornwall. I am not sure the gardens will be worth visiting in this weather, but which ones would you particularly recommend?
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Blogs, images, and other cool things from the Walter Havighurst Special Collections at Miami University, Oxford, OH.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
This bilingual Peter Rabbit board game is pretty cool, but I had to check Nutkin's story to see if that actually happened. It's strange, the sort of things in stories we just go with as kids.


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Komona (Rachel Mwanza) is only 12 years old when she is kidnapped by rebel soldiers and enslaved to a life of guerrilla warfare in the African jungle. Forced to commit unspeakable acts of brutality, she finds hope for survival in protective, ghost-like visions and in a tender relationship with a fellow soldier named Magician (Serge Kanyinda). Together, they manage to escape the rebels' clutches, but their freedom proves short-lived. Komona then decides she must make amends with her past. [Tribeca Film]… Expand
- 90Los Angeles Times - by Kenneth Turan
The powerful things we expect from War Witch are as advertised, but what we don't expect is even better. ...read more
- 90The New York Times - by Stephen Holden
Superstition, witchcraft, exorcism, talismans that ward off evil: in this land of the supernatural, irrationality prevails. But War Witch is so cleareyed that it makes you wonder how much more irrational this world is than the so-called civilized one under its camouflage of material wealth. ...
- 88New York Post - by V.A. Musetto
Brutality and tenderness are a potent mix in War Witch. ...read more
- 83Christian Science Monitor - by Peter Rainer
War Witch is most effective not when we are looking in on Komona but when we are inside her head. When she says that, in order to survive in the rebel camp, she "had to learn to make the tears go inside my eyes," our identification with her is total. ...read more
- 83Film.com - by Jordan Hoffman
It does a marvelous job at giving us an impressionistic taste of horrific circumstances without using them to beat us into submission. ...read more
- 80Time Out New York - by Sam Adams
The film's subject is almost too horrible to contemplate, but it finds a way to space out the blows without softening them. ...read more
- 80Variety - by Leslie Felperin
Along with the moral lesson, Nguyen remembers to give auds some pleasures, including the exquisitely chosen soundtrack of African folk and pop music, Nicolas Bolduc's cinematography and the very artful use of sound throughout. ...
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - by Guy Dixon
So is this a Western take on Africa? Yes, but Rebelle is full of such careful detail, and is carried so beautifully by Mwanza's performance, that questions of authenticity slide away. ...read more
- 70The Hollywood Reporter - by Deborah Young
Managing to be neither sentimental nor sensationalistic, the film tells its story from the heart, and from the simple, straightforward viewpoint of young heroine Komona, warmly played by the talented Rachel Mwanza in her screen debut. ...read more
this is a great film, and im guessing as true to life as possible, ….most of us in the western world have no idea of what its like in some of these 3rd world areas and should be more thankful for what we have got instead of complaining about everything 8/10
This was a pretty good movie yet true and sad it's totally worth the watch though.
As true to life as you can get it…..in a war torn African country the tragic survival of a toughened tender youth….great,great movie,deserving an Oscar.
This is an amazing film, gritty and non-judgmental — which is a real feat considering it deals with war and the story of a child soldier. It's Oscar-nominated this year and worth seeing. Most of the cast are first-timers, but performances are uniformly powerful.
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In the second part of our look at Wizards Free Agency this offseason, we're going to examine two players would be great fits, but the pieces don't really align to sign them unless Marcin Gortat and Trevor Ariza do not sign at all. These two players are above the Mid-Level Exception at this point, at least on paper, and although it's not impossible to get them for a steal, they could certainly get a decent amount elsewhere.
If Spencer Hawes is on board, the Wizards post strength would increase with athleticism and more points. It would probably decrease in defense, but Wittman could develop Hawes into a better defender, especially if he is willing to buy into a more stable organization and system. His 13.2 PPG and 8.3 RPG are again almost identical to Gortat, he has a couple years younger, but his years of being promising on bad teams might not translate to being good on a good team.
Another long shot, Pat Pat did not have a breakout season statistically, but Patterson shot above average all across the floor, got a solid amount of rebounds nightly, but was hampered by making some bad shooting decisions. He had a good playoff run and considering his size, youth and ability to still be developed he could be a hot commodity if he decides not to re-sign with the youthful Raptors. A possible benefit the Wizards have is the Kentucky connection to John Wall.
A pick and roll scenario with Wall and Patterson could create Lob City East given Patterson's verticality. And being mentored by Nene and coached by the defensive minded Wittman, he could really turn his career into the next level.
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You cannot be that old..... I am 64 and do not look near that good.
Happy Independence Day !!!
Good luck in your surgery. I hope you can get the pain relieved
I'll be praying for you on July 15 from now on.
How are you doing? We haven't talked for a long time. What drew me to you is that you appeared on the top left of my Buddy List. Maybe the Lord wanted me to talk to you.
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Go Gators! Looking forward to a better season this year.