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The Divideby Nicholas Evans
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"Evans demonstrates the same intricacy of plot and depth of characterization that defined his international best-seller The Horse Whisperer…[a] heartrending story of a family in crisis."—Booklist
For many anguished months Ben and Sarah Cooper's daughter has been on the run from the FBI, wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism. But when Abbie's body is found embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek, the family's devastation deepens into mystery. How did she die? And what was the trail of events that led this golden child of a loving family so tragically astray?
In a journey of discovery and redemption that takes us from the streets of New York to the daunting grandeur of the West, The Divide tells the story of a family fractured by betrayal. It explores the pain we inflict on those we love the most and charts the passions and needs, the dashed hopes and disillusionments, that connect and divide all men and women.
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- 02/06/2007
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They rose before dawn and stepped out beneath a moonless sky aswarm with stars. Their breath made clouds of the chill air and their boots crunched on the congealed gravel of the motel parking lot. The old station wagon was the only car there, its roof and hood veneered with a dim refracting frost. The boy fixed their skis to the roof while his father stowed their packs then walked around to remove the newspaper pinned by the wipers to the windshield. It was stiff with ice and crackled in his hands as he balled it. Before they climbed into the car they lingered a moment, just stood there listening to the silence and gazing west at the mountains silhouetted by stars.
The little town had yet to wake and they drove quietly north along Main Street, past the courthouse and the gas station and the old movie theater, through pale pools of light cast by the street lamps, the car's reflection gliding the darkened windows of the stores. And the sole witness to their leaving was a grizzled dog who stood watch at the edge of town, its head lowered, its eyes ghost-green in the headlights.
It was the last day of March and a vestige of plowed snow lay gray along the highway's edge. Heading west across the plains the previous afternoon, there had been a first whisper of green among the bleached grass. Before sunset they had strolled out from the motel along a dirt road and heard a meadowlark whistling as if winter had gone for good.But beyond the rolling ranch land, the Rocky Mountain Front, a wall of ancient limestone a hundred miles long, was still encrusted with white and the boy's father said they would surely still find good spring snow.
A mile north of town they branched left from the highway on a road that ran twenty more with barely a bend toward the Front. They saw mule deer and coyote and just as the road turned to gravel a great pale-winged owl swerved from the cottonwoods and glided low ahead of them as if piloting the beam of their lights. And all the while the mountain wall loomed larger, a shadowed, prescient blue, until it seemed to open itself and they found themselves traveling a twisting corridor where a creek of snowmelt tumbled through stands of bare aspen and willow with cliffs of pine and rock the color of bone rearing a thousand feet on either side.
The road was steeper now and when it became treacherous with hardpacked snow the boy's father stopped so they could fit the chains. The air when they got out of the car was icy and windless and loud with the rush of the creek. They spread the chains on the snow in front of the rear wheels and his father climbed back into the driver's seat and inched the car forward until the boy called for him to stop. While his father knelt to fasten the chains, the boy stamped his feet and blew on his hands to warm them.
"Look," he said.
His father stood and did so, brushing the snow from his hands. Framed in the V of the valley walls, though far beyond, the peak of a vast snow-covered mountain had just been set ablaze by the first reach of the sun. Even as they watched, the shadow of night began to drain from its slopes below a deepening band of pink and gold and white.
They parked the car at the trailhead and they could see from the untracked snow that no one else had been there. They sat together beneath the tailgate and put on their boots. The owner of the motel had made sandwiches for them and they ate one apiece and drank steaming sweet coffee and watched the shadows around them slowly fill with light. The first few miles would be steep so they fitted skins to their skis to give them grip. The boy's father checked the bindings and that their avalanche transceivers were working and when he was satisfied that all was in order they shouldered their packs and stepped into their skis.
"You lead," his father said.
The journey they had planned for that day was a loop of some fifteen miles. They had made the same trip two years before and found some of the best skiing either had ever known. The first three hours were the hardest, a long climb through the forest then a perilous zigzag up the northeast side of a ridge. But it was worth it. The ridge's south face was a perfect, treeless shoulder that dropped in three consecutive slopes into the next drainage. If all went well, by the time they reached the top, the sun would just have angled onto it, softening the top half-inch of snow while the base remained frozen and firm.
These backcountry ski trips had become their yearly ritual and the boy now looked forward to them as much as he knew his father did. His snowboarding friends back home in Great Falls thought he was crazy. If you wanted to ski, they said, why not go someplace where there's a ski lift? And in truth, on their first trip four years ago in the Tetons, he feared they were right. To a twelve-year-old it had seemed like a lot of effort for precious little fun; too much up and not enough down. At times he had come close to tears. But he kept a brave face and the following year went again.
His father was away from home on business much of the time and there weren't many things they ever got to do together, just the two of them. Sometimes the boy felt they barely knew each other. Neither of them was much of a talker. But there was something about traveling together through these wild and remote places that seemed to bind them closer than words ever could. And little by little he had come to understand why his father enjoyed the uphill as much as the down. It was a curious formula of physical and mental energy, as if the burning of one fueled the other. The endless rhythmic repetition, sliding one ski past the other, could send you into a kind of trance. And the thrill andsense of achievement when you reached that faraway summit and saw a slope of virgin spring snow reveal itself below could be close to overwhelming.
Perhaps he came to feel this way simply because each year he had grown stronger. He was taller than his father now and certainly fitter. And though not yet as wise in his mountaincraft, he had probably become the better skier. Perhaps that was why today, for the first time, his father was letting him lead.
For the first hour the trail was darkly walled with lodgepole pine and Douglas fir as it rose ever higher along the southern side of the winding canyon. Even though they were still in shadow, the climb soon had them sweating and when they paused to gather breath or to drink or to shed another layer of clothing, they could hear the muted roar of the creek far below. Once they heard the crashing of some large creature somewhere in the timber above them.
"What do you think that was?" the boy said.
"Deer. Moose, maybe."
"Would the bears be waking up yet?"
His father took a drink from his canteen then wiped his mouth with the back of his glove. This was prime grizzly country and they both knew it.
"Guess so. Days have been warm enough this past week."
An hour later they had stepped out of the trees and into the sunlight and were picking their way across a gully filled with the crazed debris of an avalanche, jagged lumps of frozen snow and rock skewered with trees sundered from their roots.
They reached the ridge a little before ten and stood side by side surveying in silence all that unfolded below and around them, mountain and forest quilted with snow and the flaxen plains beyond. The boy felt that if he squinted hard enough he might even defy science and all the world's horizons and see the backs of their own two selves, tiny figures on some distant snowy peak.
The shoulder below them looked as good as they had hoped. The sun was just upon it and it glistened like white velvet strewn with sequins. They took off their skis and unhitched the skins from which they carefully brushed the snow before stowing them in their packs. There was a cold breeze up here and they put on their jackets then sat on a bench of rock and drank coffee and ate the last of the sandwiches while a pair of ravens swirled and called above them against the lazuline sky.
"So what do you think?" his father asked.
"Looks pretty good."
"I'd say this is about as close to heaven as a man can get."
As he spoke one of the ravens banked before them, its shadow passing across his face. It landed a few yards from them along the ridge and the boy tossed a crust of bread toward it which made the bird flutter and lift again, but only for a moment. It resettled and with a cocked head inspected the crust then the boy then the crust again. It seemed almost to have summoned the courage to take it when its mate swooped in and snatched it instead. The first bird gave a raucous call and lifted off in pursuit and the boy and his father laughed and watched them tumble and swerve and squawk their way down into the valley.
As with the climb, the boy led the descent. The snow felt as good beneath his skis as it had looked. The sun had melted the surface just enough to give purchase and he quickly found his rhythm. He spread his arms and opened his chest to the slope below as if he would embrace it, savoring the blissful swish of each turn. His father was right. It was as near to heaven as you could get.
At the foot of the first of the three slopes, where the gradient leveled a little, the boy stopped and looked back to admire his tracks. His father was already skiing down beside them, carefully duplicating each curve, keeping close and precisely parallel, until he arrived alongside and the two of them whooped and slapped each other's upheld palms.
"Good tracks!"
"Yours are coming along too."
His father laughed and said he would ski the next slope first and that when he got to the next level he would take some photographs of the boy's descent. So the boy watched him ski down and waited for the call and when it came he launched himself into the sunlit air, giving all he had for the camera.
From where they stood next, at the foot of the second slope, they could see all the way down into the drainage, where the sun had yet to seep. They knew from the last time they had skied here that the creek that ran along the bottom was a series of pools and steep waterfalls. It had been warmer then and there had been a lot less snow and, except for some crusted ice at the pool edges, the running water had been exposed. Now, however, it lay buried beneath all the heaped snow that had funneled into the creek and all they could see were contours and ominous striations.
His father looked at his watch then shielded his eyes to peer at the sun. The boy knew what he was thinking. Half the slope below them was still in shadow. The air down there would be colder and the snow not yet transformed. Maybe they should wait awhile.
"Looks a little icy," his father said.
"It'll be okay. But if you're feeling chicken let's wait."
His father looked at him over his sunglasses and smiled.
"Okay, hotshot. Better show me the way then."
He handed the boy the camera.
"Make sure you get some good ones."
"They'll only be as good as your skiing. Wait till I holler."
He put the camera in his jacket pocket and grinned at his father as he moved off. The snow for the first few hundred feet was still good. But as he came closer to the rim of the sunlight, he felt the surface harden. When he turned there was almost no grip and no swishing sound, only the rasp of ice against the steel edges of his skis. He stopped where the sun met the shadow and looked up the slope where his father stood against the sky.
"How is it?" his father called.
"Kind of skiddy. It's okay."
"Wait there. I'm coming."
The boy took off his gloves and pulled the camera from his pocket. He managed to get a couple of shots with the zoom as his father skied down toward him. The third picture he took would later show the exact moment that things began to go wrong.
His father was starting a right turn and as he transferred his weight the edge of his left ski failed to bite and slipped sharply downhill. He tried to correct himself but in the process stepped too hard on his uphill ski and it skidded from under him. His body lurched, his arms and ski poles scything the air as he tried to recapture his balance. He was sliding now and had twisted around so that he was facing up the slope. For a moment he looked almost comical, as if he were pretending to ski uphill. Then he jerked and flipped backward and fell with a thump onto his back and at once began to gather speed.
It briefly occurred to the boy that he might try to block his father's slide, or at least check or slow it, by skiing into his path, but even as he thought it, he realized that the impact would surely knock him over and that he too would be carried down the slope. In any case, it was already too late. His father was accelerating so fast there would be no time to reach him. One ski had already come off and was torpedoing away down the mountain and now the other one came off and the boy moved quickly and reached out with a pole, almost losing his balance. He managed to touch the ski but it was traveling too fast and rocketed past him.
"Stand up!" he yelled. "Try and stand up!"
It was what his father had once called to him when he was falling. He hadn't managed to stand and neither could his father now. As he careered past, facedown now and spread-eagled on the ice, his sunglasses scuttling alongside like an inquisitive crab, he shouted something but the boy couldn't make it out. The father's ski poles, one of them badly bent, were still looped to his wrists and trailed above him, flailing and bouncing on the ice. And still he was gaining speed.
The boy began to ski down after him. And though he was shaky with shock and could feel his heart thumping as if it would break loose from its roots, he knew how vital it was not to fall too. He kept telling himself to stay calm and tried to summon all the technique he had ever learned. Trust the downhill ski, even though it slips. Angulate. Chest away from the mountain, not into it. Finish each turn. Angulate, angulate! Look ahead, you idiot, not down at the ice, not down at your skis.
There was no grip at all now, but after a few first tentative turns he found he could control the slide of his skis and his confidence began to return. Mesmerized, he watched the dark and diminishing figure sliding away and down into the shadow of the valley. Just before he disappeared from view, his father cried out one last time. And the sound was high-pitched and chilling, like an animal frightened for its life.
The boy slithered to a halt. He was breathing hard and his legs were shaking. He knew it was important to remember the exact point at which his father had vanished, though why he had vanished, he couldn't yet figure out. Maybe there was some sudden drop you couldn't see from above. He tried to picture the last time they had skied the slope but couldn't recall whether the lower part of the drainage grew steeper or leveled out. And he couldn't help thinking about what might happen when his father hit the bottom. Would the snow heaped in the creek bed cushion his fall or would it be frozen like rock and break every bone in his body? In all his fretting, the boy had already lost the mental note he had made of precisely where his father had disappeared. In the shadow below everything looked the same. Maybe there were some marks on the ice that might lead him to the place. He took a deep breath and eased himself forward.
On the very first turn his downhill ski skidded badly and he almost fell. His knees were like jelly and the rest of him was locked with tension and it took him some time to trust himself to move again. Then, a few yards down the slope ahead of him, he saw a dark streak maybe six inches long on the ice. In a barely controlled side-slip he made his way toward it.
It was blood. And farther down the slope there was more. There were scuff marks in the ice too, probably where his father had tried to kick a grip with the toes of his boots.
Had the boy been able to ski this same slope in good snow, it would have taken him no more than four or five minutes. But on sheet ice with legs atremble, all he could manage was a side-slip so tense and fearful that it took the best part of half an hour. So slow was his descent that the sun overtook him and he watched the band of shadow retreat below him and the trail of blood turn vivid on the pristine snow.
Now, in the glare, he could see that the trail disappeared over a sudden rim and that there was something lying there. And drawing closer, he saw his father's sunglasses, perched on the edge of a last steep section of mountain, as if they had stopped to watch the climax of the show. The boy stopped and picked them up. One of the lenses was cracked and an arm was missing. He put them in his pocket.
The slope below him fell sharply some two hundred feet into the valley bottom which even as he watched was filling with sunlight. He peered down, expecting to see the crumpled form of his father. But there was no sign of him nor sound. Just a dazzling white silence.
Even the trail of blood and scuffing had vanished. There was a sudden rushing of air and the pair of ravens swooped low over his head and down toward the creek, squawking as if they would show him the way. And as the boy watched their shadows cross the creek he saw one of his father's skis and a dark hole in the rumpled blanket of snow.
Five minutes later he was down there. There was a crater, some ten or twelve feet across, its edges jagged where the frozen snow had cracked and given way. He wasn't yet close enough to see into it.
There was no answer. All he could hear was a faint trickle of water somewhere below him. Cautiously, he maneuvered his skis sideways, testing the snow with each small step, expecting that at any moment it might collapse and swallow him. It seemed firm. Then he remembered his avalanche transceiver. This was exactly what it was for, to help you locate someone buried in the snow. He took off his gloves and unzipped his jacket and pulled the transceiver out and started fiddling with the knobs. But his hand was shaking and his head so blurred with panic that he couldn't remember how the damn thing worked.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!"
"Here! I'm here!"
The boy's heart lurched.
"Dad? Are you okay?"
"Yeah. Be careful."
"I saw blood."
"I cut my face. I'm okay. Don't come too near the edge."
But it was too late. There was a deep cracking sound and the boy felt the snow tilt beneath his skis and in the next instant he was falling. He caught a brief glimpse of his father's bloodied face staring up at him as the lip of the crater crumbled and then he saw nothing but the white of the snow cascading with him.
The next thing he knew, his father was hauling him out of the wreckage, asking him if he was hurt. At first the boy didn't know the answer but he said he didn't think so. His father grinned.
"Good job, son. You just made us a way out."
He nodded and the boy turned and saw what he meant. The collapse had created a kind of ramp for them to climb. They sat staring at each other, his father still grinning and dabbing his cheek with a bloody handkerchief. There was a long gash but it didn't look deep and the bleeding had almost stopped. The boy shook his head.
"Didn't think I'd find you alive."
"Hope you got that picture."
"Wow, Dad. That was some fall."
The walls of the hole in which they sat were layered with shelves of bluish-white ice, which their two falls had shattered. It was like being in the cross section of some giant frosted wasp nest. The floor felt firm and when the boy brushed away the snow he saw they were on solid ice. His skis had come off when he fell and lay partly buried in the snow. He stood and gathered them up. His father slowly stood too, wincing a little as he did so. The sun was just creeping in on them.
"I guess we ought to have a look for my skis," he said.
His pack was lying on the ice just next to where the boy had brushed away the snow. A shaft of sun was angling onto it. The boy stooped to pick up the pack and as he did so, something caught his eye, a pale shape in the translucent blue of the ice. His father saw him hesitate.
"What is it?"
"Look. Down here."
They both kneeled and peered into the ice.
"Jesus," his father said quietly.
It was a human hand. The fingers were splayed, the palm upturned. The boy's father paused a moment then brushed away a little more snow until they saw the underside of an arm. They looked at each other. Then, without a word, they got to work, brushing and scraping and pushing away the snow, creating a window of ice through which, with every stroke of their gloves, they could see more of what lay encased.
Tucked beneath the upper arm, half-concealed by a naked shoulder and peering shyly up at them with one blank eye, they now could see a face. From the swirl of hair, captured as if in a photograph, it looked like a young woman. She lay at an angle, her legs askew and slanting away into the darker ice below. She was wearing some kind of crimson top or jacket that was rucked and twisted and seemed to have torn away from her arm and shoulder. The fabric trailed from her as if she had been frozen in the act of shedding it. Her flesh was the color of parchment.
from The Divide by Nicholas Evans, Copyright © 2005 Nicholas Evans, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., all rights reserved, reprinted with permission from the publisher.
What People are saying about this
"This beautifully written novel includes everything a reader could want…The characters truly come to life, and the reader gets to know them as intimately as friends and family. The Divide will keep you up late reading just one more page."—The Sunday Oklahoman
"Compellingly readable."—The Times (London)
"[Evans] reminds us that the destruction of all that's familiar—whether by human hands or by nature—eventually ceases to be the story. What remains is how people survive."—The Washington Post
"While Evans reveres his backdrop, he ultimately is more interested in getting the reader to go inward than outside. In Evans's hands, that's a journey worth taking."—USA Today
"When the frozen body of a young woman is discovered in a remote creek in the Rocky Mountains, the heartrending story of a family in crisis begins to unfold. Reaching back in time, members of the seemingly perfect Cooper family present their version of the events, emotions, and twists of fate that forever altered the benign course of their collective lives. Sure to be a runaway success, this lyrical novel runs the gamut from devastation to despair to deliverance."—Booklist
Meet the Author
Nicholas Evans studied law at Oxford University after serving in Africa with Voluntary Service Overseas. He then worked as a newspaper reporter, TV producer and screenwriter before writing four bestselling novels. His first book, The Horse Whisperer was made into a movie directed by Robert Redford. He lives in Devon with his wife, singer/songwriter Charlotte Gordon Cumming.
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This is a powerful, interesting, and emotional peek at a seemingly perfect family and the difference in everything between men and women. In the beginning, two skiers find a body frozen in ice of a discreet mountain creek. It took all night to dig the woman out, later to be identified as Abbie Cooper, who was accused of murder. This is one not to be missed as it flashes back to tell the endearing, engaging, sometimes humorous background story. Family secrets are revealed; tragedy brings people together...all in all this was truly a wonderful story.
This book is awesome. I actually picked it up on a whim at a grocery store (Rainbow Foods in CoonRapids, MN) because I was nearing the end of a biography I was reading. I have never heard of this Author before. He leaves no stone unturned. You know what happens to everybody at the end. I actually had to slow down because I read it to fast. I would read a chapter put it down. Read a few pages put it down. It was such and enjoyable easy read. No cliff hangers. Maybe there was but this was and awesome book, I really enjoyed it alot!!!!!
In this his fourth novel Nicholas Evans, author of the bestselling The Horse Whisperer, again offers an intense, compelling story of the relationships between people, their expectations, aspirations, and flaws. The Divide is aptly titled, representing several different aspects of this story. Perhaps most importantly it signifies the divisions in a family. How can a seemingly perfect family suddenly rupture and break? Our story opens with the discovery of the frozen body of a young girl in a Montana streambed. She is Abbie Cooper, missing for several years. Not only was Abbie wanted for murder but she was also pregnant at the time of her death. These questions confront Sheriff Charlie Riggs. The questions that plague Abbie's parents, Sarah and Ben, and her brother, Josh, are many - how could a young woman with such grace and intelligence become involved with a group of eco-terrorists, be wanted for murder, and die so mysteriously? Evans tells his story in flashback form returning to Abbie's growing up in New York State and her parents divorce - Ben has fallen in love with another woman. The disintegration of her parents relationship affects Abbie deeply and she is easy prey for the influence of eco-terrorist, Rolf. Of course, when Abbie's defection becomes public knowledge it's an embarrassment for the Coopers and takes a particular toll on young Josh. Able actor/writer Scott Brick gives a bravura reading of this tale of disaffection, disgrace, and final redemption. Nicholas Evans well knows how to tug on readers/listeners heartstrings with his perceptive descriptions of human foibles and fancies. The Divide is another winner.
I really enjoy this author and was excited to read this book. It had a great plot and story line.
It was very easy for me to relate to the parents in this book, and the heartbreak we experience when children make bad choices I was still thinking about this story several days after I finished reading it. I have not yet read The Smoke Jumper, The Loop but I definitely will.
Evans has a knack for introducing flawed and tormented characters to his readers. I confess shedding a tear or two when I finsihed reading the book and told my wife what a softee I had become. Perhaps, as the father of 3 daughters (fortunately none are ecoterrorists)I had a brief glimpse at what it must feel like to lose the physical and emotional connection between 'daddy and his little girl'. Brutal. A good, quick read.
This was my first Evans novel. I agree that the opening was a bit confusing, going from an icy mountain to a tour of Italy (that had so little to do with the rest of the story!), but I was soon drawn into the lives of the main characters, and the heartbreak of parents when children make bad choices. After reading this novel, I went on to read all of Evans works - The Horse Whisperer, The Smoke Jumper, The Loop. I have not been disappointed with any. Thank yo!!
I became an Evans fan after reading The Smoke Jumper (which is still my favorite) and had to read all of his other books. The Divide was great, a little slow in parts but the last 1/4 of the book I read strait through becuase I could not put it down. I will eagerly await his next novel and highly recommend his work.
Another great book! If you like his other novels you will enjoy this book as well. I love his style of writing. This man is one to watch. Can't wait for more!!
I just finished The Divide this afternoon and like with The Smoke Jumper, it left me unable to stop thinking about the book, and feeling a little sad. I wish the book had been a little more about Abbie and her life as a terrorist, and maybe even some more of her dialouge, thoughts, ect. and a little less about the ruin of Sarah and Bens marriage, and I also have to say- I really disliked Eve. Even Ben, I had very little sympathy for, and so that is why the 4 stars and not 5. Ben and Eve are so hard to like, it takes away from the book that so much of it involves them. Even so, Evans is an exceptional writer, I have read everything by him and look forward to his next book..
Really enjoyed The Divide as I found it entertaining and a compelling read.
Opening with the death of Abbie, I wasn't sure until very much later in the novel why her family life mattered, and even then, I was 3/4 through before I got it. Thankfully I stuck it out and thoroughly enjoyed the story.
CD/Unabridged/literature: This book was really long. From the beginning, you know the ending. A body is found at the bottom of a ravine; frozen in ice. We quickly learn that she is the daughter of a well off family and a member of the ELF (Google it; it really exists). Her family is a stereotypical family of four. Her father seems like a doormat and her trust fund mother a shrew. They also have the typical burnout son. But nothing is as it seems. From the beginning, you think one thing. Then the novel flashes back the earlier years. How the parents met, a vacation on the ranch, and other key moments that that change and divide each character and relationship. By the end of the book, you see all the divides and you learn how the girl from Long Island ended up at the bottom of the ravine in Montana. As for recommending it? Well, it's literature. Listening to it can be slow. I think abridge would have been better. Scott Brick does a wonderful job with the narration and the book is well written. However, by disc 8, I wanted it to end or put me out of my misery. If you like literature, this is the book for you. I read the back summary and thought it was a mystery. While there is a ton, and I mean a ton, of red herrings in the beginning, the conclusion took too long.
Not asgood as some of his others but kept me interested.
Just finished this for my Book Club. Not a happy book; rather dark at times. Led to good discussions.
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Directors: John T Bone, John T. Bone
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The others are what we've come to expect. Ten minutes of oral, doggie, cowgirl and missionary. And always in that order. Dialogue is puerile of the highest order and all the best lines go to James Lewis. If you're a Leanna Foxxx nut, go for it, otherwise pass it by.

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In the July 1993 issue of the Archives, Yercen et al1 describe an unusual cause of salt poisoning in a 30-day-old Turkish girl whose skin, according to an old Turkish custom, was chronically salted. She presented with seizure activity and a serum sodium concentration of 196 mmol/L. Therapy included administration of intravenous fluid, resulting in a decrease in the serum sodium concentration from 196 to 152 mmol/L within 12 hours, a gradual decline according to the authors. During this period, the patient had uncontrollable seizures and died after 23 hours. In the absence of a postmortem examination of her brain, the authors believe the patient died of central nervous system hemorrhage due to hypernatremia.
I postulate that an equally likely cause of death in this already critically ill infant was water intoxication with brain herniation. There are two special characteristics of the central nervous system that support this diagnosis.
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Azrou is a picturesque market town nestled in the mid-Atlas mountains at an invigorating altitude of 1250m. Situated 56 miles (90 kilometres) south of Fez (only a 1 � hour?s drive) from Fez international airport.
Unlike Fez Azrou is very laidback and a great place to base yourself if you are into trekking of the beaten track above the Medina there are wooded slopes with varied trails leading up to plateaus. There are Lakes and ancient cedar & pine forests at 1700 metres, where the only inhabitants are Berber (Amazigh) shepherds and foresters who welcome all visitors.
This most hospitable market town's charming bustling medina is full of colour, aroma, restaurants, cafes, barbers, hairdressers, bespoke tailors/dressmakers and hammams (baths). It will enchant you with its bargain wares, carvings, spices, rugs, jewellery, and leather.
The biggest regional Souk is held on Tuesdays and is a must to visit.
The endemic cedar (Cedrus atlantica) ecosystem is estimated as 100,000 hectares the largest concentration of cedar in North Africa and the western Mediterranean.
The forests is shared with the Holm oak (Quercus ballota) which characterizes the lower forest, spilling out onto vast fertile plateaux which host small Berber (Amazigh) ancestral & community settlements all of whom welcome visitors with their unique brand of traditional hospitality.
The Azrou region hosts one of the worlds largest population of the Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) this species is currently limited to forest areas in Morocco and Algeria, its the only primate north of the Sahara desert.
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Title: Chapter 36 Reviewer: HHS Signed
No wonder Legolas acts like he does about sex.His "first" experience was horrible and he thought that sex is about cruelty and malice.
Date: 03/11/06 07:35 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 36 Reviewer: XoGiggles Signed
omg! you updated! YAyyY! couldn't wait...aww man this chapter was so emotional...it made me cry.. XD you're good
Date: 03/10/06 09:35 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 35 Reviewer: XoGiggles Signed
omg..omg that was like omg... haha poor Legs.. i'm sooo sorry i had to go through like 10 pages of updates! my internet...*sniff* broke down on me...ME! on Me! i had to spend like almost 2 months with out and it was living hell without it.. okay.. i'm acting like a total bitch right now.. hehe XD i'm so happy to finally awake from that horrible nightmare.. gosh it seems you've updated quicker. YAY! hope to read your new chappie soon! =D
Date: 03/01/06 09:28 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 35 Reviewer: Imradris_Elf Signed
So far it is an awesome story. Keep writing!
Date: 02/24/06 06:31 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 35 Reviewer: HHS Signed
Heck yeah I enjoyed it!So much so!
Date: 02/22/06 03:05 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 34 Reviewer: MiaKitten Signed
Hmmm...Elrond is into S&M, maybe? Wouldn't surprise me! *giggle*
Date: 02/07/06 07:30 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 34 Reviewer: HHS Signed
Poor Leggy!Wait,what about me?I want to be there!
Date: 02/01/06 08:55 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 34 Reviewer: angelsfyre1 Signed
oh boy legolas is pissed LOL poor elrond has his hands full now and needs asprins for the headache that will set in from all of Legolas' yelling HEHE Can not wait for your next chapter !
Date: 02/01/06 02:40 am [Report This]
Title: Chapter 34 Reviewer: XoGiggles Signed
YO! you are so mean to Legolas! ... ... i like it! XD and yes i know the Gimli nightmare, thankfuly i'm not having them anymore... it takes you sooo long to update... you gotta believe me, when i saw that you updated i almost choked on my sandwhich...well i actually did but i spit it out... YAY! don't give up on the story.. it is soo goood! me like you story... wow you know it's kinda embarrasing for Legolas lying there naked and tied... if someone would come in... wohoho.. lmao Legolas is CRAZY! poor guy...
Date: 01/31/06 10:15 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 33 Reviewer: MiaKitten Signed
Dammit! You filthy tease!
Date: 01/21/06 05:20 am [Report This]
Title: Chapter 33 Reviewer: HHS Signed
Need to ask?Of course it was worth it!
Date: 01/12/06 04:11 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 33 Reviewer: XoGiggles Signed
hell yeah! it was damn worth it! why did it take so long? XD holy cow you don't know how happy i was when i saw that you updated! YAY! you actually had a dream? aww man! the only time i had a dream was when Gimili was harrasing me... >_< it was really disturbig... though quite funny. =D it was a good thing that dream bitched you so much... though mine still scares me with a picture of Gimli in my head, i don't think i'll be writing a story about that. ever. but too bad Legolas had to chicken out.. too bad.. it sounded like Elrond was going to rape him for a moment... O_o this story is sooo awesome! XD
Date: 01/11/06 08:56 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 26 Reviewer: Northerlyartemis Signed
aww...hope people haven't been mean hon! Personally, I love it! The way you just keep dragging us in andf then...like Elrond you leave us wanting a little bit more! Your very talented! And I totally understand why you chose to make it AU. While I adore Tolkien his tightly structured world and time-line leaves little room for creativity!
Date: 01/06/06 10:55 am [Report This]
Title: Chapter 32 Reviewer: Dragonlore Signed
GAH! *spazzes out and runs around in a small circle* Excellent! Must know what happens! Must know, must know! Update soon! *continues running*
Date: 01/03/06 07:03 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 32 Reviewer: MiaKitten Signed
*gulp* Hurry up will ya?
Date: 12/31/05 03:45 am [Report This]
Title: Chapter 32 Reviewer: HHS Signed
EGADS!Leave it at that why don't you.Cruel man!Oh yeah,Merry X'mas!
Date: 12/22/05 08:04 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 32 Reviewer: XoGiggles Signed
woah.. no way! Legolas is gonna-- they're gonna--- together-- in bed-- no way! i like the scared little Legolas... XD i'm sorry but it was so cute... omgomgomgomg woohoo! where did you get this topic anyway? came up in your head? or did you want to write this kind of story for a long time? O_o anyway anyhow i like it! XD
Date: 12/21/05 04:25 pm [Report This]
Title: Chapter 32 Reviewer: angelsfyre1 Signed
Yeah! Leggy is giving in or at least partially giving in LOL Poor Elrond that elf has got to have more restraint then most to get all hot and bothered and have Leggy run. i think Elrond stays under the waterfalls to keep his mind from turning to mush but now it looks like he might finally get some! as always i can not wait for your next update! thanks for reviewing mine and yeah she mean to poor leggy! Those two are definitely NOT the best of friends at the moment LOL
Date: 12/21/05 03:03 am [Report This]
Title: Chapter 31 Reviewer: Dragonlore Signed
AHHH! OMG it's been TOO long! I've been so busy...but that's no excuse. I just read all the last chapters, and I really like it. I was rigid in my chair when Legolas started freaking out. This is excellent; keep going and update soon!
Date: 12/07/05 03:56 pm [Report This]
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My poor Leggy!Traumatized byt hat arrogant(but beloved)Haldir.
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Somebody's Baby
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"Somebody's Baby" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Danny Kortchmar[1] and recorded by Browne for the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack. Reaching #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 after debuting at #73 on July 31, 1982, the track would be Browne's last top-ten song as well as the highest-charting single of his career, spending 19 weeks on the chart. It reached #14 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, as well.[2][3] The single was also released in Italy, Spain and Japan.[4]
It has since been released on several of Browne's greatest hits albums including The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne and The Very Best of Jackson Browne. An unplugged acoustic version appears on Browne's 2008 album entitled Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2.
Other versions[edit]
- American rock band Yo La Tengo released a version on the 1988 compilation album entitled Human Music (HMS100) (Homestead Records).
- It was covered by Andru Donalds for the 1997 Good Will Hunting soundtrack.
- Phantom Planet covered the song for the 2001 Not Another Teen Movie movie soundtrack.
- Country music singer-songwriter Eric Heatherly covered the song on his 2009 album 2 High 2 Cry.
- Spoken word poet and rapper B. Dolan featured the song on his 2008 concept album The Failure.
- Harley & The Night covered the song for the 2008 EP "Side A".
- Free Energy_(band) covered the song in 2013 and made it available on Youtube and Soundcloud.
- Have Mercy covered the song for their portion of the 2015 split EP with Somos
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/song/somebodys-baby-mt0008032440
- ^ Billboard.com Jackson Browne Chart History. Accessed July 11, 2012.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel. Billboard Hot 100 Charts - The Eighties. Wisconsin: Record Research, 1991.
- ^ Paris, Russ. The Jackson Browne Fan Page, COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY. Accessed July 11, 2012.
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WASHINGTON -- Lenders aren't keeping pace with a mounting backlog of applications for federal mortgage aid, placing some borrowers at increasing risk of losing their homes to foreclosure, according to an auditor's report.
Servicers including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. and Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC are processing only a fraction of the applications they receive each month for the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), the Special Inspector General (SIG) for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) said Wednesday.
"Without a timely review of their eligibility to even get into a HAMP trial modification, struggling homeowners left in limbo hoping to get help from TARP's HAMP program may not pursue other foreclosure alternatives and, with options narrowing over time, may be at risk for foreclosure," the report said.
The number of borrowers waiting for a response to their requests for HAMP aid rose 65 percent between November and May, to 221,000, which the report called "an alarming trend."
Ocwen, with the largest pool of 61,000 unprocessed applications, "will face significant challenges" processing its "massive backlog," the report said.
The report also singled out JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM), CitiMortgage and Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. for processing speeds that could keep borrowers waiting for months.
Homeowners are supposed to receive a response within a month of submitting their paperwork.
The report was the latest in a series of TARP inspector general audits critical of the HAMP program, which pays banks to modify mortgages and lower borrowers' monthly payments.
The program, a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's efforts to stem the housing crisis, was funded under the 2008 TARP program.
Prior audits have questioned the high rate of redefaults by borrowers who've received mortgage modifications through HAMP.
"SIGTARP has reported on many occasions that Treasury can and should do more to hold servicers accountable, and this is just one more example," the report said.
Servicers have given 1.4 million permanent mortgage modifications to borrowers during the five years of the program while rejecting more than 5.5 million applications, the report said.
The Treasury Department has been "working with servicers and other stakeholders over the last several months to get a better understanding of underlying causes of trends noted in our monthly program data," Tim Bowler, the acting assistant secretary for financial stability, said in a statement.
"Treasury remains committed to maintaining the standards HAMP has set while the industry implements new servicing regulations so that those households facing a hardship receive the best and most timely outcome," he said.
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It's March. We may be thinking of warmer weather and going on a buying spree for short sleeves, but wait. You can score some huge deals in other departments. Here's what to buy and what not to buy this month.
The kid is getting fussy and wants to play on your phone or tablet while you wait. You hand it over knowing that they'll quiet down, but have you taken proper precautions to make sure nothing gets messed up in the process?
Pete and Cindy, the 98-Country Morning Show, headed to Mexico for some fun in the sun and upon their return was the greatest gift a man about to be married and have his first child could ever receive...
Pete and Cindy got to spend last week down in Mexico for Boots In The Sand, where it was sunny and 85. I think they felt bad for me being stuck here in the cold, especially when they know I'm such a wimp.
Ellen DeGeneres hosted the Oscars last night and she was GREAT!
It's Monday. We're back at work, and that also means we're back at work dealing with our coworkers. Overall, you like most of your coworkers, but there are some you wish would go jump in the lake. Well, the lakes are frozen right now, so here are a few ways to deal with the unpleasant people you're forced to share space with day in and day out.
Everybody is waiting for warmer weather... and I'm panicking cause it's already March.
I used to think it was funny when people would say what they wanted to have accomplished by a certain age. To me, it seemed like forever before I'd reach that point but now I realize it's really not that far off and I'm starting to make set some of those same types of goals myself.
As country continues to "try new sounds" and lean toward a rock inspired sound, music videos are changing too.
I admit I don't know much about Alzheimer's Disease, but I have seen it first hand. So has funny man, Seth Rogen, and now Rogen is pleading with congress to get more awareness, funding and research for the disease.
Like so many other people, I hope one day money isn't an issue for me. If it ever gets to that point you can bet I'll spend my fair share of time playing but I'm not sure I could give up working.
About three or four months ago, I decided I was going to start working out and eating cleaner. That didn't happen, until just recently...


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Colchester 1-3 Coventry
- From the section Football
Resurgent Coventry claimed their fourth win in five League One matches at the expense of Colchester.
Franck Moussa poked in a cross from Gary McSheffrey before William Edjenguele then headed a quick second.
McSheffrey had initially been adjudged offside in the build-up to Edjenguele's goal, but referee Trevor Kettle overturned the decision.
Tom Eastman's header made it 2-1, but Sky Blues top scorer David McGoldrick tapped in a third late on.
McGoldrick's 12th goal of the campaign (and his 10th in as many games) helped Coventry move above Colchester up to 15th in the League One table.
Colchester United manager Joe Dunne told BBC Essex:
"I'm absolutely stumped. The second goal has completely changed the game.
"The guy who scored is not offside, but there's a guy attacking the ball and going into my goalkeeper who's in an offside position. How can he not be interfering with play?
"Generally I think officials have a hard enough job as it is, but we've had a couple of calls now, in the last three games, that have aided in us not being able to win.
"It's very disappointing because I think we've been in the game all night."
Sky Blues boss Mark Robins told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire:
"You won't see a better goal than our first one. It was outstanding. The second goal was a good finish and the third was clinical.
"They put us under a lot of pressure, but we dealt with everything they threw at us.
"Clinton Morrison came on and, at the end of a game, that could have been a story as we all know what he can do.
"But we held firm, broke away and scored a great third goal on a counter attack."
Lineup, Bookings (7) & Substitutions (4)
- 13 Sullivan
- 03 Rose
- 04 Okuonghae
- 18 Eastman
- 20 Wilson
- 33 Eastmond (Bond - 83' )
- 15 Bean Booked (Massey - 46' )
- 22 Wordsworth Booked
- 11 Sears
- 12 Ibehre
- 16 Henderson Booked (Morrison - 62' Booked )
- 01 Cousins
- 25 White
- 40 J Thompson
- 07 Duguid
- 14 Bond
- 09 Morrison
- 21 Massey
- 01 Murphy
- 21 Christie
- 24 Wood
- 25 Edjenguele
- 39 Adams
- 08 Baker
- 12 Jennings Booked
- 32 Moussa
- 38 Bailey
- 11 McSheffrey Booked (Barton - 77' )
- 31 McGoldrick Booked
- 13 Dunn
- 02 Clarke
- 05 Cameron
- 10 Fleck
- 16 Barton
- 09 McDonald
- 19 O'Donovan
Match Stats
On target
Live Text Commentary
Full Time The referee blows his whistle to end the game.90:00 +1:44
Franck Moussa takes a shot. Save by John Sullivan. Corner taken by Carl Baker from the left by-line, clearance by Magnus Okuonghae.90:00 +1:11
Cyrus Christie concedes a free kick for a foul on Jabo Ibehre. Michael Rose takes the free kick.89:00
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Adam Barton by Tom Eastman. Carl Baker takes the direct free kick.86:40
The assist for the goal came from Adam Barton.86:40 Goal scored
Goal! - David McGoldrick - Colchester 1 - 3 Coventry A goal is scored by David McGoldrick from inside the box to the bottom right corner of the goal. Colchester 1-3 Coventry.85:57 Booking
Booking The referee shows Anthony Wordsworth a yellow card.85:41
Free kick awarded for a foul by James Bailey on Clinton Morrison. Direct free kick taken by John Sullivan.84:40
Anthony Wordsworth crosses the ball, Brian Wilson takes a shot. Save by Joe Murphy.83:43
Franck Moussa has a shot on goal from outside the box which misses right.82:09 Substitution
Substitution Andy Bond joins the action as a substitute, replacing Craig Eastmond.82:09
Clinton Morrison gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Richard Wood. Indirect free kick taken by Joe Murphy.79:58
Freddie Sears fouled by Blair Adams, the ref awards a free kick. Freddie Sears takes the direct free kick. Corner taken by Anthony Wordsworth from the right by-line, Tom Eastman takes a shot. Joe Murphy makes a save.79:25
Carl Baker takes a shot. John Sullivan makes a save.78:13
The offside flag is raised against Steven Jennings. John Sullivan restarts play with the free kick.77:44
David McGoldrick takes a shot. Save by John Sullivan.76:53 Substitution
Substitution Adam Barton joins the action as a substitute, replacing Gary McSheffrey.76:36
Carl Baker produces a right-footed shot from just outside the penalty area that goes harmlessly over the target.75:02
Unfair challenge on Brian Wilson by Gary McSheffrey results in a free kick. The free kick is swung in left-footed by Anthony Wordsworth, clearance made by William Edjenguele.73:30
The referee blows for offside against Clinton Morrison. Joe Murphy restarts play with the free kick.
Shot from just outside the box by David McGoldrick goes over the bar.71:04 Booking
Booking Steven Jennings goes into the book for unsporting behaviour.70:02
Assist by Anthony Wordsworth.70:02 Goal scored
Goal! - Tom Eastman - Colchester 1 - 2 Coventry Tom Eastman scores a headed goal from inside the penalty area. Colchester 1-2 Coventry.69:32
Free kick crossed by Anthony Wordsworth,69:32 Booking
Booking Gary McSheffrey is shown a yellow card.69:16
Foul by Carl Baker on Freddie Sears, free kick awarded.67:53
David McGoldrick challenges Craig Eastmond unfairly and gives away a free kick. John Sullivan takes the direct free kick.67:53 Booking
Booking David McGoldrick booked.66:06
Steven Jennings restarts play with the free kick.66:06 Booking
Booking Clinton Morrison receives a yellow card.64:10
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Anthony Wordsworth by Steven Jennings. Free kick crossed left-footed by Anthony Wordsworth, Richard Wood makes a clearance.62:52
Unfair challenge on Craig Eastmond by Steven Jennings results in a free kick. John Sullivan takes the indirect free kick.61:18 Substitution
Substitution Clinton Morrison comes on in place of Ian Henderson.61:18
Free kick awarded for a foul by Michael Rose on Carl Baker. Steven Jennings takes the direct free kick.59:09
Shot from just outside the area by Cyrus Christie misses to the right of the target.57:05
Cyrus Christie produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the box and misses to the left of the goal.54:06
Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Anthony Wordsworth from the right by-line, Richard Wood manages to make a clearance.53:24
A cross is delivered by Cyrus Christie, Header on goal by David McGoldrick from inside the box goes harmlessly over the target.50:33
Ian Henderson challenges Cyrus Christie unfairly and gives away a free kick. The ball is delivered by Carl Baker, David McGoldrick takes a shot. Blocked by Tom Eastman. David McGoldrick produces a right-footed shot from inside the area that goes over the bar. Anthony Wordsworth takes a outswinging corner from the left by-line played to the near post, clearance made by Blair Adams.50:04
The ball is sent over by Blair Adams, Tom Eastman makes a clearance.48:17
Unfair challenge on Brian Wilson by Gary McSheffrey results in a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Magnus Okuonghae.47:42
The offside flag is raised against Gavin Massey. Joe Murphy restarts play with the free kick.45:01
The match restarts for the second half.45:01 Substitution
Substitution Gavin Massey on for Marcus Bean.45:00 +1:58 Half time
Half Time The match has reached half-time.42:34
Shot by Michael Rose from a long way out goes over the target.41:11 Booking
Booking The referee shows Ian Henderson a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.38:45 Booking
Booking Booking for Marcus Bean for dissent.36:55
Assist by Carl Baker.36:55 Goal scored
Goal! - William Edjenguele - Colchester 0 - 2 Coventry William Edjenguele grabs a headed goal from inside the six-yard box. Colchester 0-2 Coventry.35:11
Outswinging corner taken right-footed by Carl Baker from the right by-line to the near post. The ball is crossed by Carl Baker,33:30
The assist for the goal came from Gary McSheffrey.33:30 Goal scored
Goal! - Franck Moussa - Colchester 0 - 1 Coventry Franck Moussa fires in a goal from close in low into the middle of the goal. Colchester 0-1 Coventry.32:41
Centre by Brian Wilson.30:22
Freddie Sears takes a shot. Anthony Wordsworth takes the inswinging corner, Tom Eastman produces a header from deep inside the six-yard box that clears the bar.28:21
Marcus Bean takes a shot. The assistant referee signals for offside against Jabo Ibehre. Free kick taken by Joe Murphy.27:52
Blair Adams concedes a free kick for a foul on Craig Eastmond. Magnus Okuonghae takes the direct free kick.25:12
William Edjenguele produces a left-footed shot from long distance which goes wide right of the goal.22:21
Unfair challenge on Jabo Ibehre by Richard Wood results in a free kick. Anthony Wordsworth restarts play with the free kick.20:37
Brian Wilson takes a shot. Save by Joe Murphy.18:00
The ball is delivered by David McGoldrick, Gary McSheffrey takes a shot. Save by John Sullivan.16:01
James Bailey challenges Marcus Bean unfairly and gives away a free kick. Michael Rose restarts play with the free kick.15:24
Shot from just outside the area by Carl Baker misses to the right of the target.14:27
Craig Eastmond challenges Steven Jennings unfairly and gives away a free kick. Richard Wood takes the free kick.13:35
Centre by Cyrus Christie, clearance made by Brian Wilson.12:44
Shot by Anthony Wordsworth from outside the box goes over the target.11:58
Anthony Wordsworth takes the inswinging corner, James Bailey manages to make a clearance.6:10
Carl Baker crosses the ball, save made by John Sullivan.4:07
Carl Baker takes the outswinging corner, clearance by Magnus Okuonghae.2:08
The assistant referee flags for offside against Carl Baker. John Sullivan restarts play with the free kick.0:00
The game kicks-off.
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I highly recomend CO. My brother and I went OTC in the 2010 3rd season and he connected on a bull. We did lots of research but settled on some national forest land and a campsite.
Let me tell you that tent camping in third season was an adventure but not undoable.
The posters on this board have always had tons of great info.
I had almost as much fun in planning and anticipating the trip...almost.
You guys will have a blast.


text: Royce McNabb from A Year Down Yonder is the love interest for Mary Alice. He is also a transplant to the town and this gives them some common ground from the beginning. She invites him to grandma's house to help her study math, but she really just wants to get to know him. Later, when he leaves to go to college, they continue to write to one another. We learn later that he and Mary Alice eventually did get married.


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I have been testing products for some time and even have been making my own moisturizers and cleansers and have been trying to formulate a good product. I have enjoyed using my own homemade skin products, and I've learned about the variety of natural ingredients that rejuvenate the skin and help with cell renewal or naturally hydrate the skin. I have also finally found some companies with great formulations & am ready to share them with you.
A few months ago, I never thought I'd ever find anything that was 100% pure and raw because time after time I was finding water or alcohol and even synthetic vitamin E in "natural" products from health food stores. As you know, I am immensely picky since I am obsessed with wholesome only natural ingredients (and sick of all of the harmful petroleum derived synthetics in everything!!!).
These are my Top Picks for BEST NATURAL SKIN CARE:
#1. Skin Essence Organics
Skin Essence Organics is one of the only companies that is truly organic; Certified Organic ingredients, Fair Trade, Eco-Friendly and made in Canada. All their ingredients are cold pressed (totally raw) keeping them full of their natural nutrients, minerals, and enzymes. They don't use ANY fillers, no water, no cheap oils. Their carrier oils are beautiful (expensive and nutrient rich) and are the 1st ingredients, such as Rosehip Seed Oil, Apricot Kernel, Kukui Seed Oil. They bottle is tinted glass to prevent sun exposure/damage (eco friendly/bonus, and no BPA or plastic leaching).
Here's how I found out about them. I was browsing Noah's Natural Food store at Yonge & Eg and Skin Essence Organic's owner, David, was doing demos. As you know, I am always happy to learn about every all natural company out there and do some research on them. As he expressed the basics of what he was using on me, I was in shock and basically in disbelief, so I picked up the bottles and read for myself. I recognized some of the ingredients, and then asked about others I hadn't seen before. Some of the ingredients are so rare and pure that I have never even seen them individually for sale in any of the huge health food stores. One ingredient that stood out to me in the moisturizer, that David told me about was "Allantoin" a natural component found in comfrey root. It helps treat burns, wounds, acne... it stimulates healthy tissue formulation. Who knew that Stevia Leaf also has healing properties, is nutrient rich, and helps prevent scaring? I have been using their Nourish Line and my skin feels so smooth and healthy again! Thank you David!! I also learned that this company never intended on selling their products to the market. It was created by a highly regarded Herbalist and Certified Holistic Esthetician who made it to share with their friends and family and specifically for her Mom who has rosacia.
If there are any downsides to this line, it would be remembering to shake the moisturizer before using it because the minerals will settle in the bottom which has been an easy thing to get use to. Also the moisturizer is a serum rather than a whipped synthetic lotion, so it's very thin and you just use a little bit. It takes a little getting use to if you haven't used natural skin oils before. However they absorb so well and also help even the pigmentation of your skin with the carrot tissue in it. Carrot tissue also stimulates skin cell renewal and naturally contains beta-carotene and vitamins A, B, C, D, and E.
Lastly, the price point is very good, they are very competitive! All their products are between $18-35. Moisturizer $32, Cleanser $28... see website for details (The mask/exfoliators - Facial in a Jar, and eye serum - Ocular Eye Serum, are my favourites!! ask me about them, I don't want to use up too much space on here) I can get you a discount too but you have to ask me, email@example.com!
Overview Of Skin Essence Organics:
Upside: Certified Organic, fair trade, made in Canada, All cold-pressed ingredients, great price point, long lasting. You don't need a separate "toner" because of the natural toning ingredients in the cleanser. Ingredients have all their raw minerals, nutrients, enzymes from cold extracting from the plants. Nothing feels "heavy". Skin breathes well.
Downside: Shake bottles before using. Get use to serum instead of thick moisturizer.
Where can I buy them: Noah's Natural Foods, Nature's Emporium (New Market), The Big Carrot (Toronto), Select Spas, Online (free express shipping over $50), or ask Marcella (personal discount). Click for all locations.
#2. Suki
Suki is 100% synthetic free and has clinically proven results. They are not certified organic anymore, however they are still the runner up when it comes to being pure and wholesome. They do use organic ingredients however recently were unable to be certified (and they don't want to pay $$ for the certification just to be promoted by a label that supports some companies that aren't truly organic). They are a transparent company. I love that they use glass bottles as well. You won't find any fillers and no synthetics and no alcohol in their products. They are accountable and list every ingredient with details in their thick brochure (more like a booklet) you get when you purchase the product. Their products are also gluten free which is so important for people with celiac and sensitivities. They even use a lot of the great cold pressed ingredients that Skin Essence Organics also use! The downside is the price point is quite high. I'm assuming that the prices are higher due to shipping to Canada. Their intensive nourishing cream was $61. Their basic balancing day lotion was $36 however I finished the bottle in less than 2 months sadly. Creamy Cleanser is $33. The balancing masque is $58 and the peel is $83.
Upside: Quality ingredients. Trustworthy company. No synthetics. Gluten Free. Well researched technology and clinical results. Do not use nanotechnology. Clear glass bottles. The moisturizer has a perfect texture and is very soothing.
Downside: Price point is higher. They didn't last quite as long. Ran out of moisturizer fairly quickly. The cleanser left a slight oily film on the skin. In order to fully get the benefits of the skin care you need to buy the toner.
Where can I get them: Nature's Emporium (New Market), other select health food stores, or Online (free ground shipping for orders over $50)
#3. Aubrey Organics
Aubrey Organics is one of the oldest organic skin care companies. They were an innovator for organic skin care in the 1960's. Aubrey comes in 3rd. Here's why:
Overview of Aubrey Organics:
Upside: Stays away from synthetics. They have a good standing reputation. They also have a lot of products for all your body care needs as well. Never have any parabens. They have their own formulation of "natural preservatives" which is a combination of Vitamins A, C, and E. For the quality of the product, it has the best price point. I paid less than $20 per product. (However, is not the same quality in comparison to Skin Essence Organics or Suki). Leaves the skin feeling smooth. Variety of lines for different skin types.
Downside: They bottle in plastic. There is water and alcohol in their moisturizers.
Where can I get them: Nature's Emporium (New Market), other health food stores, and Online
In conclusion, I am happy to say that I've found some good all natural skin care options. Nothing compares to my #1, Skin Essence Organics, for it's formulation and cold pressed ingredients! Suki is a good runner up with many great products and a large product line. Thirdly, Aubrey Organics is an affordable option, not quite as pure but is a step toward chemical free living and makes your skin feel great. I hope this information has been helpful! Please contact me if you have questions about any other products or ingredients as well. Also, to test your own products for safety, click on the resource page: "How To Check Your Own Products For Safety".
If you have further questions about Skin Essence Organics or to order, email me: email@example.com
Here is complete information on Skin Essence Organics Brochure- Skin Essence Organics


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Question of the Week
Quote of the Day
"If there is anyone who can sell change as steadiness, or steadiness as change, it is Bill Clinton. After his speech Tuesday night, there was some difference of opinion on whether he still has the old magic. But to convince voters that Hillary Clinton, running for what amounts to a third term of the Obama administration, is in fact a change maker will perhaps require more magic than Bill ever…[more]
—Byron York, Washington Examiner


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The Time is Now
PITTSBURGH – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants the league to consider expanding the playoffs.
Consider the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals a litmus test.
The official postseason doesn't start for another two weeks, but the AFC North rivals are getting an early start today in what amounts to an elimination game. The Steelers (7-7) need two victories to play into January while the Bengals (8-6) need at least one more to assure themselves a rare second straight playoff berth.
Cincinnati hasn't made consecutive postseason appearances since 1981-82, or before all but five players on the current roster were even born.
"We can't control the past," receiver A.J. Green said.
Maybe, but the Bengals control the present. They've won five out of six – the only loss coming on a last-second field goal to Dallas – and can still capture the AFC North title with victories against the Steelers and Ravens and a little help.
Heady territory for a franchise that has spent most of the last two decades serving as both a national punching bag for its two main rivals, though the Bengals are downplaying the chance to make a statement against teams considered part of the NFL's elite.
"It's not as much about Pittsburgh as it is about us," left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. "We've got an opportunity to go to the playoffs."
Amazingly, the Steelers do too, despite their second-worst stretch in coach Mike Tomlin's six years on the job. Pittsburgh has dropped four of five, including baffling losses to Cleveland and San Diego. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been nursing a sprained shoulder and the nagging perception he and offensive coordinator Todd Haley won't be exchanging Christmas cards.
Roethlisberger vented about the direction of the offense after a 27-24 overtime loss to Dallas last weekend, though he backtracked a few days later and Tomlin insisted his franchise cornerstone and his fiery coordinator are on the same page.
Maybe, but the latest dust-up offered another chapter in an increasingly long series of melodramas that have evaporated the sense of optimism following a 24-20 victory against the New York Giants on Nov. 4 that appeared to cement the notion the Steelers were back after a slow start.
Receiver Mike Wallace, in the midst of a contract season, was booed lustily after poor play against the Chargers, a loss running back Rashard Mendenhall didn't even bother to show up for after being made inactive. Tomlin suspended Mendenhall a game for conduct detrimental to the team, though the mercurial back hardly seemed remorseful upon his return this week.
Throw in the ongoing saga of Roethlisberger and Haley and it's no wonder things appear worse than they actually are in a place known for stability and sustained success.
"I don't know what it is this year or what we've done to make people feel like everything we've done isn't football mistakes, it's off the field mistakes when that's not the case," Wallace said. "We feel like everybody is locked in."
The Steelers don't really have a choice if they want to salvage their season. Pittsburgh has won five straight against Cincinnati – including a 24-17 victory on Oct. 21 – and 10 of the last 12 meetings dating back to 2006. While cautioning they're not taking things for granted, playing and winning meaningful games in December is nothing new for the Steelers. Cincinnati, not so much.
"I think that a lot of the guys in this locker room have 'been there before' and understand this is a playoff game for us," Roethlisberger said. "It does help us."
Pittsburgh may need some help fending off a team that appears to be learning on the fly. The Bengals appeared out of it at the midway point, dropping to 3-5 after getting whipped by the Broncos on Nov. 11.
Instead of folding, however, Cincinnati has flourished behind a defense that leads the league in sacks and a new attitude in the locker room that the status quo that's dogged the franchise for decades – pockets of success surrounded by years of ineptitude – is no longer acceptable.
Coach Marvin Lewis challenged his young team to take responsibility for its actions, and the Bengals responded by not just winning games, but dominating them. Cincinnati's last five wins have come by an average of 18 points.
"If we wanted to get to where we're at right now, we had to change some things," quarterback Andy Dalton said. "So we've played a lot better since then because we had to play a lot better."
Something the Steelers haven't done much of lately. Save for a remarkable 23-20 victory in Baltimore three weeks ago behind backup quarterback Charlie Batch, Pittsburgh has been surprisingly dull the last six weeks, and the Steelers know time is running out.
Then again, wasn't it just last year the Giants were 7-7 and floundering to make the playoffs? Less than two months later, they were Super Bowl champions.
"We're upset with it but we still have a chance," Wallace said. "I like our team with our backs against the wall."


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What's apparent in the quandary over where to locate a new recreational facility in Middlebury is that neither site is perfect, nor would any site likely be.
ADDISON COUNTY — On Monday Vermont State Police wrapped up a week-long investigation of a Nov. 14 burglary in Goshen and troopers arrested Scott H. Clark, 30, of Goshen and cited him for burglary.
Troopers from the New Haven barracks said their investigation revealed that Clark entered the unsecured residence in Goshen and allegedly stole property, including the victims' travelers checks and a 65-year-old engagement ring worth more than $6,000. Police alleged that Clark subsequently pawned the ring in Rutland for $200.
VERGENNES — Vergennes police handled, among other incidents between Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, thefts, reports of suspicious behavior, car accidents and one case of driving under the influence of alcohol.
During that week, Vergennes police:
• In the morning of Nov. 25 were called about a suspicious man reported to be walking back and forth in front of Vergennes Union High School, but could not find him on arrival.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police investigated a report of gunshots fired at a Jackson Lane residence on Nov. 30. Police determined that someone had thrown a hot sauce bottle against the door of the residence and that no shots had been fired. Police said the matter remains under investigation.
In other action last week, Middlebury police:
MIDDLEBURY — As might be expected, the undefeated Division I champion Middlebury Union High School football team earned more than its share of the league's postseason honors.
Nine members of the Tigers were named as D-I first-team all-stars, as chosen by Vermont coaches, while many more earned second-team or honorable mention, and Coach Dennis Smith was named the D-I Coach of the Year.
ADDISON COUNTY — Five members of the Otter Valley Union High School football team and two from Mount Abraham earned postseason recognition from the Division III coaches.
Four OV players were named first-team all-stars: senior Mike Winslow as a running back and a linebacker, senior Tyler Jones as an offensive lineman, junior Joe Scarborough as a receiver and junior John Winslow as a defensive back, while Mount Abe senior Tommy Lee Hodsden earned a first-team nod as a kick returner.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College will host the annual holiday event "Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas" on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 4 and 7 p.m. at Mead Chapel. For 42 years, this service has been a special Addison County tradition, celebrated on the last Sunday of the college's fall semester. A large audience of both college and community members and families will fill the chapel to share in a sense of community and hopefulness of the season.
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now i know AFK is away from keyboard dont go bugging me about that. lets make it AFC away from controller. for the most part.
first load up a private cruise on xbox live so theres no parked cars in the ways can be done without it but its easier
now all you need to do is have the ninja motorcycle the ducati 999 might work. and go down to the section of beach that is shown in my map.
have button B (it goes kinda weird and moves with out B) and the right trigger rubber banded or taped. and have the joystick taped right.
i went for about 20 minutes so far without moving while i was doin this and you go roughly 90 miles an hour too
now this whole part of the beach will work but i found that i hardly ever move when im at the red circle thats on my map.
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|Please join us on the afternoon of April 3, 2008, 3:30 - 6:00pm for a friendly open house at the stylish new offices of the Center for Social Research at 2041 Raybrook St. SE, Suite 103, downstairs from the Van Lunen Center and Kuyers Institute. We'd like to welcome all Calvin faculty and staff and our clients from the community, share refreshments, introduce you to CSR's new director Dr. James Penning, and chat about social research at Calvin College. Thanks are due to past Director Kurt Schaefer, Interim Director Janel Curry, all our campus collaborators, and especially to the Physical Plant personnel who did such a great job remodeling.
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|Adapted from the Christians in Political Science newsletter for March 2008:
Just published, Healing for a Broken World: Christian Perspectives on Public Policy is written by Steve Monsma, a research fellow at the Henry Institute at Calvin College and a former CPS president. In his book, Steve lays out foundational biblical principles for guiding Christians� evaluation of current public policy issues and then applies them to several key issue areas. His goal is not to prescribe specific public policy positions, but to assist believers to evaluate and reach their own public policy positions in a thoughtful manner, guided by biblical principles. It is published by Crossway Books; more information can be found at
The Grand Rapids Press newspaper invited CSR staff to comment for a story about a major new study of American religion by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
A massive survey of over 35,000 people, the U.S. Religious Landscape study reveals significant levels of religious mobility among Americans, with 28 percent reporting leaving the faith tradition of their childhood and another 16 percent reporting movement between groups within the Protestant tradition. Over sixteen percent reported no religious affiliation at all, but this figure includes 5.8 percent who still think of themselves as "religious" (see the bottom of the table at right on the Pew page.)
Dr. James Penning, currently chair of Calvin's Department of Political Science, has been appointed to become Director of the Center for Social Research effective June 1, 2008.
Dr. Penning's extensive experience includes a panoply of research- and community-related projects and positions. A scholar of public administration, urban, state and local politics, and religion and politics, he is a past president of the Michigan Conference of Political Scientists and program chair for the Religion and Politics section of the American Political Science Association. In the community, he has been a member of the Grand Rapids Planning Commission, the Kentwood City Commission, and the Baxter Community Center Board. He has conducted numerous large-scale studies and surveys. His most recent publication is Divided by a Common Heritage: The Christian Reformed Church and the Reformed Church in America at the Beginning of the New Millennium, co-authored with colleagues Corwin Smidt of Calvin and Donald Luidens and Roger Nemeth of Hope College.
The Center's staff and student team are excited about Dr. Penning's unique combination of community ties and research expertise.
Political science professor Corwin Smidt and senior Calvin College student Brian Schaap have co-authored a paper which will be published in a future issue of the Review of Religious Research (RRR). The paper is titled "Public Worship and Public Engagement: Pastoral Cues within the Context of Worship Services". An advance PDF copy of the unpublished working paper is available.
Dr. Corwin Smidt
Brian Schaap