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|China Maritime 2012
China Maritime 2012
Tuesday, February 28 - Thursday, March 1, 2012
Following its previous highly successful stagings in 2006, 2008 and 2010, China Maritime returns to Hong Kong for a fourth time from Tuesday, February 28 – Thursday, March 1, 2012.
Hong Kong is one of the world's leading maritime centres. It has an enormous port – Asia's number one cargo and container hub. It lies at the epicentre of the busiest maritime region in the world. There is, in the surrounding region, intense activity in ship-owning, ship-building, ship-repair, naval architecture, port operations, tugs, ferries, commercial fishing, naval, police, coast guard, tourism, work boats, pollution control and much more.
Many internationally renowned ship owners operate their ships from Hong Kong, which currently controls or manages about ten percent of the world's total tonnage. Plus, many Chinese and Japanese ship owners are moving their headquarters to Hong Kong because they enjoy a more favourable corporate environment there.
China Maritime 2012 will again bring together the cream of the international maritime industry to create an efficient, effective and truly international marine market place. This event will provide the perfect opportunity to meet new suppliers and customers and to renew old acquaintances. The Hong Kong location provides an effective and enjoyable bridge between East and West.
China Maritime 2012 features an extensive exhibition with product presentation seminars, two significant maritime forums, and a series of social events facilitating unrivalled networking possibilities at a time of unprecedented opportunity.
Please click here to read about the 2008 event.
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The April 6 Youth Movement announced Sunday that it will drop its support for Egypt's transitional roadmap, put into effect following the ouster 3 July of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, after three prominent activists were slammed with harsh jail sentences.
On Sunday, an Egyptian misdemeanour court sentenced April 6 leading figures Ahmed Maher, Mohamed Adel and revolutionary activist Ahmed Douma to three years in jail and a LE50,000 fine each on charges including organising illegal protests. [2]
The defendants are accused of assaulting police officers during a demonstration outside a Cairo court where Maher was handing himself in for questioning over allegations he had organised an illegal protest. [3]
"The roadmap included procedures that would provide transitional justice. However, the actions of the regime only reflect a justice of revenge against activists and icons of the revolution," Amr Ali, general coordinator of April 6, said during a press conference Sunday.
Ali added that the roadmap is now useless due to the oppressive tactics adopted by interim authorities.
"We now announce the death of the roadmap … What is pursued by the current regime is a coup against the January 25 Revolution and its goals," he added.
Egypt's transitional roadmap, issued by the army in agreement with a number of political forces after Morsi's removal, envisages an amended constitution (to be put to a referendum in a month) and parliamentary and presidential elections to follow by mid-2014.
The April 6 Youth Movement backed Morsi in the 2012 presidential race as he faced off with Mubarak-era premier Ahmed Shafiq. The group later joined protests against the Muslim Brotherhood, vigorously mobilising for Morsi's ouster.
Ali added and the Way of the Revolution front, an anti-military and anti-Muslim Brotherhood bloc of which April 6 is a member, will organise a protest on Monday at 5pm at Opera Square in Downtown Cairo to denounce the continued detention of Maher, [4] Adel and Douma.
"We are not against the transitional phase or the roadmap, but we are against oppression and deviations," said Ali, underlining that his group will continue protesting until they put an end to the controversial protest law enacted recently.
Ali clarified that April 6 would not coordinate with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who also oppose the post-3 July political roadmap.
The passing of the protest law on 24 November [5] — nearly 10 days after a three-month state of emergency, in place since the ouster of Morsi, was lifted — has been viewed by rights activists as a tool for cracking down on public dissent.
Meanwhile, speaking to the press after the announcement of the verdict against the three activists, Mostafa Maher, brother of April 6 founder Ahmed Maher, accused the interim regime of following the path of past regimes by defaming "the revolution's revolutionaries and symbols" and fabricating facts, adding that it might face a fate similar to that of Mubarak soon.
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Because I've been spending a lot of time in court, I haven't updated you on other important crime stories in the last few days.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is looking for help to identify a man whose body was found burned just before 10:00 am Monday in an outdoor shelter beside Lynn Creek near Keith Road.
IHIT Cpl. Meghan Foster said investigators need the public's help to identify whether the man was killed where he was found or dumped there.
"The victim has yet to be identified, and there remains many unanswered questions. Once the identity is known, our priority will be to notify and support the family, and attempt to piece together the events leading up to this tragic death," Foster said.
She said the shelter is located in a densely-wooded area along the Bridgman North Trail.
"IHIT is asking anyone who was in the area of the shelter last weekend to contact police," she said.
Investigators can be reached at the IHIT tip line at 1-877-551-4448 or by email at email@example.com.
There was also a shooting in Surrey Tuesday evening in Surrey which left a man in hospital with injuries.
The shooting happened about 8 p.m. in the 12100-block of 68th Avenue, Surrey Mounties said in a news release.
The release said "the investigation is still in its early stages, but indications are that this is a targeted incident."
Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.


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For many writers, the act of writing (or placing one word after another) is synonymous with the tool that they use to do it. There's a reason why writers feel so strongly about their moleskin notebooks, fountain pens, and computer software. I'm no different than any other writer. I have my preferred tools, and I love them dearly. They help to focus on my ideas and craft prose that I can be proud of.
When writing on a computer, the tool of choice for many writers (dare I say most?) is Microsoft Word. It's everywhere and everyone has used it. It comes preinstalled on most computers and is a de-facto standard for exchanging written material with others.
Unfortunately, Word is not part of my preferred toolset. I prefer to write using LyX and an add-on I've written for it called LyX-Outline. But while I love my writing program, it makes it difficult to collaborate with other writers who use Word, as LyX doesn't have a straightforward way to directly import Word files.
This isn't a new problem and I've written about it before. I've even proposed a solutions. But while that solution was a good fit for me, it isn't something that I would recommend to others.
For starters, it required a great deal of software to be installed. You needed a program to convert Microsoft Word documents to Open Office documents. You then had to use a second utility to convert it to HTML or LaTeX. After that, you used to a third utility to clean it up and import the LaTeX code into LyX. Three distinct steps, with a lot of places where things could go wrong.
Over the past few months, I've found that I need a better way, a tool that can directly import a Word document and cleanly translate its content. So, I decided to create one.
Project Goals
I wanted my tool to meet several important criteria:
- it should be easy to use and maintain
- it should maintain document structure including headers, styles and other elements
- it should successfully translate Word to LyX, meaning that I don't need to spend time repairing double quotes or fixing em-dashes
- it should support tables, images, and footnotes
- it should be extensible, allowing me to create custom templates that support a wide variety of Word documents and LaTeX document classes
After several months of work, I'm now ready to release an alpha-quality version of that tool. I'm calling it word2lyx.
word2lyx is a python script to convert Microsoft Word documents to a format that can be imported into LyX. word2lyx only works on documents saved in the docx format, created using Word 2007 or 2010. Older in doc will have to be converted before word2lyx will be able to read them.
But here's the important thing, it works directly on the Word file. It doesn't rely on external parsers for translation. For that reason, you can specify exactly how you would like for your documents to be converted.
Currently, word2lyx supports:
- Translating Word paragraph and character styles to LyX paragraph and character styles. In cases where the character styles aren't defined, it will write entries for them in the local layout. These entries will include basic LaTeX font commands, created from the font properties.
- Importing Word tables, including those with merged rows or columns. it will also do its best with table borders.
- Enumerated and itemized lists
- Importing images from the Word document. Word image objects, such as Excel charts and graphs are skipped.
- The use of custom templates, which allow you to finely describe how you would like for your documents to be translated. There are two templates included with the script and supporting libraries: article.w2l and book.w2l. These can be found in the lyx/templates folder. (For more about templates, please see below.)
For best conversion, please make use of paragraph and character styles. These tags are converted directly. Per word formatting is removed. This makes it easier to create clean markup for LyX.
To use the script, use a variation of the command below:
python word2lyx.py "InputFile.docx" "OutputFile.lyx"
You can also specify a template you would like for it to use:
python word2lyx.py "InputFile.docx" "OutputFile.lyx" -t book
Right now, word2lyx includes two templates: one for articles and another for book chapters. These can serve as a base for importing your work into LyX. After you've got it loaded, you can then change the document class and begin to customize it from inside of LyX.
Downloads and Installation
If you think word2lyx sounds interesting, you can download it here. The download includes the script and two supporting libraries, one for reading docx files and one for writing LyX files. Additionally, it has a sample document which will show off most of the script features. To install word2lyx, put the files somewhere inside of your python path. (Or, when you run it, you can just type the full path to the script.)
Automating Document Conversion
Though using the script from the command line is pretty easy, a better way is to automate the conversion process. To do this, you need to create a new LyX document converter. Step-by-step instructions for adding additional file types and converters to LyX can be found in the older post I wrote on converting Word to LyX. Here, I'll repeat the most important information.
First, go to the File Handling preferences (Tools > Preferences > File Handling > File Types), and add a new type called Word 2010. Set the file ending to be "docx."
Next, go to Converters dialog and create a new "MS Word 2010" to "LyX" converter.
From format = "MS Word 2010", To Format = "LyX". Converter setting:
python "/path/to/word2lyx.py" $$I $$o –t article
Once you've added these settings, you can then import a document by going to File > Import > MS Word 2010.
word2lyx Templates
word2lyx templates are files which tell word2lyx how a particular type of document should be translated. They include lists of paragraph, character, and table styles and their LyX equivalents. Consider the example below, which is taken from the article template:
ImageDir = 'Images'
IgnoreStyles = FootnoteReference, EndnoteReference
Title = Title
Author = Author
Part = Part
Heading1 = Chapter
The template file contains settings and sections. The example above includes two settings, ImageDir and IgnoreStyles, and a group of paragraph styles. The paragraph styles specify how Word styles (on the left), such as Heading1, should be translated into LyX styles, such as Chapter, Section, etc.
When you create a new template (or extend one of the existing options), you add additional styles so that word2lyx knows how you want those particular pieces of information to be processed.
Each word2lyx template includes several sections. These include:
- ParagraphStyles: Matched pairs that convert Word styles (on the left) to LyX styles (on the right).
- CharacterStyles: Matched pairs that convert Word charstyles (again, on the left) to LyX charstyles (again, specified on the right).
- TableStyles: Similar to paragraph and character styles, but used in the conversion of tables.
Sections are defined by a section tag, enclosed with square brackets. Values in the section are entered as matching pairs, offset by an equal sign.
If you choose, you can add an additional section called [DocOptions], where you specify information such as the document class, which types of fonts you would like the document to use, and so forth. (Please refer to the LyX documentation for avaialble options.)
If you create new templates, you should place them in the lyx/templates folder for word2lyx to be able to find them. They should have a 'w2l' file extension.
I'm posting this utility in the hope that people will find it useful. Please, download it and take it for a test drive on your documents. Let me know about any successes or failures that you might have. (Especially the failures, those are important to fix.) If there's a feature you would like to see included, please leave a comment here. I'm looking forward to hearing if word2lyx helps make collaboration a little easier for you.


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Douglas E. Stahl (February 25, 1963) is an American professional wrestler who currently works in the Independent circuit as one half of the masked Tag team known as The Super Destroyers. The two are best known for their time in Eastern Championship Wrestling where they were first 2-time and longest reigning ECW Tag Team Champions.
Boxing career
Prior to the Super Destroyers forming, Doug Stahl was a Golden Gloves Boxer. Doug started boxing at the age of 14 under the guidance of Dick Hess. Dick Hess made a huge impact on Doug's life during his teenage years and watched over him like a father would. Dick strategically fought Doug to win the Junior USA Championship Heavyweight title at the age of 15 and winning two regional Golden Gloves tournaments at 15 and 17 years old. After highschool, Doug joined the Army and boxed on the Ft. Bragg Boxing team. During a parachute jump, Doug tore his ACL of his left knee and his sports career went on hold.
Professional wrestling career
National Wrestling League (1988-1992)
The Superior Brothers/Satanic Warriors
After the Army, Doug met up with Neil Caricofe and they were trained by "The Wild Samoans" in 1988. Doug Stahl originally teamed up with Neil Caricofe as a Tag team known as "The Superior Brothers." "Desirable" Doug Superior and "Nasty" Neil Superior were known for their ability to play off of each other during their matches. Not real brothers, they trained and lived together in Allentown, PA. for about a year. They also played a darker tag-team known as the "Satanic Warriors." They toured with the National Wrestling League (NWL) to Hawaii and to Guam and battled against the team of the Fantastics.
Doug and Neil had their differences and split up after a few years. Neil was killed in Ocean City, Maryland in 1996 by 12 O.C. police officers trying to subdue him during an outburst in a motel.
Eastern Championship Wrestling (1992-1993)
The Super Destroyers
Doug would become more successful in his career while in Eastern Championship Wrestling where he formed a tag team as a heel with A.J. Petrucci known as "The Super Destroyers". Petrucci would become Super Destroyer #1 while Stahl would become Super Destroyer #2.
The Super Destroyers teamed for the first time on April 26, 1992 when they teamed with HD to face The Pitbulls, Jimmy Jannetty and JT Smith in a 6-man tag team match but the match ended in a double disqualification. On May 19, they defeated The Pitbulls in a match by disqualification. On May 25, they squashed Chris Michaels and John Rock. On June 23, Super Destroyers had their biggest night in their career. They participated in a tournament to determine the first-ever ECW Tag Team Champions. They defeated Jimmy Jannetty and JT Smith in the semifinals. In the finals, they defeated The Night Breed (Max Thrasher and Glen Osbourne) to become the first-ever ECW Tag Team Champions. This started a rivalry between Super Destroyers and Night Breed. On July 14, the two teams had a rematch for the ECW Tag Team Championship which was the first title defense of Super Destroyers. They defeated Night Breed to retain their titles in the rematch. On August 22, they squashed EZ Ryder and The Super Ninja in a title defense.
On September 12, Super Destroyer #2 faced Rasta the Voodoo Mon in a singles match. The two fought to double countout. On September 30, the two Super Destroyers faced each other for the first time. The two fought each other to a double countout. They moved to tag team competition once again squashing Samoan Warrior and Super Ninja in a title defense on October 2. On October 3, Max Thrasher and Super Destroyers were defeated by The Cream Team (Rip Sawyer & Dave Casanova) and Glen Osbourne in a 6-man tag team match. On October 24, they had a successful title defense against Rip Sawyer and Dave Casanova.
On January 23, 1993, Super Destroyers faced The Lords of Darkness in a title vs. title match where Super Destroyers defended their ECW Tag Team Championship while Lords of Darkness defended their WWA Tag Team Championship. Super Destroyers won the match and the WWA Tag Team Championship. On March 12, they squashed Super Ninja and Canadian Wolfman in a non-title tag team match. On April 2, Tony Stetson and Larry Winters ended the lengthy reign of Super Destroyers over the ECW Tag Team Championship which made Super Destroyers the longest reigning champions reigning over 283 days.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Running Power Slam
Championships and accomplishments
- National Wrestling League / House of Pain Wrestling Federation
- HoPWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with A.J. Petrucci
- WWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with A.J. Petrucci


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Bong bombshell Rimi Sen is back with Hattrick which has Kunal Kapoor, Nana Petekar, Paresh Rawal and Danny Denzongpa starring alongside her. Directed by Milan Luthria, director of Taxi no. 9211 fame, the film is scheduled to hit the silver screen soon. Recently, Mili K had a talk with Rimi Sen and she reveals a lot. In fact she conceals even more!
Why is the movie titled Hattrick?
It is called Hattrick .... But I can't tell you the reason why?
Tell us something about your character in the movie.
My character... well, I'm playing a cool Dhoni fan and Kunal's wife in the film. I'm in love with Dhoni like crazy. This makes Kunal worried and tensed and he says, 'Shit meri wife ko kya ho gaya, ye kaise behave kar rahi hai (Shit, what has happened to my wife and why is she behaving like this)"?
Are you a Dhoni fan in real life too?
No, I don't watch cricket. I'm not a cricket fan. If I like any cricketer then it has to be Sachin Tendulkar.
Yet another comedy? Is there any particular reason for this?
Yes, yet another comedy. I think I love doing comedy films and I'm very comfortable doing them. I have learnt a lot from Hangama, my first comedy film and Priyadarshan, who is the comedy king. This is my fourth or fifth comedy film with Paresh Rawal, so I'm pretty excited about this film.
Why does the promo on air say stumped between you and Kunal?
That's the reason behind the name Hattrick, which I won't tell you. You journalists.........they all will kill me if I do.
Since you are starring in a cricket themed film, what are your expectations from the ICC Cricket World Cup?
From World Cup? As an Indian there are a lot of expectations. I wish that India wins.
What are your expectations from Hattrick?
I have a lot of expectations from this film Hattrick because I have got a very nice character and I'm very excited about my character. I am also very excited about the fact that I'm working with Milan Luthria, Nana Patekar, Kunal Kapoor, Pareshji and Danny Sir. I think.... I'm very lucky.
You were the only one out of the all other actors in the film who could dance. So how was the experience?
It was hilarious. Nana has got a unique style. When he dances nobody else looks at anybody else. We all only looked at Nana Sir. It was a very nice experience, we had great fun.
What do you have to say about the music of the movie?
The music is really good because all the tracks are different from each other. Pritam has done a brilliant job in this film
Which is you favourite song from the film?
My favorite song is Rabba Khair Kare and Pareshji's song I'm Coming Home. I'm also fond of Nanaji's song.


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Siren's Call
A/N: So, it happened. Here is the AxJ story I've been going on about over in Everyday Moments Of Perfection. I decided to go with the Maria plot, though I might revisit the 'Alice or Jasper turn human' plot at a later date. This makes quite a few WIP stories... all thanks to my damn muse who must be in heat or something, since he's hatching little plot bunnies all over the place.
Right, so here's the summary; As Alice's visions get ever more alarming, Jasper discovers that Maria has returned—for him. He refuses to join her, but soon discovers that the past doesn't easily let go. JxA.
Note: I use UK English in all of my stories, so things like 'grey' instead of 'gray' will be common - they aren't accidental misspellings, it's just the British way of spelling things. :)
Emotion; it is a powerful and irrational master. It is impossible to deny, catching you in its unshakeable grasp and haunting you ceaselessly, until you have no choice but to obey its commands. Everyone is a slave to emotion, unable to do anything to stop it when it swells up within you. Wars are won, lost and started over emotion. Think of the Trojan War—begot of one man's obsession, and two lovers unwilling to surrender their hearts to stop the slaughter of thousands.
Jasper knew it all. He knew every tendril, every flow and ebb, every nuance of emotion. He knew its tempestuous moods, how it seemed to make no sense at all but at the same time just felt right. He knew the emotions of humans; so simple yet so very complex. How one emotion could overpower all sense of logic and reason, blindingly leading them forward to do its bidding. He knew how passionately humans could love, how fiercely they could hate and how envy, greed and jealousy could spell the end of them—reaching into their souls and tearing them apart as easily as ripping a sheet of paper.
Jasper also knew vampiric emotions; how they burned even stronger than humans could comprehend, how infinitely complicated they were. How so much more intense they were than a human's emotions, simply because they had a greater capacity to manoeuvre. Vampires' hearts and minds could simply hold more information, more feeling, more emotions. Especially when it came to love. When a vampire loves, they are bonded to the object of that love forever. Being away from them is physically painful. Vampires loved more strongly than humans, simply because they could.
Compare a flickering candle flame to a burning sun at the climax of daytime. It would be the same.
Jasper knew this feeling. He knew the feeling of loving someone so much, if he could touch the fire of their adoration, it would scorch his marbled skin and leave a burn hotter than the centre of the sun. He knew the feeling of belonging to someone, utterly and completely, adjusting himself to their needs without even thinking about it. Loving someone so much you would kill for them, die a thousand deaths just to see them happy and safe. Jasper knew this kind of love.
He felt it even more potently because he was a vampire. Because, by very definition, he was more attuned to these feelings. Jasper knew that most humans perceived him merely as cold and calculated. It was not his fault he had to be that way. He was forced to keep his distance from them, even though every cell in his body screamed at him to just step forward, to just look them in the eye and smile as he drained their life away.
The humans did not realise that he stayed away because he cared.
They saw him as emotionless; when he was really the one who felt the most. He stayed away because he didn't want to hurt them. He knew, especially in the early days, that Bella was hesitant, even slightly afraid, around him. He made her uneasy. Jasper could understand this. She was a human; even on a purely instinctual level, she was supposed to fear him. But Alice saw him for who he really was. Jasper always knew exactly what to do, what to say to her, what she needed, because he was a caring person. Yes, the military and Maria had taught him to be ruthless and chillingly logical. But that did not define him.
He felt more than anyone else did.
Even if he didn't always show it.
Jasper looked up from his book. He had read it before; it was a soldier's account of the Civil War. He remembered reading it, and shaking his head at frequent intervals. Whoever had written this had clearly taken some major artistic liberties. It sounded far more romantic on paper than it actually was in reality. That was one of the few vivid human memories Jasper had left. It seemed that the sheer violence of it had left some kind of imprint on his brain, and he remembered the fighting and the killing far more clearly than he would have liked.
Alice was standing in the doorway, looking fatigued, her eyes weary. Jasper picked up the slight wavering of her emotions and simply opened his arms to her. She walked across the room, a little faster than a human pace, but still slow to a vampire, and almost fell into his lap, snuggling up to him, with her head resting just below his chin.
Jasper just waited. If she wanted to speak to him, she would. Instead, he just curled one arm around her waist in a comforting gesture, and picked up another book; one that was never far from his chair.
"Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do; once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading..."
Alice was instantly soothed by the soft rumbles of Jasper's voice, and smiled to herself as she recognised the opening passage of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.
A few hours later, Jasper closed the book, whispering softly into Alice's ear the final passage, "...how she would feel with all those simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days."
He kissed Alice just below her ear and she hummed contentedly.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"Anything for you, doll," Jasper whispered in an equally low voice, holding her closer.
After a few minutes of comfortable silence, with Jasper just holding Alice in the quiet atmosphere and comforting scent of books, Alice spoke, her voice quiet and low with worry.
"Jasper... I'm scared."
Jasper looked down at Alice, seeing the flicker of genuine fear in her tawny eyes, making his heart spike with a protective instinct. Without even thinking about it, he sent out waves of peace towards her, touching her heart with the warming rays of his love. She rewarded his efforts with a small smile, and whispered, "Something's going to happen, Jasper."
"What?" Jasper asked, frowning.
"I don't know," Alice admitted quietly. "That's what scares me."
Jasper stroked her cheek. "I won't let anything happen to you, darlin'."
Alice frowned, holding Jasper's face between her small hands. "It's not me I'm worried about."
Jasper searched her eyes, before she leant forward, taking his hands in hers. She spoke in a voice that was bare and raw with unbridled emotion, almost husky. Jasper could hear the utter vulnerability and helplessness in her tone. "Hold me?"
Instantly, Jasper drew her into his embrace, the calming atmosphere around him immediately affecting her.
"Always," he whispered.
A few days passed after that encounter, and even though Alice still acted the same as she always had—her exuberant, bubbly self—Jasper alone could sense the increasing agitation in her emotions. The way Edward sometimes looked at her with worry, Jasper could tell that Alice wasn't being as careful with her thoughts as she usually was. He must sense something was wrong with her, and assumed it had something to do with Bella.
Jasper walked in on them arguing in Carlisle's study.
"Look, Edward, just leave it alone, would you? It's got nothing to do with Bella, and it's got nothing to do with you! So just back off, okay?!" Alice sighed, placing a hand to her forehead, and Jasper could sense her intense frustration.
"Alice," Edward touched her shoulder. "Tell me what's going on."
Jasper winced as he felt Alice snap. "Edward! When are you going to pull your head out of your ass and realise that some things are none of your goddamn business!" she shrieked, before turning and seeing Jasper in the doorway. She walked towards the doorway, brushing past him at vampiric speed, so fast that he barely noticed her, but he felt the imprint of a kiss on his cheek after she was gone.
Jasper turned to glare at Edward, but he said nothing. His murderous thoughts were enough, but he sighed, letting Edward off the hook.
Edward looked at the empty doorway that Alice had just swept through with confusion. "Something's seriously wrong with her, Jasper. I've never heard her speak to me like that before."
Jasper pondered it for a moment as they stood in silence. He searched with his powers, finding the source of extreme annoyance and anxiety that emanated from Alice. Wordlessly, he ran after her, leaving Edward to his thoughts.
He found her in the woods. She was leaning against a sycamore tree, gazing out towards the cliffs of La Push, just listening to the water as it crashed against the rock face. Her head turned towards him as she heard his footsteps. He just stood, giving her a little space, and he didn't know how long they stood there, taking in the sounds. Alice seemed to calm down, and when her annoyance had diminished, he stepped forward, going to lean against the tree, his shoulder touching hers.
After a few moments, she spoke. "I'm sorry, Jasper. I know this is hard for you."
Jasper shook his head, "No, Alice. I know your powers are frustrating. I'm sorry for the pain they're causing you."
Alice turned her head sideways to view Jasper, a small smile on her lips. "You're wonderful, you know that?"
Jasper leaned forward, until their noses touched. "I love you."
By the way Alice kissed him, Jasper knew she was returning the sentiment.
"I saw a little more today," she said. Jasper's curiosity piqued and he waited patiently for her to continue.
"I saw myself..." Alice said, and her emotions wavered a little. "I was screaming."
Jasper touched her shoulder in comfort, and she continued, "I remember... metal... and fire... and blood. That's all."
Suddenly, Alice turned and plunged her small fist deep into the sycamore tree, splintering the bark and nearly shaking the forest. Birds in the tree squawked their indignation, cawing as they flew like bullets out of the tree and into the sky, leaves falling like feathers to the ground. Alice cried out, before sighing loudly, "It's just so...so... ah! This could be really important, and my stupid powers aren't working properly! Now, of all times!"
Jasper held her as she dropped to the ground, sobbing slightly. "What if it's about you? What if you get hurt because I didn't see properly?"
Jasper just made calming sounds, and stroked her hair, "Alice, doll, please don't be sad... you know I can defend myself. Don't worry about me so much."
"I can't help it," Alice said, hugging him, her hands reaching around his waist and his going over her shoulders to encompass her whole body. He made calming circles on her back with his hand, and she shuddered slightly. Jasper recognised the sign of a vision, and just held her as she rode it out.
"What did you see?" he whispered as she opened her eyes again.
"A motorbike," Alice said, with obvious confusion. "A black Harley."
"Is that a hint for your next birthday?" Jasper said playfully, and he felt the amusement creep through her emotions as she smiled. "No... it's... I'm not sure. Then it changed... there's a room. It's dark and it smells like dust."
Jasper felt Alice's arms grow tighter around him as she said, "I didn't see anything else. It went dark."
Jasper felt worry creep through his system as the sky grew darker, and day became night.
Alice sat on the end of her bed, staring into the mirror opposite her. Her eyes were unfocused however, she was not looking at herself. She was searching through the future, trying to make any sense of all the conflicting visions and choppy images that kept assaulting her. She felt that somehow, they were connected to Jasper, and with all the fire she was seeing, Alice didn't like the thought of that one little bit.
She heard a soft knock on her bedroom door and she whispered, "Come in."
The door opened, and Edward stood in the doorway, worry etched onto his face.
"Are you alright, Alice?" he said quietly.
Alice sighed. There was no point lying to Edward—he could read her mind, after all. But she just couldn't bring herself to admit it out loud, so she settled for thinking it. No. I'm really not, Edward. Something's going to happen, but I don't know what. It could be anything, all I know is that it has something to do with Jasper, but he has no idea what it could be either. My visions aren't familiar to him.
Edward was silent for a moment, before he joined her, sitting on the end of her bed. "You'll get through it, Alice. You and Jasper have been through more than anyone else in this family."
Alice cracked a small smile. "With the glaring exception of you and Bella. Jasper and I didn't have to deal with the whole 'singer' thing."
Edward gave a small laugh, and so did Alice. "That is true, I suppose," he conceded, still chuckling slightly.
Alice nudged him. Edward just looked at her, before nudging her back. Alice glared playfully, nudging him harder, which Edward returned with a laugh. Alice nudged him so hard he fell off the bed, then her eyes widened as Edward opened his mouth in mock-horror. Alice giggled, before speeding out of the door.
"Get back here!" Edward shouted. "Little nudger...!"
Edward chased Alice out to the woods, before giving her the nudging of her life.
Jasper sat at Edward's piano, just playing around with the keys. He created little sequences of music, but nothing sounded right to him. Then again, Jasper wasn't really all that musical. He played a few scales, before he found a little melody that he liked. It was tinkling, yet short and staccato. It reminded him a little of Alice. He played it again, interweaving some new notes. He played a few more variations before he heard her footsteps behind him. Jasper didn't even need to look to know it was Alice. Her footfalls were the lightest of the whole house; more like gliding than walking. Jasper still marvelled at how Alice seemed to make even the most banal thing like walking look like a perfectly-rehearsed dance.
He felt her cool hands on his shoulders as he continued to play his newly-constructed melody. After he played it once, Alice started to hum a few notes, continuing the song. Jasper smiled and started to play the new notes, adding them to the song. Alice's hand moved sideways, over his shirt, coming down his arms to cover his hands with hers as he played.
Alice sat down next to him on the bench, taking the higher notes, while Jasper took the lower notes. Soprano and bass. That was how Bella had described them one Christmas—after at least one glass of mulled wine. Perfectly matched.
Suddenly the high notes wavered as Alice felt the beginnings of a vision. Her eyes closed as her hand dropped, creating a discord. Jasper stopped playing, supporting Alice's back and looking on with concern as she shook slightly with the force of whatever she was seeing.
The vision lasted a few minutes, and then suddenly, Alice's eyes flew open, the black flecks becoming more prominent as they widened in panic. She clutched Jasper's hand for all she worth, as if he were the only thing keeping her from completely losing it. Her emotions were setting Jasper on edge, and he began to feel quite jumpy. Alice's eyes locked onto his, and suddenly he was just as panicked as she was.
Alice whispered one word. One word, that sent a shiver of fear coursing through Jasper's venom-filled veins.
So, that's the first chapter. The rating may go up from a T, just to warn you guys, but I'm not too sure about that yet. It wouldn't be for lemons, probably language and violence. Thanks to everyone who indicated their interest in me starting this story; I hope I've matched and/or exceeded your expectations. I would be ever so grateful if you let me know what you think.
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help! son developing a fear of playing rugby(77 Posts)
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Son yr 6 of prep school, started there yr 5, no previous experience of contact rugby, games master assured me that they do gentle introduction and coaching, but in reality he coaches the A team in lessons and leaves the rest to a gap year student. The bullying got ridiculous, boys using the game as an excuse to kick, hit and punch. School dealt with it. This term, he hatwa the rugby season with a passion, yesterday the other little charmers spent the whole lesson making monkey noises as him and 2 friends who also don't really understand what they are supposed to be doing.
How do I raise this with the games master? Hes had new boys crying, being sent home as frozen to the bone and is not coaching at all, so these boys have no opportunity to learn how to play properly and enjoy the strategy, instead they and my son are simply becoming scared of the thinly veiled agression and violence.
Thanks, will look that up, not sure how often the mixed ages happens, will have to ask, though all lessons are definitely year 5 & year 6 always together. Think I'm going to have to involve the headmaster. The last problem they had where 5 boys had to be sent home as they started crying because they were so cold (not my ds but several of his friends) and the mums only went to the teacher, meant he sent a letter out to everybody telling us how to buy more kit to keep our children warm, so bit of bypassing needed.
You have to be a bit careful complaining to the school about being too cold.
They are offering Games every day - that's what they do. There will be very few times that Games is cancelled. It will go on in rain and cold.
If you don't support this kind of education, then you should not have sent your son there.
You also have to be careful about playing the bullying card. This word is overused. Whatever has happened seems to be sorted though.
As for coaching - there isn't a lot that actually goes on in Games. I am assuming that the whole school is out and the single PE teacher has one group, and the other groups taken by subject teachers and gappies. I doubt many will have any kind of coaching qualification. The coaching will take place in PE lessons during the normal school day, where the PE teacher will see everyone in their own classes theoughout the week.
Just to clarify, I didn't raise the too cold thing with the teacher, was just illustrating that the teacher can feel a bit inapproachable to parents. I don't use the bullying card unless something gets out of hand, which, though it has done previously was sorted our by the school. In this context, I've asked if the school is able to provide very basic instruction so that ds can learn rather than feel scared because he doesn't know how to play, which in rugby makes it dangerous due to the nature of the game. I disagree that its ok for so little instruction to be given, based on what sort of game rugby is it does need to be taught rather than letting them get on with it, otherwise there are going to be major injuries.
He's certainly no coach.
My dh used to train the colts in rugby, giving them all the attention they all needed on different levels. Helping them with their strengths and weaknesses. He could work out who would be useful where in a match.
The coach shouldn't be leaving it to some other kids to do. I hope you can get to speak sternly with him, or the ht.
Don't complain about the cold- but do complain that the school did not ensure that the boys were wearing adequate clothing. My ds was playing rugby at school yesterday, and was not allowed to play until he put his gloves on- it was frosty. and the coach gave them a lecture about how getting cold meant you were not going to enjoy yourself and were more likely to get an injury.
And an entire session of monkey noises is bullying, whatever anyone says.
Do they not have showers to warm up in afterwards??
Ours are encouraged to wear skins when its cold.
OP - When is parents evening? Can you talk then to games teacher?
Doesn't matter how much they warm up afterwards if they've already been miserably cold with chilled muscles for 90 minutes
Hard to know where to start with this as so much is wrong,ok,here goes-the RFU do not allow different year groups to play contact so your tales of years 5 -8 all mixed up is wrong,it should not be happening,
Any decent prep would never countenance it,as a matter of interest, how many players are playing,do you have kicking out of hand,place kicks,contested scrums ,hand offs etc,I imagine theyve got the playing details wrong as well,Rugby is dangerous,if it isnt coached properly,boys are introduced to aspects of it gradually,otherwise they should only be doing tag,ask what rugby qualifications the head of games has to coach rugby,I bet he has none.
I speak as a weekend Rugby widow who over the weekend could/should be watching three different games involving her children after watching dh of course...
Of course at that age he should have skins and padding and a scrum cap if he wants it,its the best team sport but it has to be taught correctly.
I have one son of about your sons age he plays at prep where he has specialist coaches backs,forwards and one who just does conditioning,at his club he has the services of four coaches all needless to say qualified and two ex pro,the other two good county standard,this is not a game you can play without knowing what you are doing,if they wont train your son then get him out of there,its dangerous.
Games teachers response -
The monkey noises are part of rugby
ds doesn't understand the game as he missed lessons at the beginning of this season due to being ill, nobody else has any difficulty.
They put groups together according to ability and are carefully watched by the games master, but they can't help ds to progress if hes off games.
Have to say I'm not convinced by this, they aren't looking at doing any basic coaching as all the other boys have 'learnt this already'
Will take each day as it comes, he wouldn't even acknowledge that he wasn't even on the school grounds on the day of the monkey noises as he was supervising an away match.
Appointment with the head to be made.
I don't know anything about rugby (am foreign from a non-rugby playing nation and thus don't understand it at all) but 'monkey noises are part of rugby'?! Really? I always had the impression rugby was a fairly respectful sport, in some ways more so than my deeply beloved football, where 'monkey noises' is shorthand for 'racist slur' - I don't know what the race of your DS and the other boys is so I don't know if there's the same racist connotation, but it doesn't sound acceptable to me!
I'm also concerned that your DS and the other boys were 'given guidance as to what's bullying and what's friendly jostling' - that smacks of victim blaming and the old 'they just need to toughen up' chestnut to me. If I'm misreading that and it's not the case, apologies, but I was bullied all through primary school who were woefully inadequate in dealing with it and kept trying that shit too.
This sucks. My very unsporty DC adore rugby because our local club teaches it so well. And a ruck really isn't a fight. The way it's taught at our club, it's the most gymnastic group defense system. It's truly beautiful to watch. But they spend hours and hours on technique (all the boys at the club bar one or two are classic sports no hopers but they are making amazing progress.
No need for it to be a bullying free for all. Complain.
'Monkey noises are part of rugby'? Er never have been in any of the games at prep school or rugby club that my kids have played over the last three years, or at the many Wasps matches and internationals I've seen. When the scrum engages there can be a grunting sort of noise as they get stuck in but it's only ever momentary and I'd certainly never say it sounded like a monkey...
Teacher is arse-covering (and talking out of arse too if that's possible). Appointment with the head sounds a very good idea.
Move schools. Seriously. If the boys behave like that the minute they are unsupervised and that's the teacher's response, then get get your child out of there. The boys will behave like that in other contexts as well, and the teacher reflects the culture of the school.
at the response . I hope you have it in writing as that is completely unacceptable.
Where in the country are you? I would be very surprised if you can't get him into any local clubs. IME pots of clubs struggle for numbers in the minis.
Monkey noises are racist and thus illegal. Why are you putting up with this? If everything else great, take him out of rugby and do study time in the library.
Decision made. Have taken him off rugby for the rest of this season, left him in PE and looking for a total beginners course at one of the local clubs for him and his best mate. Should have done this last year, our family dynamics mean that a weekend rugby thing is impossible as his dad won't take him to any activity during his time. There wasn't any racist intent with the noises. Many thanks to everybody, it helps clear the thoughts to write it down, rest of school life is 'great' according to ds, so no issues there.
Oh and games master is having his arse 'kicked' by the headmaster.
He's right to be afraid of it, it's pretty dangerous.
rugby is an awful game. Have you thought of trying to inspire your son with sports not involving balls?
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Thanks joan, he does archery at school and climbing/abseiling with scouts. Bless him, him and mates put together a petition and asked the headmaster for an interview this afternoon to discuss whether they could be allowed to practise their football skills during the rugby season instead!
Thanks for the cycling link joan, looks great and definitely a consideration if I can work out a way to get him there.
'Monkey noises are racist and thus illegal'
I don't think monkey noises are racist unless intended to be racist/directed in a manner that could be considered racist.
No, all monkey noises are racist.
The worst for making them are monkeys. Racist bastards.
Really good to hear you've sorted things. Your son sounds a star!
FWIW re injuries, my son's had far more injuries as a left back in football than a centre in rugby!
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To ask if any of you feel financially secure, and if so, what does it look like...?(165 Posts)
Is it even possible? Is it a realistic hope/goal?
guilty that has been a huge issue for DH and I.
Obviously we don't want our DC to have the struggles we've expereinced, but on the other hand I dread them becoming spoilt little rich kids.
I am the only one who wants to know what festered does for a living/has done in the past to get to a high wage? [nosy]
We keep our cash here in the US because cash limits for FDIC coverage are much higher. Our joint account is covered up to $500k.
Word I hear you on not wanting to end up with spoilt children. DD is two and DH came home saying we should 'do' FAO Schwartz. I put my foot down and said no. Nothing good comes from that. When DD is older she can earn special trips into town. I also think about other things which have an effect on their upbringing such as the cars we drive and our housing. We could have new cars every 5 years and live in a large house. Instead, I refuse to trade in my 8 year old car and expect I will be driving it for another 8 years. A car built today should last at least 150k miles. Housing wise we are looking at living in a house that can be converted into a multifamily once they move out.
Upthread someone was talking about divorce. I have a pre-nup in place and I take an active role in our finances for that very reason. My mother was the dainty housewife who didn't want to be part of the discussion. It cost her dearly. She got a great settlement from my father but still to this day she has no idea about household finances.
I kind of feel financially secure but I'm aware that we're only a redundancy away from not been.
We only have about 30k on the mortgage left, we own our cars outright, we have furniture, etc, no loans and we have probably a years worth of wages in savings.
But dh has quite a specialist job and if he got made redundant he might struggle to get employed, certainly at such a level again. He's in his 50s which doesn't help.
I think I'll only feel truly secure once I've retired!
Having grown up poor the first thing I did was to make sure I was as employable as possible.
I trained in my main job but also got experience elsewhere evenings and weekends, so if one job went, I had a good chance of another in a different field.
I worked as many hours as I could so that I could build up savings. I would always save in preference to buying 'treats' (holidays, new clothes, technology, meals out, etc).
I wouldn't take any debt, apart from a mortgage, but even then I had to have saved enough deposit to minimize the chances of negative equity if the market dropped. I wouldn't buy anything unless I had the money in hand and if that meant beans on toast for months and clothes from charity shops, so be it.
Experience told me that things can go wrong unexpectedly, including ill health and death, so I didn't dare take on the commitment of DCs until I was confident that I had a good savings cushion, earning ability, a stable relationship (as far as I could tell, but I didn't commit until I'd known DH for years) and accommodation on a reasonable mortgage. I did risk fertility problems as this meant waiting until I was in my 30s.
My DH has a similar attitude. I don't think I could have married someone who didn't.
Our savings
obsession habit does mean that are in a reasonably secure position, ironically just as our DCs are leaving home and costing us less! But retirement looms and we can't rely on the taxpayer, as others have said.
I do worry that the DCs will take it for granted. They seem OK, but have nothing like the drive to earn and save that DH and I had.
We are financially secure and it feels good.
We don't have a lot of money but are asset rich and some savings.
Pension is in a property rather than a fund, as I didn't trust these .
Everything is paid for, but not necessarily bought new.
I feel pretty financially secure. I'm about 15 years off an early retirement and have the equivalent of 15 years' net income in savings/investments. And a house with no mortgage. So I could quit my job any time I liked and not worry about the consequences
I'm not at all interested in possessions, so saving has always been easy for me. My car is a 12 year old rust-bucket!
DH and I are carers to two disabled DC. We have a bit in savings from more economically productive times (not nearly enough to not qualify for help before anyone says anything) but I feel financially secure these days when I've put money on the gas and electric meters and the fridge is full.
I hate being at the mercy of
this the government but it won't be forever. We're both graduates and DH is extremely resourceful.
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Early 40s, largish house, mortgage nearly paid off, no other debts, save over 50% of what we earn.
Do I feel secure? No way! We couldn't afford to live comfortably without working - we'd be fine for a while but not indefinitely.
I work in the public sector. I don't feel financially secure at all as I could lose my job anytime. 2015/16 is going to be a terrible year for local government so I will be surprised if I survive the next cull. I am late 40s, part time pension and soon to be divorced. I use to feel financially secure when I was married.
I feel fairly secure. Joint net worth of roughly 2 million of which roughly a third is my paid-for home, a third is my savings/investments, the last third is spouse savings/investments. On top of that basic state pension entitlements we have accrued so far are worth about 150K each.
This is not how we are invested, but to illustrate, 1.4 million in Vanguard European tracker ETF would mean owning assets with (I estimate) an underlying smoothed earnings yield north of 6% and a dividend yield north of 3% last time I checked, so I reckon you could spend the dividends (call it 40K) and you would only be spending half the underlying returns. (I see risk differently from people up-thread and would cope with two thirds drop in balance. In fact I did, back in 2008/2009.)
Given house paid for, if no-one were working we wouldn't need our (paid-for but worthless) car and core/unavoidable expenses would come to 12K, so no danger of not being able to pay them.
Main risk for me is divorce, as spouse might get half the home. That seems particularly unfair given that I paid 80% of bills during the marriage and am retired, while spouse now earns as much as I used to and intends to work forever.
Next biggest risk is the home itself - a lot of money tied up in one place.
Since people may wonder, the source of 2 million funds is:-
1. my income earned since 1998 funded my savings and paid for the home
2. spouse income earned since roughly 2005 funded spouse savings
3. 400K from home value tripling since 1998.
I can sympathise. I´m in a similar, if not far worse, position than you - had it all - big house (with big mortgage of course), nice cars, etc.....worked our asses off for 20+ years, OH expanded business then things went soooo wrong.....got so stressed I had a nervous breakdown, and the only way out (because we were tied to many commercial leases) was to sell our house, pay the bank off and virtually give the business away. We literally ended up with nothing, just the clothes on our backs.
Have never had kids (which now seems a blessing !) and now live abroad where we both work freelance and earn very little,(but probably more than we could in UK) rent an apartment, live hand to mouth (so under even more stress every month), haven´t a single shred of security, no possessions, no money for clothes, make-up, hairdos etc.,and because we rent, I can´t even have a dog (which would keep me sane). I´m 58 this month. Don´t stand to inherit a bean. Sometimes life doesn´t seem worth living, but guess you´ve just got to get on with it.
For those of you who didn´t feel very secure before reading this, I bet your bottom dollar you do now ! LOL
I'm not sure you ever feel completely secure (unless you are a millionaire).
I tick all those except the pension - though we do have a couple of rental houses to sell when needed.
However, it will never be enough.
yes I am greedy.
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Specifically looking at the Children�s Alliance, this organization has spent more than $1 million in the last five years to benefit our children. Mainly through its ability to secure grants, and through the generosity of individuals and organizations, the Alliance has provided academic programs at 18 different schools and 31 church and community sites in every area of Marion County.
Just from a smart business point of view, providing an in-kind donation of slightly more than 1,200 square feet of office space is indeed acquiring a �windfall of riches at a bargain price,� as you so succinctly wrote.
I applaud the superintendent�s vision and the board members who have supported this initiative to welcome and embrace the true partnership they have with the Public Education Foundation and the Marion County Children�s Alliance.
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I began my career in 1987 in the Dade County school system at the same pay I earn right now. This makes no sense to me. I have done my homework, thinking perhaps people here just don't understand what being an interpreter entails. I explained this to a School Board member, who assured me he would not work for this amount of money. I tried explaining it to my supervisor, who assured me she would check into this information and get back with me within a week.
That was Sept. 21. Time's up!
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