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This past week and a half, I have been extremely motivated to complete an application for Teach 4 America. After nearly applying to teach with them over three years ago when I first got back to China, I felt the nudge to apply with them again.
So for the past 2 weeks, I have been researching and writing, and reflecting to complete my application. Although the application is not due until this Friday, I had made a goal for myself to finish it by last week-end to save my own sanity and allow me some time to rest this week. Now that the application is completed and submitted though, I am having some second doubts. "Did I write a coherent answer for that specific question on my application? Did I include enough about my experiences teaching in China? Was I consistent between my resume and the drop-down boxes that reflected each component of my resume?" And so on these worries go. Usually, I am pretty thorough with forms and applications. But sometimes, I just want to be done.
However, now that the application is submitted, and I won't find out about it for another 2 weeks, I am starting to worry.
It is in these moments that I am keenly aware that I have some mild obsessive compulsive tendencies. I first noticed these tendencies when I was in grade school. I didn't really know what I was experiencing at the time, but I did feel extreme paranoia about some relatively small things. For example, if I went to a store and picked up a toy to look at it and then put it back on the shelf, I would return to that shelf at least 2 times to make sure that I had placed the toy correctly on the shelf instead of placing it near the edge where the toy might fall off and shatter. I also checked light switches several times to make sure I had turned them off. As I got older, I started to obsess about conversations I would have with my friends on the phone. If a girlfriend did not say good-bye to me in what I considered a friendly way, I would either obsess about it or call her back and ask if everything was okay with her or if she was upset with me.
When I played basketball, I used to replay every bad pass, turnover, missed shot, and literally beat myself up over it. I wrote poems to deal with my guilt of playing a bad game. As I got older, the obsession moved to different areas of my life. . . superstitiously painting my nails, keeping a detailed journal of what I ate and recording my weight every morning and evening, obsessively running everyday, re-reading over emails three or four times before sending.
And now still, sometimes these tendencies creeps in. No doubt Rob has seen it manifest itself almost every time we leave the house. And one of the only ways I have successfully been able to deal with these obsessive tendencies is to stay busy. Whenever I start to get obsessive about a conversation or an unanswered email, I have to get moving. I call someone or go somewhere. I fill my plate with activity because in doing more activity, I obsess less. This is probably one of the reasons that I often hold multiple jobs --it keeps me from having too much time to fill with obsessive thoughts.
So in those slower summer months, or during those winter breaks, there is a battle going on in my mind, and I struggle.
Whenever I want something really bad, like this Teach 4 America opportunity, I struggle.
While I was dating Rob, I struggled. Even though he gave me so much affirmation and reminded me often that he wanted to be with me, in my head, I only worried that somehow, someway, I would mess it up. I would put that toy too close to the edge. I would have a turnover. I would lose control of my weight.
So now with my current worry, I am trying to see my hasty submission as a sign of growth. It is okay not to check a document three times before uploading it. It is okay to answer the question one time and move on.
Ultimately, the result of this application is not in my control; it is in God's hands. I am trying to let go of worrying about it and trust that God has good plans for my future. But as this blogpost reflects, I am still struggling with letting go and trusting Him.


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DUBAI – The Dubai Electric and Water Authority (Dewa) urged Dubai residents to limit their power consumption this summer, particularly between midday and 6 p.m.
On these hours, according to a thenational.ae report, energy demand rises significantly in the summer when kids are off from school for two months and air conditioning is often used the entire day.
Saeed Al Tayer, chief executive of Dewa, said that the ultimate goal is to encourage energy conservation among all the residents in Dubai and promote sensible use of resources.
"Launching this annual campaign is part of our ongoing efforts to consolidate environmental sustainability and sustainable development of Dubai and the UAE.
"This is done by rationalizing the use of electricity, water and natural resources, and urging people to adopt a conscious and responsible way of life to ensure the sustainability of natural resources for generations to come," he said.
Its official Twitter page, the government body posted an animation encouraging residents to avoid using common household appliances during peak-load hours from noon to six in the afternoon.
This initiative is part of Dewa's campaign called "Let's Make this Summer Green."
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In a statement, Dewa said that this initiative has reduced residential use of power by 19 percent and water by 28 percent from 2009 to 2016.


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Elena Grushina & Ruslan Goncharov Olympic 2006 FD
Their Free Dance on Olimpic Games 2006.
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@botamochi1990 The Last Temptation of Christ. It's a soundtrack of the film. I love this music so much too!
2003-2005 was a dead spot in ice dancing IMO, and that resulted in the very weak Olympic podium in Torino. N/K, G/G, B/A, D/L, D/S - never found anything in any of these teams that would attract or impress me. Delobel/Schoenfelder were the best out there, but they kept being undermarked. I literally stopped following ice dancing at some point then, it was so extremely uninteresting. Until Drobiazko/Vanagas returned and blew my mind. And then, in 2007, ice dancing started to regenerate again.
Гандон второсортный, недофигурист. Хуя этот мудак в финале Льда и Пламени потерял, уебок, не хуя ему там делать. Там место Олимпийским чемпионам.
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0:47 is increadible!!! Love you Olena and Ruslan!
@ferency98 Pasha Grishuk yes I can. She once skated in a dog collar. Michelle however,No I can't see it.
Видимо, Морозов решил сделать для этой пары слепок с программы Г\\П 1997г, но получилась бледная копия...Вообще, они должны были быть минимумум 5-ми! Если бы судейство было честным, то на пьедестале бы стояли Н/К, Д\\С, Дол\\Шон!
The Russians almost always have the best choreography, but I can't understand why they go over the top with outlandish costumes. It's the human bodies in motion on ice that are the beauty of the sport, not garish outfits.\r \r Having said that, the Russians, with their mastery of classical ballet technique, have produced many great ice skaters and dance teams. As much as I admire the technical skill of the Chinese skaters, for example, they never have the aristocratic movements of the Russians.
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Holy cow she is hot.
I enjoyed this program, but the tassles placed you know where were too risque. She could have covered it up a bit more. Can you imagine Michelle Kwan or Pasha Grischuk skating their programs to "Feeling Begins" with tassles?
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Why-oh-why-oh-why???Still can't puzzle it out how THIS won tne bronze...Mediocre
They should have received 20 points of deductions for the boob tassels alone.
"The Feeling Begins" **is** great music: the first cut on Peter Gabriel's brilliant soundtrack to "The Last Temptation of Christ." But Grishuk & Platov, Kwan, Yagudin, van der Perren, Baiul, Lysacek and so many others have used it in the last decade I'm sure I'm not the only one who is weary of it. JMO
love the song
They actually deserved their bronze medal, they fought through the OD and had this magnificent FD look at the difficult lifts they did compared to other teams, it was obvious that many other teams had deductions for falls but Grushina and Goncharov maintained their focus.
As nice as their skating is, clean and crisp etc\r \r This FP is so slow and un inspired! It just bugs me so much that this managed to medal ahead of Delshoes, and Denstavs! They should have been beaten by 5 points (at least) on the Free- very annoying


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for this song its:
"this song was inspired by the shootings that happened in the Amish country in the summer of '06. Its pretty disgusting but basically, an ordinary milkman lost his mind, ran into a school, lined up a bunch of girls and shot them. He then shot himself. I was really bothered by it. there were more shootings right around that time, and there was a shooting attempt foiled down in south jersey. Ya know, im not even against killing. Like if someone was trying to kill me, I would definitly try to kill them first. If someone physically hurt someone I loved and i had a weapon. I'd probably snap and who knows. But come the fuck on........ the other part of the song was to the families of the victoms. The news makes it almost cool to do this shit in a way that they broadcast how bad it is to shoot someone and it's such a tragedy. When certain things are seen on TV it doesn't seem like such a big deal because people are numb to it. The media should have SOME respect for personal shit. I almost regret recording this song for this very reason"
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A piece of old work I got permission to share very recently. Zombie pets. A project intended as an augmented reality game extension to physical pet figurine.
I have taken one of the designs through 3D character pipeline: modeling, UV layout, texturing, skinning and rigging.
(press the image below to see the virtual model using your mouse)
The following short video shows the puppy animated. I have created various lengths animation cycles for each body part. Essentially it is a looped animation, but because cycles are offset it isn't repeating itself identically.


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Monday, May 07, 2007
How do you use your internet? I have my laptop perched on the arm of my sofa. It's on all day and even if I'm on the phone or watching tv, I'm usually on the PC as well, reading blogs, checking emails or playing games. The games especially help me relax (and they're good for your brain.) Here are my five favourites (turn the sound off first - they all have pretty annoying sound effects).
Make blobs grow and then they'll explode and set off chain reactions making other blobs explode too. They object is to clear the board. There are various strategies to adopt and everyone I know who plays this swears by their own unique way of playing. I used to be able get to level 25, but I seem to be getting worse at this.
Scary Squirrel World
Deceptively easy. Just click on coloured groups and they vanish. The object is to get rid of all the blocks. I've got it down to 1 left before - but it's fiendishly difficult and requires a lot of planning ahead. The multi-coloured squirrels give me a headache and make me nausous eventually - this is one you can play while on the phone.
Zoo Keeper
Frenetic and fast-paced, this is a version of "Bejewelled", but far cuter. You have to swap over adjacent animal heads in order to make matching rows of three, which then vanish. The animal faces look a bit freaked out when you get a matching row. You have to think on your feet with this on as you're playing against the clock. I usually get a bit panicked, especially as my time runs out and the board starts flashing and wobbling. I can only get to level 6 - I'm better at the ones where you have time to think.
Shangahi Dynasty
Click on matching symbols and they vanish, revealing more symbols underneath. I find it really difficult to tell all the symbols apart from each other so I'm usually really slow at this.
Place coloured symbols on a board - the only rule is that adjacent symbols must be the same colour or the same shape. When you get a line or row, the symbols vanish. You have to clear the whole board without running out of moves. It gets more complicated on later levels. There's a knack to it - I've been playing this almost non-stop for the past week and can only get to level 6.
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Today Ms. Beth called and asked if we wanted to make a run up to Sadler, Texas to Wild Berry Farm. They are a family owned blackberry and blueberry farm were you can pick your own berries.
The kids and I visited the farm back in 2008 and picked buckets of blueberries to make jelly! We recently canned Blueberry Pie Filling and froze some blueberries. So I have plenty of blueberries on hand. Today I was wanting fresh black berries to make jam!
The weather was beautiful and we picked about six pounds of berries. Ms. Beth and Tessa picked about ten pounds! All of the berries and produce are grown naturally with no chemical pesticides or herbicides.
The price comparison is easy, the berry farm is $4/ pound. Sprouts has organic blackberries for $2 per 5oz container, meaning $6-ish/pound. Kroger has blackberries for $2.50 per 5oz container, meaning they are $7.50-ish/pound.
We got our berries washed and in the freezer, we will tackle jelly making another day!
Click HERE to see our visit in 2008!
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Weekly November 5, 2010 / 59(43);1400-1406
The health consequences of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use both have been well documented, including increased risk for lung, throat, oral, and other types of cancers (1,2). To assess state-specific current cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use among adults, CDC analyzed data from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated wide variation in self-reported cigarette smoking prevalence (range: 6.4% [U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI)] to 25.6% [Kentucky and West Virginia]) and smokeless tobacco use (range: 0.8% [USVI] to 9.1% [Wyoming]). For 15 of the states, Puerto Rico, and Guam, smoking prevalence was significantly higher among men than among women. The prevalence of smokeless tobacco use was higher among men than women in all states and territories. Smokeless tobacco use was highest among persons aged 18–24 years and those with a high school education or less. From 0.9% (Puerto Rico) to 13.7% (Wyoming) of current smokers reported also using smokeless tobacco. Clinicians should identify all tobacco use in their patients and advise those who use any tobacco product to quit. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends implementing this approach in combination with other measures, including raising excise taxes on tobacco and strengthening smoke-free policies to prevent tobacco-related deaths.
BRFSS* is a state-based, landline telephone survey of noninstitutionalized adults conducted annually in all 50 states, the District of Columbia (DC), Guam, Puerto Rico, and USVI. The 2009 BRFSS included data from 432,607 adults that were used to assess the prevalence of current smoking† and smokeless tobacco use.§ Respondents also were asked their age, sex, and highest grade or year of school completed. Estimates were weighted to adjust for differences in probability of selection and nonresponse, as well as noncoverage of persons in households without landline telephones. These sampling weights were used to calculate all estimates and 95% confidence intervals. Response rates for BRFSS are calculated using Council of American Survey and Research Organizations (CASRO) guidelines. Median survey response rates were 52.5%, calculated as the percentage of persons who completed interviews among all eligible persons, including those who were not contacted. Median cooperation rates were 75.0%, calculated as the percentage of persons who completed interviews among all eligible persons who were contacted. For comparisons of prevalence between men and women, statistical significance (p<0.05) was determined using a two-sided z-test.
Current Cigarette Smoking Prevalence
In 2009, current smoking prevalence was highest in Kentucky (25.6%), West Virginia (25.6%), and Oklahoma (25.5%), and lowest in Utah (9.8%), California (12.9%), and Washington (14.9%) (Table 1). Smoking prevalence was 6.4% in USVI, 10.6% in Puerto Rico, and 24.1% in Guam. For 15 of the states, Puerto Rico, and Guam, smoking prevalence was significantly higher among men than among women, and in no state was smoking prevalence significantly higher among women than men.
Current Smokeless Tobacco Use Prevalence
Smokeless tobacco use within states was highest in Wyoming (9.1%), West Virginia (8.5%), and Mississippi (7.5%); and lowest in California (1.3%), DC (1.5%), Massachusetts (1.5%), and Rhode Island (1.5%) (Table 2). Among U.S. territories, the prevalence of smokeless tobacco was 0.8% in USVI, 1.4% in Puerto Rico, and 4.1% in Guam. Smokeless tobacco use prevalence among men in the 50 states and DC ranged from 2.0% (DC) to 17.1% (West Virginia) and smokeless tobacco use among men was significantly higher than among women in all 50 states. Among the 50 states and DC, smokeless tobacco use was most common among persons aged 18–24 years (range: 1.0% [Nevada] to 17.4% [Wyoming]). Smokeless tobacco use tended to decrease with increasing education (adults with less than a high school education, range: 0.6% [California] to 14.2% [Alaska]); adults with a high school education, range: 1.6% [Connecticut] to 10.8% [Wyoming]; adults with some college, range: 0.4% [DC] to 7.7% [West Virginia]; and among adults with at least a college degree, range: 0.9% [New York] to 6.1% [South Dakota]). Nearly one quarter (23.4%) of men in Wyoming who smoke cigarettes and one fifth (20.8%) of men in Arkansas who smoke cigarettes reported also using smokeless tobacco (Table 3).
Among the 25% of states in which cigarette smoking prevalence was greatest (n = 13), seven also had the highest prevalence of smokeless tobacco use: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and West Virginia (Figure). In these states, at least one of every nine men who smoked cigarettes also reported using smokeless tobacco (range: 11.8% [Kentucky] to 20.8% [Arkansas]) (Table 3).
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A McClave, MPH, V Rock, MPH, S Thorne, PhD, MPH, A Malarcher, PhD, Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.
Editorial Note
Healthy People 2010 calls for reductions in adult cigarette smoking to 12% and adult smokeless (spit) tobacco use to 0.4%.¶ This report indicates that states vary substantially in prevalence of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use. Utah, Puerto Rico, and USVI have met the Healthy People 2010 target for adult cigarette smoking, and California (12.9%) is close to meeting the target, but the only state or U.S. territory close to meeting the target for smokeless tobacco use is USVI (0.8%). Neither cigarette nor smokeless tobacco use has declined during the past few years in the United States (3,4), and with the possible exception of cigarette smoking in California, the Healthy People 2010 targets for adult cigarette smoking and adult smokeless tobacco use are unlikely to be reached by any additional states during 2010.
This is the first report on smokeless tobacco use to include state-specific data for all 50 states, DC, USVI, Puerto Rico, and Guam from BRFSS. These data suggest that smokeless tobacco use is predominantly a public health problem among men, young adults, and persons with lower education, and in certain states. Nationally, in 2005, the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use was 3.1% among adults aged 18–24 years, 3.0% among adults aged 25–44 years, 1.4% among adults aged 45–64 years, and 1.6% among adults aged ≥65 years. Additionally, the national prevalence of smokeless tobacco use was 2.5% for adults with less than a high school education 3.0% for adults with a high school education, and 1.6% for adults with at least some college education.** Other national reports support BRFSS findings of higher use among these demographic groups (4), and indicate that smokeless tobacco use has increased. For example, among men aged 18–25 years in the United States smokeless tobacco use increased from 3.1% in 2002 to 3.7% in 2007 (4). Prevalence of smokeless tobacco use among men in some states, such as West Virginia (17.1%) and Wyoming (16.9%), has nearly reached the national level of smoking prevalence among all adults (20.8%) (3).
Within states, up to 23.4% (Wyoming) of cigarette smoking men also use smokeless tobacco. Research suggests that persons who use multiple tobacco products might have a more difficult time quitting, which might result in longer durations of product use and an increased likelihood of experiencing tobacco-related morbidity and mortality (5,6). Other reports also have found that young men have a high prevalence of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use in the United States and that smokeless tobacco might be a starter product for cigarette smoking among young men (6,7). However, BRFSS data do not assess age of initiation for cigarette smoking or smokeless tobacco use, and the order of when these products were first used cannot be determined.
Recent tobacco industry advertising has encouraged cigarette smokers to use smokeless tobacco as an alternative product in locations where cigarette smoking is not permitted (e.g., smoke-free workplaces, airlines, and theaters) (8). Continued surveillance of the co-use of tobacco products is needed to determine the effect of such marketing messages and the reasons for the high prevalence of smokeless tobacco use among cigarette smokers in some states. Antitobacco media messages, policies, and other interventions that prevent initiation and encourage cessation of both products also are needed, particularly in states with a high prevalence of smokeless tobacco use and cigarette smoking.
The findings in this report are subject to at least three limitations. First, BRFSS does not include adults without telephone service (1.7%) or with wireless-only service (24.5%), and adults with wireless-only service are twice as likely to smoke cigarettes as the rest of the U.S. population (9). Because wireless-only service varies by state (9), these data likely underestimate the actual prevalence of cigarette smoking in some states and might underestimate smokeless tobacco use. Second, estimates for current smoking and smokeless tobacco use prevalence are based on self-report and were not validated with biochemical tests. Self-reported current cigarette smoking status has been demonstrated to have a high validity (10), but the validity of self-reported smokeless tobacco use has not been evaluated. Finally, the median response rate for 2009 was 52.5%. Lower response rates in surveys increase the potential for bias; however, national estimates from state-aggregated BRFSS data have been shown to be comparable to smoking estimates from other surveys with higher response rates (10).
The findings in this report underscore the importance of assessing cigarette smoking, as well as the use of other tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, among U.S. adults by state. Several states were identified with high prevalence of both cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use. Additionally, co-use of smokeless tobacco among men who smoke cigarettes, a behavior that might hinder successful smoking cessation (5,6), was common in several states.
Public Health Service guidelines recommend the use of both medication and counseling to help cigarette smokers in quitting.†† These guidelines note that dentists and dental hygienists also can be effective in identifying smokeless tobacco use and advising users to quit. To promote cessation among tobacco users, health-care providers, including dentists and dental hygienists, should 1) ask their patients about all forms of tobacco use, 2) advise them to quit using all forms of tobacco, 3) assess their willingness to quit, 4) assist them in quitting, and 5) arrange for follow-up contacts. This approach, in combination with comprehensive tobacco control measures, as recommended by the WHO§§ and CDC's Community Guide to Preventive Services¶¶ that address all forms of tobacco, including raising excise taxes on cigarettes and all other tobacco products, can help to prevent tobacco-related deaths.
This report is based, in part, on contributions by BRFSS state coordinators; T Pechacek, PhD, R Kaufmann, PhD, Office of Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and W Garvin, Public Health Surveillance Program Office, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC.
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Taimanin Asagi EPISODE 03 [PIXY]
(対魔忍アサギ vol.03 姉妹、相打つ! / Taimanin Asagi vol.03 – Shimai Aiutsu!)
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PLOT: The Taimanin sisters Asagi and Sakura finally fall into depravity at Oboro's hands! Taking advantage of their desire to save one another, Oboro subjects the two to extreme sexual abuse. The two sisters, dressed up as slave prostitutes, their pride completely shattered, are a must-see. Don't miss out on more than 30 minutes of violent animation that excels even the first two episodes in the series!
Asagi, Sakura and Oboro's intense orgasms, the white of their eyes, the tentacles, the gang bangs, etc. are displayed in all their beauty and obscenity in brutal animation! This is a beautiful, obscene, brutal animation about female ninjas who are sexually trained and gang banged.


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There it was. Its monitor glinting in the afternoon sunshine. It was a vision in plastic. My eyes goggled at its sheer beauty. The monitor winked again, as its hard drive mouth curved into an inviting smile.
My hand ventured forward. Should I switch it on? Should I hear its throaty grumble as it buzzed into life?
Without a final thought, my finger jerked forward and jabbed the button. Ding! Poetry in motion.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
I sat at the yellow chair, my back erect with tension.
My whole body tingled with the excitement. My face was flushed and my hands clammy. I began to wonder if I'd feel the same on my first date.
I ran my fingers over its plastic body, caressing its cold touch. I was meeting a new friend.
I savoured the feelings coursing through my body. I knew I'd never feel a combination like this ever again. I felt like I'd taken some new happiness drug to which I could become addicted.
I watched in wonder as words began to form on the screen. Everything else was immediately banished from my mind. My thought process now revolved around a small word: Computer.
It astonished me how just three syllables could make a person so happy. No, I wasn't just happy. Happy was such a meagre word to describe my feelings at that time. I was ecstatic!
My eyes shone as I gently stroked the keyboard. My fingers tapped lightly on the keys, as I feared that the slightest touch would hurt it like a dagger.
Next the printer. This time there was no hesitation, as my finger pounded the power button. The printer purred softly as the green eyes flashed. Eagerly my hand fed it five sheets of crisp white paper. It pulled it in hungrily.
I looked over the computer so carefully. I wanted to memorise every bit by heart.
The mouse. The printer. The computer.
My heart pumped faster, as one of the sheets was spat out of the printer's mouth. The writing. It was so amazing. So exhilarating to see such wonders. My heart was singing. I slowly bent forward so that my lips brushed the speakers. Then, softly, I whispered, "My love, my darling, my computer."
At that moment I realized, if I should ever get another computer, the first moments I spend alone with it would never be as magical as the time I had spent with my first computer. My vision in plastic.
* Some people have commented on the sexuality in Samantha's story, but, she says, the idea was news to her when people at school pointed it out. She does love her computer, though, and spends a lot of her spare time writing. Ironically, it crashed recently, swallowing two months'-worth of horror stories and poems. But Samantha promises: "I'm going to print things from now on." Sue Richardson, Samantha's teacher,and the able pupils co-ordinator at the school, describes her as "unassuming, but with an incredible inner landscape". Samantha says: "I like reading, especially horror and murder stories. When I wrote the competition entry, I was sitting at my computer wondering what to write and I thought I'd write about the computer itself."


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"What more to say about J.D. Robb?"
It is interesting when an author writes better as her pseudonym that with her true name...
The In Death series has some books that are not so good, but what to expect of a series that has what? About 43, 44 books, counting the novellas...
The narrator is great.
I would like to have Roarke in my bed.
And really, I would like to have the courage and compassion Dallas shows in every book.
My dream in reality is to have the gift Nora Roberts or, in this case, J.D. Robb, has to put fantasies, thougths, words in paper. In my opinion, it is the most wonderful gift!
"Amazingly Touching."
WOW. I didnt think I would be able to pick a favorite. I thought they were all on the same great level for me but this one was awesome. I cried boo hoo tears and I laughed out loud laughter. This one had all the elements and alll of the charcters played their role. Big props to Susan Ericksen she makes the whole stories come to life for me again and again. I felt so bad for Morris and Alex hopefully they will find another love to heal their aching heart.
The ending epilogue was amazing, Butterflies are very significant for me as I lost a loved one a few years ago and she loved butterflies so to say this one was touching is not saying enough. Keep em' coming JD you have me hooked.
"Promises in Death"
I love all of the In Death. I loved this one also. The one thing I didn't like was Peabody's voice. I don't remember her voice sounding like this from other books I have listened to. Other than that I really liked the book.
"she doesn't disappoint"
Robb has another great hit with Dallas and all her crew. She has everyone in this book and we get to peek into their lives. the murder story is a good one and Dallas saves the day again
a good series.
Listen from the beginning and learn about everyone
good stuff
"Wonderful narrator, Great series"
I have been a Nora Roberts fan since she first came on the scene writing for series romances (oh, so many year ago!). When she started writing her "in death" series I was hooked. Haven't missed a one and since they became available on audio my father-in-law has also become a fan. Listening to Susan Ericksen is a joy and a pleasure, her idividual voices bring the story to life. I hope she continues to narrate the J.D. Robb series because she is the best I have ever heard. Thank you!
"Sad Morris"
Your heart has just gotta break for Morris as he suffers from the results of Ricker's machinations from jail. In between, a bachelor and bachelorette party are held for Louise and Charles. Eve gets her anniversary vroom early.
Ericksen, as always, does an amazing job voicing the characters in this series.
"Promises in Death"
I always hated who the victim was in this story! This book alone shows the brilliance of Susan Ericksen. The character voices for the wedding shower, having all the women together, absolutely amazing!! I loved the scene with all the brain power in the room and the narrator brought it to life!
"All very entertaining. 28 booms now..WOW!"
Hard to believe Me Roberts can keep these characters so fresh yet evolving. Sad to see Det Coltrain gone. I figured she would have made a good addition to the ongoing cast.
Then again, Ms Erickson might eventually run out of voices. 😊
BTW - I love the voice you have for Peabody!
"Finding a Cop Killer within real life "
This book has a slightly different feel, but the same suspense and awesome characters. She continues to build on Eve's relationships with considerable focus on Morris the chief medical examiner.
"never disappoints"
it's always a great book when it's by J.D.Robb. this was no different. the twist and turns, the characters. I love Morris, and we get his heart and soul in the story.


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Finally.....the story to go with the photos. Last night I was talking to my mom about this house and posted pictures for her to see. It was after midnight, so I didn't write anything about them. So here it is:
A little over a week ago Mike came into work with a picture on his phone. It was of this house. We weren't really actively looking for anything else yet.....but it is no secret that we absolutely hate the street we are on now. It's really been a downer for the past year. But, with the uncertainty of our future and where exactly we'll end up for good when Mike is able to have a job in the US again, we thought we'd try our best to stick with it. It wasn't going to be easy. But seeing that he found this place....gave me hope!
Long story short, he found this other house. In a much better neighborhood. In the same school district the kids are in so they don't have any major changes. More square footage, each child has their own room again, and it has the best deck off the back....ever! I plan on spending a lot of time out there this summer.
I admit, I'm excited about moving but not so much about the process of it all. We'll have movers, but even once everything is moved in, it always takes so much time to find everything again, find a home for it and then remember where you put it! I think I'm getting too old for this. lol. It's definitely a workout, but hello...I do not want to stay in the current house either! So at least we have a place that will feel like home and we'll figure out the rest after that.
These pictures aren't the greatest as it was a yucky day outside. I drive by all the time when I can and now there are daffodils all over the yard and the trees are actually trying to come back after winter. I think it will be beautiful when the trees fill in.
The yard is huge. I'm sure there will be a ton of fireflies this summer since at the bottom of the hill is a small creek. Behind the house is some land with horses on it. There is plenty of space and existing beds for planting pumpkins, tomatoes and flowers. Plus I plan on using the deck to grow things in containers. I plan on eating outside on the deck all the time, getting a swing and some chairs so we can sit around a fire pit and make smores. I love being outside when it comes to things like that.
So the next week will be full of packing what I can. Otherwise somebody else is coming in to pack. I'm also going over to paint for a few weeks before we officially move in when Mike comes back from Africa.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
SO weird how only a week ago we had snow. Today....bulbs are coming up all over the place like crazy.
So where have I been? Working, enjoying Mike being home, playing with kids, cleaning, and enjoying some warmer weather.
Just didn't want anybody thinking I had abandoned my blog. More updates and photos coming. Most of my photos I have taken lately are on my phone since I've left my camera at home and been part of the things going on. Once I figure out how to load them, I will.
Happy SPRING. Finally.
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The king's judgement story
Once upon a time, there was a poor man named Juan. He led a very hard life and often had no food to eat.
One day, when he was feeling very tired and hungry, he passed by the house of a rich merchant called Pedro. Pedro was cooking some food which smelled very good.
"Ah!" thought Juan. "The smell of that food makes me feel better."
He went to thank Pedro for allowing him to smell the food.
"You have smelled my food," said Pedro. "so you must pay me for it."
"I'm sorry," replied Juan. "but I don't have any money."
"I don't care. You must pay me something."
"All right." Said Juan. "Let's go to see the king. We can ask him to settle the matter for us.
They set out together for the king's palace. On the way they met a young man named Manuel. He was trying to pull his horse out of a ditch.
"Please help me pull my horse out of the ditch," he begged them.
Pedro did not want to help. But Juan helped Manuel by pulling the horse by its tail.
He pulled so hard that the tail came off in his hand.
"Look what you've done!" cried Manuel. "You'll have to pay me for my horse's tail or find a new tail."
"I'm only a poor man," said Juan. "How can I pay you any money or find a new tail for your horse? I was only trying to help you,"
"Please come with us to see the king. We can ask him to settle the matter."
When Juan, Pedro and Manuel arrived at the Palace, Juan explained to the king what had happened.
The king kept quiet for some time. He then ordered one of h servants to bring in some silver coins. He placed them on the table in front of him.
"Smell them," he ordered Pedro. "Juan was happy to smell your food. So you will have to be happy to smell the money."
Pedro did as he was told. He afterwards left the palace without saying another word.
The king then turned to Manuel. "Is it correct that you want Juan either to pay you some money or to find a new tail for your horse?" he asked.
"Yes Your Majesty."
"In that case," said the King, "You must lend your horse to Juan until it grows a new tail."
Juan was very pleased with the King's decision. He left the palace riding the horse. Manuel walked home silence.
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Trump Asks Congress To Launch Probe Over Obama Power Use
- Published in Politics
U.S. President Donald Trump is asking Congress to probe "potentially politically motivated investigations" during the 2016 campaign, the White House said Sunday.
U.S. President Donald Trump is asking Congress to probe "potentially politically motivated investigations" during the 2016 campaign, the White House said Sunday.
Two Los Angeles Police Department officers have been charged with repeated sexual assaults on four women while on duty in their squad car and elsewhere, prosecutors and police said on Wednesday.
A Texas school district placed a teacher on administrative leave after a video surfaced appearing to show her hitting a student in class, resulting in her arrest.
The United States on Saturday commissioned a new aircraft carrier that President Donald Trump called "a 100,000-ton message to the world."
Flights will run three times a week
Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid's famous Portuguese football star, has bought a mansion worth 3.2 million euros ($3.44 million) in Turkey's western city of Izmir.
'Diriliş Ertuğrul,' a popular TV series on the life of Ertuğrul, father of Osman I, the leader of the Ottoman Turks, has boosted interest in traditional Turkish sports such as riding, archery and cirit (also known as jeered), according to Turkey Traditional Sports Federation President Hakan Kazancı
Accomplished painter Cemal Toy offers a perspective into the houses and urban life of Istanbul in harmony with a peaceful philosophical background gained throughout years of experience with Rumi's teachings
Beyoncé's visual album Lemonade will debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, Billboard reports. This milestone makes Lemonade Beyoncé's sixth album to reach the top of the charts.
American pop singer Mariah Carey arrived in the Turkish resort town of Bodrum on Sept. 22 with her family for holiday, which went unnoticed by the press amid efforts for privacy.


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Apple has been hinting at an AR (Augmented Reality) headset for a while now. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple has been behind this teasing us with a possible headset but hitherto he would go, but no further. Now it seems that Apple's augmented dream is indeed about to become a reality.
At the ongoing CES 2017, an employee of Zeiss optics confirmed that Apple and Zeiss are indeed working on an AR headset. Solid proof for everyone who wanted this to become a reality. The news was picked up by Robert Scoble, an AR/VR evangelist who confirmed it via a social media post. The best thing about this news is that Apple won't be late to the party this time as scheduled release date for the glasses is actually as early as 2017.
The news about Apple delving into the arcane art of Augmented Reality is nothing new though. Hundreds of Apple employees were reportedly working on numerous augmented reality projects since 2015. With Apple's CEO himself confirming it, this also could mean that AR is a better suited solution for consumers rather than VR.
Cook went on to say that soon AR will be as common as people using smartphones. A pretty bold claim if you think about it. We'll just have to wait and see. According to Cook, Augmented reality would take some time to get right, and he also thinks that conversations can be more productive if both parties have an AR experience.
AR is better as it does not create barriers between people when they are interacting with each other. This doesn't mean that he is anti-VR either. Rather, Cook rather excited about VR from an education point of view. It can be a very interesting tool and can be very big for games. But, he says he cannot imagine everyone getting in an enclosed VR experience while sitting in one place.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
halloween III: season of the witch (1982)
Horror centered on a manufacturer in a midwest town called Santa Mira. So controlling is the company, it has a curfew, and even the moggies are brought inside.
Later we are given another demonstration of their control of the town, as a stray white cat is watched by their CCTV.
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China today began test to restore the maximum speed of bullet train on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to 350 kms per hour, six years after it was reduced to 300 kms following a major accident. Departing Beijing South Railway Station this morning, a Fuxing bullet train will complete the round-trip from Beijing to Xuzhou, some 700 kilometres away, within about four hours.
The speed hike will cut the Beijing-Shanghai journey to about 4.5 hours, about half an hour faster than the current minimum between the two cities.
If successful, the test will pave way for a new schedule on the Beijing-Shanghai railway starting in mid-September, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. China had reduced the speed to 300 kilometres after a major accident in July 2011. Forty people were killed and over 190 injured when two high-speed trains travelling on the Yongtaiwen railway line collided on a viaduct in the suburb of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province.
Connecting the Chinese capital with its major financial and trade hub, the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is one of the busiest in the country, carrying over 100 million passengers a year. China had the world's longest high-speed rail network, 22,000 kilometres at the end of last year, about 60 per cent of the world's total. Chinese bullet trains have been bought by countries, including Indonesia, Russia and India.


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Init Syntax Init File Terminal Init
Here are some examples of doing certain commonly desired things with Lisp expressions:
TAB in C mode just insert a tab if point is in the middle of a
(setq c-tab-always-indent nil)
Here we have a variable whose value is normally
t for `true'
and the alternative is
nil for `false'.
(setq-default case-fold-search nil)
This sets the default value, which is effective in all buffers that do
not have local values for the variable. Setting
setq affects only the current buffer's local value, which
is not what you probably want to do in an init file.
(setq user-mail-address "firstname.lastname@example.com")
Various Emacs packages that need your own email address use the value of
(setq default-major-mode 'text-mode)
Note that
text-mode is used because it is the command for
entering Text mode. The single-quote before it makes the symbol a
constant; otherwise,
text-mode would be treated as a variable
(set-language-environment "Latin-1")
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook '(lambda () (auto-fill-mode 1)))
This shows how to add a hook function to a normal hook variable
(see Hooks). The function we supply is a list starting with
lambda, with a single-quote in front of it to make it a list
constant rather than an expression.
It's beyond the scope of this manual to explain Lisp functions, but for
this example it is enough to know that the effect is to execute
(auto-fill-mode 1) when Text mode is entered. You can replace
that with any other expression that you like, or with several
expressions in a row.
Emacs comes with a function named
turn-on-auto-fill whose
definition is
(lambda () (auto-fill-mode 1)). Thus, a simpler
way to write the above example is as follows:
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
foo' (actually a file
foo.elc' or `
foo.el' in a standard Emacs directory).
(load "foo")
When the argument to
load is a relative file name, not starting
with `
/' or `
load searches the directories in
load-path (see Lisp Libraries).
foo.elc' from your home directory.
(load "~/foo.elc")
Here an absolute file name is used, so no searching is done.
(global-set-key "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link)
(define-key global-map "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link)
Note once again the single-quote used to refer to the symbol
make-symbolic-link instead of its value as a variable.
(define-key lisp-mode-map "\C-xl" 'make-symbolic-link)
next-line in Fundamental mode
so that they run
forward-line instead.
(substitute-key-definition 'next-line 'forward-line global-map)
(global-unset-key "\C-x\C-v")
One reason to undefine a key is so that you can make it a prefix. Simply defining C-x C-v anything will make C-x C-v a prefix, but C-x C-v must first be freed of its usual non-prefix definition.
$' have the syntax of punctuation in Text mode.
Note the use of a character constant for `
(modify-syntax-entry ?\$ "." text-mode-syntax-table)
narrow-to-region without confirmation.
(put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil)


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long ones
got-out for 4-5hrs w/jason a yesterday. a loop up and down perry hill, great flowing stuff, a little technical mixed-in, well-rewarded climbs. amazing trail work/maintenance. bike29 is involved in a lot of it (most? all?). then onto dirt, class 4's and v.a.s.t. trails for a duxbury/camel's hump loop, then back over to perry hill for another singletrack loop before calling it a day. jason sniffed-out this old bridge coming-down camel's hump. jason seems willing to explore just about any off-shoot trail, always looking for ribbons off the fireroads. good stuff, good company for a long mtb ride.
hopefully will be out there w/full panniers soon. need to work-out the kinks well before CO. at the very least need to get more 6-8hr rides vs 3-4hr ones. been crunching the numbers. 535m and 60k of vertical in 7 days is 76m/day with 8500k of vert/day. doesn't sound so bad. if it were for a cpl days. not sure how the body will react to 7 days of it. we actually have 8 days, but figure planning for 7 gives us some float. or time to get our drink-on in durango. now those will be some tasty beers.


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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Please don't forget...
Yes, we are having triplets. Yes, there will be new babies in the house. Yes, this is a first for both families. Yes, this is amazing, awesome and ___________ (fill in with whatever adjective you find apporopriate.)
But...she is awesome. She is amazing. She will be a BIG SISTER! She will be turning 3. She will be starting preschool. She is silly. She loves Dora, reading books (especially Berenstein Bears), and going on a "walk." She is potty trained, she goes to bed easily, she wakes up with a smile (most of the time), her best friend is Abi, and she loves to be outside. She still plays a lot with her babies, she enjoys carrying around a backpack, she is ALWAYS on the move, she only likes apple juice with water, she loves her toes painted, insists on getting "dessed" herself, is stubborn and independent. She gives me approximately a million kisses a day, insists on "man-naids" for every owie, asks "why?" all the time, and is still the sunshine of our lives. She wakes me up in the morning yelling "mommy" or "daddy" but doesn't climb out of bed. She isn't sure about all this baby stuff going on, it's like we've brought in stuff she can't play with, on or in. She is an awesome helper. She is going to be a great sister!
In the excitement of the upcoming arrival of the triplets, one of our greatest worries as parents is that Evelyn will be overshadowed by everything that is baby. And that in the coming years she won't feel "special" because she isn't a triplet. It breaks our hearts that she would EVER consider herself less special or less anything. Please keep that in mind in your visits, questions, excitement and help. She needs the special attention too, if not more!
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You have a wonderful way with words. Great post as always.
Love you. Shawn
- June 23, 2010 at 9:18 PM
- keeshaobrien said...
Great post! Although I could never forget my "first" niece. Hugs and Kisses Evie! Love you to bits and we'll see you soon!
- June 23, 2010 at 9:37 PM
- Laura said...
I was thinking while we're up there the weekend that the triplets will probably be born (July 30) we could take her to the zoo or somewhere that Saturday. Or if our hotel has a pool she could go swimming again. The hospital probably won't be the best place for an almost 3-year-old.
- June 23, 2010 at 9:50 PM
I have been thinking a lot about Evie and when the triplets come. It will be over whelming for her at first. (I think everyone will be)
Once the household gets adjusted and in the groove of new family members, Evie will love being the big sister.
Candii didn't like Shawn at first but as you have seen Candii loved her little brother very much! I am sure she is watching from heaven keeping an eye on you all.
All my Love!
Amma A
- June 23, 2010 at 10:05 PM
Very Wise Parents!!!!
- June 24, 2010 at 1:39 AM
To Evie
I'm a big sister to twin brothers, and I tell you what kiddo only VERY SPECIAL little girls get to be a big sister to twins! It a special job to be a big sister to twins. You gotta be a really good helper and it sounds like you already are! Your going to be such a great help to mommy and daddy. Have fun being a big sister! Don't forget you are so special because you get to be the big sister and we are the best!
From Megan Hansen (cousin to Shawn)
- June 24, 2010 at 11:16 AM
We would never forget our special pretty princess! Give her hugs and kisses from Auntie Jess and Uncle Goober! Love you guys!
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Students conduct Internet research to determine how technology has affected human life. They investigate how technology has impacted their live. They work in groups to produce a slideshow presentation of their research findings.
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|First broad bean harvest, May 2017 (now in June, they're nearly gone!)
Truthfully, we could have stopped buying a couple weeks ago: things are really taking off! I harvested the garlic (loads!) the day before I went to the hospital; I was away from home for a week and the husband picked (to give away) a big bunch of peas, broad beans and a very respectable cauliflower. The chard has also taken off, and it's really time to think about thinning--and eating--the summer cabbages.
The only thing we're lacking right now is a good source of onions. I have a few small spring onions, but the maincrop onions aren't much bigger, and the shallots are still green and growing. I have a lot of little leeks but we won't eat them till winter/spring. I suppose I could sow some more spring onions, but I just don't seem to have the knack for them--they mostly don't appear: slugs, I suspect. Maybe I'll try them in a pot.
As I'm not quite up to full strength following my hospital stay, I'm glad most of the hard work is already done in my garden. Time for harvesting and enjoying, and hopefully a bit of preserving; I've already frozen some extra broad beans, and I think I better start drying chard leaves (they go great in a stew or casserole).


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The Sandbox, Oceanside, Pri.Pool, Close to Beach, Tennis, Golf
About the property
- House3000 sq. ft.
- Bedrooms5
- Sleeps10
- Bathrooms3
- Half Baths1
- Minimum Stay4 - 7 nights
5 Bedrooms, 3 full baths, 1 half bath, large In ground pool, 2 Great Rooms
Your family and friends will enjoy this Oceanside home with Large Private in-ground pool 6' deep. Only a short 5 minute walk to tennis courts and our beautiful wide sandy beach which has a lifeguard posted at your beach entrance. No main roads to cross. Like walking, running, jogging or cycling you are a short walk to our new greenway walkway which is 4 miles long
. Close to shops, grocery stores, restaurants, sight seeing etc. Linens included, there are beach towels in the home for your use. The Sandbox has two very large great rooms one on the ground floor looking out at the pool and the second one on the top floor, each with television. 1st fl, Great room, bedroom, laundry room and bath. 2nd fl. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, third fl. Spacious Great Room, Dining Room, 1/2 bath and Kitchen. Large decking. Outdoor shower, Kettle BBQ, beach
Washer and Dryer, beach chairs, beach cart, umbrella, Books, and games.
Newly improved parking on property For 3 cars. Provided in addition to linens we will supply a starter pack of toilet tissue, paper towels, dish and dishwasher detergent.
PARTIAL WEEKS Available EARLY OR LATE SEASON ONLY.
Will discount for small families of 5 or less
Sheets included, will discount for small family of 5 or less.
2018 Changeover days Wednesday. Beat The Traffic
Keywords: ENJOY THIS LARGE POOL, 6 ft. deep
short walk to tennis and beach. Great family vacation. Sheets supplied
- Response rate:
- 100%
- Response time:
- within one hour
- Speaks:
- English
- Calendar last updated:
- May 25, 2018
About Eileen
Retired, Have rental homes in The OuterBanks. Live here now and love every minute of it. Love to travel Sept-March.
Eileen purchased this House in 2002
Why Eileen chose Corolla
We have had a rental home since 1998, moved down here in 2001 and bought another rental. We now have two rental homes. One five bedroom (Pelican Rest) and (The Sandbox)
- Internet
- Air Conditioning
- Swimming pool
- Heater
- Fireplace
- Satellite or Cable
- Kids Welcome
- Washer & Dryer
- Parking
- No Smoking
- 5 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10
- Bedroom 11 queen
- Bedroom 21 queen
- Bedroom 32 twin/ single
- Bedroom 42 twin/ single
- Bedroom 51 queen, Ground level new addition
- Queen size Beds (3) Twin or Single Beds (4) 2 bedrooms have two twins in each
- 3 Bathrooms, 1 Half Bath
- Bathroom 1toilet, combination tub/shower, Shared bath
- Bathroom 2toilet, combination tub/shower, Shared bath
- Bathroom 3toilet, shower, Ground floor
- Bathroom 4Off Great Room
Location Type
- Near The Ocean
- Family
- Guests provide their own meals
- Internet
- Telephone
- Heating
- Linens ProvidedAdditional charge
- Washing Machine
- Clothes Dryer
- Parking3-4 cars
- Air Conditioning
- Towels ProvidedSome beach towels, hand towels are available for your use, but must be washed before check out.
- Broadband Access
- Iron & Board
- Parking Off Street
- Living Roomlarge great room top floor Large sitting room ground floor
- Wood FireplaceWinter use only
- Dishwasher
- Refrigerator
- Stove
- Oven
- Microwave
- Cooking Utensils
- Coffee Maker
- Toaster
- Dishes & Utensils
- KitchenFull Kitchen
- Dining Area
- Child's Highchair
- Diningtable for 8, 4 bar stools at counter
- comfy seating for 10 people
- Television
- Satellite / Cable
- Stereo
- CD Player
- DVD Player
- Books
- Games
- Outdoor Grill
- Deck / Patio2 floors of wide decking Ground floor patio
- TennisLess then a 4 min. Direct walk
- GolfCurrituck Golf Club at your expense
- wheelchair inaccessible
Pool / Spa
- Private PoolLarge in ground 14 by 34 ft. 6 ft deep
- churches
- cinemas
- library
- museums
- live theater
- restaurants
- winery tours
Leisure Activities
- walking
- beachcombing
- bird watching
- outlet shopping
- sight seeing
- boating
- miniature golf
- shelling
- shopping
- wildlife viewing
Local Services & Businesses
- ATM/bank
- groceries
- hospital
- massage therapist
- medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities
- surfing
- swimming
- sailing
- cycling
- fishing
- golf
- wind-surfing
- water skiing
- tennis
- deepsea fishing
- hiking
- jet skiing
- pier fishing
- surf fishing
- kayaking
- parasailing
- snorkeling/diving
- Ocean Sands Sec. D. Short direct walk to tennis and beach. Our beach has a lifeguard. House is on a large corner lot, Great Room is spacious, plenty of decking, Large in-ground pool. Addition ground floor 2016, with laundry room, bathroom, bedroom and large great room. close to beach, tennis,shopping and restaurants.
House Rules
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Cancellation Policy
100% refund if canceled at least 60 days before arrival date. You must contact the owner directly to request cancellation.
15 Reviews
Latest reviews
Convenient and spacious and super close to the beach
The house had everything we needed including well stocked kitchen supplies, lots of towels, beach chairs, plenty of seating and space for all 10 of us to hang out, etc. Eileen has thought of everything to make sure her guests are comfortable. We brought extra pillows because we never have enough when we travel but we didn't need them here. We would definitely stay here again. Thanks Eileen!
Melissa, We are glad that you enjoyed your stay at The Sandbox and at the beach. We would love to have you return again with a return guest discount.
Thank you
Great house in a great location!
We had a wonderful week in Corolla, and truly enjoyed staying at the Sandbox! It's located close enough to everything, but far enough away to remain serene. The house is beautiful, comfortable and welcoming, and having the pool was an added bonus.
Michelle; We are glad you enjoyed your stay at The Sandbox, thank you for a wonderful review.
The Sandbox
Lovely house, super-clean, sunny and welcoming with a wonderful pool.
A couple of comments: 1) there were hardly any hooks in the bathrooms or bedrooms to hang dressing-gowns, towels etc. 2) We all found the mattresses rather hard: so when the time comes for renewal, something softer might be considered.
But overall terrific.
Nice place. Close to the beach
The house was clean and neat. It is really close to the beach which is important for families with small kids. The pool was very nice as well. Eileen was very attentive and a pleasure to work with. We truly enjoyed our stay. Thank you Eileen!
Secind year favorite!
This is our second year staying here and we loved every minute of it! It was spacious enough that no one was on top of each other but yet still cozy enough to be together. The new addition downstairs is gorgeous! The pool was spacious enough to fit two families. The kitchen had everything we needed to cook meals or enjoy take out. The beach is a very close walk and there are plenty of chairs and beach buggy's for all your items. Eileen is more than accommodating with checking in, reminding us about garbage or just driving by and waving.
Awesome vacation!
Eileen was so attentive, from the initial stages of inquiry to the final day of check out. Our family of 7 had plenty of space to spread out or come together for games or a movie night. The newly finished ground level is a great place for parents to have a quiet retreat! The kids loved their evening swims in the private pool and we loved the quick walk to the beach. Harris Teeter and Duck Donuts was a easy walk from the property (we loved our morning walks to go get donuts and coffee!) She had plenty of beach towels and toys on hand. What a life saver in saving space packing for 7! The community is quiet and perfect for families. We will definitely be back! Thanks Eileen!
5 minute direct walk to wide open beach with stationed lifeguard. tennis, Private community. Discounts for small family of 5 or less.
Rates & Availability
Additional information about rental rates
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Talent Management
I think in paterns. And I'm stuck on this one. This is a continuation of the discussion on "can you be a follower of Christ and achieve the pinacle of excellence in your worldly field?"
I gave examples of John Bonham (famed, but very dead, drummer from Led Zeppelin) and others to build my case. My limited readership countered with U2, John Wooden, and a few others.
So today I'd like to go down in the weeds a bit. Down into my career choice...Business Management...specifically Talent Management. The pinacles of excellence for me in this field is Bill Parcell, current President of the Miami Dolphins, and Jack Welch, former Chairman of GE.
Bill Parcell has created championship caliber teams at every stop. He's won Super Bowls in an era of parity, and wherever he's been he's given the fans hope that their team CAN win a Super Bowl...which in a competitive game, is the most you can ask for. When he arives...its all about winning championships. He is a fierce evaluator of talent, and relentless in his honesty, and ruthless as he shreads his new locker room to build up a culture of winning.
Jack Welch was very similar. He had a practice of firing the bottom 10% of any measurable group, every year. He called it culling the fields. It was very, very successful.
The results that both of these men achieved are written about in business journals. Neither would be mistaken for possessing Christian values.
However, did Christ get results? Absolutely. And He did it with weak talent. And when the shareholders (pharasees) said "How good could the results be if he culled the field, fired those 12 disfunctional salesmen, and brought in some real talent like us?" Well, it obviously didn't faze him. He stayed true to his "Relationship Management Plan".
So, here we are with shareholders screaming for Talent Management - accountability, performance standards, steady growth, etc...and a heart...a transformed heart screaming for Relationship Management - give them every opportunity to succeed, you must not be training them right, its all about coaching, etc.
And what I'm left with is the stress of trying to balance the two. Live an abundant life in Christ, building relationships with my associates, be a servant Leader...yet maintain high performance standards to ensure a winning team...a championship caliber team...a team that gives the fans (all stakeholders) hope we can win it all.
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Jay had to work Saturday morning, but we still had a nice weekend. The kids played, I made cookie dough (come back here in the morning!) and in the evening, Jay and Alice watched Cinderella for their first Daddy-Daughter Movie Night.
While they were doing that, Jack and I watched the first three episodes of the new TMNT series. (Have you read this article yet? You should.)
Today we went to my mom and dad's for Sunday dinner for the first time in three weeks! On the way, Alice kept talking about how tight her seat was--and it was. And it was filthy after two and a half years of road trips and errands and we could not get the cover off to wash it.
After dinner Jay and I went to Target and came back with a new big girl seat! She was just about as excited as Jack was to move out of the little seat.
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I have been listening to Mom & Me & Mom, one of Maya Angelou's autobiographies, during my commute. Although typically I have difficulty with the start-stop of listening to books on tape, I find her slow voice and particular style of enunciation captivating. It seems ironic to listen to this measured, gravelly voice reflecting on a youth that includes what I perceive to be knee-jerk and foolhardy choices. Although I'm slower to admit it, perhaps I am also surprised that this tempered persona became such by rough, sometimes violent interactions.
The VMFA provided a space for some quiet reflection one Sunday morning this summer. What I mostly remember about this scene is wondering how the ladies sitting near me knew each other: 3 women with British accents appeared to be in their 40's to 50's, who clearly saw each other regularly as was deduced both by their conversation and by their silence.
"I use the word love, not so much meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and that which causes the blood to flow orderly in our veins." Maya Angelou


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First, I want to start by saying that clearly humanity's compassion is lacking and has been for a very long time. The saddest thing about the Rwandan genocide was the fact that it had been allowed to happen when something like this had happened many times before throughout history. The fact that mass genocide of a people was allowed after what happened in Nanking, Ukraine, Armenia, Cambodia, The Holocaust, in Bosnia and in each case sworn by the governing powers all across the globe that something like that would never happen again, is disgusting. This cartoon represents the broken promises, the forgotten horrific tragedies, and the place for new ones to be buried in. Rwanda sadly was not the first genocide to happen, but it is the fact that even 10 years after the horrendous tragedy, only two of the standing "super-powers" of the world came to the memorial of the event, and none of the survivors or Rwandan people were surprised. After everything we haven't done for them, there were no expectations therefore there was no one to be let down.
The standing truth is that as horrible as this genocide was it was allowed to happen, it could have been prevented and even thwarted, but the world chose to let it happen. Here's how it happened, in 1994 Rwanda was divided into 3 separate groups the Tutsi, the Hutu, and Twa. The Hutu extremists, within the higher powers of government, blamed the Tutsi people, whom were the minority, for the increased strain on their economy, politics, and social pressures. They Hutu also accused the entirety of the Tutsi people of supporting a Tutsi rebel group, which added to the already rising tensions. In the spring of 1994, a plane was shot down; it was carrying the president of Rwanda who was a Hutu. This sparked the bloody civil war leading to the genocide of almost ¾ of population of innocent Tutsi people. Men, women, and children were slaughtered if they were suspected of being Tutsi, women were brutally raped, and even thousands Hutu were slaughtered for opposing the killing of Tutsi. There was no regard for life whatsoever. What was the world doing? Well while we were aware of the preparations for this massacre we did nothing to prevent it. Knowing that the minority group was being targeted for complete genocide, we refused to acknowledge it. We refused to send aid to the Tutsi or to intervene to stop the Hutu. Finally when the damage had been done we had a voice again and we voiced our disapproval of the Hutu actions, but the damage was already done. France, Belgium, the United States, and The United Nations the collective "We", did nothing and allowed 800,000 Rwandan citizens be slaughtered in a one-sided civil war that they helped create.
I can stand here and point fingers, but that won't change the past. A lot of innocent people died, the world heard their cries and ignored them. I think that a lot of people have this attitude where if the situation doesn't involve them directly, then they don't care. The human race has grown selfish and self-destructive. Humanity has lost it's compassion and accepted the role of either bully, bystander, or victim. The role of the hero or savior is few and far less taken. We have this assumption that someone else will take on the burden of playing hero and the situation will be resolved, we also assume that if we were the victims we would be saved. It's this ignorance, pride, and naivety that because we are from one of these "supreme" governing powers (USA, UN, UK, etc.) that somehow if the roles were reversed we would be saved. It's absolutely disgusting that people think themselves superior to minorities or people of any kind. I'd like to sit here and say that since the events in Rwanda 1994 things have changed and the world would never allow something like that again, but I can't. In 2004 we saw a similar scene in Darfur and today we are seeing it happen in Sudan. If you notice on all of the tombstones after the date of incident it says "never again", but after Darfur it doesn't say it anymore foreshadowing that another event such as the ones before will happen again. The artist is illustrating that history has and will repeat itself, and that although horrendous events have occurred and at the moment had some impact, they are like the forgotten tombstones in a cemetery.
I don't know if it's funny or absolutely discouraging that the UN, who collectively created The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, just stood by and let the Tutsi people's rights be violated in the most perverse way possible. If one reads through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, almost all of the Tutsi people's rights were violated. The artist of this cartoon chose to represent these events in this way because it shows how they were not only abandoned when alive and suffering, but even in death they have been forgotten as well. The fact that the world allowed more people to be stripped of their rights and slaughtered is a dishonored to those that have died. The world has allowed these people's basic human rights to be violated. The people of Rwanda were violated in many to name a few article 1, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood" (UN The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, A.1). What brotherhood? The Hutu feared the minority Tutsi and decided that they should be eradicated and the world did nothing. Article 5, " No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment" (UN The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, A.5). The world watched as the Tutsi were slaughtered in their homes, on the street, gathered in churches. Children and infants were killed, their mothers subjected to horrendous and brutal acts of rape and then killed. My personal favorite, "Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group, or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform an act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein"(Universal Declaration of Human Rights, A.30). If this were true then none of these genocides and massacres show in the cartoon would have happened. The world watched and did nothing, it's as if the world collectively chooses who these rights are appointed to when by default it's meant for all the people of the world. Sadly we know that after watching Shaking Hands with the Devil that the world will never admit its mistakes, but rather blame it on some other scapegoat they have lined up. We can only hope that one day these horrors will actually stop, but until then we can only wait and try to be the change we want to see in the world . Do something, don't just stand by and watch.


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Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could a little more
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Youve got an awful lot of text for only having one or 2 pictures.

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I will be taking a new approach to this in the next training course I give thanks to your research.

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