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Monday, October 4, 2010
Modern Classics – Brother in the Land by Robert Swindells
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- AnonymousOctober 5, 2010 at 6:45 AM
It seems a sad fact that we can only grasp our common humanity in times of hideous crisis. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that, post-apocalypse - society would become tiny and that would allow for a more generous spirited approach. Even my Y8 students recognise that communism would work in a small society. Greed and fear increases with unfamiliarity and no virtual 'global village' can mirror a genuine community.ReplyDelete
I read Brother in the Land when I was a teenager and thought it was remarkable. I particularly respect the challenge to Hollywood's shallow lies that 'all will be ok in the end'.
Hi Sian, I haven't read this book, but I have some vague memory of a conversation with someone, sometime (who was reading it at school)about it being based near where I used to live in the North of England? Does this sound right? At the time I lived in Skipton. Hope I've got the right book.ReplyDelete
You make it sound worth a read, maybe I should seek it out. x
Just as a quick aside - I'm sure you'll remember the Jane Austen lessons in 6th form. Well it's all coming back to me as my little girl is loving the TV/movie versions of many of the books. It's given me a great incentive to re-read my old copies - many with notes written in from our time at Ystalyfera.
- FordeeeeeeOctober 7, 2010 at 9:38 PM
I read Brother in the land or 'Bother in t' land' as we used to joke in our northern classroom. I am certain I read it along with Z for Zacariah which is another of those post apocalyptic novel much loved by children in the 1980s fearful of what life would be like after the dreaded bomb. I watched 'Wargames' the other night and that was of a similar ilk. I also noticed that John Spencer (of Leo McGarry fame) was in the film.ReplyDelete
I have to agree with Steve (just for fun)- post apocalytic world / novel is a bit of 'non sequitur' (senseless use of latin phrase) as there wouldn't have been much time for writing as everyone would have been busy trying to re- invent electricity and Chicken Tikka Masala (now would that be anachronistic!). Seriously though, very often it is literature and cultural renewal that rises from the ashes of many a historical disaster or 'apocalypse'- WWI being a prime example. Also interestingly one of things that survived in Nazi Germany was comedy- people still told jokes about Hitler even though it was illegal, showing that the human spirit endured and that the propaganda hadn't worked.
All very grim and Northern if I remember it- lots of references to places that sound like Skipton and Bradford.
Post-apocalyptic is fine miss, get yourself together.ReplyDelete
You can say a setting is utopic without saying it is an actual utopia. Just because something is diabolic, doesn't mean it literally is work of the literal devil. "Apocalyptic" merely pertains to an apocalypse. It relates to it, as is the wont of the "ic" suffix.
Most of the difficulty of the phrase stems from a misunderstanding of the word "apocalypse". For a start, it has multiple meanings, including modern meanings such as "great or total devastation". So yeah, post-apocalyptic is fine.
Even going from the root of our understanding of the word - i.e. the judeo-christian tradition - i'd argue that the phrase is still acceptable. The Apocalypse of John in the book of revelations is a prophecy of cataclysmic destruction prior to the End of Days, including the battle of Armageddon. Even in the book of revelations, the Apocalypse, and the Armageddon, for that matter, are not the ends of the world. Human life continues in both corporeal and non-corporeal forms (admittedly mostly non-corporeal). In fact, the prophetic nature of a The Apocalypse of John makes the literary term "post-apocalyptic" even more apt. Always set in the future, always relating to what comes after "our world" - fragments of technology and shadows of society remain, letting us know that this is descendant of our current state (post-cataclysm). They are prophetic (The Road, for example), but not of the disaster (which would be an apocalypse, containing both prophecy and disaster), but of the aftermath.
What we have in Mr. Greens pedantry of the term is an amalgam of the common misappropriations for the "apocalypse" and the "armageddon", neither of which have much connection with the original biblical uses which they presumably reference.
Y'know what I mean, yeah?
How's that for pedantic historian?
POST SCRIPT MARK II, THE AWAKENING: Can you think of a single word which means "the end of all life" or "the destruction of the universe". One without a religious meaning suggesting human souls, or some consciousness living on. I mean total destruction of all consciousness and matter. A void. What would that event be called? It seems a curious omission from the vocabulary. Maybe its impossible to truly comprehend such a state of being as a concious subject with an inner life. The destruction of matter, with all our souls being saved is pretty common across cultures, whether its ancestor worship or 7th day adventist, but i can't think of a word which titles the end point of the universe.
Shout out to Mr. Green.
The omega? (as in 'the alpha and the omega')ReplyDelete
Do you think that the omission of the word from the lexicon indicates man's incapacity to comprehend the nothingness which encircles our own immediate existence (whether that is an individual existence or the existence of humanity as a species)?
In fact, the fascination with post-apocalyptic/post-cataclysmic fiction surely stems from that desire we have, as we face more and more possibility of extinction, to assert our survival. Even if that survival is spiritual rather than corporeal, we cling to the idea of continuance. In this way, I suspect, we distract ourselves from the real issues we face; none so blind as those that won't see.
I don't think it is impossible to comprehend such a state of nothingness - Satre managed it quite well - it's just undesirable, for most.


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2 cups low-sugar pasta sauce
1/2 cup pine nuts, coarsely chopped
1 ounce freshly grated Parmesan cheese (1/4 cup)
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
1 pound turkey cutlets, about 1/3-inch thick
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 ounces shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (1/2 cup)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Heat oven to broil. Bring sauce to low simmer in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Remove from heat and cover to keep warm.
Stir together pine nuts, Parmesan, and Italian seasoning in a wide, shallow dish. Season turkey on both sides with salt and pepper, then dredge both sides in the nut mixture, pressing to adhere.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Add turkey and cook until coating is golden brown and juices run clear, about 4 minutes per side. If nuts brown too quickly, reduce heat.
Place turkey in a baking pan, top evenly with mozzarella, and broil until cheese melts, about 30 seconds.
Spoon 1/2 cup of warm sauce on each plate and top each with a piece of turkey.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Turkey Parmesan
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This is our house. It was four dilapidated apartments when we bought it in the early 1980s. We kept one apartment and rented the others. Rundown as it was, we used our best styling and decorating skills (early adopters of DIY) and it was published in Metropolitan Home Magazine. After saving some money from the rent that we were collecting, we moved out and renovated the building top to bottom and Met Home published it again.
After the renovation, we lived on three floors and our studio was on the ground floor, but after outgrowing both the studio and our tiny kitchen on the second floor—we raised two kids there—we moved our studio to a loft in South Boston and used the old studio as a kitchen. (After all these years, it's still a makeshift kitchen, albeit one with lots of space and light.)
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No smoke without fire.....
We've had some lovely warm days lately, so even I was tempted outside. When's the best time to light a fire? I asked Him indoors. Always a difficult question, as the French law seems so unclear. Each departement has a different code. Some say a garden fire is o.k. if it's at least 200m away from the nearest house, others say more than 50m, whilst some areas have no discernible law at all. Some expats on bonfire night each year invite people around (including the Maire!), and light a huge bonfire. All year we regularly see fireworks exploding in neighbouring gardens - presumably for family celebrations.
.....so we both agreed - should be o.k. to light a fire; do it during the day so we can be sure to put it out before nighttime. Soon a plume of sweet, grey smoke was blowing lazily sideways right at the bottom of our very long garden - well away from any houses. I resumed my weeding until Him indoors shouted 'The police are at the gate!' You're joking? For once, he wasn't. 'We've had a call. You must put the fire out', they said. 'Who on earth called you?' They looked sheepish.What kind of person calls the police on a neighbour? In my book you should never, ever make an enemy of your neighbour. They are often the nearest person to help in times of crisis. I'll never understand the French mindset.
14th October 2012
Labels: bonfire night, French law, French neighbours, garden fires
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- SueC said...
Oh dear
but on the bright side at least it wasn't Bruno!
- 14 October 2012 at 10:41
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|Carved Lintel for Community Center Project
Some years ago, following my urge to cut carve and gouge, I became one of a group of apprentices participating in a Community Center Carving Project. The group project was led by George Norris, a celebrated artist, sculptor and carver. I longed to learn carving from a master and our task was to carve intricate details in yellow cedar posts which would serve as broad wooden lintels for doorways placed throughout the Community Center. Before we were allowed to work on the lintels we were required to do a series of carving exercises on a block of wood. Once we learned and completed the exercises of carved wood patterns and George felt we were capable, we could then work on the yellow cedar posts. George shared many insights with the group, from his rich career of carving, among which was an important lesson: Don't bleed on the wood as it penetrates the grain. Unfortunately there is only one way to remove blood stains from wood and that is by removing the blood stained area, hence the wood itself.
|Blood Stained Number 7 Carving Tool
I learned this important lesson by experience while blood spurted wildly from a hand wound, caused by my ineptness with a lethal weapon aka "the number seven carving tool". I mention that it was a number seven so that anyone who is aware of carving tools can appreciate how hazardous this tool can be in the hands of a beginner.
Anyone who can't imagine the damage that it can cause may want to check out my scar, a rather large one, to validate this.
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As you might imagine I yelped a little when I stabbed my own hand, drawing the attention of the master carver who quickly came to my side to observe, not my wound, but the yellow cedar post where I had unknowingly leaked some blood.
While I staunched the flow of blood as best I could, George quickly drew up a plan to remove the bloodied wood and in haste created an altered carving design to accommodate the removal of the bloodstain.
There was no denying that my bloody wound came second to the importance of the lintel being carved.
Author: Trish (BlackCrowCurios)
Link to George Norris Artist: http://app.vancouver.ca/PublicArt_net/ArtistDetails.aspx?ArtistID=86&ArtworkType=ALL&Neighbourhood=ALL&Ownership=ALL&Program=ALL
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I Sing -"Independence Day"
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Yesterday afternoon I went to the village with Tawnee and some of the girls (Tawiah, Yawson, AfuaKyere, and Abby) to have sister Okos (one of the cleaners at the school) do my hair in braids. It took about 3 hours to do my whole head. Unfortunately, my hair is really fine and with the small braids she just used some of my own hair to tie them at the ends, so already this morning many of them were coming out. I had some of the girls come to the rescue this afternoon and "beautify" my head...they re-braided some and then braided like 3 strands together. Tawnee and I were laughing b/c it now looks like I was a victim of the lightning storm that hit earlier yesterday! :) haha...oh well, they were fun for a few days!
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Drumroll please...
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls...the moment we've all been waiting for...the library has opened! :) I'm so excited-- could it be even moreso than the kids? I don't know! haha...they're pretty excited too! We had our "grand opening" yesterday where I went over rules and how they could check out a book, etc. and then they had some time to look for books, read, do puzzles, color, etc., and it was just so fun for me to watch them-- all so intent on what they're doing. I'm so happy that they'll not only have books in their hands, but also that there's now a fun, welcoming place for us to go to do activities. There were many hands involved in this project and we couldn't have done it without you...many thanks to Mama Lorella (who did all the sorting), my mom (who tirelessly cleaned books as we strived to "just do 2 more boxes"!, Kenny (a volunteer who came and made many shelves for us), Tracy and Ellen who also worked extremely hard to clean books, move shelves, etc., the students at Meadowview Primary school who raised money for us to buy the tables, and so many of the kids who were so willing to lend a hand in their spare time to sort, clean, or sticker books!
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Ventures with Visitors
It's been such a long time that I've written and so much has happened since then that I hardly know where to begin! So, I guess I'll just begin with letting you know that I am currently feeling overwhelmingly blessed and loved by so many people across the world. It's been so amazing and so humbling to see people come together to bless the kids (and me!) here at Haven of Hope. I'm so blessed to have two communities (both in Waupun & Hong Kong) that are SO supportive and willing to help and show their love.
It's been a couple of weeks full of visitors, which is always full of fun and adventures. Jenn came from Hong Kong, and it was just great to reconnect with her and share stories and adventures together. Some of the highlights were:
- We spent a few days near the coast and had the opportunity to go to a village called Asanfo where we got lessons on how to dye batik fabric. It was so cool to learn how the fabric is made (basically by dipping stamps in wax and then onto the material), but it was also neat to spend the day in the village and see how everyday life there is-- women preparing fufu, all the children sticking around to eat it, kids going to and from school, and lots of hanging out with the kids who are beautiful!
-cooking mashed potatoes and glazed carrots in the village for my friends who taught me how to make the akple (which I mentioned in the previous blog)...plus about 50 of her friends and neighbors! :) I'd say it was a hit!
(Happy, Jenn, me, and Rose getting the fire ready to cook the mashed potatoes. The village women do all their cooking on these little fires outside.)
- The kids were so excited to receive their soccer jerseys and I couldn't thank the ICS family enough for your generosity in so many ways! :)Then, last week Lisa Grosz came with her mom and daughter and it was so great to have more enthusiastic visitors and people to love on the kids. They helped the kids to paint beautiful murals in both the girls' and boys' dorms, which was lots of fun for the kids. Then, one day we took the students who are pen pals to Lisa's students in Waupun to the pool in Accra...what a fun day that was! It was the first time that many of the kids have ever been to a pool and I think they would've stayed all day if we let them. :) (picture at the top)
It was a sad day to say goodbye, because I love having people visit. However, I wasn't alone for long...it was to the airport in the morning to drop them off and back later that night to pick up Tawnee (my new roommate), who will be serving at Haven of Hope for the next year, and her mom (just here for a few days). It's been a great day getting to know them and I'm so excited to have some more permanent "company"! :)
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Spoiler: I don't have a dream job anymore.
My college's motto was literally "Dream Big!" when I started attending. My professors told us to have bigger dreams and told us over and over that we should figure out what we were passionate about and build a career around it. The idea was that God creates you to be passionate about certain things. When you figure out what those things are, then you sort out a way your passion is connected to God's kingdom, and then obviously that's God leading you to a career.
Now, I am in no way trying to speak for everyone in the world here, but in my experience, this works about as well as wishing on a star.
See, I've tried this twice. Since I was a little kid I planned on having a big family and being a stay-at-home mom. Ten years ago I thought that by 22 I would be married (another piece of nonsense they tell you a lot at a Christian college is that if you really really want to get married, God will definitely make it happen because…because He will! Don't ask for biblical support! Just take our word for it! HE DEFINITELY WILL), pregnant with my first child, and working to adopt my second. I've always been passionate about adoption. My whole life I've wanted to raise an unfashionable number of children, most of them adopted.
And here I am: twenty-two, single, no kids. No job. Sometime in my last two years of college I realized that having kids isn't a good idea for me. With all my health issues, any kid of mine would probably be one of history's biggest losers in the genetic lottery. Then I got my diagnosis and found out that it can be pretty dangerous to have kids if you have ET for a number of reasons. And as I said, I am single, and the financial stability necessary for adoption looks very different for one person versus a couple.
So I figured out something else I was passionate about. I started working in catering. I loved it, and I was good at it. I was more confident catering than I was doing anything academic. It felt like God had reawakened a passion for food and serving others, and that I wasn't going to miss out on life because I couldn't follow my first passion. I had to deal with a lot of negativity from people informing me that I was wasting my life. Incidentally, did you know that taking a full time job catering after graduation can have negative effects on your entire future? It can. It can lead to paying off student loans, practicing good communication, and (gasp of horror!) in some drastic cases, a life of serving others. You know, like Jesus did. Heaven forbid.
I loved it. But I couldn't handle it. Food service goes hand in hand with weird, long hours and stress. Over time, it got to the point where a good day was one where I could see out of both eyes and make it the whole day without throwing up. So I had to quit.
It's been really hard; for me, catering/food service career was "dreaming big". I narrowly chose to attend college over culinary school. Recently I was offered a job as a cook, and it hurt to have to turn it down. A year ago that would have been my dream job. If I didn't have cancer it still would be.
Another thing people tell me quite often is that I'm young and I don't know what will happen. That's true. And it's also kind of my point. I might never get to be a mom, no matter how passionate I am, no matter how much I dream. Or I might turn out to have a big family of my own a few years down the road. Or maybe I'll end up doing social work and building up other families. I guess the problem that I've had with the "find your passion and pursue it" thing is that it puts me at the center when I have no idea what is going to happen. As Gandalf would say, "Even the very wise cannot see all ends," and I'm not very wise at all.
In the past couple of years I've had to repeatedly take the things I'm passionate about, the dreams that I had for my life, and return them to the loving hands of Christ. And I'm going to be honest: a lot of the time it has seemed unfair that God would create me with all these dreams and desires and passions that seem to be entirely superfluous to whatever plan He is working out in my life.
Despite all the verbal messaging I received over the years about finding my passion and proceeding from there, I don't really know that many people whose lives have worked out that way. In watching the lives and choices of people I respect, I see a willingness to go where the Lord leads, regardless of how passionate they feel about it or how it fits in with their dreams. Particularly I have seen my parents and other family members commit in faithfulness to something they didn't necessarily want and wouldn't have chosen, because they were called by the Lord. And I've seen God do incredible things through that faithfulness.
George MacDonald wrote that, "As I cannot do as I please, I must please as I do." I think that's where I've ended up now. I can't do as I please. But I am growing in faith that God will guide me and make me able to do whatever He calls me to in the vast uncertainty of my future, whether it's some new dream job or not. I hope that joy and maybe even passion will follow later, but if not, God is still good. And I believe that when I know Him fully, as I am fully known, I will understand the purposes of all the dreams and passions and gifts that God has given.


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Russia's banks have been charging interest rates over 50% on consumer loans. In mature economies, these are the interest rates charged by loan sharks preying on the financially illiterate, poor and desparate. As in times past (consider the medieval history of banks), such high interest rates eventually cause a backlash from the populace. The backlash has begun in Russia.
The high interest rates are primarily due to the massive disconnect between high consumerism motivating demand and supply, primarily from global capital markets. However, some Russian banks have exacerbated the negative reaction to high interest rates by advertising low nominal interest rates (and charging high non-interest commissions with little transparency), writing service contracts that even experts find difficult to untangle, and designing repayment schedules that some clients complain trap them into a never ending cycle of interest payments without ever paying off the principal.
So great is the backlash that court cases have been taken out against several banks, the Duma and the Central Bank of Russia are attempting to regulate interest rates on consumer loans, and now the State Prosecutor has launched a court case against a Russian bank.
There is one bank that is at the focus of most complaints, namely Russian Standard Bank (RSB). Given that RSB was the first to offer consumer loans and remains one of the largest providers of consumer lending products, the level of complaints against it is far beyond complaints about the other large banks. As part of an on-going court case, the Russian State Consumer Protection Commission released figures for complaints it had received and lodged against all Russian banks. RSB was the subject of 734 complaints, Home Credit - 127, and the next bank received 8! Nearly two orders of magnitude separate RSB from the third most complained about bank.
For full disclosure, I should point out that the court case in question comes from RSB, who is claiming $10 million in damages each against my company (RusRating) and against a senior analyst of mine for diminishing RSB's business reputation - we downgraded the bank in December 2006. The case creates at least two precedents - it is the first time a rated company is taking a rating agency to court just following a downgrade in its rating (the connection is just too strong to be coincidental), and the statements of the rating agency's analysts were quoted in an article (a direct attack on freedom of expression). The article itself was not written by any of our analysts!
Aside from the court case and the short-sighted business behaviours of a small number of Russian banks, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is in a quandary as to how to regulate the situation. The Russian banks advertise a nominal interest rate (sometimes as 'low' as 10%), whilst effectively charging over 50%. The remaining payments are for a wide variety of "extra costs" such as a charge for opening the account, taking money from the account (to pay for the goods being bought), and insurance cover.
The CBR does not want to regulate or cap the interest rate, for it is a strong adherent of market forces. What it really wants is to force all banks to disclose a single "effective" interest rate. In this way, all banks would need to "come clean" in public and the market would choose the lowest effective interest rate. The problem is finding a single method for including uneven principal repayments, front-end costs and "third-party" costs (eg., an insurance premium paid to a tied insurance company) into a single effective rate that would be the same for all banks and would not be susceptible to playing the numbers. In the end, it has not proven possible to find a single calculation method.
The economically correct way would be to enforce disclosure of the entire loan re-payment schedule, showing the proportion of interest, non-interest, and principal repayments before the loan agreement is signed. Even fairly unsophisticated people can compare a set of repayments and whether they want to make them.
Irrespective of the disclosure requirements that are finally imposed, Russian banks have once again earnt themselves the enmity of a section of the population. This cannot but have a negative impact on the banks most widely seen to have been acting as a bully. However, even in the short-term it is unlikely that there will be any fall in the profitability of consumer lending. The real economic driver for the increasing consumer loan growth is that there is a still a massive pent-up demand for consumer loans combined with a scarcity of funds being allocated to this asset class.
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A guest post by Melissa C, a writer for the BlogContentGuild
Some people think "easy" and "flavorful" are mutually exclusive, but that certainly isn't the case. There are plenty of places to find easy dinner recipes, but what about those times when you're feeling adventurous and — dare we say — a little bit spicy? Read on for two delicious (and easy!) recipes with a kick.
Crock pot curry
This recipe, inspired by Taste of Home, takes less than half an hour to prepare. Like most crock pot meals, it cooks long and slow with minimal supervision.
- 6 chicken breast halves
- 1 and 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste depending on how spicy you want it)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 14-oz can coconut milk
- 3 sliced green onions (divided)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- Cooked rice to serve over
Salt the chicken breasts and lightly brown it in a skillet. When browned, transfer the meat to the crock pot. Add the curry, cayenne, turmeric and coconut milk to the pot and stir. Add about half the onion, and then cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours or until the chicken is tender.
After the chicken is cooked, mix together the cornstarch and water and add it to the pot. Turn the heat up to high and allow the sauce to thicken for about half an hour. Once the sauce is thick enough, spoon the mixture over rice and season with lime juice. Garnish the dish with the remaining onions and enjoy!
Mexican the mas rapido way
If Indian isn't your thing, try out this taco recipe from Cooking Light to add some spice to your weekly dinner schedule.
- 1 lb pork tenderloin, trimmed of fat and cut into strips
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped (or more if you want it spicier)
- 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth
- 1/2 cup chopped tomato
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 8 tortillas (flour or corn, whatever you prefer)
Season pork with salt and pepper and sauté it with olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. When browned (about four minutes), remove the pork from the pan and set it aside. Sauté onion and jalapeno in the pan until tender, about five minutes. Add the broth and simmer for five minutes, then stir in the tomato and simmer for an additional two minutes. Add the pork back to the pan, along with the cilantro and lime juice. Cook for about a minute or until the pork is done.
Add the mixture to heated tortillas and enjoy! This dish is great with chips and salsa or a bean side dish.
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Author has written 4 stories for Inuyasha.
What does one say in a profile? 0.o
Anyways, I've been a member at FanFiction.net for at least four years, I think? Little facts about me...
Born somewhere in the 'Ber' months.
Loves writing (Duh). And drawing!
Cannot go through a day without caffeine (probably explains my height).
Enjoys reading more than surfing the net (and that says a lot). I LUUV to read.
And to take naps. I also won't survive the day without a power nap >.
I'm a history buff and I, sadly, suck at math. An irony I tell you.
I adore shows from the 80s.
Hates speaking in front of people. I can't come up with an impromptu speech to save my life.
Been a fan of anime/manga since discovering it but Inuyasha is the only one I've been writing stories for.
Lives a terribly mundane existence.
Concering My Oneshots
The two oneshots that's published on here came from somewhere around three, four years ago and I can only cringe when I look at it sometimes, I'd like to think that I improved at least. They're horrible and yet I still love them. The thought of deleting them feels like a stab in the heart. They were the first two stories I ever wrote on here and I cannot bear the thought of removing them.
UPDATE: No matter how... much they're not that great. I've decided not to edit them anymore and let it stay that way so I'll know how much I've progressed in my writing skills over the years :D.
Cookie Love - Came even before 'Seatmate Troubles' (a story I deleted years ago because I realized it was not going anywhere lol). I still remember the plot coming from tasting the Mrs. Field's cookies that my mom had brought home. Even after four years, I still remember how awesome it was... Sadly, the cookies were discontinued very shortly after. The story is a sweet reminder. Edited once, a couple of years ago. I've decided to leave it as it is so I can see how much I've improved over the years.
The Perfect Match - Inspired by an incident that happened in my class. It was fun writing this. The ideas came out and I didn't have to think very hard about how it would turn out. Edited once, the same time as 'Cookie Love'. Also to be left alone.
The Handbook - My first, first serious attempt at writing and finishing a story. The plot idea was insane and ridiculously fun, and I'm enjoying every minute of writing it. Currently at 10 chapters.
Just Like You - I'm planning to make this a really short story, purely fluff and more fluff (fluff's awesome). I have no idea what inspired this. Currently at 1 chapter.
Happy Midnight - Based off of a movie, a scary yet funny movie, I saw when I was smaller! I only watched it once but it was seared in my brain. It's probably going to have a tiny bit of romance cuz it's written by me :P. There's no main leads and I try to give each character a cut, which is proving to be a lot more difficult than I expected. Well, it's good practice, I guess??? >.
I am currently thinking of new plots for stories. Hahaha
Posted chapter 2 of 'The Handbook'
Gosh, really need to think of a new title.
It's been more than a month since I last updated! I'll try posting the new chapter.
Life has been definitely hectic... Cannot wait until this week to be over *projects cough*
Updated my profile. Woot! That's a big accomplishment people!
To anyone's who's reading this. I'm still alive! Due to some family deaths and school finals, I haven't been able to update 'The Handbook' for over a month now. I'm really sorry for it. But on some good news, I'm starting to write the new chapter. Thank you guys for reading it once again!
I updated again. Edited 'Perfect Match' and posted the fifth chapter of 'The Handbook'. I have a bunch of tests coming up and another presentation... but what the heck? Nothing's new. Thanks for all the support! It makes my day all the time :)
Augh, school is killing the heck outta me! My teachers are slamming us with all these projects cuz, of course, it's the last two months of school. Just to let ya folks know, I won't be updating until school's officially over probably. I had written over just half a page for the next chapter... waaah!
I updated! Yay!
I updated! Though I don't feel confident about it at all lol. The chapter's sort of a filler type thing. And I definitely like the latter half of the chapter than the first. Enjoy ya guys!
Chapter 9's out! WOOT! It's been almost three months since I last updated *cringe*. This chap's not so much filler like, well, it actually is but it's going to set a couple of things in motion. The next one's going to be a lot better, I hope. Enjoy you guys!
Chapter 10 OUT for the Handbook! Umm... its been forever since I last updated. I posted two new stories though: 'Just like You' and 'Happy Midnight.' Although I have got to finish the Handbook first XD.
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I know you are here because you want to hear an honest review from a neutral person who is not a part of Digital Altitude. All those other reviews are just trying to lure you into joining the company. Well, you have come to the right place because I am going to put the Digital Altitude Scam to the test. Don't let anyone else fool you into joining without reading this full Digital Altitude Review. I'll talk about the Company, CEO, Line of Products, Compensation Plan, and my verdict on whether Digital Altitude is a Pyramid Scheme or a Legit Business Model.
Website: http://www.digitalaltitude.co/company/
Digital Altitude is a modern MLM business which has been making waves for some time now. Michael Force is the institutor of Digital Altitude, who has made his fortune in the high-ticket AFFILIATE PROGRAMS. Judging by his reputation, his website, and the marketing packages he has put together, he appears to be very good in what he does.
I can be sure of that, especially after seeing Michal Force give out a Maserati and 250 thousand dollars in prices on his first live event in Las Vegas. October 21–23 2016. Just imagine how much success this young CEO must have.
The main objective of Digital Altitude is to teach all digital entrepreneurs how to start and build a profitable business, with these special products and world-class live events. Digital Altitude offers more than just a coaching program and will continue to provide educational support for online entrepreneurs to amplify their success. This company provides the following product and services listed below.
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When you cling with Digital Altitude you might attain your goal at the long run, but I personally won't recommend Digital Altitude to a starter. Why? Because it is too expensive and does not guarantee a better return in the long run because all of its product are extremely overpriced.
I believe Digital Altitude is not a scam, but it is a huge risk for any beginning entrepreneur. Now unless you have 60K to start testing it out, this might not be the best option for a beginning entrepreneur.
To your success,
Frank Vigil


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Discussion in 'The Howard Stern Show' started by Beth143nacho, Aug 18, 2015.
He's a deviant. But honestly, as far as rape goes, it's the funniest ever. Not the pain he caused the innocents. Just because he is so megalomaniacal. "Tell your mom I made you cum." "I've blessed your face with my jizz."
For crying out loud.
Ugh those quotes are so creepy and gross. I wonder how long it took him to build up the gumption to start saying that shit after each rape.
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Yeah, that's definitely not the finished product. I think most of us saw the model in action, ramming Doomsday through a building and then blowing up a gas truck with his heat vision to further stun the thing... it really was a loss, and ahead of its time as far as epic action.
The visuals from the mini-preview of the game looked quite solid.. especally considering it was an unfinished game. However even in that I didn't like the model of Superman itself from a design point of view. The action looked decent though.
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Superman Returns was certainly not the biggest dissappoinmnt in Superman games, though that is a sad statement.
Personally I've played alot of bad Superman games & that Superman Returns one ranks about the worst. The best one I've played wasn't even technically a Superman game, it was the Justice League game on the PS2.. the Superman
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felt unique & fun to use.. but that being said the game still wasn't outstanding.. even at the time it was released.
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Overall, I see what you're saying, that you can't give Superman a GTA IV-size experience unless you're Rock-something. But at the same time, a weaker Superman is just... a less cool Spider-Man. The selling point is the power, and that has to come into play if you're going to be Superman. There has to be some kind of building-crushing, tanker-tossing jaw dropping spectacle, or... why bother?
Assuming the city is supposed to be chocked full of action and platforming challenges and etc, yeah, it would takes some advances, not necessarily better hardware, but a few more years of maximizing this hardware.
But if you get away from that game design and go something more indie, like Shadow of the Colossus, or Journey, where the size is scenery, meant for use of your travel abilities, not your fighting/platforming abilities, and just part of the story as opposed to gameplay in itself, there's plenty room for a San Andreas-sized area with our current tech level.
And honestly, how can Superman honestly have any platforming challenges?
If your gonna give Superman an open GTA style world, there really needs to be more to do in the City itself. Be it planes losing engines & heading towards the Daily Planet, giant meteors pelting Metropolis & various other natural disasters randomly occuring. As well as the other standard villian kinda work like Bank Robbers, Car chases, invasions etc etc.
On the other hand I'd like to do alot of playing time as Clark Kent.. similar to AA or AC in which you'd be investigating things with Lois, perhaps even having to perform Superman like tasks without her or people around her realising it.
Really if DC picked a decent developer & allowed them time to toss around some ideas a Superman game could be epically good. So many possibilities with the character & his universe.
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Our calendar for the Advent and Christmas Seasons wrap up an exciting 2017 which had Elgin Covenant commemorating and celebrating the launch of the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago. The birth of Jesus the Christ of God and of Israel, in very nature God wrapped in very human flesh, occurred over 2000 years ago but is marked every year by hundreds of millions of Christians around the world. At the Evangelical Covenant Church here in Elgin, Illinois, we observe Christmas in ways that most traditional American families would find "typical," but always with a joyful spirit to keep the events fresh and exciting for all ages. Part of what is "typical" is that each church, much like each family, contributes its own "wrinkles" to the traditional pattern. We hope you can join us for our Christmas celebrations as we celebrate how our Triune God gave himself to the world as the greatest gift of all, wrapped in flesh and delivered in Bethlehem in Israel's Promised Land over two thousand years ago. All events listed here take place at 1565 Larkin Avenue unless specifically noted otherwise.
December 2, 2017, 9-11 Am: Santa Lucia Breakfast Coffee open house. A long-standing tradition which honors the congregation's Scandinavian roots, this event features continental breakfast treats and the best coffee of the year. Admission is free, a donation basket is available at the end of the buffet.
December 3, 10:30 AM. First Sunday of Advent. Communion for the month of December will be served.
December 3, 4-6 PM: Taste of Christmas family gingerbread-house decorating. Pizza dinner. $10.
December 10, 10:30 AM: Second Advent Sunday. A benevolence offering will be taken. We support three community ministries: Elgin Salvation Army, Elgin Interfaith Food Pantry, and Wayside Elgin Ministry to the Homeless.
December 10, 5 PM: Night of Christmas Music. Refreshments will follow.
December 17, 10:30 AM. Third Advent Sunday, the Choir and Family Ministries Program.
December 24, 10:30 AM. Fourth Advent Sunday.
December 24, 7 PM. Christmas Eve candlelight service. A special offering for the sponsorship of our World Vision Congo Child will be taken.
December 25, 6 AM: Christmas Morning, Julotta service. Also hearkening to the church's Scandinavian roots, this English-language service is open to all. A breakfast follows as the group gathers at Randall Pancake House.
December 31, 10:30 AM. Christmastide.
December 31, 6 PM. New Year's Eve Potluck, then worship around 7, then dessert and games fellowship until ???
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If you couldn't guess from the title, novac (pronounced no-vats) is the Serbian word for money
As we travel through the Balkans, we have collected various currencies. The Euro is the currency in Montenegro, even though it has not yet joined the European Union. Since this is fairly common throughout Europe, we didn't photograph it.
However, we thought you might like to see Macedonian Denar, Serbian Dinar (just a slight difference in spelling and pronunciation) and Bosnian Marks.
Notice the Madonna and Child on the Macedonian 1000 Denar. There is an Orthodox Priest on the Serbian 20 Dinar. And the Bosnian 50 Mark has some sort of Orthodox Icon on it. I can just imagine what sort of hissy fit the atheists in America would throw if we started putting pictures of Saints and church leaders on the money. They already balk at "In God we trust."
In the States, we have a Nutella jar full of coins and paper money collected in our various travels, and also generously donated by friends and family who have journied abroad. I am planning to add some of the money we gather here to that collection, but we may also spend some of it. We did spend most of our Macedonian money, and exchanged our Albanian Lek (not pictured here). But we might also give some currency to friends who also like to collect foreign coins.


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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Opal Disappears
When Opal got her Bunspace bag she disappeared in it for about half an hour. We kept waiting for her to come out with a toy but she stayed in there. In fact, she kept disappearing further and further! Finally she came out with dried fruit wrapped in a coffee filter (and by the way, those were the hands-down bunny favorites!)
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A while back, a good friend of mine posted where he was in overall word count on his book project to his personal Facebook page. Someone thought it was their place to tell him that he should be more concerned about content than quantity, and that he was "in danger of churning out too many books."
"Too many books" was approximately one a year apparently.
I've seen the same criticism leveled at musicians/bands that produce perhaps a CD a year.
I yet to have that same crap thrown my way about my art or more writing - but it could be that they're just not going to say it to my face or post it where I can see it. I imagine it's only a matter of time, especially with how my own publishing schedule seems to look like from the outside. People do express a bit of incredulity at what I am able to do/create, which can be a bit awkward at times.


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Question about Microsoft Windows XP Professional With Servise Pack 2 (e8503040) for PC
I have installed VISTA ULTIMATE..It was working good..But after the intallation of a NVDIA GS8400 graphics card , when i fomatted & installed the Vista again...there is no sound in the speaker..though every connection is correct.. I thought it as a driver problem..& dwwnloaded the drivers & installed it.BUT all in vein..
please help me....
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I need a give and take on this it's not a one sentence fix, there are several things it might be, and the difficulty is increaded tenfold when you arent able toa converse. It would be a good idea to do a live chat, in this case or it just becomes who gets lucky first. From what you stated if you arent getting sound after a new instal of vista. It sounds like there is a setting in your bios that needs to be changed. Try going in the bios, and look where it shows the list of devices , if you see an abnormal or a setting the needs to be changed just write it down. Next there is an listing where you will see your audio device and it may say that it is disabled in which case you know what to do, there has to be a bad setting like an IRQ, that the card took which left the audio device unable to function. So now I have given you some idea I hope as to what to look for, a disabled or uninstalled device, reach me here i you want to get this going without us both going nuts trying to find each other, If u have ms messenger or another messenger with chat, let me know at Georgeburns723@hotmail, the bosss don't like us giving out our info, but it's just silly trying to fix this stuff flying blind. I amd sure you understand this, unless you do a paid chat and ask for me Gymowner, good luck, I can fix this with your input
Oh yes, I have the exact same issue, turns out that asus messed up the bios, on some models (not mine) simply updating the bios worked. On mine i had to install a PCI soundcard or not use my highend videocard and go back to the built in one.
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Check if the correct device is set for default output
Click Start
Control Panel
Select the correct speakers and set as default (like described as Realtek High definition Audio)
if you double click them, you can also change some settings there, I recommend you disable enhancements.
Finally, with the realtek driver comes a little application that runs in your tray (usually and orange speaker) verify settings there as well
Good luck, hope this helps
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We have been planning a family and have been trying for around 1 year. Is this due to thyroid? Also can you please suggest a diet plan that I can follow to curb the same.
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Santa loves bunnies!! Yes, Huntsville Friends of Rabbits invited Santa to our annual holiday party, and of course, he couldn't say no to a bunch of adorable bunny boys and girls!! Member's bunnies as well as the HFR foster bunnies got to say hi to Saint Nick, and have their photos taken, too!!
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Sunderland head to Upton Park knowing they are safe but could face a backlash from a wounded animal in West Ham.
They have had a shocking season under Avram Grant and a lot of fans will be unhappy when we play them on the final day of the season.
Steve Bruce could still finish 9th in the league if we win and results go our way. However, our form of late has been as bad as West Ham's but luckily we started a lot stronger this season.
Kevin Keen will take over the managers role after Grant was sacked and will be looking to end the season on a good note.
Vital Quotes:
Bruce said: 'Hang on a minute – Arsenal have won two in 10, Tottenham have won one in six after beating Liverpool last week, and the teams at the bottom, even Blackpool – to get to 39 points, what an achievement that is, and still they are fighting.
'If we had won last week, we would have gone eighth, for a few hours, anyway. It shows you how close it is.
'It's been quite an incredible season and all credit to every team – 39 points and five teams still fighting against relegation is scary, really.
'If all of us had seen that at the start of the season, it would have scared the pants off us all because usually one or two are set adrift, but five clubs are still hanging by a thread.
'Thankfully we are not in there, which is a relief for all Sunderland fans.'
West Ham Team News:
West Ham could field a younger squad to see what they may be like in the Championship and Scott Parker could play his last game for the Hammers.
Player to watch: Ba
Sunderland have been linked to Demba Ba ever since West Ham were confirmed as a Championship club. It will be good to see him perform against us but hopefully we can keep him away from goal to try and gain all three points.
Sunderland Team News:
Sunderland could bring back Asamoah Gyan and West Ham favourite Anton Ferdinand.
Player to watch: Colback
Colback has been the bright spark in a dim end of season and he will be looking to continue his form.
Match Facts & Stats
The Hammers have won their last six Premier League games against Sunderland at Upton Park.
The Black Cats need a draw to register their biggest top-flight points total for 10 years.
Ref Watch:
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistant referees: Simon Long & Ceri Richards
Fourth official: Andy D'Urso
Match Prediction:
West Ham 0 – 1 Sunderland
I feel we have enough to win this game and try and break back into the top ten. If Gyan starts it may be a risk to his hamstring but hopefully he can create some chances.
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Much the same as the first one. It emphasizes Boys Own adventure stuff over actual detective work and feels more like a James Bond film than a Sherlock Homes one but is mostly pacy and fun.
Jared Harris is good as Moriarty, feeling a worthy foil and making for a good climax. Moran (much, much different to how I had just read of him in Kim Newman's excellent Moriarty short stories) gets the best line as the Holmes and Watson bits often fall to silly business with little genuine wit.
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As with any tragedy, there comes a time to observe the traumatic event's anniversary. Many people believe that grief will wane with time. However, feelings of anger, guilt, isolation, loneliness, sadness and despair often occur long after the disaster.
On the anniversary of the September 11th disaster, many people find themselves once again contemplating the event and its tragic consequences.
Life threatening trauma, including learning that a loved one has been seriously injured or killed, can provoke unsettling emotional or behavioral reactions over a long period of time.
We always say: First there's the crash, then the lifelong impact.
For many victims the anniversary of a tragic event, no matter how many years have gone by, may make the loss more real and bring out a rush of emotions. Often the pain increases and becomes more intense following the first anniversary. This is a normal reaction. Grief is a journey and everyone grieves in their own way.
Here are a few tips to keep in mind for an anniversary of a tragic event:
If you are struggling with grief, call 877.MADD.HELP to speak with a victim advocate, day or night.
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10 of my brillant Brownies at Carol Fallon Riding Center
Am I relating the change in this blog's appearance to life? Yes I am. This blog is forcing me to grow, to learn things I would never have dreamed that I needed or wanted to know. It's forcing me to come out my comfort level and keep moving forward – mistakes and all.
Praying Mantis Meanings in the Realms of Animal Symbolism
The mantis comes to us when we need peace, quiet and calm in our lives. Usually the mantis makes an appearance when we've flooded our lives with so much business, activity, or chaos that we can no longer hear the still small voice within us because of the external din we've created.
After observing this creature for any length of time you can see why the symbolism of the praying mantis deals with stillness and patience. The mantis takes her time, and lives her life at her own silent pace.
A Quick-List of Praying Mantis Symbolism
These traitshave lead the mantis to be a symbol of meditation and contemplation. In fact, in China, the mantis has long been honored for her mindful movements.
The mantis never makes a move unless she is 100% positive it is the right thing for her to do. This is a message to us to contemplate and be sure our minds and souls all agree together about the choices we are making in our lives.
Overwhelmingly in most cultures the mantis is a symbol of stillness. As such, she is an ambassador from the animal kingdom giving testimony to the benefits of meditation, and calming our minds.
An appearance from the mantis is a message to be still, go within, meditate, get quite and reach a place of calm. It may also a sign for you to be more mindful of the choices you are making and confirm that these choices are congruent.
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As parents It's easy to get into the habit of saying "good job" or "you're so smart!" as words of encouragement to our children.
I thought I'd share this printable list of 20 encouraging phrases from http://rachelwojo.com/ these phrases focus on the value of kindness, hard work, improvement and perseverance.
You can click on the link to get the printable PDF Encourage Your Children Printable.
It's amazing how whatever stays on your mind throughout the week is addressed at church. God's funny that way.
This past week my mind keeps a going back to several moments when people around me have been less then kind. Actually, down right abrasive with no good reason.
Their behavior leaves me feeling baffled. You see it's not just one person this week its a few. I can't help but think that it must be so hard to carry the burden of being mean on purpose. To be unhappy on purpose requires so more much energy then just smiling.
When faced with these moments I need to remind myself not to let their actions ruffle my feathers. As always, God reminds me I need to extend grace to these people and be a better person.
So if for some reason you suddenly see me stand back, you just may be the person who's being abrasive. Don't worry, I'll be praying for you.
"Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts" – Rick Warren
This mornings message from our Pastor confirmed what I already knew. I wrote this post but had been holding back on releasing it because it's painful. I know that my pain will help someone, someway, somehow. I am looking for ways to channel this hurt and to get my message across. I NEED everyone to understand that your actions can deeply affect other peoples lives. My topic: DRINKING AND DRIVING. I know some people will read it and think, this does not apply to me but it does.
We either have done it or know someone who has. Just because you've done something in the past doesn't mean you can't change it. You Can! You can help stop it. You can be the designated driver, you take away the keys. You can call 911 if you see someone driving erratically. Some people just keep doing it because they haven't caught or the they think their past experience drinking and driving is funny.
Recently Jason Priestly was on the Chelsea Handler show and they gave each other a high-five while talking about their past drunk driving experiences. This is NOT funny! It's not a laughing matter. This is nothing to be proud of. I will take my pastor's message and run with it.
Here's the post I've been holding back on:
Just about everyone knows my story. I lost my son because some man didn't have enough sense to know not to drink and drive. Furthermore, this man didn't have fear of what would happen if he was caught drinking and driving. The main reason he didn't fear: there were no repercussions for him.
This man had been "allegedly" caught drinking and driving more then twenty times – that's right, that's not a mistype – more then 20 times! He had the system figured out. He gave different names, changed his name around ( first name as middle name and middle name as first, etc, etc.) He didn't show up for court dates. They can't convict you if you don't show up to court. Bench warrants didn't scare him either. He had handfuls of warrants. He's girlfriend wasn't scared. She let him borrow her uninsured car on the night of the crash. The entire 6 years of the trial, I didn't see any scared look or reaction from him at all. I never saw any compassion or regretful looks from this man. Believe me, I looked. As much as I hated looking at him, I looked for something that would indicate to me that he was sorry or regretful.
Now don't get me wrong, I have nothing against someone having a drink but don't drink and drive. I get so upset every time I see people on Facebook giving their friends the "heads up" of a DUI checkpoint. I immediately think "UNFRIEND" but than I get a hold of myself, I know I can't reach people with my message if I "UNFRIEND" them. So please, If you think your friends are drinking and driving, let them get caught. Let them become afraid of the consequences prior to hurting or killing someone. You could save someone's life.
This post and picture are from Tustin Police Department's Facebook page
On May 9, 2014, the Tustin Police Department Traffic Unit conducted a DUI/Driver's License Checkpoint on Irvine Blvd. west of Jamboree Rd. As a result, 923 vehicles passed through the checkpoint, 322 drivers were contacted and no DUI arrests was made. Officers issued eight citations for unlicensed drivers and various other California Vehicle Code violations.
The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a proven resource in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol or drug involved crashes. Research shows that crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized DUI checkpoints and proactive DUI patrols are conducted routinely.In California, this deadly crime led to 774 deaths because someone failed to designate a sober driver. Nationally, the latest data shows nearly 10,000 people are killed each year were killed from impaired driving. "Over the course of the past three years, DUI collisions have claimed 3 lives and resulted in 51 injury crashes impacting members of our Tustin community," said Sgt. Brian Greene.Recent statistics reveal that 30 percent of drivers in fatal crashes had one or more drugs in their systems. A study of active drivers showed more tested positive for drugs that may impair driving (14 percent) than did for alcohol (7.3 percent). Of the drugs, marijuana was most prevalent, at 7.4 percent, slightly more than alcohol.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), checkpoints have provided the most effective documented results of any of the DUI enforcement strategies, while also yielding considerable cost savings of $6 for every $1 spent. Nearly 90 percent of California drivers approve of DUI checkpoints.
DUI Checkpoints are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests affording the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence. Locations are chosen with safety considerations for the officers and the public.
Funding for this checkpoint is provided to Tustin Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, reminding everyone to 'Report Drunk Drivers – Call 9-1-1'.
Twice a week I attend an early learning preschool program with my youngest daughter. The program is run through an organization called "Think Together". Parents/Grandparents/Aunts attend with their child twice a week. One day you attend a parent component (workshop) while your children are in the other room learning and the other day you take an active roll in child's education by assisting in all lessons, craft time, play time, carpet time, etc. I have seen tremendous growth in Ava since attending this program.
The program is planned and led by the director and the wonderful woman who facilitates the weekly parenting workshops (both of whom I just love). The "Teachers" are all volunteers through AmeriCorps (all of them are great!). Each Thursday, we are sent home with bag full of books to read to our children. Our children then draw a picture of their favorite book . On the following Tuesday, we share it. It is so amazing to see all of the children's growth through their pictures. We then have our weekly parenting workshop that teach you parenting methods and exercises to try at home.
Some how, the weekly parent component classes have turned into so something special. The woman who facilitates the parent component has given the Moms a chance to not only learn and share parenting skills but also to share everything that is going on in our "Mom" lives. Our thoughts, struggles, proud moments and ideas. This has quickly become a place of growing but more important a room full very different women who have become friends. Some of us have become very close.
Today, we made sock puppets for our children. The sock puppet is to be used by our children or us to express feelings or to talk to each other; not as ourselves but as the puppet (I think this could work). The room was quite with all the busy moms/Grandma's/Aunts working and sharing to create the perfect sock puppet to delight our children. I thought it was great, A room full of women brought together, creating sock puppets all for the love of a child. Amazing!


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Top St Albans City Youth Community Coach Jess Everall has been successful, despite some tough competition from other young coaches across the UK, to be chosen to represent the FA for a Football Futures Rwanda trip. This experience will form part of their Changing Lives programme.
Jess is a product of the Samuel Ryder Academy and St Albans City Youth partnership that has seen a number of Sports Coaches achieve success.
On learning the good news Jess said " 'This is a brilliant opportunity for me as a young leader to be selected to go and represent The FA in Rwanda. This is the next step for me along my Football Futures Journey'
Jess is currently at University but still manages to find time to help Derbyshire FA and St Albans City Youth whenever she can.


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