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Before I start I just want to point out I am interviewing myself. An odd concept I know, but I wanted to try it. If you haven't started reading it it is not too late to back out. If you have, please stick with it. It becomes less confusing (I hope!) as it goes on. Thank you.
Okay, first of all why are we doing this again?
I want to evaluate myself somewhat. I want to write out part of my mental attitude towards getting a job, finding a job, why I don't have a job and why my lack of urgency towards even considering it needs to change. Also I quite like the idea of writing out interviews, but with nobody to interview about anything worthwhile, I'll have to interview myself.
Sounds odd to me, but then this is me. You are me. So on we go. You say your attitude 'towards getting a job'. What to do with getting a job do you (we) mean?
Well, I've (we've) just turned 20 years old and I(we) have never had a paid job. I (we… I shall not do this for every 'I', I just wanted to make it clearer) worked voluntary in a charity shop for a while, working on the shop floor, on the cash till etc. which is technically a proper job, just without the wage or fixed hours to show for it. The experience counts though and it was all good experience. But I'm thinking jobs on the whole now. I deeply regret not trying harder to find the summer job. The holidays from university are long ones, most of my friends have a job or at least sorted work experience out. I feel bad that I didn't. Plus since I am not earning and they are, I need to be careful that I make my money last. I am also considering my move into employment following graduation next year.
One step at a time- 'regret not trying harder'. At least you tried to find a summer job right? That is a start
Ummm *looks at the floor, shuffles feet, mumbles*. Um yeah I did. I looked online a bit I saw some but nothing suitable really.
'Nothing suitable'. Did you irrationally rule everything out like you usually do?
*Nods honestly*. Some genuinely were not suitable for me. Some wanted more experience, things like that. Others were too far to get to without a car. Others sounded incredibly boring… yeah, fine I probably should have considered them ones a bit more.
Your (our) friend recently told you about a job going in a shop. Why didn't you hand in a CV or something, or even look into it?
Erm. Okay, I irrationally ruled it out. Not saying I would have been perfect at it but I do have shop experience now. I can deal with customers well enough. It isn't a shop I tend to go in (a clothes shop- I only really use New Look, Top Shop, Forever 21 or H+M and it wasn't one of those) but I am familiar enough with it and could have looked more into it. I just, dunno. This is just it. I see a opportunity but won't try and take it. My mentality is all wrong. It is too negative
Now we are getting somewhere. Negative mentality. Let's think for a second. Why do you WANT a job?
Well, I've already mentioned money. That's mostly why people work isn't it? (I do have a cynical view of the world). I hear my friends talking together about work and I feel a bit left out and a bit plain. Using a Nando's analogy, they for example, are the medium or lemon and herb- they have added substance. Me on the other hand, I'm more plain. Nice and that, but nothing extra to make me more interesting. I want to be able to have that (work- not chicken) as a conversational subject. I want to feel I have done something useful with my time. I'm starting to want to earn my own money rather than relying on pocket money. I feel by the age of 20 I should have at least had some proper full working experience. More than working 4 hours a week now and again voluntarily.
Okay, we've been over the summer job thing. Let's move on for a bit. You mentioned work experience. What sort did you apply for?
I didn't. (Honesty is the best policy)
Why on Earth not? A week out of your long summer would have been no great loss? You may have found a job or work industry you really like. You may have made good contacts for the future. You may have hated it and discovered what you really want to do. You ma..
OKAY! Stop going on. (The good thing about interviewing yourself is that you can interrupt whenever you like without being rude). I get it. I should have looked into it more. I looked a bit but I felt it too late to apply anywhere. I didn't know when to say I was free because I didn't know when I finished Uni so when I'd be in what city. I don't know where I want to work, like what careerwise I want to do. I don't kn…
You're wittering. You always do. You are putting obstacles in the way. Again. Any general idea- if you had found work experience there would have helped. But no you did nothing. Again.
You do realise you are me? You are just a slightly different part of my brain represented by being written in a different font size and colour?
Now you are being sarcastic and pedantic. Okay fine, looking at the bigger picture, when you leave university, what do you want to do?
Buy an away season ticket for the Albion? (As I mentioned on Twitter, I answered this very answer when another human asked me this very question and although it wasn't the planned answer they wished to hear, it was the correct one). Okay, job wise. I really don't know. I am doing a history degree but I don't really wish to work in a museum or become a professional historian or anything. And not a teacher. 100% no to teaching. I suppose, yeah, I like writing. But I don't like being told what to write. Although I could write something for magazines etc. Maybe I should look into that sort of thing. But like I said, I don't like being told what to write or how to write. Thing is as well, I get bored easily. My mind wonders a lot. Take this blog for example. It is all about anything. The idea of a set job with set hours doing the same thing, I can't do that. That may be why I like writing. I can write what I feel when I feel it. But as a profession it is totally different.
You don't like criticism do you?
No one likes being told they are bad at something. Constructive criticism I can take. At least, I am getting better at taking it.
So are you going to apply for work experience of some sort? Volunteer for the uni magazine maybe?
What harm is there in at least applying? That's it isn't it. It isn't the prospective job you don't like, it's the process. You fear failing?
Erm. No. Well. Everyone fears failing don't they? Not reaching expectation. Disappointment is the worst feeling there is.
Okay, so it is the rejection you are scared of? Being told by employers that they won't accept you or you are not right for the role? Even just that the work experience slots being taken?
*shrugs*.I know it is daft. Employment-wise everyone gets rejected at some point for whatever reason. The more times I apply and get rejected the more I will be used to the feeling. I can take that negatively- become depressed that I am not seen as good enough- or I can take the positives. I can use it to become more determined to find the right role. I can use it to show I can bounce back. I just need to become a bit more bolder.
You have highlighted a few of your bad characteristics: negativity, put obstacles in the way, fear of rejection. There must be good things too though? Imagine if a future employer is reading this. Sell yourself a bit?
Urgh, 'sell yourself". I hate that phrase. It makes you appear ridiculously arrogant and as if you have no weaknesses. And if you don't you appear overly modest. There is no right way to do so. But what I will say is I am a damn good worker, I am efficient, I am punctual, I get work done, I have high standards workwise. I have a good sense of humour (Not sure if employers look for this but I'm throwing it in for good measure) A lot of this post will not have painted me in a brilliant light but if anything I have been honest. Everyone has weaknesses and flaws, but being honest about them can be difficult. I think honesty with other people an yourself is incredibly valuable.
Okay, nearing the end now, just want to ask, why are some of your answers in brackets and italics (like this)?
Pah, you aren't supposed to see those. It is what is on my mind as I answer to provide clarity or add-ins for the people reading this.
Do you think people will read this?
Somebody somewhere will maybe. It is a blog post after all. But let it be said I have written this as much for me and my own sake as I have for anybody else.
Have you learned anything from this interview?
Yeah. I've learned it is good to get things off your chest. I've set out some of my thoughts and attitudes and reading through them is quite helpful. I've enjoyed sharing some of these thoughts. It helps me understand me a bit more. If that makes sense
Anything else?
Yeah. Interviewing yourself is a bit confusing. Pretty therapeutic though. And it is certainly a lot of fun.
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Hello! This is my first SH fic. Just to clear up the time-line: I set this story in 2004 for two reasons: I wanted Laura to still be a teenager, and I didn't want James to be in his 40's. So, as it is, Laura is 18 and James is 39. A good portion of people age well, so lets just give James the benefit of the doubt and bless him with Harrison Ford's ability to stagnate aging.
Also, some fun facts: Wikia claims that SH2 takes place 10 years after the events of Silent Hill, and a calendar in the game puts the year at 1994. If you read the diary on the hospital roof, which is presumably Mary's diary, James went to Silent Hill around the end of May in 1994. With this information, we can deduce that SH1 took place in 1984. Since Heather is 17 when the game starts, that would put SH3 in 2001.
Hope you like! :)
Chapter One: There She Goes
If 9 years in prison had taught him anything, it's that the world loves to beat a man when he's down. Prison was no walk in the park, even though he was careful not to offend anyone and minded his own business. Even his lawyer said he'd be preyed upon. The most sinister of them whispered behind his back about how pretty he was, and someone even jokingly warned him not to drop the soap. But it wasn't that simple anymore. If they wanted you, they would have you.
He didn't fight them. He was sure he deserved it. In fact, he was ready to accept whatever they threw at him. He ended the life of the most precious person he ever knew. And it wasn't even a merciful death. A slow asphyxiation was no happy way to go. Nine seemed a small price to pay compared to all the years he might have took off Mary's life.
He'd read in the books about cancer patients whose bodies miraculously eradicated the tumors that were killing them. That God would smile on Mary, he hadn't been too hopeful about, but at least the fact that it had happened to someone somewhere would calm a few overwrought nerves from time to time.
As if it mattered now.
Now, in a dilapidated apartment, with only expired junk food in the cabinets, a closet with three outfits, and no desire to see the following morning, James laid his head on the armrest of the couch and stared at the cracks in the ceiling. Mary's letters echoed in his mind still, especially all the years he slept in a cold cell. If Mary could see him now, she would have forgiven him a long time ago.
His lawyer liked to remind him that he was very, very lucky. He was originally sentenced to 12 years for the deaths of Mary and Eddie, and they almost pinned Angela on him too because he had her knife in his pocket. Hell, they wanted to argue that he might even have assisted Angela when she killed her father! Mary's remaining family were really pushing for life, and James didn't mind, but his lawyer cared far too much to let that happen.
They let him out a year ago on good behavior. His father picked him up. The car ride was silent and damaging, and James almost cried. His father always knew when someone didn't want to talk about it, and he respected that. He just wished he could have taken away the look of shame from his father's old, tired face.
He closed his eyes and his frown deepened. What did Joseph see in him? Why did he try so hard? Just so his client could lay on an old, dirty couch and contemplate the meaningless of his life?
And Laura. Why had she just sat there and said nothing when she was called to the stand? It only got him and Joseph in trouble, because the other lawyer accused Joseph of telling her not to testify. As the only remaining witness, the lack of her testimony would make the case fall apart.
But that sleazy lawyer, Stan, must have threatened her. The next day in court, she burst into tears and spilled everything. She told the court that, yes, James had confessed to her that he killed Mary.
"But he's not a bad person! Mary was sick! She was suffering! Honest!" she cried.
It boggled his mind.
Maybe she just didn't want to go back to the orphanage. Maybe she had thought they could still be together, and he could be the daddy she never knew. Some part of James wanted to tell her that could never be. Even if it were an another world where Mary died naturally, they would never grant him legal custody of her in court. He would still be a disturbed widower prone to alcoholism and perverted, unrealized sexual fantasies. He would still be a man that regularly visited the strip clubs and stalked the women who reminded him of Mary. He would still be a chain-smoker. And besides, he hated kids. Mary never knew this, and perhaps some part of him was actually happy that she died before they could start a family.
He was a sad old beast. He didn't deserve a lawyer like Joseph, and he didn't deserve Laura's sympathy.
James was too much of a coward to actually kill himself—but he did fantasize about it a lot. Sometimes he wondered if he could will his heart to stop in his sleep and go that way. He'd tried but it ended up being too painful. A sorry old man who witnessed the horror of Silent Hill and the horror of prison was still afraid of pain. It was a sad diagnosis.
Aside from his fear of pain, he couldn't oust Victoria. She checked up on him too often for him to be able to pull it off. She was like Joseph, except he suspected that Victoria was a feminist who was deeply offended by his crime against a woman, and wanted him to suffer as long as he lived. She said she didn't believe in hell, so people might as well get punished as much as they could for their sins while they were alive.
Knocks resounded from the door. Sounded like Victoria. She usually came around 6 or 7 every week or so to check up on him. He forced himself from the couch, walking to the door while his fingers wrestled with his groggy eyes. He was only seeing painful spheres of red, orange and yellow exploding in his vision from having his eyes closed too long. James fumbled with the doorknob and somehow got it open.
Victoria was an unusually involved probation officer. When she began visiting him in his apartment once a week to every other day, constantly reminding him to shave and tidy up the apartment after work, he began thinking she had too much time on her hands and needed to get a boyfriend. Either that, or she was just a sadist.
"No. Standing."
Victoria hadn't taken offense to such a remark; sarcasm had become a staple of his character. "You're getting better with the cleaning, I guess."
"Yeah.." James finally got his sight back and sighed disinterestedly. "So what's the problem now?"
She turned from inspecting the kitchen, slanting her bright eyes. "I don't only come here when you're in trouble, you know. I just wanted to check up on you and make sure you're okay. It's not good for you to be alone all the time. It's not good for anybody."
"Not good for anybody? Well, it's good for me." James sat down on the couch and decided to rest his eyes more.
"I actually wanted to tell you something, though. You may or may not be interested."
Another sigh. "What?"
"An officer in California arrested a middle-aged woman for threatening a bar owner, and when they bring her to the station it turns out her ID's a fake. So for a while they were having trouble finding out exactly who this woman is, until someone decided to take her prints, and they turned out to be those of a Cybil Bennett.."
James' eyes popped open. "Cybil Bennett? You mean the cop who disappeared in Silent Hill in the early 80's?"
"Holy crap."
"Yeah, boggles your mind, doesn't it?"
"Sure does." James turned to her. "You never believed me, though. What I said about what happened there."
Victoria sighed. "I just don't believe the part about the monsters. I know that place is a spook town and everyone thinks it's haunted, but I don't believe anything unless I see it. And you weren't in the sanest of states when you went there anyway."
"...I know."
James tried to keep his mind on ordering the files, but they didn't require much thought. It was like sorting apples and oranges most of the time, and it had a bad habit of getting really monotonous. But sorting and thinking was what he did best. His father also said he had a gift of patience. The patience to sit and think about a problem before solving it, coming up with new strategies. Lord knows it saved him in Silent Hill. It took him hours on some of them. At several points, he had to walk around the desolate and depleted surroundings until the answer came to him. Walking usually helped him think.
His experiences there were like a mental trap even now. Thinking about one thing led to another. Monsters chasing him from corner to corner, Maria appearing and disappearing, dead one moment and alive the next—he still hadn't figured it all out. He had gone to a psychology professor at Ashfield University and handed him rough sketches of what he had seen. James thought it would be easier to make up a lie, and so he told him that these creatures had suddenly begun to appear in his dreams every night. And so, through the knowledge of James' painful past, the man offered his theories.
The Straight Jacket thing... it must have been a symbol of Mary. She was always tossing and turning like that thing did, and yelled at him like that thing spewed poison at him... It made sense.
The man was baffled at first with Red Pyramid. What could he mean? Then the man called him one evening after a lecture. He said the only possible explanation, given James' dreams of being pursued and tormented by this creature, was that he was an executioner whose role was to punish him for a terrible misdeed. The man kindly asked if James' had perhaps treated his wife harshly sometimes, but he ended up getting defensive. No, he could never do that! He loved Mary! He did!
He did...
"You alright, sugar?" A firm, manicured hand touched his shoulder.
James took his fingers off the bridge of his nose and opened his eyes. "Oh, yes. Sorry, Bettie. I think I'm getting a bit of a headache."
Bettie shrugged her plump shoulders. "Don't worry. This job gives errybody a headache."
It was a tad sad to admit, but Bettie was the only person he genuinely respected at work. Or even talked to, for that matter. She had a fiery temper and snapped at the customers sometimes, but underneath her tough exterior, she was a fiercely committed African American woman. She had the strange tendency to "adopt" those she approved of, and so James became to her a son of sorts. Funnily enough, in Bettie's mind, his name wasn't James but "sugar". He supposed at the end of the day he appreciated her babyish doting, as no one ever paid too much mind to him after he was released. Despite disliking most forms of social contact, he could make do with a friend or two.
They brought him back into reality.
Sometimes he had dreams he was running through Silent Hill, just running and running. Dozens of monsters at every corner, tearing at his sleeves, the lapels of his green jacket. Spraying that hot, black, sulfurous gas at him, and him falling to the ground and choking helplessly as 3 or 4 of them slowly closed in.
"Uh, yes?"
A young woman and her little girl were standing at the counter, wanting some information on the due dates for a certain package. He was at the coffee machine, and his cup was a second from overfilling.
"Does this have free economy shipping? It said on the website that if I sent it in, it'd be free.."
James would have loved to say something like 'Look, lady, if the damn website says it, then take their word for it!' Of course, he was far too reserved for such a remark. "..Yes, it's free."
Technically, he wasn't even supposed to be talking to her; he just went out to the coffee machine to get a quick drink and the lady immediately addressed him. Where was Marjorie?
The woman handed the package to him as if she was expecting this answer, and he placed it in the back room so he could label it properly. Marjorie was really the person who was supposed to be doing this for him. Victoria herself laid down the law: "Your job is in the back, so stay in the back."
He always felt a little guilty when he inadvertently disobeyed her, but most of the time it was just an honest mistake. Every now and then someone mistook him for a front desk person and asked him questions.
He wished that people would stop treating him like he was too dangerous to be around others. He wasn't that crazy—who did they think they were dealing with? A reformed serial killer? A former Mafia hitman?
James closed the door behind him and sighed. Just 1 more hour and his shift would be over. Despite the occasional anxiety this job would bring, he did have to admit that he lucked out. Victoria was meticulous enough to get him an interview with USPS, despite everyone telling him he'd never be able to get a government job with his felony. And she miraculously landed him with 1st shift. James used to loathe jobs that didn't let you loose until it was late, but back then he actually had something to go home to.
The subway ricketed from side to side every now and then, pushing people forward and back again. A few people bumped into him without an apology. He didn't mind as much anymore—it used to be that he would bump into someone in the lunch line in jail and get pummeled for it, even if he apologized. Any accidental act was seen as a blatant challenge to their manhood or something—it was insane. It was dangerous even to brush up against someone, because depending on who you crossed, they could either take it as a hostile gesture or a sexual invitation. James shivered. He was one of the lucky ones. He was only taken advantage of twice, with both times being practically unconscious so he didn't have to actually feel a foreign man's hands dragging over his skin.
The car stopped. He turned and waited for the pregnant woman in front of him to pass, and out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a girl who had been staring at him. Her blond hair stopped midway down her back. Two side sections of her hair were tied back with a girly butterfly clip. In the daze of the moment, people scoffed and jostled past him. One particularly rude old lady expressed the disapproval of the passengers when she cried "Move it!"
James unwillingly turned away from the girl as she exited the car. Alas, when he reached the platform and looked around, she was nowhere to be found.
His thoughts were suddenly whirring like a blender. That couldn't really be her, could it? He hadn't seen her since the day he was arrested. The last he heard about her was from Joseph, and he said she was living in Brahms—a day and a half away from Ashfield. He furrowed his brows and walked up the stairs. There's no way she could have found him again. Why would she want to walk around in a ditch like this?
Finally at home, James switched on TV. He was hoping they would mention Cybil Bennett in the news—after all, Ashfield is close to Silent Hill, and quite a few people from this town vanished there, so she would be more than relevant for a news story. After a long 15 minutes, in which various reporters went on about upcoming events in the town and the new YMCA Center that would be here in the summer, they aired a short segment on the until-now missing police officer.
Cybil Bennett, a cop that went missing in Silent Hill in 1984, has reemerged into the public eye after nearly 20 years of absence that caused her case to run cold. Following an arrest at the Dalewood Bar for threatening the owner, authorities say she carried more than 5 fake ID's with her, along with various items...
She looked like a hag now. She had to be pushing 50, because her photos on the internet before the time she disappeared would put her at her late 20's, early 30's, tops. She had to have been at least as old as he was when he went to Silent Hill.
...Had ventured to Silent Hill all those years ago with a young writer named Harry Mason, who died in 2001, brutally murdered by an unknown assailant...
Harry Mason? He had a daughter who also went missing in Silent Hill, but she turned up a few days later...
Authorities have not yet confirmed if she will be investigated for his death, but our sources have confirmed she is currently in custody and is being questioned about the events that led to her disappearance...
...We will update you with any further information...
They'll all laugh at her, James thought sadly. No one would ever believe her, just like Joseph and Victoria never believed him. He turned off the TV and stretched out his body on the couch. His eyes closed again. He began and ended his days this way, couch-ridden and drowned in his thoughts.
If Laura really was on the subway car, then wouldn't she have said something? Or maybe she was just a figment of his imagination, like Maria..
Maybe this whole thing was just a dream, and he would wake back up in his cold cell, wondering how long he had been out.
"James?" The graveyard was shrouded in fog and the headstones were indiscernible. He almost expected Angela to emerge from the mist, with that lost, watery look in her eyes. But no ghosts appeared. Only her distant voice, calling him every now and then to make sure he was following behind.
A while passed without a word, and then the fragrant pine trees and thick fog gave way to the road. He still couldn't see her from here. Had he lost her somewhere?
"What are you going to do now?" she wrapped her small fingers around the back of his hand. He turned to her and smiled sadly.
"I...don't know, Laura." He turned his attention back to the road again. "..What are you going to do?"
She squeezed his hand. "I dunno. I'll stay with you if that's ok. I don't want to go back to that smelly orphanage." She looked at him. "You'll keep me, won't you?"
"Won't you?"
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Sunday: 1.86 miles
Monday: 2.00 miles
Tuesday: 3.50 miles
Wednesday: 3.00 miles
Thursday: 3.50 miles
Friday: 3.50 miles
Saturday: 3.50 miles
Total: 20.86 miles
Goal: 24.50 miles
Deficit: -3.64 miles
Total 3 Week Deficit: -14.41 miles
Well, looking at those numbers I feel alittle down. I knew I had missed my goal for each week so far, but 15 miles down for the total? Ouch. So, that means to me that I need to step it up and walk some more! And ride my bike! And get to the gym! Hop to it, Julie!!
This week's map:
The bend in the red line is my latest progress...
A zoomed out look. The Green dot is where I left off
last week, so I finally made it to Arcadia!
Arcadia. A town filled with mostly Hispanic people. So, I'm stopped for the night and most likely eating a tummy-grumbling meal of pork and rice and beans. (YUK!)
I'm still about 15 miles down from where I should be, but I am determined to make up at least HALF of those miles this week!!
How did you get out and shake it this week??
Don't forget to root my partner in crime, Amy, along her journey, too!!


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So now I'm a soon to be mummy of a child between 1-2 what generic purchasing can I do? I have a changing mat, an urbo, books. What other things can I get in Kiddicare when I take my first trip as a mummy to be? We can't buy car seats before intros.
26/04/2014 at 09:06
What about a cot bed? Changing bag?
It's super exciting Furmummy! Do you have any idea when intros might start? I'm clueless about the whole process. I'm so pleased for you :)
26/04/2014 at 09:09
Plastic plates, cups, bowls and cutlery, long sleeved bibs or aprons. Toys, including outdoor toys if you have a garden. Muslins are useful at any age, as are baby wipes. I think a lot of other stuff will depend on the age of the child and their preferences. Hope you get news soon!
26/04/2014 at 09:21
We have to be matched first and I think around August time is likely. But because of young age panel insisted on us doing some voluntary work. We do have a large garden.
26/04/2014 at 10:01
awe enjoy your first shopping trip! Kiddicare have a good sand and water table on offer that we've just bought for S who is 12 months - rec'd age is from 18m. They're great for the garden and inside, and turn into a mini table too! That's not my... books are good from 0-2 as well. Definitely treat yourself to a nice changing bag like someone has already mentioned!
26/04/2014 at 14:48
Highchair, change bag, plates, cutlery, bibs, a few toys (bath toys are a winner!), cotbed, mattress (this way if they're older end you can turn into a toddler bed as required), stair gates for any bits like stairs/kitchens you may want to section off, socket covers for plug sockets, reins or wrist straps for outdoor walking?
26/04/2014 at 17:04
I got a lovely white cot bed, linen set, clock, foam playmat things (like foam squares that got on the floor), duplo, another book, wet wipes and a cuddle moo cuddle dry toddler towel!
I'll still need:
Car seat
Bottles/plates etc
Toys and puzzles
Clothes and shoes
Pram liner and cosy toes thing
Lunch box
Changing bag
Nappies/swim nappies
Cupboard locks
Swimming stuff
(We got gates already as we have two dogs so bought loads when they were on buy one get one free! We got the urbo2 reduced ages ago as it was ex display, have loads of books as I've bought millions through the process and we have a wardrobe and shelves in the room!)
Also now have everything to decorate the nursery gone for really bright coloured animals!! Xx
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Had a friend visit from Minneapolis this past long weekend and after she was nice enough to do my usual Thursday afternoon museum stint with me, she got to experience what you all know is a very common occurrence in these parts – happy hour on the deck with some of our excellent neighbors 🙂
and then there was Alki Beach….
and dinner the next day with Chelsea and Cora 🙂
Since we spent so much of our time together talking I didn't actually get around to taking many pictures but we did make it to the big Arts Fair in Bellevue on Saturday morning and Alysse got to hang out with her cousins while David and I Cora-sat on Saturday night. We also managed to hit Bakery Nouveau before she left on Sunday because let's face it, when in West Seattle, how could you not?! 😉
And here we are still laughing as she heads out of town from SeaTac yesterday evening right before the Blue Angels arrived in town for their big SeaFair gig next weekend.
Today our sunshine is back and temperatures are warming up again, David is getting ready to head out to Amsterdam and I've taken care of the washing and will no doubt be squeezing some reading time on the deck in before it's time for our usual neighborhood Monday afternoon get together to start the week off in the right vein 🙂


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Meet the legendary painter Georg Baselitz in this short interview about his idol Edvard Munch and their mutual interest in psychological mutilation: "There is a method of drawing through which one recognizes that something isn't right."
Munch, who often worked with psychological themes, became a great influence on German Expressionism in the early 20th century. In this interview Baselitz explains why he liked Munch so much and wonders: "Perhaps Munch himself brought about the condition of not quite keeping it together." Baselitz discovered Munch in his fathers library, and part of his fascination with Munch had to do with the fact that he avoided collaborating with the Nazis, who were actually quite interested in Munch, Baselitz says.
Georg Baselitz was born Hans-Georg Kern in 1938, in what was later to become East Germany. In the 1960s the police took action against his painting "Die große Nacht im Eimer" because of its provocative depiction of a small dwarf like figure with a large penis. In the 1970s, Baselitz was part of a group of Neo-Expressionist artists ("Neue Wilden") focusing on deformation.
Baselitz became famous for his upside-down images and was seen as a revolutionary painter. From a European perspective, Baselitz' style is seen as postmodern. Baselitz is currently a professor at the Hochschule der Künste art academy in Berlin.
Georg Baselitz was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner
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Abstract: Cartel Stability in the Electricity Industry: The Case of Electricity Distribution in Madrid in the Inter-War Period
The objective of this paper is to analyze the factors that led to cartel stability in the electricity industry in Madrid from 1913 to the Civil War. This electricity distribution cartel is of interest because it lasted for more than two decades. Among the factors that accounted for internal cartel stability were: similar economic power of the firms (market share and financial backing), the large number of small customers, the fact that demand exceeded supply, the revenue sharing, and regulation. Internal instability came mainly from cost asymmetry. Regulation played an important role in the cartel's achieving external stability, as did the neutralization of the gas company by the cartel's members.


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The WGC says that German demand for gold coins and bars "spiked" by 20% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period last year.CNN reported that it is unusual that there should be such strong demand out of Germany given the strength of the economy.Although this ignores the strong cultural affinity that Germans have with gold and the fact that they are consistently, along with the Austrians and Swiss, the largest buyers of gold in Europe. What has changed is that more German people are buying gold and they are buying larger amounts due to the various risks challenging Europe and indeed the world.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - For the first time, two girls, 17 and 20, told a jury how they were sexually assaulted inside an east Charlotte hair salon three years ago.
Duncan "Ray" Bynum is on trial in connection with assaults at his salon on Shamrock Drive in 2009.
The girls told jurors the man they knew as "Big Ray" lured them into his salon with the promise of free haircuts, but once they were inside, he locked the door and made it clear he had more than that in mind.
"He turned the music on first and told us to take off our clothes," said one woman, who was 17 at the time.
Once they were undressed she said Bynum told them to dance, then took Polaroid pictures of them in various poses.
After that, she said, he assaulted her.
"He pushed me down and he was having sex with me and I kept saying, 'No. Stop. Get off of me.' And he kept doing it," the girl said.
She told the jury that he then did the same to her friend, who was only 14 at the time.
Bynum's attorney pointed out inconsistencies in the girls' stories -- including the fact that they had first told police and counselors that Bynum had used a gun to force them to have sex.
They said that isn't true.
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Choose your debt consolidation companies carefully. There was a recent scam shut down by the government. The company misrepresented itself to clients. Fortunately the government was able to get them to give at least some of the money back.
If you are looking for a debt consolidation company, make sure you find someone who is reputable. Banks are a good place to start. Depending on your situation they may not be able to help you directly, but they should have a good idea of who isn't trustworthy.
Also consider checking with some of the large churches in your area. Many of the larger churches teach financial management classes and may be able to direct you to a reputable consolidation company in your area. A quick call the the Better Business office should also help steer you clear of any companies who have ripped people off in the past or that others have found difficult to work with.
Remember that there is a lot of money involved in debt consolidation. Even if a company tells you that they are non-profit be wary of everyone's motives–especially if you don't personally know others who recommend them.


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Javakh received an evasive answer from Europe2009-12-03 16:52
The Georgian Armenians are clanging the European bells but there seems to be no noise. Yesterday, the Javakh expatriate community received an answer from European Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner to the inquiry about the rights of national minorities in Georgia. The answer contained nothing but a general promise to keep control over the situation, while the natives of the Armenian-populated region of Georgia had put specific questions and were expecting specific corrective measures.
Almost two months ago, the Javakh expatriate community in Russia sent an appeal to Europe asking to pay attention to the situation faced by national minorities in Georgia. However, although the West used to vehemently assert the rightness of the Georgian government during the conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, now it has made rather a quiet response to the problems of the Armenian population in Georgia.
The appeal of Javakhetia natives, whose relatives live in Javakhetia, contains the most urgent problems concerning the Georgian Armenians, as well as the ways of their settlement. The answer given by EU Commissioner for Trade Benita Ferrero-Waldner became an example of bureaucratic correspondence.
"As you know, ambitious purposes were agreed between EU and Georgia in the context of the European neighborliness policy... The agreement specifies the minorities' position as well. Obligations undertaken by Georgia include the rights of ethnic minorities and their safety, respect for property rights, such as the matter of signing and ratification of the European Charter of Languages of various regions and minorities. All these issues were discussed in the course of our regular political dialogue with Georgia, being the subject of a regular review within the report annually published for each country being member of the European Union neighborhood", - the letter says.
There is no sense in citing the Strasbourg message any further. It keeps repeating that Georgia has undertaken certain obligations and that the Europeans are watching the contour of events, including legal proceedings over Javakh activist Vaagn Chakhalyan.
It should also be noted that a session of the court of appeals was held in October in Tbilisi on the public leader of Javaketia, whose case the Armenians believe to be framed up. Benita Ferrero-Waldner promised then to take the process under control; however, the Georgian judges were never embarrassed by the Europeans' attention. The rights of the prisoner were never respected and a 10-year-imprisonment sentence remained in force. Now the attorney is appealing against it to Supreme Court of Georgia.


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Recipe For Monkey Bread
This recipe has been in our family for generations and is one of the biggest money saving recipes you will ever come across. Monkey bread is a simple recipe based on a cheap can of biscuits from the local grocery store and can be modified or tweaked to anyone's taste. This will accommodate your sweet tooth while saving you lots of money while giving your family a great treat after dinner or just a snack to keep on the stove top during the day.
The idea here is to save money so don't go extravagant on this frugal living recipe. My Mema Harris used to make this for us on cold nights up at the farm in Burke, Texas along with a her version of Hot Chocolate. She grew up during the depression and all though they had money she still cooked and lived like she was living through the worst economic downturn anyone has ever lived through. Enjoy!
Money Savings Recipes
Monkey Bread Recipe Ingredients
- Large Can of Biscuits (Generic Store Brand is Fine).
- 1/3 Cup of Sugar or Light Brown Sugar.
- 1 1/2 to 2 Teaspoons of Cinnamon.
- 1/2 to 2/3 Stick of Margarine or Real Butter.
- 1/2 Cup of Whatever Nuts You have in the Cupboard. We like Pecans on ours.
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Monkey Bread Preperation and Cooking Instructions
This is where you can create some fond family memories in the future - Let your children (especially the small ones) help you prepare this recipe - It's simple and quick and let's face it we need quality time where ever we can get it these days. My sister and I would stand on a kitchen chair next our Grandmother helping her layer the biscuits in the pan and help her pour the ingredients onto the biscuits. It was simple and fun.
OK back to the preparation:
Preheat your oven to 350 Degrees (f).
Open the can of biscuits and separate them. Cut each biscuit into thirds or quarters. Mix sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and coat the cut biscuits in the dry mix. Grease the inside of a medium sized baking dish or a Bundt type cake pan.
Start layering biscuit pieces in pan (just lay them on top of each other - don't press them together). You can optionally put the pecans or whatever nuts you have in between each layer or just save them for the top of Monkey Bread.
When you have finished layering everything - melt the margarine or butter and mix with the rest of the sugar cinnamon that is left in the mixing bowl and pour over layered biscuits. Now pop it in the oven and cook for about thirty minutes. That's it - The smell while it's cooking is wonderful and will get the attention of everyone in the house very quickly.
Be sure and have your digital camera or camcorder handy to record these moments with your family - Nothing like showing your son's girlfriend a photo or video of him "helping Mommy" when he was two or three years old!
Sounds good Jon! I have a family of six, so I'm definitly going to give this a try. Thanks...later
Had to come back and tell you - that was really good Jon - thanks ever so much! And soooo easy to make!
What a great recipe! I was going to ask 'Why monkey' too before I read the comments. I'm going to try this tomorrow - I'm sure it's going to be delicious!
fine recipe. we must try it at home. god bless.
Great and simple recipe - I was intrigued by the name 'Monkey Bread' - why Monkey? I love these 'money saving' recipes - one of my favorite foods 'Yorkshire Pudding' was such a recipe - it was created during war time and became a staple in England - it could be used as a starter (with syrup) as a main course with 'dripping' and as a dessert (also with syrup!). Thanks for sharing.


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National Solid Waste Benchmarking Study
Solid waste diversion is a key environmental and operational performance indicator. An obstacle to increased diversion and reduced waste generation among Canadian organizations stems in part from an absence of quality data to help inform comparable performance on a national scale.
That's why RCO initiated a first-in-Canada study on solid waste data collection to meet a growing need for industry-specific benchmarking that provides relevant, comparable information on waste and recycling.
The National Solid Waste Benchmarking Study features generation and diversion data from 1,012 office and retail properties from across the country, and is an important first step in addressing the need for industry-specific waste benchmarking.
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The benchmarking study is an important step in gathering much needed waste management information for the IC&I sector. The level of detail provided by the industry helps us as an organization analyze relevant data to provide key resources and information that will support improved performance in waste reduction and recycling.
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Sunday, December 4th, 2016 ( 1 year ago )
Miss Temple City Wins Matriarch Stakes
Miss Temple City, the 8-5 favorite under Edgar Prado, gamely held off the late challenge of an onrushing Roca Rojo to win the Grade I $300,000 Matriarch Stakes for older fillies and mares on closing day of the fall Bing Crosby racing season at Del Mar Sunday.
Miss Temple City, owned by The Club Racing and Sagamore Farm, was perfectly positioned in third place by Prado in the early stages of the one-mile race over the Del Mar grass course as longshot Stays in Vegas set a moderate pace.
She moved authoritatively entering the stretch to take the lead and then courageously held off Roca Rojo, who was ridden by Florent Geroux, in the final strides to score by a nose in 1:35.16. Stays in Vegas, handled by Drayden Van Dyke, held on well to be third, a length and one-quarter in front of Mexican Gold in the field of eleven female runners. Decked Out was withdrawn.
Miss Temple City, a Kentucky-bred daughter of Temple City, whose Annals of Time won the Grade I Hollywood Derby Saturday, was scoring her third success in a Grade I stakes for trainer Graham Motion, also having won the Makers Mile and Shadwell Turf Mile over males this year at Keeneland. In her previous race, she was fifth to males in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita a month ago.
Miss Temple City returned $5.20, $3.60 and $3 after recording her sixth victory in 16 starts. First money of $180,000 increased her career earnings to $1,453,038. Second-place Roca Rojo paid $5.20 and $3.60, while Stays in Vegas returned $5.60 to show.
Norberto Arroyo, Jr., won a single race Sunday, on California Silver at $4 in the second, for his 12th win of the fall season, edging out Drayden Van Dyke, who had eleven, to claim his first riding championship in Southern California. Sidelined Flavien Prat tied Van Dyke at eleven.
Peter Miller won his second fall Bing Crosby meeting training title with 16 triumphs, doubling the number of his closest rivals, Doug O'Neill and Richard Baltas. Miller won the eighth race Sunday with St. Joe Bay at $9.20.
In the Pick Six, with a mandatory payout on the 15th and final day of the meeting, $780,563 in "new" money was wagered added to $89,411 in the Single Ticket Jackpot for a grand total of $869,974. There were 44 perfect tickets and each was worth $15,660.40.


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Mobile marketing have given strong opportunities for marketers on their scale of marketing which have never been seen before. Like there are many other more channels but as we know that channels are of most communication channel. But here mobile marketers have large number of followers and audiences and the way for them is real and personal.
Today as we all know any kind of person if it is typical consumer they also at least owns one mobile device, and we can also have a look at the report Sensis May 2015 where the report also shares in this the gadgets percent let us have a look in that through the year 2015.
1) 75% of population owns a mobile phone.
2) 50% of population owns a tablet.
3) 75% of population owns a laptop.
So from all these above ratio interesting thing is to see 75% of population access their internet via their mobile device not from their laptop or desktop.
The numbers of smartphones and tablets have been increased, and from that numbers of mobile phone have shocked the numbers. In 2014 number of mobile phones have hit the glasses with 7.7 billion, while if we have a look at population it was 7.1 billion.
By these numbers mobile marketing / affiliate marketing have become very easy and the best way to earn fast money, As per above reports any product which affiliate marketers promote definitely they are going to get 70% of business as per report, where you can earn easy money promoting products of your own or products of third party.
Through mobile marketing we can make our any work on fingertips and to make you understand in better way I will show you some graphs which will also say that mobile marketing is really important and needed in our life, if you want anything that you can get by apps and that is what I will show you here.
So by above image you can see that how apps are useful in our life and that is all possible due to Digital Marketing and you can also make good money by becoming good Affiliate Marketer, now I will show you some points which we are using in our life like daily routine.
1) Food orders placed by mobile phones and smart apps every day in the world.
2) Games downloaded by mobile phones and smart apps every day in the world and the ratio is increasing every year, have a look at this graph how it is increasing yearly.
3) Educational activities done every day in the world using smart phones and smart apps and the ratio for educational activities online also increasing day by day year by year as you will get every educations tips on your phone.
4) Online shopping made easier using smart phones and smart apps all over the world and here is the graph that I will show you how the graph of online shopping activities have been increased, and here I will show you 2 graphs in one graph there will be comparison from 2003-2009 and in other graph there I will show you comparison from 2013-till current time.
5) Social Networking made easier on mobile phones in whole world using smartphones and smart apps and now I will show you how the graph have increased every year in the usage of social networking every year.
So here we can see that how mobile is important and useful in our life and it is been very useful for all uses and it helps a child to gain online education, it helps to get food ordered online in the easiest way, you can be in touch of your family in touch with your friends from anywhere in the world by the help of social networking sites and all these things have been made more easier because of "MOBILE MARKETING"
Hope this article will help you to get all details throughout the world.Tags: Educational activities / Mobile marketing / Mobile marketing in 2017 / Online Shopping / Social Networking / Why mobile marketing is needed


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I can't believe it got to be so late in the fall before I got the chance to make pumpkin bread. Like many of the recipes on here, this was my first attempt at pumpkin bread so I didn't modify this recipe, from allrecipes.com, very much. I did add more pumpkin (it comes in 29oz cans and didn't want to waste any) but left everything else the same. It resulted in pretty tasty pumpkin bread with a deliciously gooey center that tasted just like pumpkin pie. Happy fall!
What you need…
- 1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup water
- 3 cups white sugar
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
What to do…
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 2 loaf pans with nonstick baking spray.
In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Autumn is a time when the promises of summer are gone and the chill of winter is on the way.
A romantic reminiscence of a past time when the possibilities were endless.
Written and directed by Deniz Berkin
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Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood wants Christian Benteke to stay at Villa Park next season but insists he will not prevent the player from leaving in the summer.
The Belgium international, 24, has recently been linked with Liverpool and Manchester United, with reports suggesting United are in the best position to sign the 24-year-old when the transfer window re-opens in July.
Although Sherwood would hate to see Benteke, who has bagged eight goals in his last seven English Premier League appearances for 16th-placd Villa, leave the club, the manager has revealed he would not stand in the striker's way of securing a dream move, as long as the club's valuation for the player is met.
"It's good news that people are talking about Christian again because he's scoring goals and if he's scoring goals for us, we're happy," said Sherwood.
"I've no idea what he'd cost, because I don't want to sell him. It would have to be a lot of money for anyone to take him from us.
"He'd be too expensive for a great deal of clubs in the Premier League. But we're not looking to sell our assets and he's certainly one of those.
"If a player doesn't want to play for the club anymore and the club he wants to go to meet the valuation then I think it's always best to let them go."
Sherwood added: "He's enjoying his football and I saw some positive things said by his agent, saying he had not talked to other clubs or seen any interest from other clubs and that Aston Villa were playing the best football out of any team in the league.
"I think he was spot on there."
Despite reaching the FA Cup final, Villa–having won just one of their last five league matches–are just two points clear of the relegation zone, with Saturday' home fixture against in-form Everton rapidly approaching.
In other news, Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has given Nathaniel Clyne ten days to decide his long-term future.
"We are still speaking with Clyney and his agent, but we have to know it in 10 days now," Koeman said. "The club is doing and offering the maximum we can do, then we expect the decision of the player.
"I have spoken to Clyney. He is very happy. Maybe there is some interest, I don't know because nobody has really had a bid for the player, but if I read the press then maybe there is some interest."
Clyne, whose current deal expires at the end of next season, is reportedly being monitored by Manchester United.
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Specter and Bork on Hannity
I turned on my AM radio this afternoon, and I heard radio talker Sean Hannity preparing to interview Arlen Specter about his recent warning to the President not to nominate pro-life judges.
It was the standard Specter pabulum, he had voted for all of President Bush's nominees, the people criticizing him were the same out-of-Staters who tried to beat him during his latest primary election, and defending Clarence Thomas in '91 almost cost him his reelection the next year. All three points are false, except that most of those struggling to keep him from the Judiciary Committee's chairmanship are from outside of Pennsylvania. (That is primarily due to the statistical accident that, numerically, more people live outside the Commonwealth than in it.)
Specter also had a few ungracious statements to make about Judge Robert Bork, depicting him as far outside the evolution of Constitutional thought, or some such construction.
Judge Bork's son was listening and called to give his father the opportunity to refute Specter, which he did. Bork got on the line and talked about Specter and liberal Republicans, Constitutional though and Specter's prevarications.
Although it was never stated, I came way with the conviction that Judge Bork was less than impressed with Specter's intellect.
Specter will be chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and I think it would be a bad precedent for the Senate to let anyone else influence its rules. That being said, one bad move by Specter as chairman could prompt an insurrection of sorts inside the body, so he probably won't have the carte blanche of which he'd been dreaming.
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The contact being thus reddened showed where the face had to be further dressed away; and this process was continued until the ochre touched points not more than an inch apart all over the joint faces, many square feet in area.
Bennigsen suddenly reddened and paced angrily up and down the room.
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Cynthia Byrne, in spite of reddened eyes and trembling nervousness, was a very attractive woman.
It was already reddened and after again coughing she wiped away a fresh smear of blood.
While she wasn't crying, she was biting her lip against doing so, and kept blinking her reddened eyes.
When she turned and he looked down at her, he could clearly see her reddened eyes.
This second group may be divided into a-Barbaloins, obtained from Barbadoes aloes, and reddened in the cold, and Barbaloins, obtained from Socotrine and Zanzibar aloes, reddened by ordinary nitric acid only when warmed, or by fuming acid in the cold.
All down her sides, this spectral appearance was traced with long channels of reddened rust, while all her spars and her rigging were like the thick branches of trees furred over with hoar-frost.
Shenstone, two classes are to be recognized: (I) Nataloins, which yield picric and oxalic acids with nitric acid, and do not give a red coloration with nitric acid; and (2) Barbaloins, which yield aloetic acid, C7H2N205, chrysammic acid, C 7 H 2 N 2 0 6, picric and oxalic acids with nitric acid, being reddened by this reagent.


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Dude Perfect is a sports entertainment group who got their start on YouTube. Most known for their trick shots, they are also involved in comedy with their "Stereotypes" series, in which they poke fun at common stereotypes, mostly in the sports world. The group consists of the twins Coby and Cory Cotton, Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones, and Tyler Toney who are all former high school basketball players and college roommates at Texas A&M University.
The group commented that their shots typically relied more on American football skills than basketball.
The group was betting on sandwiches via basketball shots in their backyard, which were eventually recorded on camera, and a video of trick shots at Toney's ranch was eventually released on YouTube. Within a week, the video received 100,000 views. When asked about the name, Toney stated,
Afterwards, a trick shot video from the Christian summer camp Sky Ranch was released, which, as of June 2015, has over 13.9 million views. For every 100,000 views the video received, Dude Perfect pledged to sponsor a child from Compassion International. Afterwards, ESPN's E:60 contacted the group for a segment, and on the third floor of Texas A&M's Kyle Field, Toney converted a shot, which traveled 3.9 seconds, which was a world record at the time. The shot prompted television appearances on ESPN's First Take, Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn and SportsNation. Eventually, Dude Perfect introduced the Panda mascot, who "developed a cult following at A&M basketball games" when taunting players of the opposing team.
Dude is an American English slang term for an individual. It typically applies to males, although the word can encompass any gender.
Dude is an old term, recognized by multiple generations although potentially with slightly different meanings. From the 1870s to the 1960s, dude primarily meant a person who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy) or a citified person who was visiting a rural location but stuck out (a city slicker). In the 1960s, dude evolved to mean any male person, a meaning that slipped into mainstream American slang in the 1970s. Current slang retains at least some use of all three of these common meanings.
The word may have derived from the Scottish term for clothes, duddies. The term "dude" was first used in print in 1876, in Putnam's Magazine, to mock how a woman was dressed (as a "dud"/dude). The use of the word "dudde" for clothing in English goes as far back 1567.
In the popular press of the 1880s and 1890s, "dude" was a new word for "dandy" – an extremely well-dressed male, a man who paid particular importance to how he appeared. The café society and Bright Young Things of the late 1800s and early 1900s were populated with dudes. Young men of leisure vied to show off their wardrobes. The best known of this type is probably Evander Berry Wall, who was dubbed "King of the Dudes" in 1880s New York and maintained a reputation for sartorial splendor all his life. This version of the word is still in occasional use in American slang, as in the phrase "all duded up" for getting dressed in fancy clothes.
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Perfection is, broadly, a state of completeness and flawlessness.
The term perfection is used to designate a range of diverse, if often kindred, concepts. These concepts have historically been addressed in a number of discrete disciplines, notably mathematics, physics, chemistry, ethics, aesthetics, ontology, and theology.
The form of the word long fluctuated in various languages. The English language had the alternates, "perfection" and the Biblical "perfectness."
The word "perfection" derives from the Latin "perfectio", and "perfect" — from "perfectus." These expressions in turn come from "perficio" — "to finish", "to bring to an end." "Perfectio(n)" thus literally means "a finishing", and "perfect(us)" — "finished", much as in grammatical parlance ("perfect").
Many modern languages have adopted their terms for the concept of "perfection" from the Latin: the French "parfait" and "perfection"; the Italian "perfetto" and "perfezione"; the Spanish "perfecto" and "perfección"; the English "perfect" and "perfection"; the Russian "совершенный" (sovyershenniy) and "совершенcтво" (sovyershenstvo); the Croatian and Serbian "savršen" and "savršenstvo"; the Czech "dokonalost"; the Slovak "dokonaly" and "dokonalost"; the Polish "doskonały" and "doskonałość."
In games, score refers to an abstract quantity associated with a player or team. Score is usually measured in the abstract unit of points, and events in the game can raise or lower the score of different parties. Most games with score use it as a quantitative indicator of success in the game, and in competitive games, a goal is often made of attaining a better score than one's opponents in order to win.
In video games that features a scoring, points are usually an optional, side component of gaming. Players may achieve points through normal gameplay, but their score will often not have an immediate relevance to the game itself. Instead, achieving a "high score" and then trying to beat that score in subsequent play becomes an extra challenge to offer replay value.
In modern gaming, the presence of a score is not ubiquitous as in the past. Instead during the era of arcade games, when, because of the technical limitations of the time, games could not be "won" or "completed" but were instead endless cycles of continuous gameplay, points had a much greater relevance. Many modern games no longer even keep track of score, and many that do no longer feature an option to save or record high scores. However, some games (particularly role-playing games) have experience points, skill points, and use money (or treasure) which can all be used to buy/upgrade skills/objects, but these are not really considerable scores, being embellishments to their "growing" characters instead of the numerical evaluation of their gaming performance in a given match.
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Actors: Laurie Watt (miscellaneous crew), Paul Jarrett (actor), Jon Kuyper (producer), Michael Adamthwaite (actor), Chris Conlee (editor), William Dear (director), Danny Nucci (actor), Luke Perry (actor), Brian Dobson (actor), Jay Brazeau (actor), Michael Stevens (actor), Don MacKay (actor), Chris Shields (actor), Chris Gauthier (actor), John Milton Branton (miscellaneous crew),Genres: Family, Fantasy,
Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips (actor), Erin Cahill (actress), Ron Jeremy (actor), Scott Thompson (actor), Tom Hodges (producer), Tom Hodges (director), Roger M. Mayer (actor), Robert Munic (actor), Kristin Dattilo (actress), Ingrid Rogers (actress), Chad Meserve (actor), David Dayan Fisher (actor), James Charles Leary (producer), Jordan Savage (actress), James Charles Leary (writer),
Plot: Bill and Earl are two kind hearted young men who use their severe sexual dysfunction to turn the adult film industry into a business of family, friendship, and love. Through their jobs as stunt cocks, they heal the porn community of its emotional wounds.Keywords: actor-playing-himself, asterisk-in-title, censored-profanity-in-title, gay-interest, mockumentary, porn-industry, pornography-filmmaking, profanity-in-title, punctuation-in-title, spoof
Actors: Mary-Kate Olsen (producer), Steve Purcell (director), Robert L. Levy (producer), Ashley Olsen (producer), Peter Abrams (producer), Mary-Kate Olsen (actress), Ashley Olsen (actress), Steve Purcell (actor), Sherwood Jones (editor), Megan Fox (actress), Natan Zahavi (producer), Steve Porcaro (composer), Jeff Altman (actor), Wendy Schaal (actress), Jamie Rose (actress),
Plot: CEO Harrison Stewart treats his family to a holiday on the Bahamas in a Mayan theme luxury resort, with his devoted workaholic executive Ziggy Grayson and his brilliant but shy son Griffen, who is secretly smitten with Alex Stewart. Hearing she has a crush on simpleton beach hunk Chad, Griffen sweetly accepts to be his Cyrano, which actually ends up proving their incompatibility. Meanwhile her twin sister Madison enjoys an affair with sea-life keeper Jordan Landers, but spoiled silver spoon Brianna wants him too and sabotages them. When Jordan is blamed for allegedly fencing stolen antiquities, Griffen and the twins dodge their meanwhile suspicious parents to find and expose the real culprit.Keywords: accusation, antiquities, arrest, bahamas, bare-chested-male, beach, buried-in-sand, caribbean, contraband, cyrano
Actors: Holly McGreevy (actress), Ryan Tighe (miscellaneous crew), Ryan Tighe (actor), Celia Aurora de Blas (actress), Bill Hardy (producer), Bill Hardy (actor), Bill Hardy (writer), Bill Hardy (director), Bill Hardy (editor), Alexander Gradet (actor), Alexander Gradet (writer), Alexander Gradet (producer), Sharon Singer (miscellaneous crew), Sharon Singer (miscellaneous crew), Pat Storck (actor),
Plot: Writer/Director Adam Taylor faces romantic crisis on the set of his action opus, "The Taylor Predicament"; amid financial struggles and dissent among the crew, Adam falls for crew member Lauren, upon whom his best friend and leading man, Sean, has also set his sights.Keywords: behind-the-scenes, character-name-in-title, independent-film, reference-to-peter-lorre
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Plot: Raja a conman, born in a ordinary middle class family but brought upon the streets. Lived a solitude life with just friend D.P and Dadu his guardian who raised him and to earn his living taught the art of corning.Once in a bank dacoity Raja comes across ferocious International mercenary terrorist Jhanjhar Singh who falls behind Raja's life. To save Raja from Jhanjhar Singh and arrest him S.P. Aarajeet Bakshi shelters Raja in Rashmi's house where they fall in love at first sight and become Beqabu for each other. Rashim's parents give Raja all the affection he has missed but are not able to give their daughter's hand in marriage. Raja's witness helps the law to sentence Jhanjhar. But Rashmi's parent disagree to Raja and Rashmi's marriage. Thus they both run away from their house but are not able get away from Jhanjhar Singh's men who are behind Raja's life. In a attack to kill Rashmi is injured. Love is not only getting but also sacrificing for one's beloved. Thus Raja to keep Rashmi away from his enemy goes far away from her.The reminiscence of past life come back with bigger problems and surrounds Raja, Rashmi, D.P and S.P. Raja can escape from this be he has larger goals to achieve. That is to finish the terrorists who are spreading terror in India. These mercenary terrorists are using human bomb to kill important personalities thus to combat with them Raja puts his life on stake.Genres: Action, Drama, Family, Romance,
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Plot: A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong.Keywords: accordion, bible, biblical, depiction-of-god, fake-documentary, female-nudity, film-in-film, filmmaking, filmmaking, foley-artist
Actors: Rana Jung Bahadur (actor), Chandrashekhar (actor), Ajit Vachani (actor), Sudha Chandran (actress), Aruna Irani (actress), Reema Lagoo (actress), Guddi Maruti (actress), Anand Chitragupth (composer), Milind Chitragupth (composer), Deep Dhillon (actor), Avtar Gill (actor), Vikram Gokhale (actor), Gulshan Grover (actor), Gavin Packard (actor), Anjan Srivastav (actor),
Plot: In a scenic village in India live two love-birds, Pooja Choudhry and Suraj. Both are childhood sweethearts and would like to get married soon. The only ones opposed to their marriage are Guddo and Vimla, their respective mothers, while their respective fathers have already given their blessings to them. Facing strong opposition, Suraj and Pooja elope, hoping that their mothers will have a change of heart. Before that could happen, Pooja disappears and the only clue that Suraj has is that she may be imprisoned in a local, reportedly haunted, castle - from where no one has ever returned alive to tell the tale.Genres: ,
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Plot: Plain-clothes Inspector Dharam Dev is hot on the tracks of notorious underworld don, Durgaprasad, alias "D.P." But Durgraprased is not only elusive, but shrewd and cunning as well, and spreads of web of lies and deceit, and entraps Dharam in it, and a result of which Dharam himself becomes a suspect for murder, and is arrested.Keywords: investigation, murder


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Walmart releases list of Oklahoma locations to receive Hatchimal shipments
It is one of the hottest toys of the season, which means that it is also nearly impossible for many parents to find them in stores.
A lot of kids are asking Santa for a Hatchimal this Christmas, and they have been flying off of store shelves.
If you haven't already purchased one and are still on the hunt for it, Walmart says that stores across the country are receiving shipments from Dec. 8 through Dec. 19.
Beginning on Dec. 8, officials say several Walmart stores in Oklahoma are set to begin receiving new shipments of the Hatchimals.
Cllick here to see which stores will be receiving shipments of Hatchimals.
Each store is set to receive dozens of the toys, which are being sold for $48.88.
Officials say you should check with each Walmart store because shipments will arrive at different times.
Earlier this week, Target announced that it is expected to restock the toy on Sunday, Dec. 11. They will go on sale for $59.99 with a limit of two per guest, while supplies last.


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Not With Sword And Spear
Posted by foryourfaith on May 14, 2011
Saul, the first king of Israel, governed a still-loose confederacy of tribes. David, his successor, was the builder of a nation. The rise of David and the establishment of the Davidic dynasty in Israel was a crucial event in the nation's history. David's circuitous path to the throne is recounted, in abundant detail, in the two books of Samuel.
The stories of David, beginning in the 16th chapter of 1 Samuel, contain the seeds of the different traditions that developed around this hero. There are in fact three apparently independent stories about David, each of which introduces him to the reader in a different way.
In the first of the stories (1 Samuel 16:1-13), Samuel anoints David. This shapes the next 20 chapters of the narrative. For though David would not become king of Israel until many years later, when he was anointed by the elders of Israel, this first gesture by Samuel makes David's kingship inevitable. Indeed, it was God who looked into the heart of the boy David and chose him as king in the place of Saul, whom he had rejected. With such an introduction to David's story, we read all that follows not so much with a sense of suspense as with a sense of wonder at how god brought him through his adventures and battles, to the fulfillment of his original anointing.
The next two stories give an account of how David became known to Saul and prominent in the royal court. The first of these (1 Samuel 16:14-23) is a continuation of the story that begins with God's rejection of Saul. Now "an evil spirit from the Lord" tormented the king. Saul's courtiers suggested hiring a musician to play the lyre to soothe him, and it was David who was recommended. When David entered Saul's service, the king loved him and made him both his armor bearer in war and his personal musician at home.
The second story is one of the best known in all the Bible – that of David and Goliath. Although it is placed after David has already been introduced as Saul's musician, the narratives themselves demonstrate that events are not being recounted in sequence. Whereas at the end of the first story Saul has appointed David as his personal attendant, at the end of the second story, Saul doesn't even recognize him. Yet there is an explanation for this apparent contradiction: the narrators of 1 Samuel knew of two distinct traditions about how David became known to Saul, and they included them both. Not only did they make no attempt to smooth out all the differences between the two, but also they included yet another version, attributing the killing of Goliath not to David but to another man entirely, a Bethlehemite by the name of Elhanan (2 Samuel 21:19).
The story of David defeating Goliath throws light on David's essential nature, highlighting those characteristics that made him an ideal king. David is a mere youth – the youngest of many brothers – who manifests great personal bravery and valor in the face of overwhelming odds. His bravery, however, is based entirely on trust not in himself and his weapons but in Yahweh, "God of the armies of Israel," who "saves not with sword an spear."
In contrast to David, Goliath is an archetypical villain. He embodies the vaulting self-trust and bravado of the warrior. Encased in his 150 pounds of bronze armor, carrying a massive spear, "with javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders" (1 Samuel 17:6), Goliath defies the entire army of Israel and disdains the sticks and stones that David brings against him.
As for Goliath's famous height, two traditions exist. One, represented by the ancient Greek translation of the Bible and by the Jewish historian Josephus, makes Goliath merely a very tall warrior, 4 cubits and a span – about 6 feet 8 inches. The other, older tradition, makes Goliath truly superhuman. He was 6 cubits and a span, nearly 10 feet tall.
No matter what his exact height, Goliath was such a remarkable figure that numerous legends developed around him. One of them makes an interesting connection back to Naomi and her two Moabite daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah. Ruth, though from the land of Moab, stayed faithfully with Naomi and chose to worship the God o Israel. She became the great-grandmother of David. But what of Orpah who went back to Moab? Legend had it that God rewarded her tears at parting from Naomi by granting that she should be the mother of four giant sons, one of whom was Goliath (2 Samuel 21:15-22). When she returned to Moab, however, she became such a harlot that her son was jeered at as "the son of a hundred fathers and one mother." Thus David met Goliath, the offspring of the two daughters-in-law stood face to face.
The confrontation is narrated with great dramatic power. Goliath, champion of the Philistines, demanded single combat against a champion of Israel. The enslavement of thousands of Israelites hung in the balance. And David was not even old enough for military service, as emphasized by the fact that he was the youngest of eight brothers, of whom only the three eldest were fighting in the army of Saul. Neither they nor any soldier of Israel dared to meet the challenge, but instead, quaked with fear when they heard Goliath's taunting roar.
For 40 days the armies remained immobile while the shame of Israel before these unmet challenges grew, until at last the shepherd David, bringing bread and cheese to his brothers in the ranks of Israel, volunteered to meet the giant.
The physical contrast between David and Goliath is as complete and dramatic as possible – a gigantic, armored, professional warrior against a shepherd youth armed with nothing but a sling and five smooth stones. But it is the words that the two exchange before the climactic moment that reveal the meaning of the whole story. While Goliath ridiculed David, with powerful solemnity David proclaimed that the triumph of the God of Israel would arise from David's triumph, "that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's and he will give you into our hand" (1 Samuel 17:46-47).
Moments later, David was the victor. His smooth stone was embedded in Goliath's forehead, and he used Goliath's own sword to behead the villain.
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Came across this jem while watching cartoons with the youngest this morning. I'm sure someone on here can have a little fun with it:
Lol, this is shaping up to be a great day for the board.
Someone please commit. It's MSU's spring game right? So someone should be stopping by after to commit hoepfully.
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I can't stop listening to this. Just listen to that tuba player.
(My first time trying to embed, have mercy if I haz no embed skillz)
what cartoon were you watching to come up on this video?
similar to what wrestlers use. So in that mold, I suggest "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's intro music or the main theme from Inception.


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Bill 106 Ordered to Third Reading
Select this link to review the amendments proposed by committee as the Bill is ordered to Third Reading.
The Bill was ordered to go to Third Reading on November 19, 2015.
Third Reading is the last stage before a bill is passed into law. If the members of the House approve the bill, it will be sent for Royal Assent, which is when the bill will come into force (subject to the various provisions within this bill that delay the effective date for some sections within the Schedules).