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The cats and I are huddled around the few sparks in the fireplace. Our teeth are chattering, our fingers freezing, and our hearts icing over. Cold drafts nearly knock us over. I can barely type this. In the sink there is a stream of frozen water– turned into ice as soon as I turned on the tap. As I flick away frozen tears from my cheek, wouldn't you think that considering all this, certain people– cough cough safeena cough cough– would feel comfortable enough now in the middle of winter to not open the AC?
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Eden Hazard Felt 'Guilty' over Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Exit, Wants to ReuniteOctober 13, 2018
Chelsea star Eden Hazard has opened up on Jose Mourinho's exit from the club in 2015 and said he would like to play under him again.
Mourinho was sacked months after winning the Premier League title at Stamford Bridge, and Hazard said he felt partially responsible.
He told Stephan Keygnaert of Belgian outlet Het Laatste Nieuws (h/t MailOnline's James Dutton):
"I don't regret many things in my career, but that I have not been able to work with Mourinho at Chelsea anymore is one of them.
"We had a team that could win more trophies. We just ended up in a negative cycle.
"I sent him a message to say I was sorry he had gone and that I was sorry. We'd enjoyed all that success together, but this time we hadn't.
"I felt a little bit guilty because I'd been Player of the Year. I'd been one of the most decisive players, and then I performed less."
Hazard racked up 14 goals and 10 assists in the Premier League as Chelsea won the title in 2014-15, but the following season, he produced just four of each, with all of his goals coming in the final five matches of the campaign.
Mourinho was relieved of his duties in December 2015, with the team 16th in the table and having lost nine times in 16 league matches.
Hazard said his drop-off in performance was a result of asking Mourinho for extra holidays, from which he "came back totally out of shape."
Mourinho is now Manchester United boss and is under pressure at Old Trafford after a poor start to the season.
The Special One has also come in for criticism for United's uninspiring style of play, with the team often adopting a conservative approach and failing to convince or entertain in the final third.
Football writer Liam Canning and ESPN's Alex Shaw are among his critics:
Hazard defended his former mentor, however, per HLN's Kristof Terreur:
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EH: "The last season under Mourinho was not enjoyable. We didn't win, we got into a sort of routine, training without having fun, it was better for all parties that we parted ways. But if I'm asked now about one coach with whom I want to work again, I would say Mourinho."
The forward's candour is hardly surprising. As Bleacher Report's Gianni Verschueren noted, Belgian players are known for being honest when speaking to the media while on international duty.
He and Mourinho aren't likely to link up again anytime soon given a third spell for the Portuguese at Chelsea seems unlikely and with Maurizio Sarri doing a fine job of coaxing the best out of Hazard at Stamford Bridge.
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Beyond the Binary: Reconstructing Cultural Identity in a Multicultural Context
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Renowned Hindi writer Krishna Sobti died in New Delhi on Friday, ABP News reported. She was 93.
Sobti, best known for her 1966 novel Mitro Marjani, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novel Zindaginama. Some of her other novels are Daar Se Bichhuri, Surajmukhi Andhere Ke and Yaaron Ke Yaar.
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said Sobti was "a fine and bold chronicler of our times, a progressive and modern voice, who exemplified courage and freedom in her work and life".
Writer Nilanjana Roy said Sobti's books made her feel "that writing could open up endless horizons". "I am glad I had a chance to meet her over the years, and say thank you to her for what she meant to me," Roy added.
Sobti was born in Gujrat, now in Pakistan's Punjab province, and grew up in Delhi and Shimla. Here is an excerpt from the translation of Zindaginama published in Scroll.in in 2016.


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NBC has issued verdicts on two of it's off-season shows, canning one and renewing the other. Mr. Robinson and The Carmichael Show both premiered earlier this year as part of the rainbow peacock's summer line-up.
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I think it's safe to say that cooler weather has finally hit Pittsburgh. We're looking at weather in the 50s this weekend! In all honesty though, I've been enjoying the cool temperatures. One of the most fun parts about this season is cuddling up in warm layers, like this sweater poncho.
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Ex-Stratford High School band director sentenced for inappropriate relationship
HOUSTON – A former Spring Branch ISD band director accused of having a relationship with a student was sentenced Tuesday.
Michelle Strickland was given two years probation and two years deferred adjudication.
Strickland was a band director at Stratford High School when she was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a high school student in 2014.
Strickland's attorney said she has learned a hard lesson.
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(Nandu is on the right; Carles Gaig is on the left.)
It was a quiet evening for a SEAS lecture tonight. I think the room was only 2/3rds full. I suppose it's because the guest speakers were Nandu Jubany and Carles Gaig, both Spanish chefs without the fame of Jose Andres or Grant Achatz. I say "if you didn't make it to the lecture, your loss."
I missed out on Nandu Jubany last year and regretted it. I heard whisperings of his delicious garlic aioli, and when I heard he was returning this year, I was determined to show up.
Recipe #1, from Jubany, milk mayonnaise
**Important – the temperature of your ingredients should be the same.** (since this is a mayo, room temp or slightly colder temps are fine)
300g milk
700g neutral flavored oil (Jubany used sunflower oil)
10g minced chives
10g minced parsley
15g wasabi powder
For hardware – immersion blender and a tall enough container
Throw everything together into your container. In short bursts on low, turn the immersion blender on and off. Gradually, let the immersion blender stay on. Then, you can set it on a higher speed, and slowly move the immersion blender up and down. You want to incorporate the un-blended ingredients sitting at the top at a controlled pace into the blended ingredients at the bottom. When everything is successfully blended, you are done.
Recipe #2, Jubany, Parmesan air
(if I heard correctly…)
5kg Parmesan cheese, grated
4.5 liters of water
31.5g soy lecithin (or 7g per liter)
Boil the water and add the parmesan. Kill the heat, and let the cheese flavor the water for 5 hours. Strain out the cheese solids. Heat the Parmesan water to 50C. Add the soy lecithin. let this bubble for 2 minutes. Kill the heat and blend. The foam can then be poured into a small loaf pan. Let the foam rest before freezing. After the foam has chilled, you can serve. (It might have been rest, pour into pan, and then chill. My notes are fuzzy and I can't remember well enough.)
Recipe #3, from Gaig, avocado aioli
(measurements were not provided)
green chili peppers (probably jalapeño)
cumin powder
olive oil
Blend everything without oil first. Then slowly add oil, in small increments and building up to a steady stream, all the while blending. Aioli is done when the desired texture is achieved. (Aioli should be a soft solid. If you turn the container upside down, it should stick to the sides of the container and not fall. Just think mayonnaise consistency, I guess.)
Recipe #4, Jubany, walnut oil Hollandaise sauce
**Important – the temperature of your ingredients should be the same.**
walnut oil (about 450g)
3 egg yolks
water or lemon juice
white pepper
minced chives
Whisk the egg yolks over a bain-marie. The desired temperature of your ingredients is 35-40C. This sauce is like the milk mayonnaise except that it is served warm, not cold.
Slowly add oil (warm), in small increments and building up to a steady stream, all the while whisking. If the texture gets too thick, add a spoon of water or lemon juice. Keep adding oil and water/lemon juice in turns, until desired texture is achieved.
(From what I understand, if you do not add water, the mixture gets too stiff. You need the mixture to remain elastic so that you can continue to disperse the "bubbles of stuff" into "smaller-and-smaller, fairly even bubbles of stuff." At that point, the mixture has become stable and is a soft solid. And don't go beyond that point! If you add in too much oil, the emulsion will break.)
Season with salt, white pepper, and chives.
Recipe #6, Gaig, Romesco Sauce
(yes, I skipped Recipe #5… this is intentional. Again, no measurements were given)
dried Nyora pepper (rehydrated for two hours, then remove the pepper skin from the pulp. Discard the pepper skin – it is too tough for consumption)
roasted tomatoes, peeled
roasted garlic
bread soaked in vinegar
good quality olive oil
Mix all the ingredients except the salt and oil. Slowly incorporate the oil into the mixture. Season with salt with done.
Recipe #7, Gaig, Pil-Pil sauce
(to be served with seafood)
salted cod bladders
olive oil
Rehydrate the cod bladders in boiling water. Save the water for the sauce.
Cook garlic slices in the reserved water. I guess he added back the cod. I'm not sure. Slowly blend in oil and then increase, until done.
My notes on this are confused because too much was happening in the room.
What specifically was happening? Recipe #5.
Recipe #5, Jubany, garlic aioli
140g garlic per liter of olive oil
water, at the same temperature
Garlic should be finely pureed with salt to make a smooth mash. Blend the garlic and olive oil by hand (literally by hand). As with all the earlier emulsions, start slowly with the oil. Alternate with small amounts of water. You don't want the mixture to be stiff as you blend the garlic and the oil together.
And here was the problem with Recipe #5. It should have only taken Nandu about 20 minutes to make. After about 45 minutes of serious mixing with his right hand and no equipment, the emulsion broke. Nandu had a video clip of him making this aioli on his smartphone to prove he could make it, but alas the live demo didn't work. Dave, the host/professor, said on the side that Nandu made this same sauce last year with a mortar and pestle without any problems, but I missed it last year so I can't confirm at this time (I will have to re-watch the video from last year's lecture). And unfortunately, you cannot use a blender for this recipe because you have to be able to feel the garlic mixing in properly. We all felt so bad for Nandu!
On the bright side, I can tell you without any hesitation that I got to taste most of the sauces, and everything tasted amazing! Samples of the romesco sauce were handed out, while at the end of the lecture the audience was invited to the demo table to taste the other sauces. The romesco was lovely, and definitely needs excellent olive oil when being made. The olive oil is the predominant flavor even after the seasonings. I think the milk mayonnaise and the walnut oil Hollandaise were my favorites. The wasabi powder in the milk mayonnaise really made the flavor totally different from the Hollandaise, even though the ingredients were very similar. The Parmesan air was my least favorite, but that's just personal preference – I'm not the biggest fan of cheese. I will cook with Parmesan, but I favor the milder flavors of mozzarella, American cheese, ricotta and ricotta salata, and queso fresco. I did not taste the Pil-Pil sauce or the broken garlic aioli.
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When Loft Mpili started to farm cotton according to the Cotton made in Africa criteria, he changed quite a few things on his small farm in Moono, Zambia. One of them was the way he handles pests. "I have been trained on integrated pest management (IPM) and the use of bio- pesticides", he reports. "This has helped me conserve more beneficial insects on my fields and it's also very good for my health. I do not get any headaches from spraying bio-pesticides and the empty containers are less harmful to the environment." Loft is 21 years old and besides cotton, he also grows other crops and keeps and sells livestock.
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A sustainable brand of kids clothing from Uganda, Abaana designs and produces beautiful clothing out of Cotton made in Africa. Founded by three moms, Abaana is a colourful young label with a true passion for sustainability. The label produces locally in Uganda and closely collaborates with artisans, producers, and Cotton made in Africa. This ensures a truly sustainable supply chain. Shop Abaana here.
Who is behind the label Abaana?
Behind Abaana are Rebeca, Rachel and Caroline. We are practically from all over the world which is wonderful as this diversity is important when sharing ideas and creativity.
Where did you meet?
We met at a baby playgroup in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. Somehow, it is fun to think we met thanks to our kids.
Why did you want to create your own label called Abaana?
Having left our full-time jobs to concentrate on our families, we first thought about setting up our own business. We kept on talking about the question how to get back to work without having to miss out seeing our children grow older. This is how we came up with the idea of creating our own business which would allow us the flexibility to combine family and work.
In addition to that we noticed that we tended to buy kids clothing abroad. That was the time we figured out that there was a need for nice, comfortable and affordable kids clothing made out of cotton. Simultaneously, Uganda was experiencing a revival of its own textile industry - from field to fashion. These two circumstances led to our idea to start a children's clothing line right here in Uganda.
Having come up with the idea of setting up a social business linked to children's clothing and accessories, we focused on the concept of designing products that are natural, ethical and fun. Discovering that Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) is already actively working in Uganda was at that time the missing piece in our wish of ensuring a sustainable supply chain within the country.
How did you come up with the name Abaana?
We are proud to carry the "Made in Uganda" label and aim to promote Ugandan cotton and support local workers. That is why we asked our Ugandan friends to brainstorm with us which name could best represent our brand in Luganda, one of the languages spoken here, that embodies fun, happiness and children. At the end, we found the ideal brand name for us: "Children - Abaana".
What would you like to express with the brand?
Essentially, we want to express that we care for the clothes we make because we care for the users - we design them as if they were for our own children - and at the same time we care about how these clothes are made: the social and ecological footprint we leave as a business.
We are authentic. And we believe that our brand expresses exactly this as well because we truly like to take care of all the details along our supply chain: from the farmers who are growing the cotton in Uganda to the packaging of our products. Part of the supply chain are also our clients who are purchasing the clothes and thereby supporting a fantastic homegrown product that is fair to its producers and good to the environment.
All our designs are hand-drawn by ourselves and each drawing is brought to life with an accompanying story. Our inspiration comes from all the vibrant and colourful surroundings that make it so easy to be creative in this beautiful country with its nature and people.
Why are sustainable resources important for you?
We understand sustainability as endurance. Not only endurance of our natural resources but also endurance of work and income.
The sustainability of natural resources is one of Abaana's core values. We strive for a minimal environmental footprint and therefore support environmentally friendly cotton cultivation methods by using CmiA cotton, design clothes that last longer and ensure that the packaging of our products can be reused.
As a social business, we strive to provide a sustainable income for all people involved because if everybody profits we can offer long-term economic growth. As a start-up, this is important for us as one of our goals is to help create fair and sustainable jobs.
Why did you choose to work with Cotton made in Africa?
Knowing that our support to CmiA goes directly back to the smallholder cotton farmers and helps them to grow their business sustainably was the key for us.
Fair and on time payment for the cotton farmers, sustainable cotton growing practices and wages for factory workers that are paid on time and exceed or correspond to at least the national set minimum wage. These practices are all in line with our own principles, so what better than partnering with CmiA?
Anything else you would like to share?
We are very excited to be launching another new line of designs: our Abaana Zero line. Recognizing how much fabric is being wasted everyday around the world compelled us to look at ways of reducing our environmental footprint. Our aim is to have a line with zero waste.
Key to Abaana Zero will be to upcycle the offcuts of old designs and transform them into new and beautifully designed clothing. At the heart of Abaana Zero are the local artisans we support through our work. They get fair prices, earn a decent living to support their families and are trained in quality standards for textile production.
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Given Simatipa is 44 years old and grows CmiA cotton since 2000. Together with his family, he lives on his farm in southern Zambia. Given's four daughters and two sons are between 3 and 20 years old - five of them still go to school. Given's primary source of income is cotton. "The income I get from cotton sales has enabled me to properly roof my house. I can also pay school fees for my five schoolchildren". Besides cotton, Given also cultivates other crops and keeps and sells livestock. He has participated in the farmer business school initiated by Cotton made in Africa. In these trainings, farmers learn how to treat their farm as a real business venture. "Thanks to the business school trainings, I can now plan my season's cultivation, and also provide enough and nutritious food for the family throughout the year."
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Emelly Mwanza is a 24 year old Cotton made in Africa farmer from Zambia. She has two daughters, aged 2 and 4, and has started growing cotton shortly after her first child was born back in 2013. For Emelly, cotton is an important source of income. It allows her to provide for her family, have enough to eat for everyone and meet other household needs. Emelly has also received trainings in good agricultural practices, which has helped her improve her farming skills. "As a result, I have increased my cotton yields and income. I have built a two bedroom house, bought a cow and started growing other crops."
Cotton made in Africa in China: CmiA Regional Conferences Reply to the Growing Demand for CmiA Cotton in China
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Since its foundation in June 2005, the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative has established strong and reliable trade relationships between international textile companies and African cotton farmers on a level playing field. One of the most important markets for CmiA textiles is China. As the demand for CmiA cotton is constantly increasing CmiA has organized two cotton Regional Conferences in Qingdao and Guangzhou. On August 1st and 3rd more than 160 experts attended the workshops, representing actors along the textile value chain – from spinning mills to ready-made garment and fabric producers right through to cotton traders, merchandisers and representatives of internationally operating textile companies.
Christian Barthel, Director Supply Chain Management for Cotton made in Africa, draws a positive conclusion: "There was an incredible interest in both Regional Conference we organized in China. Our work is to connect smallholder farmers in Africa with the international textile industry. Both events enabled us to further introduce our work to the Chinese market." Special focus lied on the issue of transparency and the integration of CmiA cotton into the respective supply chains of large retailers and brands: "It was very important to me to show which sourcing and up-scaling advantages CmiA offers to Chinese textile companies. Thanks to our sourcing services, we enable our partners to integrate CmiA cotton efficiently and transparently. Thereby, our partners can combine transparency with profitability – a win-win situation for supply chain actors and farmers as the up-take of CmiA cotton thereby grows", Barthel explains further.
Thomas Reinhart, Member of the Management Board of the Paul Reinhart AG , one of the world's leading cotton traders, underlined the benefits CmiA offers and which important role China plays for the creation of value when it comes to an increasing demand for CmiA cotton. Henning Hammer, CEO from Otto Stadtlander, another CmiA partner and important cotton trader worldwide, also emphasised that sustainable cotton in general and CmiA in particular are becoming more and more important for the international cotton and textile sector.
Thomas Neidel, Import Manager for the international fashion company bonprix, explained that in 2017 already 90% of their cotton comes from China, India and Bangladesh. In total, his company foresees to use 25.000 tons of CmiA certified cotton from Africa within this year.
The attendees perceived both workshops as a great kick-off for further Cotton Regional Conferences to strengthen collaborations and their textile network.
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As a member of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles initiated by the Federal Government, Cotton made in Africa published its action plan as of July 31. The Action Plan, which has been successfully adopted after an external review, includes an overview of the activities undertaken by Cotton made in Africa in order to improve the living and working conditions of smallholder farmers and to protect our environment. In addition, Cotton made in Africa follows a continious improvement plan. As a result, the action plan also includes new target agreements, which CmiA will implement on the basis of its current work. Cotton made in Africa has published its roadmap before the mandatory publication obligation in the next year in order to report transparently on its goals and its work.
"Cotton made in Africa is a member of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles. With its expertise and expertise in the cotton and textile industry, CmiA supports the goals of the Partnership. In close cooperation with political, economic and civilian actors, the initiative ensures nature protection as well as better working and living conditions for cotton farmers and factory workers in Africa," emphasizes Tina Stridde, Managing Director of the Aid by Trade Foundation, umbrella organisation of Cotton made in Africa. "As a well-known sustainability standard and the most important label for sustainable cotton from Africa, Cotton made in Africa has the necessary skills to enable internationally operating companies to effectively implement the goals which the Partnership has set up with regard to natural fibers," adds Stridde. As a recognized standard organization, CmiA is a key contributor to the effectiveness of the Partnership. Numerous partners of the textile alliance such as the Otto Group, the Rewe Group or Tchibo have joined Cotton made in Africa many years ago. They rely on Cotton made in Africa cotton for their products and produce textiles with the Cotton made in Africa label for the world market. Each Cotton made in Africa textile protects nature and supports hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers as well as thousands of factory workers in the cotton industry in Africa.
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I read somewhere that the porn industry is in decline due to all the free porn out there.I think five billion dollars sounds about right for a porn bailout. It's exactly what our men and women in the field need: Porn!beebs
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Lisa Wells with Ashley Toliver & Mohamed Asem
December 6, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Please join us on Thursday, December 6, for a reading with Lisa Wells from her recent book of poems, The Fix, from University of Iowa Press. Joining Lisa will be poet Ashley Toliver (Spectra, 2018) and nonfiction writer Mohamed Asem (Stranger in the Pen, 2018)
Lisa Wells is a poet and nonfiction writer from Portland, Oregon. Her debut collection of poetry, The Fix, was selected by Brenda Shaughnessy for the 2017 Iowa Poetry Prize. A new book of nonfiction, Believers, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2019. Her work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, Granta, The Iowa Review, Best New Poets, The Believer, N+1, Denver Quarterly, Third Coast, and elsewhere.
THE FIX reviewed at Publisher'sWeekly.
An excerpt and short essay about Lisa's book at Poetry Society of America.
Ashley Toliver is the author of Spectra (Coffee House Press, September 2018) and a chapbook, Ideal Machine (Poor Claudia, 2014). A poetry editor at Moss., her work has been supported by fellowships from Oregon Literary Arts, the Cave Canem Foundation, and the Academy of American Poets. She received her MFA from Brown University in 2013.
Mohamed Asem's work has appeared in Eunoia Review, What Lies Beneath, and elsewhere. Born in California, raised in Kuwait and Paris, he currently lives in Portland.


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The EU nations face 100 trillion of "bad debt" . Italy and Spain make Greece look like a child's wading pool. None are sustainable. None are resolvable. All must bow out of the EU and move to their own currency and reform their nation debts through defaults. Or SUPER BONDS if they retain me which is what the IMF needs to do soon as time is running out.
Merkel head of the most prosperous GNP in the EU, failing downward for five years and now with cost for immigration of over five million – an enormous city of new culture never to become German, with its costs against sagging GNP – Merkel policy – she may lose her next election despite how it appears today.
She said the EU CAN NO LONGER RELY ON THE USA AND UK and should needed to add – TO BE A FINANCIAL SUCKER AND PAY ALL OUR COSTS AND BILLS AS THEY HAVE SINCE WORLD WAR II. IT IS TIME TO BE ON OUR OWN. What does that mean?
That means Trump said – hey you and France the only profitable GNP nations in the EU pay off the 100 trillion dollars of mismanaged legal theft debts, rising like. roller coaster on the way up in 2017 to only fall on the big ride down – without punishing our USA TAX PAYERS.
The UK said in the BRIT EXIT we are OUT of paying that EU 100 trillion dollar debt hemmorage Brussels never lets us do anything but pay more and pay more and pay more. We are DONE. That is BRITT EXIT.
Britain buys 5 times what the English sell into the EU. If the EU with ego and politics punish leaving the EU to their largest trading partner – then the EU the BRITISH who invented diplomacy ( are YOU Kidding ME as an economist ) will move that billions of buying power to the USA and friends and the EU will have more debt unwinding pressure sooner. The Italy vote in 2018 is going to be over whelming to leave the EU. It is economic for Italy. Spain will follow. France and Germany can not support and pay the BAD DEBTS from decades and rising like a Saturn rocket to the moon in 2017 – for these 20 plus member nations holding 100 trillion dollars US in BAD BAD DEBT.
Greece has no deal in June for JULY and its creditors to the billion dollar marks may be in default. No one knows. Greece needs never ending NEW LOANS to maintain the interest on bad debt deadlines for old loans. Everyone knows this is all bad debt but the bond holders want their musical chairs. No one wants to write off these bad loans because they hold them as good performing assets on their balance sheets. If WE DID THAT they would put us into jail for FRAUD. The system is gaming the market. IT IS FRAUD.
The BAD DEBT in ASIA and the EU must work is way into revision. As it does we have a controlled global depression. The defaults and adjustments to banks and financial institutions who hold these debts ripples. Why? Because in 2017 the casino capital market is unregulated as laws don't accommodated digital deals. SO in a decade the leverage has reached a point where financial fraud when it is adjusted so the bad loans are not asset any more – they are making financial institutions in nations ripple across the globe from profits ( which are frauds ) to reality which is LOSS and for 1000 financial firms and 100's of banks too big to fail – BANKRUPTCY.
This is what is keeping the FED the IMF and the WORLD BANK and all central banks UP late into the night folks.
I know it.
You in your GUT know it.
And this is THE TRUTH.
Simple Bill Clinton ARITHMETIC.
Time can only bandaids and with economic fraud keep the confidence going so long.
Now America will come out ahead with one caveat. Say the melt down that will come the SUPER CRASH when it hits – creates world war as in 100% of all human history such economic melt downs always no exception have.
Say North Korea hacks down America.
Or they bomb America.
Now consider this fact set:
- In 1954 when I war four years old the United States of America tested the world's most powerful weapon the HYDROGEN BOMB to record its reach.
- The bikini island chain ceased to exist five seconds later.
- That ONE bomb released more destructive power than the Japan atomic bomb in both cities as well as more destructive power than all ordinance released in all wars in HUMAN HISTORY in less than ONE MINUTE.
- They were afraid to test further or release a larger bomb ( both Russia and the USA have 150 times the size of that 1954 weapon. by the THOUSAND aimed at say North Korea today which they well know.
- The USA has weapons, EMP weapons, neutron weapons star war weapons nano weapons and bombs the like of which the world has not even a clue. Far ahead of any nation on earth ever.
So if North Korea did anything to threaten the USA really, in 30 minutes there would be no North Korea left for 20,000 years. They know THAT. When you begin to think about what is real, you see the world differently.
The world is safer than you think because the USA is actually the one and the only SUPER POWER and Putin knows this. His weapons if used end both nations in less than one hour for sure. No one will do this to THEMSELVES or their people and that reality is non negotiable by the military protection all the people of the planet from global insanity. Politicians in the end run into military who know these facts as ABSOLUTE's. They know these facts in IRAN and everyone knows these facts.
Now then – World War is likely to be different – and multiple geo skirmishes to divert attention from the politics of financial destruction as nations rebuild.
North Korea is rushing to make a GLOBAL DEAL For TRILLIONS of investment to prosperity like FAT BOY can not in his wildest dreams realize for himself his power and his people. No one wants to do anything but make a deal. The military in North Korea want to rush regional protection so they can secure their borders after the deal and freeze – so until the Deal in 2018 is made they will push the rope is all. Politics will fan the flames. But really – REALLY – what I"m telling you will prove out.
Isis is being destroyed utterly. Bin Laden's son will be dead soon. Their club will make a political deal because it makes sense to do so. Sanity will trump insanity.
If the GULF was a real threat the USA would take over the gulf. That could take months or an hour depending on weapon choices. Who wants THAT. Not the USA. Which is WHY we are selling SAUDI weapons to secure regional stability. Make money not war.
The outcome is MAKE MONEY NOT WAR.
But in the end the SYSTEM has to reset the bad debt.
The EU can not survive its economic structure and today we are in what bad debt brings economic history – never changes it is all in my BOOK – all of this REDEMPTION THE COOPERATION REVOLUTION press, financial institution leadership, national leaders, heads of state, law makers and YOU read – its on Amazon and I would rush it to your door if you want to lead with THE SECRET KNOWLEDGE world leaders like Trump have today.
ORDER REDEMPTION THE COOPERATION REVOLUTION its a huge book and an EASY READ folks – not cheap because of its size research and content as the Bible for what is coming.
If this resonates with you as THE TRUTH spread this blog around ro your circle of affection love and community so they have the TRUTH and give the BOOK to best clients customers and this Holiday for a GIFT.
The 5000 year economics look like this:
- The failed economic system models with old book top rules that no longer work and never worked create elite's consolidating wealth between melt downs and wars where elite small super wealth controls MORE WEALTH owning 99% of all world wealth where 1% is owned by the rest of US.
- This economic is unstable. IT creates always melt down to the world order as we had in 2008. This always creates distrust and negotiation for the following period the time we are in now as trust and global cooperation were broken by this consolidation a result and consequence of failure to create a BETTER COOPERATIVE CAPITALISM from the failed models we have in all nations today including Kings.
- This follows a period of deflation spiral and escalating debt and TRADE WARS leading to SUPER TRADE WAR. Every nation is in it for themselves as Merkel said – this weekend. TRADE WAR is what she is living in which is economic and trumps politics though they try to use politics to give more time out which makes the final day of debt reconciliation and SUPER CRASH so much worse than if we repaired it all once and for all in 2008. But predictably politics trumps economics.
- This leads to SUPER CRASH world economic contagion due to debt defaulting which digitally is not slow it happens globally so fast in two weeks or less versus months or years in prior periods of history. Our first DIGITAL SUPER CRASH with all the politicians say and moaning HOW OH HOW could this all have taken place and who is responsible BLAME DANCING. When it is THEY who ARE responsible entirely.
- This leads as they can't take the blame to WORLD WARS which do reset the capital of nations at the and with such insanity in between.
That is our human history economically. Its silly when there ARE solutions is it not?
So think about the cause versus the consequence. Think about the foundational issues versus the politics. Read this type of material on line more than the SIT COM of news trying to sell advertisers by DISTRACTING you for the agenda of the owners which is only PROFIT not truth. Everyone wants to delay Super Crash.
Frankly the leaders and law makers are financially illiterate save for a few like TRUMP. He has all this and more. More on that later.
But as we move step by step to this repeat of history it is a shame. For billions of US the majority of which have never read a blog to educate themselves on the details the economics and to stay ahead of it all.
My last blog told you HOW TO PROTECT YOUR MONEY and SAVINGS. I suggest you print it.
It is Memorial Day Holiday in the USA and we write this item for the men and woman protecting the entire world. You have from the father of a United States Marine Sniper Team Leader two full combat tours in Iraq, four surgeries and a Purple Heart later retired Ltd. Ryan Dohrmann – who is not a good Marine having saved so many of our boys he is a GREAT MARINE. I'm proud of you son and all your community in every branch of the military for all nations world wide – in the USA we salute you with our hearts.
Berny Dohrmann – FATHER AND ECONOMIST SHARING TRUTH TODAY for my readers world wide – share my blog.
PS: Last week I ask a high ranking former Executive of the US FED attending CEO SPACE if my blog on the Fed was accurate. He had tears when he said it is the most accurate he has ever read. I asked a Silver Star winner with the US Military is this blog was accurate. He had tears too. Share what is important with your circle. Its important. Read my blog as a translation of the NEWS which is a SIT COM of special interest to make a profit today.


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John Denver's Aspen Home For Sale For $11 Million
Upscale sophistication matched with casual comfort. The John Denver Estate in Starwood embodies all that epitomizes the perfect Aspen home.
A relaxed modern home with vintage industrial touches. Timelessly stylish and effortlessly cool.
Minutes from town and all four ski mountains, this home offers a large wooded lot, privacy, big mountain views, large outdoor spaces to unwind, and plenty of interior space for entertaining large groups of family and friends year-round.
Remember the John Denver song, Starwood in Aspen? He wrote that song about this home. The house Denver built after his first big hits became his lifelong project and refuge.
The current owners, longtime Aspen locals, have preserved the legacy and uniqueness of the home updating it to appeal to today's discerning buyer. The new owner will enjoy the modernity of new construction married with the satisfaction of owning the home of one of Aspen's most notable icons. 5 bedrooms, 5 baths, 2 half baths, art studio/office, 3 wet bars, 4+ car garage, swimming pool, multiple water features, fire pit with lounge area, viewing platform. *5th bedroom is a master guest suite with living room, full bath, bunk room, and separate mini-kitchen and laundry.
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Price: $11,000,000
Number of Bedrooms: 5
Number of Bathrooms: 5 full 2 half
Type of Property: Single Family
County: Pitkin
Taxes: $16,476
HOA: $550 per year
SQ Footage: 7,735
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Kufuor to address Second Liberty Lecture
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Kufuor to address Second Liberty Lecture
12 August 2012
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, would address the Second Danquah Institute's Liberty Lecture.
According to a statement released Sunday, the lecture will be on the theme: "Development in Freedom: Empowering the People to Develop the Nation".
The venue of the lecture is the Accra International Conference Centre on Thursday, August 16.
The event which would start at 6PM will be chaired by Madam Ama Busia.
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Update: April, 2020.
What's New?
CSB – Quentel Typesetting has begun – Hope to have have this Bible by November – Stay Tuned.
Schuyler Treveris Series. This is a completely new typesetting of the Bible which will began with the KJV. Here is a sampler of the new text. The Treveris is now in stock.
The NASB Quentel will be the 2nd Schuyler Wide Margin after the KJV Canterbury. It is now on preorder and due in mid to late June. Its dimensions are similar to the Canterbury Wide Margin. This Bible will be similar to the regular size NASB Quentel with the following exceptions:
1. 9.5 Milo font. 2. Heavier paper – 40 GSM Bible paper. 3. Semi-yapp cover. 4. Wide margins. Outer Margin: 35 mm; Inner Margin 33 mm; Top Margin: 25-30 mm; Bottom Margin: 31-36 mm. 1995 NASB text. Same Pagination as Personal and Regular Size Quentel.
Schuyler has debuted its new Wide Margin line with the Canterbury KJV. The photos of this Bible are stunning. This Wide Margin will eventually extend to all of the Quentel® Series. The Schuyler Wide Margins have 1.2-1.4″ margins on 38 gsm paper with a 9.5 point font.
New Colors for the Regular Size Quentel – the sleeker version now in stock!
The Cambridge Topaz – an all new Cambridge Setting is now in stock.
Zondervan's NASB Single Column Ref. Wide Margin marks another great improvement in Zondervan's Premier Bibles.
You may also want to use our search tool to find the Bible that best suits your needs.
As we have said before, the premium Bible market is dominated by several players: Schuyler, Cambridge and Allan. These 3 publishers are focused exclusively on the premium market. As you will see below, Zondervan and Nelson have also put their feet in this market with all publishing taking place in China.
Schuyler's most popular format is its flagship Quentel® Series. It is consistently a best seller at evangelicalbible.com. Published in the ESV, NASB, NKJV, & NIV, the Quentel® is available in regular and Personal Size editions The KJV edition is called the Canterbury and is also available in a Personal Size edition. Here is a chart of all Schuyler Bibles.
Cambridge recently republished their popular Turquoise (not to be confused with a color) KJV Bible which has received excellent reviews. The Blue Turquoise is back in stock. It stands in the same class as the Allan Longprimer and Schuyler Canterbury. Cambridge's Concord Reference KJV is a firm favorite along with their Clarion Series – available in the ESV, NASB, KJV, NKJV, & NIV.
The British company, R.L. Allan, continues to publish its distinctive "Highland Goatskin" Bibles from relatively small binderies in the UK. Unfortunately, production supply has not kept up with demand, and therefore many Allan Bibles are out of stock before they reach the shores of the New World. We recommend you don't wait to purchase when you see that special Bible in stock in our store!
Crossway continues to be a major player in the premium Bible market. Omega: Black, Brown as well as their new Preacher's Bible. Crossway's new Goatskin Heirloom Study Bible is an amazing product at a very affordable price considering its size and wealth of material. The Crossway Legacy (Brown and Black), The Cowhide Reader Sets are all in stock and are fantastic Bibles.
Most books today are the result of an extremely mechanized process of a thousand moving parts. A monument to mechanical engineering. These well oiled engines produce hundreds of thousands books per day. Using economies of scale and complete robotic automation books can end up on a pallet without a fingerprint and for less than a single shot latte.Premium Bibles (Schuyler, Cambridge, Allan) are alien to the world of automation and to most publishers because they require trained artisans who have book binding skill. One expert has estimated that at least 30 hands have been involved in one Premium Bible. Stitching, pleating, rounding, embossing, spraying are a few skills that only a handful of craftsmen and women are able to perform today. We will write more about the details of this process at a later time, but suffice it to say – Premium hand made Bibles are an altogether different product than their distant cousins that were birthed through the coordination of hundreds of gears and pistons.


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Exciting Job Opportunity For An Ambitious CPA
Wanted: CPA excited to expand his/her horizons to include fascinating work in personal finance in addition to tax preparation. Our CPA firm operates independently but in concert with our retirement and estate planning law firm and Lange Financial, our financial advising firm. We pride ourselves on offering our clients, predominantly individuals with substantial IRAs and retirement plans, the option to develop "master financial/retirement/estate plans" through our comprehensive services.
Our lawyers work closely with our CPAs and our affiliated money managers to give clients what I genuinely think is the best service for retirement and estate planning and investments for individuals who have substantial IRAs or retirement plans.
We are affiliated with multiple money managers, predominantly low-cost index money managers. We do not manage money in-house. We provide the big-picture strategic planning for taxes and retirement and estate plans. By working directly with our money managers (who are as familiar with what we do as we are with what they do) there is no breakdown in communications among advisors.
We have developed a process that we loosely call "running the numbers." It is more accurately described as preparing long-term financial projections for our clients. Our process requires the person doing the projections to not only have a strong tax and spreadsheet background but be able to prepare projections and run different scenarios with the client in the room.
We do not expect to find candidates who already know how to run the sophisticated financial projections required to develop long-term tax, Roth conversion, Social Security, insurance, and pension strategies for our clients. We will teach you that. You will have excellent mentors to help you expand your horizons. We will expect that every candidate has a solid income tax preparation background and an appetite to learn, and the drive to advance their career.
Though we analyze many variables while "running the numbers," one of our primary objectives, when it is appropriate, is developing a long-term Roth IRA conversion plan for our clients. If you come predisposed against Roth IRA conversions and are not data-driven, this job is not for you. If you love the idea that your clients could be hundreds of thousands of dollars better off because of your advice, and you like helping your clients preserve their estate for their children, this job could be a great fit.
A successful candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills—positive direct client contact is essential to the job. He/she will be self-motivated, independent, flourish in a fast-paced work environment, and interact well with a supportive and energetic team.
The owner of the firm, James Lange, CPA/Attorney has written seven best-selling books and has been quoted 36 times in The Wall Street Journal. He has written many peer-reviewed articles and is a master marketer bringing in more high-quality work than we can currently handle. He is continually writing new books. Potentially, if the candidate has an aptitude, they could make meaningful contributions to future books.
Your mentors will be Steve Kohman, CPA, CSEP, CSRP and Shirl Trefelner, CPA, CSRP. Glenn Venturino, CPA heads the tax department. You would be hard pressed to find better teachers for the type of long-term strategic projections that you will learn to do. Steve has been with us for 24 years. Glenn has been with us for 32 years. Shirl, a relative newbie, has been with us for five years. Many of our other employees have been with us for over 20 years and some almost 30 years. The point is we take care of our employees, and we are rewarded with a stable long-term professional staff. We give them the opportunity to grow professionally and offer the potential for a long-term career. They stay with us because they are treated well, they like each other and the working environment, the parking is free, they like the work, and they are well compensated.
Since some of the senior CPAs are reaching the end of their careers, there is a fabulous opportunity for advancement.
Responsibilities include:
We offer competitive wages, a company 401(k) plan, medical, dental and vision insurance, disability insurance and life insurance. Since we can charge more for financial projections in connection with money management than we can for preparing taxes, we enjoy higher fees per client than a traditional CPA firm. We share a portion of the client's assets-under-management (AUM) fee with the CPA running the numbers which increases your compensation. In addition, two senior CPAs are likely to be retiring in five years which will offer our junior CPAs the potential to take over responsibility for additional AUM clients. That would lead to predictable significant bonuses in addition to your base salary.
If you are looking for an exciting opportunity with a company that has grown and thrived for over 30 years and want to work directly with a small group of intelligent and dedicated professionals, we want to meet you.
Kindly send a resume, salary requirements, and a cover letter demonstrating why you are the best candidate for this job.
James Lange, CPA/Attorney
Requirements include:
In the spirit of full disclosure, we have a successful tax preparation business. Though it varies throughout the year, we anticipate that after the initial hire, you will be spending more time preparing income taxes than doing financial projections. Your involvement with financial projections will evolve with time and training. In terms of tax season, we obviously expect more than 40 hours for the 2-month tax season, but we are very gentle compared to every other CPA firm that I am familiar with in terms of overtime and tax season demand.
Kindly read our sales letter to learn more about what you will do in this role at www.paytaxeslater.com/CPA-letter, then send a resume, salary requirements, and a cover letter demonstrating why you are the best candidate for this job.
|Tax Senior
|King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
|Spring Mill Partners, LLC
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Alberta court ruling permits division of pension benefits by former common-law spouses
A recent Alberta court decision effectively provides that pension benefits of former commonlaw spouses may be divided in Alberta. Until now, the Alberta Employment Pension Plans Act (EPPA) has only allowed the division of pensions of former married couples.
Ms. Lubianesky and her common-law spouse, Mr. Gazdag, cohabitated for approximately 15 years and had two children. In 2015, the couple entered into a Parenting, Support and Property Agreement (the Agreement), whereby the parties agreed to transfer funds from Mr. Gazdag's pension plan and registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) to Ms. Lubianesky. However, the EPPA only permits division of pension funds in the case of formerly married couples. As such, the pension plan administrator did not transfer the pension funds to Ms. Lubianesky pursuant to the Agreement.
Court ruling
Ms. Lubianesky made an application under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter) to challenge the provisions of the EPPA limiting pension division to formerly married couples. Ms. Lubianesky argued that the EPPA denied a benefit to unmarried spouses that is afforded to married spouses, namely that the EPPA prevented unmarried spouses from structuring their financial and legal affairs as they see fit.
As a remedy, Ms. Lubianesky asked that the court "read in" or in other words, effectively amend the EPPA, to extend the application of s. 78(a) of the EPPA to unmarried spouses. The court agreed, and declared that s. 78(a) of the EPPA be read as follows:
"agreement" means a written agreement between pension partners that provides for the division and distribution of a benefit and that meets the requirements of sections 37 and 38 of the Matrimonial Property Act, mutatis mutandis, whether or not that Act is applicable as between the pension partners.
It should be noted that a common-law partner is considered a "pension partner", or spouse, under the EPPA after three years of cohabitation or after living in a marriage-like relationship "of some permanence" if there is a child of the relationship. Other jurisdictions have different definitions of common-law partners.
Alberta regulatory response
On May 23, 2018, the Alberta Superintendent of Pensions issued EPPA Update 18-03, Eligibility for Pension Credit Splitting on Relationship Breakdown Extended to Common-Law Spouses (EPPA Update 18-03), which notifies plan administrators of this decision and provides additional guidance. In particular, EPPA Update 18-03 points out that up to 50% of the benefits earned during a relationship, which now includes a period of common-law cohabitation as well as the period of marriage, may now transferred to a former spouse.
Currently, this decision only applies to members subject to Alberta pension legislation, regardless of the plan's province of registration. Pension plan administrators with Alberta members are required to apply this change for common-law relationship breakdowns in respect of Alberta members, former members and retired members.


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Kith and Kin -- Chapter 12
By ellie
Disclaimer: Not mine.
A/N: Call the Vatican, it's a miracle! I'm updating. I would promise to not be so long again, but as you know from the last time, I'm a horrible liar. This chapter is partially dedicated to chocolatequeen whose lovely review seemed to spark my muse into finally finishing this chapter.
House stared at the lumpy oatmeal as he wondered how exactly he had ended up in this situation. If someone had told him last week that he would be with Cuddy at her father's sickbed offering what could be considered moral support, he would have laughed in their faces and then sent them off for a psych evaluation, and yet here he was.
He rubbed his face anxiously. The last time he had comforted anyone like this was when Stacy's mom had died. He remembered her clinging to him as she cried and feeling absolutely useless in the face of her misery. He had laughed when she thanked him for being there for her, but she had insisted that he had really helped her. His mind flashed back to holding Cuddy that morning and how nice she'd felt in his arms and how much nicer it had been to kiss her. He sighed. This had all the markings of becoming complicated. A huge portion of his brain was screaming to get out of Dodge. He was in dangerous territory with her, but then he would remember how grateful she looked to have him there, and he couldn't quite make himself leave.
House finally lumped all the oatmeal together and got up to throw it out. He pushed all of the unwanted feelings away and decided that he was bored. Surely there was something around here to distract him.
Cuddy had made it back up to her father's room in time to give him a kiss before he went into surgery. Because of her 'status' they had been given a small private room to wait in, away from the hustle and bustle of the hospital. Jack and Patrick were half-heartedly playing their PSPs as Cheryl crocheted and listened to the television. When Cuddy had asked what she was making, Cheryl had blushed and admitted that she just needed something to do with her hands and wasn't making anything in particular. Cuddy, herself, was trying to make do with a very old Newsweek, but was rapidly losing what little interest she had in the magazine when she had picked it up. She wished she had work to do. She could probably get someone to fax her the latest Department Requisitions. They needed to be reviewed, and it would help occupy her mind.
Before she could get up to call anyone, the noise of yelling accompanied by the thump of a cane and an uneven gait filled the hallway outside of the room. House. She should have known that it was physically impossible for him to behave himself for more than an hour at a time. Cuddy sighed in frustration as she geared herself up for the upcoming battle even as she tried to ignore the part of her that welcomed the distraction.
"He's an idiot! You know I'm right!" House said with a scowl as Dr. Jacobson, the Dean of Franklin Hospital, angrily lead him to their little waiting room.
"Dr. Cuddy," he said. "I ask that you either you keep Dr. House with you at all times, or I will have him escorted off the premises."
"What happened?" she asked, trying to fight the urge to smack House for inability to play well with others.
"I was right," House insisted once again.
"That may be so, Dr. House, but you had no right to insult Dr. Bricknell the way you did."
"He's a moron who would probably diagnose Dengue fever as case of the sniffles."
"Dr. Cuddy –,"
"Don't worry. He'll stay here and behave," she said, interrupting him mid-tirade. She didn't want to hear it. It wouldn't be anything she hadn't heard before. Hell – it probably wouldn't be anything she hadn't said before.
The older man turned and glared at House before leaving.
"I guess I can kiss that job offer goodbye," he said with a smirk.
"Do I want to know what that was about?" she asked.
"Probably not," he replied. Cuddy just glared at him. "Hey! I saved a guy's life. Isn't that what we doctors are supposed to do?" Her glare intensified and he relented. "Some idiot was about to discharge a patient who was obviously not well -- Idiot Boy was probably on his way to screw some nurse in the on call room. I stepped in before the patient completely collapsed and saved the day. Dr. Schweitzer there should be thanking me instead of forcing me into time-out."
"I'm sure that probably has something to do with the words coming out of your mouth as you were saving the patient's life."
"So I called the moron a moron. Big deal."
"I'm sure it is to him. Deans of Medicine get cranky when their doctors get publicly humiliated like that. It tends to lead to lawsuits."
"The guy deserves to be sued! He shouldn't be allowed to practice medicine." House paused and gave her an appraising look. "You know I'm right, Cuddy."
Cuddy closed her eyes as she resisted the urge to scream. He was right, damn it, but she understood Jacobson's dilemma. Incompetence was something that should be handled quickly and quietly. Donors tended to get stingy with their money if a hospital's reputation was tarnished. She finally opened her eyes to find House staring at her intently. "Sit," was all she said.
"Woof," House replied before heading to a couch, pulling out a puzzle book from his pocket and sitting down. Cuddy sighed and followed suit. House pulled out another puzzle book and threw it at her. She looked at him questioningly.
"So you don't break down and have Wilson fax over some work for you to do. If you try and do anything in the state you're in, you're liable to end up approving ten new beds in the ER, and you're going to need that money for other things like replacing broken MRI machines."
Cuddy snorted, "House, the next MRI machine you break is coming directly out of your paycheck."
"I notice you didn't deny wanting to have Wilson fax over some work for you to do. Don't tell me you already asked him?"
"No," she replied indignantly.
"You were going to, though." It wasn't a question so Cuddy didn't answer. She was suddenly aware of Jack, Patrick and Cheryl watching them with various degrees of interest. She'd forgotten they hadn't been alone. The way House could command her attention at times almost frightened her. Cuddy turned her attention to the puzzle book. It was a Sudoku book. She'd seen people playing it around the hospital, and she knew the rules, but she'd never taken the time to try it herself. She pulled out her purse and began to rummage around for a pen.
"Got another one in there?" House asked as she pulled one out. She looked around some more and handed him one, and they worked on their puzzles in silence.
Cuddy was unsure of how much time had passed when she heard a loud grumble. She looked up to Patrick, who was embarrassedly covering his stomach, his pink cheeks a nice contrast to his blue hair.
"I guess Punk Boy is hungry," House said.
"I'm fine."
"Patrick, it's way past lunch. Why don't you guys go to the cafeteria to get something," Cheryl said.
"Mom, when was the last time you ate something?" Patrick asked.
"I'm not hungry."
"Well then, neither am I," he answered, although another gurgling noise said something else.
"Mom, face it. We're not getting anything unless you come too," Jack said, supporting his brother. Cheryl looked over at Cuddy.
"It's fine. I'll stay here. You take the guys and get some lunch."
"Can I bring you anything?" she asked.
"A salad and water would be great," she said.
"Dr. House?"
"Some chips and a Coke. And I think I saw some apple pie when I was down there earlier that looked edible. Oh and a dry reuben with absolutely no pickles."
Cuddy sighed as she reached to get some money for Cheryl, who shook her head. "I've got it, don't worry." Cuddy was about to protest, but Cheryl wouldn't let her. "The boys told me that you ordered Chinese last night so it's no problem. Come on, guys. We'll be right back." Cheryl and the boys left, and Cuddy tried to turn back to her puzzle, but she could feel House turn his studious gaze on her.
"What?" she finally snapped when she couldn't take it anymore.
"Enjoying the Sudoku?"
"Yes," she said, trying, but not totally succeeding, to keep the annoyance out of her voice. She knew he was up to something. "Thank you for getting it for me."
"Don't thank me too much. I used your credit card to pay for it."
"What?" she asked, reaching for her purse before noticing House's best, 'I got you' face. "Grow up."
His grin widened before pointing back to the book. "It was either that or 'Playboy Illustrated Trivia Book' from the Adult Bookstore across the street, but then I remembered how seriously you take this big sister thing and thought you wouldn't want to be responsible for corrupting them so I went with the sudoku instead."
Cuddy rolled her eyes, pretending to be put out. "Damn it. You mean I could be answering questions about who was Playmate of the Year in 1984?"
"That would be Barbara Edwards."
Cuddy chuckled before looking down at the book and stroking the page. "Thanks," she said softly. She didn't just mean for the book – she meant for him staying and helping take her mind off of what was going on. She didn't say all of that, knowing that he would hate to have it verbalized, but she hoped that he understood how she felt.
House shuffled uncomfortably. "Yeah, well … anything's better than Clinic Duty."
She chuckled, knowing that normally he really would rather do Clinic Duty than willingly spend time with a patient's family. "I don't know, House," she said with humor in her voice. "I think I have the power to ruin your big old curmudgeonly image forever."
He looked a little stricken for a moment – probably at the thought of what certain people would do with the information of his being nice – before recovering nicely with a sneer. "Like anyone would ever believe you," he stated certainly. "I've got a lifetime of ass-like behavior on my side."
She merely raised an eyebrow and gave him a knowing look. "I'll bring Patrick and Jack down as witnesses. They seem to actually like you for some reason."
"Wow -- using your brothers to further your nefarious plans," he said appreciatively. "You are so evil. Which I have to admit is a big turn on."
Cuddy smiled and she saw his gaze fall to her lips for a second. She was instantly thrown back to the early morning kiss. Her heart rate increased even as she berated herself for letting him affect her like this – especially in a hospital waiting room as her father had life threatening surgery. She closed her eyes and took a steadying breath.
"House," she whispered, not sure what she wanted. Her father's words about complicated sometimes being worth it echoed through her head. Of course, he didn't know House and his kind of complicated.
"Your brothers think I like you," he said in a low voice.
Her breath hitched and she opened her eyes and looked at him. "Really?" she asked not as smoothly as she would have liked. He scooted in closer to her.
"Yeah. Of course, I told them it was all about your ass." She laughed a little as she watched him lean in even closer. "I would follow that ass just about anywhere – Mount Everest, Timbuktu, Newark …" his voice trailed off as his lips brushed against hers. She shivered.
"You'd think I could use that power to get you in the Clinic," she said as she softly returned the kiss and raised her hand to run her fingers through his hair.
He pulled back with serious expression. "I said just about anywhere. Unless you're willing to play 'Doctor' in one of the exam rooms. I think I could get behind that plan." He leaned down and kissed her again. She smiled and allowed him to deepen the kiss, losing herself in the feelings he was creating. She finally pulled back and tucked her head underneath his chin as she tried to regain her equilibrium. Her eyes fell to Cheryl's yarn bag, and she stiffened as it hit her exactly what she was doing and where she was doing it. What was wrong with her? She was making out in a hospital waiting room where anybody could walk in while her father was having surgery.
"Hey," House said and she pulled back to meet his gaze. "This isn't your hospital. You don't have any image that needs to be upheld."
She looked away. "Yeah, because no one here knows who either one of us are," she pointed out sarcastically.
"Cuddy, I hate to break it to you, but everyone in the medical community already thinks we're boinking like bunnies. Supposedly, it's either how you make me 'behave' or that I am so good in bed that you can't bring yourself to fire me."
"Like you've ever behaved for me."
"Sex god it is, then," he said with a grin. He leaned closer and leered at her, "You know, I might behave with a little of the right incentive."
She put her head in her hands, not sure if she wanted to groan or laugh. Why had he kissed her? She fought the urge to ask him that and the other million questions that were buzzing around in her head, afraid that if she did ask them, then he would remember that he really didn't like her 95 percent of the time and decide to go home, and she didn't want him to leave. Not yet.
"Cuddy, it's really hard to banter if you don't keep up your end of the conversation," House said, interrupting her thoughts. She looked up. "I inferred that I might willingly do Clinic Duty in exchange for sexual favors, and you're supposed to pretend to get all offended, even though your wardrobe screams that you're obviously open to negotiations, an then you're supposed to spout something about me keeping my job, blah, blah, blah and not ending up as a homeless person, blah, blah, blah."
Any response she would have made was stopped by the return of Patrick, Jack and Cheryl. Cuddy jumped back from House, aware of exactly how close they were sitting to each other. Cheryl didn't seem to notice, but she caught Jack and Patrick exchanging matching eye rolls. Guilt immediately churned up in her stomach. She was quite possibly the worst daughter/sister in the entire world. Who, outside of House's stupid soap operas, made out in a hospital during a family member's life threatening surgery?
She felt a kick to her leg and turned to House who was giving her an exasperated look. She gave him one right back. He may not care what anyone else thought, but she did. He shook his head with a grimace.
"Where's my food?" he asked the others, turning away from her.
"Hold your horses," Patrick griped as he starting pulling food out of the bag.
"I'm going to go wash my hands," Cuddy said, wanting to get out of the room for a little bit to pull herself together.
She quickly exited and headed for the restroom. She was almost afraid to look at her reflection in the mirror, but it wasn't as bad as she feared. Her hair looked a little mussed, and her cheeks were still flushed -- although that was probably from embarrassment -- but there was nothing that screamed that she'd been making out a bit in the hospital. She washed her hands and walked back into the hallway where she ran into Patrick who was smirking at her knowingly.
"You know, I always thought that Grey's Anatomy exaggerated the amount of hooking up that goes on in hospitals, but now I'm not so sure."
Cuddy could feel her face turn red once more – she never blushed this much – as she sputtered and tried to organize the million thoughts that came blazing through her mind.
"Oh God," she finally got out. "Do you think your mom knows?"
"No. She's too worried about Dad to notice anything else."
Cuddy repressed a groan. She didn't think it was possible for her to feel any guiltier than she already did, but apparently she was wrong.
"I don't want you to think that I'm not worried about Dad," she began. "I am. I don't know what's wrong with me," she said as she plopped down on a couch in a small lounge area.
"I'm not mad," Patrick assured her, sitting down next to her. "I actually think it's kind of nice, in an old people getting together kind of way."
"What!" she yelled, not sure whether to be horrified or offended.
"He's obviously got the hots for you, and you seem to like each other well enough."
"He doesn't like me," Cuddy said without thinking and immediately wished she could pull the words back into her mouth.
Patrick looked at her with utter disbelief. "Are you nuts? A guy just doesn't hang out in a hospital waiting room with a girl he doesn't like. He can't keep his eyes off of you. He's keeping tabs of how much you're eating and that you aren't completely stressed. And he totally yelled at Dad faced his wrath for you, which takes some guts. You're only that nice to people you don't like if you're Mother Teresa, and House ain't no Mother Teresa."
"No, but House enjoys yelling at people. He likes pissing them off," she wearily explained to him. Could this day get any more surreal? She'd kissed House twice and was now discussing her love life with her teenage brother as her father was having a massive tumor removed. "And as for the other stuff ..." she paused, wondering why she was sharing like this, but she couldn't quite make herself stop. "Look, I will admit that there is a certain attraction between House and myself, but this is not how we usually behave around one another, and when we get back to our normal environment …" she stopped as she felt tears prick the back of her eyes, but forced herself to go on. "When we get back to Princeton then everything will go back to normal, and he'll more than likely act like this little aberration never happened." She took a deep breath and forced a smile to her face. "Which is probably for the best. House is House. There's no middle ground with him, and I am his boss which means that we're always in conflict." She gave him a wry expression. "You've seen how acts here, and believe it or not, this is him on his best behavior. He can't stand me most of the time."
Patrick raised his eyebrows in surprised amusement. "He likes you, Lisa. When Jack told me that you were coming up, I wasn't sure if I wanted you here. I don't know you. You've always been almost a taboo subject with Dad. So I asked House about you because he seemed like someone who wouldn't lie to be nice. He told me that you were smart and funny and weren't entirely horrible to be around, which is probably a compliment, coming from him."
Cuddy felt a tear break free and she impatiently wiped it away. She couldn't believe that House had said those things about her, but at the same time, she didn't want Patrick's words to give her hope that they could ever be ... more. She knew that House liked her on some level, but it had never been enough.
"It's complicated," she finally told Patrick who seemed to be waiting for some sort of response. She could tell that he really didn't understand. She couldn't blame him. She didn't really understand either. Taking a deep breath, she tried to regain some control over her emotions and looked down the hallway. "We should probably get back before they send out a search party." She turned back to look at him with a genuine smile. "Besides, I'm sure hearing me ramble on about things you probably don't care about isn't what you were hoping for when you planned this little ambush."
Patrick shrugged and got up. "I was hoping to turn you bright pink so I was pretty successful. The rest of the stuff ... well I guess there are worst things I could be doing."
Cuddy smiled and hooked her arm around his. "Patrick … I know it's kind of weird, but thanks. I think I needed to get some of that stuff off my chest."
"No problem. It's nice to think about something other than the surgery for five minutes," he said sadly.
"Yeah," Cuddy agreed as she followed Patrick back to the waiting room.
tbc -- hopefully soon, but no promises.
You know the drill ... :-)