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ALONG THE ALAMANCE / ORANGE COUNTY LINE � In front of Track Side Barber Shop a sign designates the change of county.
That line � or border � becomes more significant this week, with the third round of the Class 3-A state playoffs in football sending Orange to invade Eastern Alamance on Friday night.
All was quiet on the battle lines Tuesday.
The talk inside the barber shop was void of the big game, the one that will send a team to within one more victory of playing for a state championship.
�We talk about women,� one man said, declining to give his name because he didn�t want his wife to nix future trips to the county line.
The neighboring schools are playing a game that�s dubbed so big that presale tickets are on sale at Eastern Alamance in an effort to reduce the wait time in line at the gates on game night.
When it comes to Eastern Alamance and Orange, there�s often sharing. Mebane is largely associated with Alamance County, and it�s the home of Eastern Alamance.
But there�s the �other� side of Mebane, the one that includes the Orange school district. That�s why there are those with Mebane addresses who attend Orange.
There�s the Orange-Alamance Water System, headquartered just down N.C. 70 from the barber shop on the Orange County side; the Alamance-Orange Prison Ministry; and a website called alamanceorange.com with information about both sides of the border.
Not to mention the much-disputed Alamance / Orange boundary, a debate that lingered for years between county commissioners from each side.
Orange football coach Pat Moser crosses the county line daily on his commute.
Eastern Alamance and Orange have been longtime combatants in athletics. Yet with realignments and scheduling issues, they no longer meet annually in football.
That�s why the get-togethers tend to come with higher stakes. They�re in the postseason.
Two years ago, Orange stopped by to end Eastern Alamance�s glorious volleyball season in the state playoffs. Last spring, Eastern Alamance went to Orange and left with a baseball victory in the state playoffs.
Now, we have this.
Downtown in Mebane, the rotating message board in front of Mebane�s 1st Savings & Loan Association notes the Orange at Eastern Alamance football game among its messages. That�s followed by a quick flash of �Go Eagles,� showing the hometown bias.
Back at the county line, A&M Grill is closed, so that�s no longer a gathering place. It�s a mostly older clientele for barbers Patricia White and Stephanie Meadows at Track Side Barber Shop.
This week�s game hasn�t consumed the conversation while waiting for the scissors. One patron said a game 40 or 50 years ago might be something to talk about.
�They do talk a lot, but not about football,� Meadows said, adding a �Go Eastern� given that her children attend the school.
The only hint of taking sides comes with Kevin Rogers� T-shirt that read �Eagles� across the front. And he�s a 1993 Orange alum.
No worries, he hasn�t crossed the line. The �Eagles� refers to Morehead State, a Kentucky school with a connection to his wife.
If nothing else, prodding about the impending game and the county line sparks a discussion regarding the whole boundary issue. One man admits he changed sides, moving from Orange County to Alamance County for lower taxes.
And there�s one more topic involving economics, a pointed comment aimed in a certain direction. A patron waiting his turn said: �Bald-headed guys get a good price in here.�
Now we�re talking. Game on.
Bob Sutton is sports editor of the Times-News.


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Robin Williams's face is comforting. Beneath all its cartoonish malleability, there's a pair of sad eyes looking back at you, and the hybrid is something that at once tickles your funny bone yet makes you want to cry. In certain ways, Williams's role in 1995's "Jumanji" is a perfect fit for his tragicomedy output. Playing a man torn away from his family and trapped inside a board game's deadly jungle for decades, Williams gives a lively and moving performance in this adaptation of a Chris Van Allsburg book. The film brings back many memories, being one of my first introductions to Williams aside from his voice talent as the Genie from "Aladdin," as well as the first time I saw Kirsten Dunst on screen.
Even today, "Jumanji" holds up as an entertaining adventure with humor, heart and even some slight moments of horror. That's why it's a shame to see the film rebooted in blatant cash-grabbing fashion with the upcoming release of "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillen and Jack Black in an updated version of this classic tale. I'd imagine this reboot's impending release led to the decision to haphazardly update the Blu-ray for the original "Jumanji," as well as creating a 4K Ultra HD copy for people with the proper equipment.
The new Blu-ray obviously features a sneak peek of "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," because that's the reason for its existence. Aside from this promotion and two additional bonus features (never-before-seen deleted scenes and a new gag reel), there's nothing that distinguishes this Blu-ray to other incarnations, including a 20th anniversary edition that came out in 2015. Unless you're springing for the 4K, save your money.
Bonus features include:
• Sneak Peek of "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle"
• NEW Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes
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• Two episodes of the 1996 "Jumanji: The Animated Series" TV show
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Crucifix belonging to Father John Bapst, ca. 1850Item 35390 info
John Bapst Memorial High School
During his three years at Old Town, he served the Indians and Catholic families in mission stations as far west as Waterville and Skowhegan.
During a cholera epidemic in which many of his parishioners died, he managed to give last rites to all but one victim.
In some huts, he reportedly found as many as 15 stricken people lying in heaps upon the floor, even dead bodies piled among the living.
After leaving the Indian Island mission, Father Bapst and two assistants served the spiritual needs of 9,000 Catholics scattered over an area of 200 square miles, a region from Eastport to Rockland.
In January 1853, Father Bapst established a residence in Ellsworth. He soon built a larger church for the growing population and quickly became known for his kindly disposition, his charity, and his scholarly ways.
Father Bapst's religious ardor as well as his plan to build a Catholic school in Ellsworth resulted in the attack by members of the Know-Nothing Party.


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Academic Advisors remain alert to any barriers to student academic performance and guide students to address these appropriately. The advisor needs to be able to refer students to appropriate academic and support services to enhance both their student experience and their academic success. Faculty advisors are expected to initiate contact with each advisee during a student's first two semesters on campus and when a new advisee is assigned to the advisor (includes newly declared majors and transfer students). After the first two semesters, maintaining regular contact with the advisor is the responsibility of the advisee. The advisor will be prepared to meet with and listen to his/her advisees on a regular basis. Advisor and advisee share responsibility equally for the success of the advising relationship.


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LMM wrote:Pit Boss has felons in it? I admit, I haven't seen all the shows but I thought that was more geared towards Little People.
I think the shows essentially do a good job of portraying our breed in a much better light but also, tend to lead to the thought process of "it's all in how they are raised!". I'd like to see a show like Liz, normal people and their pit bulls that cover all the basics of pit bull ownership. I suppose that would be quite boring though.
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Speculation was an award-winning, highly influential British fanzine edited by Peter Weston.
Speculation was released under the title Zenith for the first six issues, which lasted from 1963 till 1964. It was then called Zenith Speculation for issues 7 to 13, between 1964 and 1966. At that time it assumed its final identity, Speculation.
Contributors to Speculation include Brian Aldiss, John Boston, John Brosnan, Ken Bulmer, F.M. Busby (Cry of the Nameless), John Foyster, Richard Gordon, Tim Hildebrand, Lang Jones, David Masson, Archie Mercer, Beryl Mercer (Link), Michael Moorcock (Ergo Ego), Larry Niven, Alexei Panshin, John J. Pierce, writing on Cordwainer Smith, Martin Pitt, Charles Platt, Chris Priest, and Bob Rickard, and Ben Solon.
Artwork was contributed by Jim Cawthorn.
Speculation also featured and interview with writer J.G. Ballard.
Letters of comment included Ivor Latto.
A series of "Speculation Conferences" were also organised, adopting a similarly "sercon" approach to science fiction analysis. It won the very first Nova Award, in 1973.


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Marking its 15th anniversary as a leading online platform for exploring Irish history and heritage worldwide, The Wild Geese is turning to non-conventional sources to fund a complete revamp of the popular website.
Attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually and named a "Top Choice" website for "serious fans of Ireland's contribution to world culture" by the Wall Street Journal, the planned site upgrade will add engaging social-sharing and community-building capabilities, along with the benefits of innovative "Heritage Partner" affiliations.
The online funding effort, hosted on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.com, began Mon., Nov. 12, 2012, and will run 30 days through Tues., Dec. 11 with the goal of raising $15,000 to create a new web experience for The Wild Geese's nearly 20,000 unique visitors each month. Its creators are already re-imagining the site's hand-crafted, folksy but decidedly outmoded look and dated navigation, and enhancing its hundreds of articles by incorporating social-sharing innovations. They also plan to build a community designed to facilitate hundreds of conversations daily among the 72 million people of Irish ancestry worldwide, 37 million in the United States alone.
"With its goal of attracting modest contributions from within our constituencies, crowdfunding is ideal for The Wild Geese, which is all about community ¾ a passionate community of people who want to explore, discuss, promote, preserve and celebrate their Irish heritage worldwide," said The Wild Geese Executive Producer and co-founder Gerry Regan.
The key, he said, is bringing together within its pages, the thousands of heritage marketers throughout the Irish Diaspora and the huge audience worldwide that wants to better understand their Irish roots and the experiences of their ancestors. But that can't be done with the current site.
Regan, a journalist and lifelong, self-described "student of history," Micah Chandler, and Joseph E. Gannon, a fellow Irish history devotee and writer, created the site in November 1997, naming it for "The Wild Geese," Irish soldiers forced to emigrate from their homeland in 1691 after being defeated by overwhelming forces, a symbol the two hold forth for all the Irish who left their country due to famine, poverty, injustice and lack of opportunity then made their marks on countries around the globe.
"The inspiring story of the Wild Geese is really the story of global Irish. We are creating this new online community experience to tell that story the right way," Regan said. "We've put together a compelling case for support through the video and narrative on our IndieGoGo campaign page, along with great Irish-themed thank-you gifts for donors from our Heritage Partners ¾ books, music, documentary films, art, jewelry and exclusive experiences."
Donor rewards are to include jewelry incorporating the claddagh and wild geese in flight; a subscription to Irish America Magazine; a custom report on the history of your Irish ancestral townland from Cork-based Know Thy Place; a Certificate of Irish Heritage; an Irish music CD pack featuring Heritage Partners Cherish the Ladies, Black 47, Derek Warfield, Ashley Davis, Jed Marum, Marie Reilly, Grainne Holland, and others; football jerseys from The GAA Store; genealogy advice from Ireland-based experts Helen Kelly and Nicola Morris; story telling from seanachie Jim Hawkins; books from author and activist Father Sean McManus, historians Turtle Bunbury, John Ridge and Lynn Bushnell, Art Mattson, and Joe McGowan; artwork by Edmund Sullivan, John A. Walsh, and Maryann Tracy; the color catalog from the new Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, and much more.
Whether they're part of the global Irish family or just devotees of Irish history and culture, donors will help create a new Wild Geese, graced with a vast library of archived content, a site that's more welcoming, better looking, easier to use, and with many new features for social sharing and community building.
To learn more about The Wild Geese, readers can visit the project's campaign page here.


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It was already expected that support for PowerMac G4 machines would arrive - in fact, it's the one reason why I keep my own PowerMac G4 dual 450Mhz around. We already did a little digging ourselves, with little results. Hopefully, this means I can write an addendum to our MorphOS review shortly.
Apparantly, it should technically be the case that all PowerMac G4 models are supported, but it will most likely come down to which chipsets and components were used by Apple for each individual model. One constant: you'll need an ATI Radeon video card, as NVIDIA chips are not supported by MorphOS - at all. We'll need to wait until the actual release of a new MorphOS version with this support built-in ("sooner rather than later") before we can get an accurate and detailed overview of which models are supported.
This is great news, and support for PowerMac G4 machines is much more useful to aspiring MorphOS users than Mac mini support. For some inexplicable reason, G4 Mac mini machines are still quite expensive, while PowerMac G4 models are cheaper than toilet paper. Do make sure, however, that any G4 PowerMac you buy for MorphOS has an ATI Radeon card.


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Half Past Dead (UK - BD)
Our own Scott McKenzie checks Steven Seagal's sequel to Quarter Past Dead...
I could start by discussing the finer points of Half Past Dead's plot, but after watching the movie I can't see how it wasn't important to writer/director Don Michael Paul so I may as well not bother.
What Half Past Dead clearly wants to be (or certainly where it steals ideas from) is Die Hard meets The Shawshank Redemption. Steven Seagal and Ja Rule are locked up in Alcatraz just before a crack squad of terrorists that are really thieves turn up, hoping to blackmail their way to untold wealth. It's up to our hero to save the day along with his wisecracking sidekick. However, Steven Seagal takes more of a back seat in this movie and it's pretty obvious this is the movie that was supposed to propel Mr Rule to box office stardom. Incidentally, it's also the first of a short series of movies where Seagal is buddied up with a rapper, just before his movies started to go directly to DVD.
It's no surprise that Half Past Dead was not a commercial success. Great action movies are based around strong characters and (partly) believable situations, but what we have here is a set of mindless action scenes tenuously linked together. A lot of the action on screen happens for no good reason and the characters often stop what they should be doing just so they can have a choreographed punch-up. Most unbelievable of all are Ja Rule's fight scenes, where he is thrown around in ways that defy the laws of physics. And don't even get me started on his flight out of a car in the opening scenes.
The dialogue is appalling on more than one level. First of all, we get Steven Seagal mumbling his way through the screenplay with very little charisma, but then we get line upon line of 'street' dialogue including an excruciating sequence where Ja Rule teaches Seagal to talk like a black man. It's clear that either this movie was supposed to serve two purposes—improve Seagal's street cred and give the 'urban' demographic an action movie starring 'people they can relate to'. Half Past Dead succeeds on neither of these counts and I found the whole thing pretty offensive to be honest.
Long before making this movie, Steven Seagal apologised for making movies that were 'less than spiritual', but he continues to make lowest common denominator action movies. There are one or two moments of deeper meaning with talk of death between Seagal and a man on death row but even though it explains the stupid title of the movie, it goes no way towards redeeming the whole production. Half Past Dead is notable only for appalling dialogue, pointless use of slow motion, far too much eye shadow on the bad chick and one of the dumbest stand-offs ever committed to film.
Half Past Dead is presented in 1.78:1 1080p and the quality of the picture follows the pattern of other recent mediocre releases—sometimes it looks great, but at other times it looks pretty bad. The movie opens with a dark scene involving bright lights in the background, which does the picture no favours, highlighting the edge enhancement and grain in the picture. The grain is particularly bad when the action goes into slow motion, which is more often than is necessary. However, this is quite a colourful movie and the colours are bright from beginning to end and as expected, there is good detail in close up shots.
With a Dolby TrueHD audio track, fans of Ja Rule will be in hip hop heaven, since so many of his songs are used on the soundtrack. The only problem with this is that the music is given so much focus that it's considerably louder than anything else. I assume this is a problem with the audio editing rather than this particular transfer. It's most obvious during the big action sequences where the viewer is blasted into their sofa with rap (and occasionally metal) music that drowns out the explosions that should blow them away. The dialogue is also quieter than I expected, notably during the opening credits. There are some decent sound effects during the brief moments when music isn't playing but for some reason they are given the surround treatment when they don't need it. For example, when a character is strapped into the electric chair, the effects come through the rear speakers even though the shot on screen is a close up of the device making the noise. Surely the effect should have come through the front channels?
If I had to sum up the director's commentary in one word, that word would be 'denial'. He tells us that the screenplay was written ten years earlier and was called The Rock, but it had to be delayed because of Michael Bay's vastly superior (my words, not his) blockbuster. He admits to playing on the gangster rap angle and waxes lyrical about the growing influence of rap music, blah blah, and then admits that he hadn't heard anything by Ja Rule before he was cast! Phrases like 'strong performances' and 'hip hop opera' leave his mouth without even a hint of sarcasm.
The thirteen-minute 'Making of' is promotional fluff, focusing more on Ja Rule and behind the scenes footage of the stunts. There are plenty of clips from the movie and given the relatively short running time, quite a few spoilers. There are three deleted scenes that would have only served to make the torture last longer and a theatrical trailer. There are no Blu-ray exclusive extras aside from trailers for Men in Black, Vantage Point, Close Encounters and Blu-ray in general, and a BD-Live option that requires a higher profile player than I (and many consumers) have.
The Marine is the worst action movie I've ever seen and I'm sorry to say that Half Past Dead runs it pretty close. There are so many better movies out there that are what this production wants to be and even if you've seen them a million times before, you should watch them again before going near this stinker. This transfer doesn't look great and doesn't sound too bad but with no exclusive extras, the idea of releasing Half Past Dead on Blu-ray is as dumb as the movie itself. It could have been worse though—they could have used Seagal's songs on the soundtrack instead of Ja Rule's.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Scott McKenzie
Marcus1138 Contributor Join Date: June 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 910
"It could have been worse though—they could have used Seagal's songs on the soundtrack instead of Ja Rule's."
WORSE....or better? hehehe
WORSE....or better? hehehe
Dragonrage Member Join Date: July 2008 Location: Croatia Posts: 64
Well, looking roughly Seagals career in the last 8 years, Half Past Dead is actually one of his better titles...
See titles such as "Out for a Kill", "Out of Reach", "Black Dawn", "Attack Force" (or better don't lol) and some others...these are really bad movies ... worse than this, believe me .
See titles such as "Out for a Kill", "Out of Reach", "Black Dawn", "Attack Force" (or better don't lol) and some others...these are really bad movies ... worse than this, believe me .
rebel-scum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,101
I'll watch The Marine 1000 times over before I ever watch this c**p again. Maybe if it hadn't been obviously watered down to appeal to a teen market, some gratuitious bloodshed and swearing might have at made it half tollerable... oh who am I kidding.
Chaos Engine Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: Anguilla Posts: 625
Half Past Caring!
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 25th August 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 French, Dolby Digital 5.1 Russian
Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish
Extras: Commentary, Making of, Deleted Scenes,
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Don Michael Paul
Cast: Steven Seagal, Ja Rule, Morris Chestnut, Kurupt, Claudia Christian
Genre: Action
Length: 98 minutes
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Elmer's funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 4, 2014 at the Sand Hill Lutheran Church, rural Climax, MN
Elmer J. Larson, age 95, of Grand Forks (formerly Climax, MN) died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at the Woodside Village in Grand Forks. Elmer, son of Martin and Helga "Josephine" (Thoreson) Larson, was born on September 29, 1918 at rural Climax, MN. He grew up and was educated at Climax, graduating from Climax High School in 1939. He was united in marriage with Marion Neil on October 26, 1941, at Sand Hill Lutheran Church in rural Climax. They lived in Grand Forks where he worked at American Crystal Sugar Co., and later they moved to Moorhead where he was employed at the Concordia farm. They started farming in rural Climax, in 1946 and they farmed there until retiring in 1983. In 1999, Elmer and Marion moved into East Grand Forks and three years ago, they moved to Grand Forks.
Elmer was a lifetime member of the Sand Hill Lutheran Church, as he was baptized, confirmed and married there. He served as a board member for the Climax School Board, the West Polk County ASCS Board, the Halstad Telephone Company Board and the Climax Grain Board. Elmer and Marion enjoyed traveling to many countries after retiring from farming. They enjoyed music , dancing, and attending grandchildren's activities. He was a member of the Sand Hill Lutheran Church Choir and the Men's Quartet
He is survived by Marion, his wife of 72 years; five children: Judith (Robert) Hoffman of Waseca, MN, Linda (Darren) Pahl of Zumbrota, MN, Arlan (Dana) Larson of Climax, MN, Wanda (Bill) Scoville of Fargo, ND and Owen (Connie) Larson of Climax; fifteen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews; and a sister-in-law: Gloria Larson of Joliet, IL. He was preceded in death by his parents: Martin and Helga; three sisters: Anna Evenson, Idella Grove and Helen Evenson; five brothers: Adolph, William, Lars, Melvin and Joseph Larson; three siblings who died in infancy; and a brother-in-law, Robert Neil.
Elmer's funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 4, 2014 at the Sand Hill Lutheran Church, rural Climax, MN, with the Rev. Joy Grainger, officiating. Visitation will be at the Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home in Crookston on Friday, January 3, 2014 from 5 to 7 PM with a 7 PM prayer service, and also at the church for one hour prior to the funeral on Saturday, January 4th. Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers. May God richly bless the memory of Elmer J. Larson.
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Russia Debate: Closing Remarks, part 2 (12 of 12)
Russia is becoming our enemy again Moderator: Edward Lucas Speaking for the motion: Claudia Rosett, Bret Stephens and J. Michael Waller Speaking against the motion: Nina Khrushcheva, Robert Legvold and Mark Medish IQ2US marks the launch of Oxford-style debating -- one motion, one moderator, three advocates for the motion, three against -- in New York City. Each evening begins at 6:00P with a complimentary cocktail period. As you enter the theater before the debate starts at 6:45P, you cast your vote for or against the evening's motion. Those results are displayed midway through the debate as each side makes its statements. After all six panelists speak, the audience has a chance to ask the speakers questions and vote again. The debate finishes with brief summations from the panelists, the votes are tallied and a winning side is declared.
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|2012-10-20, 04:44
|Link #23221
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Poland
Age: 32
Issa might be siding with Gyokuro, at the moment, because he wants to revive Akasha.
After all, I believe that he has had some feelings toward Akasha and who knows how losing her, affected his mental state.
Basically he might be trying to revive her, by temporary ailing with Gyokuro, while secretly plotting his own moves, in order to revive / separate Akasha from Alucard.
In other words, something similar to what Miyabi is doing - who "officially" seems to support the goals of Fairy Tail, but also has, some secret agenda, different from what the main branch of Fairy Tail want to achieve.
It's possible that Issa's case is similar.
As for the protagonists winning / losing the current situation - I didn't mean that they will lose completely, just that they might be forced to retreat, due to not being strong enough to completely resolve the matter of Alucard's resurrection.
After all, while currently he seems to be under the control of the "Alucard control device" that Moka's Rosario has been turned into, I definitely think that this object has some limitations, which I think will be revealed in the future chapters.
In other words, I believe that (although with some difficulties) the Newspaper Club + the Wong family, might be capable of stopping Fairy Tail's current plans on using Alucard to destroy the human world, it will only be a temporary solution, and won't fully resolve all the issues that Alucard's existence brings.
At least that's what my intuition tells me, since... well to me it would be too easy, and convenient, if the problem of Alucard would be completely resolved in a single arc.
Of course, it would be a different matter if it would be the last arc of this manga, but that's obviously not the case here, since there are obviously quite a lot things that still need to be resolved, and it would be too much to contain them in a single story arc.
|2012-10-20, 12:50
|Link #23223
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Holy crap, forgot there was a chapter released the other week!
Aw, poor Kokoa. That's got to be one of the most daunting inferiority complexes I've ever seen. Not just one amazing older sister to measure up to, not even two, but three. Jesus. But it seems she's got the family strength in her after all. Made me laugh to see how Issa smiled as she demonstrated her new power. Like he was thinking, "'Atta girl."
|2012-10-20, 15:33
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
Issa: *smiles at Kokoa's display* That's my baby girl.
Kokoa: *blushes* ...Fa-father...
Issa: You truly are one of my daughters - I'm so proud of you, Kokoa.
Koka: *nearly in tears* Daddy...Daddy acknowledged me...! He acknowledged me!
Kahula: I'm so happy for you, Kokoa-chan!
Readers: **Aww, he can't be evil - he really does love his daughters!**
Issa: Well then, Fuhai-dono. I believe that I have to kill you now.
Fuhai: ... *sighs*
Readers: **That evil bas####!!!**
|2012-10-20, 15:50
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Somewhere
^If i havent read the latest chapter I would have belived what you posted
Now then would do you guys think now that the battle has started and Tuskune's hand has already transformed.
What if-
Tuskune-"transforms into ghoul/alucard mode" attacks Moka
In the middle of battle where Issa is battling Fuhai Issa looks over and sees Tuskune, drops the vattle with Fuhai and attacks Tuskune
Issa- You d@mn bastard attacking my daughter I the leader of vampires shall banish you
Issa and Ghoul Tuskune battle each other near death and then Fuhai inturpts
Issa- You d@mn bastard attacking in the middel of a man attacking my daughter i shall banish you
Issa beats Fuhai
Issa- Now where were we, oh yes you attacking my daughter unacceptable.
Ghoul Tsukune- scrathing his head??????
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For the next chapter, I think we may see some more b**tkicking from Fuhai and team B... should be interesting... maybe we'll even find out what Haiji is Lesser probability would be one of the people counted as "out" right now (Akua, Akasha) popping back up... But what the raging fangirl inside of me wants to see is Tsukune asking Issa Shuzen just what it would take to be able to court one of his daughters
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Well, in my opinion, Akasha's return wouldn't be a good idea at the moment.
The reason, being the fact that in the flashback to Moka's past, Akasha herself said that she dosen't think she will be capable of getting out of Alucard on her own.
In other words, I think the matter of Akasha's return needs some development, and it wouldn't be a wise idea to pull it out of nowhere, like what occurred with Issa's appearance on the scene.
As for the topic of another separation into Season III, I see no point in Ikeda doing that - after all, the first separation occurred. because R+V changed the magazine in which it was being released, and so far I have seen nothing indicating that the same thing might happen again.
Furthermore a separation into "Season III" might mean that we will be forced to wait for a longer period of time, then a single month, between the last chapter of the "Second Season" and the "Third Season" of this manga, and I honestly doubt anyone of you, would want something like that to happen.
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^Spoil sport. tosses wet noodles at Chris38 I do believe I said that that occurance was unlikely because of when in the school year they actually are.
Still want him to make some sort of comment about his relationship to Moka to her father, though he IS likely to get a beat-down for it from the rest of the harem
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And that, wouldn't be a wise thing, considering the state Tsukune is currently in - after all, he reached the limit of youkai energy he can "safely" control during the fight against Akua, and we honestly don't know, if he would be capable of using more youkai energy, in his current state.
Of course, considering the situation the group is currently in, Tsukune might have no choice but to continue fighting, despite his current unstable condition.
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A punch.
He didn't even reveal his true form.
Oh you bet your balls Haiji is more than capable. xD
Can't wait for him, Gin and Ling to start kicking butt
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We're also going to take a look at the options out there for Microsoft Surface accessories. There are a couple of adapters that might prove essential and everyone could use some extra storage. The choices for cases are limited, partly perhaps because the Surface tablet has a built-in kickstand (something that cases and covers often offer) and partly because manufacturers are unsure how popular it will be.
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It is bigger and it only comes in black, but for serious typists the mechanical keys of the Type Cover are going to be far preferable to the Touch Cover keyboard. It is still only 6mm thick and it weighs 0.55 pounds. It also has the trackpad and shortcut keys and it clicks on with the same magnetic attachment. The Type Cover really makes the Surface feel like a laptop and it's much easier to get used to than the Touch Cover which makes it well worth the extra $10.
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If you were expecting to find any extras beyond the power supply in your Microsoft Surface box then you'll be disappointed. Many will consider these pricey adapters to be essential, and they are described as "proprietary". For $40 a piece you can get an adapter for any HDMI-compatible display or one for any VGA-compatible display. This is definitely the simplest way to see your Surface content on a big screen or through a projector. Don't feel that you have to splash out for the official adapter, though, because the Surface has a standard micro-HDMI port so any HDMI-to-micro-HDMI cable will do and if you shop around there's no need to spend more than $5.
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Since there is actually only 16GB free in a 32GB Microsoft Surface you might be looking for extra storage sooner than expected. The Surface supports microSD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards. You can pick one up from Amazon at about $10 for 16GB up to about $60 for a 64GB card. You'll find the memory card slot behind the kickstand. For cheap storage without any added bulk a memory card is your best bet.
Thumb drive or flash drive ($10 to $60)
The Surface tablets also have a USB port. The RT has a USB 2.0 port and the Surface with Windows 8 Pro has a USB 3.0 port. If you invest in a fast flash drive you'll be able to transfer files quickly and easily. You can back up emails or documents and you can watch movies or listen to music. These handy accessories are a cost-effective and convenient way to boost your storage capacity and they're great for transferring files from your old PC or laptop. They come in all shapes and sizes and you can find a comparison via the link above. If you need more space then consider an external hard drive instead.
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With support for Bluetooth 4.0 you could choose any Bluetooth headset to use with your Surface. The tablets do have built-in dual digital mics, stereo speakers, and a camera, but some people prefer a headset when they Skype. Whether you want to go for the Plantronics Voyager Legend or something from Jawbone, Motorola, or Aliph, really depends on your requirements and your budget.
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All the gamers out there will be glad to learn that the Surface tablet supports wired Xbox 360 controllers. It won't work with wireless controllers, but just like any Windows PC, if you plug a wired Xbox 360 controller into the USB you'll be able to play games with it. This is more exciting for the Windows 8 Pro version of the Surface tablet because it will support a lot more games. It will be interesting to see whether Microsoft tries to make XBLA games available as it pushes more cross-compatibility with the Xbox 360 in your living room. The second screen app soon to be released on Windows 8 and RT, Xbox SmartGlass looks like the first step.
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The fact that the Surface tablets boast USB ports and have Bluetooth support means there is already a long list of potential Surface accessories. There's no need to wait for a bunch of dedicated accessories to be released. You may well find your existing mouse or Bluetooth headphones will work with your new tablet. Post a comment and tell us about your favorite Surface accessories so far.


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Ask your hubby what the poops look like, color and consistency. They should be transitioning from that black tar to quite liquidy and yellow. In between, they will look green, brown ,etc with varying consistencies. Any formula changes the way poops look (and smell.)
Obviously, feed the babies. If you have to supplement, do it. But make sure you REALLY have to. Pumping, supplementing, and around the clock nursing is way more exhausting than just around the clock nursing. 10% weight loss is scary but only slightly more than normal-most babies lose weight after birth, especially a birth with lots of interventions.
How much help do you have? You need more than just the other parent when it is twins. REAL help, live in if possible, who will support you and take care of you so you can do nothing else except heal your body and feed and snuggle your babies.
I had a c-section with my oldest who came at 37 weeks after a traumatic labor and my milk "came in" on day 6. So this is little late but can be normal. But remember this:
1) Colustrum (the first milk that comes right after birth) is super sonic food, is very, very scant, sort of a honey color and hard to see, (also hard to pump) and very very important for babies to have, and they get it my nursing a ton in the early days. (Nursing a ton also brings your abundant milk in more quickly). Colustrum IS milk. And how. Super sonic milk. Just not the abundant white looking kind. And babies do not gain and usually lose some weight in the early colustrum days. This is normal.
2) SOME moms have leaking, engorgement, giant inflatable breasts etc when milk becomes abundant. But many do NOT. If your babies are nursing efficiently and often, this will help prevent any engorgement, which is actually something you do not want to experience if you can help it.
Look at weight gain and output (poops) to be sure your babies are getting enough. Make sure all weight gain is measured from the lowest known weights, not birth weight. make sure weight checks are done accurately and on the same scale every time. Nurse lots and lots. You cannot nurse too often.
Book suggestions: Mothering Multiples and The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (8th edition)
websites: http://www.karengromada.com/ & http://www.biologicalnurturing.com/
articles: handy diaper log: http://www.llli.org/docs/00000000000...diaper_log.pdf
feeding cues: http://www.llli.org/docs/00000000000...eding_cues.pdf
waking sleepy baby (if needed) http://www.llli.org/docs/00000000000...py_newborn.pdf
Great article on what is expected adn normal in the early days: http://kellymom.com/bf/normal/newborn-nursing/


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Nigeria Job: Too Good to be True Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Nigeria Job: Too Good to be True Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Africa Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message White_ElephantJoined: 02 Sep 2006Posts: 175 Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:47 am Post subject: Nigeria Job: Too Good to be True I just got this email and I thought it sounds too good to be true and to the extent that it seems laughable. Well, here's a good laugh: ATTN: English Teacher APPLICATION FOR YOUR SERVICE Let me first introduce my self, my name is George Ohiara, I work as a Recruiting Manager for Abia State University Private Language School Abia State University Private Language School is currently looking for young, enthusiastic, and creative teachers of English (Native Speakers of English and Non-Native Speakers from any country holding BA or a relevant teaching certificate (Trinity, TEFL, TESOL or equivalent ) Standard duties: 22 hours teaching Lesson preparation/plan Student reports (end of term) Placement interviews (beginning of term) Staff meetings (only as required) After going through ESL Teachers Board website on the Internet your resume was listed among others. Abia State University Private Language School is requesting for your updated resume for further previewing. Compensation and Benefits Package. 1.)A very attractive monthly salary which is Twelve Thousand, Nine Hundred U.S. Dollars. Paid in US$ or Euros 2.) An open ended contract with high savings potential 3.) Quality single or family housing within the school premises would be provided for the Employee 4.) Free medical care in Nigeria. 5.) Accident Insurance 6.) Paid airfares allowing full flexibility with holiday travel 7.) Personal effects shipment and excess baggage allowances 9.) Access to some of the finest social and recreational facilities in Nigeria Abia State University Private Language School expects you to reply back immediately by sending your resume if you are interested. Please note that resumes can be sent as Scanned Email attachment to .... or contact the undersigned to indicate your interest. Please ensure that your resume includes date of availability, current photo, copy of passport page and references. Contactable referees (by phone) will speed up your application a lot. Thank you in anticipation of your prompt response. George Ohiara, Recruiting Manager, Abia State University Private Language School Plot 12 -17 School Road Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria Phone Back to top i_teach_eslJoined: 02 Sep 2006Posts: 15Location: san diego, CA Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject: hmm, they forgot to add the part that you'll need to send 1000USD to get their visa/hireing process started. fully refundable upon arrival, of course. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:51 pm Post subject: Scams abound. And people continue to get suckered by them ! What amazes me is the offer expects us to believe the salary is US$12,900 a month ! Back to top MusadiJoined: 03 May 2005Posts: 2Location: Bangkok Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:32 am Post subject: Has anyone received a contract from this man? Back to top jammishJoined: 17 Nov 2005Posts: 1704 Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: 6000 pounds a month for a part time job! Why I'm sure ColinA would be interested Back to top abusalam4Joined: 24 Feb 2007Posts: 143 Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject: Nigerian scam I received an email from a pretending German working for an Oil Company over there. He expressed an interest to hire me and made similar fabulous promises concerning benefits, etc. I phoned him (he provoded a phone number in the mail) and talked to him in English first. From his accent, it was obvious this was a Nigerian I talked to and not someone from Europe or even Germany. Then I talked to him in German on the phone and he did not understand anything. Finally, I told him in English to p... off and never bother me again with his crap emails. These guys are organised in mafia-like structures, so beware of them! And tell them to go to hell; all the crap they will tell you is absolutely unfounded and must appear to be fairy tales from Stories of 1001 Nights. That´s the only thing they are good at, and the rest you can forget! Just today, I received a similar email from someone in the UK. They offered me 9.000 Pounds Sterling a month! Again, I phoned that guy and told him to go to hell. I also said that I will hand this matter to the police for furher investigation... Last week I also received an email like that from someone in Singapore. I sent this guy an email telling him that I am looking for job that pays me 100.000 USD a month for doing nothing and that I require a red VIP carpet to be there when leaving the plane. Have a guess whether I received an answer....lol. Back to top kirezJoined: 19 Apr 2007Posts: 29Location: Iraq Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject: the pattern doesn't make sense None of this makes sense. The email you posted above was nearly perfect. Scammers almost never get these things right. All of the information was realistic, appropriate, all the language was professional. The ONLY thing that was strange was the large amount of monthly salary. The first question is, how does someone (the supposed scammer) get so many aspects of the letter, job description, recruiting requirements, documents completely right --- and get ONLY ONE ASPECT astoundingly wrong? It doesn't make sense at all. I would have assumed some sort of typo, or substitution of the annual salary coupled mistakenly with the claim "monthly". And they only ask for a resume. These scammers certainly work differently (and are a thousand times more sophisticated) from Russian scammers. I would have simply assumed they made a typo, and asked them whether that was the case. It's really a bizarre situation, this attempted scam. How can they know so much about ESL to perpetrate such an accurate offer letter but also imagine that ESL teachers are decent *targets* for a scam? Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 5:58 am Post subject: In my experience, many EFLers are pretty low down the Bell Curve of Measured Intelligence Scores. Back to top TwinCentreJoined: 22 Mar 2007Posts: 273Location: Mokotow Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject: It is a well-documented scam....know some people who fell for it Back to top Henry_CowellJoined: 27 May 2005Posts: 3352Location: Berkeley Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject: To receive a contract for the job, you probably need to send them your bank account number and your ID numbers. All of your money will disappear forthwith!! Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject: How can people be so stupid as to fall for these '419' scams ? 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Seamless Kimono (Infant + Toddler Sizing)
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This stylish & practical sweater is knit from the top down without a single seam to sew! The border is picked up afterward allowing you the option of using a coordinating color. Pattern includes several design options including instructions for stripes and a textured central band, borders in seed or garter stitch and two types of button closures. With three sleeve lengths and sizing from NB-2T, this will become your kids' year round go-to sweater. Pattern is suitable for the beginning knitter and is a great choice for a first sweater project!
This pattern is also available here in extended child sizing 3-12.
This pattern was updated 11/9/11. If you purchased the pattern on Ravlery you can update your file by visiting your library and clicking on the UPDATE button next to your existing file. If you purchased this pattern elsewhere on the net and would like the updated version, please email me at carina at carinaspencer dot com with your purchase information -- reciept or date of purchase and email address -- so I can verify your purchase and send you the update.
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Directions are written for NB with changes for larger sizes in parentheses as follows: NB (3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 2T)
Sweater fits best with at least 1" and up to 3" of positive ease in the chest.
Finished + Blocked Measurements:
Chest: 16 (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)"
Length: 8½ (9½, 10½, 11½, 12½, 13½, 14½)"
Neck Width: 3 (3½, 3½, 3¾, 3¾, 4¼, 4¼)"
Sleeve: 5½ (6, 6½, 7½, 8, 8½, 8½)"
In stockinette stitch 19 sts and 25 rows = 4" using the larger needle size.
Yarn: In worsted to aran weight yarn you will need approximately 250 (270, 290, 320, 360, 400, 450) yards or 230 (245, 265, 295, 330, 365, 415) meters for a long sleeved sweater. If you choose a contrasting color (CC) yarn for the borders, it should be about 20% of your total yardage. The optional textured band uses about 15% of total yardage and yarn is referred to as Color C. Samples shown were knit with Dream In Color Classy.
NOTES FOR STRIPES: If you choose to work the sweater in stripes with CC borders your yarn should be divided as follows: Color A = 40%, Color B = 40%, CC = 20%
Needles: Double pointed needles (or needles appropriate for your preferred method of small circumference circular knitting) and circular needles in US sizes 8 (5mm) and 6 (4mm) or size required to obtain gauge and two sizes smaller. You will be knitting flat on these circular needles, so exact length is not critical, but at least 24" (60cm) long for comfort.
Notions: Scrap yarn, 4 stitch markers, darning needle for weaving in ends, and either 2 buttons about ⅝" - ¾" (1½ – 2 cm) in diameter or 1 button of any size.
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Pizza Hut offers job back to manager fired for allegedly refusing to open on Thanksgiving
The manager of an Indiana Pizza Hut has been offered his job back after claiming he was fired for refusing to open the restaurant on Thanksgiving.
Tony Rohr, who worked his way up from cook to manager at the restaurant, in Elkhart, Ind., over 10 years, said the company that owns the store dictated it be open for the holiday, and he refused.
"I said, 'Why can't we be the company that stands up and says we care about our employees and they can have the day off,?'" Rohr told WSBT 22. "Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only two days that they're closed in the whole year and they're the only two days that those people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their families."
After news of the reported firing made national headlines Wednesday night, Pizza Hut announced on its Facebook page that Rohr had been offered his job back.
"We fully respect an employee's right to not work on a holiday, which is why the vast majority of Pizza Huts in America are closed on Thanksgiving. As a result, we strongly recommended that the local franchisee reinstate the store manager and they have agreed. We look forward to them welcoming Tony back to the team," the statement read.
Earlier Wednesday, a Pizza Hut rep told WSBT 22 that the decision to remain open on Thanksgiving wasn't up to Rohr, and that it came from the corporate level.
Rohr wrote a letter venting his frustrations, saying: "I do not resign. However, I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company." He added, "I hope you realize that it is the people at the bottom of the totem pole that make your life possible."
Later, the station got in touch with the director of operations for the local chain and he told the news station that Rohr did not get fired, but rather, he quit.
It was not known late Wednesday if Rohr accepted the company's offer.
Pizza Hut is owned by Yum! Brands, which also owns Taco Bell and KFC.


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We had a great turnout of enthusiastic volunteers on Sunday, May 16 work party. The day was devoted to planning trails in the portion of Reiter identified for motorized trail development. Read more on DNRs Ear to the Ground Blog at: http://bit.ly/98VNS7
DNR staff and volunteers have been doing field work using GPS equipment to identify locations for sustainable trail development. Portions of the future 4x4 and ATV Trunk Trail systems have been mapped.
A half dozen folks have signed up to be forest watch volunteers, and we are working with them to schedule patrols. When Reiter Foothills Forest reopens, they will be our ambassadors in the woods, providing information to users about where they can and cant recreate, and improving safety by creating a presence in the area. Some of our forest watch volunteers are already out patrolling along the county road and making contacts with people. If you see one of these volunteers, be sure to thank them for being out there!
Illegal activities on the rise
DNR staff have noticed increased illegal activities at Reiter in the past few weeks. Recently, staff issued a $500 fine to people caught sawing up a downed cedar tree for firewood. At last Sundays work party, one of our forest watch volunteers discovered people who had set up camp and had parked their car illegally and had a campfire. These folks were also issued a citation.
Other signs of illegal activities: Some of the DNR signs are missing. Weve seen tracks from off road vehicles, horses, and mountain bikes in the closed area.
As a reminder, Reiter Foothills Forest is still temporarily closed to unauthorized vehicles, mountain bikes, or horses. Currently, the only allowed use is by foot. It is unlawful to operate any unauthorized vehicles in the Reiter Foothills Forest. If you see any suspicious activities, please call our regional office at 360-856-3500 or call 911.
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The Reiter Foothills Focus Group Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 26. Well be presenting a draft concept map of the non-motorized trails and will be asking for further input.
June 5, 2010 is National Trails Day, and well be celebrating with a work party. Meet at the usual time9:30 a.m. and at the same placethe gravel parking area off Reiter Road. Stay tuned for more details on what kind of work well be doing to honor National Trails Day.
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Sex after kids explored in a Q&A with author Kimberly Ford.
After writing about sex and parenting for various publications, author Kimberly Ford realized these were hot topics for a book ("sex sells!"). The result, Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids. The mother of three lives with her husband and kids in Menlo Park, Calif., but we managed to squeeze in some time to ask her about erotic dancing, Brazilian waxing, vibrators, communication, private time — and how these all contribute to having a healthy sex life after having kids.
1. From all the stories that you collected in your book, would you say that across the board sex lives get better after kids?
I actually think it's the opposite. I think the jury is still out as to whether or not kids are good for marriages, period. There is a psychological study that says that 83% of couples suffer some sort of moderate to severe crisis after kids come into the picture.
So I think the answer, at least initially, is that no, in fact kids are not at all good for your sex life. One of the most important things about the book though, and the final chapter goes into this in some depth, is that the experience of going through pregnancy, childbirth, and later child-rearing with someone else allows for a whole new level of trust and familiarity when your husband is seeing your body going through all sorts of changes and all sort of trauma.
2. You mentioned that having a child is the official transition from girl to woman. Can you expand on that?
It's just such an enormous experience in terms of what your body is actually physically doing, but also in terms of recognizing that your body really has a purpose. Your body is not there to look attractive; it's not there to be seen; it's not there to be worked out at the gym.
In fact, one of its main purposes is to procreate. This sense of knowing your body's worth, and all these amazing things your body can do, I think can enhance women's own self-respect, in terms of "Wow, this is what my body is capable of doing." Certainly bodies take a toll during the course of pregnancy and childbirth, and child-rearing.
I think for a lot of women too there is a maturity that comes with motherhood—that is another transition. So there's the physical transition from girlhood to womanhood, and then there's also this sense of having a larger purpose. Whatever your work-life may be, the fact is, you're responsible for someone else's wellbeing, and that's a very big thing. And it's super rewarding. I think most people would tell you, what our parents would say, that that's the most rewarding thing that they do, also the most challenging.
3. How do husbands either help or hinder the path that women take after kids to get back to feeling sexy?
That's a very good question. I think that probably husbands hinder more than they help. But I think it's entirely subconscious. Everyone is under a lot of stress. I remember missing my husband all day long, and I couldn't wait for him to get home. But then he'd walk through the door and I'd think, "Oh my God, what an asshole!" just because he wasn't in the trenches with me all day long. And I think there is a lot of that sort of tension.
Then of course, there's the tension from the father's side, which is that, you know, this is a person you're supposed to be physically intimate with—especially if you're in a monogamous marriage—and if that person is not feeling like she's wanting to be physically intimate then that's frustrating for everyone. So there's tension there. One of the most important things about the book is that the inspiration and the motivation needs to come from the woman.
Her body has been the site of the trauma of pregnancy and childbirth and her body, in most cases, is the one that's being tugged on all day long and sat on and burped up on. So really, the woman needs to find a way so that she's the one who's feeling good about any sort of sexual interaction.
One of the problems is that women feel like "My husband is just always wanting to have sex and I'm not." And again, there are psychological studies that prove that three years after the baby's born men are having three or four sexual urges a day and women have one every three days, or something.
So there's that natural disparity, but I think if a woman can find a way, whether that's through better communication with her spouse or whether that's a girl's night out, whatever it is that makes her feel more in touch with the sensual part of who she is. If a woman can find that, then in fact there are lots and lots of benefits to be had from the physical intimacy that you can maintain with your spouse.
4. What are some activities that mothers can do on their own, fathers can do on their own and then what can couples do together to help maintain a relationship?
There's a lot of practical information in the book although it's mostly full of anecdotes. I think one of the important things and one of the basic messages is just to prioritize things differently. If you can find a way, as a mom, to let the dishes pile up or let the dust bunnies accumulate — if you can let go of some of that stuff in the name of some physical intimacy then I think that's a huge step in the right direction. The fact is, your husband would rather have take-out than a home-cooked meal if it means you're going to get to bed 20 minutes early and have your needs met.
I also think that luckily we're getting a bit away from the cult of the child. Meaning that, for a long time there's been this sense that we have a lot of information and women are trying to raise the safest, happiest, healthiest, most well-adjusted children.
The fact is, providing them an image of a successful marriage is really an important part of raising happy kids. If you can let them sit in front of the TV for an extra half-hour in the early evening—when you might be more in the mood—rather than at 9:30 when everyone is trying to get to bed, then that's a better strategy for everyone. So, one of the things to do as a woman is to let go of some of the household responsibilities and then give yourself a break in terms of the parenting.
We do something called Private Time which just means the kids know they're not supposed to bug us, so that might be a glass of wine on the couch, it might be us chatting on the porch, but mostly it's us upstairs behind closed doors. The kids love it because it means that they get to watch an extra half-hour of video or they get to play on the computer, or whatever it is that they're doing. And everyone's safe.
I'm not sure that they understand at all what's happening, but the fact is, it gives us some flexibility and convenience. So you can find time on a Saturday afternoon instead of waiting until everybody's exhausted at 10 o'clock that evening.
5. Is there one key that you would recommend for a happy marriage?
I think probably the most important thing—and it's difficult—is communication. We didn't ever really have a big crisis in this department, but from people who've had a harder time, I think that communication is very, very important.
And I've had friends say that it's important to communicate outside of the bedroom, meaning go and talk about this stuff over a cup of coffee or somewhere where the woman isn't feeling put-upon. So it's not that she's expected to have intercourse with her husband when there's lots of tension, it's that they're going to try and communicate.
Not necessarily for a happy marriage but for a happier sex life, one of the keys, for a lot of women, is to find some sort of personal massager that is making it easier to have an orgasm. Literally, if you're looking at a fifteen-minute Private Time, then you don't have the hour and a half that you used to have, or the forty-five minutes or even the half-hour.
Everything is condensed, and if that is always translating into a quickie for the man, then that's not very satisfying. We didn't use any sort of vibrators or anything until after our second kid was born, and it was like a revolution.
Because suddenly, if it's better for both parties then both of you are going to be more interested in initiating. And it's just much more efficient, which sounds terrible to people who don't have kids, but the fact is, it needs to be somewhat efficient or else it's not going to happen in a household with lots of young children.6.
6. The people you mention in the book who'd experienced infidelity all had glossed over doubts about the relationship earlier in the marriage—have there been similar doubts in the minds of friends who haven't dealt with infidelity?
The nice thing about the book is it's optimistic—we joke that it's a celebration of monogamy, only to sort of offset the kind of wry tone of the title. But it is a celebration of monogamy, and there are twelve people, six couples at the heart of the book. And they are all people who've worked pretty hard on their marriages and so we collectively are very candid about why it works and why it doesn't.
The interesting thing for me, I interviewed three different women who all are divorced. And all divorced, in part because they were unsatisfied with the sexual part of their marriage. But in every single one of those cases, the women had had doubts even as early as their wedding night, if not before.
So, I think what happened in all three of the situations, which was interesting, is that the kids became the focus for both parents. I think that happens—if parents are having a problem it's easier to focus on the kids than to hash out what's actually happening. But if you have doubts very early on in the marriage and things are deteriorating then the natural thing is to focus on the kid, to the detriment of the marriage.
But again, it doesn't quite fit with the book because the book is an optimistic look about how you can maintain a healthy monogamous relationship. And one of the keys is, too, that if you're going to have sex with the same person for the rest of your life, you've got to figure out some ways to make it interesting and creative.
And I actually think, the years when you have young children are a good time for that because often you're having to explore. Maybe you discover pornography, like we did. I mean, that was something that I thought was terrible and then suddenly it is something that, in fact, is a useful tool. Same thing with a vibrator or maybe there are different sorts of sexual things that are exciting for a couple that they would discover in times of stress.
7. You're familiar with Esther Perel and Mating in Captivity. She talks about switching gears from being a wife and mother—a caregiver, to being a sexual partner and a woman. Would you agree it's an effort?
Yeah, I think that's a real challenge. My experience was a little different in that I was in graduate school when I had my first baby and I didn't have any help. I thought I wanted four children, and I thought that this whole motherhood thing was just going to be so fulfilling and my doctoral studies would just sort of disappear, and that this would be it. In fact, it was really difficult and those were some really dark days when the kids were super young.
So, my husband would get home and I literally would be like, 'We have to go to the bedroom right now and do this' because it was the way I was maintaining some semblance of self that wasn't totally eclipsed by the baby. At the end of a long day of chatting with moms at the park or going to a play group or going to Gymboree, or whatever my day had been full of — and lots and lots of conversation, very important conversation about how to get the baby to sleep through the night, or how to get your body back — I just felt like I needed to be an adult. Frankly, sex is a very efficient way to feel like that.
So, as long as it's on the woman's terms, and you don't feel like you're only pleasing your man or something, I think it's a very powerful way to switch gears. Oftentimes, that would be something that would happen right when he would get home. Which, I think, sometimes he would be like, "Whoa, I think I need to say hi to the kids," and I'm like, "There will be time for that!"
It was just very important for me to feel like I was still a wife and a woman, not just a mother. So, I think it's difficult to switch gears. And there's all that stuff in the 1950's about how you're supposed to change outfits and put on some make-up before your husband gets home and make sure that you don't just talk about your day. I was enraged when I first read some of that stuff, but I also feel like there's something to be said for the woman.
I'm certainly not advocating putting on make-up when your husband arrives home, but if you can do something to make yourself feel like you're out of the mom mode and into a different mode. I actually think that's very important for the woman as well, just for your sense of self.
Women are actually in a pretty good bargaining position here. I think the standard thing is that the husband is sort of ready to go and the woman is not. If you can bargain with your husband and say, "I'm more than happy to spend a half-hour in the bedroom with you, but I need to take a walk around the block first, or I get to have a glass of wine and go out and look at a magazine on the porch for 20 minutes.
Or, I get a soak in the tub afterward, or you take the kids to the park for a half-hour." I think that there can be some bargaining. If you can have some of those needs met, then you're more likely to feel in the mood or feel like you're wanting to respond well to some sort of sexual nuance. There is that importance of putting yourself first, and putting your needs as a woman first, ahead of the kids or the dinner, or whatever.
8. What was the most surprising thing you uncovered while writing this book?
One of the things—and it's a big topic right now—is the notion of hair removal. There's a funny chapter about that. Actually the same thing happened with pornography. I used to have very strong stances about natural bodies, and that pornography was terrible and awful. I realized then at some point that my feminist prerogative was such that I could make a decision, and that if watching pornography was arousing for me then there were certain situations where that was okay.
And the same thing with the hair removal. My younger sister had gone and gotten her first Brazilian waxing, and she said, "You really need to do this." At that point I had little kids and I'm like, "Look, I don't really believe in all of that and I don't really care about the whole bikini line and whatnot." And she said, "It's really not about the bikini line, it's much more about sensation."
9. So would you say that your sex life has improved?
Absolutely. I think that when you have young kids, I certainly wouldn't expect any sort of improvement. In fact, I think there is a pretty serious dip for most people in terms of satisfaction. But again, if you've figured out ways to be more creative, and you've figured out ways to have sex with very young children in the house it means that you're pretty motivated and you're pretty creative about your sexual activities. So I think, in the long run, it does, in fact, mean that you have better sex.
One other thing that we laugh about: I have a good friend, she has four kids and—this was before the 101-day people and the 365-day people —[she and her husband] were trying to have sex everyday for a while. And she said that she was thinking of it just like exercise.
You know, that it never ever sounds like a good idea to go for a jog, but once you've started it's not that bad, and then once you're into it, it's actually sort of pleasant, and then when you're done, you're always glad you did it. So if you take that exact analogy, and you apply it to sex—I mean, it's not easy to exercise when you have young children either, but it is important. Once you can get yourself going, once you're over the hump, then you're good!
10. Tell me more about the erotic dancing sessions that you organized.
My sister who is quite a bit younger than I am had this woman come in San Francisco and facilitate an erotic dance class when she was doing a bridesmaids' weekend away. And I realized that in fact these young girls, you know, these nubile lovelies who were, like, 23 did not need the erotic dance as much as we moms did. So, it was shocking, here in sleepy Menlo Park, we had six dance classes.
Some women, it was not their cup of tea. But it was shocking, actually, how much people loved it. My good friend, actually, installed two poles in her living room and so we did a pole-dance class at her house one evening.
The interesting thing was it wasn't really about the husbands. And believe me, nobody was arguing about babysitting that night, and there were lots of jokes about how all these dads were going to be waiting up for the moms who were arriving home.
But it was so empowering because for a lot of these women to rediscover themselves in a group like that—and you know, how many people have done a striptease at all, or even lap dancing or any of the rest of it? Not to mention fun and silly.
People ask how much of that got brought back into the bedroom. I actually don't think much of it got brought back in verbatim, but I do think it gave confidence. If you felt like you could give a decent lap dance or walk like a stripper walks down a runway or whatever, then it does give you confidence. That translates well—not exactly the dance moves themselves, but the confidence.


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DEAR ABBY: I confess, I can be a procrastinator. Last year, my holiday cards sat on my desk, blank and unaddressed until almost Easter, when it was far too late to send them. This year, I figured brevity was better than not getting them sent, so I had photo cards made and wrote short notes on each before mailing them.
DEAR ABBY: I confess, I can be a procrastinator. Last year, my holiday cards sat on my desk, blank and unaddressed until almost Easter, when it was far too late to send them. This year, I figured brevity was better than not getting them sent, so I had photo cards made and wrote short notes on each before mailing them.
Several of my relatives have now told me they felt �snubbed and offended� by my short notes. One aunt is particularly upset and said (via my mother) that my cards �clearly showed I don�t care about people, and I should have written proper letters or sent nothing.�
Was I wrong to think �some� card was better than no card at all? Also, how should I appease the aunt who is not speaking to me over this?
� Holiday Card Writer, Akron, Ohio
DEAR HOLIDAY CARD WRITER: I don�t think you were wrong. As to appeasing your aunt, who appears to be one of those individuals who hang onto imagined slights and delivers her messages via other people, perhaps you should consider leaving her off your Christmas card list from now on for fear of offending her further. Some people are just not �pleasable,� and your aunt may be one of them.
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DEAR ABBY: My 20-year-old son, �P.J.,� dresses in Army fatigues when he goes out. His clothes and boots � including name patches � make him look like a soldier. Because he seems so fascinated with the outfit, I asked him if he wants to consider joining the military. He said he�s not interested, he just likes �the look.�
I�m embarrassed when we�re out together. Friends have commented, �I didn�t know P.J. enlisted.� My response is, �He�s not in the military. He just likes to dress the part.� When strangers have approached him and thanked him for his service and for protecting our country, he actually says, �You�re welcome!�
When I try to talk to him about it, he gets angry and tells me to mind my own business. I feel he�s representing himself as someone he�s not. He does have a job. He buys his military gear online and at military shops.
How am I supposed to respond when people ask me obvious questions? Isn�t it illegal to dress in Army attire when you�re not affiliated with the military?
� Mom of A Civilian in West Virginia
DEAR MOM: I can see why you are embarrassed. You should be. What your son is doing may not be illegal, but it IS dishonest.
When you are asked if he is in the military, you should continue to tell the truth. Because your son doesn�t set people straight when he is thanked for his service, what he�s doing is disrespectful, unethical and unfair to anyone who actually HAS served.
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DEAR ABBY: I live in a small rural town with lots of nice neighbors. During the holidays, I receive a variety of delicious homemade gifts � jams, cookies, breads and other specialties.
I am careful about my diet and consume no white flour or sugar. This means I must thank the person for the gifts, then figure out what to do with them. I hate throwing them out, and I don�t know how to stop the practice. What�s the best way to handle this annual dilemma?
� Unsure in New England
DEAR UNSURE: If you work, consider bringing the goodies with you and sharing them with your co-workers. Or, donate them to a shelter or senior center where they might be enjoyed and appreciated.


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Making Roux
A nutty-flavored thickener used in New Orleans–style dishes
Roux is not hard to make. I repeat: Roux is not hard to make. A tasty, nutty-flavored thickener used in gumbo and several other New Orleans–style dishes, like crawfish étouffée, it's made by heating equal parts fat (usually vegetable oil) and flour, and browning the mixture on the stove. For gumbo,
- Shrimp and Okra Gumbo with Tasso
- Chicken and Andouille Gumbo
- Gumbo Z'herbes
- JAZZ STANDARD: Gumbo is the ultimate improvisational dish
the roux is typically cooked until it's the color of dark chocolate: Although darker roux thickens less than lighter, it is richer tasting.
When making roux, you must stir it constantly or it will burn. It has the reputation of being tricky because people either stop stirring it or do the opposite: They're so worried about it burning that they don't turn the heat up high enough, and it never browns. If you keep the pan nice and hot and don't stop stirring, you will not have a problem.
Roux doesn't gain anything from slow cooking, and some people make it in as few as five minutes by turning the heat way up and stirring at a frenzied pace. However, this is not for the faint of heart.
"It's too tense a process for my nerves. Also, roux that splashes on your skin goes all the way to the bone," says New Orleans cookbook writer and radio host Tom Fitzmorris. More likely your roux will take 25 to 40 minutes to turn chocolate brown. Richard Stewart, owner and chef at the Gumbo Shop in New Orleans, recommends making and burning a "sacrificial roux" so that you'll know what failure looks like. (Let it cool before you dump it in the trash!)
Pay close attention: When you first stir the flour into the oil, it will bubble as it releases its moisture. When it stops bubbling it will begin to toast as you stir, first turning the color of peanut butter, then the color of milk chocolate, then the color of dark chocolate. Have your "trinity" of onions, celery, and bell pepper cut up ahead of time so you're ready to throw it in the pan when the roux reaches your desired hue. The vegetables will halt further cooking of the flour-and-oil mixture.
Are there shortcuts? Not really. Some restaurant chefs make roux in an oven, taking it out and stirring it every so often, then saving it until it's ready to use. (Roux keeps in a jar for months in a cool place.) Some modern Cajuns have tried making it in the microwave (risky—it catches on fire) and others use store-bought. Savoie's dark roux in a jar is a common fixture in Southern Louisiana grocery stores, and powdered roux by Tony Chachere's is also widely used (add it to the gumbo like you would add flour to a gravy). But you can't beat the nutty aroma of home-cooked roux, or the adrenaline high that comes from successfully not burning it.


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