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It was a warm night in the midst of summer, feeling so alone she wandered with no direction down dimly lit street in the city on the lower side of town. Not knowing or caring what fate had instore, people passing, there faces hardly visible there bodes like floating corpses passing me in the ghostly gray fog. She come upon a night club , she never seen this place before , people standing and staring , but not at anyone or anything . in the door as she passed she saw a man his eyes cold as ice , yet warm as embers of hot coal . her blood is burning , she walk by but was drawn to him with a lust she have never known , she turn and go back ,the man is no longer in the doorway. she find my way to the bar ,she order a double bourbon to calm my nerves . Is this man a figment of her imagination or is he real ? she lean back against the wall hopping to make sense of it all watching him with wide curious eyes as he smoothly just glided across the dance floor over to the bar.shaking her head slightly still overwhelmed and a bit nervous, she glanced around ,the music exploding from every direction,swaying slowly to the music she lifted her head to see if the mysterious man had return yet,just as she looked up her sparkling emerald eyes got caught within his deep endless hynotic pools of blue,he flashed her a killer smile,suddenly she noticed he wasnt alone he had a girl by his side,she turned her gaze upon the woman and noticed she reeked of alcohol and she had a fleshly light cigarette in her hand,she snapped out of her daze hearing the woman giggle at the man,she glanced over to the mans left side and noticed he also had a tall young man with him who looked extremely tired and bored,the mysterious man pushed the man other to her startled she stumbled backwards..the young man grabbed her hand to stop her from falling and smiled warmly at her,her eyes never leaving the other mans mesmerizing gaze that he had upon her as if waiting for her to say something..with in a flash the dark man turned to the redheaded women with the cigarette and reached up and grabbed her slender neck with such ease lowering his head down to her pale flesh he begins kissing her neck,she watched him intrigued by this, her eyes widened as she noticed a single drop of blood race down the womans neck and over her heaving breast,she heard the woman moan softly, she glided her tongue over her plush crimson lips as she watch the man erotically feasting upon the woman.her hungry slowly growing her eyes flashing with passion and deep desire
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I have to admit that over the last couple of years, young (in terms of age) fathers have come a long way in terms of their attitude towards psychotherapy, demanding to become more and more involved in the whole process, to ask for help and advice (which is quite uncommon, based on the experience I have had so far, as it was usually the case that mothers
seemed more eager to attend, to help, to be more active…). And I have come to the conclusion (which has not been measured scientifically, of course) that there is an increasing number of fathers who would really like to develop a closer relationship with their children. And that is usually because they wish to break the pattern that existed in their nuclear family; that is they, themselves used to have very distant or even no relationship with their own fathers… Therefore, their own previous experience has been so profound and "traumatic" at times,
that they take every necessary action against repeating the same kind of behaviour and attitude. They are concentrated on how they could promote a closer attachment to their children, as they are afraid that they might unconsciously make the same mistakes, or even worse, they are afraid that they haven't got the skills, since they hadn't had a similar experience, to imitate, to relate to!
Fortunately enough, they have realised that through the psychotherapeutic process, they are able to acknowledge previous patterns, become more conscious of their current behaviours and focused on the result they are aiming to achieving; that is to build consistently more solid and close relationships with their children. Initially, it seems as a rather long, nerve racking experience, but as time goes by, fathers become more and more confident about themselves and about their true and honest intention to learn new skills, new attitude in life, for example nurturing their children, being able to express verbally their emotions, etc. In effect, they are aiming at "adopting" mother's affectionate behaviour, only to
adjust it to their own standards, as at times, fathers has seen the effect this behaviour has on their children. They feel better at ease, understood, appreciated and loved. .
Sometimes though, what most fathers have not understood, is the fact that, they need to apply a "individually tailored" kind of behaviour, depending on the children's needs; that is, it is the father's responsibility to use appropriate type of behaviour or language when interacting with their kids, as opposed of expecting the children to grow up and get into their shoes! Otherwise, the father's effort seems to go to waste! For example, I have heard a father complaining about his 4 year old daughter, who seemed to fly off to her mom, every time he would tell her a story, because (what dad had not realised was that) the vocabulary was too difficult for her to understand!!!
Another example is when the father is behaving rather clumsy and child inappropriately. For example, instead of expressing how the father really felt about his son, (which made dad feel uncomfortable)… he would make negative comments about him, yelling at him, basically stating the exact opposite!
Therefore, I would like to congratulate fathers, for being there, for caring, (sometimes in their own "unique" way…) for wanting to learn from their mistakes, for setting the
right example for their children, but most importantly for wanting to make the most of their time with their children. Fathers are greatly wanted and definitely needed!
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Last week I started going back to my painting class on Mondays & Tuesdays. This past Monday was very cold, so I rushed to the train station after class. Since I get out late, I expect to wait longer than usual for the train. I sat on the bench, between a woman & a man. After about a minute I smelled a rancid, sour smell. I knew it wasn't the man because he was well groomed. Then I saw the woman's hands as she played a game on her cellphone. Her nails were encrusted in dirt. She shifted in her seat & the smell spread. I seriously didn't take her for a homeless person. I pinned her for a traveler since she had a carry-on sized suitcase, which was in good condition.
When the train arrived I got on. It was a bit crowded, but I managed to get a seat. As people got off at their stations I came to realize there were five homeless people in the car I was on. One man was sitting in front of me, previously blocked from my view by the standing crowd. There was even an older couple on the far front of the car. A few stops into my ride, another homeless man came in from the next car, begging for change or food.
The cold weather makes these situations more visible. Sadly it's been getting worse over the past few years. It's almost as bad, if not worse than when I was a kid. I remember seeing what looked like cardboard cities under building scaffolds, on church steps, & train stations.
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Foal to the rescue
A week-old horse led rescuers to the pit where its mother was trapped.
The foal was spotted 'crying' in a field and led passers-by to the 3m deep slurry pit into which its mother had fallen.
Fire crews called to the scene at Harelaw, Co Durham, decided it was dangerous to send men into the hole with the distressed horse.
They used a mechanical digger to knock down a wall of the pit and free the mare, called Rosie, who was reunited with her foal and escaped with only cuts and bruises.
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Two Roads Home is a Chicory Inn series story. I have not read the first one, and I found this one easy to follow regardless.
Jesse Pennington works a sales job with lots of demanding travel. Unfortunately he has trouble with a female coworker who both flirts and travels with him. This could be disaster for his marriage. His wife, Corinne, is a stay-at-home mom to their three little girls. She appreciates his dedication to work that allows them a comfortable lifestyle. But, the travel is wearing on her as well, for different reasons.
I like how the author handles this conflict with the marriage of the couple. They have mutual respect for one another and this helps. I do not like how the aggressive, female coworker can seem so disturbed but yet allowed to continue on. Wow.
I enjoyed the story and will look for additional stories by Deborah Raney. Thank you to Abingdon Press for providing me an advance copy to review in my own words.


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If you're a miniatures gamer you have it. That mountain of unpainted plastic, resin, pewter and in some cases even lead miniatures. It stems from what my friend Dan and I like to call "Gamer ADD" or in simpler terms, "Oh look, a new shiny thing!" We seem to always start a new game and just as we get our miniatures together and get a couple games under our belts our interest wane and we find ourselves looking for something new and shiny.
Chris over at Chris' Miniature Woes in collaboration with Dave at The Spider Web of History has proposed The 6 Month Mountain Reduction & Painting Challenge as a way to combat this phenomenon. This challenge was picked up by myincubliss at Dead Lead Project which is where Dan of Shiny Penny Musings found it and proposed the challenge to me.
The rules are simple:
- The challenge starts September 1st, 2014 and goes for six months.
- No purchasing of new miniatures, EXCEPT if you use a joker card. As in a deck of cards, you get two jokers to use on a figure purchase during the six months of the challenge. This could be a blister pack, an eBay bundle, or a single figure. Not an entire army and you can't splurge!
- Gifts do not count against the you. If you're given gift cards, you can use them without penalty on anything you want miniatures wise.
- Paints, terrain, materials, and other hobby supplies are exempt from the the no purchasing rule.
- You must make at least one hobby related blog post and/or Instagram update a week. If you Instagram, be sure to hashtag your pic with #6MMRPC.
- Zombtober will be part of the six month challenge so Zombie related stuff during October is ENCOURAGED!
I've been spending far too much money on gaming lately, between boardgames and miniatures games I have plenty to keep me busy for six months easily, possibly even longer. So I'm throwing my hat in the ring and pledging to not purchase any new miniatures according to the rules outlined above (I will also be including new boardgames) and focusing on what I have. Between Necrons, Tau, Vampire Counts, Relic Knights, 15mm sci-fi, Deep Wars, ShadowSea, A Fist-ful of Fung Fu, Dreadball, Deadzone, Battlefleet Gothic, Counterblast, SAGA, my generic sci-fi miniatures, plus with Robotech and Pulp City coming down the Kickstarter pipeline there is no reason to spend more money on miniatures.
I plan to start with two things: I recently picked up the new battlesuit from Z4 Miniatures, Type-45(D) 'Satria' Battlesuit for use in Ground Pounder (my generic sci-fi skirmish ruleset I have been working on) and I dug out my Forge World Tau fleet for Battlefleet Gothic as some of the guys down at the local gaming store are keen on running a campaign and BFG happens to be one of my favorite games of all time.


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Big Daddy Bill Clinton is still out there sucking up face time. This right wing extremist won't stop until he's finally driven out of the Democratic Party.
Nice smile, great bouffant, super tie, Bill Clinton possessed all of the qualifications needed to become president of the United States. Actually he came with other credentials but the really important ones have been mentioned above.
Now the party has a big umbrella, but it's time for real Democrats to face up to the fact that Clinton was one of the worst presidents in the history of that proud organization. And that goes back some.
Clintonistas just love gushing over the fact that Clinton presided over one of the greatest economic rebounds since World War II jump started the economy out of the Great Republican Depression.
But the operative words are "presided over." Face it, Clinton got lucky. He just happened to be sitting behind the right desk in the right office doing what Clinton does best. And I'll leave that to your imagination.
No doubt this Democratic wannabe was as befuddled about the economic activity that was swirling about his head as were his right wing advisers. Those old timers were salivating for deregulation while a bubble was forming under their noses.
Still can't grasp the notion that Clinton is a right wing extremist? Well, disabuse yourself.
Let's examine one of Big Daddy's most recent plunges into extremism. He was summoned by Peter Peterson to appear at the billionaire's deficit shock pow-wow in Washington. Heeding the call of one of the countries richest men, Clinton dutifully read his prepared lines and hopped like the good little bunny he is onto the deficit shock bandwagon. As a reward Clinton is now permitted to call the right wing billionaire and Social Security hater "Petey." Now that's got to at least double the swell in Clinton's already blimp size ego.
How could anyone doubt that the deficit crisis isn't the real thing now that Big Daddy assures us that it really, really is a crisis and not just a phony emergency created with the express purpose of slashing the social safety net to shreds?
Well, doubt you must for you are being jerked around by Republicans, right wing billionaires, a whole host of Clintonistas and Wild Willy himself.
Peterson has been raising the fake clarion call of deficit disaster for decades. He hates Social Security. And now he has enlisted the Democratic turncoat and fellow Social Security hater in his destructive campaign.
Surprised that anyone would call Big Daddy a SS hater? You shouldn't be if you know anything about this man's secret and subversive agenda. He has openly admitted to conspiring with Erskine Bowles, a landed Southern aristocrat and Clinton chief of staff, along with then Speaker Newt Gingrich to slash Social Security benefits. And this after raising the SS tax level to 85% for many middle income families.
We actually have Monica Lewinsky to thank for preserving SS. By engaging in an affair with the president (which really was nobody's damn business but her own and certainly not some busy body Christian's) she embroiled the president in a world wide scandal that forced him to put his dastardly plot against SS in abeyance.
You don't need anymore than that to ascribe the right wing label to Clinton. But there's so much more.
He can rightly be described as the disaster president.
NAFTA, deregulation (he destroyed Glass-Steagall) along with his attack on SS and it is clear that he betrayed the middle class while turning the New Deal upside down. NAFTA destroyed jobs; and the source of the current economic calamity can be traced right back to Wild Willy and his signing into law the GRAMM-BLILEY-LEACH ACT – one of the most destructive pieces of legislation in the country's entire history.
For these abominable acts this guy needs to be booted out of the Democratic Party.


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This the zap demo for the teamware company.
Working on a site that is in .NET, using Cucumber to test User Stories, and Watir to script the browser (Chrome, using Selenium's Webdriver). Here is an example of how I have been using it.
Thoughts on the process: I was initially pretty excited about this. There was a lot of quick initial progress getting everything working right. But it slowed after that. Using FireFox required me to kill my FireFox and restart it from the terminal with special flags every time I wanted to test. Since that is my primary browser, and I leave about 50 tabs open at a time, it was beginning to interrupt the rest of my life.
So I switched to Chrome, but there are some serious bugs (not sure of the source, I expect WebDriver) and would frequently lock up, and get into these "funks" where it was very slow to respond, and I would have to kill all the Chromes, and then let it sit for a while without doing anything (I expect it was a heat-based issue).
In these situations, or when my connection would be poor, huge numbers of scenarios would begin to fail, because they would check something before the browser finished updating, so results were nondeterministic, it could fail when it should have passed. And, in fact, it did this more often than it didn't.
Naming conventions in the HTML were inconsistent, for example, the same tab might have different ids on different pages. Or the data was displayed in a table row, which I wanted to click a button based on one of the elements in the row, so I had to query all rows, then experimentally determine which one was the one I wanted by looking at what data they contained (there were tables within tables, so I can't just say give me the row with the thing I want).
Because it is a .NET site, I can't just set it up in some given configuration for my test suite, I literally have to use it like a user. This means that all the scenarios are dependent on the scenarios before them, since each scenario affects state. Often, an early scenario would fail, causing a cascading chain such that almost all the others would fail afterward.
That means I can't work on one piece that I want to test. So I have to run the entire suite each time, so if the thing I am working on is at the end of the suite, that is potentially a minute just to see if the most recent change worked. Between the experimental nature of the scripting, and the lack of orthogonality in the scenarios, and the frequency of failures, it was taking hours to get each additional scenario to pass.
Even after getting it to pass, the whole thing was very fragile. If they changed anything, such as some layout thing, it could break the tests.
Ideally, you use this to drive development, known as behaviour driven development. But the process was just too cumbersome. Because I am in a different place, and they can't run my user stories, so they have to push their changes to github, then I merge them and put them on the server, then run the test suite, see it is not quite right and have to do it again. The feedback loop is too drawn out and painful.
In conclusion, I had a lot of fun with most of this stuff, but the combination of all these different things made this an unviable testing solution. I would definitely try Cucumber with webrat, for a Rack based site, though. I expect that would resolve all the contributing factors to the issues I had. But for this site, I'm going to do the rest of the testing by hand.
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**I am on a ProvoCraft/Cricut Boycott! They won't get another dime from me! Got a Cricut? Well use it! Don't have one yet? Consider a different machine!! Click here for more details about my boycott and how I got here!! You can join the boycott too!**
Technically it is still Friday so I am still good, although I am extremely late at getting this posted. :O)
Today was a very bad migraine day so I didn't make it to my exam this morning (UGH I HATE being the sick kid and having to have a make-up exam!!!) and didn't make it into the scrap room until late in the evening (8ish). The projects I worked on tonight cannot be shown because my camera had to be charged so I have another project to share with you!
This is the beginning of a mini album I am making for my aunt (technically she is really my Godmother) to give as a Christmas Present. This is an 8X8 album.
For this title page, I used some misc. patterned paper, Very Vanilla cardstock, and Rich Razzleberry cardstock. The alphabets were made using the Cricut Storybook cartridge with the shadow feature.
All of the supplies used here came from my stash. The cardstock used is Lavender Lace cardstock. The flower is a Prima, but for the center, I used a punch out from the Stampin' UP Boho Blossoms Punch and a button.
The journaling square was made using the recipe stamp from the Stampin' UP From the Kitchen of stamp set using Not Quite Navy Classic Ink.


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TWO ARBROATH based police officers have been rewarded for their quick actions after they helped save the life of a man who was unresponsive.
Police constables Laura Connelly and Jennifer Jones were recognised at a Tayside Police awards ceremony that was held on Tuesday evening.
Their awards relate to an incident dating back to June 6, last year when police received a report that a man had suffered a drugs overdose at a house in the town.
The two constables quickly made their way to the proprty where they found the man with no visible signs of life.
He clearly needed urgent medical assistance, but the ambulance attending from Brechin was still some distance away.
With no time to lose, the officers began cardiopulmonary resuscitation, with Constable Jones holding the man's head to maintain his airway.
Constable Connelly then began mouth to mouth resuscitation and chest compressions.
The officers continued with this for about 10 minutes until the ambulance arrived and paramedics then took over.
After administering medication, the man regained consciousness.
It is said that the prompt intervention of Constables Jones and Connelly ensured the man's survival with no lasting effects to his health.
In recognition of the actions of both officers and for the effective first aid administered by Constable Connelly, she has been awarded a Resuscitation Certificate by the Royal Humane Society while Constable Jones is awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Force.
The officer were presented with their certificates at Perth police office by Chief Constable Justine Curran and Tayside joint police board convener Jimmy Black.


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Tom Brady: Kiss and Tell
In the scene , Mr. Brady is getting a massage on his shoulder when his son, Jack , entered the room to ask if he could check on his fantasy football team. He has two other children, Benjamin, 8, and Vivian, 5, with model Gisele Bündchen . "Too long, like romantic long", added Parrish Watson. "I would have no problem with my son kissing me like that".
Victor Oladipo To Participate In All-Star Slam Dunk Contest
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Leganes vs. Sevilla in Copa del Rey semifinal
Barcelona are strong favourites to win La Liga , and are still yet to lose a game in Spanish top flight football this season. The Belgium global is expected to be back in the coming days but the Copa del Rey visit of Valencia will still come too early for him and Gomes, who already missed the weekend's 2-1 victory over Alaves in La Liga through illness.
Li Haotong tops Rory McIlroy to win Dubai Desert Classic
The 22-year-old Li started the day one ahead of McIlroy, an advantage that was quickly gone on the first hole when Li made a bogey. Li, who won the 2016 China Open and finished third at last year's Open Championship, is the first Asian victor of the event, and earned the biggest victory of his fledgling career with a tournament record score.
VFW post sticks to National Football League boycott for Super Bowl
An NFL spokesman issued a statement explaining why the ad was not accepted. Demonstrations during the anthem have gone on since 2016, when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling when it was played before the start of games in protest of what he viewed as racial injustice in the United States.
'SNL's Leslie Jones Headed to PyeongChang For Olympics Role
During the Rio Games, Jones had been live-tweeting while watching the games in the USA and posted a video of herself decked out in the American flag and wearing plastic gold medals. Jones, decked out in head-to-toe patriotic workout clothing, confirmed the news herself in a video posted to social media. At the time, viewers became more interested in watching her watch the Olympics instead of watching the Olympic events themselves.
Mourinho: Why I Took Pogba Off
Mourinho's side had come into the game with four consecutive clean sheets in the league, but less than a quarter of a minute into their first match against a top four side since December 10, their defence was found out. "We've got to dust ourselves down, pick ourselves up and go again". United's malaise was summed up by Jose Mourinho's withdrawal of Marouane Fellaini in the second half, just six minutes after sending the Belgian on.
Conor McGregor discusses Floyd Mayweather and other options for MMA return
Floyd Mayweather may have dismissed talk of an MMA version of his superfight with Conor McGregor , but that hasn't stopped him increasing speculation of a cross-code switch. "(McGregor) can fight Diaz, and he can fight in boxing", he told RT Sport. "I said I would do it, and I stepped up and did it". "If Floyd wants to fight in the Octagon and get out of his Showtime deal, let's do it", White said .
Someone stole acrobat Red Panda's 7-foot tall unicycle, reward offered
As a result of losing her unicycle, Niu was also forced to cancel a performance at UCLA on January 25. There's a $2,000 reward, no questions asked, for the return of the unicycle. Figley said Niu is performing again, but using a backup unicycle. The recent performance at LSU was not her first at the school. "She's doing horribly", Figley said.
Packers changed QB coach without consulting Rodgers
Rodgers said some of the Packers' offseason coaching changes were "a little unusual". Coach Mike McCarthy said Van Pelt's decision not to agree to an extension a year ago played a part in him being let go. When asked by reporters last month about Van Pelt's departure, McCarthy said,"when you get to this point, frankly this decision was made past year".
Bundee Aki to start for Ireland, youngster handed first Six Nations start
Iain Henderson is Ryan's second-row partner, while Josh Van Der Flier replaces the injured Sean O'Brien in the back row, where he has Peter O'Mahony and CJ Stander for company. However, with new France coach Jacques Brunel making some bold choices, including naming teenager Matthieu Jalibert at flyhalf, Schmidt said even the most recent performance should matter little.
Old District 30-5A split up as UIL announces realignment
Denton's four high school will see a drastic change in their district football alignment from the previous two years. San Marcos moves into Class 6A District 26 along with Steele, Judson, Smithson Valley, Clemens, East Central, New Braunfels and N.B.
Conte explains why Chelsea 'must be worried' after shock defeat
Olivier Giroud may have been a high profile arrival from Arsenal for Chelsea on transfer deadline day, but Conte was in no mood to toast his transfer market success as he appeared to be in a dark mood as he spoke to the media. Until Lukaku got the chance to go on loan first to West Bromwich Albion and then Everton , he was rarely seen in a Chelsea shirt. He swerved into space by the top left corner of the box before going for goal, but it was straight into the arms of Thibaut Courtois.
McCollum scores 50 in 3 quarters as Blazers roll
Portland Trail Blazers sharpshooter C.J. McCollum torched the Chicago Bulls Wednesday night, and he only needed 29 minutes to score a career-high 50 points. The Bulls got a little bit going with threes from LaVine and Holiday to ease back under 20 again. Cavaliers 91, Heat 89: LeBron James scored 24 points, Jae Crowder made a go-ahead three-pointer with 1:21 left and host Cleveland began a long stretch without All-Star forward Kevin Love by preventing the Heat from overtaking them for ...
Olympic confusion as CAS lifts doping bans on 28 Russians
The CAS decision on the Russian athletes confirms that "the energetic steps on defending the rights in court and in other categories are justified, they may be effective and they should continue", he noted. Russian Federation and the athletes always dismissed the allegations, made in reports by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren, with the former chief of Moscow's anti-doping laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, acting as a key whistleblower.
LeBron James announced as victor of December NBA Cares Community Assist Award
The Heat were on Cleveland's heels in the standings and now the Cavs have a 1.5 game lead over the Heat for the third seed in the East. "I picked up two more tonight but I'm gonna just do me". "It was the second game of a back-to-back, which we've struggled with for the last three or four years". Though James says he knows how these narratives tend to go, he did admit he was "a little bit in shock" by the Clippers' decision to trade Griffin, a player with an extension agreement this ...
Suns, Greg Monroe Agree To Buyout; Celtics Expected To Show Interest
Before the trade to Phoenix, Monroe averaged a career-low 6.8 points and five rebounds in limited minutes for the this season. The Bucks sent Greg Monroe's expiring contract to the Suns to facilitate the Eric Bledsoe trade. On the other hand, Monroe is far better than most post-buyout free agents. As this market becomes more clear, don't be surprised when the Thunder are inevitably attached to future rumors involving Monroe.
Jordan Hugill: West Ham sign Preston striker in reported £10m deal
Hugill scored 30 goals in Preston colours, the first against his home-town team Middlesbrough in August 2014 and the last also being against Boro on New Year's Day at Deepdale. 'It's wonderful to know I'm a Premier League footballer, to know where I've come from in the last five years to where I am now is unbelievable'. West Ham have reportedly beaten off rival bids by Crystal Palace , Reading and Leeds to sign the striker.
Super Bowl: Tom Brady and New England Patriots welcome back Rob Gronkowski
New England never sacrifices preparation by looking at the odds. "We're getting there", coach Bill Belichick said. "For those of you that aren't, I know you'll be cheering your hearts out back here, and we'll see you Monday". Rams coach Mike Martz, who ignored star running back Marshall Faulk far too often on a day begging for a run game, thought New England would play for OT.
Metsut Ozil signs maga contract to remain at Emirates Stadium
Ozil teased that he had signed a new contract earlier in the week, but Elneny has now confirmed the news. While Arsenal are yet to confirm Ozil's contract extension, the midfielder's tweet has all but confirmed he is set to remain at the club.
Celtic Close To Snapping Up Jack Hendry
Celtic have finalised a deal to sign Dundee defender Jack Hendry in a deal worth around £1 million. "I have a manager that has developed a lot of good players at big clubs so I think it is flawless for me". First of all I had to sign a new contract at Chelsea before being able to leave them and I had to take a long time to think about that as well. "There were a lot of things going on last summer which stopped me".
Suns' Canaan suffers horrific ankle injury
The Phoenix Suns' Isaiah Canaan landed awkwardly on his way to the basket as videos show his ankle bending the wrong way. Matthews immediately covered his hands in shock. Canaan, the backup point guard, was scheduled to undergo surgery Thursday , and is out for the season, the Republic reported. The Suns went on to defeat Dallas 102-88, but the impressive performance from the young team out West came at a price.
Super Bowl LII: When it comes to pooches, Tom Brady should punt
Another young Eagles who survived a battle with childhood cancer was also the recipient of a Super Bowl ticket thanks to, of all people , a generous Vikings fans. "So there's really no upper hand". Because even if you were planning on skipping tailgating and just bringing some sandwiches into the stadium, you're out of luck.
INDvSA: Bowlers remain key for India in Durban ODI
Rohit Sharma has become an integral part of the ODI setup and with MS Dhoni slated to come in at No.4, the choice between Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey and Kedar Jadhav for 2 spots would be interesting to see. Markram failed throughout, whereas Du Plessis was a mixed bag. They haven't won a series in South Africa either, which is a fact du Plessis took comfort from, but not too much.
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West Bromwich Albion started the encounter defending deep but it took Pep Guardiola's men 19 minutes to open scoring through Fernandinho after the Brazilian poked in De Bruyne's lovely pass. In the 66 minute Bernardo Silva tried his luck from long range, but the West Brom keeper made another fantastic save to turn his effort around the post.
Walcott hits brace in Everton's 2-1 win over Leicester
It's not the same team as in my first game with Leicester. Everton will look to end their recent poor run when they play host to Leicester City on Wednesday night at Goodison Park with three points an absolute must. The 28-year-old has been a central midfielder for the majority of his career but has been played in the heart of defence in this campaign as the Barcelona-based outfit fight to stay in La Liga, where they now sit in 14th place just seven points above the relegation zone.
Chelsea boss Conte confident job safe after Bournemouth shock
With their new formation Chelsea saw more of the ball in the final minutes, as Bournemouth retreated to defend in their own box. Now the reality is this. I think we are doing more. Club manager Conte believes Barkley is a versatile performer and thinks adapting to Chelsea's style of play could be his biggest challenge.
Jorgensen to remain at Feyenoord
Feyenoord rejected two bids from Newcastle and gave them until Monday evening to come up with an offer close to their valuation of €25m for Jorgensen's transfer. Sturridge has made only 14 appearances for the Reds and scored three goals to date this season and although he has been linked with a move away, manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted he is going nowhere.
No Love for Cleveland after Cavs forward breaks hand
While he's out, the Cavs have to hold themselves together. He removed himself from the game immediately in the first quarter, received an X-ray, and was transported by vehicle back to Cleveland from Detroit after talking to his teammates at halftime, per ESPN's Dave McMenamin .
Arsenal officially signs Aubameyang
Gabon global Aubameyang, 28, played for Dortmund in their 2-2 draw against Freiburg on Saturday but did not score. The 28 year old who scored 98 goals in 144 Bundesliga becomes Arsenal's third signing of the January transfer window after Konstantinos Mavropanos, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan .
Steven Gerrard hails this Liverpool player despite FA Cup exit
In truth, Klopp and Liverpool benefitted from two of those three decisions and could have been facing an even greater defeat had they not done so. Furthemore, the game by West Brom has to be considered as extremely well against the Liverpool.
Roger Goodell disputes that Patriots' sustained success has been bad for NFL
Goodell expressed his "concern" about the rule, and said he met with five Hall of Fame wide receivers and some coaches to discuss the rule and how it can be improved and clarified. How do we make our game more attractive? The NFL was noncommittal Wednesday on the issue of whether team owners might act in the offseason to change the sport's national anthem policy, potentially leaving players in the locker room before games until after the anthem is played.
Swansea fans praise Jordan Ayew after Arsenal victory
Mesut Ozil's delightful pass picked out Monreal's run at the far post and the Spaniard stabbed past former Gunners keeper Lukasz Fabianski for his fourth goal of the season. Olivier Giroud came on for what may have been his last Arsenal appearance, replacing Alex Iwobi, but Clucas added another for the home side when he drilled in with time running out to lift te Swans off the bottom and up to 17th.
Gov. Abbott orders Texas Rangers investigation into allegations at Karolyi Ranch
Martha and Bela Karolyi sit inside Karolyi Ranch on January 26, 2011 in Huntsville, Texas . In a letter to Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, Abbott described the claims of sexual abuse at Karolyi Ranch as "shocking" and "gut-wrenching".
Former White Sox slugger Oscar Gamble dead at 68
Gamble played seven seasons, in two stints, with the Yankees, by far the most he spent with any team perhaps because his left-handed power swing was tailor-made for Yankee Stadium. "When I got back (to the clubhouse), all my teammates were waiting", Gamble told the Daily News. In addition to his second wife, he is survived by his first wife, Juanita Kenner; two daughters from his second marriage, Kalani Lee Gamble and Kylah Lee Gamble; a daughter from his first marriage, Sheena Maureen ...


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Everybody collects something, right? Just some more than others. This documentary is about those who fall under the "more" category.
At 52 minutes, Director, Tally Abecassis' film is a brief watch that plays more like a pilot episode for a spin-off of A&E's Horders – a great show, by the way.
This short running time is both a blessing and a curse. A curse in that there was not enough time to delve into what makes the many collectors in this film tick, or to explore in-depth what the differences between obsessively collecting and hording are – apparently, one is just more organized and cleaner than the other. A blessing in the sense that by not digging too deep into the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the collector, the film was able to keep me smiling from start to finish. I can totally appreciate a documentary that knows how to keep it simple and doesn't overreach its objective.
If you're expecting to see a deep exploration into the psyche of an obsessive collector, Unlikely Treasures will probably disappoint. But for those of you looking for a brief glimpse into what it is others collect, and/or just enjoy hunting for treasures on your day off from work, you can take comfort in watching this film without feeling you have wasted your money.


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Ever find yourself just having random thoughts jump into your head? For example:
· Vernon Davis needs to join the Marines.
· Why doesn't Jed York Google "Clock Management Seminars" and enroll his entire staff?
· The only thing worse than a fullback dive at the end of a game with no time outs and your best player flanked left is the time I had to take my cousin to the prom! Thank God he didn't want to dance.
· Does Jonas Jennings travel with the team?
· I can't even remember the name of the defensive back we drafted from Oklahoma this year. Is he still with us?
· Why are there no seat belts on the bridge of the Star Ship Enterprise?
· I guess the good thing is the Niners will have a real shot at drafting Trevor Mays, the hard-hitting safety from USC.
· I guess the really good thing is if the Lions get hot, the Niners will have a shot at drafting anyone they want!
· How long until pitchers and catchers report?
· With Coach Singletary hugging his 2-7 players at the drop of hat, I'm guessing we'll see full, open mouth kisses when they get good?
· How can the Niners sneak their kick-return and field goal block teams on the field more?
· With Americans having our first president of color, could a Niner sack be just around the corner?
· If the game is blacked out this weekend and the Rams fall to the Niners does that mean no one will hear it? (This one doesn't really make sense, huh?)
· If Joe Montana or Steve Young was the quarterback and a fullback dive was sent in for the last play of the game, how fast do you think they would have flashed half the 'Peace Sign' to the sidelines?
· The Niners will probably have to win out to get a wild card spot in the playoffs. Now that's dumb stuff!
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Filed under: French Politics
Here's a French debate talk show that airs once a week (the show claims to be a debate of both sides on an issue, but I suspect some readers of this blog would find the views oscillate more between centre and right rather than left and right). I find that it is a fascinating study of classic French faces and hand gestures. For example, 46 seconds in, Nicolas Domenach lets out a sigh that could blow out a church candle a mile away. All three speakers, including the moderator Victor Robert, use quite a few open hand palm to themselves movements as gesticulations.
One thing of interest in the debate is the finger counting of Eric Zemmour. It is said that French people count starting with the thumb, then the forefinger, the middle finger, the ring and finally the pinky (to see a classic thumb starter count click here and watch Tariq Ramadan at 5:04). I say supposedly, because when I was in France I didn't make a real point of seeing how accurate that was wherever I went. Having said that, I did notice that sometimes waiters in Paris misunderstood me when I would make a sign for two and there would be a hesitation of whether or not I meant two or three (I didn't mind the extra drink if it came round). Now, what's of interest is how at 10:10 Zemmour makes an emphasis of saying "Deuxièmement" and it's clear that he has both forefinger and middle finger out. This indicates that he's using an American (and possible British, I don't know) way of counting on his fingers. And yet, not one minute later, at 10:59, one can see him clearly counting in a classic French manner, starting with the thumb.
I mention this because the subject of the debate right after that deals with capitalism and its effect on French identity. I wouldn't know whether or not Americans or Australians or anyone else for that matter oscillate the way they count on their fingers. I also recognise that one example does not make a case. I suspect though that France experiences more of a pressure on its culture from the States than vice versa. The effect of seeing the switch from one manner of counting to the other is quite relevant and revealing considering the subject matter.
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Anyone who takes half a glance at the atmospheric black metal scene on Bandcamp knows for a fact that Mesarthim reigns over the entire kingdom right alongside Saor, and there are several reasons for that. Namely, Mesarthim just seems to always get better with each release they pump out. 2016 saw this act release a total of five releases (one full-length, four EPs), and they got better as the year came closer to the end. As the final record from the year, "Type III" easily lived up to the band's reputation.
Back in December, Mesarthim put out the 21-minute one song EP of "The Great Filter" and blew everyone's fucking mind, mine included. It was something we hadn't seen Mesarthim attempt at before. Little did we know, the duo was not sitting down and kicking up their feet to celebrate yet another successful album – no! Instead, a scant nine days after the release of "The Great Filter", Mesarthim put out "Type III": another one song EP that goes for quite a bit of time (just shy of 19 minutes this time). This record seems so much more . . . composed than it's immediate predecessor. While the two one-song EPs have very much in common, "The Great Filter" had a lot more ups and downs combined with a lot more intensity, "Type III" feels like it has so many more moving parts to it. Granted, this EP still has Mesarthim's aggression and masterful skill at their brand of metal prevalent through the whole record. yet combined with various synths and orchestral instruments . . . it makes for a grand experience that we've never seen from Mesarthim before. I believe that's because after the release of their last full-length of "Absence" (I don't feel like dropping the proper Morse code title) this band had a switch flip in their brains, the switch that allowed them to evolve to the next level as a band to show what they can really fucking do after impressing several times before. The result happened to be "Type III" and it's co-release that both do no less than earn full applause from start to finish.
So much diversity and brilliance in one track isn't something we get often, but Mesarthim has shown that they can't do it just once but twice, and it really makes you wonder what else these Australians can do. It's a literal guess at what they will do next in this new year. "Type III" stands as a glorious testament that Mesarthim isn't to underestimated or thought of as a fade, for it's got more quality and talent than some groups who've been going for fucking decades. Should you have never heard Mesarthim before and want a nice place to start, "Type III" is as good as any place to start with such a glorious discography that is still constantly growing.
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Tue. 8/13/13
23.2 miles (Miles 1726.8 – 1750.0)
Interstate 5 (Ashland) – Hyatt Lake CG
I'm sitting in front of a campfire at the Hyatt Lake Campground with Tears, anxiously awaiting the arrival of Aloha with my mom and dad! I'm so excited to see them!
We actually got going pretty efficiently this morning, considering we were leaving a great town. We stuck with the hotel's continental breakfast of coffee, cheese horns and Froot Loops cereal. I think passing on a huge restaurant breakfast helped keep us focused on getting to the trail. Besides that, Aloha wanted to hit the road towards Portland to pick my parents up from the airport.
Me, Tears, G-bird and Simon squeezed into the Pickle Jar and Aloha dropped us off at the trailhead. G-bird and Simon hiked a little faster today, but we kept meeting up with them on breaks. We were all feeling a little sluggish for some reason. I think it was a mental state for me. I knew we didn't have killer miles to make to our rendezvous at the campground, and we had a lot of time before Aloha and my folks arrived. Also, after a few high-mileage days, the thought of taking it easy sounded so nice.
The trail wound through forests of pines draped in what I think is old man's beard lichen. The lichen hangs from the branches in green and black, and looks really cool. It also has kind of that scary-movie feel to it. In between patches of forest we hiked through yellow-grass meadows spotted with dark grey lava rocks. It was dry and hot today, and we even saw some lizards again. Tears even spotted a rattlesnake! We still have to keep an eye open for them guys!
Once at the campground we found a site, bought some firewood, made dinner and are now relaxing by the fire. G-bird and Simon showed up and hung out for a bit, but they plan to hike 32 miles tomorrow, so they're asleep. It's 10pm, and I guess Aloha and my parents will be here at 11:30. I'm feeling so impatient… I'm just excited. I think I'll eat more food while we wait….
They got here! Yay! :)
Tonight I love campfires. We don't have them out here very often because it's so dry, but when we do, it sure is a treat!
Thanks for reading and being a part of my journey!
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The past week I have been enamored by the myriad of sounds coming from the apartments and areas of the HUB-BUB building. More specifically, what the heck is everyone building, doing, making, and getting into around here? I certainly know what I've been doing in my space, and I am curious about the others. I also like the sense of mystery and what visual and narrative i can create based on the subtle neighboring sounds.
To start, I've been building. Building on a small scale, but nonetheless building. What you might ask? A prototype for a sculpture I am working on called Device to call to you, and some experiments of recreating a coffee table at a slight scale shift and positioning. Device to call to you at this point is really just wiring up speakers on a panel to see how it will function logistically. Ideally the final sculpture will be some sort of chest of drawers I'll invent with audio built into it. The audio will be my attempts to call to someone, which will be abstracted in some manner. The various coffee table forms are turning into the beginnings of a small fleet or army of 2/3 scale furniture.
As I dust the sawdust from my self I can help to think, maybe my neighbor, Ian Shelly's military and toy influences are bleeding through the walls. The various subtle sounds occasionally seeping from Ian's apartment/studio toward mine are of a similar nature to mine. The sound of a small saw running, some cutting, the scrape of material on the floor, the clank of something falling. The sounds are familiar, yet uncanny behind a wall. I imagine how he is moving through the space and creating.
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing the whirling of a tool outside of Kerri's apartment. I was simply stopping by to see if she needed to go the store with me. I was strangely enthralled by the whirl of what sounded like a drill. To me it sounded exactly like a drill with a long mixing attachment bit to mix up slip (liquid clay) or paint. I immediately visualized her mixing a 5 gallon bucket of paint with the drill and long bit. The mystery of not fully seeing it all but trying to decipher through hearing fascinates me.
Aside from that there is the occasional movement of my fellow residents coming and going. The sounds of doors opening and shutting. The sounds of footsteps walking along the floorboards, and descending the staircase. This is comforting to me, knowing that there is a flourishing of activity among my fellow residents and I. And I certainly hope they too are thinking and asking the question Tom Waits once proclaimed "What the hell is he building in there?" There is something fascinating about the myth of the artist and how they create in isolation. Take a look at Tom Wait's eerie video/song What's he building in there? from his 1999 album Mule Variations:


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By IAI
The high-level seminar held in Rome on 6 May 2015 represented a relevant opportunity to trigger international dialogue on the future of Somali institutions and the security challenges affecting the Horn of Africa. The seminar was organized by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), and the Embassy of Italy to the Federal Republic of Somalia. The IAI library was the venue for a productive talk on the Somali perspectives, with particular attention to the current institutional process and security challenges. In the discussion, federalism emerged as the most viable option to stabilize Somalia after twenty years of conflict and fragmentation.
Nowadays, federalism is a fact in Somalia as the emerging regional authorities are compensating for the inability of the central federal government to maintain control over the territory, and are providing essential services to the population. However, federalism would appear to be an ongoing process; a specific model of division of competencies has to be defined and formalised in the complex constitutional process in order to avoid further inefficiencies and instability.
Another relevant theme linked with Somali stabilisation is the nexus between security and development. These two elements are connected, representing necessary steps along the way in the resolution of the huge Somali humanitarian crisis. A renewed attention focused more on development than on security challenges could represent the core of a new international effort in support of the Somali reconciliation and securitisation process. These two main themes, federalism and the security development nexus, were discussed in the two sessions of the seminar, with the participation of the President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, and the First Vice President of the Jubaland State of Somalia, Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, along with scholars and experts. The seminar also saw the participation of a delegation from Puntland, composed of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Ahmed Aden, Abdikadir Omar, and Issa Mohamud Farah from the Agency for Minerals and Oil of Puntland, and a delegation from Jubaland, including Abdighani Abdi Jama, Minister of State at the Presidency of Jubaland. Other participants were Mussa Hassan Abdulle, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia to Italy, and Awes Abukar Awes from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Somalia to Italy, Ambassador at-large Abdirashid A. Sed, political analyst Faisal Abdi Roble, and Kadigia Mohamud from Università La Sapienza. MAECI was represented by Marco Claudio Vozzi and Carlo Campanile. Experts included Palmira Ciacciarelli (Crown Agents and former European Union Stabilisation Adviser to Somalia), Marco Massoni (Institute for Global Studies) and Gianni Bonvicini, Nicoletta Pirozzi, Natalino Ronzitti and Stefano Silvestri from IAI. This report provides a summary of the meeting and highlights the key points that emerged from the debate.
The federalist perspectives: policies and prospects
After the welcome address, the IAI Executive Vice President Gianni Bonvicini made the opening remarks. He thanked the distinguished representatives of Puntland, Jubaland and the Federal Republic of Somalia, and all the participants. Bonvicini underlined the great opportunity provided by the meeting to offer a renewed perspective on the Somali reconstruction process. He then introduced a general description of the current situation in Somalia. Nowadays, federalism could be considered as both a fact and an ongoing process in Somalia. The fragmentation produced by twenty years of war generated inability on the part of the central authorities of Mogadishu to maintain control over the national territory, determining the necessity to develop other forms of governance in Somalia. First, Somaliland declared its independence after the overthrow of Barre in 1991. Next Puntland established its autonomy, in 1998. Then, more recently, even Jubaland and South West declared their own autonomy as parts of a federal state.
Although these regions play an important role in trying to maintain control over their territory and to provide essential services to the population, there is a lack of formalisation of the federalist model, such as would define precisely the division of powers and competencies of regional and central governments. Concluding his opening remarks, Gianni Bonvicini invited all the participants to make their contributions to a positive and productive meeting, leaving the floor to the representatives of Puntland and Jubaland.
Read the full report: Somali Perspectives: Institutional and Policy Challenges
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What better way is there to reminesce, than with a collection of poems. Bringing alive the spirit of festember one more time, we proudly present "Sunset".
Celebrating Motherhood.
A mother's love shapes cultures and individuals. The role of a mom in our lives is always different and precious than others involved in our life. This Mother's Day, Festember extends its small token of gratitude to the mothers all over the globe. We hereby release the poems dedicated to all the mothers who had been instrumental in shaping our careers in 3 different languages - English, Hindi and Tamil with a wish to bring a smile in the faces of those hardworking angels.
Hopes Anew
As the orange hue Shades the sky My thoughts, though few Grow wings and fly. This morning breeze Oh, breeze so fine You brush with ease This soul of mine. And this morning air Seeps into me Without a care My soul flies free. Dear new day I thank you so For each new way... Continue Reading →
Life has ups and downs, twists and turns, sheer joys and utter sorrows. This bitter sweet journey is etched into the calendar, the window to every second, minute and hour of life. My heart yearns for some joy In the chaos we call life; I muse and wonder if it's all a ploy- Every bit... Continue Reading →
The End of Time
Looking back at life, before being smothered, By the ravages of time, which nobody bothered, To comprehend in the modern age, And express the exhibition of time so savage. Time was born of nothing, Why did it begin with space, nobody can tell, For why did time begin to swell, At a time when for... Continue Reading →


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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Summary: This haunting series follows the thrilling yet terrifying journeys of Sam and Dean Winchester, two brothers who face an increasingly sinister landscape as they hunt monsters. After losing their mother to a supernatural force, the brothers were raised by their father as soldiers who track mysterious and demonic creatures. Violent memories and relationship-threatening secrets add additional burdens on Sam and Dean as they investigate all things that go bump in the night. As old tricks and tools are rendered useless and friends betray them, the brothers must rely on each other as they encounter new enemies.
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We Need to Talk About Kevin
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When Dean emerges from purgatory, his reunion with Sam isn't what he expected; Kevin escapes from Crowley's grasp.
What's Up, Tiger Mommy?
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When Sam and Dean check on Kevin's mother, they discover that Crowley has surrounded her with demons.
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Sam and Dean investigate a series of murders where the victims all received organs from the same donor; the brothers find the killer in a trance and reciting an ancient prayer.
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As Dean and Sam investigate a strange murder in a college town, they discover two dead bodies and disturbing video footage.
Blood Brother
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After Benny is brutally attacked by vampires, he calls Dean for help; Sam reflects on the life with Amelia he left behind.
Southern Comfort
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As Dean and Sam investigate a murder, they find Garth (D. J. Qualls) is already on the case; the guys search for an avenging ghost.
A Little Slice of Kevin
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Kevin and Mrs. Tran build a demon bomb; Dean and Sam are shocked when Castiel appears.
Hunteri Heroici
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Castiel tells Sam and Dean that he has decided to become a hunter like them; the guys investigate a series of murders that resemble cartoon deaths.
Citizen Fang
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Sam secretly asks a hunter named Martin to watch over Benny; Dean is forced to make a difficult decision.
Torn and Frayed
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Castiel must rescue an angel being held captive by Crowley; Amelia meets with Sam and asks him to make a choice.
LARP and the Real Girl
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Dean and Sam investigate when two people die mysteriously while playing a game of ``Moondoor''; the guys learn that Charlie is the queen of Moondoor.
As Time Goes By
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A man claiming to be Henry Winchester appears in Sam and Dean's hotel room and demands to know where John Winchester is; Dean and Sam learn more about their father and their family history.
Everybody Hates Hitler
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Sam and Dean investigate when a rabbi spontaneously combusts; a golem belonging to the rabbi's grandson attacks Sam and Dean.
Trial and Error
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Kevin figures out how to close the gates of hell after deciphering the tablets; Sam and Dean argue over who should complete three trials designed by God.
Man's Best Friend With Benefits
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After turning to witchcraft, a police officer named Kevin starts having nightmares in which he murders innocent people; when the murders start happening in real life, Sam and Dean investigate.
Remember the Titans
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Sam and Dean investigate a possible zombie case where an amnesiac man dies and revives himself once a day.
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Castiel is reunited with Jack and together with Sam and Dean, they go to an old Western town to investigate a murder; Dean comes face to face with a famous gunslinging outlaw.
Goodbye Stranger
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Castiel tells Dean and Sam that Crowley has unleashed multiple demons in a small town; during an interrogation, the guys learn that Crowley has been torturing Meg.
Freaks and Geeks
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Dean and Sam are surprised when they learn that Krissy Chambers was involved in some recent vampire deaths.
Taxi Driver
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A terrified Kevin calls Sam and Dean after he hears Crowley's voice in his head; after Dean receives a visit from Naomi, he realizes he needs to ask Benny for a favor.
Pac-Man Fever
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Dean asks Sam to stop hunting until he recovers from the second trial; when a hacker (Felicia Day) stumbles upon a case, Dean teaches her how to be a hunter.
The Great Escapist
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When Dean and Sam receive an upsetting video message from Kevin, they decide to try and uncover the third trial; Castiel tries to get away from Naomi and the angels.
Clip Show
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When Sam and Dean reunite with Castiel, they find a film that could be the key to the third trial; Crowley looks into Dean and Sam's past.
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Dean and Sam are cornered as Crowley is poised to undo all the good they have ever done; Kevin tries to help the brothers with a final play against the Demon King.
I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
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After Sam collapses, his doctor tells a frantic Dean that his brother is dying; Dean tries to make a deal with an angel.
Devil May Care
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Sam is shocked when he learns that Dean kidnapped Crowley; Abaddon re-emerges with plans to take over hell.
I'm No Angel
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Dean and Sam try to protect Castiel from a group of angels; Castiel encounters surprises as he makes his way through the city.
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Dean and Sam find an ancient computer which they hope to use to track angels; a magical green-webbed wall is released.
Dog Dean Afternoon
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Dean is afflicted with an inconvenient side effect after he and Sam cast a spell to communicate with a canine murder witness.
Heaven Can't Wait
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Castiel calls Dean when he reads about a disappearance in the area; Dean tries to keep Sam distracted by asking him and Kevin to decipher the tablet with Crowley.
Bad Boys
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An old friend calls Dean and asks for help finding a ghost; Sam is stunned when information about Dean's past comes to light.
Rock and a Hard Place
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Sheriff Mills asks Dean and Sam for help investigating several murders in her town; when it is discovered that four victims belonged to a chastity group, Dean goes undercover.
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As Dean and Sam investigate the scene of a massive angel slaughter, they run into Castiel; Dean considers telling Sam the truth.
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Dean seeks revenge on the angel that killed Kevin; Castiel has a plan to get Sam to expel Gadreel by separating his brain from the angel's.
War of the Worlds
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As Sam and Dean continue their search for Jack, they stumble across a familiar foe; Lucifer manages to escape Michael's grasp and finds an unlikely and mostly unwilling ally.
First Born
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Crowley needs Dean's help finding the only blade that can take down Abbadon; Castiel notices some grace left inside Sam.
Sharp Teeth
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Dean and Sam find out that Garth is in the hospital and decide to go check on him; when Garth runs away from the brothers, they investigate the reason behind his disappearance.
The Purge
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Dean and Sam go under cover at a fancy day spa to investigate recent murders that left the victims hundreds of pounds lighter after their death.
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There are a number of eating disorders which affect people.
- anorexia nervosa
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- binge eating disorder (BED)
- other eating disorders (ENDOS)
- food fadism
Eating disorders
- involve abnormal eating habits
- eat too much or too little
- causes mental and physical problems
Nervosa is only added to the term to indicate psychological factors are involved.
1 Million Australians have an eating disorder costing Australia $70 billion a year. 1 male dies to every 3 females. In 2012, 1828 people died from an eating disorder which is higher than the national road toll for the same period.
Anorexia Nervosa affects people who
- have a serious problem with body image
- think they are overweight even though they are often underweight and emaciated.
Bulimia Nervosa is a related disorder to Anorexia Nervosa and sufferers
- eat large meals then compensate with self induce vomiting, laxatives or enemas.
- will alternate with fasting and/or excessive exercise.
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What are "doodlebugs"? They are Antlions, a group of insects in the family Myrmeleontidae. So now you know. The larva in the picture above is a doodlebug.
Antilion larvae trails (doodles) in sand.
The adult is sometimes called Antilion Lacewing
Sand trap with remains of ant
The antilion larva is often called "doodlebug" in North America because of the odd winding, spiralling trails it leaves in the sand while looking for a good location to build its trap, as these trails look like someone has doodled in the sand.
This post is not to explain what a doodlebug is. When I was growing up, I didn't know anything about antilion larva or antilion lacewings….doodlebugs were just doodlebugs. To me, they were just toys to watch and fill my summer days. There was not a lot of money for toys, so I normally just made do with those things that were plentiful around us. I would ride "stick horses" made from Sassafras saplings. I would harvest the right size sapling, strip the limbs, and tie a strip of cloth or heavy twine to use as reins. When I arrived at my destination on my stick horse, a felt almost like I had run or walked the entire distance. Of course, I need to have a gun to be a cowboy, so I would cut a forked stick (Sassafras) in the shape of a pistol. Mother never knew I had been shooting my pistol because there was never any GSR (gunshot residue) for evidence against me. We lived on the Appleby Sand Road and that was the correct name….it was covered by very deep sand. When it was really hot in the summer, I would have to ride my stick horse (barefooted) from one shade to the next…..then rest while my feet cooled and ride to the next shade.
Now, back to my story about doodlebugs and them being one of my toys. Out house was supported by brick columns and one side of the house was probably four feet off the ground. It was pretty cool under the house and there were usually many doodlebug traps for ants. The traps were built by the doodlebugs by throwing sand to the side with their front claws (much like crab claws) until there was an inverted cone-like hole. When an ant accidentally fell into the trap, the doodlebug would begin throwing the sand out as the ant tried to climb out of the trap. This would cause the ant to continue to slide to the bottom of the trap until the doodlebug grabbed it with its claws and pull it under the sand. I don't know what happened next…I assume the antilion ate the ant.
The way I used them as toys was to catch an ant and throw him into the trap. Then I could watch as the ant frantically tried to climb out of the trap. I think it was frantic. If I were the size of an ant and there was a doodlebug with large claws, I would have been frantic. I could watch this game for what seemed like hours…maybe it was only minutes. Sometimes I would root for the ant and other times I would root for the doodlebug.
I have been reading about pure pleasure. I have come to realize that we serve a generous God who wants us to enjoy pleasures and gifts from His hands (creation). As He delights us, we bring back pleasure to Him. In the beginning, He created all things for His pleasure. His gifts to us are not to control us, but for us to appreciate and honor the Creator as we enjoy the creation. It is much like the relationship with parents and children. We give to our children because of our love. That gift of love has no strings attached. The gift is not the important thing. The most important thing is the relationship between the giver and the receiver. That is the way it is with the gifts and blessings from God. It is all about Him and His love for us and the pleasure we experience by the gift and returning that gift of love to Him.


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I think so, macdoum, but I´m still just sure when I see the ring... Fortunately somebody ringed the male bird.macdoum wrote:Thank you for all the pics and observations.
20:03 I think its Madis on the nest..?
The fish delivery was at 19:31, Piret left the nest with the prey and Madis sat down. I closed the cam at 19:34, and I don´t know if there was a change since than.
By the way (b.h-p has mentioned it before), it´s interesting how fast things happen at all the nests - Madis was visible in the background at 19.31:42, he landed at the nest 19:31:49, Piret got the fish at 19:31:57 and left at 19:32:08. She was out of sight 19:32:09!


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A Lion King remake is in the works, but this time it'll be a live action film and Director Jon Favreau wants Beyonce to voice Nala in the movie. It's being said that Beyonce hasn't made a decision on the offer yet.
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One of the best videos I've ever seen on YouTube
Ok, this was simply awesome but I had to check it out before posting it here, seemed too cool to be true. I read an article on it at snopes.com and incredibly, not only is it true, the story behind the reunion shown on this video makes it even more remarkable.
You can see the video here.
And you can read the snopes.com article here.
The video is less than 3 minutes. Watch it, you'll be very glad you did. And the music they chose for the video is just perfect.
Love and friendship. This is just beautiful.
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Activity-friendly neighbourhoods: urban design can promote walking
Following our recent post discussing the new report launched by Arup, Cities Alive: Towards a walking world, further research to support links between good urban design and well-being has been published in The Lancet – see reference link below. The Arup report, is a collaboration between Arup's Foresight + Research + Innovation, Transport Consulting and Urban Design teams, and discusses the benefits of walkable cities – economic, social, environmental and political, setin out measures for improving walkability.
Abstract: Urban design can promote walking: people physically active for up to 1.5 hours more per week in activity-friendly neighbourhoods
Source: Sallis, J.F., Cerin, E., Conway, T.L., Adams, M.A., Frank, L.D., Pratt, M., Salvo, D., Schipperijn, J., Smith, G., Cain, K.L., Davey, R., Kerr, J., Lai, P.-C., Mitáš, J., Reis, R., Sarmiento, O.L., Schofield, G., Troelsen, J., Van Dyck, D., De Bourdeaudhuij, I. & Owen, N. (2016). Physical activity in relation to urban environments in 14 cities worldwide: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01284-2. This study is available at: http://www.ipenproject.org/documents/IPEN-Research-Brief%20Lancet%20paper%2004-16.pdf
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People who live in the most 'activity-friendly' neighbourhoods do up to 1.5 hours more physical activity a week than those in the least supportive neighbourhoods. This is according to a new international study which measured levels of exercise — mainly walking for recreation or transport — in relation to the urban environment across 14 diverse cities. The results show how urban design — such as parks and local amenities — can promote healthy lifestyles which also bring environmental benefits, such as better air quality, through reduced car use.
Globally, physical inactivity is responsible for 5 million deaths per year through its effects on diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers1. It is known that people who live in very 'walkable' neighbourhoods tend to be more physically active than those in less walkable areas. The WHO thus recommends improving the urban environment to support 'active transport' (walking and cycling) and recreation in its Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.
This study further explores the link between the urban environment and exercise by providing objective data on activity levels in a diverse range of cities. Data were used from 6 822 participants in the study who wore accelerometers around their waist for 4–7 days. Accelerometers assess vertical movement of the body and mainly detect walking. Participants lived in one of 14 cities across 10 countries (Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, China (Hong Kong), Mexico, New Zealand, the UK and the USA).
The researchers related activity levels to urban features which are thought to affect walkability found in a 0.5 km and a 1 km zone around each participant's home. Six features were considered: number of residential dwellings; number of street junctions (accessible to pedestrians); mixture of land use (indicating easy access to retail areas and public buildings); number of bus, rail or ferry stops/stations; distance to nearest public transport stop/station; and number of parks.
Average activity levels varied greatly by neighbourhood. Participants with the most activity-supportive environmental features within 1 km of their home did up to 89 minutes more physical activity a week, on average, than those in 1 km zones with the fewest activity-supportive features. For 0.5 km zones, the difference in activity levels was 68 minutes. On average, participants across all 14 cities did 37 minutes of physical activity per day. Baltimore, USA, had the lowest average rate of activity (29.2 minutes per day) and Wellington, New Zealand, had the highest (50.1 minutes per day).
Three urban features were strongly associated with higher activity levels:
- High residential density. This is needed to support important components of a walkable neighbourhood, such as local shops and a frequent public transport service.
- High density of public transport stops. Interestingly, distance to the nearest transport stop was not associated with activity levels. Instead, the researchers suggest that a high number of transport options is more likely to meet residents' needs and thus increase the likelihood of walking to a stop. Good access to public transport is necessary for a less car-dependent lifestyle, they state.
- Parks. These are not just locations for recreation in themselves, but destinations that people choose to walk to.
Studies usually associate mixed land use with physical activity, but not in this case. However, the researchers say this may be due to limitations of their method; for example, they did not map unregistered shops, such as informal markets, which are common in middle-income countries. Street-junction density, which indicates connectivity, showed some influence on walking levels, but results on this feature were mixed.
Importantly, the links between built environment and physical activity were generally similar across all the cities. This suggests that improving urban design is a solution that applies everywhere.
The study recommends that decision makers in the public health, environmental, transport and park sectors work together to promote physical activity as way of cutting air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and energy usage, whilst achieving health benefits.
- Lee, I.M., Shiroma E.J., Lobelo F., Puska P., Blair S.N., & Katzmarzyk P.T. (2012). Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy. Lancet, 380: 219–99.


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Shlomo Linkus. The man had an amazing name. He was my landlord for nearly two years and every time I told people his name I wanted to wave my arms like I was introducing a circus act. Or just raise my eyebrows and wait for them to laugh before continuing my story.
Obviously, I hang out with a lot of gentiles and we don't encounter many Shlomos, so his name makes an impact on us.
But it wasn't just his name, it was the total package which made him so great.
Shlomo had style. He dressed like Don Knotts's dapper older brother and kept a well-trimmed mustache. In the winter he was never without his hat. One morning when my car pool driver picked me up she started talking about his little hat, and I finished her sentence saying he wears it "just so." Which is able as accurate of a description as you can get.
The car pool lady was a big fan of his name, too. Only she always spoke about him using her pet name Shlomy.
He owned several buildings, back to back, with an alley of parking spaces in between. I'd see him on almost a daily basis moving between the buildings, or talking with some of the maintenance men who lived in the basement with their families.
One of the first times that I met Shlomo in person was when I went to his office to talk about the security deposit. He was an informal landlord and my roommates and I didn't sign a lease for the apartment. But we were expected to pay the outgoing tenants a security deposit, and when we moved out, the incoming tenants would pay us.
I didn't want to get screwed out of so much money, so I told Shlomo I wanted to write an agreement for him to sign explaining the security deposit.
When I arrived at his office, he looked at the computer print out I handed him, decided it needed rewritten, and left the office to get something. I didn't know what.
He returned with typing paper, carbon copy paper and the single pen he kept in the office.
Seriously, the man had carbon copy paper. Did he pull it out of his fall out shelter? It was the year 2009. I hadn't seen carbon copy paper in such a long time, it was as if he had whipped out a rotary dial phone and made a call pledging money to the Jimmy Carter presidential campaign.
The thing was, he had this air of authority and certainty about him that made you want to follow his lead even if it was a bit off kilter.
He also had the good manners of another generation, possibly a fictional one, but still one that was to be envied.
When I broke the news to him that I'd be moving out because I'd gotten a new job in New York City, he asked me what the job was and then shook my hand with a silent congratulations.
Then he launched into a story about his recent visit to Jack's 99 cents stores in New York, and how they are a brilliant business idea. It was kind of a long story and we were standing outside my car on a December morning before I drove to work, so on the one hand I wanted him to wrap it up, but on the other hand, I felt like he was imparting his wisdom on me and I should stay and listen.
I haven't kept in touch with Shlomy since moving, but I'm sure if we did, I'd receive nothing but lines of genius rolling off sheets of carbon copy paper.


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the prodigal son
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I sit reading The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen. Nouwen writes that He finds abit of himself in all 3 characters– the younger son, the elder son and the father. He is like the younger son, because sometimes he "lives as though I do not have a home and must look far and wide to find one". These words spoke out to me. I look for the perfect friend as if I didn't have Jesus. I look for the perfect mother and father in my parents, as if I didn't have a Father and Mother already. The elder son is no better. Outwardly, he is at home. But inside, he is just as lost. He complains that he didn't receive what he was due. I also see myself in him. Outwardly, I don't do horrible things…but inside, sometimes I complain that God is not present enough. I don't feel like the child of God sometimes.
It may be easy to identify with both the younger and elder son. How about the father? Nouwen's friend suggests that no matter how much he saw himself in the sons, he was called to be the father– to love without asking for love in return, to give himself for others…
How does that happen? I'm thinking, the sons must first recognise that they're children of God. To do this, the younger son had to search far and wide in vain and finally come to the bedrock of his identity–that he is his father's son, and the elder son has to overcome his resentment and see that his father loves him just as He loves his younger brother. When they are open to receiving God's love as His children, then they will be ready to share His love too and become more like Him.


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Reign Morton is a young American artist cradled by soul and gospel influences. His musical DNA is a way for him to share and awaken the senses of his audience.
Born in Portsmouth, Virginia July 18th, started to sing in the choir at church and at family gathering from the age of 6. As a young boy he was influenced by his grandmother who was the
youngest choir director in the church's history.
From the age of 16 till 19, he started to sing with a band called I.G.N.Y.T.E (innovative gentlemen navigating your total entertainment). Gained popularity with a small local following and radio spots. "Our little secret" was one of the most appreciated songs of the band.
Musical events:
• Performed on Jamie Foxx's club the Conga room in down town Los Angeles
• Performed at the summer jam fest in Augusta Georgia
• Opened for platinum recording artist Omarion at R'n'B live
• Performed and recorded with legendary actor Billy Dee Williams on Soap Net #1
night time drama "General Hospital" night shift
• Shared the stage with well-known artist Bobby Brown
• Sang and performed in front of live audiences in Osaka, Japan
• Sang and performed in front of live audiences at the world-famous Bizzart Club in
Paris, France
Challenger, he decided to put aside his career as an actor, singer in Los Angeles, his friends and family, to follow his true passion as a singer. he decided to live his own experience in venture off to Europe. Today, in Paris, he is sharing his first encounters with you through his song "comfortable" and "Silky" or his first emotional heart-break with "fool".
His first featuring ever in Paris occurred with the group Klan kil-ela, this video is a killer. Klan kil-ela is composed of Jeune Griot, Lil Mac and Steky who already produced the song called House party. The video Speed dating is to be shared around.
Through his songs, Reign Morton makes you discover sensation of another kind that awakens unspoken feelings through from his audience.
"If you are ready for Reign Morton," Just Push Play "… Songs will be available soon 😉
Right now, i'll let you listen to some type of old Motown record style 😉
Thanks for following me, see you in the next edition 😉 Cedrick Delest


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I've seen this on trackbase for other servers:
Yet for some reason my server doesn't display this, even though my anti-cheat settings are on:
set g_silentac "3" set g_cheatLog "cheatlog.log"
What am I missing?
Look here: http://et.trackbase.net/server/36577/ -- says "No cheat protection".
I *think* this is working on our server, I know some people have already been caught and auto-banned.


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Dr.s Fritz Redl and David Wineman are considered by many, to be founders of the moment to treat hurt children with dignity, understanding, compassion, and love.
Their classic books, collectively considered by some to be the "Bible" when it comes to working with challenging behavior, are Controls from Within: Techniques for Treatment of the Aggressive Child, and, The Child who Hates: a Sensitive Analysis of Anti-social behavior of Children in their response to the adult world.
Written over fifty years ago, these extraordinary works are still, a must read for anyone working with young people who exhibit behavior that today we diagnose as oppositional defiant, aggressive, or violent.
While we have some extraordinary journal articles, robust research, and literally hundreds of books and articles on helping hurt children, I think these classic works still stand out as important as we work to understand and treat those children who are in need of serious treatment.
A few of my favorite quotes from Redl and Wineman....
Remembering Fritz Redl: "'The children must get plenty of love and affection whether they deserve it or not: they must be assured of the basic quota of happy, recreational experiences whether they seem to have it coming or not. In short, love and affection, as well as the granting of gratifying life situations, cannot be made the bargaining tools of educational or even therapeutic motivation, but must be kept tax-free as minimal parts of the youngsters' diet, irrespective of the problems of deservedness' (1952)."
"We are against the application of physical punishment in any form whatsoever under any circumstances. Even for the normal child, we reject the idea that physical pain will 'teach' the youngster, that the entrance to the character of a child leads through the epidermis of the hind quarters, or that physical pain will solve things by giving the child the chance to pay for his sins and thus end his guilt feelings" (1952).
"Boredom will always remain the greatest enemy of school disciplines. If we remember that children are bored, not only when they don't happen to be interested in the subject or when the teacher doesn't make it interesting, but also when certain working conditions are out of focus with their basic needs, then we can realize what a great contributor to discipline problems boredom really is. Research has shown that boredom is closely related to frustration and that the effect of too much frustration is invariably irritability, withdrawal, rebellious opposition or aggressive rejection of the whole show."
While newer books may be more enticing, current in some respects, and appear more appropriate to our modern day, I think these classic works are worth delving into. They are a foundation upon which we can build a repertoire of skills, techniques, and approaches that can truly help a child heal!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Dr. Fritz Redl and Dr. David Wineman - Their Classic Work on Treating Hurt Children
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OK, here's the deal.......
My blog is now moving over to my new rather spiffing website courtesy of Andy of WABForum and Tradestands fame.
My new site is currently under developement as I have decided to re-take many of my pics and to be honest this task is not being helped by the weather here in Edinburgh! However I will persevere. For the moment, the gallery will have samples of many of the pics that I have taken of my armies over the past year or so and these will gradually be replaced by newer pics as I find the time and weather conditions to suit :o)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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This quality built three bedroom home is positioned in a quiet court location amongst other new homes.
Offering a large fully fenced backyard, a covered entertaining area and two living areas there's plenty of room for the family.
Comfortable with ducted gas heating and ducted evaporative cooling.
The spacious master bedroom has a lovely ensuite and walk in robe.
Well appointed kitchen with stainless appliances and internal access from the double remote garage.
First home buyers could take advantage of the grant or Investors would expect good depreciation, new home builders warranty and a rental return of approx. $330pw.
- Air Conditioning
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- Close To Schools
- Close To Shops
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- Double Garage
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