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Okay I'll admit, the title is a bit (very) misleading, but hey, anything is possible. Allow me to tell you a story:
Ever since I can remember, I've loved to put on costumes, go on stage, and play the role of a fictional character. I've taken acting lessons, taken drama classes, and was completely invested in a diabolical idea I had of becoming Hollywood actor.
A woman even mysteriously approached me in the mall one day, asking me if I would be interested in acting. She just came up to me. I strangely turned down her offer, which was probably out of nerves, with a smidgen of shock. Why would she choose me when she's probably never seen me before? Anyway, let's talk about my former role in theater.
In high school I was much different from the other kids in Drama class. Everybody else was seemingly possessed by the spirit of Shakespeare himself, animated with their hands and thunderous with their words. I was quiet and reserved, and admittedly insecure at my own talents compared to theirs because they seemed so invested and alive, while I was just, you know… Me.
My drama teacher would occasionally have a chat about my role in his plays and would sometimes slip in a comment about how I was a good actor. To hear him speak those words gave me confidence, but also a sense of doubt. Did he truly mean those words, or was he just a teacher trying to be friendly and encouraging to his student? Perhaps I'll never know the answer.
It's been a while since I've performed on stage, five years to be precise. Sometimes I miss the interaction with other actors and actresses, the atmosphere of the audience, the bright flashing lights, and that pristine new car smell of the theater. I've always wanted to write a play, or just even a script one day. To be honest, I don't know when that when that will be, if ever.
I reflect on my theatrical days and now I realize that I really could have done it. Maybe I could have made it to Hollywood and performed on the big screen of your local movie theater. If I had stuck to performing and discarded the self-doubt that plagued me, then maybe the dream would have become a reality. Sure, I wasn't the most naturally talented, but I believe anything is possible with hard work and dedication.
I'm much different today than I was five years ago. I've lost the urge to perform on stage, but I still have an everlasting respect for the theatrical arts. I love to sit in a theater and laugh and cry and applaud. I love knowing how actors think and what directors have to deal with behind the scenes. But the truth is, I had a love that was magnitudes greater than acting.
I love to write stories.
I yearn for the scent of loose leaf paper, the chill of adventure, and the drunken euphoria that comes with writing a story.
I'm focused on writing novels, exploring fictional worlds with the scribble of a pen or the clickity-clack of a keyboard. My theatrical days have helped me understand my characters' emotions and their reactions to various real world situations. This whole ordeal has improved me both as a person, a storyteller, and of course, a writer.
The point is, anything is possible with unwavering faith, hard work, and inhuman dedication. Don't allow insecurities to get in the way of your dreams or how you see your future. Thanks for taking the time to sit through this little tale I just told. Thank you for reading.


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CONSIDER IT A SPOILER alert if you must, but we already know tonight's champ in the Best Animated Feature Film category. That's because the winner will be…
With a likely nod to ani-lord John Lasseter.
That's because Disney made or distributed three of tonight's five nominees. And because the Academy rarely crowns stop-motion films in this derby (only once in the category's 11 years), Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" and Disney/Pixar's "Brave" have the upper hand among these voters.
It's worth noting, though, that this is the strongest overall field since 2009, when the budding Oregon-based studio Laika (run by the son of Nike's founder) last had an entry. That year, it was "Coraline"; this year, it's the excellent "ParaNorman," Chris Butler and Sam Fell's half-ode to '80s John Hughes films (with a cap-tip to '70s TV cartoons) that is rendered in the studio's trademark gorgeous stop-motion. The gifted Butler and Fell are already at work on their next Laika feature, and they'll likely win Oscar one day. Probably just not this year.
PARA-MUTUAL: Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), left, and Alvin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) react to the fun chills in the 3D stop-motion film, "ParaNorman." (FOCUS FEATURES via AP)
The only stop-motion to ever win this category is Wallace and Gromit fare from the genius blokes at England's Aardman Studios. But for Peter Lord and his "Pirates! Band of Misfits," it's a good year just to be nominated — nudging aside the wonderful but snubbed "Rise of the Guardians."
HANDMADE CREATION: Victor and his reanimated pal Sparky in Tim Burton's stop-motion "Frankenweenie." (Disney)
That leaves the last stop-motion of the bunch: The Disney-distributed "Frankenweenie," in which Tim Burton "reanimates" his '80s creation. Its black-and-white aesthetic is just right, but the film's story feels a bit too thin to win here.
Which leaves John Lasseter battling himself. As Pixar studio's co-founder and Disney's honcho of all things animation, his influence and DNA are weaved throughout "Brave" and "Wreck-It Ralph" (he exec-produced both). A win by the former film would be a historic first Oscar for a woman director of an animated feature (even though Brenda Chapman was replaced 18 months from the finish line). A win by the latter film would be a historic first victory in this category (as striking as that fact is) for a feature created entirely at Disney.
RUSH TO JUDGMENT: Once Ralph meets Vanellope in the Sugar Rush video game, "Wreck-It Ralph" kicks into high gear. (Disney)
Both of this competition's two CG films flaunt state-of-the-art effects, top-of-the-line voice acting and effective stretches of storytelling. Which makes this race almost too close to call. So we look for even thin differences.
One thing to note: "Brave" is strongest in its first half, and "Ralph" is at its best in its latter half — so how Oscars voters really watched these films, how much they paid proper attention throughout, could swing this race.
GREAT SCOT: Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) and "Brave" could nip its fellow Disney-distributed films with an Oscars bull's-eye. (Pixar – AP)
Give Pixar (and its first female-heroine film) the slightest of edges. But I will say this: If Rich Moore's road-racing "Ralph" had the Academy-trusted "Pixar" badge stamped on its hood, it would likely get the nod.
WINNER: Disney and Lasseter.
IN THIS CATEGORY, to twist Hamlet: "The best is…silence."
There are no words for these five nominees. Literally. You can blame/credit Pixar's winning-short influence, perhaps, but all of these shorts lack dialogue. For the 2013 Oscar statuette, verbal silence is golden.
Beyond that, the creative range is wide. PES's playful "Fresh Guacamole" is an enjoyable appetizer at just 100 minutes. At the other end, you have the extended narrative of Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly's sumptuous meal, "Head Over Heels" — an endlessly inventive creation rendered with highly tactile stop-motion puppets and sets.
To some degree, this is a wide-open derby. A vote for David Silverman's amusing, pun-rich "Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare' " is also a vote of appreciation for "Simpsons" career screen achievement after a quarter-century. A vote for John Kahrs's "Paperman" (which ran in theaters ahead of "Wreck-It Ralph") is also a vote for traditionally elegant and heartwarming Disney art, brimming with grace notes.
Minkyu Lee, filmmaker of the Animated Short Film nominee "Adam and Dog." (JONATHAN ALCORN – REUTERS) Then there is the horse that almost defies handicapping: Minkyu Lee's "Adam and Dog." It is an oxymoron: A short that feels epic. The shifting palettes simply dazzle. The physical movement rings true. And it all feels somehow personal: Team effort as singular vision. The film is testament to an industry pro taking on a pet project with a passion.
So the winner? "Head Over Heels" may find particular favor with those older, long-married Oscars voters who relish the visual metaphor. "Paperman" is a mainstream-popular pick of undeniable craft. But "Adam and Dog" is a leaping, lapping beast that licks you into submission with both its eye-popping art and tail-wagging sense of affection. In a close race, this could be Oscar's best friend.
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Happy Easter! The Easter Bunny brought baskets today and we got to hunt for eggs with some friends. M of course got the most eggs, being the oldest kid. V got the least because she found the candy inside them. Local tradition is that the boys hit the girls with switches until they give them eggs. This happens on the day after Easter -- we might do some modified version at our house :) The kids love their switches, though. Tomorrow is our big choir performance in sacrament meeting. Hope it turns out OK.
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It's July now. Fourth of July pretty much sucked but I pretneded to enjoy myself as best as I could. Danielle finally called about 4pm and I then had an hour to get to her house. My mom said if I stopped by her house on my way she would give me some money so I got $20 so I could have some dinner or pay admission to whereever it was we were going...though no one really gave me a straight answer about where that was. I got over to Danielle's just a couple minutes past 5pm and then a few minutes later Danielle, John and I went and picked up Emma from the fireworks stand she was working at next to Toyopros to raise money for her church trip to Thailand later this month. Then we went to Goofios house. All this time we'd been rushing around to get to Goofio's house only to sit around and wait and wait for Brianna and Goofio to finally actually get ready and leave. Then John, Danielle, Emma, Goofio, Brianna, myself and some guy I dont know that was over at their house walked a few blocks to some school I guess it was that was having a carnaval and fireworks show. By the time we got there it was only about 5 minutes until the show started and they'd stopped charging admission. They wanted to play at the carnaval and so we did not have a very good spot to hear the music that went with the fireworks and I guess it was the grass has my eyes burning and my sinuses acting up as well as some of my friends. Eventually after the show we managed to get everyone to walk back to Goofio's place and then eventually got them to leave to go get food since some of us had not eaten dinner. We ended up at Denny's. I had french toast with strawberries on them from their $2,4,6,8 menu. The conversations there just left me feeling more left out and depressed. They talked about 401ks, their retirement plans, their health coverage, etc. They also talked about John and Danielle's upcoming trip to Hawaii. Goofio talked about going to Vegas soon. Blah blah blah. I, as usual, cried when I was finally alone again.
Being with others just makes me feel even more alone and crappy. I hate life and I hate myself. The talk of the damn reunion didn't help anything either. I'm such a loser. I wish I could disappear.
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Media Wales and Daily Post: Reaction to newspaper job cuts
Journalist Mario Basini and Liberal Democrat AM Peter Black discuss the implications of the job cuts for Welsh media and democracy.
It follows news that 16 jobs are to go at a Cardiff-based newspaper group as its publisher plans more content sharing across its local and national titles.
Media Wales publishes the Western Mail, South Wales Echo and Wales on Sunday as well as the Celtic local newspapers.
Its publisher Trinity Mirror announced earlier this week that it will axe a total of 92 jobs, but create 52 across Wales and England.
Four jobs will also go from Trinity Mirror's Daily Post in Llandudno Junction, which covers north Wales.
Former Western Mail writer Mr Basini told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement he believes staff there will be feeling "despair".
Trinity Mirror has said the decision was not easy but the company had to "re-engineer the way we work" if its journalism was to thrive in the future.
It called the move "a bold, imaginative step that will enable us to become a fully-fledged, digitally-focused news operation".
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Glowing. Radiant and shimmering, she walked out on the red carpet and my jaw dropped. She looked so calm and comfortable. Those who watched President Obama's first state dinner in honor of Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India were wowed, again, by the fabulously fashionable Mrs. O. I am sure the curried prawns were delish, but nothing topped the night like Michelle's dress designed by Naeem Khan, Indian-American designer. The floor length, strapless, cream-colored dress dazzled. It had an over layer of delicate, transparent fabric with shinning prints and took a team of 40 people and three weeks to create in India. (NYDailyNews.com )
The night was a spectacle for certain, studded with stars and famous figures; it was truly a festive occasion. Michelle's fashion -forward outlook is a steady conversation in the media and once more, this night added to her fashion portfolio. Taking a step back from the politics, the husband, the adorable children, and powerhouse job, she is a style, and woman, icon we have not had since arguably Jackie O. I of course was not alive in Mrs. Kennedy Onassis's prime, but a book of her sophisticated style sits by my bed side table. I have long admired her poise and elegance and liken Michelle Obama's good taste and grace with the former first lady.
It is refreshing to watch our First Lady make waves across the fashion industry with her classic cuts, pretty prints, bright colors and belted sweater and skirt sets. She proves that fashion is important, it shows creativity and character and a positive confidence in one's self. Michelle has graced the covers of many leading magazines, including this month's Glamour, with effortless tact and ease. Her best accessory is surely her smile and I anxiously await the fashion maven's next move.
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She's been in the house for a week now - after a vet visit confirmed she doesn't have feline leukemia or FHIV, I bathed her and kept her inside. So far no responses to the flyers we've put out...although we haven't tried real hard yet. Need to get more out there.
So far what we know is that she's probably 12-18 months old, has a scar showing she was spayed, the vet figures that means she also had her shots, and the scars/scratches on her feet implied she'd been outside for at least a few weeks. She's very friendly with us and the dogs - a little stand-offish towards the cats....but no fights or anything. She wants to eat ALL THE TIME... She doesn't spend much time cuddling with us yet, but she's very friendly and just likes to stretch out under beds, or in the room near us. Also - she's VERY chatty!


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Fitting an hyperexponential
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- From: Andrea Coccoli <a.coccoli at guest.cnuce.cnr.it>
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Please excuse me if it is a simple question, Via simulation, I obtained the cumulative (discrete) distribution of the delay of message transmissions in a network I am working with. Its shape recalls the hyperexponential one. Since I would like to make some analytical evaluations, I am forced to represent the delay only with a sum of exponential distributions. I would like to know if there is a program that could help me in this. it should be something able to give the rates of the exponential distributions once the trace results are given (the error and the number of exponential should be a parameter, too). Thanks for your help Andrea


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Minn. Stat. Ï 480A.08, subd. 3 (2000).
State of Minnesota,
Leonard Barnell Batiste,
Peterson, Judge
St. Louis County District Court
Mike Hatch, Attorney General, 525 Park St., Suite 500, St. Paul, MN 55103; and
Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Jeanne L. Schleh, Assistant County Attorney, Suite 315, 50 West Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul, MN 55102 (for respondent)
Susan K. Maki, Assistant Public Defender, 2829 University Avenue Southeast, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (for appellant)
Considered and decided by Shumaker, Presiding Judge, Randall, Judge, and Peterson, Judge.
PETERSON, Judge
In this appeal from convictions of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, appellant Leonard Barnell Batiste argues that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct by asking a rebuttal witness about the suppression of a statement that had been ruled inadmissible. Appellant also argues that the prosecutor committed misconduct during closing argument by suggesting that only a guilty verdict could prevent appellant from killing the victim who survived. We affirm.
Batiste was charged with first- and second-degree murder and attempted murder following the June 16, 1999, slaying of Antoin Watson and the attempted shooting of Larry Taylor.
On the night before the shooting, Batistes cousin, Terry Harris, was shot in a drive-by shooting while standing on the porch of a home in St. Paul. Harris suffered minor wounds and was treated and released from the hospital. Batiste was present during the drive-by shooting, and his rental car was damaged by the gunfire.
On June 16, while Batiste and his friends were at the house where the shooting had occurred cleaning up the mess from the night before, Watson and Taylor walked by the house. The two men customarily hung out at the house next door, and there were apparently bad feelings between the people in the two houses. Because of that, or because Watson or Taylor said something as they walked by, they were chased by Batiste and his friends. As Watson and Taylor reached their car, someone began shooting. Watson was struck in the back of the head and died. The shooter, whom Taylor identified as Batiste, then turned his attention to Taylor. But the gun was empty, and the shooter fled in a car waiting nearby.
Several people witnessed the shooting. One of them, a neighbor sitting in her yard, picked out Batiste in a photo display as the person who looked like the shooter, although she could not be absolutely certain. Another neighbor could not identify the shooter but described him as a six-foot-tall, dark-skinned black male, wearing a blue-and-white horizontally striped shirt.
Terry Harris testified that when she was shot, Batiste and several other people had come with her to the hospital. She testified that although she went elsewhere after being released from the hospital, Batiste told her he had gone back to the house where the shooting occurred and noticed that the people next door had all left the house. Harris testified that she told Batiste to [l]et it go and not retaliate, because a friend of Batistes was boosting him to go do something that he had no business doing.
Harris testified that the next morning, the owner of the house where she had been shot, who was also a cousin of Batiste, came to the apartment where she and Batiste had stayed the night. She testified that Batiste dressed that day in a pair of blue jeans and a blue shirt with some different colors in it that might have been striped and left with his cousin. Harris admitted that she called Batiste frequently that day to make sure he didnt do anything crazy. Batiste had returned to the house where Harris was shot.
Harris testified that Batiste returned to her apartment that evening after dark. He was with a group of men. One of the men described a shooting and told how the victim fell when the bullet hit him, but none of the men claimed to be the shooter. Harris testified that two of the men changed their shirts, but she did not see Batiste change any clothes.
Harris testified that after police arrested the driver of the car that took the group from the scene of the shooting, it was decided that everyone had to leave, for fear that the driver would talk. Harris testified that it was Carnell Dunn, another of Batistes cousins, who said they had to leave, but Harris was impeached with her statement to police that it was Batiste who said they had to leave. Harris left for Ponchatoula, Louisiana, her family home. About a month later, she got a call there from Batiste, who was in Jacksonville, Florida.
Harris testified that Batiste disguised his voice, and she did not know who was calling until he asked if her phone was tapped. Harris drove to Jacksonville to pick up Batiste and his girlfriend, Alishia, and drive them back to Ponchatoula. She testified that she knew Batiste was wanted for murder at the time, and denied that there was any conversation in the car about the shooting. She testified that Batiste told her that he had left Minnesota because Alishia told him it was time to go when both of their pictures were printed in the newspaper.
Batiste was arrested in Ponchatoula. Sergeants Findley and Munoz of the St. Paul police department questioned him there while he was in jail. The district court found that Munoz and Findley gave Batiste a Miranda warning but did not ask him whether he waived his rights. Early in the interview, Batiste stated that he would like an attorney. The officers, however, kept on talking with Batiste without honoring this request. Batiste indicated that his family was trying to get an attorney for him. This did not end the interview, but the officers eventually allowed Batiste to place a call to his family in Minnesota.
The trial court ruled that this statement was inadmissible because of the Miranda violation. The prosecutor then asked the court for a ruling that the statement could be used as a voluntary statement for impeachment purposes should Batiste testify. The court did not rule on that motion, but later, when Batiste had decided to testify, the motion was renewed. The court again reserved a ruling, and the following day ruled that it would allow the statement to be used for impeachment purposes, but the inconsistency giving the prosecutor grounds to use the statement had to come out on direct examination, not on the prosecutors own cross-examination.
Batiste gave minimal testimony on direct examination. He testified about his height and weight in June 1999, the clothes he was wearing on the date of the shooting, and the reason he left Minnesota afterwards. He testified that when his cousin Terry Harris was shot, he was scared for her but not angry. He admitted that he had prior convictions (which the court had ruled admissible to impeach him), denied shooting Antoin Watson, and testified that he was not at the scene of the shooting.
During cross-examination, the prosecutor impeached Batiste with his Ponchatoula statement. The prosecutor brought out Batistes statements from that interview that he was wearing a checkered or striped shirt on the day of the shooting, and that Taylor (the surviving victim) was trying to kill him. Batiste also admitted that he had told the St. Paul officers that he thought Harriss shooting was an accident.
On redirect examination, Batiste began explaining some of his statements in Ponchatoula. He explained that he did not know at the time that the description of his shirt was important. He began describing the circumstances surrounding the statement, estimating that it lasted almost three hours, and describing how he left the room to use the bathroom.
On recross, Batiste testified that he had read the Ponchatoula statement hundreds of times. He also claimed that the statement contained only half of what he had actually said. On re-recross, the questioning continued to focus on the statement, with Batiste again insisting that a lot was missing from the transcript of the statement. This culminated in Batiste stating:
A. * * * Like I told you, thats half the statement. Thats not the whole statement. Everything that was said * * * is not even in there, * * *. I mean theyre cutting certain parts of it out that they dont want in court or whatever.
The prosecutor followed up on this:
Q. So basically youre saying thats the reason why they dont want the statement in court today, then?
A. I dont know. I dont know what the reason is. I just know thats not the whole statement, * * *.
The prosecutor presented Sergeant Findleys testimony in rebuttal. After clarifying one point in the police investigation, the prosecutor asked Findley about the Ponchatoula statement. Findley testified that the transcript of the statement was a fair and accurate reflection of what was on the tape. Findley testified that he thought the tape recorder was turned off only when Batiste went to call a lawyer, although he could not be sure because the other officer had the tape recorder. Then, the following exchange occurred:
Q. And do you know why this statement is not coming
into court?
[Defense counsel]: Objection, Your Honor.
[The Court]: Sustained.
[Prosecutor]: May we approach?
[The Court]: No.
[Prosecutor]: Nothing further.
The prosecutor began his closing argument by emphasizing the testimony of Larry Taylor, the surviving victim who identified Batiste as the shooter in a photo display. The prosecutor emphasized the consistency in Taylors testimony, then asked why Taylor would misidentify the defendant as the shooter?
What possible reason could he have to misidentify the defendant as the person that just tried to kill him? None. There are none. Absolutely, positively none. Because what happens if he misidentifies him? The person that if he misidentified him would certainly get another chance to kill him. Dont you think? You saw Mr. Taylor didnt want to come here. * * * But he had to. Because he knows that a proper verdict that speaks to the truth in this case will prevent Mr.Batiste from trying to kill him again.
(Emphasis added.)
Batiste argues that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct by asking why the Ponchatoula statement had been suppressed and by suggesting, in closing argument, that the jury should convict Batiste to prevent him from making another attempt to kill Taylor.
Whether a new trial should be granted due to prosecutorial misconduct lies within the discretion of the trial court, which is in the best position to assess the effect of any misconduct. State v. Wahlberg, 296 N.W.2d 408, 420 (Minn. 1980). The trial courts decision to deny a new trial based on a claim of prosecutorial misconduct will not be reversed unless the misconduct appears to be so serious and prejudicial that defendants right to a fair trial was denied. State v. Dillon, 529 N.W.2d 387, 392 (Minn. App. 1995) (quoting Wahlberg, 296 N.W.2d at 420).
The Ponchatoula statement was ruled admissible for impeachment purposes, and was used by the prosecutor to impeach several points of Batistes testimony. In trying to explain inconsistencies, Batiste suggested that the statement was not properly taken and was incomplete. Batiste also suggested that the police did not want the statement admitted. That suggestion opened the door for the prosecutor to ask Sergeant Findley, in rebuttal, why the statement had not come into court. See generally State v. Willis, 559 N.W.2d 693, 699 (Minn. 1997) (holding that defense counsels question had open[ed] the door to the introduction of character evidence). By suggesting to the jury that the statement was being improperly and misleadingly withheld from it, Batistes trial testimony opened the door for the prosecutor to ask for the real reason why the complete statement was not being admitted.
Batistes argument that the prosecutors question was prejudicial misconduct is further weakened by the fact that the trial court sustained the defense objection to the question. See generally State v. Henderson, 620 N.W.2d 688, 702 (Minn. 2001) (treating courts sustaining objection to improper question as being equivalent to striking testimony, and not prejudicial misconduct where state had an arguable claim that the defense opened the door to the question). Defense counsel explained in his motion for a new trial why he did not also ask for a curative instruction that the jury disregard the question. But, as he pointed out, a question is not evidence and would not likely be considered as evidence by the jury.
Batistes second claim of prosecutorial misconduct misconstrues the record. At the beginning of his closing argument, the prosecutor, while discussing the testimony of Larry Taylor, pointed out that Taylor had no reason to misidentify the defendant as the shooter. This argument was proper, as any bias or lack of bias of a witness is relevant to that witnesss credibility. Taylor testified that before the shooting, he had seen Batiste hanging around the house where the shooting occurred. Thus, there was at least a possibility that Taylor could identify Batiste from the neighborhood association, rather than from the shooting, and that the neighborhood dispute could have given Taylor a motive to falsely identify Batiste as the shooter. The logic of the prosecutors argument was that Taylor would not deliberately misidentify the shooter because, if he did, the real shooter would escape punishment and be free to assault him again. That argument, which was relevant to Taylors credibility and did not raise any improper inference with regard to Batiste, was proper.
But the prosecutor went on to say,
Because [Taylor] knows that a proper verdict that speaks
the truth in this case will prevent Mr. Batiste from trying
to kill him again.
This argument improperly asked the jury to convict Batiste to prevent future harm, not because Batiste is guilty. However, the comment is a single sentence in a 37-page argument. See generally State v. Stephani, 369 N.W.2d 540, 547 (Minn. App. 1985) (noting that appellate court must consider closing argument in its entirety, not phrase-by-phrase), review denied (Minn. Aug. 20, 1985). Also, Batiste did not object to the comment. See State v. Ture, 353 N.W.2d 502, 516 (Minn. 1984) (holding that defendant ordinarily waives claim of improper prosecutorial argument by failing to object).
It is improper for a prosecutor to infer that the jury should convict the defendant for any reason other than that he is guilty. See generally State v. Ashby, 567 N.W.2d 21, 27 (Minn. 1997) (holding the prosecutor must not distract jury from proper role of deciding whether state has met its burden of proof). It was as improper to ask the jury to convict in order to protect Taylor as it would be to ask them to use their verdict to protect themselves or society in general. See State v. Post, 512 N.W.2d 99, 103 (Minn. 1994) (holding it was improper to argue jury could use verdict to protect society from the next individual with a gun in his hand). But in this case, the jury would have had to believe that Batiste was the shooter in order to think it necessary to protect Taylor from him.
A new trial will not be granted for prosecutorial misconduct unless one of two standards is met. For cases involving unusually serious misconduct, the court may affirm only if it is certain beyond a reasonable doubt that the misconduct was harmless. State v. Caron, 300 Minn. 123, 127-28, 218 N.W.2d 197, 200 (1974). For cases involving less serious misconduct, the test is whether the misconduct likely played a substantial part in influencing the jury to convict. Id.
The prosecutors single improper comment here, taken in the context of the entire argument, was not unusually serious misconduct. Moreover, the evidence of Batistes guilt, including Taylors identification; the identification, although less than certain, of a bystander; Batistes motive and opportunity; the abundant evidence of his presence at the scene and his later flight to Florida and Louisiana; was particularly strong. The improper suggestion that the jury should protect Taylor from Batiste did not likely play a substantial part in influencing the jury to convict.


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Just wanted to update everyone on life here at the Lodge.
and then she pooped and peed on the floor because I scared her when I yelled at Mocha for eating Bella's food.
One step forward two steps back. Dosey doh.
Bella's kennelmate, Polly aka Molly, lives with a family around the corner and her foster mom brought us some newspapers to line the kennel. We thought it would be interesting to get the two most scaredy girls together and see what we would get.
Bella was oh so Happy to see Polly but Polly was a little too freaked out to be happy about seeing Bella. Bella wagged her tail and licked Polly's lower jaw. Sigh. We'll get there. It's only been a month today.
The "locking Bella out of her kennel during the day" seems to be helping too. She is pretty calm right now. I think next week we're going to work on having her in the family room with us in the evening for an hour or so at night. I'm sure the first couple times will be bumpy but somehow it feels like the right thing to do.
She's still pretty freaky about the camera flash so you'll have to wait for the weekend to get new photos!
Thank you for reading!!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Midweek Update
Posted by Michelle R. Grade at 7:24 PM
4 comments:
- Mark and Judy said...
Mocha! The canine in-sink-erator! Sassy puppy who will eat anything and everything... I can tell she's related to Mia!
Make sure you have something nice on the TV when Bella watches with you guys! Maybe Benji?
It IS progress, and YOU got a wag.
- October 14, 2009 at 9:01 PM
- Grade Lodge said...
How about...sniff...All Dogs Go to Heaven? sniff sniff
- October 15, 2009 at 5:52 AM
I thought I saw another shaved Beardie in the neighborhood!
Talking about dog movies, a favorite of mine is My Dog Skip.
- October 15, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- FluffyDogsOnTheGo said...
It is all coming together...a wag..a real wag....I am so happy you have Polly that close I would love to see you guys, The Lady will drive me up for a visit as soon as you two are ready! Delilah the Gypsy!
- October 15, 2009 at 7:01 PM
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Happy Birthday Blog!
January 30 marked the one year anniversary of my first post and the launch of my blog, Footnotes.
February 6 last year, I published my second post and sent out an email announcement to everybody I thought might be receptive to it or at least not too annoyed by it. And on February 7, 103 people viewed my blog!
There was nothing special about the 2/7 post. It wasn't memorable in terms of literary genius. It was the second in the series of finding my way in this medium, finding a voice for my blog, figuring out the answer to "OK, you put yourself out there. What are you going to do now?"
I'm sure those 103 people viewed my blog purely out of curiosity. But then, when they decided to make the click that logged a view in my site stats, they didn't know but what I might just have something important to say, did they? Something amusing. Something poignant even. Something worth the short time it would take them to read it.
Unfortunately, no one day since has come close to matching that number of views. Does that mean I don't have anything to say that's important, amusing, poignant, or worth reading? Did I manage to disappoint 103 people by the same thing all in the same day?!
With 40-something people who subscribed, follow, or set up an RSS feed to be notified of my new posts, rarely does a single day see even that many views when I publish one. And when I say "rarely," I mean never.
Have I failed even those who voluntarily signed up to be annoyed by notifications of my posts? Have I turned them off by allowing my eccentricities to show in my stories? Possibly. Are my musings too strange in their honesty or lack of it? Likely. Do people just not get my sense of humor? Well…
Nah… Not possible. None of the above!
Have I fallen down on posting regularly? OK, yeah. I could blame it on the inconvenience of being employed now, but that's not an excuse even I would buy. If my blog postings have flaked out, just think how far behind I am on writing that book, which was the reason for the blog's existence in the first place. I no sooner finally managed to leave the awful year of 2008 behind in my narrative when the calendar changed to 2012 and pushed me back another year. If I can't manage to catch up to at least my most recent period of unemployment, the book will have no end! I need to finish this story before I have to experience another opportunity to keep writing it.
But I digress. This is about my blog's birthday. The book might never live to see one.
May I ponder some more stats with you? Total views in 2011 were 2,550. Total views to date: 2,712. That kinda sounds like a lot. But not when you compare it to blog stats in the hundreds of thousands. I have a long way to go to command that much traffic.
So far, the single post that has received the most views (98) is Speaking of Boxes posted 3/9/11. Not sure what it was about that one that made it so popular. But again, people have no way to know whether they'll like what they read until they read it.
With only 40-something people set up to receive notices, it's obvious that at least one of them told someone else about that post or sent someone the link to it. Hey, why not? It's free! You, too, can annoy your friends by sending them spam about my blog! (I find it amazing what junk people will forward in email, but it doesn't occur to them to even read my blog, much less share it.)
Hm, that gives me an idea. Every time I receive spam, I'm going to reply with a link to my blog. No, wait! The link to my blog is in every email message I send because it's in my signature. It hints in blue, Click this! I dare ya.
Otherwise, I guess I'm gonna have to rely on the Internet for the world to find my blog. So far, my ironic post How to Fix a Stuck Zipper has been the most popular with search engines. I hope that the unwitting readers who find that post are too amused by what they read to be annoyed that it wasn't the answer they hoped to find.
So will I get only an echo in return if I ask for your advice? What do you think I should do to get more traffic? OK, besides posting more often, using better keywords, and appearing on Oprah?
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As time passes and we grow older, the past sometimes grows dim. I wanted to make this image bolder and brighter than my own faded memories of long ago, so after taking this shot at the Swope Park Zoo, I fancied it up a bit with vibrant colors.
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One thing our dentists are commonly asked here at Dental Excellence Harewood is whether a manual or an electric toothbrush is better. The answer is ultimately, whatever works best for you! However, they do have different benefits, allow us to explain in more detail and you're free to decide which is the best choice for you.
Is a manual toothbrush better for cleaning teeth?
The manual toothbrush has many benefits, most people appreciate that there are a larger variety of brushes than many versions of its electric counterpart. It also comes in various sizes, and some even feature a handy tongue cleaning option, which most electric toothbrushes do not include.
However, using a manual toothbrush can cause some problems as some people unknowingly press too hard on their gums and this can lead to the gum area and tooth's surface becoming too sensitive. Modern electric toothbrushes ensure that this isn't the case warning when the toothbrush is being pushed too hard against the tooth or gum. Many also feature a timer which ensures that you're not overbrushing and are doing the recommended time.
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1945: The first atomic bomb is tested successfully at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in a remote section of desert near Los Alamos, New Mexico. The instant the bomb detonated at 5:30 a.m. that Monday, the atomic age was born, and the world changed forever.
The Trinity test, as it was known, was the culmination of the American effort to win the race against Germany (and, ultimately, the Soviet Union) in building an atomic bomb. A mere three weeks after the test, the United States used atomic bombs to destroy the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project, was under no illusions about what he and his fellow physicists had wrought. The effects of the blast, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, moved the intellectual Oppenheimer to quote from the Bhagavad Gita: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds."
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Night 3 of Eric's menu included two Chinese classics, chicken lo mein and veggie pot stickers. I tend to find Asian recipes tedious as there is usually a ton of chopping and prep work. Knowing this I left work a tad bit early so I wouldn't be cooking until midnight. I was pretty proud of myself, I made record time prepping for both the lo mein and pot stickers. I figured I would assemble the pot stickers a head of time so they would be ready to go when Eric got home from work, tonight is his late day so I had ample time, however when I went to the fridge for the won ton wrappers, they were nowhere to be found. I must have taken the whole fridge apart twice and even looked in the cabinets (why they would be there I have no idea), then I remembered Eric put them away and I found them in the freezer, needless to say, we're not having pot stickers tonight, they'll be appetizers for tomorrow.
The lo mein however, we did have tonight and it was really delicious. I found a basic recipe and added my own veggies to it, most of them were left overs from the weekend which I was glad to get rid of and not throw away. I hate wasting food.
Chicken Lo Mein
1 1/2 lbs. skinless, boneless chicken breasts
10 oz. dried Chinese egg noodles or angel hair pasta (Wegmans has lo mein noodles, so I used those, they're in the freezer case if you're wondering were to find them)
1/4 cup oyster sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce-reduced sodium
2 Tbsp. rice wine or dry sherry
1 Tbsp. oil (I used olive oil)
1 Tbsp. sesame oil
2 tsp. ginger, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 medium onion, sliced
1/2 head of broccoli (or as much as you want)
1/2 head of Napa cabbage, shredded
Cut chicken into bite-size chunks; set aside. Cook noodles according to package directions. Drain noodles, rinse with cold water and set aside.
In a small bowl mix oyster sauce, soy sauce and rice wine. Set aside.
Pour oil and sesame oil in skillet or wok. Heat over medium heat. Add ginger and garlic, cook and stir for 30 seconds. Add onion; cook 2 minutes. add broccoli and cabbage, cook 3 minutes. Remove veggies from pan, set aside.
Add chicken to skillet and cook 3-4 minutes. Add noodles, veggies and sauce to the chicken. Lightly toss and cook 3 minutes until heated through.
Verdict: Eric loved it. It's a good thing I ate before he got home because he finished the whole thing, no leftovers…again. I love lo mein, it's probably one of my favorite dishes to order. This was nothing like Hong Wah's lo mein, but it passed the tasty test. I'll definitely be making this again (confession, it's not the first time I've made this) I just need to get more noodles from Wegmans.
I can't wait for this week of doing dishes is over. I can't believe how much of a mess I make when I cook. Plus, since I've been cooking and cleaning I haven't had time to sit down and do any of my needlepoint.
Tomorrow is lamb, well Eric is having lamb, I'm not sure what I'm having yet. I've already made the marinade and the chops are getting infused with deliciousness as we speak.


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Netflix, or things like it offer so many options between new, classic and old shows and movies. I love having shows streaming as background noise, something I can control to help me tune out the things I can not. Watching shows that have already ended are the best, that way I can binge watch the show from start to finish. Honestly, I should be ashamed by how many series I have watched, but it never seems to stop me.
When you find a TV show that you enjoy it is always hard to know at some point it will end. As much as you want to know what happens, the hardest thing is the last episode. Good shows will always leave you with more answers than questions, but it never stops you from wondering what happened after the camera stopped.
After finishing a show there is always the question of what to watch next. If it was amazing you have a hangover from the thrill of a successful ending putting more pressure on the next thing you watch. My usual go to is an old show that I've watched and know I love. This gives me time to evaluate my options. It is actually kind of sad how much thought I put into my binge watching habit.
There are certain times of the year, or certain moods that lead me to shows. Sometimes I think it is an attempt to recapture the first moment I watched it. A way to cling to that emotional state. At the same time, there are shows I avoid because I never want to feel the state I was in again. It is strange the way our minds make connections and uses them to help us cope with the struggles and joys in our lives.
Tomorrow will be a little bit easier and I will become a stronger me everyday.


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It started with a mass of headlight-shimmered droplets, then escalated to a swoosh-whoosh-slurp as my wipers tried to dash it away, until it took over everything, the windscreen, the road ahead, the very air in front of my face. It wasn't Christmas-card snow, that was pretty and sweet. This was fat hunks of sloppy ice, dirty and dangerous, chunky great flakes falling much too fast for comfort.
I'd hoped to make it home in time, but for the past few hundred yards I'd begun to realise I'd been kidding myself. When the car started to slither, and snow began to pack itself into white hills almost before my eyes, I knew I couldn't go on.
It was a freezing cold night in a pitch-dark country lane in the wilds of Kent. Eventually I just slithered to a stop in the middle of the road, or wherever I guessed the invisible road or pavement might be.
My engine was still running, so, in theory I could sit it out here and stop myself from freezing to death by using the car's heater. But soon the snow would be deep enough to block the exhaust. So if I just sat here in this freezing cold, I could then literally freeze to death, or rather go off into that gentle sleep someone told me about, where, from feeling freezing cold and shivering, you suddenly get a lovely glow of warmth, and have an overwhelming urge to sleep. Those are the seconds before hypothermia tells you you'll never wake up again.
So there was only one option. Wrap up as warmly as I could, push the car door open before the weight of snow jammed it shut, and walk to a house and hope someone would let me in. I knew that Brindley Cross, a tiny village with a small church, grocery store and a scruffy pub was a mile or so ahead. I was twelve miles from my own home, in Brookham, much too far to walk.
As I shut the door and locked the car, I tried to dispel the image in my mind of Angela Swan, a woman I had been out with a few times, opening her front door to me in obvious irritation, leaving me to follow her inside, where a good-looking man was sitting in her living room with his shirt undone and his face flushed. It was clear why Angela hadn't been keen on answering the door, and I left before she could offer any explanation. What hurt more was that I had liked her a lot, and was hoping that she might feel the same way. But the man in her living room was better-looking than me, and his clothes, the few he was wearing, looked high quality, and the way Angela looked towards him made it clear that they had some kind of understanding.
And if I hadn't spent the early evening driving to Ramsgate to sort something out, then detoured to call into Angela's without warning her, I wouldn't be on this road right now, unwillingly dicing with death.
The walk helped to keep my limbs from freezing, but my shoes were hopelessly inadequate for the deep snow I was crunching through, slush oozing over the top and soaking my socks and feet. After what seemed like hours I saw a couple of lights in the distance: Brindley Cross, thank goodness. Further on I passed the old village sign, almost obscured by the falling snow.
There in front of me was the Barley Mow, the village pub, and that was where the lights were coming from. I stepped into the candlelit grotto that looked more like a shadowy cave than the public bar, where a log fire blazed away in the hearth along the far wall.
A man looked up and smiled at me as he came around from behind the bar.
"Another stranded motorist, are you?"
I nodded. "Can I come in and warm up?"
"Course you can, mate, sit by the fire before you freeze to death. Meanwhile I'll get you some of that tomato soup that's been so popular tonight. Excuse the candles, the electrics went out ten minutes before you arrived."
I sat at a table beside the fire opposite a tall man in a crumpled suit who appeared to be around thirty-five. He had a mobile phone pressed to his ear and was shouting into it as if his life depended on it.
"Look, the line's breaking up!" he yelled frantically. "My names Rogers, Alan Rogers. My wife is Jenny Rogers. She was brought in. Hello, hello, HELLO!" He slammed the phone down on the table. "FUCK!" he shouted to anyone who might listen, closing his eyes in fury.
"My wife's having a baby." He was speaking to me now. "We live in London, she was rushed into St George's hospital—it wasn't due for another ten days, so I thought it would be okay to come down to Dover on business, but an hour ago I got the call that it was on its way, bloody well premature. And the land lines are down and the mobile signals fucked so I don't know what the hell's happening! God above, she could be dying by now, and I'm stuck down here!"
"Very rare to die in childbirth these days." This was said by a silver-haired chubby old man who was sitting on his own in the corner.
"WHADDA YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU OLD FART?" yelled Alan Rogers. "My Jenny's scared stiff, it's her first pregnancy, she's very frail, she's very delicate, and, fuck it, she needs me and I'm not bloody with her!"
I nodded sympathetically.
"You got kids?" he asked me.
"No. Is this your first?"
"My first with Jenny. I was married before, got a couple of girls, aged five and six."
Alan looked nervously across at the older man he'd bawled at just now. There was an awkward pause.
"Look, I'm very sorry, I shouldn't have snapped at you like that, I didn't mean it okay?" Alan tried to sound sincere. "I don't know what's got into me."
"Apology accepted." The old man smiled. "I'm a friendly old fart. I don't bear grudges."
Sitting at another table was a woman, who appeared to be in her thirties. She had red hair, a chunky figure, and lively eyes above freckled cheeks. She looked up at me as I turned towards her.
"So what's your story?" she asked. In her perfectly enunciated tones there was just a trace of a Scottish accent. "As you've just heard, our friend Alan is desperate to be in London to be with his wife. I'm an actress whose life depends on turning up for an audition in the morning, that I haven't got a hope of making. And it's the first part I've had a hope of getting for a year, and my damned car's stuck down the hill. Because of this god-awful weather, that role I was hoping to get will go to some other desperate-for-work actress, and it looks like it's going to be back to standing behind the burger-bar counter for little old me. And it's not bloody fair!"
"Sorry. I suppose I'm the odd one out here," I admitted as the landlord arrived and put a steaming bowl of lovely tomato soup with bread in front of me. "I haven't got to be anywhere desperately urgently. I was just on my way home."
"Well lucky you!" She stuck her tongue out jokily.
I turned towards the old man, not wanting to exclude him from the conversation. "Are you in a hurry to be somewhere else?" I asked him.
"I was." He looked wistful for a few moments, then shook his head as he looked down at the table. "But it doesn't really matter anymore." He took another mouthful from the glass full of amber liquid. And walked to the bar to get another. His walk was swaying slightly, as if he'd had quite a few drinks already. Alan looked at him behind his back, raised his eyebrows at me, and lifted his hand with an imaginary glass to indicate that in his opinion the man had already had enough to drink. I pretended not to notice. Alan was getting on my nerves.
The pub didn't have spare bedrooms, but in the exceptional circumstances, the landlord, John, was happy to do what he could, and we helped him move some tables out of the way and to bring down mattresses, blankets and pillows from upstairs. Without electricity there was no TV and no one had a battery radio, the phone lines were down and the nearest mobile signal mast was having problems, as Alan had discovered, and now appeared to have stopped working completely. So we were literally totally cut off from the outside world.
However a trip to the front door told me that the snow had stopped falling, and it felt as if the temperature had risen slightly. But I couldn't imagine the snow melting enough tonight to move my car.
I was in one corner of the room and Alan was in the other. Lucinda, the red-haired actress who, now I'd seen her more closely, struck me as extremely attractive, had the adjacent room to herself. As the only woman amongst us, it seemed right that she should have a modicum of privacy. Elderly Harry told us he didn't want to sleep, would rather sit up all night in his chair in the corner, and our long-suffering landlord left him a bottle of whisky to keep him amused.
An hour later, at around one in the morning, I found I just couldn't sleep. I got up and tiptoed across to a room with an open door, where a single candle was flickering on the table, its glow reflected in the almost empty bottle of whisky, lighting up Harry's face as if he was an evil old genie. It was a small kitchen that he'd found to sit in by himself.
I sat down at the table, opposite Harry. He was awake. Gloomy and drunk. A scowl was etched into his face as he leaned back in the chair.
"It was all planned so well," he said.
"What was?"
"All planned to the last detail!" He hiccupped and leaned across the table so that he was inches from my face.
"I've worked for that shop for forty-five years. Hardly had a day's sickness, done everything that was asked of me. And every Friday, regular as clockwork, I take the day's takings to the local bank. We take a lot of money on a Friday, see, end of the week. This week they wanted me to take an extra lot from the other two shops as well. So it was all arranged. I drive down to Dover, meet this guy, he takes care of the car, gives me a pile of Euros in exchange for the English cash, arranges to smuggle me onto a boat to get me onto the French coast. Then a train journey across France. The bank account is already all set up in another name, I been adding bits to it over the years. Eileen, my wife, she'll be okay, she'll have the house, there's no mortgage on it. See, I was planning to disappear from the face of the earth. In seven years Eileen could claim my life insurance, assume I was dead."
I nodded.
"And by now, because of this snow, they'll know the money hasn't been paid in. Just a question of time before the coppers catch up with me."
"Don't you think you should hand yourself in?"
I turned to see Lucinda at the doorway. She'd heard what he'd said. She sat down between us at the table and covered old Harry's hand with both of her own.
"I know what it's like to be desperate for money," she assured him. "Really, Harry, I do know. But that's no excuse for doing what you did. As you said, it's too late to get away with it now, and there's nowhere to run. It would be so much better if you go to the police and just give yourself up. You could pretend you'd had a mental illness or something—that you weren't responsible for your actions."
He shook his head, staring ahead, not even meeting her eyes. "Wouldn't work. I told you, that account's been set up for years now. They'd know it was all planned." He leaned back and sighed to himself miserably. "All I wanted was a decent pension settlement. But no, they said, we can't afford it. 'If you can't make ends meet,' they told me, 'What's wrong with coming back in part-time, that way you can make up the difference?' That's what they said to me, the little bastards! And I thought, why the hell should I? Don't I deserve a decent pension when I've worked for that company for the whole of my sodding life?"
"'Course you do," I said. "But Lucinda's right. It would be better if you handed yourself in."
Harry drifted off to sleep and I started talking to Lucinda. She told me all about her life, her loves, her troubles and hopes and dreams. She asked me about my work, too, and we talked and talked. She was adamant that Harry ought to hand himself in, and that right was right and wrong was wrong, in fact she got quite heated about it. We argued long into the early morning, me saying that I felt sorry for him, but with Lucinda insisting that she felt sorry for him too, but that in no circumstances should he have broken the law. That for his own good, and for the sake of common decency, Harry ought to go to the police.
She was obviously a woman of very high principles.
Soon we talked about other things, and I found myself drawn to her more and more. I really liked Lucinda, and from the way she stared into my eyes, it looked as if she liked me too. When we kissed and held each other tight, it seemed like the most natural thing in the world. I suddenly realised that if it hadn't been for this storm I would never have met this fascinating woman, who just might have changed my life for the better. Of course it was early days, but the likelihood was that this relationship might lead somewhere.
Eventually, after another passionate embrace, Lucinda and I went back to our respective 'beds', in adjacent rooms, promising to meet up in the morning. As my head touched the pillow, I soon dropped off.
I woke up at around nine am the following day. The place looked different in the grizzled murky daylight, and I caught sight of Alan's smiling face as he jabbered away on the phone. I gathered that his wife's imminent labour of last night had been a false alarm, and she had returned home, and mother and unborn baby were safe and well.
"Come on, mate, chop-chop," Alan said, now all cheeriness and full of bonhomie. "It's warmed up a bit and there's heavy rain, and it's melting the snow like blazes. You'd better shift your car or it'll be blocking the road. I've moved mine and I'm on my way. Good to meet you, Jack, all the best to you, mate."
It was true. Crisis over. After I'd paid the landlord and moved my car, I went back to look for Lucinda and Harry, whom I hadn't seen since morning, assuming they were in another part of the Barley Mow, or outside, attending to their own cars. I knew Lucinda would say goodbye to me before she left, as we'd agreed. But neither of them seemed to be anywhere around outside.
And when I went back to the Barley Mow, there was a police car parked outside.
As I walked into the bar I heard them talking to John, the landlord. They turned towards me.
"Good morning, sir, can you tell me if you saw this man here yesterday?" One of the policemen showed me a picture of Harry.
"Yes," I answered.
"Did you talk to him?"
"We chatted for a bit."
"And when was the last time you saw him?"
"Yesterday night, just before I went to bed. About, I don't know, midnight I suppose."
"Was anyone else here, apart from you and him?"
"There was a guy called Alan."
"We've got his phone number and spoken to him already."
"Well then." Some instinct stopped me telling them about Lucinda.
"Thanks for your help, sir." They turned away abruptly and from their talk on the radio I gathered that they'd found Harry's car, which they'd been on the lookout for, but there was no sign of Harry. And, I guessed from their anxious expressions, they hadn't found the missing money either.
It didn't make sense. The chances that someone had picked him up and given him a lift in the middle of the night, when the snow had hardly melted, were practically zero. At his age he couldn't have walked far, and there weren't that many places to hide out.
And where was Lucinda? Was she still outside somewhere, having difficulty starting her car?
As I folded up the blanket I'd been sleeping on to give back to John, a note dropped onto the floor. It said: Sorry Jack, but I couldn't let him spend it all on his own, could I? I read the note, on which Lucinda had drawn a downturned mouth face, like the opposite of the smiley ones you get on emails. Call me sometime XXX Mwah! You lovely man you! And there was a mobile number beside the smiley face she'd drawn.
As I got into the car I screwed it up and threw it away.
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- 6 years ago
- Wedding: April 2012
Ugh I am beginning to come to the realization that no matter how little I eat no matter how much I am active I am just not going to make goal by my wedding. In 2008 I was in a bad car wreck after which I was on heavy doses of prednisone and on bed rest for 3 months – the weight started packing on and before i knew it I had gained 30lbs. I talked to the Doctors and nurses and they have all said oh yeah that happens with prednisone – good luck getting it off. About 18 months ago I started really trying to get the weight off and managed to lose 20 lbs – so 10 lbs more to my happy point. Then I plateau'd and yoyo'd for months in a 10 lb range. So got back to where I had net loss of 15 lbs and then I got pneumonia in January of this year and got put back on prednisone and saw my weight go back up. I have fought and am back down to the 15 lb mark and may be able to lose another 5 – 10lbs but will not hit goal. I am trying to be realistic. I am currently in the healthy weight range for my height. My Fiance loves me just the way I am and he makes me feel beautiful and sexy.
But I wanted to hit that goal for me – kind of a way of putting the bad times from the wreck completely behind me. So I will focus, keep active, keep not eating bad foods, drink my water but realistically will not hit my magic #
So any other bees coming to that realization and just trying to deal with it?
By The Way my dress fits at my current weight so luckily no issues there and if I do lose 5-10 more lbs it should just help erase back fat so not a problem except in my mind!


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Kurla has an overload of Mughlai restaurants, all flocked in a small stretch on LBS road. It can be quite difficult to differentiate between the food and ambiance of these restaurants as they taste quite similar. But if there is one restaurant that stand out of the crowd, its Naaz.
One of the oldest restaurants in Kurla, I been visiting this place for as long as I can remember. Amazing food, polite service and a decent ambiance. The mughlai dishes here are worth trying out. Biryani, kebabs, tandoori, tikkas, you name it. A treat for vegetarians a feast for non vegetarians, Naaz is a must visit if you live or stop by in Kurla.
Apart from the Mughlai dishes they also serve Chinese and a bit other cuisines. Their Chinese food is not that great, though their Crispy Chicken is to die for. Even their Chicken Burger and Mutton Samosas are worth trying out.
However the main reason i keep coming back to this place is for their Mutton Kheema. It is by far the best kheema i have ever had and the taste has never been off. If you are a kheema lover, you have got to try it.
Pros : Best Mutton Kheema, Good Mughlai food, Chicken Crispy.
Cons : Oily food, and quite expensive compared to the other restaurants nearby, Chinese food is quite average.
P.s : Do visit before 12 noon as they serve kheema only for breakfast.
Location : LBS Road, Kurla West.
Cuisine : Mughlai and Chinese.
Cost for 2 : Rs.700 (approx)


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