text:
When I was a kid all the cool kids went to California on vacation (or were from California.) But we were never the California vacation kind of family. When we left Utah, it was to fly to Europe, or the east coast, never north, never west.
So there was a preverse sort of childhood wish-making to take my children to San Clemente, and all points California. The piers, the ice cream, lazy pizza, the Pacific Coast Highway; it was days of 70 degrees, swimsuits, and flip flops.
One afternoon, my sisters and I left the kids and drove through the desert to Palm Springs.
Because houses like this are in Palm Springs:
A giant Marilyn Monroe towered over the city square (California.)
We drove slowly through the pristine mid-century neighborhoods, obsessing over every perfect candy-color and white trim detail, tracing the angle of every butterfly roof.
I was ready to sell my house with its mansard roof and move directly to the foothills of San Jacinto for my own low slung ranch.
That yellow door--could you die? I wish you could see the giant brass chandelier in the entryway. These people need to be my friends.
On the way out of town, and back to the children, I decided that while desert life wouldn't be so bad, it wasn't the life for me. The ocean pulls and calls us, but wouldn't living next to it be a sort of unsanctioned indulgence? California might be a beautiful place to vacation, but perhaps I am content with the high desert mountain valleys: the cool nights, dry air, and even mansard roofs.
At least I can always visit California.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The four most common signals for mobile crane operators are hoist, lower, boom-up and boom-down, according to the Associated General Contractors of California. The official hand signals for the Signalperson Certification Exam, administered by the National Commission for Certification of Crane Operators, are available online at AGC-CA.org.Continue Reading
AGC California provides a PDF version of the NCCCO Signalperson Reference Manual. Candidates for the exam should be familiar with all crane operator and signaling sections of ASME B30.5-2007 and OSHA 29 CFR Part 1926.
The "hoist" signal uses the right arm extended to the side at a right angle at the elbow, and the right index finger pointing upward and making small circles, explains AGC California. "Lower" is signaled the same way, but with the right index finger pointing downward. The "boom-up" signal has the right arm extended to the side and the fist forming a thumbs up. "Boom-down" is the same, except the fist is forming a thumbs down.Learn more about Business Resources


text:
Narendra Modi's pet project GIFT Will create 10 lakh jobs in India
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) has the potential to generate over 10 lakh jobs by 2022, an official said.
GIFT city, which is being developed by the Gujarat government, aspires to cater to India's large financial services potential by offering global firms a world-class infrastructure and facilities.
"It is a pet project of Narendra Modi. He was monitoring it personally when he was the Chief Minister. What we are doing is that we are implementing his brainchild. New Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has also been a part of the project.
"If you take the job potential in expanding economy of the country, on a pan-India basis about 10 lakh jobs can be created," GIFT MD & Group CEO Ramakant Jha told PTI in an interview.
The Rs 65,000-crore project is being developed on the lines of global financial services centres, spread over three phases of development to be completed by 2022.
GIFT city has two components of development — domestic financial centre and international financial services centre.
It is being developed on 886 acres of land, of which 673 acres is in possession of GIFT. It has multi-services Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of 250 acres and domestic finance centre and associated social infrastructure on 423 acres.
The state-of-the-art GIFT city will be supported by all basic urban infrastructure comprising external connectivity by roads, metro and BRTS, Jha said.
GIFT is conceptualised as a global financial and IT services hub on the lines of globally benchmark ....


text:
Treat dry, dehydrated skin to the Moisture Intensiv™ Restorative Crème from Wilma Schumann.
Synergizing a unique blend of plant extracts, oligopeptides and pentapeptides, the super-rich cream delivers long-lasting hydration, while defending against environmental aggressors to reveal a radiant, youthful complexion. Infuses skin with a subtle, natural fragrance.
Dermatologist, clinically and allergy tested.


text:
Although we are given a tremendous amount of information about their lives, it is certain that not every event in the lives of our matriarchs and patriarchs is mentioned in the Torah. One wonders then, why, in this week's Torah portion, the seemingly trivial story of Yaakov (Jacob) lifting the stone after seeing Rachel (Rachel) is mentioned. (Genesis 29:10)
Ramban writes that the incident teaches a lesson about faith. If one believes in God, one will be able to do the impossible. In Ramban's words, "scripture speaks at lengths about the story to teach us 'those who trust in the Lord, their strength is renewed.' (Isaiah 40:31) For behold, Yaakov our father came from his travels tired, and he removed a stone that shepherds of three flocks could not."
This comment also gives us an insight into dealing with suffering. Contrary to popular thinking, perhaps the primary issue should not be why we suffer, for there is no real answer to this question. It is sometimes beyond human comprehension. This question also tries to understand the past, by examining an event that has already happened. We, of course, have no say over events that are behind us. Rather than ask why, perhaps we should focus on what our actions should be following the suffering. What rather than why is a practical approach, not a philosophical inquiry. It is also a question that deals with the future over which we have control and not with the past, over which we have none.
While we ask this all important question of "what shall we do in the face of suffering," we also wonder "what will God do as we suffer?" The comment by Ramban seems to be suggesting that, when we suffer, God gives us the strength to transcend, to reach beyond and to do things we never ever thought we could do. As God is infinite, God, who has created us in His image, has given us the power to sometimes reach towards infinity, to do the impossible.


text:
Toots Shor, a New York restaurateur once hailed a taxi cab and asked the driver, "Know of a decent restaurant? I am a stranger here."
"Yes sir" said the cabbie, "one of the greatest eating places in this world is Toots Shor on 51st street. I'll drive you straight there."
At the end of the ride Toots was so pleased he handed the driver a ten dollar bill saying, "Keep the change."
"T'anks," said the driver, "T'anks indeed, Mr. Shor!"
Ellsworth Statler, founder of th Statler Hotels was out in town one night with Baron Long, another hotel director. At a late hour the two men found themselves in the railway station. Statler viewing the vast, almost vacant expanse had an inspiration.
"I'll bet you $100," said he to Long, "that I can yell louder than you can."
Both let yells one after another which almost shattered the station windows. At this point an outraged policeman came running towards them.
The pair told him about the bet and asked him to act as judge.
"Sure I ought to run you in," spluttered the cop, "two grown men making such a row. I'll not help you decide anything."
He started to leave, then turned back and pointing to Statler, the smaller of the two and said," But I tell you one thing. If that little guy hollers like that again, I'll shoot you both!"
Whereupon Long solemnly handed Staler $100.
Archive for August, 2010
Posted in anecdotes, tagged Baron Long, Ellsworth Statler, New York, Statler hotels, Toots Shor on August 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Toots Shor, a New York restaurateur once hailed a taxi cab and asked the driver, "Know of a decent restaurant? I am a stranger here."
Two Menons- Indian Patriots
Posted in anecdotes, tagged Kerala former Travancore, Keshava Menon, Malabar, malayalam, Mathrubhoomy, newspaper, Plutarch, Themistocles on August 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
V.K Krishna Menon (1896-1974)
Before I go through Menon's life let me preface it with a truism: anyone who involves himself in public life must realize politics as played in India or anywhere else is no different. I recall an anecdote from the life of an illustrious Athenian who did yeoman service to his City as Menon did to the country. There are more than two millennia separating Themistocles and V.K Krishna Menon.
Themistocles from his youth wanted glory and was also impetuous. He wanted to make a name for himself and politics was what interested him most. His father desirous of persuading from an uncertain career as politics one day took him for a stroll along the seashore. He pointed many ruins of galleys abandoned pell-mell among the rocks and said, 'This is how people deal with the very vessels that have become of no use to them.' Themistocles learned hard way that it was indeed so. V.K Krishna Menon's case was no different. Our Indian Identity may give us certain contours in our attitudes and a frame of reference but these are superficial. In the very core principles we are like every body else.
Krishna Menon was the third child and eldest son of a prosperous lawyer in Tellicherry, in those days part of Malabar Presidency. In 1915 he went to Madras where his debating skills were honed and his intelligence and forceful character brought him in contact with people like Annie Besant and Dr. Arundale. The latter took him to London where he studied under Professor Harold Laski and emerged with first class Honours in1927.
In the newly emerged India League he was the moving spirit. He worked indefatigably for making Indian cause better understood in England. When the Labor Government came in power in 1945 he became the listening post for Nehru to understand the mood of the British government. His service paved the way for a strong bond between him and Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister.
He became the first High Commissioner of India in the UK. Perhaps much of his rapid rise and fall partly owe to the very character: he could be very cutting when aroused and spoke straight off the cuff. He had many enemies abroad and in India. The so-called Jeep Scandal (this was peanut compared to the present day land scam or 4000 crore Hawala scam) and led to his being recalled in 1952 before the five year ended. He was appointed as the leader of Indian delegation while the Cold War was spreading across the world. In 1957 he was able to persuade the USSR to drop its opposition to the admission of 16 Afro-Asian countries as new members of the UN. By the same year he became the Defense Minister in Nehru's cabinet. Among his many enemies the US also came in and he was in so many ways made to look as a stooge for the Soviet Russia.
As the Defense Minister he made the first efforts to modernize Defense Establishment and developing indigenous sources of supply for all consumable items. His first ministerial efforts were effective.
In early 1962 he stood for election from the same Bombay constituency against Acharya JB Kripalini. He was returned to Lok Sabha with his new popular mandate.
It was the era Nehru's slogan 'Indi-Chini- Bhai-Bhai'In Oct.1962 China entered into NEFA area with ease. The failure of India was as much a failure of mistaken foreign policy towards China that had nothing to do with V.K Krishna Menon's handling of his portfolio. Nehru was indispensable whereas Krishna Menon who had to rely only on himself was expendable. As his successor in the Defense Ministry said, 'The true evidence of the success of Krishna Menon's success is really available in the results of the 1965 and 1971 conflicts when our troops firmly met and repulsed aggression'. Anyway the Chinese Border debacle sent him into political wilderness. He was not reinstated or his great service to the nation before her independence or after were justly rewarded. It was only fitting and his due for his selfless service that the nation should have celebrated his birth centenary in 1996 but then he had become a footnote to Indian history, – and a forgotten hero.
(Ack: A Forgotten Patriot-a tribute by CV Narasimhan- The Hindu-23-2-97)
It was the era of McCarthism. Sri.V.K Krishna Menon led the Indian delegation of the U.N General Assembly in New York. He was invited to Meet The Media, a TV program moderated by one Mr. Anatole Stormwell, a favorite of the Senator McCarthy, and a nasty character to boot.
News reached Mr. Krishna Menon that the meeting was going to be a sort of inquisition by a panel, who were handpicked by Mr. Stormwell and noted for their bias. Mr. Menon noted the names and collected some background information on his interviewers.
On the day of interview Mr. Stormwell after a perfunctory welcome briefly traced the career of the guest, dwelling more on the aspects in a way to denigrate by innuendo, and said how he had become the favorite of Mr. Nehru. "That is wonderful, Mr. Menon from log cabin to White House in a manner of speaking. But tell me Mr.Menon-is it true that you are a communist?"
There were a few raised eyebrows and looks of agitation among the panel and Mr. Menon replied," Thank you Mr.Stormwell, I would like to return the compliment; you too, sir, have risen from humble beginnings, from selling newspapers in the streets to leading this distinguished panel. I believe that you draw a salary higher than that of the President of the United States. Now that is wonderful,Mr. Stormwell, but tell me is it true that you are a bastard?"
The second Menon did not play second fiddle to any but he wielded a pen and it was formidable as V.K Krishna Menon's oratory. He authored a book Kazhinja Kalam(Past Perfect) and he ran a vernacular Newspaper Mathrubhoomi (Motherland)
K.P Kesava Menon (1886-?)
At a meeting in Calicut (Kozhikodu) convened by the loyalists during the WWI to collect funds towards the war effort, Kesava Menon was invited to speak in a meeting. As he stood up to deliver his speech in malayalam he was called to order by the Collector as well as the all-powerful British officers present. He walked out rather than having to be to be told his mother tongue was not good enough to express so vital topic of life and death. (There were ten thousands of soldiers recruited and sent abroad to fight for the cause of the Imperial Britain. Besides food supplies were sent out to feed the army on foreign soil than feed the people at home)
Following the example of Kesava Menon the majority of the audience also walked out.
Les Enfants du Paradis-great scenes
Posted in films, tagged French cinema, Gaston Modot, Great Scenes, Jean-Louis Barrault on August 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
By way of preface Marcel Carne's Les Enfants du Paradis (1946) is about theater. From the first repeated three knocks where the curtain goes up we are given to look into the lives of certain personages who are caught up in the currents where their lives entangle with the rest. Most of these are living on the edge- criminals, actors, prostitutes and beggars. The title 'children of paradise' clearly indicates they are the stars and their lives are as fascinating and rich whether they for the price of two centimes wish to be the purveyors of lives unfolding before them or boo the actors off the stage if annoyed. Theater within a theater as a form helps us to examine reality and wish fulfillment as relevant to people regardless of class or wealth. What they get to see at Theatre des Funambules may be stock Italian comic characters, fantastic props and situations but they can still hitch their humdrum lives to it.
Before narrating a great scene I shall quote the dialogue between two actors who have had their first taste of emoting before the footlights. Both have been preparing their lives for this break and they have the satisfaction that they did rather well.
Baptiste the mime speaks about the gods who crowd nightly to see their performers, thus:
Yes they understand every thing.They are poor people, but I am like them. I love them. I know them well. Their live are small, but they have big dreams…"
As an actor a mime he duly acknowledges he owes his art to them. Unless he hobnobs with them in their natural haunts and see life as performed by them in their unguarded moments he would be lost.
This explains why he stepped out mysteriously in the night causing the other actor to describe him 'a real alley cat, Monsieur Baptiste!'
Baptiste's solitary walk takes him to the scene with Fil de Soie the blind beggar beautifully essayed by Gaston Modot.
The beggar wonders why he is walking on tiptoe. Baptiste has no money to give him but he walks just the same he wants to see everything. Soon the mime and the beggar warm up to each other. The beggar shall treat him that night. They go to the next door, to the seedy 'Robin Roundbreast'. The beggar says,'You who like to learn things, this'll amuse you.'
Soon we see the blind beggar is as much surprised what happens there as the mime. The beggar who considered the street as his beat learns a few lessons he never thought possible. Even in low haunts life springs surprises for those have 'eyes' to see. The scene where Baptiste realizes the beggar is not really blind is beautifully shown.
Close shot of Baptiste still stupefied with astonishment. Then shot of both of them, Baptiste three quarters back view. The waiter brings two glasses and a bottle.
The beggar says," You can't believe your eyes, can you, actor? Smiling.But it is very simple. Outside I am blind…incurable and in here I am cured.. It is a miracle isn't it?" There is another great acting when the Old clothes man approaches them. Fil de Soie as if by reflex turns away from the mime not to compromise his companion. The beggar then finds that he need not have worried. Jericho knows the actor and they have no love lost between them.
The two scenes at the Robin Redbreast is a key to understand the core value of the film. Art of theater and of course film, is enriched by life. Rich or poor is besides the point.
(ack:classic film scripts/pub:Lorrimer publishing Ltd.,-1968)Baptiste
Money Sense-anecdotes
Posted in anecdotes, finance, tagged Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockfeller Jr., JP Morgan, Paul J. Getty on August 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Billionaire Paul J. Getty was sent a check for 200 pounds from a magazine asking for 'a piece, not any great length,' explaining his success.
Getty duly turned in his piece," Some people find oil, others don't."
When John D. Rockfeller Jr. came of age in the financial world his father sent him to the formidable JP Morgan who wanted to buy some property belonging to the oil magnate. The junior duly called on Morgan and was ushered in his office where the banker did not look up from his papers for half an hour. This silent treatment had worked well with most experienced men before but the young man remained cool refusing to be intimidated. At last Morgan suddenly looked up and snapped," I hear your father wants to sell his ore properties. How much does he want?"
"There must be some mistake," John Jr. answered reaching for his hat, "I didn't come to sell. I heard you wanted to buy?"
Before the speechless banker could reply, young Rockfeller departed. A few days later Morgan got the properties -at Rockfeller's price.
Andrew Carnegie, when asked on one occasion whether he was not worried for fear that some young men he was training would take his place, shook his head and replied,"All that worries me is that they won't."
Carnegie noted for both business acumen and philanthropy was once visited by a prominent socialist whose main purpose was in convincing Carnegie the injustice of one man owning great wealth and the visitor tried to convince the Scot that a more equitable distribution of riches acquired through the effort of workers would avoid future conflicts. Carnegie heard him out. Then he asked his secretary for some particulars which were brought. Carngie studied the figures on world population and total worth of his assets. He said calmly to his secretary," Give this gentleman 16 cents. That is his share of my wealth."
(ack: Thesarus of Anecdotes-ed.Edmund Fuller)
History Repeats Itself
Posted in politics, tagged cause and effect, drug cartels, drug wars, Henry David Thoreau, resistence, supply and demand, wars on August 13, 2010| 1 Comment »
'The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it. Witness the present Mexican War, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure.' Instead of Mexican War the reader may insert another say Vietnam War or War in Iraq. Thoreau's argument for resisting evil governments would be still valid. Recently we read that that America is for greater cooperation with Vietnam. Is it because Vietnam could send the US army home packing? Or perhaps the Communist ideology did not make the people anymore red than the capitalist America did not make Americans any more capitalistic than before? The ideologies are merely eyewash but people are flesh and blood. People are easily hoodwinked.That is all. The Mexican War was for some an advantage as any war is. Only that those few (who stood to benefit) need to expend the lives of so many in order to achieve it. In order to gain their ends they use some smokescreen of slogans and arguments. How come we do not hear anymore imminent threats on terrorist strike as before? The mass media itself found other subjects to spend its attention on than 'crying wolf!' It is the duty of every nation to educate their citizens to think straight and share equally the burden of running a good government. Nations that leave the people less informed let the crooked to rank and fester. It may suit their purpose but not for the nation.
'Vietnam was granted unconditional normal trade relations (NTR) status by the United States in December 2006. … In 2009, Vietnam was ranked 17 among all suppliers of food and … (ack:www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn) One would think that if nations given a better insight and understanding of human nature they could co-exist with one another and enjoy the trade and commerce across the globe. Instead the Vietnam divided the people all over the world and nation against nation. The social revolution that it set off changed America once and for all. Reefers,coke, LSD came out into the open. Then of course many other drugs would appear across campuses and street corners. Heroin will hook many and their insatiable appetite for such drugs will create their own phalanxes of drug pushers.
Footnote: Thoreau wrote his essay when the Mexican War was going on. Mexico may have lost Texas. But did the war settle peace between the USA and Mexico? We do not hear the ringing cry 'Remember Alamo!' but instead the war on drugs has spilled across. Drug pushers target ethnic groups and each has his own supply chain and users. Manifest destiny of America is not to be drowned in a pool of blood shed by drug wars. But just the same many innocent families are caught up in it and shall bring many more.
Has peace come to roost south of the border?
A Kind of Loving-sketch
Posted in illustrations, tagged lions, pen and ink, sketch on August 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Spot the Difference-3
Posted in American dream, tagged BP, humor, miracle chasers, oil spill on August 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
In my youth I read Hurricane Betty rained fishes all across the coastal areas. Everyone from Montana to Arkansas drove down to see the rare sight. I also joined the bandwagon to see the miracle, There was a crush alright. Not one among them was a fisher man. I asked an oil rigger from Texas if he ever fished for fun. He said, "Dirty my hand with dem fishes? No sirree!" The BP has made people change their habits I guess. I just got back from Louisiana and I see nothing but fishermen who are queuing all the way from Appalachia to the harbor for a handout.


text:
Dr. Group recently sat down with Nellie Gonzalez to discuss the benefits of cleansing. Here is a transcript of the interview!
Nellie Gonzalez: Hello and thank you for joining us. We're here today with Dr. Edward Group, founder of the Global Healing Center, to discuss the importance of a healthy colon and the benefits of using Dr. Group's colon cleansing system known as Oxy-Powder®. Hello, Dr. Group, and welcome to the show. I'm so excited. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and about Oxy-Powder®.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Well, thanks for having me on, Nellie. Oxy-Powder® started because of a past history that I have. I've always grown up wanting to help people, and that's the main reason why I became a doctor. I mean, I saw so many people suffering from so many different diseases and ailments. We have practically the whole population over 40 years old suffering from something and the fact of the matter is people are getting sicker and sicker and sicker but not getting better.
So I spent 20 years trying to find out why is this all happening. Supposedly we have the best medical system in the world. What is going on here? Why do we continually see people getting worse instead of getting better?
What amazed me after 20 years of research is I actually found the secret to health. I actually found what causes all these negative health conditions, and, believe it or not, it is the intestines and the colon. That's why most doctors aren't even taught about the intestines and colon in medical school. If they are, they know very little about it.
But how can the colon and the intestines be the number one cause of negative health conditions? Well, the reason why is we are exposed and have been exposed over the last 20, 30, 40, 100 years to a massive amount of chemicals and toxins that are coming into our body that we are not able to eliminate in a timely manner. We have toxins in the air that we breathe right now from all of the industrial chemicals that are going up into the air, all the fossil fuels from the car exhaust, so many things, mold and mildew in the home, pet dander in the home.
We have toxins in the water that we're drinking every single day, most people. Every single city's tap water supply should be concerned about contamination. There's been arsenic found in water. There's been pesticide residue in water. There's been mercury, heavy metals. Prescription drug residue is now being found in water and even radiation.
So you take the air and the water and everybody's different. It doesn't matter. But what I found in my research is all disease and all negative health conditions are caused by too many toxins coming in the body and not enough toxins going out of the body.
Nellie Gonzalez: So when the patients went to you and you started discovering, because, you know, when you go to the doctor and a lot of people do, and they have a variety of different things that can be the same thing. You know, one doctor will tell you one thing. So you went the further step. As opposed to just trying to mask what's going on, the symptoms, you wanted to discover what was causing it, and the intestines are the number one cause because of all the environmental factors.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Exactly, exactly. Well, I started looking at doctor's visits and people were going to the doctor's office and waiting two hours to get in and then only spending seven minutes with the doctor, and the doctor would prescribe them a medication. But none of the doctors were addressing the root cause of the problem on why those individuals were coming in, in the first place.
So when it opened up for me, because I was taught the same thing, if someone comes in with this, prescribe this, or if someone comes in with this, give them this. But I started looking, and breaking down the pharmaceutical compounds and realizing that those aren't doing anything good for the body. They're not fixing anything. It's just covering up the pain or covering up the whatever you have.
So what led me to the secret of the intestines and the colon was looking at all the chemicals and the toxins in the air and the food. And the food is a big one because half of the stuff out there is dead food. It's microwaved, which causes more toxins to develop inside the food. You have genetically modified foods these days. You have white sugar, flour, soy products that increase estrogen levels in females. So you have a major component of toxins able to come in through food, and then you have beverages. People drinking coffee, alcohol, teas, and everybody's being dehydrated and not drinking enough water, which helps eliminate the toxins from the system.
Then you have other toxins, such as radiation from cell phones and cell phone towers. You have harmful organisms, which 90% of the population has harmful organisms. Harmful organisms might be a virus, a bacteria, a worm, anything like that, that lives inside your body and takes away your nutrients from you.
Nellie Gonzalez: Well tell me, how does Oxy-Powder® detoxify the body? How would it help someone to do that?
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Well, when you compile 200,000 toxins from all these things into the system, what happens is the first exposure point to these toxins is the intestines. You have 25 feet of small intestine, and you normally have 10 feet of large intestine, which is called your colon. Most of these toxins get absorbed through the small intestine into your bloodstream, and that's what causes negative health conditions.
So once I realized what causes all these poor health conditions, I was like, "What can we use for somebody to cleanse their intestinal tract, their full intestinal tract safely one to three times a week using something that's not going to harm them?" So I started looking at research done in Germany years ago and in Russia and determined that using oxygen, because we take 30,000 breaths every day anyway, would be the safest thing to use in the intestinal tract to clean everything all the way down and to make a product which is going to be easy enough to where someone only had to take a few capsules at night before they go to bed.
Then what happens is it goes into their system, and you get millions of little oxygen bubbles, which are O1, which is a monatomic oxygen instead of O2, which is standard oxygen. O1 is a reactive form of oxygen, which means it's going to reduce or oxidize or bind to those toxic molecules and flush them out of the system before they become absorbed.
See, most people aren't even going to the bathroom two times a day like they should. If you look at the animals, you see cows having multiple bowel movements. You see birds having multiple bowel movements all day long, hopefully not on you when you're walking around. But then you look at the humans and we've gone from having two bowel movements a day to I've had people that have one bowel movement a month, every four weeks, believe it or not.
Nellie Gonzalez: And all those toxins are just saturating the body, and this is where you're getting all the different effects. I like that you said "capsule" because when I first saw the product and it's Oxy-Powder®, you think it's powder. How easy is it, please tell us, to use and a capsule's brilliant because it's so much easier to take than powder form?
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Well, everybody wants something easy because the pharmaceuticals have been, the doctors give us pills to take all the time. So people are not looking for things that are going to take a lot of time. They're not going to have to mix this concoction here and let it sit for 24 hours. This is how the cleansing products were 10, 15 years ago, and then they would have to hold their nose and drink this thing down, and probably half of them were going to throw it back up.
Initially, when we developed this product, we made it into a powder form. So people would have to mix the powder and water and then drink it, and it kind of had a chalky taste and some people were complaining. So then we decided to use all vegetarian-based capsules, so they're not going to get any chemicals or gelatin like most of the other capsules out there, which contain gelatin, and the gelatin comes from slaughterhouses, which can be contaminated with additional chemicals and pesticides and hormones and stuff like that. So we made it as natural as possible into a capsule formula to where all those individuals have to do is just take a few capsules before they go to bed at night, and while they're laying there, the oxygen is released and is going through all of their intestines.
Nellie Gonzalez: The magic happens.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: The magic happens, and they wake up and you would not believe the energy levels that people have in the morning. We rated people's energy levels on a scale of 0 to 10, and most people have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning. They said their energy levels are around a 2 to 3 out of 10, 10 being maximum energy. Every time they take the Oxy-Powder®, they get up in the morning with at least a 7 or a 8 out of 10 on their energy levels. They pop out of bed in the morning. So it's also because of the oxygen. I mean, if you take in pure oxygen, it's going to do your body a lot of good.
We take 30,000 breaths every single day, but the problem is we've gone from 28% oxygen in the air 50 years ago to about 8% to 15% oxygen in the air. So there's been scientists that actually say another reason why we're dealing with so much disease today is because of the lack of oxygen that we have in the air that keeps depleting and depleting and depleting because of all of the chemicals that we're putting in the air.
Nellie Gonzalez: All right. And so once you take that and the magic happens, like you said, you feel sluggish. A lot of people feel sluggish, and you don't know what causes it. What does cause that bloating, that constipated feel? Those are a lot of factors. You're taking in a lot of not really great oxygen, like you said. So is that what's causing it?
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Well, what causes the bloating and the constipation, number one, is people are eating too fast. They're not chewing their food properly.
Nellie Gonzalez: I should slow down.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: What we should be doing is chewing our food until it's a liquid before we swallow it, and people are running out of the digestive enzymes that they need to break down food. Studies have shown that people are running out of enzymes by the time they're 28 years old. Enzymes are the molecules in your body that actually take and break down all of the food particles into a liquid and break down all the vitamins and the amino acids and all of the good substances in the food and then bring them into the bloodstream so they can be absorbed or utilized by the organs or the tissues or the bones or wherever they need to go.
So people suffering from the bloating and the constipation is just a sign. It's their body telling them that something is out of balance and it needs to be fixed. This is what I try to tell people all time is, like, when you have a headache, that's not your body saying, "Run to the doctor and get some medication." That's your body trying to say, "Something's not right." Please look at your diet because your body will talk to you. It's just that people are not listening to their body and what their body is saying. So when someone has constipation or bloating or gas, they're body is saying, "Hello. Will you please listen to me? Something's wrong." It's your digestive system. So most likely it has to do with the food that you're eating.
What happens is they might have a hamburger with french fries, carbohydrates and proteins and then a milkshake after that or something, and a lot of times that food will sit in the system and the carbohydrates will end up fermenting, turning into alcohols. The fats will turn rancid, and the proteins will turn putrefactant, which means if you don't digest your food rapidly and have your normal bowel movements, then all that food can turn into just a conglomerate of toxic byproducts like a toxic dump site that can lead to poor health conditions.
Nellie Gonzalez: And that also causes being overweight because it's being stored as fat. You're not getting rid of it. So how do people find Oxy-Powder®? This is excellent, excellent.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Well, they can just go to OxyPowder.com and check out my book, The Green Body Cleanse. In that, it goes into detail. It's everything you would ever need to know about diet, exercise, everything you need to keep your body healthy and clean.
See, we focus too much on the outside, and people take a shower every day and clean the outside of their body. But how many times do people take a shower inside their body? How many times do they clean the inside of their body? They don't, and that's the main point that I'm trying to get across to everybody is you don't have to suffer from poor health any more. You don't have to suffer from all these negative health conditions because all you have to do, it's that easy. This is what the doctors hope you never find out about.
Nellie Gonzalez: Yeah, because this could alleviate so many different things.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Exactly.
Nellie Gonzalez: What do you say about the people that say, "Well, you know, once a month I can just get a colon cleansing and I'm fine?" How does that, does it work along with this, or this is a much better route? Or what's the difference?
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Well, you know, you have the colon hydrotherapy devices where they put water up inside your body and rinse everything out, and that's fine. This Oxy-Powder® is an all-in-one. I mean, I don't disagree with colon hydrotherapy. I think it's an effective treatment, but this you can take two or three times a week. Most people are not going to eat a vegan, all raw food diet with live enzymes in it already to where it naturally digests.
See, animals eat live foods. They go pick the nuts and the fruits and everything and the grasses when it's alive and it has everything they need to process it correctly, and so they can digest it and eliminate it. We go eat a bunch of microwaved, dead food, and all kinds of stuff that our body just can't handle.
So the good thing about Oxy-Powder® is that you could go eat a big breakfast, a lunch, and a dinner or go out to a business meeting and eat late at night and have steak or mashed potatoes and a dessert and a bottle of wine. And then, if you come home and you sleep on that big meal, you're going to feel horrible in the morning. You probably won't sleep that good that night.
Nellie Gonzalez: But now I'm going to take a couple of these Oxy-Powder®. This is great. So you wake up, more energy. Your food digests. I mean, this is just a win-win.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: It's a win-win.
Nellie Gonzalez: I can't believe that I . . .
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: We've actually had clinical studies done on this. FDA-approved, clinical studies, Phase I, II and III, we've taken it through to test the safety, toxicity of it. You could go to a drug store and take any over-the-counter pill and if you were to take half of that product, you would probably be in trouble. You can take a handful of aspirin and die.
They called us in the clinical studies to see how safe this would be. They called me and said, "We're up to four bottles a day and haven't noted adverse reactions." I said, "Oh, well, they're not going to need that. All you need is a couple capsules."
Nellie Gonzalez: But just in case you accidentally take a couple more than you should have, you forgot you took them and it'd be fine.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Exactly. I mean, we just want to make sure that something is safe and something that can be taken on a regular basis because that was a good question you had about, "I can just clean my colon once a week or once a month." The average person that knows about natural health cleanses their colon about once every six months, believe it or not. So you still have every, single day during that six months causing damage to your body. With Oxy-Powder®, you can take it two or three times a week.
Nellie Gonzalez: And that's regular maintenance.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: As you keep cleansing all those toxins out of your body, it decreases your chance for those toxins to go in your bloodstream and develop some sort of negative health condition, because we know that health problems can be caused by things staying in the colon for too long or in the small intestine for too long and leaking through the intestinal walls into the bloodstream.
Nellie Gonzalez: How about if people are suffering from hemorrhoids? Could they take it?
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: The main reason people suffer from hemorrhoids is they have to strain when they're going to the bathroom. The reason they're straining is because they're usually constipated. I hear this all the time, "Well, I'm not constipated. I just drink a cup of coffee every morning." Coffee dehydrates you. You're constipated if you have to drink a cup of coffee in the morning. But hemorrhoids, you can take it with hemorrhoids, because once you start cleaning out the system and once you start having regular bowel movements again, and hopefully changing your diet and eating more healthy and chewing your food . . .
Nellie Gonzalez: Right. And that's why the book is so important and what a gift. It has got all the benefits of health, exercise, what people should be doing to take care of the inside as well as the outside.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Exactly. And the book doesn't just say, "Here's a general diet plan like most books." This tells you exactly what's causing your health problem. What you were saying, talking about earlier is there is no need anymore to go to this doctor for this condition, this doctor for this condition, this doctor, because we found out that all of those poor health conditions are caused by toxins coming in, too many toxins coming in and not enough toxins coming out. That's why we recommend always starting with an intestinal cleanse and keeping your intestines clean on a regular basis.
But also I recommend other body cleansing systems, like cleansing the liver, cleansing the harmful organisms out of your body, cleansing the chemicals and the heavy metals out of your body. But those are also different and separate cleanses. All that is contained in detail in my book, and it's not like, "Don't ever eat meat again," because I go through each category. Where are you getting all these toxins? Let's go through the air. Let's go through the air in your home, and let's go through the air outside, in your office building where you work all day. Let's follow you around for a day in this book and see what you're exposed to. This is why you shouldn't eat white sugar. This is why you shouldn't eat white flour. This is why you should avoid genetically modified foods if possible. But the book is not about just telling you, "Don't do this."
Nellie Gonzalez: Right. "Don't" and "Stop." It's just, "This is how to do it better."
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: And it actually gives you the natural replacements for everything. Here's the easiest way to clean the air quality in your home. Here's the easiest way to make a non-toxic chemical cleaner to clean your kitchen counters with. Here's the best sources for non-toxic cookware, because did you know you're getting aluminum in your body every time you cook or drink out of aluminum cans or use aluminum-based deodorant or antiperspirant. It really opens somebody's eyes to all of these chemicals and toxins that are in their daily environment and then gives them easy solutions on how to keep it clean.
But the colon and the intestines are the main thing . . .
Nellie Gonzalez: Most important for bloating.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: . . . because that's the first exposure point where all the . . .
Nellie Gonzalez: And what woman doesn't want to not feel bloated and constipated, which will put you in a bad mood? Then once all that's flowing and you're feeling great, more energy, plus then your skin will radiate, your hair will be better, your nails will be better because all that really just goes hand-in-hand.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: And what guy wouldn't want that for a woman too?
Nellie Gonzalez: Exactly.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: But you're exactly right, and that's what it does. It helps you to feel good on a regular basis, and it helps get all those toxins out of your system. We have movie stars that use it before they go on the red carpet to get their body in red carpet shape.
Nellie Gonzalez: Oh, there you go, ladies. That right there. So you've got all these pluses. Now you're just feeling really great. Let's go on to, okay, what causes bad body odor and bad breath? So now you're looking great, but if you stink, I don't know.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Well, most people over the age of 40 can have up to 10 to 20 pounds of compacted fecal matter in their intestinal lining at all times, because the 30 feet, if you were to take the intestines out and spread them open, it would be the surface area of a tennis court. That's a lot of surface area.
Nellie Gonzalez: Yeah.
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: So even if the tennis court had a small layer of dust and you swept it all up into the middle, you would have a big pile. So when you're suffering from body odor or bad breath, it's all of that compaction that's been lodged in your intestines for probably weeks or months or years that's just degrading and gassing all that stuff back up, and then you're breathing it out. And that's where your bad breath comes in.
So if you have body odor, if you have bad breath, see the skin and the mouth is also a way that you eliminate toxins, which we haven't talked about. Women have five ways to eliminate all these toxins: urination, defecation through bowel movements, respiration (breathing), sweating through the skin, and their menstrual cycles. Men only have four ways to eliminate toxins from the body.
So if you're not, this is another reason why we're seeing an increase in poor health conditions is because people have shut down their elimination routes. Exercise, regular exercise takes care of two elimination routes – respiration and sweating. But we've gone to a sedentary lifestyle with the computers everywhere. Nobody's exercising enough, and so the elimination routes are shut down. People aren't having two to four bowel movements a day. People aren't urinating enough because they're not drinking enough water. Women's menstrual cycles are erratic because of all the hormones in milk and meat and everything else that they're being exposed to and soybeans, which are in everything, which are increasing women's estrogen levels and decreasing their progesterone levels.
Nellie Gonzalez: And what happens when that happens? Because there's a lot of talk about too much estrogen, so what happens with that?
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: What happens is it increases dramatically your chances for poor health. Anything that has to do with a woman's hormone levels, premenstrual syndrome. It can alter the regulation of your menstrual cycle. You can start spotting. You can start having different types of bleeding at different times of the month on your menstrual cycle. All in all, you want a balance between the estrogen and progesterone and not estrogen-dominance. Estrogen-dominance could be extremely serious for women and also men for that matter.
Nellie Gonzalez: So Oxy-Powder® is key to all of this so you'll feel better. Say you take it at night. Is it okay for people to go to work the next day? Are you going to have any problems with going to the bathroom too much?
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: No. That's a great question. That does happen, and it's best if you start like on a Friday night or something like that just to make sure. You won't have a problem as long as there's a bathroom nearby. People get confused because sometimes they take it, and then they call in and say, "I have diarrhea. I have diarrhea." We tell them it's not diarrhea. If you take all of the oxygen bubbles and the solid, toxic matter, which can be hard but it is definitely a solid, and you then you take the oxygen bubbles and you reduce that solid, it reduces it to a liquid, like water or a gas. So people might have liquid or semi-liquid stools for the first couple days until they figure out what their perfect serving is. It might seem like they have diarrhea and they might have some excess gas, but that's actually a good thing because you know that it's working. You know that all that stuff is being melted away, and some people have seen all kinds of stuff come out in their stools.
Nellie Gonzalez: Yeah. So start on a Friday to be safe. Now, there are other colon cleansers out there. What sets Oxy-Powder® aside from other colon powders or cleansers?
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: Well, most of the other colon cleansing products out there are herbal-based, and they usually contain three specific herbs: senna, Cascara Sagrada, or other individual herbs out there that may, usually psyllium husk, which is a fiber. It's a bulk- forming agent. Now, all of these herbs most likely are going to be coming from China or India. They can be contaminated with toxic substances, but none of those can be used on a regular basis, especially one, two, or three times a week without causing possible harm to the intestinal lining, and it could be long-term, irreversible harm.
Nellie Gonzalez: And you don't want to have that. So what kind of guarantees do you have with Oxy-Powder®?
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND: We have a 90-day, no question, money back guarantee on Oxy-Powder®. You can try it for 90 days, and if you're not happy and you don't get results, we give you a full refund on it. We have all of the information that you need that you can review. You can learn about it. You can see thousands of testimonials from people using Oxy-Powder® with success. This product has saved so many people from constipation, from suffering, and that's really what we're here to do is to help people.
My whole goal with all the research that I've done to try to find the root cause of health problems and how to eliminate them, that's what makes me happy, being able to introduce a product that anyone can use. Those individuals can actually get and feel results in one day. I mean, they take it one night, and the next morning they're already feeling better.
Nellie Gonzalez: And they're feeling great. Well, Dr. Group, thank you so much, especially for Oxy-Powder®, all the great value and the great heath benefits that it brings. Thank you so much for being with us today.
Remember, if you want more information on Oxy-Powder®, go to OxyPowder.com. Again, thank you Dr. Group for helping others get the healthy colon they deserve with Oxy-Powder®. And remember, if you want to improve your health and if you want to have more energy and more focus, no more constipation or other stomach problems, order your Oxy-Powder® today.
†Results may vary. Information and statements made are for education purposes and are not intended to replace the advice of your doctor. Global Healing Center does not dispense medical advice, prescribe, or diagnose illness. The views and nutritional advice expressed by Global Healing Center are not intended to be a substitute for conventional medical service. If you have a severe medical condition or health concern, see your physician.


text:
Discuss the massively-multiplayer home defense game.
You are not logged in.
Pages: 1
I just robbed Timothy Ernest Alversion's vault, he had his family in a straight line behind the door with his safe directly behind and wooden walls surrounding them. After robbing the vault I returned to find the wife had mysteriously vanished with the vault broken but the house still having $980 in value. Checking the house again the wife was still missing.
oh no, runaway family again! wife has fluffed off with the investigating officer!
Thanks for reporting this.
That "tight" configuration caused the wife to "jump back" behind the wall after the vault was reached. There must be a bug in the jump back code that is causing this. I'll fix it.
Someone eventually cut through the wall and found her, by the way.
My theory: Jason added the suggested "Love Potion" and someone somehow got hold of the development build.
"I just robbed Mr. Rogers." -Ludicrosity "The wood is my desk, and I'm knocking it with my head." -Blip
"I'd rather pack 25 meats than 1 crowbar if you know what I mean..." -Jabloko
"This is one of the most disturbed things I have seen in quite a while. I blame global warming." -bey bey
"that seems like more resources than I'm willing to put into having my kids killed." -cbenny
i feel like it was a plot in diagnosis murder. a vietnam veteran and policeman with ptsd bricked his wife and child up in his house because he thought it would keep them safe...
must've been quite amusing to find someone in the wall in this game anyway!
Could a set up something like this potentially create an unreachable wife? Or can we shoot her from the doorway? (Haven't found a way to test that)
Last edited by colorfusion (2013-10-30 16:05:56)
Wouldn't she just shoot you after on step making the self test impossible?
Yeah, I don't mean exactly like that.
With clever usage of pets and children there's likely some way to leave your wife set up like that after a successful robbery, which could result in a 100% safe house when someone figures it out.
I think you might be able to shoot through vaults and kill the wife, but I'm not certain.
Last edited by colorfusion (2013-10-30 16:29:41)
Yeah, I don't think the vault blocks gunfire. I thought the only way to have the wife appear anywhere but where she originally starts was to kill a child on her starting square (in which case I have no idea what happens to her). Obviously the above bug is an exception to that, but I at least think that is how it supposed to work.
How about now with 2 range guns? Not quite sure how range works.
Pages: 1


text:
Long Term Rentals - Beautiful country villa with superb views,El Padron, Estepona Rural, Costa del Sol, Spain
Property Ref: LIMONEROS-L
Beautiful country villa with superb views
|Plunge pool and cascade
|Covered relaxation area
This is a lovely large villa sitting on an elevated plot on the outskirts of Estepona which is available furnished, partly or completely unfurnished. The accommodation is arranged around a central courtyard with glass atrium, in classical Andalucian style, flooding the property with natural light. To the left of the courtyard is the large kitchen which in addition to all the standard appliances boasts a wood burning range! On one side of the kitchen is the utility room, while the other opens into the dining room, which also has a functioning fireplace, and which in turn leads onto one of the three terraces. The dining room also opens onto the lounge which also has a grand fireplace, and this room in turn opens into another reception room which would make an ideal TV room, second lounge, or office and which also has a terrace with sea views. To the front of the house are two of the double bedrooms which share a bathroom, and the guest cloakroom. Upstairs are the master and another double bedroom which have a private terrace between them with spectacular views, and both with en-suite bathrooms, as well as a small single bedroom that would be equally well-suited to office space. Outside the house are well maintained gardens as well as a charming plunge pool, and a wooden covered terrace for al fresco entertaining. The driveway leads to the rear of the house where there is garaging for three cars.
|Floor Area:
|Approx property size: 400m² which includes 60m² of terraces set on 2000m² of land
|Dishwasher , Washing machine , Fridge/Freezer , Oven , 4 Ring Hob , Dining area for: : 6 people ,
|Safe , Security alarm system ,
|Swimming Pools
|Number of pools : 1 , Private pool , Distance from property : Less than 10 metres away ,
|Cars & Parking
|parking spaces available : 3 cars
|Living Room
|Living area : Lounge with separate dining room , Lounge seating for : 6 people , fireplace ,
|Dining Room
|seating for : 6 people , Separate dining room , fireplace , Extra dining area outside ,
|Bathroom one : Separate shower, toilet and bidet , Bathroom two : Bath with shower, toilet and bidet , Bathroom three : Bath with shower, toilet and bidet , Bathroom four : Toilet with hand basin , Separate cloakrooms : 1 ,
|Views : Garden, Mountain, Pool & sea , Terrace , Dining area with seating for : 6 people , Garden : Well kept private garden (Mediterranean plants) , Private garden ,
|Wheelchair/disabled access : Sorry, this property is not suitable
|Local Activities
|Golf , cycling , diving , fishing , horse riding , mountain biking , walking , Paintballing , Tennis ,
|Bedroom Features:
|All the bedrooms have ample wardrobe space, two also have en-suite bathrooms. If taken furnished they can be configured with double or single beds as required.
|Bathroom Features:
|The master en-suite has a full hydro shower, the other en-suite and the bathroom downstairs have combined bath showers, and all have toilets and bidets. There is the guest cloakroom with toilet & basin, and by the pool there is an additional toilet.
Please fill in the following form to make a general enquiry about the property.


text:
About us!
Madison's Northside Business Association was formed in the early 90s to provide a voice to local businesses, increase economic development and to create network opportunities between the people who live, work, and own businesses on the Northside.
- September 14
- October 10
- November 16
- December 12
- January 11
- February 13
- March 15
- April 10
- May 10
Interested in membership?
Annual Membership dues are $175.00 per member. Dues include nine monthly dinner meetings (September through May). The fiscal year for dues runs from September 1 through August 31.
Click here to download the Madison Northside Business Membership form


text:
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF (LWR) has worked in Peru since 1979, specializing in interventions that increase small-scale farmers' capacity to: improve production quantity and quality; expand markets in rural production; assist communities to enhance their natural resource management; and increase the effectiveness of public and private investments in rural development initiatives. LWR works with local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), governments and associative rural enterprises as well as directly with farmers in an array of value chains to implement contextually-adapted interventions including sustainable climate-smart agriculture, income diversification, post-harvest processing, financial services, marketing, and increased organizational capacity. Recognizing that extractive industries of natural resources are a permanent feature of the Peruvian economy, LWR encourages involvement of responsible mining stakeholders in local development projects. This encourages a legitimate dialogue between the mining companies and local Peruvian people.
In the high Andes, short-term climate variations such as El Niño coupled with long-term variations attribute to the changing global climate patterns of that area. The changes mean an increased competition for water as well as a direct source of conflict between those working in agriculture and those working in the mining industry. In the high Andean district of Hualgayoc, conflicts among watershed users are negatively affecting local socioeconomic and political stability. These conflicts are exacerbated by extreme poverty, the expansion of industrial large-scale mining corporations, and a scarcity of safe water.
Hualgayoc's ability to adapt to climate change is limited by weak local institutions, as well as ineffective community organization aiming to share the resource management but unable to do so. These weaknesses, consequently, increase vulnerability, social fragmentation, and reduce trust among community members. Based on the present problems faced by the district of Hualgayoc, LWR-Peru, Gold Fields La Cima S.A.A., the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and CEDEPAS Norte have formed an alliance to reduce its climate vulnerability. LWR is strengthening local government capacity to design and implement climate change adaptation plans and policies. At the same time, LWR is working with local communities to build capacity for integrated management of sub-watersheds and promote a culture of dialogue and negotiation among all communities in a watershed to ultimately realize the successful management of natural resources.
In an effort to reduce reliance on illicit crops for rural livelihoods, LWR is promoting commercial cultivation of cocoa as an alternative, legal, high-value cash crop. LWR not only forms strategic partnerships to assure the selling of products and their profit re-investment into communities, but also recognizes innovative private sector investments towards inclusive economic growth for the communities within which they work. In the Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro rivers (the VRAEM), LWR is strengthening rural financing with buyer SUMAQAO and the local organization Minka Tarpuy to improve quality and productivity of coffee through new practices in production and post-harvest processing. These new practices have improved the cocoa production quantity and provided access to higher-value markets within the domestic cocoa value chains. Participation in, and benefit from cocoa value chains is vital to small-scale farmers' income. In Tingo María in the Huanaco Region, LWR worked in alliance with Cafetalera Amazonica-ECOM Atlantic (CAMSA) to improve production and quality of cocoa, create long-term commercial relations, and improve farm conditions to comply with industry certification standards.
In Cajamarca, LWR is working to improve household incomes from the artisanal dairy value chain by improving small-scale dairy production as well as cheese quality standards. The sale of artisan cheeses is a viable alternative for boosting income and enables families to purchase foods they do not produce locally. By improving herd management, promoting better milking practices, forming producer's associations and enhancing marketing capacities, LWR assists families to realize increased incomes from milk and cheese production by 80% and 42%, respectively.
- Formed five producer associations to improve commercial ties to both local and regional markets.
- Improved infrastructure of 27 artisan cheese production plants resulting in increased product quality and quantity.
- Introduced three new cheese types in 16 artisan cheese production plants.
- Increased daily cheese sales for participating families resulting in a 42% increase in profit.
- Increased daily milk sales for participating families resulting in an 80% increase in profit.
- Trained 52 local leaders who play an important role in mitigating conflicts and promoting citizen participation.
LWR works to improve the food security and living conditions of high-Andean agricultural producers of Peru. For over 30 years LWR has significantly increased the output and the diversity of traditional farm plots and linked producers with commercial markets for their products. We have successfully implemented small-scale technical irrigation systems, on-farm compost production, positioning of traditional products into commercial markets and increased household vegetable cultivation. Currently, in the highlands communities of Castrovirreyna Huancavelica, LWR is alleviating the effects of improper hygiene and poor dietary habits in the home by teaching parents about safe food handling and preparation. LWR is ensuring food security where families lack a diverse agricultural landscape and a nutritionally balanced diet as well as access to locally available nutritious foods.


text:
Open Thread: It Happened to You
This is your place to talk about the funny, sad, outrageous things that are happening in your life -- whenever you're ready.
Two questions arose when I spotted the lanky, brown-haired guy wearing a band T-shirt, but I couldn't tell you which came first: What would sex be like with him? And why was he in a wheelchair?
Marcus* was performing at a run-down comedy club with no air conditioning and no liquor license, delivering jokes like, "I started taking Ambien because I heard it makes you sleepwalk." My initial burst of sexual curiosity quickly flared out. He was six years younger. He lived with his mom. And he couldn't walk.
It was hard for me to see past the 300-pound power wheelchair when he started pursuing me romantically. I'd run into him at bars, parties and on OkCupid and send a silent prayer to the gods of romance: Please, please don't let him hit on me. I'd feel like an asshole turning down the disabled guy.
But hit on me he did, via email: "What do you on the weekends. [sic] You want to hangout at something other than a comedy show?" When he called me up, I almost didn't answer. But I figured I could at least do him the courtesy of turning him down directly rather than just ignoring his voicemail. We ended up having a great conversation. After I put the phone down, I was surprised to find 20 minutes had passed, and that I was looking forward to going out with him.
Over craft cocktails and a cheese plate, Marcus told me he had Beckers muscular dystrophy and had used a wheelchair since he was 18. The disease had weakened his heart, too: He had a defibrillator implanted into it and needed a heart transplant soon, which the doctors had told him he probably wouldn't get.
I knew it wouldn't be a long-term relationship. He might not even live to see our one-year anniversary. In a weird way, that made me want him more. Back then, I only recognized love when it came with serrated edges: if it was unrequited, tinged with dishonesty, or laced with substance abuse.
That's not to say we didn't have a healthy relationship. We had a lot of fun. We costumed at Mardi Gras parades, cooked out and watched New Orleans Saints games, went to parties, patronized Italian restaurants and did just about everything couples do. People would find delicate, probing ways to ask if we had sex. (We did. I was always on top.)
More often, they wouldn't think we were dating at all. "Is this your brother?" one of my coworkers asked when she ran into us at a wine bar. And sometimes, they'd offer their own sex advice: "Don't reproduce with that guy. It's a horrible disease."
As offensive as that sounds, these warnings had an element of truth. Muscular dystrophy (MD) is hereditary. Marcus's sons would be healthy, but his daughters would be carriers, and there was a 50-50 chance their sons would get the disease. He didn't want to risk passing it on, which didn't fit with my goals. I wanted to get married and have kids someday, in a nebulous future that always seems five years away but that is bearing down more rapidly than I like to admit.
I skated the fine line between optimism and denial: Five years had passed since Marcus's doctors told him he needed a heart transplant, and his heart was still beating. Maybe he could keep going into his 40s. That would be a decent run for our relationship, and then I'd be a young widow, which seems so much hotter than being divorced.
We could eventually have kids -- by the time they were old enough to procreate, maybe there'd be a cure for MD. We could live together in a little yellow wheelchair-accessible house. We could get one of those cute assistance dogs that wear vests. Or a helper monkey!
These dreams never seemed more vivid and attainable than when I'd hop on the back of his wheelchair like I was riding a scooter. We'd zoom down cracked Uptown streets, oak trees arcing their pale green leaves and Spanish moss overhead, wind in our hair, feeling the rush of the wheelchair battery's 8 miles per hour. People mowing their lawns would pause to stare. I'd wave, feeling superior to all the nondisabled couples.
I knew I could lose Marcus at any time, and was keenly aware of this when I'd visit him in the hospital, or when I'd lay my head on his chest and feel the irregular beats of his heart and the edges of his defibrillator just beneath his skin. I'd wonder each time I left his house if this was the last time I'd see him alive. But I figured that, whether or not we want to admit it, there's never any promise of a tomorrow with the people we love. My relationship brought this truth into stark relief.
After about a year of dating, the subject of living together came up. Marcus was hesitant, partly because of the logistical challenge finding a wheelchair-accessible house posed. Also, he'd never lived away from his mother, brothers and stepdad. He would need a lot of help with basic tasks like cooking and getting out of bed in the morning. His disability checks weren't adequate to cover his share of the bills and rent, either.
I didn't know how, but I was sure we'd find a way to make it work. One night, when I was drifting off to sleep and he was listening to Mates of State through his headphones, he said, "I love you. I think I'd like to live with you."
I was excited to get underway with purchasing a house. I put down a down payment with a local nonprofit builder, who drew up plans for a pretty little two-bedroom home. There was a front porch, a deck, a big back yard and a wheelchair ramp. I loved it.
I shared the plans with Marcus, but he didn't seem interested. He was busy with his comedy most nights, doing open mics and sketch comedy shows around town. I'd come to watch him, but even after the shows were over, he didn't feel like hanging out.
If I went over to his house to visit, he'd say hi, then go back to watching basketball with his brothers, maybe having a cursory conversation with me during commercial breaks. He was always too tired for sex. I began to feel like an adjunct to his life rather than a participant in it, but I wasn't sure if that was because he was consciously cutting me out, or because his disability meant that we would never have the kind of intimacy and exclusivity of a nondisabled couple who lives alone, without the constant support and presence of family.
Things came to a head when I had a seizure. I have epilepsy, but it had been 15 years since my last grand mal. I was shaken and upset when my neurologist said I'd have to go on medication and give up driving for at least the next six months. Marcus was unmoved.
"Everybody has something. It's not that big of a deal," he said when I told him. "Can you at least get out of your chair and get in bed and cuddle me?" I asked.
He refused. "It's too much work," he said. He didn't even bother to turn off the TV.
It shouldn't have come as a surprise when, a week later, he dumped me in a park on a perfect spring day. "We want different things," he said, an explanation that didn't answer any of my questions at all, but is perhaps the only reason couples break up. I wanted to be with him; he didn't want to be with me.
I still don't know exactly why he dumped me. I told myself he secretly did want to be my boyfriend -- he just felt he couldn't because of his illness. But though this answer may be easier to swallow than outright rejection, it isn't rooted in reality — we didn't get together because of his disease, we didn't break up because of it. We broke up because we wanted different things.
After about six months, I returned his spare wheelchair charger and he gave me back a few bras I'd forgotten in his bedroom. We talked about a new comedy troupe that he hated. He had a good haircut, and I told him so. Midway through our conversation, his phone rang and he answered. I stood around for a while, as I'd done so often in that room, waiting for him to bring his attention back to me. But he didn't, and I realized my chore had been done. There was no reason for me to keep waiting for him.
So I left.
*Name has been changed.


text:
ESpeed Loses Appeal Over Bond-Trading Patent
In a decision Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the finding of a Delaware district judge that the so-called '580 patent was invalid because inventors of the technology deceived the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).
Cantor and its eSpeed Inc. electronic trading unit, which had sued ICAP...
To view the full article, register now.
Try Law360 FREE for seven days
Already a subscriber? Click here to login


text: Kosmor :: View topic - broken treaties... Imprint Search Log in Legal Memberlist Profile broken treaties... Kosmor Forum Index -> Kosmor RPG View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message estefazGuest Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 04:51 Post subject: broken treaties... Captain Cherioban looked at the informations that came in from several subordinates. One was about to conquer a neutral star system, another was flying around like he was drunken, and a third had lost a star system... nothing really unexpected, nothing important... öh, what? Cherioban, who was on board of this war planet only for about a week, looked again at the display. Yes, he had read correctly. One of the subordinates had lost a star system in battle. Within the first moment he wanted to jump up, run out of the information centre and wake up the councilor. But he changed this intention, reminding himself that this councilor liked to get all informations together, not in little peaces. He looked at the informations. Major Crazy-Monkey, well. And who was the attacking? Merthos... Merthos... yea, that guy who led house Handuro. This Methos was a member of the council, leading a house which was only a little bit bigger than that of the councilor. Than he thought about the council. The council did have a peace treaty, that no member of the council should attack any other. Was this meaning, members of the council could attack non-members of this council, or was this meaning, they should not attack anyone by themselves? Well, he didn't know, but would have to ask... Back to top LiamGuest Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 07:48 Post subject: Lord of the house Surst heard this question and shook his head. Guys, it's better if you sometimes read the newspaper. There you can see, that the end of peace starts at 31/3500. Exactly at this day, Merthos attacked, so there is no problem. Back to top AurionGuest Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:04 Post subject: Soon, other people got knowledge of the question and the answer of Surst.. Nobody said clearly if this is the last day of peace or the first of war, so you can interpret it in both ways. Even if today is the first day of war, it isn't a good behavior for Members of the High Council. I'm now speaking only for myself, not for the high council, but because the attacks happend between day 30 and day 31 and the treaty is ending today, at day 31, i would say it was a precipitate act of war. Aurion Lord of the House Ashera Member of the High Council Back to top LiamGuest Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:11 Post subject: Lord of the house Surst searched trough the news, and then he had found what he was looking for: Quote: Councilor of the House Merthos (house Handuro) conquered a solar system from Member of the House Crazy-Monkey (house misor) (destroyed combat power: 12). This was at day 31/3500 and from the date on, every member of the high counsil is allowed to attack other emporers. You could argue about, if it was the right decision to attack so soon, but I think, it's allowed, so there is no problem. Back to top AurionGuest Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 13:02 Post subject: Everybody knows that the provisions of a battle isn't done within a day, the flight to the battle site can easily take up many days, and the fight itself isn't done in a few minutes, too. So you can't say it happend on day 31, this was only the end. And even if not, it is still not clear if you say ends on date 31 if you are allowed to attack on date 31 or the day after. You must specifiy this more. Chairman Maelstroem must immediately publish the specified and correct version of the end, so that the question can be given a correct answer. Aurion Lord of the House Ashera Member of the High Council Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Kosmor Forum Index -> Kosmor RPG All times are GMT - 6 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Information----------------NewsGalactic News Community----------------Kosmor TalkKosmor TradeKosmor TournamentsKosmor RPG Support/Feedback----------------Questions and AnswersFeedback / suggestions for improvementBug-Reports You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


text:
Environment Essay - 639 Words - StudyMode
Subject: March 22-World Water Day Usage: 3 Minute Speech/Essay childrens writing ideas, Environment General, Junior English essays, Kids essays
Essay on the importance of finding the right writing
3/23/2015 · Essay On Environment Environment essay writing - Spend a little time and money to receive the dissertation you could not even dream about All sorts of
Environment essays - Custom Essay Writing $9.95/page
Free argumentative essay about economic growth and environmental damage. Big collection of papers examples for students.
Essay on Environment for Children and Students
Environment Environment. Projects; Approach; Resources; Google's Environmental Report 100% renewable is just the beginning Mapping the invisible: Street View cars
Essay Help The Environment - topbuypaperessay.us
4/26/1986 · Environment essay papers. Pages: 1 2 . 0. 0. Environment essays / The Endangered Species Act Is Imperative. �Before you can recover a species, you …
Environment - Wikipedia
Essay Forum; IELTS Essay Topics; TWE Topics; Essay Topics. Many topics for you Damage to the environment is an inevitable consequence of worldwide
Environment Conservation essay topics, buy custom
Format and structure your essay on environment according to the required academic standards. Check your paper for errors.
Environment - thoughtco.com
An essay has been defined in a variety of ways. One definition is a "prose composition with a focused subject of discussion" or a "long, systematic discourse". It is
Short Paragraph on Our Environment in Hindi
Our environment is getting worse day by day, and we are suffering for other peoples and our mistakes. It's getting harder and harder for our families to stay
BookwormLab.com - Top-Notch Custom Essay Writing Service
IELTS Essay, topic: Environmental problems Nowadays environmental Currently the environment is so contaminated that urgent measures should be taken.
Environment | Google
Why we should save the Environment! The Environment is the most important resource for life. We get water,power and Oxygen from the Environment.
Essay on Sustainable Development of Environment
not only the physical environment where we write I find different writing environments suited to different stages of Essay on the responsibility of
Essay on Environment and Human Health - Publish Your Articles
Personal Environment Essays: Over 180,000 Personal Environment Essays, Personal Environment Term Papers, Order plagiarism free custom written essay
Essay Help Environment
3/23/2012 · HotEssays.blogspot.com provides free sample essays and essay examples on any topics and You can order a custom essay on My Environment now! …
Writing a Great Essay on Environment: Themes, Tips and Help
Best Place to Get Essay Help! BookwormLab.com offers professional custom essay writing help services for students of all levels and on all subjects.


text:
Cage Match 2017: Sci-Fi vs Fantasy
Round 2
Suri vs Miriam Black
Miriam Black
- Age: 16
- Species: Human
- Weapons: Her wolf, Minna
- Special Attack: Using the forest to her advantage
- Can communicate with the trees
- Accompanied by her loyal wolf
- Can summon fire spirits
- Young and inexperienced
- No combat training or weapons to speak of
Miriam Black
- Age: 20s
- Species: Human
- Weapons: Precognition, and a really bad attitude
- Special Attack: A murder (of crows)
- Able to control birds
- Can see the moment & circumstances of anyone's death
- Tenacious
- Self-destructive and depressive
- She's had a bad run, to put it lightly
- Though she can see people's deaths, she can't change them. Usually.
Match Prediction
By Michael J. Sullivan
When Suri spotted the woman with torn blue pants, tight bloodstained shirt, and hair a little too blonde, she knew for certain this was one of the Odd Days. They happened occasionally—mornings that started wrong and kept rolling downhill toward the truly bizarre. That day had begun very oddly. Suri had met a peculiar woman named Scarlett who had been lost in more ways than one, and then she was gone. Now, there was a new visitor in the forest.
"What do you think, Minna?" Suri asked the wolf as the two peered at the stranger through the leaves.
The woman sat with her back against a log, breathing hard. Three slashes across her stomach were bleeding badly, and she clutched her midsection, trying to keep her insides from becoming outsides.
Minna sniffed the air and took a step back.
Suri scowled. "She doesn't smell that bad. Besides, she looks fascinating—like daydream meets nightmare interesting."
Suri leapt to the log the woman was lying against and trotted up its length with Minna just behind.
"Hi, I'm—"
"Holy fucking shit!" The bleeding woman tried to retreat, and cringed in pain from the effort. She appeared to barely notice Suri, as her attention was completely focused on Minna.
Suri frowned and turned to the wolf. "What language is that, do you think? Or is it just gibberish? Maybe she's—"
"Get your fucking dog away from me, bitch!" A hawk burst through the forest canopy and swooped close enough to catch Minna's attention. "Don't you understand leash laws? Thing probably has rabies. What the hell's wrong with you? I'm bleeding here. Can't a woman hemorrhage to death in a forest in peace without being harassed by—who did you say you were?"
"I'm Suri. This is Minna. She doesn't have any ray bees, but if you need them we could search for some. Are they like honey bees? We have plenty of those."
"Bees? Are you kidding me?" Shocked, the woman craned her neck looking around. "Oh, my fucking god! I'm in Florida, aren't I?"
"You worship a god named Fucking?"
"Ha, well don't we all?" The woman burst into laughter, and then winced and screamed from the pain. "Stop with the jokes, kid. You're killing me here. Listen. I was attacked, okay? A queen bitch carved me up like Edward Scissorhands going for second base on a first date. Please tell me you've got a cell phone and good 911 service."
Suri shook her head.
"Then I don't suppose you have a fist full of Vicodin hidden in that grungy cape and leather costume, do you? Oh, nice belt, by the way. Are those real teeth?"
Suri made a puzzled face that she shared with Minna, who chose to remain silent on the matter. Not surprising, as she was a very wise wolf.
"Cat got your tongue?" the woman asked.
"I don't think so." Suri stuck out her tongue and touched it. "Nope, still there."
"Stop it. Stop it," the woman pleaded as she was once more racked with laughter, clutching her stomach and grimacing in pain. "Seriously, you have to stop the cornball routine, you're torturing me here. At this point, I'd rather have a Glock and help putting its barrel between my teeth."
The hawk returned, but this time settled on the bare branch of the maple across from them. The hawk was a stranger, but the maple was a friend.
"Who are you?" Suri asked.
"I'm Miriam. Miriam Black. Ha! Listen to me; I sound like goddamn James Bond." She looked down at her shredded shirt that might have once been white but was now mostly blood. "This must be the end of the fucking film. The part where the bomb is about to blow the shit out of Tokyo and I've only got minutes to save the day. You know what?" She looked at Suri and glanced at Minna. "Fuck Tokyo."
"You're very religious, aren't you, Miriam Miriam Black?" She thought a moment. "I guess your mom had a stutter, huh?
Miriam burst into laughter again, and just as before, screamed in pain. "Stop that shit. You're killing me!"
Suri and Minna exchanged a look. This wasn't an Odd Day at all. Suri had somehow entered a celebration of the bizarre, and this woman had been crowned queen of the fair. She had to be from the dahl. Hers was the breed of crazy that came from wearing shoes and living her entire life inside a wall. The woman should go back there. Maybe someone from her village could make sense out of her crazy talk. Suri didn't understand half the words this nutty woman said. "Give me your hand. I'll help you back to Rhen."
Suri reached out, but Miriam jerked back. "Nothing personal, but I don't like touching people. Even people who wash, which… you don't appear to have done in quite some time."
Suri nodded in understanding. "Roan's like that, too. Never try to give her a hug. Bad childhood."
Miriam nodded. "Been there. Done that. But that's not the problem. I mean it is, but it isn't. At least not right now. Look, kid, you seem nice. I'll level with you. When I touch people, I see how they die, and honestly that's baggage I could do without, okay?"
For the first time Miriam was making sense, well sort of. Suri had no idea what a baggage was, maybe it was a big cabbage. "I tell the future too, but I use bones. Birds' bones mostly."
"Did you say birds?" Miriam stole a glance at the hawk still on the branch watching them.
"You know her?" Suri asked.
"We just met, but you might say I have a way with our feathered friends. Apparently you have the same sort of relationship with—with—what is that anyway? A husky?"
"Minna's a wolf, and she's my sister."
"Your mother really got around, didn't she? Holiday dinners must be awkward. Does everyone sit together at the table, or do you all just lie on the floor and rip a lamb apart with your teeth? Bet your favorite movie is The Jungle Book, isn't it?" She laughed again and the pain seemed to be worse. Miriam's face was pale. She kept closing her eyes and slowly lifting the lids again.
"You're not looking too good. What happened to you?" Suri asked.
"Hell if I know. I was back at my old school, being chased. Not even sure why—but that's an Alice-in-Wonderland-travelogue-for-another-day. But the short story is this fucking Wolverine-wannabe started slicing the shit out of me." She looked down. "And I had just washed this shirt."
Suri had been paying close attention to all the words that time, and she knew most of them, but still was having trouble with their meaning. "You were attacked by a wolverine?"
Miriam laughed again. She shuddered from the pain, grabbing at her butchered stomach. "Stop it. Stop it. God, you're a sadistic little Mowgli, aren't you? Every time I laugh it rips me apart. Look, I'm bleeding worse now. Shit." She lifted her hands and they were indeed slicker than before.
Suri grimaced.
"Gotta stop this bleeding. C'mon you look like the sort to have some sort of bone-needle and catgut on you. I need to get sewn up, or I'm not gonna make it."
"Don't have any cats, and I'm not a healer. I'm a mystic. Now that Tura's gone I think I'm the only one in Rhen. Padera could do something, but we'd have to get you back to the dahl."
"Oh, great. I'm dying and the only aid around is a hippy-dippy crystal gazer and her pet Lassie. Must be Monday. Hey, at least give me a hand, will you? I've got a pack of cigs in my pocket. Can you get them out for me? I so want to blow fuck you smoke rings for everyone who said I'd die of lung cancer."
"You have pockets! Roan invented pockets."
"Really? Maybe I should skip the cigarettes and try what you're smoking."
Suri took the brightly colored box out of Miriam's pocket and found tiny white sticks inside. She pulled one out and held it up. "Is this what you want?"
"Yeah, put it in my mouth and light the end. Do you have a lighter?"
"Like a lamp?"
"No, like a match."
Suri held up her hands. "My hands match. So do my eyes. Does that count?"
"Jesus kid, I mean something to start a fire."
"Oh, I can ask the fire spirit to come. Would you like that?"
"Whatever trips your trigger just so long as I get one last puff before I pass out."
Suri closed her eyes, rubbed her palms together, and then clapped. The moment she did, the end of the white stick in the woman's mouth caught fire. The flame went out as Miriam sucked on the end. Blue smoke exited her nose, and a sigh escaped her lips. "Thanks, kid. I owe you." When she took the stick out of her mouth, the end was bloody.
"You want me to run to the dahl and get your parents? Do they live in Rhen? They're probably worried about you."
The blood-covered white stick fell, as Miriam laughed one last time. A sad, bitter sound. That did it. Miriam slumped and then lay still. The hawk flew away, and the wind rolled the cigarette out of Miriam's hand, which in death had curled into a partial fist with only the middle finger extended.


text:
GlamTouch Search: Fashion
L'Officiel Ukraine
3 monthes ago - By Models
Делай как я
Read more ...
L'Officiel Vietnam
3 monthes ago - By Models
Read more ...
The headlines of GlamTouch
30 Crazy Celebrity Outfits We'll Never ForgetFrom a gown
30 Crazy Celebrity Outfits We'll Never Forget From a gown made of raw meat to the infamous swan dress.
Vogue strengthens age stance, Model convicted of murder, Aretha Franklin...
The CFDA expands its Health Initiative Prefacing New York Fashion, Week which begins September 6th and runs to the 12th, the CFDA posted a letter to members saying the CFDA...
Self Magazine
Fresh Direct
Young Thug Arrested on His Birthday at 'Slime Language' Listening Party
Young Thug was recently arrested for felony gun possession. Following his 27th birthday celebration and Slime Language listening party, the Atlanta native reportedly bumped a...
Seventeen Magazine
3 Beauty Looks That Aren't Too Extra for Class
Must Read: Federal Government Seizes $500 Million Worth of Counterfeit...
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Friday. Federal government seizes $500 million worth of counterfeit luxury goods Federal homeland security agents seized a...
National Portrait Gallery Honors Aretha Franklin with Special Exhibition
This past Thursday, Aretha Franklin passed away at the age of 76 from advanced pancreatic cancer at her home in Detroit. To pay tribute to the legendary singer's legacy, who...
ATM Anthony Thomas Melillo
ATM Fall 2018 Collection
Allure Magazine
Beauty School: Knotted Ponytail
House of Fraser creditors owed £484m
House of Fraser's unsecured non-preferential creditors, including suppliers, are thought to be owed around £484m, a report from administrator EY has shown.


text:
Nathan Zuckerman
This character is looking for a mentor.
E.I. 'Manny' Lonoff
This character is easily distracted and interested in little about the culture of writing.
Hope Lonoff
This character is the child of wealthy southerners who married below their station in life.
Amy Bellette
This character wrote a letter several years earlier, asking for help in coming to America.
Dr. Zuckerman
This character is a podiatrist and is offended by a short story that perpetuates Jewish stereotypes.
Essie and Sidney
These characters are the twin boys of a widow.
Judge and Mrs. Wapter
These characters are highly respected in the Jewish neighborhood and question a short story passed along to them.
This character is a professional dancer.
Anne Frank
This character lived in Amsterdam during World War II.
This character helps get a college recommendation letter written.
(read more Character Descriptions)
This section contains 143 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)