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Man, I love my job! Couple of cool stories from my favorite clients today (shared with permission):
Tim wants to attend a seminar that costs $12,000. He just bought his dream house, so coming up with $12k felt like an uncomfortable stretch. So he asked the Universe to pay for it.
Days later he finds out he's the recipient of a management award at work, which comes along with a cash gift of $12,000. You know what this smart aleck emailed me? "Well, that's PRE-TAX, so it's not really the full amount." Funny guy you are, Tim.
He's signed up for his course as of tonight. (Yay!)
Also tonight an email from a client who's been intending for two weeks now that she'd meet someone new. Sharon was very specific about what she wanted in this guy. She tends to be shy and reticent in meeting new people, so this was a big goal for her.
A girlfriend took her to a club last night, where she immediately spotted Him. She knew it was Him as soon as she laid eyes on Him. He was everything she'd put on her list, as far as looks and demeanor went. She decided to channel Angelina Jolie for some extra sexy in her vibe. And since she didn't want to have to approach him (it was too far out of her comfort zone), she intended he'd approach her.
Which he did. (Don't you love it when that happens?!)
Long story short, they had a great time getting to know each other that night, and he asked her to call so they could meet up again. The next morning she discovered she'd entered his number with only nine digits in her phone. AARGH!! (Don't you hate it when that happens?!)
She intends she'll come up with the missing digit. Doesn't happen.
She decides to skip class that night and exercise her manifesting muscle instead. She takes a cab to where he mentioned he was staying, and intends she'll see him coming out of his hotel for dinner. (Now that's FAITH to the 10th degree!) Cab pulls up and guess who's walking out of the hotel? Him. Absolute perfect timing! He's happy to see her, she gets his number, and she has a great little manifesting story to tell her coach.
I love it when that happens. : )
Fun side note: someone today told her she LOOKED like Angelina Jolie. (I'd love it if that ever happened.)


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Silver Price Reacts After Fed Hints at Year-end Rate Hike
The US Federal Reserve hinted that it may raise rates in December if inflation rises; it also plans to hike rates three times in 2018.
The silver price fell on Wednesday (September 20) after the US Federal Reserve's latest meeting. The central bank did not raise rates, but signaled that it may do so by the end of the year.
Spot silver was down 1.27 percent, at $17.10 per ounce, after the Fed wrapped up its two-day policy meeting. Wall Street stocks fell and bond yields rose while gold, which rose ahead of the Fed meeting, reversed course and fell briefly below $1,300 per ounce before recovering.
The silver price often reacts similarly to the gold price, so a brief drop in prices for both metals was not unexpected. Market watchers also widely anticipated that the Fed would leave interest rates unchanged at this week's meeting.
As mentioned, the central bank hinted that a rate hike may be coming later this year if inflation rises. It also said that it intends to increase rates three times in 2018. Those increases would bring the benchmark rate to between 2 and 2.25 percent by the end of next year.
During a press conference to discuss this week's meeting, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said US economic activity has been "rising moderately" so far in 2017. "We think the economy is performing well," she added. One of the Fed's key mandates has been to maximize employment, and it appears to be meeting that goal. The US unemployment rate is at a near 16-year low of 4.4 percent, with inflation remaining below that level.
The Fed also announced on Wednesday that it will let a portion of its $4.5-trillion balance sheet mature without being replaced, starting in October. Reductions will amount to $10 billion per month, and will gradually rise to $50 billion per month.
Forecast are mixed for the silver price in Q4. Firms polled recently by FocusEconomics provided a range of predictions. Macquarie gave the highest forecast at $20.50, with Capital Economics giving the lowest at $15.80. The consensus Q4 silver price forecast from all the firms consulted came in at $17.30.
Don't forget to follow us @INN_Resource for real-time updates!
Securities Disclosure: I, Melissa Shaw, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.

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Have you been warned about falling for the Lean Belly Breakthrough scam? Well then, ignore such warnings. People consider Bruce Krahn and Dr. Heinrich to be manipulative and concerned with obtaining money, and the Lean Belly Breakthrough weight loss program has been termed as a scam by numerous people. These groups have warned people not to waste their money on it. However, this is only false as the Lean Belly Breakthrough program is legit. It is only obvious that competitors in the drug industry would try to put down such a beneficial discovery.
Marketing Strategy
People believe that the Lean Belly Breakthrough program aims to make a profit, and it is nothing but a scam. However, Bruce Krahn's father-in-law did suffer a heart attack on a plane through which he got Dr. Heinrich to suggest him the Lean Belly Breakthrough program.
The story is not a marketing strategy but rather a vision which got the program up and running. Why would Mr. Krahn have ill intentions when his father-in-law had suffered? His aim was not to make a profit but rather to help the human population. He has been put down as a scam, but the program is legit and continues to work. It may be marketed in a manner which may seem problematic, but that is only one part of it.
Furthermore, the customer reviews have been constantly good and very few people have given it bad reviews. This is not necessarily due to a scam but rather due to their own lack of interest or improper use of the Lean Belly Breakthrough program.
The Price Is Necessary
People may argue that Bruce Krahn and Dr. Heinrich could have given out the Lean Belly Breakthrough program for free, but they chose to charge for it. However, the program took lots of effort and time to put together. It is presentable in the form of an e-book and has been compiled quite efficiently. For this very reason, they need to charge in order to generate their own income from it. It is easy to term something as a Lean Belly Breakthrough scam, but in this case, the intentions are clear.
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The program is not only owned and put together by Bruce Krahn and Dr. Heinrich, but it is also endorsed by Dr. Suneil Kumar from Doctor Certified. This assures the users that the program has been looked into by actual practitioners who have checked out its content. It is not fair to term it as a scam as it has been analyzed by professionals.
Modern-day marketing and media may easily put down an idea that supports a good cause. In the real world, it is all about competition and it is quite obvious that if the Lean Belly Breakthrough program succeeds, numerous industries may go out of business. For this very reason, the Lean Belly Breakthrough scam has been talked about but is not true.


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LOS ANGELES --New concerns have been raised about two popular cholesterol drugs, taken by millions of Americans.A new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, involved about 360 people who take drugs to lower their cholesterol.
Researchers found that those who took Zetia failed to shrink buildups in artery walls, while those who took rival drug Niaspan did so significantly.
Ultrasound images revealed Niaspan patients shrank buildups by about 2 percent, but Zetia had no effect on them, even though Zetia did lower bad cholesterol as expected.
Niaspan is a slow release version of the B-vitamin niacin.
A large study last year suggested that the combination pill Vytorin which combines Zetia with a statin, was no more effective than the statin Zocor alone.
Both Zetia and Vytorin are both products of Merck & co. which says it stands behind its drugs.
Niaspan is made by Abbott Laboratories, who sponsored the latest study.


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Home > ECONOMICS > PARKPLACE > Vol. 1 > Iss. 1 (1993)
The Park Place Economist
A fascinating real-world example of microeconomic theory can be used to analyze the above "Cleaver" family. The thought process behind a certain decision made by Robert and Susan represent game theory and dominant strategies. In a scandal that shook suburbia, Robert and Susan Davis each had extramarital affairs that could have led to the devastating end of a picture-perfect marriage. Decisions made by each are analyzed and predicted below using the game theory model. The adulterers each planned strategies regarding their secret love-affairs to bring about the "best" outcome for themselves. Although Robert and Susan may not have realized why they made the decisions they did, game theory can help explain how each arrived at his/her final decision.
Recommended CitationHalley '94, Paul D. (1993) "The Story of Robert and Susan Davis( And Why They're so Damn Homest!)," The Park Place Economist: Vol. 1
Available at: https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/parkplace/vol1/iss1/5


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Businesses will gather to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the University Science Park as the science park prepares to enter its latest phase of development.
The University has appointed three new members to its Board of Governors.
Students at the University of Wolverhampton are giving valuable input into the protection, restoration and future of a historic church in the city.
The University's Master of Business Administration has been officially accredited by the CMI for its extended Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership.
An award-winning business support service is opening in the heart of Hereford's Enterprise Zone this month, run by the University of Wolverhampton.
The University would like to express its sincere condolences to the family of its Chancellor, Lord Swraj Paul, following the death of his son Angad on Sunday.
Sports module students at the University's Business School have turned theory into practice by undertaking lessons at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
Visitors to the University's Open Day this Saturday (14 November) will have the chance to tour the new £18 million Business School
Students from the University of Turin, Italy, have participated in a month-long visit programme with the University of Wolverhampton.
An award-winning business support service has opened in the heart of Hereford's Enterprise Zone, run by the University.
Drones – and how they have come to occupy such a large presence in recent conflicts across the world – will come under the spotlight at a lecture at the University.
The world's largest celebration of creativity and innovation – Global Entrepreneurship Week (16 – 20 November) – will be marked at the University.
George Kassimeris - The very first thing I tell my students who choose to take my 'Terrorism and Political Violence' class is that terrorism never ends.
The University's Burton Health Education Centre will open its doors to prospective future students this weekend.
Over 150 secondary pupils from across the West Midlands took part in a festival of sport at the University.
In the local high streets and shopping centres store after store have sales on.
Potential primary school teachers can find out more about how to engage pupils in the classroom through a series of lectures at the University.
An expert on human trafficking from the University will debate the current threats to migrants at a conference in Luxembourg this week.
The Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CAEL)which supports entrepreneurship and democratic governance in Africa is to be formally launched


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Specialty tissue-tising company bows this week
What better time than in the thick of cold and flu season to launch a pocket tissue-based media company?
This week, Toronto-based entrepreneur James Madigan is rolling out Mass Target Media, which specializes in branded packages of pocket tissue. Since he focuses solely on the product, he can offer the packages at 30-35 cents apiece, substantially less than promotional companies, which tend to charge around one dollar per piece for similarly branded tissue packets.
'The reason I've focused on pocket tissue is because it has universal acceptance – everybody uses it,' explains Madigan, who left his post as assistant marketing manager at Canada Post to launch Mass Target.
Advertisers can opt to have their messages imprinted directly onto the plastic packaging or to insert branded cards or coupons into tissue packets. Minimum buys are 20,000 for the former and 1,000 for the latter. Madigan's tissue suppliers are based in China, so branded packaging orders take about four to six weeks to fill. He can print the insert cards in Toronto, so the turnaround for branded cards slotted into packs is only about two to three days.


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I've been trying my Hand at creating my own Unique Scrollsaw Designs/Patterns.
It don't seem to be too bad to design, at least some of the easier stuff. So I've decided to Post my Luminarie Base and Face Design I just came up with this evening.
I think that it would be a Great Valentines Day Gift. Yeah I know, It's not Valentines Day yet, it's not even turkey day yet. But hey, It never hearts to start shopping for the Holidays ahead!
Enjoy the Design, You are welcome to use it as many times as needed, can post it elsewhere if you like, Just give credit where to the Designer!


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Yep, it's just a post about things I couldn't live without – I've had mega writers blog over the past couple of days and thought I'd do a fun post on all things that are important to me. Writing this list was pretty difficult to be honest, a couple of things came to mind straight away, but I did have to think hard and proper about what I couldn't live with or what I would miss the most.
In no particular order (I felt like Davina McCall writing that)
- My phone – Obvious right? I know we are all glued to our phones, and I'm guilty of even taking it into the toilet ~oops~ but I actually don't know what I would do without it, I'm so stuck on looking through Instagram or Twitter all the time that it's become a hobby of mine. I'm not one to sit down and read a book, I just don't have the attention span so I honestly don't know what I would do instead.
- Eyeliner – I can't remember a day when I did my make up without an eyeliner wing… I just think I look dead without it! So if I could only choose one piece of makeup, it'll always be black eyeliner, I don't look like me without that flick on my eyelid!
- My family – *Sopppppyyyyyy* but true, everyone including my little doggy, what would we all do??!!
- Moisturiser – I'm one of those people who CANNOT go to bed without moisturiser on my feet!! Or as soon as I'm out the shower, I HAVE to moisturise. Dry skin freaks me out, just the feel of it eeewweeeee.
- Crisps – Savoury over sweet anyday!!! Give me a bag of pickled onion monster munch…
- Fresh water – This is the one thing I'm so grateful for, and I think take for granted sometimes but bottles of water for some reason taste better than tap water??? Or is that just me?! But everyday I'm drinking fresh water, I love it and it makes me feel loads healthier!
- Toothbrush – Twice a day, everyday. I really don't like the feel of my teeth when I haven't brushed them, it grosses me out SO much.
- Baggy jumpers – yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhh!! I live in baggy jumpers, when I'm not doing anything or if I get home, I change straight into a baggy jumper. I'm so much more chilled and relaxed wearing one and er HELLO it's way more comfortable!!
- Dry shampoo – I was going to list just normal shampoo but I probably use dry shampoo more, its a saviour! I can barely ever be bothered to wash my hair, I hate it, it's boring and such a chore, and probably actually only wash my hair 2/3 times a week, so in between its dry shampoo all the way!! Batiste – I LOVE YA
- Socks – yes socks! without socks my feet feel cringe, any sock will do, trainer socks, normal socks, knee length socks I'll have.
What couldn't you live without?! ♥


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You're just a boy and I have galaxies growing inside of me"
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(Yummy) Planet Lover Charm Necklace – Single (Collabor88)
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U.S. Marshals: VA man wanted for Double Murder has ties to Georgia
NORFOLK, Va. (WGXA) – U.S. Marshals are asking for the public's assistance in tracking down a Virginia man -- with ties to Georgia -- charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend and her father in front of their children. Amos Jacob Arroyo, 32, has been on the run since July 2017.
Around 6:15 p.m. July 30, Newport News police responded to reports of a shooting at a trailer on York River Lane. Patricia Joseph and her father Jessie Barnes were killed as a result of the shooting. Joseph is Arroyo's ex-girlfriend and is the mother of their two children who were present in the trailer at the time of the murders.
Newport News Police Department investigated the shooting and identified Arroyo as the suspect. The following day, arrest warrants were issued charging Arroyo with two counts of first-degree murder and related charges. The U.S. Marshals were then asked for assistance in tracking Arroyo down.
The U.S. Marshals began looking for Arroyo and located his vehicle Aug. 1 abandoned in a Walmart parking lot off Interstate 95 in Pooler, Georgia. Camera footage shows Arroyo in the Walmart on the morning of July 31, the day after the murders, purchasing a backpack, underwear, socks, a hooded sweatshirt, pants, and tee shirts. After checking out, Arroyo walked out of the Walmart and left his vehicle behind. This is the last confirmed sighting of Arroyo.
"He hit the ground running," said U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia Bobby Mathieson.
"The morning after the murders he was already 500 miles away. By the time we found his vehicle in Georgia, we were a day behind him. Not only did he leave his car behind, we believe he left his old identity behind as well."
Identification cards belonging to Arroyo were found in his abandoned vehicle, and investigators believe he is now using a fake name.


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A.A. History Fragment No. One
Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Bill Wilson wrote in the A.A. basic text: "we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't. What was our choice to be?" (4th ed., 53). Dr. Bob's story in the Alcoholics Anonymous basic text concludes with this statement: "Your Heavenly Father will never let you down!: (4th ed., 181). Typically, Dr. Bob asked a newcomer, "Do you believe in God, young fella?" When the response was, "What does that have to do with it,?" Dr. Bob answered: "Everything." (Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers, 1980, 144). The basic idea from the King James Version of the Bible that early AAs studied is found in Hebrews 11:6: "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." For details on Alcoholics Anonymous and God, see Dick B., Turning Point: A History of Early A.A.'s Spiritual Roots and Successes, 1997, 157-188.


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Darlings I don't know about you, but I have had enough of craziness when I am trying to get things done. I am sick of non-existent customer service, and I know where to place to the blame. The culpable are not the tired, overworked employees who are often not allowed to solve your problem, but the companies that want to take my money for bad or indifferent service. I am not interested in automated robo-calls from anyone. We need to resist the entire system that has gradually replaced good service.
I write letters, I vote with my dollar, and I encourage you to do the same. The JetBlue incident was not funny; it was a wakeup call. These days we are almost stripped naked at airports in the name of security. But JetBlue is unaware of highly-stressed and unstable flight attendants who are in charge of flight safety. Think of what may have happened if this person had flipped out in the air.
Too many airlines have abused passengers and staff for too long. They need to be regulated. I am old enough to remember when flying was pleasant, and a coach flight was as nice business class is now. Attendants and passengers were civil. Those days seem to be gone, but I refuse to believe things cannot change for the better.
Life is too short to be miserable or to put up with nonsense. Fire the abusers. Let's make travel sweet again.
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text: Volunteering at US Lacrosse Michigan's Annual 7×7 play day! The funds raised at this event are used to provide scholarships to high school Lacrosse players (last year we awarded 7), assist in funding startup of Lacrosse programs in Michigan (and recently funded a new program at Detroit's Southeastern High School), and to to train coaches and officials (we have funded coaches and officials' registration fees at national conventions and off set their costs to register for coaching certification and for official training). Generally, we are doing whatever it takes to grow the sport of Lacrosse in Michigan and to enforce the honor and integrity, which are part of the game.


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Jewel of the Week - Tiffany & Co. Soleste Ring with Aquamarine
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Fabulous Jewelry Shared by Pricescope Members
This week's featured jewel--a Tiffany Soleste ring set with an aquamarine--is a 15th-anniversary gift that launched a jewelry obsession! Thanks everyone for sharing your gorgeous jewelry in the Show Me the Bling forum!
We all have a jewelry story, and it's so fun to see the piece that started it all. LLJsmom received this Tiffany Soleste ring last year for her 15th anniversary, and she says it's the ring that started her jewel obsession. And we can certainly see why! A 2.44-carat aquamarine surrounded by a double-halo of diamonds in platinum makes for one gorgeous anniversary ring! Be sure to visit LLJsmom's forum post for more fantastic pictures: 2.44 Tiffany aquamarine in double halo
Thanks for sharing, LLJsmom!
More on Tiffany & Co.:
Celebrities Shine in Tiffany Jewels at the 2013 Blue Book Ball
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So, I know that this is not an Artemis Fowl story, but what can you do when you've got something you want to show to people but you have nowhere to put it? So please don't nag at me about that. I love Artemis Fowl and everything, too!
Summary: One year later, and the Supernaturalists have trekked on without Stefan, only to be bombarded by a new enemy; something a little more sinister than the old Parasites. But for how long will Stefan stay gone? StefanOC (but it's not stupid, I swear)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or locations, except perhaps the obvious ones in later chapters.
"Rainy Return"
It was a rare day in the City of the Future.
Rain tumbled from hovering, grey cotton clouds. People had wandered from their box-like homes, buildings, and buses to look up at the natural-looking sky. There were no odd colors mixed with the neutral grey, no whistling and howling of the dangerous and poisonous winds tucked away.
No. It was pure rain—at least as pure as it got in the Big Pig. Which, as a matter of fact, was not acid rain.
In a certain warehouse on a specific Abracadabra Street, this sparked excitement and thrill.
And for a certain boy named Cosmo Hill, he found a special promise in this natural miracle.
Cosmo looked from the tall window and back in the corner adjacent to where he stood. He moved his thin hand away from the black curtain, letting it hide the window. Sitting in the small kitchen area was Ditto, who was quietly reading the holographic news and drinking a cup of coffee. This sight was odd in two respects: it was the middle of the afternoon, and Ditto resembled a toddler. Cosmo laughed lightly. A kid drinking coffee and reading a newspaper.
Mona stood at the stove cooking something in a pot, stirring, stopping, stirring. She had her back turned to Cosmo, her thick black hair hanging by her cheek.
"It's raining," Cosmo aptly said as he sat in the chair across from Ditto.
Ditto pointed at the holographic news with his large blue eyes, drinking his coffee. He set the cup down and nodded. "I'm reading all about it," he said. He glanced up at the high ceiling, to the pricking sounds of rain on the roof. "And I can hear it."
Cosmo lazily nodded and slouched in his chair, laying his head on the table. No one said anything for several minutes, only a solemn silence standing in the warehouse's corner, looking at the floor with the same despair as the three friends.
Abruptly, the sound of Mona throwing her stirring spoon from her hands and into the pot disrupted the room. Ditto looked up and Cosmo jumped in his chair. They look in her direction, startled.
She was hunched over the oven, a hand over her face. Her shoulders were gently shaking. "What's wrong?" Cosmo softly asked.
"What's wrong…?" Mona mumbled, her voice choked. She turned back to the two, her eyes floating in tears. "What's wrong, Cosmo? Are you actually asking me what's wrong?" She didn't wait for an answer, moving menacingly close to Cosmo. She threw her hand in the direction of the window Cosmo had been daydreaming out of. "It has been one year, you two. One year," she let it sink in, her eyes wild. "One year ago today that Stefan died. And what are we doing?" She let her hand fall to her side. "Absolutely nothing."
Ditto slammed his coffee cup on the table. The hologram shivered and the black liquid jumped onto the table. "What are you expecting us to do, Mona? We have no where to go to honor him, per say. There is nowhere for us to go for him," Ditto shouted. Then he laughed sarcastically. "Would you like to go back to Faustino's—"
"Shut up, Ditto!" Mona cried, covering her ears. "Shut up!"
"Stefan is dead," Ditto spat out. He stared at her. "One day, we have got to come to real terms and accept it. Stefan will never walk through these doors again and we will never speak to him again," Ditto stopped and realized what he was saying; that he was not only speaking to Mona and Cosmo, but to himself as well. The anger shattered from his face, revealing his raw broken hear. "And… that's horrible. It's so unfair."
Then, a laugh chimed the warehouse walls. While the sound resonated throughout the building and it seemed to come from the warehouse itself, the echo faded down to the dark quiet corner with the staircase door.
"Unfair," the voice said. A man, young. Familiar? "Unfair is such an interesting word."
Mona had quickly swallowed her sobbing and was suddenly holding a lightning rod. "Who are you?"
"Whoa, don't shoot, Tex," said the man. He stepped forward from the shadows slightly. "I think that if you shot that at me, you'd be pretty mad at yourself. And so would our friends."
"Sure about that?" Retorted Mona, her grip tightening on the rod, disregarding the stranger's grammatical hints. "Because as far as I'm concerned, you're an intruder and I'm entitled to shooting you without any regrets."
"An intruder to what?" The young man said. "Because, Mona Lisa Vasquez, as far as I'm concerned, this is my warehouse and you're intruding on it."
And that's when the shadowed man stepped out and everyone got one good look at the familiar Russian face.
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I'm still in love with the romantic vintage look. And I still very much am fond of flowers
and girly hair. I'm liking both warn and muted cool colors this season. Lace, leather and pleats with brogue shoes with an eccentric vintage flair. Enjoy.
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Ooooo really? Haha I'm so happy to find some else in my age cohort who is also named Mary!
Almost every other Mary I've known seems to be two generations apart from me.
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Waitemata Police investigating aggravated robbery in Helensville
Waitemata Police investigating aggravated robbery in Helensville
Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Andy Murdoch, Waitemata Police:
Waitemata Police need your help to identify two males who carried out a violent aggravated robbery on Sunday morning (27 August) at the Kaipara Tavern in Helensville.
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The two offenders arrived at the tavern on Commercial Road in a stolen Silver Subaru station wagon at approximately 11.30am.
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Summary: Gwen's POV at the end of End of Days
Pairings: Rhys/Gwen Jack/Gwen
My heart
Seeing Jack screaming, writhing in agony as Abbaddon drained the life out of him, I felt sick, wanting so badly to take that pain away, save the man I… No. I couldn't think like that. I have Rhys. Jack has Ianto. I love Rhys. But… if that's true… Why was I so easily lead to Owen? Why did I see my boss In a different light from the moment I met him?
The memory burned inside my mind as I watched his pale, lifeless face. I closed my eyes and gripped his ice cold hand in my own warm one. Oh sod it. He won't hear me anyway so I chould probably get it over with…
"I love you Jack." I whispered. I opened my eyes and looked at him, his face unmoving, showing no sign of life. I sighed softly.
I turned around. It was Tosh.
"Hey…" I said quietly.
"Are you alright?" she asked me.
Is it that obvious that I love him? Or is she just being a friend asking a mindless question?
"He needs to come back." I told her. "And if I have to help him come back then I will. I watched him come back when Suzie shot him. We saw him come back when Owen shot him. He can't die. We need him. I need him…"
Tosh didn't speak. Then, after a moment's silence, she said; "I think… I think it's time to let go. I don't think he'll wake up… not now."
I looked at her, and I could see she was right. I nodded after a moment. "Okay… Let me just… say goodbye." she had no idea how hard it was for me to not burst into tears there and then.
She looked at me. "For what it's worth… I think he loved you too. If not more." she said quietly, gently touching my arm and walked out, back up to Owen and Ianto.
I watched her go. I then smoothed out the plastic one final time, taking his cold hand in mine again. "I'm sorry…" I whispered and kissed his cold, pale lips softly, and started to walk out back to the rest of the team. I stopped dead in my tracks when I heard a whispered "Thank you.". I ran to him, looking down at him. I was happy, shocked, scared and annoyed all at the same time.
There he was, eyes opening and that stupid, adorable smile on his face.
"Are you just gonna stand there all day?" he asked.
I could have smacked him, but I just laughed softly and went to get him his clothes, him asking if I wanted to join him. "No, Jack." I laughed and took them over to him.
He took them from me. "You sure you don't want to watch?" he gave me a cheeky wink and a smirk.
"And what would I say to Rhys?" I asked.
"The truth. That you're leaving him and you'd rather be with me than him."
I laughed. I wasn't going to deny it. "But I can't. Now sod off and go get dressed."
"Yes ma'am." he smirked, and walked out. "Are you sure-"
"If I do will it shut you up?" I asked, laughing.
"Yes it would."
I could practically hear the pout in his voice and I laughed, going over to help him. He'd already got his trousers on, which was good. My eyes trailed down his bare, toned chest.
"Like what you see?"
I looked up seeing him looking at me, his trademark smirk on his face once more. Oh, god. Was I staring? I did what I always did when I was embarrassed. I let my head drop so my hair was covering my face, which was as red as one of my shirts. "No…" I lied.
He walked over to me and lifted my head so he could see my face.
I looked into his deep blue eyes. I found myself moving closer and suddenly I felt his lips on mine. Soft, warm, gentle. Not too urgent.
All thoughts of Rhys had gone out of my head and I kissed him back, wrapping my arms around his neck.
I'm not sure how long we were there, but it felt like hours. It must have been only minutes when Jack pulled away almost reluctantly. I watched him silently pull on his shirt, button it up and pull on his braces. I took his hand and lead him, smiling back through to the main part of the Hub.
Everything was back to how it should be. Abbaddon was gone. Bilis had disappeared. Rhys and Jack were alive.
It was then we heard a strange, unique sound, so beautiful. And a gust of wind blew through the Hub, throwing papers, empty plastic cups, an old pizza box all over the floor.
Jack had now gone.
It was then that I knew why I had chosen Rhys…
Rhys would always be there.
He wouldn't disappear and leave like Jack did.
He would always be my constant.
I loved him.
But not in the way I loved Jack Harkness. And that irritates the hell out of me.


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Jane's Gastro Walk for Home-Start Camden
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Jane is joining hundreds of international walkers to raise hundreds for her favourite charity, Home-Start Camden and its family support work.
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Jane, aged 72, has been a home-visiting volunteer for Home-Start Camden (HSC) since 2006 and is also one of the Trustees of this amazing local charity. Over the years she has raised thousands for HSC with her cooking, walking, singing, bar tending and modelling!!
Jane believes 'that the Home-Start model of parents supporting parents is so simple and so effective in creating change that benefits children and parents'.
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Jane's Gastro Walk
This time on Sunday 28th August, she will be walking 15 kms around the town of Casteau, near Mons, in Belgium, being fed with the local gastronomic specialities. It's that hard! She wants to raise at least £500 to pay for HSC's families and volunteers annual picnic in the park.
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AUGUSTA, Ga., April 4— The 71st playing of golf's first major will answer a wide variety of questions. But even before Arnold Palmer hits the much anticipated ceremonial first shot, we can safely assume the following:
1. A short hitter will not win. If the cold-but-dry forecast is correct, the Masters will be played without a rain delay for the first time since 1997. Still, despite the dry weather, Augusta National is playing to all of its 7,445 yards.
"There's a lot more grass on the fairways this year, and I think they've been watering them," said Scott Gneiser, who caddies for David Toms. "We hit a drive on 5 right up the gut and splat! We saw water fly up from the tee."
The 2006 U.S. Open champion, Geoff Ogilvy, said: "I think they're watering them because it hasn't rained that much."
Jerry Kelly agreed. "Are they ever," he said. "I'm getting one, two yards of roll on my driver, and it's kind of killing me."
Alas, the greens are not being watered, so short hitters have little or no chance of holding them with long-iron and fairway-wood approach shots.
2. We will not see a repeat of 2005, when Tiger Woods beat Chris DiMarco in sudden death. Two reasons: DiMarco is not long enough for the course the way it's playing right now, and he's been fighting a shoulder injury.
3. A 50-something will make a valiant run. With age comes wisdom, and knowing the course counts for a lot here. Ben Crenshaw made headlines when he shot 71-72 Thursday and Friday last year to advance to the weekend. (He finished 47th.)
This year's Champions Tour newsmaker could be Fred Funk, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller or Bernhard Langer. (Oops. Langer's only 49.)
"You're talking about a real lottery there," Crenshaw said. "Throw eight balls in the air with our names on them."
4. A 40-something will have a chance to win on Sunday. Vijay Singh, 44, has looked very good this year — winning twice — and has finished out of the top 10 at Augusta just once since winning the 2000 Masters.
Jose Maria Olazabal, 41, missed the cut at the Shell Houston Open last week, but he's won twice here. When he was last seen at Augusta, he was shooting a final-round 66 to tie for 3rd in 2006.
Fred Couples, 47, has made 22 straight cuts at Augusta (a record) and tied for third last year. But he's fighting a bad back that's limited him to two starts this year, at the FBR Open (Cut) and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (WD). His caddie Joe LaCava has been working for Davis Love III this year.
Couples has been getting treatments from energy healer and massage therapist Jim Weathers underneath the locker room this week in hopes of recovering in time to at least play, if not extend the streak. In a potentially good omen, he shot 3-under in the par-3 contest Wednesday.
5. Angel Cabrera will make a surprise appearance on the leaderboard. The crazy-long Cabrera of Argentina has hung around the lead in four of the last six years. He is also riding momentum from last week's Shell Houston Open, where he shot 69-67 on the weekend.
6. The course will get little press. After a decade of radical changes since Woods won his first Masters in 1997, the National has changed little since last year. Pine straw has replaced the grass under the grove of trees that dot the right side of the 11th fairway. The first cut is a bit tighter on a few holes, like the 8th. That's about it.
7. Someone's chances will implode quickly, thanks to the 240-yard, par-3 4th hole, "Flowering Crab Apple." It's the third hardest hole, with its length, deceptive winds and the fact that anything behind the green is dead.
No, check that. Someone's chances will implode quickly thanks to the 455-yard, par-4 5th hole, with its small, sloppy green. It's the fifth hardest hole at Augusta.
8. As goes Tiger, so go the Scottsdale two. Aaron Baddeley, a trendy darkhorse pick by both yours truly and Sports Illustrated's unnamed Tour pro, professed to be thrilled to be grouped with Woods at 1:52 p.m. Thursday.
"It's perfect," Baddeley said. "If you'd asked me before the tournament the one guy I'd like to play with, I'd have said Tiger. He's a gentleman and the best player in the world. Why wouldn't you want to play with him?"
Be that as it may, how Woods plays will most likely dictate the fate of the Arizona residents Baddeley and Paul Casey, the other member of the threesome.
"Sometimes you ride the coattails of the guy you're playing with," said Gneiser, Toms's caddie, and no player's slipstream is tougher to resist than Woods.
9. Someone will lose his mind. Remember when Jesper Parnevik showed up to Augusta but accidentally left his golf clubs back home in Jupiter, Florida? Tiger Woods bailed him out (by bringing Parnevik's clubs on Woods's private plane), but the fact remains that the aura and pressure of Augusta are enough to induce at least one big brain cramp.
As Geoff Ogilvy was walking to the range before Wednesday's par-3 contest, a writer noticed he was sporting black Pumas and not the gold shoes he'd planned to wear.
"I left them at home and didn't have time to go back and get them," Ogilvy said sheepishly. "How bad is that? I'll be wearing them quite a bit the rest of the week, though."
10. Ian Poulter will dress the loudest. Not that he lacks competition. Doug (Peacock) Sanders has been ambling around the grounds, dressed in canary yellow head-to-toe earlier in the week and in fire-hydrant red Wednesday. Richie Ramsay, the U.S. Amateur champ from Scotland, wore traffic-cone-orange pants Wednesday. Darren Clarke is likely to wear all manner of hues.
Poulter's outfit Wednesday: White slacks with a single red stripe down each leg, red-and-white saddle shoes, a red shirt and a dandy red fedora. Yeah, baby! The winner and still champion …


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Picture perfect (or Pirano, in Italian) is a small & most popular town on Slovenian Coast. It sits nicely at the tip of Piran peninsula and it brings tons of photo opportunities for both, professional and amateur photographers. To be honest – it is so lovely even just using your mobile phone will be enough for many amazing photos.
One of the best places to see Piran is the bell tower of the Church of St. Gorge. Paying a few euros to get to the top is well worth since the tower offers unobstructed views all around. Just come prepared! There are lots of steps to climb:)
When you get tired of all the views get down & enjoy the narrow streets of the old town. Shops, bars, restaurant, galleries, you name it, Piran has it.
Don't miss the main – Tartini Square. The place where Tartini Square is located today, was once a harbour for fishing boats of Piran. Today it is the city centre, a place everybody meets, eats out and – takes some of the best photos. I, for example, love the statue of violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini in the middle of the square. He points his finger in a way you can make some nice (funny) photos using just this motive. For sure all the houses built in the Venetian – Gothic style make a great back (or fore)ground for any photo you will take.
The only problem you'll face here (and generally in Piran) is – the crowds. Specially in July & August the town is just full of tourists so try to avoid peak season. If you are not lucky enough and it gets to busy anyway, climb the city walls. This place offers simply the most beautiful view of the whole town and it is amazing all year round. If you get hungry … there is a nice restaurant just behind the city walls. It offers great home food and the prices are (for Piran) very reasonable. If you are lucky enough the restaurant owner will share some interesting stories with you.


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The Update
It's been years.
Joking. (Well kind of).
I didn't stop writing. In fact, if anything, I've written more in this past year than I ever have.
It just never made it to the blog.
I'm not entirely sure why, though I do have my suspicions.
Much of what I wrote so much about was deeply personal. All things I wouldn't share on a public blog.
Another sizable chunk was spent writing for work. Work-writing is fulfilling for me but also doesn't translate well to blog-space.
And of course, my other short stories and anecdotes and general mayhem made it to my writing classes, or Facebook, or didn't get written at all because I was so very busy and tired and didn't feel like it or…
But, as always, I missed this.
No promises this time. I don't know whether I'll update in a day or a month or ever again. But it feels different this time. I feel different. I think my last two years have played a major role in that.
Anyway, it's good to be back.
Back in Black (or an orange striped t-shirt)
What can I say?
That this year was crazy?
It was.
That my life has changed in ways I never thought possible?
It has.
That I'm back after almost a year, to romp and roam amongst the pixilated pages of this blog once more?
I am.
I know we left off abruptly. I moved, my life picked up speed and momentum and, for a while, it became easier to not.
To not write. To not speak. To not even check up on poor bloggy. Later, it was easier to to not because it's what I was already doing.
Besides, sometimes it felt like the writing area of my life wasn't going anywhere.
It was easier to ignore when the other parts of my life were flourishing. I got accepted into the school I'd always dreamed of attending. I moved to another state to attend and within a month had made dozens of new friends. School began and changed my life. I became intensely ill (not so fun) but through the process learned that I could depend on my new friends, my family, and God more than ever. I got an awesome job at a TV station, and within four months was promoted to a better-paying position that utilized my college degree.
Now, that's not to say this past year was only filled with peach cream and roses. (And seriously, what's with peach cream metaphors anyway?) The aforementioned sickness wiped out a month of my life and replaced it with pure pain. There were lengthy, anxiety-inducing struggles with finances (especially after I got out of the hospital) and at times I was certain I'd be crushed in the heart-seizing hands of fear. Homework abounded. My awesome job was (and is) an overnight shift, meaning once I started I saw considerably less of my awesome friends. And so on.
However, rather than swamping all the good parts, the bad sections complemented them, allowing the sweet to stand out against a harsh backdrop. (This is in retrospect of course. In the midst of the difficult times, I was considerably less eloquent and level-headed).
In short, this year was everything I'd hoped for, with two exceptions:
- I wish my best friend could have experienced it with me. (Alas, she's off becoming a doctor or some nonsense like that).
- I wish I had written more.
The last one kind of sneaked up on me.
Amidst the whirl of my new life, something had to give way. And it was far easier to remove something I was unsure about–something that I had to go after myself that wasn't in my face demanding my attention everyday–than it was to set aside time.
It helped, of course, that I was burned out from the slew of endless, pointless essays one is expected to churn out in college (especially as an English major).
Whatever the case, I stopped, and in the overwhelming rush that has been this past year, I never took the time to examine what fruit that decision had wrought in my life.
Then came summer. Life slowed down. School was out, the demands on my life lightened. And something was missing.
I tried to go back, in my myriad of notebooks, and find the missing piece. That's when I realized how little I had written down. There were lots of notes for school. The occasional pages written in the aftermath of a soul-wrenching life change. But other than that, there wasn't much. I didn't even update my Facebook that much (not really sorry about that one).
But slowly, over the last few weeks, I've started writing again. After nearly a year, getting back into the swing of things is taking longer than I hoped, but no longer than expected. The blog's going back up. I've started back in on my fiction and nonfiction stories. Facebook even got updated.
This blog has, and likely will always be, an experiment and a practice session for a life I've always wanted and one I'm steadily working towards.
And after nearly a year, I think it's time to jump back in.
Writing Prompt: Brainstorming Edition
Inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy's Awesome Mix Vol. 1 and John Scalzi's "The Human Division."
Step one: Create or find a music playlist. I used the aforementioned Awesome Mix Vol. 1.
Step two: Open a blank word document/get out a sheet of paper.
Step three: Begin the playlist and start writing whatever comes to mind. You have the duration of the song to write down as much as you can.
The rules: Every time a song ends and another begins, stop what you're working on, skip down a few lines, and start a completely different story/idea/chapter/train of thought/whatever.
Go until the playlist ends, or you hit a few really good ideas and want to spend more time with them.
This method is great for coming up with ideas during a time crunch. Only have fifteen minutes? Pick a fifteen minute playlist and go. It also helps keep you from getting too bored or frustrated with the beginning of a story and allows you to work on different aspects of a story, even if you're not sure how they intertwine yet.
I got about a thousand words split into ten different sections. Not bad for forty-five minutes.
Enough reading, go forth and scribble!
Writing Eggzercise
We did an sweet writing exercise in one of my classes and I thought I'd share.
First, the professor brought in stacks of poetry books and had us pick two at random. Then, we picked up twenty scraps of paper and flipped through the poetry books, writing down words or phrases that caught our eye. When everyone in the class finished filling all their scraps, we mixed them up and everyone drew twenty new slips.
Of these, we picked three slips that struck our fancy (I, being an unbearably special snowflake, picked four) and then wrote a few sentences prompted by the three (or so) choices.
My prompts were:
I hear they banned dwarf tossing in France.
This lovely woman, walking by, starts talking about my cactus. She knows more about it than I do.
Women who murdered their husbands with hairpins study Plato daily.
The thing about hell is. . .
Combined, I had a story about a cactus-loving, former dwarf-tossing champion contemplating the spiritual ramifications of murdering her husband with a hairpin.
You can also do this exercise individually by going through books or magazines on your own and writing down interesting words or phrases to use as prompts at any time. (And if you're worried that the prompts will seem too familiar, simply put them away and come back to them at a later date!) It's also a great way to generate short snappy ideas that can either be woven into existing works or slowly grown into something bigger.
Now off to finish my dwarf-tossing spiritual murder mystery. I think I'll call it EAT (cacti), PRAY (the dwarf lawsuit doesn't go through) STAB (a lot).
Writing Well VS Writing Well for Academia
One of my assignments for class this week was to take a couple paragraphs of any essay I've written this year and rewrite it, taking out 25% of the words in the process. 25% might not seem like a lot, but trust me, it's a significant chunk. Especially if you, like me, want to spend the entire time wailing "my preeeeeecccciouusssssss. . .words. I neeeeeedsssss them to make senssssse, hobbitses!"
I've posted the paragraphs below, first the normal one and then the one with 25% less wordage. Now keep in mind, I got a pretty good grade on the original paper and all of the paragraphs were like that.
Original excerpt from my now-famous essay "Brainwashing Is the Way: Your Guide to a Truly Utopian Society" (and yes, I received a passing grade on it if you were wondering):
A utopia, while not necessarily a perfect place, is a society with excellent answers to the problems that plague humanity. The problem is that many of the resources of such societies go into patching up human problems rather than scientific development. Humanity is, essentially, doomed to repeat itself in all manner of crimes, regardless of how well certain groups of people have been socially conditioned, or however many rules and consequences are put in place. The only chance for a truly utopian society, then, would be to fundamentally alter humanity in some way, either through technology or extensive training, in order to achieve this goal.
The Land of Sand and Science sets out to do exactly that, drawing heavily on Margaret Cavendish's Blazing World as justification. Cavendish's world, interestingly, consists mostly of non-humans. Half-men half-animals make up the majority of the population: "some were bear-men, some worm-men, some fish- or fly-men. . ." (Cavendish 133). While these animal-men behave in human-like ways, their names and descriptions serve as a constant reminder of their otherness. (180 words)
And the rewritten paragraph:
A utopia, while not a perfect place, is a society with excellent answers to the problems plaguing humanity. Unfortunately, utopian societies spend many resources fixing these problems instead of on scientific development. This is pointless as humanity is doomed to repeat its crimes regardless of the social conditioning in place. Therefore, the only way to achiexve a truly utopian society would be to fundamentally alter humanity itself.
The Land of Sand and Science sets out to do exactly that, drawing heavily from Margaret Cavendish's Blazing World as justification.In Cavendish's world half-men half-animals make up the majority of the population: "some were bear-men, some worm-men, some fish- or fly-men. . ." (Cavendish 133). While these animal-men behave in humanoid ways, their names and descriptions serve as a constant reminder of otherness. (135 words)
Much nicer, no?
Now, aside from the simple fact that you should always rewrite your stuff (Always. No exception) what struck me about the first collection of paragraphs was the fact that I had written them that way on purpose. That's right, I deliberately added extra, useless, and extra-useless words to an essay I planned on not only turning in but also receiving a good grade on.
In a word (or two): word count. One of the paper requirements was to hit over 800 words. When I got done saying what needed to be said, I was only around 500 words, so I went back through, added some more quotes from the book and a whole slew of useless words. "Especially," "particularly," "perhaps," "somewhat," "in order to," etc. Simple filler with no actual function.
Obviously, this isn't good writing. But it is smart writing, also known as writing for academia, and it gets results. Heck, my GPA is higher now than it was in high school. But every time I write a paper in this manner, I'm not learning how to write well, I'm only learning how to appear like I write well.
And that is especially perhaps a somewhat particular problem, no?
NaNoWriMo Day 30
Done with the 50,000 words but not quite done with the book itself. Woot regardless!
And thanks to all you peeps who stuck around during this packed but highly uneventful month! I'm off to sleep for at least three days but will hopefully be back soon.
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We're in the final stretch so I'm going old-school (ish) Avengers on ya'all.
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