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From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Corel Draw
Date: July 23, 2007 10:58:18 PM GMT+01:00
To: [my email]
OEM software means no CD/DVD, no packing case, no booklets and no overhead cost!
So OEM software is synonym for lowest price.
Buy directly from the manufacturer, pay for software ONLY and save 75-90%!
See discounts and special offers! Find software for home and office!
Windows XP Pro w/SP2 $49
MS Office Enterprise 2007 $79
Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro $79
Microsoft Windows Vista Ult $79
Macromedia Studio 8 $99
Adobe Premiere 2.0 $59
Corel Grafix Suite X3 $59
Adobe Illustrator CS2 $59
Macromedia Flash Prof 8 $49
Adobe Photoshop CS2 V9.0 $69
Macromedia Studio 8 $99
Autodesk Autocad 2007 $129
Adobe Creative Suite 2 $149
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Top items for Mac:
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Adobe After Effects $49
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OEM is illegal BS.
The companies listed in scams like these do NOT sell their software online by some shady resellers.
The OEM software spams are REALLY annoying, but they are way too numerous out there making that Adobe, Apple, IBM, Microsoft etc etc can't keep up to the speed of scamming.
Of the scammer URL we can get the following info
Domain Name: LALASOFTB.COM
Registrar: BIZCN.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.bizcn.com
Referral URL: http://www.bizcn.com
Creation Date: 04-jul-2007
Expiration Date: 04-jul-2008 -- these dates are one more indication of not being proper kosher. Recent registration, minimum registration validity time.
Domain name: lalasoftb.com
Registrant Contact:
Alex Rodrigez firstname.lastname@example.com
+358-30-5563 fax:
po box 445
Laapentranta Laapentranta 12700
Thus our friend Alex Rodrigez aka Leo Kuvayev again.
Again with an invalid Finnish address and invalid phone number.
What is his passion with Finland?
And surink1.com email?
Domain Name: SURINK1.COM
Registrar: BEIJING INNOVATIVE LINKAGE TECHNOLOGY LTD. DBA DNS.COM.CN
Whois Server: whois.dns.com.cn
Referral URL: http://www.dns.com.cn
Name Server: NS1.GORLOK.NET
Creation Date: 21-jun-2007
Expiration Date: 21-jun-2008
Domain Name.......... surink1.com
Creation Date........ 2007-06-22 10:40:26
Registration Date.... 2007-06-22 10:40:26
Expiry Date.......... 2008-06-22 10:40:26
Organisation Name.... cheng mingfei
Organisation Address. NO.599 east road nanjing
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Nanchang
Organisation Address. 321100
Organisation Address. JX
Organisation Address. CN
Admin Name........... cheng mingjun
Admin Address........ NO.599 east road nanjing
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Nanchang
Admin Address........ 321100
Admin Address........ JX
Admin Address........ CN
Admin Email.......... firstname.lastname@example.com
Admin Phone.......... +86.7916316556
Admin Fax............ +86.7916316556
http://www.dns.com.cn gets listed on bad registrars list.
And Mr Kuvayev seems to do a lot of traffic with the Chinese lately.


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Riprendo l' "act" lanciato alcuni giorni fa da Blogger Unite che è riuscito a sensibilizzare diversi blogger in giro per il mondo.....chi ha tempo di guardarsi queste proposte etiche è, ovviamente, benvenuto.
Bloggers united in acts of kindness
Caro Gesù Bambino ti voglio avvisare…
Starlight: Acts Of Kindness
You Can Feel Good About Good
Grander than the Bell and the Red Suit
Bloggers Unite
Jericho Fans Become Boo's Angels
Singing At A Retirement Home
John Gebhardt Caring For A Little Girl in Iraq
Pay It Forward & Acts of Random Kindness
Examples and Quotes From Acts of Kindness
Recycling & The Boys Brigade Charity Gift Box Project
Helping A Pregnant Damsel In Childbirth
Collecting Litter
My Inspiration - What are you grateful for?
Living In A Box
Teaching My 5 Year Old The Gift Of Giving
Want to have an amazing Christmas?
Give A Smile
Acts of Kindness Should Be Part Of Our Daily Lives
Its Never Too Late To Do An Act Of Kindness
Bell Ringers & Paper Trees
A White Cat For Christmas
Xmas Charity Appeal
The Beaming Faces of The Tiny Tots
Helping A Colleague
Hugs For The Lonely
Tribute To Rescued Cats And Dogs
Crochet Some Recycled Wheelchair and Walker Totes
Promote Thrift Stores
The Greatness Of Human Kindness and Compassion
Acts of Kindness While Christmas Shopping
Donations To Carol For A Cause
Child's Play
Scraping Snow To Make Friends
Caring For Family
Let People Know That Someone Loves Them
Random Acts of Kindness Should Last All Year Long
Kindness Like Love Is Unconditional
Follow your heart and do your best work…
Buying Gifts From The Hunger Site Store
Donors Choose
Cooking Pancakes
One Should Do The Right Thing For No Other Reason Than It's Right
Free Rice - Provide and Learn
Magnificent Monday: My Mother
Sharing Books With Random People
Ideas For Acts of Kindness
A Simple Act of Kindness Affected Three Lives
Acts of Kindness: A Wardrobe Full of Compassion
Bloggers Unite: Small Thing Make Big Thing
Bloggers Unite: Save Some Cats
Ellie's Act of Kindness - A Guided Meditation
It's Not Only Human Beings That Are Capable Of Acts Of Kindness
Touching Other's Lives
Secret Santa
The Ripple Effect Of Acts Of Kindness
9 Acts of Christmas Kindness
Mystery Reggae Man
Caring - it all begins at home
Operation Christmas Child
Bloggers unite. Streetwise.
Save The Wild Side and Alley Cats
Each Minute Passes In Own Life We Must Spend It In Helping Others
Reading Marathon
I made someone today feel warm and human.
Make The World A Better Place
Altruistic Disease
Bloggers Unite: Highlighting Acts Of Kindness In Colon Panama
Bloggers Unite: Crafts for China
Take One Activity In Your Day
There Is So Much Good In People
Buzzards Bay Area Habitat For Humanity
Kind Classes
An Act Of Kindness Should Be Spontaneous And Not Forced
Helping Filipino children read their way out of poverty
My kindness towards poverty
Animal Rescue Charities
A day at the Senior Citizen Center
Cub Scouts At The Food Bank
A Day In A Camp
12 Gifts of Christmas: Kindness
Delivering Angel Tree Gifts in the Spirit of Christmas
Discovering Love and Kindness By Donating Blood
One Good Deed Every Day
The Kindness Of Strangers
Helping With Essential Winter Tasks
Counting on Kindness
Give and Give Back
Words by Bloggers & Acts of Kindness
Hurricane Sidr: acts of kindness
Ridiculously Easy Ways To Spread Some Kindness Around
Beautiful Minds: a day's meal -Used in the best way
Small and Simple Acts Of Kindness
Are you the girl with sweet smile?
I Fostered a Baby Elephant, Tong Jan
Bloggers Unite & Kiva
Homeless and Lost Souls
An act of kindness that's been going on for years

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text: Iran Prepared for Large-Scale Nuclear Fuel Output: UN Report likely to raise debate on sanctions By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff Posted Nov 15, 2007 3:32 PM CST 0 comments Comments IRAN-POLITICS-VOTE-NUCLEAR (Getty Images) View 3 more images (Newser) – Iran is able to produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale, with 3,000 centrifuges capable of enriching uranium, a UN watchdog agency said today in a report sure to fuel diplomatic wrangling over sanctions. In praising Iran's openness but demanding more, the International Atomic Energy Agency provided ammunition for both sides; Iran's president said the document vindicated his government's policies. The UK immediately said Iran hadn't answered concerns fully, the Guardian reports. But Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomed the report as evidence "that the Iranian nation has been right." China and Russia are expected to use the report to demand further postponing of sanctions. The IAEA said it would continue to probe; the efficiency of the centrifuges remains unknown. View 3 more images


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In the last year of his life, Saint Anthony of Padua had a tree house built in a walnut tree, to use as a hermitage, a place of prayer and contemplation. These are reflections coming from my contemplating God's world as a Secular Franciscan.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Franciscans in the Marketplace
Recently, the Catholic News Service website posted a story about two Conventual Franciscan friars (Black robes), who are carrying on the tradition. During the summer days in Rome, along the shore of the River Tiber, during the annual Summer Festival, they set up an information stall, amongst the other stalls, restaurants, and shops. There, they pass out information about the Franciscans missions and services, to the residents, and tourists who come for the festival. Amidst all hustle and bustle of the festival, they bring a touch of Franciscan joy to all they come in contact with.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Sad News for Pope Francis
The BBC World News has been reporting that a nephew of Pope Francis, was involved in a car accident in Argentina. Emanuel Horacio Bergoglio, son of the Pope's late brother, was critically injured in the accident. Tragically, his wife and his two young sons, who were passengers in the car, died in the crash. Pope Francis is asking for prayers for his nephew; and for the souls of his great nephews and their mother.
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Monday, August 11, 2014
Feast of St. Clare of Assisi - 2014
"Look upon Him Who became contemptible for you, and follow Him, making yourself contemptible in the world for Him. Your spouse, though more beautiful than the children of men (Ps 44:3), became, for your salvation, the lowest of men, despised, struck, scourged untold times throughout His whole body, and then died amid the sufferings of the Cross. O most noble Queen, gaze upon Him, consider Him, contemplate Him, as you desire to imitate Him." (St. Clare of Assisi, The Second Letter to Blessed Agnes of Prague)
Sometime ago I attended a workshop, presented by Sherry A. Weddell, author of the book "Forming Intentional Disciples, The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus." In her presentation, she shared the story of interviewing a Catholic woman, who was very active in her parish, and was asked to describe her lived relationship with God. The woman responded by saying that she did not have a relationship with God. This shocking response from someone who was doing the works of charity, who was an important contributor to the life of her parish, shocked Ms. Weddell. And it shocked me when I heard it, and saddens me. It makes me wonder many others are in a similar situation with their faith life.
When people look at Franciscans, they see friars and sisters actively serving the poor, the outcasts; comforting the sorrowful, the grieving. And sometimes, this active face of Franciscanism is all people see. However, it is when the Feast day for St. Clare of Assisi comes around, that we are made aware of another aspect of the Franciscan way of life. And that is, like Francis and Clare, we are called to enter into an intimate relationship with the God who loves us. Through a life of prayer, and contemplation, we become more aware of the Presence of the Lord, within us, within all those we meet, within all of God's Creation.
Clare and her Poor Ladies served, and continues to serve as a reminder to the rest of the Franciscan Family, that without a personal relationship with our Triune God, our good works will eventually dry up, unless we remain connected to the source of all Love, through Jesus Christ.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
Nineteeneth Sunday in Ordinary Time - 2014. A Reflection on the Gospel Reading
1 Kings 19: 9a, 11-13a
Romans 9: 1-5
Matthew 14: 22-33
"Meanwhile, the boat, already a few miles offshore, was being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was against it. During the fourth watch of the night, he came toward them walking on the sea." (Matt 14)
A long time ago, when I was a very, very young child; my father and uncle took one of my brothers, and I, ocean fishing. Our craft was a mid-size wooden boat with an outboard engine, which to us looked like a small yacht. We sailed into the ocean off of Lynn, MA, and fished most of the morning. Suddenly, a squall came upon us, with heavy rains and wind. The sea, that had been very calm, now was full of huge waves. The adults immediately started the engine and steered the boat towards land, my brother and I holding onto a wooden seat near the stern. Suddenly, the boat hit a wave that launched it into the air, and it landed onto the ocean hard. It landed so hard, that the stern bench we were sitting on broke, and we wound up in bottom of the boat. It was the most terrifying experience I had ever had.
We eventually made it safely to Nahant harbor, and a dock. My father and uncle had to call my mother and aunt to come fetch us, and to bring the boat trailer. By the time they got there, the sun was out; the skies were blue, and the ocean serene.
Because of that experience, I can better appreciate the fear that Christ's disciples must have experienced as they tried to sail their boat through the stormy Sea of Galilee. I wish I had the courage that St. Peter showed initially, getting out of that boat and attempting to walk on the water towards Jesus. Though, as we read further in that Gospel account, that courage quickly disappeared when Peter was faced with the wind and the waves.
However, before we start smirking at Peter's predicament, let us recall our moments when we may have had "little faith." I feel that almost everyday, Jesus Christ is calling all of us to do something wonderful, something spectacular, something that makes us go beyond what we think we are capable of doing, for the sake of the Kingdom of God. Yet, we let the obstacles, the storms that life may throw in our way; cause us to doubt our calling. However, Jesus is there with us, saying to us: "O you of little faith, why do you doubt?" And he will help us through the storms. He will help us overcome the obstacles. By his grace, we will receive what we need, not only to live the Gospel, but proclaim it throughout the entire world; to all peoples, and all places.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a new approach to Africa at the start of the two-day summit in Brussels, saying it was important for European countries to see "the opportunities" on the continent, "and not always just the problems."
"Our neighboring continent Africa is gaining greater significance," Merkel said on arrival at the European Council, calling for cooperation to entail "more trade, more investment and more empowerment - so that African problems can also be solved by Africans themselves."
Merkel was speaking hours after the EU began its military mission in the Central African Republic, where 1,000 peacekeepers will be deployed. Politically and religiously-motivated violence between Christians and Muslims in the country have forced roughly 1 million people to flee their homes, according to UN estimates.
The EU force will join some 6,000 African Union and 2,000 French troops already present. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, also in Brussels for the summit, described the existing forces in CAR as "far from sufficient," saying he intended to ask assembled European and African leaders to "strongly consider providing badly needed additional troops and police and also financial support."
'Investing in people, prosperity and peace'
French President Francois Hollande and Italy's Matteo Renzi were among the 13 European leaders attending, along with a dozen African leaders including Nigerian President Jonathan Goodluck and Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. In an interview with DW prior to the summit, Sirleaf called for European countries to "give the [African Development Bank] program the fullest of support."
The meeting's motto is "Investing in people, prosperity and peace." It is supposed to mark a new, more equal chapter in relations between the two continents.
"I hope the summit will mark a new stage in our relationship with Africa," European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said, adding it was time for a "shift from development cooperation to a partnership of equals with trade and investment playing a key role."
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe boycotted the summit at short notice, saying he was protesting an EU refusal to temporarily suspend a visa ban on his wife. The EU relaxed sanctions against Zimbabwe earlier this year, but upheld visa bans against Mugabe and his wife for an extra year - granting the president an exemption in order to attend international forums. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, was another notable absentee.
Merkel also discussed plans for a new approach to African development policy at the weekend in her weekly podcast, following new German Development Minister Gerd Müller's first trip to the continent last week, and preceding a Berlin visit by Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday.


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I got Tagged. By Sri.
Okay so here goes.
1. Name one person who made you laugh last night?
The Girl
2. What were you doing at 0800?
Lying in bed trying to figure out if I should get up
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Trying to get the Girl to take a nap
4. What happened to you in 2006?
Grew older
5. What was the last thing you said out loud?
Don't put playdoh up your nose
6. How many beverages did you have today?
Orange Juice for breakfast, water & a glass of wine during lunch
7. What color is your hairbrush?
Wood (is that a colour ?)
8. What was the last thing you paid for?
I just ordered a basket on the internet
9. Where were you last night?
At home
10. What color is your front door?
11. Where do you keep your change?
In my wallet
12. What's the weather like today?
Sunny & cold
13. What's the best ice-cream flavor?
Right now, green tea
14. What excites you?
Travel. Food photos.
15. Do you want to cut your hair?
Not just yet
16. Are you over the age of 25?
Oh yes !
17. Do you talk a lot?
In French, not so much. In English, depends on whom I'm talking to.
18. Do you watch the O.C.?
What's that ? A TV show ? I guess the answer is No
19. Do you know anyone named Steven?
20. Do you make up your own words?
21. Are you a jealous person?
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter 'A'.
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter 'K'.
24. Who's the first person on your received call list?
25. What does the last text message you received say?
Too long ago to remember. I don't text message that much.
26. Do you chew on your straw?
27. Do you have curly hair?
28. Where's the next place you're going to?
Paris in May.
29. Who's the rudest person in your life?
I'll refrain from answering this in case that person is reading my blog.
30. What was the last thing you ate?
Green tea ice cream.
31. Will you get married in the future?
I hope so.
32. What's the best movie you've seen in the past 2 weeks?
I haven't watched any the past 2 weeks.
33. Is there anyone you like right now?
Maybe I should be answering if there is anyone I don't like right now.
34. When was the last time you did the dishes?
Today after lunch
35. Are you currently depressed?
36. Did you cry today?
No. Should I ?
37. Why did you answer and post this?
Oh you mean I didn't have to do this.
38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey.
Can't think of anybody right now. I'm still new at this.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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CONWAY, Ark. (KTHV) - An autopsy has revealed the cause of death for an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Central Arkansas.
Arch Jones, spokesperson for campus police, said Jaykwantay Girley died of a cerebral aneurism. He was found deceased in a dormroom bathroom on Wednesday about 8 a.m.
Foul play was never suspected in his death.


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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Autumn, I love you.
Thrifty outfit of the day: vest from kmart- $3, thrifted leather skirt- $3.50, black top from paris- $10 thrifted leather belt- $2, f21 bangles, leopard tights- $1, nine west ankle boots- $50
The few trees with autumn leaves are starting to fall and change color here in Southern California. The air has turned into a cool, crisp fall treat. The sky is scattered with fluffy gray clouds as the rain is drizzling sporadically. Homes are decorated with fall wreaths, pumpkins, ghosts and other spooky creatures. Every so often, you may come across the smell of burning logs, traveling up the chimney and into the sky. Autumn is here and I'm in love.
Autumn highlights:
Homemade butternut squash soup
Honeycrisp apples: crispy, juicy, fragrant, sweet - how all apples should taste.
Making sun-dried tomato hummus
Leather jackets
Came across this clothing brand called dear creatures. I love how creative their lookbook for Autumn09 is. It has that 60s vintage girl scout feel to it.
Expressed by Davina at 2:03 PM
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* Dow, S&P 500 eke out records again, but volume is light
* Revised ISM manufacturing data will come close to expectations
* Broadcom rallies, may sell cellular baseband business
* Dow up 0.1 pct; S&P 500 up 0.04 pct; Nasdaq down 0.2 pct (Updates to midday, adds paragraph 2 on expected official correction of ISM data)
By Ryan Vlastelica
NEW YORK, June 2 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks mostly held tiny gains on Monday, recovering from earlier losses as a closely watched read on manufacturing was reportedly corrected to show more strength than initially indicated.
The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index for May will be corrected to something closer to the Reuters analyst consensus reading of 55.5, not the 53.2 that was originally reported. CNBC, citing ISM sources, originally said it would be changed to 56, but ISM has not yet issued an official correction.
Wall Street fell after the first report, with all 10 S&P 500 sector indexes down for the day at one point, though stocks subsequently rebounded. Material shares turned higher, up 0.4 percent.
"People are still looking for signs that the economy is recovering, and the first ISM number had people questioning the strength of the economy," said John Carey, portfolio manager at Pioneer Investment Management in Boston. "This revision gives us more reason to be confident, and it isn't surprising to see stocks recover a bit."
Both the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 touched intraday records on Monday, though volume was still slight, suggesting a lack of conviction behind the advance.
The CBOE Volatility Index popped up 3.3 percent but still hovered around lows not seen since March 2013. That the VIX, the so-called "fear index," is so low has many, including officials at the Federal Reserve, concerned that the market is complacent.
Google Inc pressured tech shares, falling 1.8 percent to $561.24. A censorship watchdog said the company's services were being disrupted in China ahead of this week's 25th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 20.81 points or 0.12 percent, to 16,737.98. The S&P 500 gained 0.79 of a point or 0.04 percent, to 1,924.36. The Nasdaq Composite , however, dropped 9.80 points or 0.23 percent, to 4,232.82.
Broadcom Corp was the S&P 500's biggest percentage gainer and the Nasdaq's most active stock, jumping 9.5 percent to $34.89 after the chipmaker said it was looking to sell or wind down its cellular baseband business.
Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc shares rose 7.7 percent to $6.95 in heavy volume a day after saying its drug ponatinib showed anti-tumor activity in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Protective Life Corp shares surged 11.7 percent to $58.44 following news that Japanese insurer Dai-ichi Life Co was in advanced talks to buy the company.
Apple Inc will be in focus going into the company's annual Worldwide Developers' Conference, though the tech titan is not expected to announce any new product categories. The stock slipped 0.3 percent to $630.84. (Editing by Bernadette Baum and Jan Paschal)


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Title: Vanishing Girls
Author: Lauren Oliver
Pages: 357
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Release date: 12th March 2015
Blurb from Goodreads:
Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara's beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged. When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it's too late.
In this edgy and compelling novel, Lauren Oliver creates a world of intrigue, loss, and suspicion as two sisters search to find themselves, and each other.
My Review:
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Hodder & Stoughton and bookbridgr*
3/5 stars
Dara and Nicole (Nick) Warren are sisters and inseparable. At least they were until a car accident leaves Dara scarred and their relationship in tatters.
When Dara disappears on her birthday, Nick is sure that her disappearance is somehow linked to the missing girl Madeline Snow.
Will Nick find Dara?
Will her memories of the night of the accident return?
Vanishing Girls was an enjoyable read.
I liked the writing style and found it easy to follow. The plot was good but it didn't grip me. There was a twist at the end that I didn't see coming. The mystery elements were intriguing.
Nick was a likeable protagonist and I felt sorry for her. I found Dara less likeable but I did feel sorry for her too.
I found the idea that two sisters who looked so similar could be so different very interesting - I have a sister who is eight years younger than me but despite the age gap we have practically identical interests.
It was sad that Nick and Dara grew apart and were jealous of each other - Dara saw Nick as a goody-two-shoes who everyone thought was perfect, and Nick saw Dara as everyone's favourite because she was prettier and more likeable.
Overall this was an enjoyable read.


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During the holiday season, consumers will be spending their hard earned money on holiday gifts, entertaining, food and decorations. However, according to the National Retail Federation, heading into the holiday season, it appears shoppers are being careful with their spending and constantly on the lookout for bargains. Sales have been lackluster, and the NRF predicts only a modest increase in sales over last year.
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has for years marked the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. But Black Friday continues to diminish in importance for shoppers as major retailers have begun offering deals online right after Halloween in order to get the jump on one another and drive more holiday sales overall. People are also choosing to shop on their mobile devices at their own leisure.
It's no secret that the real way to conquer holiday spending without feeling the financial sting well into the new year is by staying on budget. Kyle Taylor also known as "The Penny Hoarder," can be seen in the interview below to discuss:
- How viewers can manage their holiday spending and stay within a budget
- Taking advantage of cash back credit cards
- How to save money on gifting essentials like wrapping paper and greeting cards
Kyle Taylor and his family like to joke that his entrepreneurial spirit began when he was 8 years old. His dad worked for a large credit card processor so there were always old terminals and cash registers lying around the house. Instead of playing with "Power Rangers" like the rest of his friends, Kyle used playtime to try and convince family members to invest in his conglomerate of make-believe banks and equity markets that he was running in the living room. When he was 15 Taylor started clipping coupons to help his mom pay the grocery bill. He joined a few coupon trading groups and started vigorously looking for new ways to cut costs. The grocery bill quickly fell until it was under $20 a week. Since then he has used non-traditional methods of saving and earning money to help pay for rising tuition bills, car payments and rent, all the while never having to answer to a boss. After much encouragement from friends and family, he decided to start blogging about his wacky and weird ideas for making, earning and saving money. That's when the "The Penny Hoarder" website was created.


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Good Morning My Divine Friends!
Card of the Day ~King of
Raphael~ In this situation it is safe to trust! You have the ability to
accomplish great things at this time. Indulge any longing you may have to
create art or music. Lend a hand to those around you who can really trust who
is driven by the heart. Wise and heartfelt advice really makes a difference.
The person you have on your mind is warm and generous person who understands
human nature. Someone who takes romantic relationships and close friendships
very seriously. A humanitarian. Honorable. Refined. Chivalrous. Highly
If you were brought here today with a question on your mind regarding
a situation or person then this is indeed the answer for you. You are safe dear
friend. Have a truly divine day. I love you all!
Peace & Love
Psychic-Medium Metaphysical Counselor


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I'm hiding behind a fake smile,
But its something I used to.
I'm done it now for a while,
Smiling for real is something that's not easy for me to do.
I'm always acts like my life is pure bliss,
But the truth is,
Everything is going wrong,
I only acts happy to help myself stay strong.
Everyday I holds on the tears I wants to cry,
I acts like a normal teenage girl.
When there is really so much pain hidden inside,
it's really unbearable..
Forgetting you is the hardest thing I will ever do
But for you is like I have never been there
You took my heart out of my chest
And left me like a dead soul
I can do nothing
With this pain love,
I'm hoping someday all will be fine
Or I will conquer this pain of love..


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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Etsy LOVE! Fit For Royalty.
7 comments:
Oh My! What a beautiful blog! Thank you so much for the feature!!ReplyDelete
I plan to be up before the sun on Friday..just like I was for Diana's wedding...cup of tea at hand. Can't wait!!
Thank you again,
Audrey aka AudreyGardenLady
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What a wonderful blog entry. Everything was so beautiful that you featured. The scones looked like the ones I made for the event. A receipe from the Cleveland Plain Dealer "Kensington Scones". They were supposed to be Lady Diana's favs. They were so scrumptious and I watched the entire event, getting up at 4:45 a.m. Just like I did for his Mom and Prince Charles. Weren't the hats the ladies wore just the "bomb". Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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I am so ready for the cooler weather of Fall. And all the beauty. . .
All fun activities. And just the joy of just sitting on the porch in cool evening.
While I am waiting for the cooler weather. I am enjoying all the amazing posts you guys are linking! We had 35 links last week!
I am reading each and every post and having a great time.
And, I have a surprise! I'll be featuring my favorite post on Saturday night. I am 'resurrecting' my Saturday Sleepover.
The link will be up all week so link any time. Old or new posts
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The Chicago Rippers were a gang of 4 serial killers, Robin Gecht, Andrew Kokoraleis, his brother Thomas and Edward Spreitzer. The strange part is Robin Gecht worked for John Wayne Gacy for a period of time just before Gacy was caught and then he went on to murder 18 women in particularly brutal fashion during 1981 and 1982. They practiced Satanism and Gecht made souvenirs of breasts and other body parts that he kept in a box. They also cannibalized parts of the bodies. Gecht was never convicted of murder, only attempted murder for which he received 120 years. Spreitzer and Andrew Kokoraleis were given the death penalty and Thomas Kokoraleis life. Andrew Kokoraleis was executed in 1999. I believe he was the last man to be executed in the state of Illinois. Spreitzer's death sentence was commuted to Life and Thomas Kokoraleis is scheduled to be released in 2017.How any state could release this guy is ridiculous. But that's the gift the state gave him for being the first to confess to 18 brutal torture-murders and mutilations. Robin Gecht still maintains his innocence. Of course he does.
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Member of Sadistic Ripper Crew Coming up for Parole in Illinois
A member of the sadistic Ripper Crew, believed to be responsible for the cult-like mutilation sex slayings of as many as 20 women during the early 1980s, is scheduled to be paroled next month. Ripper Crew Documentary But, in an effort to thwart his release, prosecutors are reviewing whether Thomas Kokoraleis fits the legal standard…


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Thursday, December 11, 2008
dumb drivers!
Something that I find funny is when people comment about stupid drivers. Ever notice that everyone complains about stupid drivers? Some of us are lying. We all can't be good the drivers because there are numerous witnesses to the contrary. Seriously, we need at least 10% of the population to fess up to being the bad drivers! Here's a tip, if more than one person has inflicted road rage against you by flipping you off or otherwise threatening to assault your person....you might be a bad driver.
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My friend: Do you eat dynamite?
Filipino party food blogger: What? Dynamite? Of course not!
My friend: Did you know that my friends love this?
Filipino party food blogger: Okay, tell me more about this dynamite.
My friend: It's a green chili pepper stuffed with cheese and covered with lumpia wrapping.
Filipino party food blogger: Okay, now I know that this dynamite is a food. I'm sure that this one taste spicy, right?
My friend: Yes! And it's very good to be partnered with super cool beer. Lite Zero will do.
Filipino party food blogger: Can you tell me how to prepare this?
My friend: Okay here's my recipe.
- Long Green Chili Peppers
- Lumpia wrapper
- Cheese
- Cooking oil
- Clean the green chili peppers using water.
- Cut it on the side so you'll be able to stuff the cheese.
- Take out the seeds
- Clean it again and make sure there's no seed left.
- Put the cheese inside the green chili peppers.
- Wrap it with lumpia wrapper.
- Heat up the oil in the pan.
- Fry the wrapped green chili peppers with cheese inside.
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Former Lions coach Monte Clark dies at 72
ALLEN PARK — The Lions announced Thursday that former head coach Monte Clark passed away at Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital late Wednesday night at age 72, after an extended battle with bone marrow malignancy.
The head coach of the Lions from 1978-84, Clark cashed in the No. 1 pick in the 1980 draft for Billy Sims, and rode the Heisman Trophy winner to two straight playoff appearances, and the team's first divisional title since its heyday in the 1950s. Clark may be best remembered for praying as Lions kicker Eddie Murray lined up a 43-yard field goal in the waning minutes of a 1983 divisional playoff game against the 49ers. The miss meant the Lions, who hadn't won a playoff game since their 1957 NFL championship, would have to wait another eight years before finally ending a 34-year drought with a postseason win.
Clark's football career, which spanned more than 60 years as a player, coach and consultant, was highlighted by his role as an offensive line coach for Don Shula's Dolphins, which won two Super Bowls and lost another in the early 1970s, and recorded the NFL's only perfect season (17-0) in 1972.
For more details on Clark's career, check Friday's print edition of The Oakland Press.
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Nothing says Spring and Summer like the color green appearing everywhere. The massive use of phosphorus fertilizers is a common ritual and is currently drawing a lot of attention. Phosphorus use worldwide is affecting our quality of life. The countdown to Summer correlates with the smell of lawn fertilizers in many places. Are they helpful, necessary and healthy?
The Feb. 14 edition of the journal Environmental Research Letters featured an article written by Stephen Carpenter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Elena Bennett of McGill University. They have discovered that the human use of phosphorous, primarily in the industrialized world, is causing the widespread eutrophication of fresh surface water. Add to that he discovery that global stocks of usable phosphorous are concentrated in just a few countries and are running out, posing the risk of global shortages within the next 20 years. You can read the article here.
The overuse affects the quality of our water. "Phosphorous stimulates the growth of algae and weeds near shore and some of the algae can contain cyanobacteria, which are toxic. You lose fish. You lose water quality for drinking." says Carpenter. North American soils are already loaded with the mineral, yet more is added in what seems to be a waste of a mineral that could be put to better use somewhere where the soil is deficient, like Africa and Australia.
Deposits of phosphorus take millions of years to form. Some statess have taken the water quality issue seriously enough to propose and or pass a ban on using lawn fertilizers for established lawns. Read about it here and here. So before you spread fertilizer this Spring, research this issue and consider using phosphorus free fertilizer to keep our water clean and healthy for ourselves and for future generations.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Man shot dead in Englewood
Eric Saunders, 34, was shotand killed at about 9:40 a.m. in an alley between the 7300 blocks of Winchester and Wolcott Avenues
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Emphatically distancing himself from evolutionary optimism (things will get better and better as we build heaven on earth) or transitional souls (things will get worse and worse until we finally abandon this wicked earth), Wright seeks to answer "the major, central, framing question" of both Testaments: "God's purpose of rescue and re-creation for the whole world, the entire cosmos" (184). The bodily, in our space-time continuum, resurrection of Jesus "is the decisive event demonstrating that God's kingdom really has been launched on earth as it is in heaven" (234). By rising bodily (not spiritually) from the dead, death has been defeated (not redefined), and we have witnessed the inception of the inevitable trajectory of God's good earth (our present space) meeting God's perfect heaven (God's present space) as depicted in Revelation. Believers are signposts here and now of the goodness of creation and its eventual renewal by championing the Lord's present dominion over all the earth – spiritually, socially, politically, economically – and anticipating when we are resurrected bodily and creation is "set free from its bondage to decay" (Rom 8:21). "We do not 'build the kingdom' all by ourselves but we do build for the kingdom…what is done in the present in the body, by the power of the Spirit, will be reaffirmed in the eventual future, in ways at which we can presently only guess" (143, 156).
As always there are so many things Wright does exceptionally well. His opening chapters prove that he remains a premier apologist and one of few theologians with refreshing, exciting things to say about the resurrection and new creation. In a lot of ways, his critiques are penetrating and demand attention. Biblically, we cannot deny social action, political involvement, environmental concern, the integrity of secular work, or the stuff of life but neither can we support their weight under the present ambiguity about a temporary earth and eternal heaven. He has caught the evangelical hand in the cookie jar trying to retrieve treats of present relevance while balancing precariously on a rickety step-stool of escapism.
At the end of the day, despite talk of the middle way, we are still left out of focus when we approach the New Testament with Wright's prescription. At the heart of the problem is his rendition of the gospel: "the gospel, in the New Testament, is the good news that God (the world's creator) is at last becoming king and that Jesus, whom this God raised from the dead, is the world's true lord" (227). Though this is absolutely true and cannot be said enough in our wishy washy private spiritualism, this narrow definition demands he shy away from (not deny) talk of the role of sin in individuals and Christ's solution (which really fuels talk of his lordship), a deafening theme in the Scriptures. By emphasizing the former aspect of the gospel at the exclusion of the redemption of humanity is really the false dichotomy that looms large behind the social action versus evangelism debate. Both are about as helpful as giving priority to Jesus as Savior or to Jesus as Lord.
Not surprisingly, when you tease out the implications of a Jesus more Lord than Savior you end up with incredibly helpful insights and incredibly bizarre exegesis. To cite a few of the latter: 1 Corinthians 5:17's warning that without Christ's resurrection "you are still in your sins" becomes "not simply a private experience; it is a fact about the cosmos" (247). Similarly, he draws a curious analogy: "He wanted to rescue


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Monday, June 1, 2009
Review - One Deadly Sin by Annie Solomon
Title: One Deadly Sin
Author: Annie Solomon
Publisher: Grand Central
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Rating: You Need To Read
Reviewed By: Roberta
Revenge. Edie Swann has hungered for it since she fled her hometown as a little girl. Now she's returned, ready for payback. Armed with a list of names, she leaves each one a chilling sign that they have blood on their hands. Her father's blood. What happens next turns her own blood cold: one by one, the men she's targeted start dying.
Sheriff Holt Drennen knows Edie is hiding something. She has a haunted look in her eyes and a defiant spirit, yet he can't believe she's a murderer. As the body count rises and all evidence points to Edie, Holt is torn between the town he's sworn to protect and the woman he's come to desire. But nothing is what it seems. Long buried secrets begin to surface, and a killer won't be satisfied until the sins of the past are paid in full--this time with Edie's blood.
Don't you just love it when you pick up a book and can't seem to put it down. This is that type of story. Not only are the characters and plot intricately woven. Some of the characters have dark pasts and sketchy futures. The chapters are quick and short which will keep you reading and turning the pages as fast as you can. There seems to be a never ending supply of twists and turns throughout the story. However, the author will leave you satisfied at the end.
I look forward to see what this author has in store for us in the future and definitely will be looking at her previously released works. Beware this book can cause lack of sleep due to reading it from cover to cover in one sitting.
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1. Old guys. Kenny Perry went crazy low in Hartford and Bernhard Langer had a top 10 at the BMW. I've endured a million Cialis commercials during golf telecasts but never heard it mentioned that the pills can help firm up your putting stroke, too.
2. Aaron Stewart Looking for someone to root for at this week's North and South Amateur? Payne's boy, a redshirt sophomore at SMU, is teeing it up at Pinehurst No. 2 practically 10 years to the week since Stewart's defining U.S. Open victory at Pinehurst.
3. Ryo Ishikawa. The so-called Bashful Prince sure doesn't play that way, making a nine during the final round at the Mizuno Open but still pulling out a victory with a chip-in for eagle on the 70th hole. Now he's heading to the British Open. And how did you spend your summer when you were 17?
4. Rafa Echenique. He finished second at the BMW International Open but still managed the wildest round of the year a closing 62 that included a 27 on the back nine featuring an eagle and an albatross. Andres Romero, you now have even more competition for the title of most charismatic Argentine.
5. David Toms. He's turned into the straightest driver on tour on Sunday at Hartford he hit 14 of 14 fairways and he still has that buttery putting stroke. The fact that this wily vet hasn't won in three years just tells you how cutthroat the PGA Tour is.
1. Lorena Ochoa. Not only is Jiyai Shin continuing to push for the number one spot but now Ochoa has fired her longtime caddie, Dave Booker. I wouldn't call it panic, exactly, but clearly all is not right in Lorena's world. And don't look now, but the U.S. and British Opens are coming up fast.
2. Grooves. The rules changes proposed for 2010 were confusing enough and now comes word that the PGA Tour may rebel against the USGA's decree. I know I'm the first one to think of this, but wouldn't it have been easier just to throttle back the ball a little bit?
3. Anthony Kim. He's the defending champ at this week's AT&T National, which gives us a chance to reflect on how much his game has matured in the last year. Uh, on second thought...
4. The Ryder Cup. Bidding has begun to host the 2018 extravaganza, and the countries vying to offer up the most mediocre golf course are France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Sounds like a nice bicycle trip, or maybe a special edition of Playboy, but couldn't they have scared up at least one or two countries with some actual golf tradition?
5. Morgan Pressel. Hey, I love her tweets, too, but playing in the final group on Sunday at the Wegman's she went seven over on the back nine, free falling to 15th place. Then she blew off the reporters who had assembled in the rain to ask a few questions. You can probably guess which of the two blunders I find more unforgivable.


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Why some boys will remain boys and will never become a grown up man?! I often wonder what it takes to live with the dignity of a mature man in society and what's up with our attitude of viewing a woman as a sexual object? How often we fail to draw the line where we get some misconception about somebody who is a friendly? This is a question we men need to answer and it doesn't pay by running away by showing your masculine prowess.
Yesterday, a friend wrote on Facebook how some guy sent her his intimate picture? I was like what the fuck is wrong with us, guys?! Has Facebook become a sex outlet for such despo guys whose sex organs are located in lieu of the brains? I was aghast and furious how guys assume too much that a friendly woman is out looking for sex on social network. This kind of primitive attitude is something I vehemently oppose.
My friend immediately blocked the person and it's the right thing that she did. There is no use reasoning with such fucked-up attitudes of men. No dude! Crossing the line with a friendly woman by assuming she wanna get laid doesn't make you cool at all. It is a sign that you are sexually frustrated and first, respect a woman as your equal. You think you know everything in life. Well! You don't and stop acting like a hypocrite.
A woman who is friendly doesn't mean that she is looking out for dating or a physical relationship with you. For me guys who go around to check a woman and hitting on her on social network coz she is friendly, 'with I wanna know you better' lack the dignity of a man. It's a tale of immaturity. Hence, Boys will be Boys, Men will be Men. Live with the dignity of a man, dude.
I have seen and met with quite few such men, including some of my own friends. There was a party I attended with a good female friend back in Mumbai and I crashed at her place. She is a fierce, independent and career-oriented woman and crashed at her place. Once, I met some friends and told them I crashed at my friend's place. Guess what I got as an excited response, 'So, you didn't sleep together? Oh! So dumb of you! Have we been in your place?' I was like, what the fuck is wrong with us, men. When are we going to grow up in life? First thing first, I hate such attitude on the part of men. For me, no matter how mature you are in age, you lack dignity with such mentality. They are boys and will never grow up.
There are another category of guys I have encountered who have a fling, a kind of casual sex with a woman and they behave as if a kid has got a toy from Santa Claus. These guys will go around and tell the whole world, 'I had sex with this woman.' Another tale of immaturity and growing up with fucked-up attitude. I tell them, live with a dignity of a man. Be a man. Going and telling everybody the woma (e) n you slept with doesn't make you a man. What pleasure do you get in going around and giving the woman you shared intimate relationship and moments a bad name? What kind of man you are? A spineless d***, coward or bloody hypocrite, of course! The least you can do is to respect the woman as an individual who has certain needs just the same as you have.
Certainly, something is wrong with us, men and I recall dialogue of Amitabh Bachchan from the film Buddha Hoga Tera Baap, 'Aaj Kal Youth Bahut frustrated ho gaya (Today's youth has become frustrated). There is nothing wrong in healthy flirting but it is done in a charming and intelligent way like during the old times. This is the reason why I admire bunch of gentlemen in their 40s, 50s and 60s who know how to speak not just to a woman but to any person. There is something called A Class Act. I rest my case
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
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Zenescope's Oz now out
Zenescope now has it's new Grimm's Fairy Tales Presents: Oz comic out, which is a 6-issue mini-series prequel. This is tied to the rest of the Grimm Universe they have developed along with Neverland and Wonderland. Expect more of the Oz storyline to come in further volumes.
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Oz Video Of The Month: M&M in Oz commercial
This was an M&M commercial where Dorothy wakes from her "dream" to find her family wasn't in color!
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Margaret Pellegrini passes away
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Dorothy Of Oz manhwa podcast review
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One of the coolest things I've seen in a while. Stitched quicktime panoramas. I've seen stuff like this before used for movie promotion and stuff. But never for real world events like Katrina or the war in Iraq. Check it out:
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Food Structure
This review considers the average size and size distribution of bovine casein micelles as measured by electron microscopy, light scattering and controlled pore glass chromatography, and the origin and biological function of the size distribution.
Recent work by electron microscopy has given average sizes in reasonable agreement with measurements on the same milk sample by light scattering . It is suggested that natural variations in averaqe micelle size and overestimation of micelle radii by light scattering methods as well as deficiencies in electron microscopical methodology were responsible for past discrepancies.
Electron microscopy and controlled pore glass chromatography provide evidence that in some milks the differential weight or volume distribution curve is bimodal with a main peak at 90-180nm and a lesser peak at >200nm diameter.
The largest micelles in the size distribution are too large to have been formed fully within the Golgi vesicles of the mammary secretory cell, so a second stage of aggregation may occur in the alveolar lumen.
Using a model of the casein micelle in which the particles have a hairy outer layer, it is shown how the size distribution can influence the structure of a milk gel.
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The starlet was out cycling with her father for the first time since she was injured more than a year ago
Last night, S.H.E. member Selina Jen went cycling with her father, her
first ever since she was injured in a filming accident more than a year
ago and shared her happiness with her fans.
While she is on the road to recovery, Selina is starting to attend
endorsement events and taking small steps back into the entertainment
industry. Last week, S.H.E. made an appearance for a charity auction
together and Selina even got teary after seeing the passionate fans
However, even though the starlet is recovering well, she cannot stay
under the sun for long and therefore chose to go cycling with her father
in the evening.
Unable to hide her happiness to be out and about with her father, the
30-year-old expressed that "after being into cycling for a long time, my
father finally could bring me out to experience this." The singer then
gave her thanks by expressing that "along with the breeze and the
setting sun, I felt happiness."
Concluding her experience, Selina expressed that she felt touched when
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DIY – Cable spool clocks!
I've been pretty MIA lately here on my blog and it's not because I have nothing to share with you. Quite the opposite actually. There's just been a lot going on, I haven't made the time to sit and share. Today, I want to share a DIY project I did a few weeks back. I… Read More


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A New York Times Best Illustrated Book Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up--a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation So he preaches to his flock, and they listen, content under his watchful care, riveted by the rhythm of his voice. Celebrating ingenuity and dreaming big, this inspirational story, featuring Jabari Asim's stirring prose and E. B. Lewis's stunning, light-filled impressionistic watercolor paintings, includes an author's note about John Lewis, who grew up to be a member of the Freedom Riders, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and demonstrator on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. John Lewis is now a Georgia congressman, who is still an activist today, recently holding a sit-in on the House floor of the U.S. Capitol to try to force a vote on gun violence. His March: Book Three recently won the National Book Award, as well as the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Author Award, Printz Award, and Sibert Award.
About the Author
Jabari Asim (www.facebook.com/jabariasimwriter) is the author of several adult and children's books, including Fifty Cents and a Dream--an NAACP Image Award Nominee, CCBC Choice, School Library Journal Editor's Choice, and Kirkus Best Book. He is an associate professor at Emerson College in Boston and executive editor of The Crisis, the magazine of the NAACP. He recently was honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts. E. B. Lewis (www.eblewis.com) is the acclaimed illustrator of more than seventy books for children, including the Caldecott Honor Book Coming On Home Soon and the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Each Kindness (both by Jacqueline Woodson). He teaches at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.


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"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams
Thursday, October 23, 2014
The Light Shines Through the Darkness and the Darkness Does Not Overcome It
Despite all of these things, each year I dread the arrival of fall. As the sun begins to set earlier each evening and the morning light begins to change to a glowing orange color that arrives later each day, I am forced to face the harsh truth that soon the days will be long, and the amount of daylight we have will be short. You see, I suffer from seasonal depression, and in the quiet places of my heart, fall signals the return of the season of darkness. I know that once the leaves have all fallen and the calendar turns to November, I am going to begin an uphill struggle for my emotional, mental, and even physical well-being.
This fall, just in time for the holidays, DaySpring is launching their new Everlasting Light collection, which includes these beautiful new candlesticks. Perched on a mantle, or gathered in the center of a table, they are the perfect solution to holding back the darkness of the shorter days of fall and winter. They would also make a wonderful gift, and come in the set of three, shown in this photo.
They are made of mango wood, and range in size from ten and a quarter inches to fourteen inches high. They are handcrafted in India, and the candles are not included.
gorgeous sunburst mirror might be just the thing you are looking for. Hung on a wall, set on a mantle, or even perched on a shelf as part of a small grouping, it is sure to add a bit of sparkle to your day.
It is also made of mango wood, and has a sawtooth hook for hanging. It is twenty-four and a half inches in diameter, and is just the sweetest thing ever.
I can envision it hanging in a college dorm room, with white twinkle lights surrounding it. How cute would it be in a nursery with a celestial theme? It would be perfect on the wall of a guest bedroom or even a small bathroom. There are so many decorating possibilities to choose from. The neutral color of the mango wood will match just about any decor. Right across the bottom it is etched with the verse, "You will shine.. like stars in the sky" Phil. 2:15.
this pewter bracelet that reads "Shine Your Light". It is made of nickel-free, lead-free pewter and is adjustable from six inches to seven and a half inches.
The back is engraved with "Phillipians 2:15".
The verse is the same as the one etched on the mirror, "You will shine...like stars in the sky".
There is an enclosed card that reads, " Each piece in this collection captures the awe and wonder of the heavens and reflects the creative of our Creator God. Look to the starts and remember- God has separated the light from the darkness. His light is in you too- so shine on!
Whatever season you find yourself in right now, there is sure to be something beautiful and encouraging in the new Everlasting Light collection from DaySpring. The darkness is coming, but the light shines through the darkness, and the darkness does not overcome it. John 1:5.
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This is a beautiful post. Thank you for sharing your heart. I love how you always find ways to choose joy and get through your struggles
God bless
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I recently had the chance to read two Fireside Grown-Up Guides: Fireside Grown-Up Guides to Mindfulness and Fireside Grown-Up Guide to the Husband. Both of these guides had the same look and feel as a nostalgic children's book, with tongue-in-cheek descriptions.
These are perfect little books for anyone with a slightly cynical sense of humor. The deadpan depictions had both my husband and myself laughing at their truth.
The other two books available include a guide to the mom and a guide to the hangover, which I just might have to check out for some upcoming birthday gifts!


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It's all Mandy's fault. She posted on Facebook that she made sugar cookies and, well, I just had to bake some. I don't know what recipe she used, but I had one in mind that I wanted to make. I haven't baked in a long time. It wasn't that I was craving the cookies, it was that I needed to bake. So I gave in. And I know I'm trying to lose weight. And I only had 1/2 cookie and a spoonful of dough. But I shared an apple with Cort and promise I'll eat well the rest of the day. And I'll exercise extra.
Giant Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Go make some of these now. They are fast, big, and delicious. Joy the Baker sure knows her stuff, huh?
The recipe made about 18 cookies (19, I guess if I hadn't eaten a spoonful of dough). I made them really big - 4 or 5 inches. I thought about rolling the dough into a ball and then rolling the ball in sugar, but I just got a big dollop in the spoon and plopped it on the cookie sheet, flattened it with my fingers, and sprinkled some sugar on top. Soooo yummy.


text: I thought this dictionary would be a good resource for a teacher when working with beginning readers. I don't think that a child could read this independently and since all of the terms did not have pictures, it might even be confusing to a child. I also didn't like the pronunciation key using phonemic sounds that was used even though I can see that the editor thought it would be helpful to a child. I think it would teach a child bad habits that may actually confuse them when a teacher requires them to use phonics when decoding words. If an adult was working with a child, the adult could read the definition and see if they child could find the matching picture. If there was no picture, the child might want to draw an illustration that might match the world. The pictures and illustrations used in the book were very appealing and cute. I can see this book on a teacher's shelf to use as a resource to enhance reading lessons.


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My step daughter Erin will be tying the knot on August 13, 2011 at Heritage Hall in the quaint little town of Rising Sun, Indiana.
This past Saturday her mother and I threw a bridal shower to honor the future bride. We had a great time. Lots of gamers were played, family and friends were greeted and lots of yummy food was eaten all in the honor on of Erin. (See, we are going to blame the over eating on Erin! Shhh!)
Check out some of the photos that will document her special day.
The cake
Aunt Nancy
Erin and cousin Molly. *note that Molly is now taller than Erin and Molly is just 12 years old. ha
Future niece, Lisa
Cotton Head game. Erin looks really scared. She had been bopped in the head many time at this point with the big plastic spoon.
Nicks(fiance)mother, Debbie just took the entire bowl and turned it upside down on Erin's head. It was just tooo funny!
Stacey & Erin. Stacey is on of her brides maids and soon to be future sister-in-law.
Hannah playing the Touchy-Feely game.
Rice game. I bought a package of novelty wedding rings (about 15) and used them instead of clothes pins. This is a really really hard game but oh so fun!!
Opening gifts!
The much coveted Carry and Go crock pot.
I have many many more photos of the shower but, I will spare you all. :) After the bridal shower I hosted a Fun Party for Erin. Yeah, I will also spare you the photos. hehehe
I certainly hope that Erin remembers her bridal shower for many years to come.
Best Wishes Erin & Nick!


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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Mat Yeung gives puppy to his girlfriend, Lisa Chong
Lisa Chong (莊思明) and Mat Yeung (楊明) have been a loving couple in showbiz and share their sweet photos at times. On Instagram, she uploaded photo of herself and her beloved puppy, and left a message: "Hello everyone, my name is Haru, it means spring in Japanese...... Thank you for doting on me and I will take care of it." Lisa then tagged Mat and it was obvious the puppy was given by him. Perhaps Mat is hinting that Lisa can treat the puppy as him whenever she misses him?
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It's become apparent that some people are more concerned that a build goes smoothly rather than as fast as possible. Having recently played around with cross-compiling X windows for the Pi, I can see how one might form that opinion. Sometimes, you just want things to work, even if they are slower than optimal.
So, let's talk about another, easier way to build software for the Raspberry Pi on your larger Linux desktop or laptop. Indeed, we won't even need a Pi to do this.
An emulator is a program that acts like another CPU at the instruction level. In our case, we're going to be running a program that acts like an ARM processor on an x86 Linux system. More specifically, we're going to run ARM binaries on our x86, and the emulator will be taking ARM instructions and translating them to x86 instructions on the fly.
That's actually pretty cool, when you think about it.
Of course, emulation comes at a cost: speed. An emulated compile will take considerably longer than a cross-compile. But that's to be expected, when you consider how hard the CPU is working in order to be able to run non-native binaries.
Installing QEMU
The emulator we'll be using is a fairly well-known one called QEMU. You install it on your Debian-based (Ubuntu, in my case) linux host by typing
apt-get install qemu-user-static
A similar "yum install" command will install QEMU on RedHat.
We'll be using the static version of QEMU. This just means that it won't be calling making any function calls to anything that resides in a shared library; everything QEMU needs is contained in the one executable. I'll explain why later.
Getting a root file system
We're going to need a root filesystem that's filled with ARM software. I like Raspbian for this, so let's go get it from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads. The current one as of this writing is 2012-09-18-wheezy-raspbian.zip.
Once it's downloaded, unzip it.
unzip 2012-09-18-wheezy-raspbian.zip
Now let's extract the files in the rootfs into a local directory. This isn't strictly necessary — we could compile everything inside the mounted .img file, and when we're finished, copy the img file to an SD card, and boot it on the Pi. That seems like it has too many moving parts for my tastes, though. So let's keep it simple and just copy everything locally.
Normally, this is straightforward enough, you would just issue
sudo mount -o loop 2012-09-18-wheezy-raspbian.img /mnt
…and you could
cd /mnt and copy the files to a local directory.
But Raspberry Pi SD cards have 2 partitions on them and the above command would just mount the first partition, which only contains the files in /boot. Of course, we want the 2nd partition. Rather than explain how to calculate the offset of the 2nd partition inside the image file, and how to use that to tell mount how to mount the file properly, I'm going to provide a script that I wrote called
#!/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:${PATH} set -e usage() { cat <<EOF `basename $0`: Make a Raspberry Pi SD card image -h : This help message -d : Destination directory -i : The name of the image file ( `basename ${IMGFILE}` ) -v : Turn on verbose output EOF } while getopts "hi:d:v" OPTION do case $OPTION in h) HELP_OPT=1 ;; i) IMAGEFILE_OPT=$OPTARG ;; d) DESTDIR_OPT=$OPTARG ;; v) VERBOSE=1 ;; ?) usage exit ;; esac done IMGFILE=${IMAGEFILE_OPT:-2012-09-18-wheezy-raspbian.img} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR_OPT:-rootfs} if [ ! -z "${HELP_OPT:-}" ] ; then usage exit fi if [[ ${EUID} != 0 && ${UID} != 0 ]] ; then echo "$0 must be run as root" usage exit -1 fi BYTES_PER_SECTOR=`fdisk -lu ${IMGFILE} | grep ^Units | awk '{print $9}'` LINUX_START_SECTOR=`fdisk -lu ${IMGFILE} | grep ^${IMGFILE}2 | awk '{print $2}'` LINUX_OFFSET=`expr ${LINUX_START_SECTOR} \* ${BYTES_PER_SECTOR}` if [ ! -z "${DESTDIR}" ] ; then if [ ! -d ${DESTDIR} ] ; then mkdir -p ${DESTDIR} fi LINUXMOUNT="__linuxmnt.$$" mkdir -p ${LINUXMOUNT} mount -o loop,offset=${LINUX_OFFSET} ${IMGFILE} ${LINUXMOUNT} cd ${LINUXMOUNT}; tar cf - * | ( cd ../${DESTDIR}; tar xvf - ) cd - umount ${LINUXMOUNT} rm -rf ${LINUXMOUNT} fi
Running this script as follows will copy the Raspbian root file system into a local directory called rootfs. This is where we'll build.
./rpi_copyrootfs.sh -i 2012-09-18-wheezy-raspbian.img -d rootfs
Cheating with automatic filesystems
This next step is actually not the perfectly correct thing to do, but it's generally good enough to build with.
Our local rootfs copy isn't a real root filesystem. In particular,
/proc and
/sys are empty, and that might upset some build tools.
So rather than try to create something that looks like an RPi
/sys, and
/dev, we're going to cheat and mount the host system's versions of these directories inside the rootfs.
sudo mount --bind /proc rootfs/proc sudo mount --bind /sys rootfs/sys sudo mount --bind /dev rootfs/dev
All we have to do now is copy the static version of the ARM emulator into the
rootfs directory, issue the chroot command, and then run the emulator.
export QEMU=`which qemu-arm-static`; sudo cp -p ${QEMU} rootfs/${QEMU} cd rootfs sudo chroot . pwd uname -m ${QEMU} /bin/bash uname -m
Let's take a look at what's happened here. We copied the x86 QEMU program into the ARM-based
rootfs directory. Okay, that's not terribly exciting. Then we issued the chroot command inside the
rootfs directory. This made it, for all intents and purposes, so that our
rootfs directory became
/. That is anytime we type
/bin/bash we're actually referring to
But wait! That
/bin/bash is an ARM program that we just copied from the SD card image. There's no way that'll run on an x86!
Unless we run the ARM emulator. Note that uname -m now shows that we're an ARM processor. Running ARM binaries.
Poke around! Explore! It's like we're in text-mode on an RPi.
The same utilities — the ones that don't talk directly to hardware, at least — work as you would expect. The config files and libraries are in the right places. It looks like we're ready to go.
Setting up a build environment
Are you ready for this? This emulated environment is like you're on an RPi, right?
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
This blew my mind when it worked.
root@midnightyell:/# gcc --version gcc (Debian 4.6.3-8+rpi1) 4.6.3 Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Building MAME
So, most packages will build inside this emulator just like they would on a real Linux host. That is, the usual steps are:
Untar the source package cd into the directory ./configure make make install
Indeed, AdvanceMAME is very nearly like that. Except that I ran into problems building advanceMAME 0.106.1 with the standard raspbian gcc 4.6. I was getting bad object files as output! I thought this was a problem with the emulator, but I ran into the same problem when I built MAME natively on my RPi! After some trial and error, I discovered that gcc4.7 works just fine for MAME.
So, let's get rid of gcc-4.6, and install gcc-4.7.
apt-get remove -y gcc-4.6 apt-get remove -y cpp-4.6 apt-get install -y gcc-4.7 apt-get install -y cpp-4.7 cd /usr/bin ln -s cpp-4.7 cpp ln -s gcc-4.7 gcc ln -s gcc-ar-4.7 gcc-ar ln -s gcc-nm-4.7 gcc-nm ln -s gcc-ranlib-4.7 gcc-ranlib
Go and get the advancemame source from here: http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/download.html. You can place it into the
rootfs from another terminal window, and then access it inside the chroot'd process.
In any case, place it somewhere out of the way, and do the usual build steps:
tar xvzf advancemame-0.106.1.tar.gz cd advancemame-0.106.1 ./configure make -j
That's it.
[Update: It took 42 minutes to build AdvanceMAME inside QEMU; the same machine cross-compiles it in 50 seconds, but that's after an hour of fighting the spec file so that it would cross-compile at all!]


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FBReader v1.3.2a Requirements: Android v2.1+ Overview: FBReader (FBReaderJ) is an e-book reader. Supports epub, oeb and fb2(.zip) file formats
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RepliGo Reader v3.4.3 Requirements: Android OS 2.0+ Overview: View and annotate Adobe® PDF files and attachments while on the go! break RepliGo Reader is the first Android application to enable both viewing and annotating of PDF files. Review documents on the go by adding highlights, cross outs, underlines, sticky notes, arrows, lines, ovals, rectangles and freehand drawings
Wednesday, 18 Jan 2012
AudioManager Pro v3.0.3 Requirements: Android OS 1.5 + Overview: Fully featured version of the popular AudioManager Widget and Volume manager. Featured in "Best Android Apps" Book by O'Reilly as Best Audio Management App in Android
Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012
Wifi Protector v1.4.0 Full Requirements: Android 2.1+, rooted phone Overview: Detection works on all phones, protection and prevention works ONLY ON ROOTED phones. break Detection of and protection against all kinds of ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) related attacks in WiFi Networks, like DOS (Denial Of Service) or MITM (Man In The Middle). Detection works on all phones, protection and prevention works ONLY ON ROOTED phones.
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Absolutely love this style...
Reminds me of the illustrations you'd see in the old books of my grade school years.
More works here.
Absolutely love this style...
Reminds me of the illustrations you'd see in the old books of my grade school years.
These are wonderful! Thank you for posting these Rot!
Yeah, these are amazing! I would love to visit some of these places in his drawings. The street scene from Chester is my favorite.
Yes. These are amazing, I agree, they do hearken back to book illustrations of my youth.
the tombstones in the cemetery remind me of the tombstones in Begging for Candy. i really LOVE the chinatown one too, with the splashes of red as lanterns!! & that is the PERFECT description, saying, they look like illustrations from children's books back in the day, because, they really do!!!
Those are FANTASTIC.
Yeah, and just to be clear, I'm not saying that the artwork is of lesser quality on account of it reminding me of the school books of my youth....but I feel like there were high-end illustrations in those old things... kinda like my first real exposure to an art form...(I really didn't go to any museums or own any art books back then).
So this stuff was kinda formative....
For me, there is something about pen and ink. I just adore it. These are awesome.
Rot..i don't think anyone did or would take what you said about these illustrations in a negative light. when i see childrens book illustrations from that time period, i always see the influences of the day, which were like N.C. Wyeth & Howard Pyle. & then you had people like Maurice Sendak come along & add their flavour into the mix. i think people (especially the artist) will take what you said as a BIG compliment.
these illustrations also have like a Hammer Horror vibe to them as well. & i mean that as a compliment. Hammer IS Love. & these illustrations are LOVE, not only because they're Beautiful & Perfect, but, because they're also Nostalgic.<333


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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Daily Headlines: July 10, 2014
* Uruguay: President Jose Mujica announced that Uruguay's plan to legalize the selling and distribution of marijuana would be delayed until 2015 because of "practical difficulties."
* Cuba: Aero Marti, "an airborne broadcasting platform that sent radio and television signals to Cuba," was cancelled by U.S. authorities allegedly due to its cost and ineffectiveness.
* Mexico: The Mayan ruins of Calakmul became Mexico's first site to receive the "mixed" World Heritage status from the U.N.
* Argentina: Vice-President Amado Boudou may be indicted on charges of corruption but that didn't stop him from presiding over the Argentine government's official Independence Day celebration.
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I got my hair cut yesterday into my new summer 'do, but there's no pictures of it yet. Today I was "inspired" to cut the boys' hair. There was a long list of events that led to this decision, but I will not go into them here. The end result is that I remember more vividly why I stopped doing this a while back. It's not the best cuts they've ever had, but at least they will be cooler for the summer.
Evan had said that he wanted a mohawk, but he chickened out when the clippers came out. Then when I started cutting, the front got shorter than I intended, so it all got shorter than I intended. I tried to style it into a "faux-hawk", but when it dries it doesn't keep the shape. Maybe next time it will work out better. It is "growing" on me though. ;)Joel's is shorter in the front than it normally is, too, and not quite as even as I would prefer. I'm actually more pleased with his than I thought I would be, though.
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text: EquipmentOverviewThe LCN has recently acquired a Bruker Dimension Icon for low noise, large sample analysis, which provides a 90 micron scan range system with a newly designed low noise closed loop XYZ scanner. The Icon supports PeakForce QNM Imaging to allow researchers to image sample topography and map nanomechanical properties simultaneously (1MPa - 50GPa modulus). It also features a number of electrical characterisation modes with increased sensitivity and dynamic range. Modes: PeakForce Tapping (air/liquid) ScanAsyst Quantitative Nanomechanical Mapping (QNM) Contact mode (air/liquid) Tapping mode (air/liquid) Phase imaging Lateral force mode Kelvin Probe Microscopy MFM/EFM PeakForce TUNA SCM SThM Force imaging Fluid cell option Piezoresponse Equipment Location: LCN Bloomsbury otherTechnique: Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)CharacterisationImaging


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What Happens After Treatment for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia?
Current treatments for Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) are not likely to result in a cure. Most people with WM are treated for some time, followed by a break, and then treated again when the disease comes back. Learning to live with cancer that does not go away can be difficult and very stressful. Managing Cancer as a Chronic Illness has more about this.
Follow-up care
Even during treatment breaks, your doctors will still want to watch you closely. It is very important to go to all of your follow-up appointments. During these visits, your doctors will ask questions about any problems you are having, and may examine you and get lab tests or imaging tests (such as CT scans) to look for signs of cancer or treatment side effects.
Almost any cancer treatment can have side effects. Some may last for only a short time, but others can last longer, possibly even for the rest of your life. Tell your cancer care team about any changes or problems you notice and about any concerns you have.
Follow-up visits usually include a careful physical exam. The doctor will also check how you are feeling. Be sure to report any new or ongoing symptoms. Your blood cell counts, IgM, and beta-2 microglobulin levels will be checked. Blood chemistry tests and other tests may also be done to see whether the abnormal IgM is damaging the kidneys, liver, or other organs. The choice of tests depends on your symptoms and what treatment (if any) you have received.
It is very important to keep your health insurance during this time. Tests and doctor visits cost a lot, and even though no one wants to think of their cancer coming back or getting worse, this could happen.
Should your cancer come back, Coping with Cancer Recurrence can give you information on how to manage and cope with this phase of your treatment.
Seeing a new doctor
At some point after your cancer diagnosis and treatment, you may find yourself seeing a new doctor who does not know your medical history. It is important that you be able to give your new doctor the details of your diagnosis and treatment. Gathering these details soon after treatment may be easier than trying to get them at some point in the future. Make sure you have this information handy (and always keep copies for yourself):
- A copy of your pathology report(s) from any biopsies or surgeries
- Copies of imaging tests (CT or MRI scans, etc.), which can usually be stored digitally (on a DVD, etc.)
- If you had surgery, a copy of your operative report(s)
- If you stayed in the hospital, a copy of the discharge summary that the doctor wrote when you were sent home
- If you had radiation therapy, a copy of the treatment summary
- If you had chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy, a list of the drugs, drug doses, and when you took them
- The names and contact information of the doctors who treated your WM
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An image of a maid from Madagascar who was allegedly tortured by her sponsor was being shared on social media sites yesterday. The abuse has allegedly been continuing for the past three years, perpetrated by her female sponsor, who is a doctor, reports a local daily.
The maid has been fed only bread and water for the past one and a half years, and has been blinded in one eye by the beatings. No further details about the maid were immediately available, and she was not named.
This follows on the heels of video clips circulated on social networks this week of an expat being abused at a police station, and another of an expat being pushed around and cursed at by a ministry official.
An official of the Kuwait Human Rights Society yesterday warned that foreign workers in Kuwait are subject to violations that have been increasing lately, including deportations and fake absconding reports filed against them.
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
"Envy comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had."


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They finally posted the results of my first 5k, the Run for Dunn 2013.
So now I have documented proof that I did it. My official time was a bit better than my RunHelper app time. Guess those few seconds it took to start it and stop it added a little on the app. When I printed the results off, I saw that I was number 57 out of 81 people who participated. Most ran, there were only a few walkers.
I'll be graduating this week from my couch to 5k program, and I still have a several weeks to improve my time before the next 5k I am running. It will be May 4th. After my next two runs I'll be up to 30 minutes straight, then I'll focus on getting faster in those 30 minutes before I move to trying to run 3.1 miles without stopping. I'm guessing I'll need to be able to run at least 35 minutes with no walking.


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Gosh, I really need some colour right now, don't you?
January really is a tough month; reality bites with the continuing dark days of Winter, the post-Christmas blues (both money AND trousers tight!)....but, Spring is coming. Today I got outside and inspected the very wet borders and there are signs of Spring, just a little bit here and there poking out the ground from under sodden leaf fall.
I had meant to post pictures of my very orderly broad (fava) bean patch that survived the snow and is looking, so far, so good. And, best discovery of the day, the garlic is up! Planted at the same time as the broad beans, which are now a good 4" high, the garlic has finally decided to make an appearance. It's my first time growing either, so I am, as you can tell, a bit excited. Looking forward to getting alot more from the garden this year (to be less reliant on store bought produce) which is both enjoyable to grow and of course, much better to eat. I can't tell you how I rhapsodised about cucumbers last year, but I am not kidding, I was transported back to my childhood just tasting a REAL cucumber!
Talking of which, if you are unfamiliar with the building below, (see Susan's comment), it's commonly known as the Gherkin, which in America would be a dill pickle. Now do you get it? I think the pickle building sounds so much better!
Wishing any onlookers a belated Happy New Year and hoping that those of you passing by, might leave a comment, pickle related or otherwise.
Saturday, 8 January 2011
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Friday, December 4, 2009
CoPs Communities of Practice
CoPs are very useful for keeping in touch with the latest in whatever interest you have. This means that if my interest is to keep up with what teachers are doing in their classrooms, I can join one of these communities of practice, and share my experience and discoveries in my ELT practice. I have joined a CoPs called EFL Classroom 2.0, this is a community that suggests many resources for learners and teachers that want to work with technology. For this community I expect to share my ideas and learn a lot from other teachers. Up to now I have learnt about a great resource called voice thread, where the students can record their comments about pictures. I plan to learn many other CoPs that are very relevant for my professional development and where I can share my experiences too.
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