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Police Log
The Police Log is a digest of reports provided by the Johnston and Rhode Island State Police Departments.
A Woonsocket teenager was killed and two passengers in her car were injured after the car went off the road on Interstate 295 in Johnston and struck a tree around 2:30 p.m. on July 10.
The driver, Lungpalinya Phouvong, 17, of 26 Cross St., Woonsocket, was taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital, where she later was pronounced dead. She was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
Two other juveniles, who were properly restrained in the vehicle, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. They were treated at Hasbro Children's Hospital and later released.
According to a press release, Rhode Island State Police Capt. Derek Borek said the car was heading south on I-295 when it went off the road and struck a tree just north of the Exit 4 ramp to Plainfield Pike. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
On July 9 around 5 p.m., Patrolman Michael Andreozzi was monitoring a broadcast over police intercity radio regarding a motor vehicle pursuit. RI State Police along with the Lincoln Police Department were in pursuit of a 2005 Ford Explorer, which was traveling east on Putnam Avenue. The reason for the pursuit was the suspect, later identified as Cory Samuel Vargas, 28, of 87 Read Avenue in Lincoln, was allegedly using a car without an owner's consent, violation of a no contact order, and eluding a law enforcement officer in a high speed pursuit.
According to the report, the vehicle eventually turned right onto George Waterman Road, and it was then that the Lincoln police terminated their pursuit and the State Police lost sight of the vehicle. Moments later, Lieutenant Troy Maddocks broadcasted that he had observed the suspect vehicle traveling south on George Waterman.
Patrolman Andreozzi was traveling north on Greenville Avenue when he observed the Explorer passed him traveling in the opposite direction at a high rate of speed passing other vehicle on the left. The officer then made a U-turn and pursued, but lost sight of the car. Lt. Maddocks then broadcast that the suspect vehicle continued on Greenville Avenue towards Killingly Street. Lt. Maddocks then began broadcasting the pursuit and Officer Andreozzi became the secondary vehicle.
The car made its way onto Cherry Hill Road and turned left on Atwood Avenue heading towards Hartford Avenue where it then turned right while maintaining a high speed. The Explorer nearly struck other officers' vehicles before taking the on ramp for Route 295 south where it reached speeds of over 80 miles per hour. The suspect briefly lost control of the car on the bypass above Hartford Avenue and struck a guardrail before continuing on.
In the high-speed lane, the car again lost control and left the roadway onto the grassy area and spun out of control. The vehicle came to rest against the rocky outcropping in the center median. Officers then approached and apprehended Vargas.
After being transported to police headquarters, Vargas was charged with felony assault, driving without consent of the owner, eluding a law enforcement officer in a high speed pursuit and resisting arrest. He was later turned over to the Lincoln Police on their charges.
Officer Arthur Petteruti responded to 369 Simmonsville Ave. on July 1 around 10:20 p.m. in reference to a disturbance between a man and a woman in the parking lot. Dispatch had advised that the suspect had left the scene and was sitting at the entrance to Bainbridge Apartments.
At the scene, Officer Petteruti observed a man, later identified as Jonathan Rosa, 19, of 31 Veto St., second floor in Providence, sitting at the entrance. He told the officer that he just left his residence after a verbal argument with his friend, who he had only known for two weeks and had met her through mutual friends on Facebook.
After speaking with Rosa, the officer met with the calling party who was in the parking lot. She stated that she observed Rosa engage in a verbal argument with a woman. She said she saw Rosa take a cellular phone from her hand and smash it on the pavement.
Next, Officer Petteruti spoke with the victim, who confirmed that she met Rosa two weeks ago on Facebook. She stated she was traveling from West Haven, Connecticut, to Johnston with Rosa, and during their travels Rosa became extremely frustrated and aggressive and began to argue with her. She said while on the highway, Rosa took control of the steering wheel and threatened to crash the car. The victim also stated that Rosa struck her in the face with a closed fist while in the car in Connecticut. After allegedly smashing her cell phone, the woman said that Rosa further threatened to shatter her windshield with a rock as soon as she attempts to leave the parking lot.
In his report, the officer noted that due to the assault transpiring in the motor vehicle in Connecticut, the victim was advised to contact the Connecticut State Police if she wished to pursue assault charges.
Rosa was then placed under arrest. A search of his person revealed a rock in Rosa's front pocket, which was taken as evidence. He was transported to police headquarters, where he was charged with vandalism and disorderly conduct and released with a Third District Court summons.


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J. Walter Thompson MEA, 2 years, 8 months ago
'Zain and the Stars' launches first in a series of 'InstaBooks' for mobile and data services operator Zain
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Quiet weekend.
The night started at the samgyeopsal restaurant the boys always take me to. What I feared would be the standing joke of the night surfaced when we couldn't figure out where the napkins were: "Why are there no napkins on the table?/Because we're in Incheon!" We had some dumbass waitress blow us off multiple times when we were trying to point out that we had been there for nearly an hour, and neither our rice nor our kimchi jjigae were anywhere to be seen. She just literally waved us away. Eventually, we grabbed another waiter and he actually checked on the order, only to find the girl hadn't even entered it into the computer. We were told the kimchi jjigae would be another ten minute wait. Fine. Not a problem. Then we heard the Koreans at the table next to us order kimchi jjigae and almost immediately, a bowl appeared on their table. When we flagged the waitress over to point out that we had ordered ours over an hour ago and already asked for it again twice, while they had just asked once and had it show up right away, she tried to tell us that they had ordered theirs first. Mistake. We may be foreigners, but we're not idiots.
The bars were one bomb after another. There was literally no one around. I accidentally blanked a really nice foreign guy at one place, only to have him show up at the other and point it out to me. Oops. It's been a good six months since I've seen him, to be fair, and he looks a bit different. Still, it shouldn't be hard to notice when other foreigners are around. Had a very strange conversation with one Irish guy I've known for ages, of which I still can't make heads nor tails, even in the sober light of day. Need to phone Smalltown up and run that one past him. It involved a weird interrogation about why I wasn't "with" Smalltown, and if I had feelings for him, followed by an assessing of his character and a really odd entreatment to have dinner some time, just the two of us, because we've never been that close, but after Smalltown goes, he wants us to keep in touch. The whole thing doesn't sound that odd, but there's something off about this guy, which Smalltown has tried to explain to me before. I've always known him on the sidelines as just a really, really kind guy, but last night I finally got what Smalltown means. Dissettling, when it really shouldn't be.
Ran into the Korean Body Builder again, briefly, but he was a little cold as he's phoned a few times in the last few weeks and I haven't returned a single call. Because he's an asshole. A likable asshole, but still an asshole. Also some Korean woman grabbed me by the hand and claimed to know me from, first, earlier in the night and then from sometime last year. She was pissed off I didn't remember her and apparently invited HYF and DIK to stay the night at her place? I was outside having a conversation with the epitome of a Scouser for most of this about a bar in Liverpool he couldn't believe I'd been to.
Weird times all around. Afterwards, we all came back to my place to sit around and do a fair bit of gossiping before going to sleep with the heat set too high. The Kid and I always make jokes that we'll still be doing sleepovers when we're forty. There's nothing quite like it for making you feel a bit at home, wherever you are.
It's been a long time since I've been out round that way properly, and it seems the scene has settled significantly. Not that many people anywhere, and all around mild, wherever they are. The foreign guys are all kind and jovial, if at times a bit strange. And there were way more women about last night than there usually are. Not foreign ones, but still. Some of the Irish guys are still a bit rough around the edges when they get too much drink in them, but the real troublemakers of the old guard seem to have fucked off. Which is nice.
Decent enough night, but I just don't think I can hold my drink the way I used to. Of course, the fact that we began the night with two bottles of soju at dinner probably didn't help. I'm much better off when I just start with and stick to beer. I don't like being properly drunk, or even tipsy. And last night I was somewhere in between the two. Just wish there had been a bit more of a scene to entertain the girls with. Ended the night walking back toward the station with the two ragging on about how they were never coming back to Incheon ever again. But it was all in good fun -- I'll get them out again. Maybe a bit of proper hof drinking out here in my hood, for the real hardcore thing.
Now I'm just trying to stay awake until a decent hour, after having toyed with a few notions of getting out this evening. Can't be arsed with showering, truth be told, in the end. Can't believe Monday's happening again tomorrow. But this week is a field trip to the science museum with the third graders, who are just about as excited about it as I am (not at all). But it'll be good to get a little more one on one time with them before they fuck off to high school. The little brats.
A little reading, coffee and apples. Then sleep. Another year in the ROK begins. They're starting to run over into each other nicely.
4 comments:
- Afghanistan Banana Stand said...
I missed this one.
There's a science museum?!?! HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm excited. Where is it?
- 03:50
- I'm no Picasso said...
ABS -- Don't get too excited. It's shit. We had an awful time. The students fell asleep in the middle of the big, shiny floors. But if you really want to see it, it's in Seoul Grand Park. I really don't recommend it. Everything was broken.
- 06:28
- Afghanistan Banana Stand said...
That's too bad. I was hoping it'd be 1/4 as great as this museum (which was what immediately came to mind):
- 15:32
- I'm no Picasso said...
Uh no. I'm afraid not. It might be like 1/80 as cool as that museum.
The only part that was really of interest to me was the section about traditional Korean science. Obviously, given that I know fuck all about that, it caught my attention. The rest of it was like... this is how solar energy works, kind of. Or it would be if eleventy billion five-year-olds hadn't already broken this with their tiny little pounding fists and drool.
- 15:37


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Pocket Journals Coming Soon
The coolest way to make a shopping list, put down that number you got on the bus, or throw down a quick idea will be available to you in October. These compact and conveniently sized journals are easy to take anywhere, making the question 'hey, do you have a piece of paper' disappear forever. They'll be covered with six different Gama-Go designs to chose from, adding style to functionality. Stay tuned for the release date and be sure to grab one of these handy little guys before it's too late and you're stuck watching everyone else having note writing fun.


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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Out for a walk
Over the last couple weeks Elaine and I have been noticing that Mason's hair was not only getting long, but it was beginning to resemble one of two things- a mullet or a mohawk that was never spiked. His hair was extra long in back, short on the sides, and his bangs were in his eyes. It was not the style of our choice, but it was his hair and it was near perfect.
Elaine and I would talk, "Yeah, we should probably cut his hair." …more time would pass, "Are you ready to do this?" …more time would pass. Finally after about a month of stalling it was time that he (and we) were ready to cut it.
Once the decision was made Elaine and I moved quickly so we couldn't turn back. Together we watched a a couple 4 minute videos on YouTube based off of our search, "How to cut your toddler's hair". (quick aside- YouTube can give you get Do It Yourself videos, but trust me there are none on this topic) Elaine grabbed Mason and our scissors and the following conversation took place.
Elaine: Do you know what you're doing?
Mark: The videos weren't helpful at all. But I can figure it out, I've been getting my haircut for 30-some years.
Elaine: (nervous face)
Mark: (hidden nervous face)
We popped Mason into his highchair, put a bib around him to catch some hair, and gave him 3 of his favorite things his pacifier, some blueberries, and he got to watch videos of him growing up on Elaine's iPad. With everything in place, the snipping began. Here are some photos of the process and end results…
No one was injured in the process but the haircut was far more emotional than difficult. In a matter of 10 minutes and a few snips Mason went from a baby to a little boy. We kept a few golden locks to remember the transformation. Amazing
Here is a photo from the next day of his new do…


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Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Critical Week: Up on the roof
There were also four comedies: Noah Baumbach's engaging but contrived While We're Young features Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts facing the early flares of middle age; Mae Whitman is terrific in The Duff, a smartly written and played teen comedy that keeps the audience laughing; from the same producers, the perhaps too-snappy meta-comedy Playing It Cool stars Chris Evans as a screenwriter trying to write a rom-com while resisting romance; and Andrew J West leads a starry cast as Walter, a likeable young guy who thinks he's God's messenger and takes a surprisingly engaging journey back to reality.
And two superbly well-made but essentially plotless art films were a tonic to critics worn out by too-literal commercial movies: the rural British coming-of-age drama The Goob and the Colombian class-clash drama Gente de Bien are both beautifully observed studies of people grappling with life in their specific cultures.
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For Americans, the mere mention of the word Bataan conjures up dark images. Brutal violence, incredible suffering, desperation, disease, and starvation. The four-month battle fought in that Philippine province had all of those things in abundance. And when it ended in May of 1942, along with it came the largest surrender of American forces in our country's history. Little wonder then that any conversation concerning it is usually sobering.
But the Americans didn't suffer defeat alone in 1942. Most everyone in southeast Asia and the Pacific during this time felt the edge of the steel and the heat of the fire coming from the Japanese military. It's army, navy, and air force were unstoppable.
The British equivalent to the Americans' Bataan was probably Singapore. The small island just off the Malay Peninsula was far more than just "part of the British empire" and a military outpost. It was a vital British commercial center and fortress. Singapore was the hub from which British power was projected throughout all of southeast Asia and the Pacific. And as such it held tremendous symbolic value to the British…and the Japanese.
The outbreak of war on December 7, 1941 (or the 8th, depending on which side of the date line one lived) saw the Japanese begin landing on the Malay Peninsula and moving south. Exactly two months later, Tomoyuki Yamashita's weary, but undefeated, troops were at Singapore's door. The British, having long-prepared for an attack from the sea (who would be crazy enough to attack through dense jungle?!?), were now faced with an enemy at its back.
On February 8th, Japanese forces crossed the Johore Strait and landed on Singapore proper. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the invaders were helped by superior artillery fire and complete domination of the skies. At the outbreak of hostilities in December, the British had a strong naval presence there, but subsequent loss of the battleships HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales constituted a serious loss of firepower.
A week later, on February 15, 1942, the Japanese broke through the last British defensive line. Faced with deserting troops and dwindling ammunition, General Arthur Percival knew that further fighting was useless. He and his forces laid down their arms and surrendered.
And like Bataan was for the Americans, Singapore was the largest surrender of British-led forces in Britain's history, as more than 80,000 soldiers ceased fighting. Many of these soldiers faced the same long-term incarceration and brutal treatment that their American counterparts would experience just two months later.
Fortress Singapore had fallen in stunning fashion, taking British projection, power, and pride with it. And for the people of Singapore, the Japanese reprisals were just beginning. We'll discuss that shortly.


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Sunday, March 24, 2013
"Collage Creations: collage workshops - Register Now"
"COLLAGE CREATIONS" collage workshop
Instructor: Eric McRay
Ages: 18years and over.
Tuition: $100 per session
Phone: 919-614-2174
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (break for lunch from 12:30 p.m. -- 1:30 p.m.)
Location: McRay Studios
Artspace Studio 205
201 E. Davie Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Join expert collage artist, Eric McRay for a dynamic learning experience. Come learn or expand your knowledge of collage/papier collé (French: pasted paper or paper cut outs). This collage workshop is open to the beginner, intermediate or advanced artist. In this workshop you will create your own unique collage artwork, utilizing painted papers, photographic reproductions, photos, scraps of fabric, and elements from magazines, paint, and more. Through collage techniques you will experience a truly unique way of approaching your art, whether creating representational or non-representational works.
Feel free to call 919-614-2174, email, or text Eric to ask questions and reserve your spot.
Accepting a limited number of students per session.
Upcoming Workshops Schedule:
Saturday April 6, 2013
Saturday April 13, 2013
Saturday April 27, 2013
Supply list provided at time of registration. We look forward to sharing the collage experience with you.
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Though it's uncommon to see a band like The Field in a setting like the East Brunswick Club, it shouldn't be. Audience response tonight shows there is nothing like Swedish minimalist techno played live to rustle up some enthusiastic shuffling from the crossed-arm brigade that mass to Meredith sideshows.
Kicking things off with what at first seems to be the tired cliché of live electronica – a casually dressed dude bending over a MacBook Pro – Kharkin soon dispenses with these preconceptions and starts beating an Alesis Control Pad over some silvery chords, lets some space slip between his dense blocks of urbanic atmospherics and rules.
Having been lurking on the fringes and occasionally bursting to the centre of whatever musical communities will have him (i.e. most of them), Qua aka Cornel Wilczek has been steadily amassing a fanbase since he crept into consciousnesses five years ago. Tonight we get warm pulses, geeky glasses, choir-like synth pads, a devilish 'tach and a dusting of amp-driven distortion over everything. Soon progressing through aerosol bursts of hi-hats, Derrick May-like hard beats before strapping on a guitar, it seems as if he's trying to cram 100 ideas into each minute of the set, any second I'm expecting him to turn to us with a grin and say (a la Rob or Deane from the Curiosity Show) 'keep up kids!' Granted, five minutes of this would be enough to set James Murphy on course for another two albums but here Wilczek moves as if he had no pressures at all. AiH's James Cecil joins for some synth drumming mid-gig and it all goes down splendidly.
Curtains part to a sensually undulating stream of sine wave and pink noise and before us lie the four-piece techno reinterpreting machine of The Field. Beneath projections of outer Swedish suburbia shot from a train window Axel Willner and co deliver clipped beats, controlled compressed cycling chords, delicate chorus-laden guitar chops and some of the most wildly enthusiastic drumming ever to remain within the strict boundaries of techno rhythms. While visiting several high points of 2008's From Here We Go To Sublime album the Field push much that is unfamiliar to the audience, which suits us fine. Though it's the irredeemably exhilaratory highs of Over The Ice, Everyday and The Little Heart Beats So Fast that get people moving there isn't a moment where the band are anything less than phenomenally tight and the vibe is less than euphoric; a stellar performance that leaves everyone wondering why there isn't a merch desk and when they'll be back. Must have been killer at Meredith.


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How Lord Patel forecast the industrial slump 2 years ago based on new car registrations
Click on image to enlarge ....
We posted this modest little note Friday, March 30, 2007 UK : Number of vehicles up , new ones down
Which we tagged (very presciently) "Straws in the wind"
The total number of motor vehicles licensed at the end of 2006 was 1.4 % up on the end of 2005 at 33.4 million.
The number of vehicles registered for the first time during 2006 was 3.6 % down on 2005 (cars of all types -4.2%)
With the exception of taxis there were decreases in first time registrations for all body types. Full DVLA annual statistics
Today we discover that
We are continually told that "no-one could have foreseen" the credit crisis ... it was staring them in the face and any motor trader would have told you so.
Just 61,404 cars were manufactured last month, 58.7 % down on January 2008. Construction of commercial vehicles slumped by an even larger 59.9 %.Almost all the cars made over the month - 83.5 % - were allocated for export as UK demand tails off, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Here is another forecast - the UK will lose 50% at leat of it's car manufacturing capacity in the next 6 months... and it will never return.
UPDATE : 9.30 GMT : Geordie lady calls up and reminds us that old horny baldy, Adam "Shagger"Applegarth was exchanging body fluids with that lovely lady from Buy to Let and simultaneously divesting not only of all his clothes (ugh) but also of all his Northern Rock shares in 2006 and Jan 2007 at the very top f the market .... so he plainly new something .. so we aren't so clever.
Wonder what the £300K per Annum Ex (very) Non Executive Chairman of NR Eton / Cambridge educated Lord Matt Ridley Esq., (He was Chairman of the curious political "think" tank , Ditchley Foundation - now followed by John Major ex MP . List of Governors makes interesting reading - inc. Ms Shami CHAKRABARTI, CBE. Director of Liberty these days) who is as silent as the grave these days;
1. Was doing with his shares at the time
2. Thinks of Shagger' business / private life
3. Is looking for a job


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August 7 - September 11, 2011
Opening Night: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Theatre in the Square will open its 30th season with On Golden Pond, August 10 – September 11, 2011 on the Main Stage. On Golden Pond was the first production the theatre produced, in September 1982, in the space that is now Cool Beans Coffee. Tickets are on sale now online at theatreinthesquare.com and by phone at 770-422-8369.
Norman (Pete Thomasson) and Ethel Thayer (Judy Leavell) return to their summer home for the 48th time on Golden Pond in Maine only to have their normally quiet escape disrupted by a their daughter's (Agnes Hardy) arrival with her fiancée, Bill (Chuck Horton), and his mouthy 13-year-old son, Billy (Elijah Marcano and Charlie Garland). The production is a heartwarming portrayal of family struggles, love, and relationships, but it is also very humorous, especially when Charlie (Bart Hansard), the mailman, is around.
"I thought it would be well to observe this milestone season by recalling how it all began – with this show and its impact on that first audience of Mariettans, mostly longtime or original residents. The buzz that first night was overwhelmingly positive and we knew that we had started something that could last, although we weren't thinking 30 years out, of course," says Co-Founder and Producing Director Palmer Wells. The play, which was written by Ernst Thompson, has won numerous awards both for its staged productions and the 1981 film that starred Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. The artistic team behind this production includes director Heidi Cline McKerley, lighting designer Bradley Bergeron, set designer Seamus Bourne, costume designer Marie Estes, sound designer Thom Jenkins, dialect coach Kathleen McManus, and props designer Lindsay Moore.
To celebrate the 30th season, tickets to the performances Friday, August 12 and Sunday evening, August 14 will be 30% off when patrons ask for the 30th anniversary special. Preview tickets on August 7 and 9 are only $12. Regular tickets are $24 to $33 and are available at the Theatre in the Square Box Office by calling 770-422-8369 or online at theatreinthesquare.com. Discount rates are available for groups of 12 or more by calling 770-422-8369. Theatre in the Square is located off of historic Marietta Square at 11 Whitlock Ave.


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This story is about how people 15 and every in perdido beach go missing. the main charters in the story are Sam, Astrid, Diana and Caine. its a voiolent book with a bot of killing in it like coytes killing little kidds and people accidentally getting killed. theres are 2 schools in peridido beach coates is a schhool for kids who teachers found hard to work wth but mostly for kids who were nuathy and need a pushment to go there nad perdido beach school is for any kid. coates kids come down from coates and make a war.
It was a very inserting and cool book.


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Love just happens-manan (episode 2)
Hello guyes I am soo sorry for not posting yesterday I know those you all would be hell angry and thinking after posting first epi she is like this so what is going to happen next I am student and I have alot of works to do so please forgive me and tell me in the comments that if you can cooporate or I shall stop this ff please tell ok so let's continue with our story
Manik was angry with fab4 for not telling him that they are not going with him.nandni was angry on her dad.fab4 thinking how to make manik agree to go to london.manik agrees
Manik leaves from malhotra mansion.And navya and rishab comes to the airport with nandni
Na:nandu apna khayal rakhna(nandu take care of your self)
And she hugs navya and rishab and leaves
In london
When manik reached the hotel it was night manik went to the reception
Re:hello sir how can i help you
M:I want a room
Re:sir right now there are two rooms but………….
Re:they are partition rooms
M:ok book both for me
Re:sir the second room is already booked
M:kya hai yaar yeh ab yahan sy kahin ja bhi nahi sakta(now what is this I even can't go somewhere)
M:ok book the free one for me
And manik goes to his room and went for shower
While nandni came to the same hotel
Re:yes mam how can I help you
N:I have booked room
Re:yes mam your full name
N:nandni murthi
Re:yes mam and she gives nandni her room keys
Nandini went to her room and thought
Nandni pov
First I shall settle the room than I will order something
Pov end
Nandni settled her things she was about to sit when she saw the partition door open
N:is it a partition room ahhh
And she goes to close the door while manik who was taking shower came out of bathroom in towel . nandni who saw this shouted aloud and manik seeing her aswell shouted.and nandni immediately closes the door but forgets to lock it
Nandni's pov
Ayyappa what I did but what type of a man he is don't he know that he should wear clothes while coming out of the bathroom
Nandni pov end
Manik pov
Ahhhhh she saw me without clothes what she will be thinking but don't she have manners that before opening the door she would have knocked
Manik pov end
They both have dinner in their rooms and nandni sleeps while manik was using his laptop
It was midnight and nandni screamed and manik who was slept hearing the scream wokeup and went to the partition door manik thinking the partition door is locked said
M:hey are you all right
No reply
M:I am asking are you alright
No reply
Now manik was worried and he tried to open the door which was already opened manik went to nandni's room who was sitting on the bed with tears
M:what happened you are fine
When nandni saw manik she hugged him with fear and manik reciprocated realising her fear
They were in eachothers arms for at least 15 minutes after 15 minutes
Nandni opened her eyes and got separate from manik
N:I am fine thanks for coming
Manik make her drink a glass of water
M:you are welcome
Manik was about to leave when nandni holds his hand
Nandni hesitately:ca…can you stay here I am very scared can you please stay here
Manik smile a little and says ok
While in india
It was 10:00 clock when navya was returning from her office when suudenly her car stops
Na:now what is this why this car stopped
And she came out of the car a saw the tyre pucture
Na:uff ab main ghar kesy jaon ji already I am late(now how will I go to home already I am late)
Na:mein ghar call kar ky gari mangwa leti hon(I will call at home and ask the driver to come with car)
But when she saw her phone battery was dead
Navya was standing on the road waiting for any rickshaw or taxi (but i guess god didn't wanted it)
Navya was standing when a car came and stopped beside her it was cabir sitting in the car
C:can I help you
Na:my car has stopped and I have to go home as I am already late
C:sit I will drop you till your home
Navya gave him a smile and sat in the car
They covered a little distance talking with eachother and asking eachother's names when cabir's car stopped
Na:what happened
C:don't know let me check
When cabir saw there was any problem with the car
Na:now how we w'll go home
C:don't know
And suddenly it starts raining
Na:look there is a house
C:but yahan kuon ghar bnaye ga(who will make home here)
Na:aam khao guthlian mat gino(eat mangoes don't count the seeds)
And they both go to that house they rang the bell and an old man opened the door
Old Man:yes
C:sorry to disturb you actually our car has stopped and it is aswell raining outside can we stay here for a night
Old Man:ya sure come inside.
Kavya moments . Priyanka and abhi.manan moments fab4 worried for cabir


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I see that my old friend Peter Davies is to be suspended from the Conservative National Assembly list of candidates. I am sorry to hear this because I have always depended on Peter to stop me from becoming too much of a Conservative soggy 'wet'. It seems his crime was to publicly declare his desire to see the National Assembly abolished.
I suspect that Peter will enjoy launching his 'Save the Newport One ' campaign. It seems that we are all going to have to be very careful what we say or we will be instantly suspended - so I will stop now.


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The schedule for Boston University Genealogy Program alumni meetings for 2015 is listed below. All meetings are held at the New England Historic and Genealogical Society beginning at 9:15 A.M. except where otherwise noted. Special thanks to Liz Loveland, coordinator of the in-person meeting group, for arranging and scheduling the meeting times and for sharing with the group.
January 17
February 28 at 1:15 P.M.
March 28 at 1:15 P.M.
No dates worked for both us & NEHGS for April: Those that are going to NERGC and/or the Mass. Historical Society Conference can have meetups at one or both instead.
May 30
June 20
July 18
August 22
September 26 at 1:15 P.M.
No dates worked for both us & NEHGS for October. Liz will work on organizing a day trip for us in lieu of a meeting.
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|Jimmie Johnson is 8/1 to win All-Star Race Saturday night.
"This race is all about the money – no points on the line. It's usually a crazy night and a fun night where the pit crews get a chance to be in the spotlight more than usual, as well. Last year we were leading on the final restart and our strategy didn't work out. There are a few different rules for this one, so I am sure (No. 48 team crew chief) Chad (Knaus) will come up with something good."
ALL-STAR STATS: According to NASCAR's loop data, Jimmie Johnson has the second-best driver rating in the All-Star Race with a score of 96.5. The driver rating is a formula that combines wins, top-15 finishes, average running position while on the lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, most laps led and lead-lap finishes. The maximum a driver can earn in each race is 150 points.
FOUR TIMES AN ALL-STAR: Johnson has won the storied All-Star Race a record four times. His first win came in 2003 when the race was called "The Winston." He won again in 2006 before earning back-to-back wins in 2012 and 2013. Last year at the event, Johnson and No. 48 team crew chief Chad Knaus tried strategy to win but ultimately finished 12th.
ALL -STAR INDICATOR?: Johnson is one of only two drivers to have ever won consecutive All-Star events, joining Davey Allison with the accolade. He is also one of just five drivers who have won the All-Star Race and the NASCAR Cup Series championship in the same year.
BACK-TO-BACK WINNERS: Johnson is one of seven drivers to have accomplished the feat of winning the All-Star Race and going on to win the 600-mile event at Charlotte Motor Speedway the following weekend. Johnson won the 2003 All-Star race and backed it up with his first win in the 600 the very next weekend.
RON MALEC PRESENTED WITH BRIAN LUNNISS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Mechanix Wear recently announced No. 48 team car chief Ron Malec is the 2017 recipient of the Brian Lunniss Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given to mechanics in motor sports who demonstrate remarkable achievements during their career. The inaugural award in 2016 was given to Lunniss himself, making Malec the first person to take home the honor other than the award's namesake. For more information, click here.
CLIMBING MT. MITCHELL: On Monday morning, Johnson and a few others from the NASCAR garage cycling community participated in the "Assault on Mt. Mitchell" race. Johnson completed the 102.7-mile cycling event that started in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and finished at Mt. Mitchell in 6:01:36 – besting his time from last year by almost 29 minutes. The elevation gain was 11,492 feet and Johnson took to Twitter afterwards thanking the race coordinators for such a "challenge." He placed 30th overall out of 531 cyclists.


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A summer-like sunset in December
And who would have guessed that the Philadelphia Eagles would beat the Dallas Cowboys by a score of 44-6 to make it to the playoffs on the same day? A season of surprises, indeed!
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Happy New Year to all! See you next year!


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Sunday Supper: Boursin Stuffed Chicken, Roasted Brussels Sprouts & Mashed Sweet Potatoes
I love Sundays, mostly because I have lots of time. One thing I like to do with that time is cook, since it's rare that I cook much of anything that doesn't come out of a box on weeknights.
Tonight my sister came over for dinner and I prepared a yummy chicken dinner for the three of us which included Boursin Chicken, Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Mashed Sweet Potatoes.
I have made the chicken recipe once before, and it comes from a cookbook that was a wedding gift from my aunt, Meet Us in the Kitchen: A Collection of Recipes and Stories from the Junior League of St. Louis.
To make the Boursin Chicken, you'll need:
5 ounces boursin cheese with herbs and garlic, softened
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 cup shredded carrots
1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley; divided into 2 tablespoon parts each (I used dry; thus, I use less)
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/3 cup dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons butter, melted
4 wooden skewers or picks
First, combine the cheese, flour, carrots, walnuts and 2 tablespoons parsley in a bowl and blend well.
Pound each chicken breast into a 5 1/2-inch square. Place 1/4 of cheese mixture on each square. Fold in the sides and roll up; secure with wooden skewers or picks.
Next, mix the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and 2 tablespoons parsley in a shallow dish.
Brush the chicken roll-ups with melted butter. Roll in the bread crumb mixture.
Place on a wire rack in an 8X8-inch backing pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
I paired the chicken with Roasted Brussels Sprouts. (Hey, don't knock 'em till you try them!) I know that for most, Brussels sprouts conjure up unpleasant thoughts, and I'll admit this was my first time making these as well but they turned out VERY good and are very simple to make.
All you need is:
1 1/2 pounds Brussels sprouts (I halved this since I was cooking for 3, instead of 6.)
3 tablespoons of good olive oil
kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
Preheat Oven to 400 degrees. Then, cut off the brown end of the sprouts, pull off any yellow, outer leaves and then cut each sprout in half (note: recipe calls for whole but most reviews prefer halves to get crispier sprouts. It's your call. Since I was roasting them along with baking chicken, I kept them in the full 40 minutes but only had the oven at 350).
Mix them in a bowl with olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.
Pour them on to a metal sheet pan and roast for 35-40 minutes (note: watch carefully your may desire a shorter cooking time.) Shake the pan from time to time to brown the sprout evenly.
I also added some Mashed Sweet Potatoes to the mix, loosely following a Paula Dean recipe and adding a few tricks of my own. I decreased the recipe due to only serving a few for dinner tonight, so here is the recipe as I did it.
You'll need:
3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons honey (or more to taste, if you prefer sweeter)
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I freshly ground mine from sticks!)
kosher salt to taste
My own addition: Add about 5 dashes of very good, aged balsamic vinegar (we brought ours back from Italy and I could literally eat it like candy.)
Add the potatoes to a dutch oven and cover with water.
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 8 to 10 minutes, drain well. Return the potatoes to the dutch oven, and add the butter, honey, balsamic vinegar, cinnamon and salt. You could, beat at low speed with an electric mixer until smooth or I prefer to go at it with an old-school masher or pastry blender. Serve hot!
Served together, this makes for a colorful fall plate and a scrumptious Sunday Supper.
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Because I live in the middle of the polar vortex, I have forgotten my love for cold sub sandwiches. The temperatures have been unforgiving, and it's a miracle when the thermometer goes up past zero. Not including windchill. We're desperate here. I don't eat cold foods often these days, for fear that in my constant state of borderline hypothermia, a cold pasta salad or deli meat sandwich may just do me in.
But today, today was different. It was 14 degrees Fahrenheit. I didn't need a hat, and on my way to my car after work I passed by a Jimmy John's and knew it was time to have a sandwich. Not just any sandwich, not some wheat bread slice-whole grain sandwich, but a sub sandwich. Using bread with the heel of the loaf still intact.
I'm a minimalist, I love a classic turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato, a few other veg and mayo. The mayo and the tomato are a must. Why? Because as you are eating the sandwich, it is a delicious experience... then finally there is the end piece.
There it is, the heel of the loaf, the hard, crispy crusted end now slightly softened and soaked with the oozing juice from the tomato and mayo. All the condiments from your sandwich have been pushed down to the last part of your sandwich.
The last bite is crispy, creamy, tart, and all yours. There might be a bit of meat and lettuce left at the end, but it's always best if all that remains is mayo and crust.
...and it's the only way to eat mayo and bread in a sociably acceptable manner.


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I haven't forgotten about my blog... just been very busy in the garden. I will post pics when it is completely finished. Rain isn't helping me along..
Julen...I only have pics of Doux des Landes from last year. As soon as my new Basque peppers are done growing I will take photos for you. (I know you don't call them Basque peppers hahaha).
Website is being worked on by my new awesome designer. Woot! Up in October.
Hope the growing is going well for everyone else. I can't wait to have my first garden tomato of the year.
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More on Goodstein
Newsweek Interview with David Goodstein.
The interviewer skillfully asks "You write that the crisis doesn't happen when we run out of oil, it happens when we reach the peak, the halfway point. Explain that."
This salient point will remain the most confusing notion to the layman.
To most people, a half-way point equates to a mid-life crisis, as in "So, deal with it and get on with your life".
Unfortunately, this kind of mid-life crisis may lead to a precipitous fall and not a cozy retirement.


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Nov 25, 2014
Here's a sentence I didn't expect to make today: this free-to-play foosball simulator is a lot of fun. If someone is too young to remember what this is, and/or have never watched Friends, foosball is a table version of soccer, in which the players stand on the opposite sides of a specially crafted table, crossed by several parallel rods with dummy players on them. The players rotate the sticks with the dummies in order to hit the ball into the opponent's gates. Although the game looks weird at first, it's pretty fun, so Foosball Cup World simply needed to accurately transport the field into digital world, add a proper physical simulation for the ball, a couple of options for variety of gameplay, and not screw it up with useless free-to-play restrictions. And thankfully, it coped with the task almost perfectly. Besides the small ads and a long time it takes to get comfortable with the controls, the game is exactly what I'd expect to see from a mobile foosball game – if I ever did expect to see one.
There are several game modes in Foosball Cup World. There's the quick match, where the player plays against an AI, in any battlefield and by any rules he wants. There's the challenge mode, providing about a couple dozens of challenges, in which the player has to test his skills. The challenges reward the player with special points that can be spent on purchasing new tables, players, or balls that have different behavior. There's not a whole lot, but it's enough to keep the game fresh for quite a while. If the challenge is failed, it can be tried again after a couple of minutes. Another mode is the tournament, where the player has to win in a series of matches to gain special prizes. Finally, there's the World League which is the most difficult mode, in which the player has to win against all other countries. The tournament and world league aren't available from the start and have to be unlocked. Finally, there's the two player mode, in which two players can play on the single device against each other, quite in the spirit of original foosball.
Overall, it's the best recreation of foosball on the platform – at least because it's, likely, the only one in existence. If you're a fan of foosball, nothing should stop you from enjoying it, and if you're not – it's still a fun and challenging little arcade to kill some time.


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but not today. Hopefully this week.
Remember the blow tube? Found a piece of pvc tubing that just barely fits the chamber, so you can feel when it reaches the throat. One blow tube without sacrificing a case. Should work well(yes, I'm cheap; I may still buy one of the commercial tubes, depending on how this works).
In the meantime, I've been watching a bunch of people absolutely lose their shit over the 'muslim ban' order. Which is a bit entertaining, but also annoying. More so because I'll bet that a bunch of the people screaming had no problem with Obama letting muslim refugees in without proper vetting, but agreed with them not letting Yazidi and Christian refugees in.
NBC's Chuck Todd confessed that he and others in the mainstream news media played down just how despised Hillary Clinton was in the heartland due to the fear of appearing "sexist."
What's more, he admitted, the mainstream media failed to "tell the stories of all Americans."
Yeah. 'failed to tell the stories'. When you actively ignore and insult people it's not 'failing to tell their story', Todd, it's 'crapping on them for not having the proper beliefs'.
Yeah, they really screwed up. In more ways than one.
Of perhaps more significant interest, however, is the fact that
Keilar and CNN were forced to put the March for Life on the same
political footing as the Women's March on Washington. Equally surprising
is the fact that the Women's March on Washington is already being described as a "liberal women's march" even by an outlet such as CNN.
Instead of being a nonpartisan protest by all women against the tyranny
of Trump, all the work and effort put into the Women's March has been
relegated, in the space of less than a week, to a partisan liberal
protest that was most prominently associated with Planned Parenthood.
All of the supposed moral authority of an entire gender has been wiped
aside in favor of a frank and honest acknowledgement that the marchers
were merely liberals who were super unhappy with how the election turned
The organizers of the Women's March have no one to blame but themselves for this. As we covered extensively here at TheBlaze, pro-life groups who were opposed to Trump were
publicly disinvited from partnership with the Women's March. Get it?
Being opposed to Trump was declared to be publicly insufficient, and
adherence to all aspects of liberal orthodoxy was made a point of
participation even in protest against Trump. Meanwhile, "sex workers"
were happily invited to a prominent place on the dais.
Partly so I don't lose the links, a couple of "Bullshit!" calls on the 'Trump hates muslims!' noise.
Terra Incognita
Legal Insurrection
From Mr. Torgerson, on the left asking for help:
"We know who you are, tonight we will know your faces," the email threatened those who planned to hear the controversial alt-right provocateur. "The identities of attendees will be released to the public on a list of known Neo-Nazi sympathizers. We do not tolerate fascists."
Correction: you don't tolerate OTHER fascists. Or anyone who won't bow down to your desires.
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It turns out, I am an AWFUL judge of people at first meet. And poker faces, I guess.
I thought that interview last week went great - both of the people I met with told me I would be coming back for a second interview with the COO this week.
I got - hopeful - I even bought some new work clothes.
I had a great weekend, and even hummed my way through my Monday morning chores.
I got to Starbucks, turned on the laptop and sent an email off to the agency to follow up on the second interview.
And then I got the response.
The company had changed their minds. They twisted one of my answers (on a "your strengths" question) into my weakness and said that was exactly what they were not looking for.
They said that I said that I am NOT a multi-tasker!
I am THE multi-tasker! My entire "me pitch" is all about me being a multi-tasker!
I guess I really don't want to work for a place that would twist my words to make me look bad, but I was SO SURE this was happening.
Of course, I got this email in Starbucks, where I started crying and had to go home and crawl under the blankets and cry for the afternoon.
I spent the better part of this morning looking for health insurance. I'm sick to my stomach over that.
I am so sad. I am so tired. I don't know how much more of this I can take.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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- May 7, 2014 at 3:00 PM
- Jennifer said...
I don't know why I clicked on your blog link, since I see what you're up to on FB, and chat with you in person, but I was thinking... this post was just over a year ago! You should do one more so all can see that you ended up in a great spot!
- May 14, 2015 at 12:24 PM
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Full of emotion and suspense, Crooked River is an inventive and atmospheric story about family and friendship, good and evil, secrets and lies, grief and forgiveness
"Where should I start? With Mom's funeral? Or a week earlier on the Fourth of July, the day she died? Or should I skip all that stuff and get straight to the part where Ollie and I just wanted to go swimming and pretend our lives were ordinary again, but when we got down to the river we found another dead woman instead?"
Still grieving over the sudden death of their mother, fifteen-year-old Sam McAlister and her ten-year-old sister, Ollie, move from the comforts of Eugene to rural Oregon to live in a meadow in a teepee under the stars with Bear, their reclusive beekeeper father. But soon after they arrive in Terrebone, a young woman is found dead floating in Crooked River and the police arrest their eccentric father for the murder.
"He is not evil. I am not good.
We are the same: broken and put back together again."
Sam knows that Bear is not a killer, even though the evidence points to his guilt--including information that she and Ollie have uncovered. Filled with remorse and refusing to accept that her father could have hurt anyone, Sam embarks on a desperate hunt to save him and keep her damaged family together. They had mysteriously lost Bear once before and Sam is terrified they will lose him again. Only this time they won't ever get him back. She needs Ollie to help her, but Ollie has not spoken a word since their mother's death.
"I see things no one else does.
I see them there and wish I didn't. I want to tell and I can't."
Ollie, too, knows that Bear is innocent. The Shimmering have told her so. One followed her home from her mom's funeral and continues to hover, a spectrum of colors--pink and rose red, sky blue and honey gold. Now another, coiled and hissing, is following Sam. Both spirits warn Ollie: the real killer is out there, waiting. Somehow, she must warn her sister. But Ollie worries that if she tries to speak--even to write--the Shimmering will slip inside her, take control, and never leave.
Sam and Ollie must find the truth quickly--a search that will lead them to unexpected secrets and terrible lies--because the danger is closer to them than either girl knows.
Told in Sam's and Ollie's vibrant voices, Crooked River is a family story, a coming-of-age story, a ghost story, and a psychological mystery as haunting as the best Southern gothic fiction that will touch your heart and grip you until the final page.
Read an Excerpt HERE.
Read an interview with the author HERE.
Read a Q&A with the author HERE.
Praise for the book:
"Rhythmic, gripping, and raw. Just try to put it down." ~Skyline Book Reviews
"As much a coming-of-age novel as it is a well-paced mystery." ~Shelf Awareness
"A whodunit peppered with supernatural ghost talk…Geary is a solid writer." ~Kirkus Reviews
"A serious page-turner … a journey well worth taking." ~ Coot's Reviews
"A swift and beguiling read." ~BookPage


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Here are some of my favorite things from the past week:
Our new niece, Aubrey, was born on Tuesday morning!!! When Ben got home from work we took a snowy drive to the hospital to see her.
We went out for Mexican food afterward which was a treat since we rarely eat out during the week. And we took some back to the hospital for my sis and her husband. :)
We went out for Mexican food afterward which was a treat since we rarely eat out during the week. And we took some back to the hospital for my sis and her husband. :)
Helping Ben lay-out our next Bible study lesson. The main idea is that as Christians we are married to Christ and there are many blessings that come from that. It has been really cool to see the way that earthly marriage reflects these blessings/benefits.
Our dear, long-time friends, Brittany and John-David, were blessed with a baby boy! Their adoption story has been incredible, and it has been a privilege to pray for them and see God's work.
Getting a gym membership! I have not had one in a couple of years, and I am so excited. We all went one evening, and the kids loved the childcare room! (Happy mommy dance.) I did part of Sarah's interval workout (again) and some extra leg stuff. Ben even ran beside me for a little while.
Good reads from the blog world:
Mmmisformommy's crockpot ribs recipe which I'm making tonight. Reviews are rave so they better be good.
We're having friends over for dinner tonight (that's why the ribs better be good). I am running 10 miles in the morning for marathon training, and we are going to try to get together with my sister's family tomorrow afternoon/evening so the "big kids" can play.
I am most excited about the getaway that Ben and I leaving for after church Sunday morning to go skiing in West Virginia.
Have an awesome weekend!
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As always, it has been a busy week for reality news, filled with crazy drama. Is Brandi Glanville drinking and drugging on Celebrity Apprentice? She says no – and probably a STFU or two.
In other news, Taylor Armstrong gushes over new hubby John Bluher, and Bravo announces new seasons of Vanderpump Rules, Below Deck, Don't Be Tardy, and more. More photos, recaps, and reality TV news:
NeNe Leakes and Derek Hough on DWTS
Real Housewives meets Wrestlemania
Behind the scenes of Celebrity Apprentice
Kim Zolciak shows off her beautiful family
Gretchen Rossi, Courtney Stodden, & more
Aviva faces her biggest fear on RHONY
Kail welcomes baby #2 on Teen Mom 2
Season premiere of Married to Medicine
Porsha flakes out on Kandi on RHOA
T-Rav's dinner party on Southern Charm
In Memory of Mrs. Miller on Dance Moms
Mama Joyce talks Kandi and Todd's wedding
RHOA cast – minus one – threatens to quit?
Quad's take on Married to Medicine premiere
Lea Black denies RHOM has been canceled
Joe Francis and Abbey Wilson expecting twins
New Seasons: Tamar & Vince and Kendra On Top
Update on Joe and Teresa Giudice's bankruptcy
Did Draya Michele quit Basketball Wives L.A.?
Kyle Richards' thoughts on next season of RHOBH
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Don't get me wrong, I have plenty that I could do. In fact, I counted 32 things scrawled on my little notebook that MUST be done in the next 24 hours. There is no shortage of things to do, especially now in the week approaching Christmas. I find myself invigorated by the excitement of the holiday very reminiscent of the feelings I had as a child. The buzz is palpable. As I unpack the boxes of decorations, gently freeing pieces of porcelain and thinly blown glass from the tissue paper that has held them captive for 12 months, it is like I am reacquainted with old friends and memories. Christmas seems to be where the past and the future overlap for me this year: memories, expectations from this year as well as years further in the past coming to meet the anticipation and expansiveness of a new year. Perhaps that is why Christmas can be such a beautifully volatile and energetic time; perhaps that is why it can also be an intensely peaceful time.
Amongst my favorite readings is Shel Silverstein's book "Where the Sidewalk Ends". It is a collection of poems created by a master who eloquently weaves the darkness into the light, the madness into the joy and the excitement into the fear. Just upon reading the title, I am aware of an illogical concern... 'What? I didn't know the sidewalk was going to end! Where will I walk? What if I get hit by a car? What the hell am I going to do now?" I think what I love about Shel's book title is that he invites us to move beyond the question into the exploration of what is beyond the last paving stone of our familiar and stable sidewalks. For me, is as if someone is saying "It is OK, there is something wonderful just past the concrete, take my hand and I will show you".
So it would seem to me that the sidewalk is ending as we approach the final days of this calendar year. Though I have some ideas as to what I would like to see beyond the parallel forms of carefully laid curbs, I don't really have a clue as to what really awaits me. Perhaps the ground is softer and will sink with my weight, or maybe the grass is unruly and grows with disdain. I think the wind will shift slightly and the light will be different. I expect there will be parts that I will not like one bit, but I am almost certain that other parts out past the sidewalk will light my heart up like a firecracker!
I wonder what you see beyond the sidewalk? I wonder if you might be willing to look past the illogical fear and explore with me and tell me what you see, what you smell, what you can feel beneath your feet.
Maybe these are the stories that will be shared amongst our children as they read to their children. Perhaps our willingness to step beyond our own sidewalks, even though we have no idea what the hell we are going to do next, will pave the way for generations to come.


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I have to show off my kids and their homemade Halloween costumes:
A creative word exercise:
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Thanks for coming, see you all next week!
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Gulliver's Travels
how did guliver reach the flotig island
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Gulliver was drawn up and onto the island with the use of pulleys.
They made signs for me to come down from the rock, and go towards the shore, which I accordingly did; and the flying island being raised to a convenient height, the verge directly over me, a chain was let down from the lowest gallery, with a seat fastened to the bottom, to which I fixed myself, and was drawn up by pulleys.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
One for One + Obama
At an all day meeting with senior leadership from the Obama administration, along with a group of the top young business leaders in America, to present tangible solutions and ideas re: economic policies. What an unreal opportunity!
Labels: blake mycoskie, Obama, washington dc
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Blake thats fantastic! I know wonderful things will come from this!
- March 6, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- sylvia said...
Love you Blake your fantastic!!
- March 6, 2009 at 1:32 PM
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A few weeks ago I got an email from a reader, requesting help with her inspiration board. Her primary colors will be yellow and gray but she also wanted to incorporate pops of blue. I would have never thought of this combo myself but I really like it! What do you think?
{Ring Pillow from Bklyn Pillow, Gray dress from jcrew, Yellow dress from Swoon, Flowers from Paloma Images via Southern Weddings, Groomsmen from Julie Afflerbaugh Photography via Style Me Pretty, Cake from Joy Thigpen via Oncewed, Shoes from Patricia Lyons, Bouquet from One Love Photo, Couple from Our Labor of Love via Oncewed}
Inspiration Board: Yellow, Gray and Blue
Posted by Darci on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Labels: Blue, Color Palettes, Grey, Inspiration Boards, Yellow
3 comments:
- Amanda B. Young said...
Gorgeous! Though, you can't really go wrong with gray and yellow, I think.
- November 10, 2009
- {The Perfect Palette} said...
pretty palette.
- November 15, 2009
for some reason, I just don't like yellow and white together...
- December 28, 2009
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Ennerdale Work Party 28/06/11
On Tuesday we had another work party and the plan was to do some more repair work on the Lisa path but first we had to clear a tree that had got stuck under Irish bridge. The tree had blocked the flow under the bridge and had created 2 channels that were undercutting the river bed. As you can see from the picture it had created an island of gravel.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Lisa & Stuart's Wedding Day
Last Saturday we were at Lisa & Stuarts wedding. This is us all dressed up at Karen's parents house before we left. We met up with Stuart & some of the wedding party at The Chequers in Cassington
The Groom
Stuart & his best man Craig
Lisa arrives with her Dad & maid of honour Tracey behind her
And they are married
With the registrar
Showered with confetti as they leave the service
A few drinks were had as a rain shower passed over before heading out for the photographs
The wedding car
With the best man, paige boy & maid of honour
And with both sets of parents
With Stuarts parents
Lisa & her mum
With Stuarts family
Karen & Lisa
The Kilts
Trying unsuccessfully to "flash" for the camera
Lisa & Stuart then head off home to have some pictures taken with Katie. We also followed as we had to drop our overnight bag off as we were staying at their house that night
Katie initially reluctant to be photographed
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I want to grab my head and moan just looking at the heading I put there.
I believe fantasy is actually very difficult to write. There are people who disagree with me. They believe that fantasy is an easy genre because you can "just make it all up." But these people don't understand what makes a good fantasy story. In writing escapist fiction of any kind, you need to write a world that makes sense--that doesn't give the reader red flags that it is imaginary. It needs to seem real, and so there are rules. When you write historical fiction, those rules center around research. You figure out what is authentic, and you work hard to figure out what is not. You do your very best to include authentic details and social structures and landscapes and towns, and characters whose speech never contain jarring modernisms. For instance, if you're writing in 1850, you should probably avoid analogies or metaphors that involve electricity like, "the shock ran up and down his spine." (that's kind of a lame metaphor anyway.)
In Fantasy, you are creating all the rules. You don't have real things to go back and refer to. You're making everything up, which means you have to think hard about every application of those rules in characters' speech, actions and abilities. In their environment. In the way people and whole, made-up societies or perhaps even civilizations or galaxies of people interact with each other and their environment.
You have to think everything through in excruciating detail, and there's a much higher probability that you can give a reader a "red flag" or create a plot-hole or inconsistency to make your entire story seem improbable. Those "How it Should Have Ended" youtube videos point out problems like this in movies we have all watched. The suspension of disbelief needed to create a good fantasy story requires a lot of planning and thinking and creating. We call this World Building.
There are a lot of articles and essays on this subject. Fantasy writers work hard at world building, and so it's natural that when we start to write our story, we get caught up in our world and forget that the entire point of a book is plot. And characters. Characters, though, aren't enough to make a story worth reading--plot is essential. The world you build is very important, but if you get too involved in description at the beginning of your fantasy story, you slooooow dooooown the plot. To the point where the reader (unless they are a very seasoned reader of fantasy or are willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and skip paragraphs) will set your book aside. Yes, they love being caught up in a world. But they need movement. They need a current that takes them through the world and makes it exciting and gripping.
How do you manage to include enough detail to describe this world, its magic elements, its alien social structures and landscapes and also (like with any other story) characters and backstory, but still hook the reader at the beginning and keep things moving fast?
H. G. Wells is fantastic at this. If you read one of his stories (the Time Machine is a good example), you finish it feeling like you've just read a 500 page Science Fiction novel. You're completely shocked when you realize the story you've read, the world you've experienced with all the characters and action and social commentary and alien lifeforms and those poignant, aching moments came about in the course of around 100 pages. It is pretty mind-boggling.
So how does he do it? How can you do it?
My friend read the first three chapters of the fantasy manuscript I am working on right now and reminded me of the answer (and gave me a name for it when I didn't have one before, though I knew the general principle): subtext.
In general terms, subtext usually refers to messages sent, and inferences made, that aren't actually explicitly stated. For instance, in dialog, the way a phrase is worded can make a character seem bored, or angry, or impatient, or however they are, without the author saying "such and such character was bored" or using the ever-popular (and-overused) descriptive-tags-method: e.g. "she said boredly." (not a word, btw.)
In fantasy, the subtext is also your world. For instance: (I'm using examples from my own story. Sorry)
Shem breezed in and took off her coat.
"You smell like the sea," Madiglen said, handing Shem the porridge pot and a ladel. "You look like it, too."
Shem began ladeling portions into a dozen bowls, adding cream jasmine honey on to each. "I know. It's the hair. Like a hurricaine."
"A lovely hurricaine," Madgilen agreed, and placed a hand on top of her cloud of curls. "Are you feeling good about tonight?"
"I've put it off three months already. I'd better feel good about it," Shem replied. "We are due for a superior moon this month, so there won't be a better time."
"It will help, but your confidence will make the biggest difference. Remember that."
Shem sighed and ducked out from under her hand.
"Just make sure you don't skip any chakras. I'd suggest three meditations, and don't indulge in any heavy foods today."
This scene occurs on the first page of my story, when I should be doing some pretty intense world building. But see how I'm not taking time to explain about the chakras; I just mention them casually the way anybody living in this world would. SO the reader infers that Shem and Madgilen are involved somehow in some kind of meditative practice--something I could have explained, but didn't. We also realize from this paragraph that they live by the sea, they live humbly, there are about a dozen people living there. We know Shem has unkempt curly hair. We also learn some things about her relationship with the convent mother--it is a lot like a mother and daughter. We know something is about to happen, and that Shem has put it off, and therefore, must be nervous about it, and that it will happen tonight. I didn't have to explain any of this; I just had the characters act it out and pay attention to small, relevant details.
Subtext means you let the world come into focus for your reader through the everyday actions, dialog and (very small) observations of the main characters. (Too much observation is the same thing as over-explanation by the writer, only filtered through the main character.)
It is very tempting, when writing fantasy, to explain a whole bunch up front, sort of the way a playwright gives "Setting" at the beginning of a play, but you cannot do that as a storyteller. Those scene-setting descriptions are for professionals doing a job. The reader just wants to escape; they don't want to have to do all the work of imagining a bunch of things up front and then remembering those things for the rest of the story. And they will struggle to remember if these things aren't interwoven and significant to the plot.
Let's say you walk into a room. You could either:
a) pause in the doorway and categorize every detail in the room, then walk in and sit down.
b) walk into the room, gaining an overall impression as you enter it, then observe details as you walk: the ground under your feet, the chair as you sit in it, the table in front of you after you sit and it comes into view.
The first example is like info-dump--giving the reader every detail about something before things happen and details become relevant. In the second example, details come into focus *as* they become relevant. You notice a floor you're walking on because you don't want to trip. You notice a chair you're about to sit in because you need to make sure it's something you can sit in--not broken, or fragile or covered with valuable antique embroidery, for instance. You notice a table in front of you because it's right there.
In fact, maybe you choose between two different chairs in the room as you walk in, and that choice says something about you. If you write it that way, that's three birds you've killed: action, scene setting and character development.
Only someone like like Sherlock Holmes could walk in a doorway and make a bunch of detailed, random observations in rapid-fire succession, then file these away in his perfect memory-bank for future reference as action commences. Your reader is not Sherlock Holmes. Generally speaking, readers, like writers, are pretty much normal people with normal memories and average ability to focus. Most of us need details slow-fed to us, and we won't remember many of them unless they're made relevant through connecting them to something important--i.e. plot and character development.
Most of us need our details half-chewed for us through subtext. And it's a fun skill to develop. Think how tricky you are, fitting a dozen details into a paragraph, with the reader none the wiser they've just been info-dumped on. We're sly, skilled creatures, us fantasy writers.


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I needed to find some things to do to help me start relaxing and wind down a little before the wedding, so yesterday i made these lovely rose rings.....they were so easy and fun to make and i'd even sold one by the end of the day.Other than that "wading through treacle" is how i'd describe events here these last few days. As if weddings aren't stressful enough to organise we had the misfortune to have to have had the most apathetic person to deal with as regards the booking and organising of the reception venue. With less than four weeks to go i simply asked her last Monday what time our team of caterers could get into the kitchen on the day, to which she calmly replied that they "couldn't" at least not until "after 12 noon because there was a coffee morning there"!!! strewth...we're getting married at twelve and the reception is due to start at 1.30pm - Instant panic.
Mind you, my living room is sparkly clean now as a result, i tackled it in such a temper....he! he! he!
I won't have time to post anymore before the wedding but i promise you all lots of lovely photos after the event. Thanks so much to all of you who have emailed with your wonderful good wishes for both the day and with your congratulations and lovely comments on my published article in CPS, it's been overwhelming. I had planned a celebratory evening here at Indigo Moon for the CPS publication but, unfortunately, have run out of time, so am planning an exhibition sometime in May, when i'm, hopefully not so hectic.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow and never stop questioning"


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You learn about it from golf aficionados and connoisseurs as you play more and learn more about the game. Duffers know a lot about it. Many from course to course across the country and throughout the world swear by it. Some simply never heard of it.
It is Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf, a timeless classic that speaks beyond sports and offers insights into life itself. Harvey Penick, who began his golfing career as a caddie, shares a variety of life lessons and wisdom for golfers of every level. The book is often referred to as "The Little Red Book" and Penick also wrote The Little Green Book.
I love golf. It frustrates the heck out of me and I always say that I'm done playing- somewhere around the 12th or 13th hole as I stare at my scorecard. Yet, I always return. I keep coming back. I love the challenge of the game.
Businessmen, entrepreneurs and clergy can learn a lot from golf. Many play for fun and others play to relax. Golf teaches us that we don't have it all and that we have to adjust our approach as the conditions around us change. For starters, golf requires us to adjust to awkward hand positions and stances based upon where the ball is located in relation to the hole. Golf teaches us how to evaluate our options and make calculated decisions.
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Huntington may sit this one out
If the Pirates take the ongoing second game of their doubleheader with the Cardinals and increase their NL Central lead to a game-and-a-half and their record to 22 games over .500 — I think Neal Huntington will sit out this Trade Deadline.
Could you blame him?
A year ago, the Bucs were at their 16-games-over-.500 peak at the Deadline, and we know where Huntington's dealing got them thereafter.
If you are the Pirates GM, do you risk making moves with the club again at its season peak of 22 over? Could you even bear the thought of the moves again misfiring?
I think not. If a no-brainer move presents itself, one so obviously advantageous that even having it backfire would not be laid at Huntington's feet, sure. But no such players appear available in the current market.
Otherwise, he will not be in a mood to hazard the club's obvious feel-and-play-good vibes on anything marginal. And any criticism of that would be unfair.
When you own the best record in the Major Leagues, "status quo" does take on a different meaning.
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Where is a right fielder. Where is extra help on bench. I think this is the same old pirates. Just waiting for the collapse. It will happen.
I'm wondering whether the Pirates should pick Jason Bay up from the scrap heap. He's obviously not a good player or an everyday starter anymore, but there's some life left and the Pirates really lack a pinch-hitter with power.
Neil Walker,,,,,,,,,,this kid has no business hitting from the right side,,,simply because he can't. Stick to what got you here. Alverez , is a work in progress to say the least. Raw and inconsistent. Loads of power


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I promised a friend I'd start posting recipes more often... that was at least two months ago. So I'm going to try to start posting simple recipes from my phone as I make them.
About six months ago, I joined Weight Watchers Online (lost 20+ lbs and counting!); so now most of my cooking is veggie heavy and low on fat. The plan allows you to eat unlimited fruits and vegetables so I've found some ways to make delicious vegetables with little else added.
Tonight I made some carrots. I added some spices, a little Splenda brown sugar, and some olive oil spray. Then I roasted them, because roasted veggies are yummy.
Here's an approximation of the recipe:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Peel and cut a bag of carrots (1 lb I think) into 1-inch chunks.
In a bowl, spray carrots with cooking spray; I used olive oil spray. Use just enough to lightly coat.
Sprinkle with (approximate measurements) 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg, 1 tsp dry ground ginger, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, and 2 tsp Splenda brown sugar.
Toss to coat evenly.
Turn out into a cookie sheet (I roast all my veggies in a Pampered Chef stoneware roasting pan).
Cook for 50-60 min or until nicely browned, stirring occasionally.
Enjoy! I ate the whole batch for dinner, so maybe make more if you have a WW member on hand.
June 12, 2012
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GOOGLE TRANSLATION - Transfer in England: Sports Media Communication Event
Thursday, June 16, 2011 19:27
". Parma 16 June 2011 - With regard to what appeared today at the Queens Park Rangers FC Parma states that the organization of the trip to England and its friendly, as the withdrawal of Levico, is run by the Sports Media Event which states the following: "It has failed the will of the English club to play a friendly in London on 5 August next with Parma. They are, however, problems arose concerning the availability date for the Loftus Road stadium. It is therefore trying to find an alternative location in order to allow the disputing of 'meeting if the issues on the installation of QPR do not resolve in time. It will, however, concern the Sport Event Media should liaise with the London club to communicate as soon as the solution ".
Parma Official SIte - Trasferta in Inghilterra: comunicazione Sport Media Event
Giovedì 16 Giugno 2011 19:27
Parma 16 giugno 2011 - In merito a quanto apparso in data odierna sul sito del Queens Park Rangers, il Parma fc precisa che l'organizzazione della trasferta in Inghilterra e delle relative amichevoli, come per il ritiro di Levico, è curata dalla Sport Media Event che comunica quanto segue: "Non è venuta meno la volontà del club inglese di disputare l'amichevole di Londra del 5 agosto prossimo con il Parma. Sono però emerse problematiche relative alla disponibilità per quella data dello stadio Loftus Road. Si sta pertanto cercando di trovare una sede alternativa al fine di consentire il disputarsi dell' incontro se le problematiche relative all'impianto del QPR non dovessero risolversi in tempo utile. Sarà comunque premura della Sport Media Event che tiene i contatti con il club londinese comunicare quanto prima la soluzione adottata Parma
QPR Official Site - NO PARMA FRIENDLY AT LOFTUS ROAD
Thu 16 Jun 2011
- The Club is aware that various sources have announced that the R's will play host to Parma in a pre-season friendly in early August.
- However, we can confirm that no friendly against the Italian Club will be taking place at Loftus Road.
- As always, we would encourage supporters to note that no QPR news is official until it appears on www.qpr.co.uk, or via our other social networking platforms.
- Further details with regards to our pre-season preparations will be announced in due course.
Jacob Murtagh/Fulham Chronicle - Parma axe QPR friendly
- PARMA have pulled the plug on their pre-season friendly with QPR – leaving the R's in a desperate search for a top-class replacement.
-Rangers were due to host the Italian side at Loftus Road on August 6 – just seven days before the start of the new season.
- So far, QPR have arranged friendlies with non-league trio Harrow Borough, Tavistock and Bodmin Town, with the most high-profile being trips to League Two Plymouth Argyle and Crawley.
- To make matters worse for boss Neil Warnock, any chance of facing a Championship opponent instead has been dashed as their campaign gets underway a week earlier.
- That leaves the hoops desperately trying to line up another foreign side in a bid to get a proper run-out ahead of their Premier League return. Fulham Chronicle
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Goal.com - EXCLUSIVE By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent
QPR line up moves to sign Tottenham defender Kyle Naughton and Chelsea's Ryan Bertrand
Newly promoted Premier League club also target free agent Jay Bothroyd, Blackpool's DJ Campbell and Hull's Jimmy Bullard as Neil Warnock begins summer shopping spree
17 Jun 2011 08:07:00
Queens Park Rangers are in talks to sign Tottenham and Chelsea's youthful full-backs Kyle Naughton and Ryan Bertrand, Goal.com can reveal.
Manager Neil Warnock has identified the England Under-21 internationals as two of his principal targets as he prepares to beef up his squad ahead of QPR's return to the Premier League.
Warnock is also lining up moves for free agent Jay Bothroyd, Blackpool's DJ Campbell and Hull City midfielder Jimmy Bullard.
Goal.com understands that the QPR manager will have a summer kitty of between £10 million and £15m to bring in new blood.
He has identified right-back, left-back, central midfield and centre forward as the key positions that require improving.
Rangers have enquired about taking Naughton, who came through the ranks at Sheffield United and was on the verge of making the first team when Warnock was manager, on a season-long loan. The newly promoted club also want first option on a £4m deal to sign the right-back if they stay up in the Premier League.
Spurs are willing to allow Naughton to go out on loan again following spells at Middlesbrough and Leicester City as there will be fierce competition for the right-back position at White Hart Lane next season, with Kyle Walker strongly tipped to establish himself as first choice ahead of Vedran Corluka and Younes Kaboul. Alan Hutton, who is a target for Aston Villa, Fulham and Sunderland, is expected to leave the club.
Bertrand, who has figured in England's two Under-21 matches in the European Championships in Denmark, is highly regarded at Stamford Bridge but is behind Ashley Cole and Yuri Zhirkov in the pecking order.
QPR would rather buy the left-back than loan him as Premier League clubs are allowed to loan only two UK-based players per season. The Loftus Road club are preparing a £1.5m move for Bertrand, who has admitted he could be forced to leave Chelsea to get first-team football.
Rangers face a battle with Everton to land recently-capped England striker Bothroyd, who is available for free following his departure from Cardiff City.
Warnock is a long-time admirer of the 28-year-old and believes that the carrot of leading the line every week for a Premier League club and the attraction of returning to London will outweigh the possibility of marginally higher wages at Goodison Park.
DJ Campbell is also a target – in addition to and not instead of Bothroyd – and Rangers believe they can snare the Blackpool man for £1m. West Ham are interested but the striker has let potential suitors know that he would rather stay in the top flight.
Bullard, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Ipswich Town, is also highly regarded by Warnock and available for free even though he cost Hull a club-record £5m and has two years left on his contract.
The Tigers are keen to get Bullard, who is said to earn £45,000-a-week, off their wage bill and are willing to forsake a transfer fee to do so.
Rangers would only be able to afford half of what Bullard earns at Hull but want to make him a pivotal member of their midfield.
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