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Angela Pandit was just finishing her freshman year in high school when she became sick with a bad cold. This wasn't a typical infection. All her joints started to swell and flare up. Her wrist was swollen, and she experienced jaw pain. Her symptoms were so bad that she had to stop participating in her swim team's events. As symptoms persisted, it became apparent something serious was going on. Following a consultation with a pediatric rheumatologist, Angela was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
"This whole diagnosis was nerve-racking for me and my wife," said Arvind Pandit, Angela's dad. "I was in a state of denial. I said, 'This can't happen to Angela.' Even doctors initially were not thinking juvenile arthritis."
If not treated early, juvenile arthritis can be aggressive and lead to deformity and disability. Medications tend to compromise the immune system and the ability to fight normal diseases, leaving children vulnerable to complications affecting eyesight and bone growth. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says juvenile arthritis affects children of all ages and ethnic backgrounds, and about 294,000 American kids under 18 have arthritis or other rheumatic conditions. Many take the disease into adulthood.
Angela and her parents sought specialists who could determine the best treatment. L. Nandini Moorthy, assistant professor of pediatrics and chief, division of pediatric rheumatology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, was at the top of the list.
"Angela came to me after she had been experiencing symptoms for about three months," says Dr. Moorthy. "We determined that she had polyarticular JIA. We see children coming in with joint pain, limps, and swelling in their joints. The big thing is getting these kids into treatment quickly to minimize problems."
Angela's treatment to get the swelling down began immediately. There were a few complications at first; Angela passed out and was hospitalized, the cause of which was later found to be dehydration. Her knee also swelled to the size of a baseball. In response, Dr. Moorthy started Angela on a more aggressive treatment—a combination of injections and oral medication.
"She responded very well to methotrexate and etanercept," says Dr. Moorthy. "Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like naproxen can be helpful, but with significant inflammation. Angela needed methotrexate and Enbrel."
After initial treatment, Angela began feeling considerably better. Dr. Moorthy and her team were constantly monitoring Angela's condition with blood tests. Angela's inflammatory markers normalized over the first four months. Her improvement included less swelling, pain, and stiffness, and her progress continues to be favorable.
Angela is now leading a relatively normal life. Though she has dropped out of swimming, she's back to doing other things she loves, including singing and playing piano.
Angela goes for regular checkups with Dr. Moorthy. Medications are tapered as her condition dictates and she will need to take etanercept long term. She will attend the University of Maryland this fall, and she has met with Dr. Moorthy to discuss her options as she begins life as a college student.
Thanks to Angela's and her family's dedication to learning about juvenile idiopathic arthritis, their fierce determination to fight it, adherence to medications and treatments—and Dr. Moorthy's guidance—Angela Pandit will have a chance to make a life for herself.


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We were talking about all of the kids' cousins, whom we will see at Christmas time.
Me: And Uncle Tommy & Aunt Dwija are having a little boy a little before our baby is born, so we'll see him too!
Andrew (5): You mean they already know it's a boy? How?
Me: Yes. Do you remember that thing my midwife put on my tummy and we could see the baby on a little TV? Well, they can sometimes see if the baby is a boy or girl.
Lucy (8): yeah, they look at the…
Me: Wait, let Andrew answer. Andrew, how do you think they can tell if it's a boy or girl?
Andrew: They can tell by the face!


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Sometimes it's hard to come up with a little journal entry. And I get a little anxious about how much I should share, am I sharing too much, is this vulnerability good or bad, does anyone even care, will they think I am weird? dumb? or even worse, boring?
But then I realize it's not really about me, as much as just a little snapshot of somebody else's life and brain. We are all voyeurs to some extent. That's why we read, watch movies or television, or get hooked on reading blogs. We are just curious about what other people are doing, thinking, feeling. It's human nature. I like peeping into other people's heads as much as the next guy -- and I'm not really making judgements or comparisons, as much as just enjoying the view. It's not such a big deal.
And with all the incessant rambling, rumbling that goes on in my head, it's not too hard to type a few of those tidbits out. It's just the editing that's a little tricky :)
Thoughts for today . . . in no particular order:
I really need to work on my tendency to procrastinate.
Patricia Wexler makes the best skincare line I have ever, ever tried. (And I intend to do a longer post about that soon)
There is absolutly no comparison between fresh, handmade tortillas (carried on the plane directly to me, still warm, from the Southwest) and the gummy grocery store tortillas. I need to find a local place that has better tortillas. Help me out if you know a source?
Mondays are my least favorite day of the week.
A freshly cleaned house is such a wonderful thing.


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British survey respondents needed
Phloneme posted a topic in The LobbyHi, Could spare 15 minutes to help me with my survey? I'm a student on a teacher training programme in Germany, and for my degree thesis in English linguistics, I'm researching dark humour in the British TV comedy The League of Gentlemen. You're not required to know anything about The League of Gentlemen, you're going going to rate a couple video clips. If you don't want to that's fine, too. Thanks! Link: https://www.soscisurvey.de/humourdiscourse2017/ Password: laugh
London School of Economics (LSE) Scholarships? (or Scholarships for the UK)
Paper Moon posted a topic in The BankHello Everyone, I am new here, so I apologize if there is already a thread about this that I missed, but I was accepted into my first-choice reach school, The London School of Economics. They gave me a persoalized letter and the department said they would really like to have me, however, I was not offered any funding at all (the department itself has no funds to offer). I am an American student and I could take out soul-destroying American student loans, but I would really hate to do so if I do not have to. On the other hand, I would also hate to turn down my first-choice school for monetary reasons (I did the same thing for my undergraduate degree--- turned down my first-choice school in favor of a school that was cheaper). I have been saving money for 3 years here in Japan, but my family fell onto hard times and so I gave all of the money that I saved for graduate school to them. I am slowly rebuilding, but I definitely won't have enough to cover everything. I think I could probably save enough to cover living expenses if no big problems comes up between then and now. Does anyone know of any LSE scholarships (or scholarships for Americans who want to study at LSE/the UK) aside from the graduate support scheme? For everything that I've found either the deadline has already passed or filling out the online form graduate support scheme was sufficient. I want to exhaust all my possibilities before I give up on my dream, so if you know of anything, please help me. I was accepted into other programs that offer funding, but they aren't quite as specific and they aren't a perfect fit for me like LSE's program is. Thank you!
Int'l student applying. Advice gratefully received!
grace246 posted a topic in Political ScienceHi all, I wondered if anyone had any useful thoughts on a number of questions I have! I'm from the UK (where I did my undergrad), though am now teaching at a University in the US. I'm in the process of applying for PhD programmes here (though I'm only just starting the process, which I realise is quite late - do you think its unrealistically late?!). I haven't taken the GRE yet so not sure how I'll fare on that - which is my first question. How long before an application deadline do you need to take it? Keen to put in as much practice as I can... I also wondered if anyone had any idea on how schools look at International degrees and how they 'convert' to a GPA? I have a 2.i (67) from Cambridge in Politics. Its hard to know how well this will be looked on and what kind of level school I should be pitching myself at. I guess when I have a GRE score this will be easier. I also have worked for a politician in the UK, but have no publication or research experience (I am teaching at the moment, though not in Political Science). I also was wondering if anyone had any tips on the best way of narrowing down school choices. So far, I have a list of about 30(!) schools narrowed down - I've eliminated ones in locations I couldn't bring myself to live in, ones without any name recognition at all (which you might think unwise, but I may end up returning to the UK and not working in academia, in which case, however good a Political Science department it is, it will damage my chances of a good job etc.) and ones where I already know their area of specialisation doesn't fit with my interests. In case anyone with lots of experience in all of this is feeling extra generous and wants to recommend some schools: I have fairly broad ranging interests at the moment (is this a problem do you think?), but I'm interested in Democratisation, Political behaviour, Nationalism/ethnicity and its part in politics, and Security & Development issues, China and International politics. Also, how many schools do people generally apply to? Would really appreciate any help that you can offer! Grace.


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Sometimes I marvel at how far I've come. When I was in my early 20s, fish sticks were the extent of my seafood adventures. Thank goodness M taught me the importance of trying new things. My life is so much richer because of it.
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Piece games are my label for the host of games that tend to be played on boards and require tons of little pieces which are strategically moved. This, however, doesn't include RISK for reasons I'm too lazy to describe. Below are my favorite 'piece' games:
1. Othello
2. Connect 4
3. Checkers
Any other suggestions?


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Orleans Close
A location in Surrey
Some errands can be accomplished on foot.
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Orleans Close has a Walk Score of 60 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
Nearby parks include Giggs Hill Field and Long Ditton Recreation Ground.
Explore how far you can travel by car, bus, bike and foot from Orleans Close.


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Are you ready for some fooooootbaaaaaaaaalllll? Yep, football season is here. Jacob made the move this year from flag to tackle, and Parker is old enough to play flag this year. Already, even practice has been so much fun to watch! Jacob and Parker were both supposed to have opening weekend this weekend, but because of the terrible heat, they pushed back tackle opening weekend 2 weeks. Parker still had his opening ceremonies though and 4 scrimmages yesterday. Even though it was a breezy 106 degrees, it was still really fun to watch.
Eden and her boyfriend NoNo before the game ready to cheer. Go Longhorns! (Parker's team...)
Big brothers!
Running through the tunnel at opening ceremonies. SERIOUSLY CUTE!!
Parker and his best buds, Cole and Preston. (think his jersey is big enough??)
Making a great block (on the left). Go P-Diddy!
I'm after you #7!
Got his flag! WHOOP!
Parker, Preston and Cole on the line
His adorable 3 point stance!
Thanks to Ashley for these awesome pictures!! Maybe one of these days I will bring MY camera to a game...but then again....my pictures aren't nearly as good as Ashley's...so maybe not! ;)


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"Of Mice and Men" info sidebar
This week marks the opening for "Of Mice and Men" at Missouri Western.
This epic play written by John Stienbeck about two migrant farm workers in America runs Oct. 3-5 and 9-11; the show will take place in Potter Hall Theatre at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a matinee that will begin at 2:00 p.m.
In addition to the play, Stienbeck Scholar Dr. Brian Railsback will hold a "talkback" session after Friday, October 3 at approximately 9:45 p.m.
Railsback is an accomplished author as well as an English teacher at Western Carolina University.
Railsback will also be doing a reading and discussion on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Potter Hall Art Gallery.
Tickets are: Adult $12:00, faculty and staff $8.00, student $6.00 or free at the door with student ID.
Tickets can be ordered at mwsutix.com or at 816-271-4425.
Dallas Henry will be directing the play and assistant professor Robert Nulph will be playing "The Boss."
Cast list:
- George – Steve Catron
- Lennie – Riley Bayer
- Candy – Andy Tyhurst
- The Boss – Robert Nulph
- Curley – Jordan Jinkerson
- Curley's wife – Samantha Simmons
- Slim – Daniel Montgomery
- Carlson – Jesse Boley
- Whit – Jesse Ewart
- Crooks – Ronald Baker


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Mario Inn is a hotel in a good neighborhood, which is located at Yau Ma Tei.
Not only well positioned, but Mario Inn is also one of hotels near the following Jade Market within 0.08 km and Temple Street Night Market within 0.18 km.
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Boonville Wesleyan Church will be having our annual "Hanging of the Greens" service Sunday November 28th at 5:00PM. Come and enjoy special music and readings on the first Sunday of Advent.
"Let us press on to know the Lord; whose appearing is as certain as the dawn; who will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that give drink to the earth." (Hosea 6:3, CEB)
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Hanging of the Greens
Boonville Wesleyan Church will be having our annual "Hanging of the Greens" service Sunday November 28th at 5:00PM. Come and enjoy special music and readings on the first Sunday of Advent.
The theme of readings and teachings during Advent is often to prepare for the Second Coming
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Saturday, November 20, 2010
Weekly News...
|Mark Vice-5:00PM
Sunday November 21, 2010
Boonville Wesleyan Church
A Message from Mark Vice:
"I have been involved with music ministry for over twenty years and have had the opportunity to sing alongside such groups as J.D. Sumner and the Stamps, The Kingsmen Quartet and others. Beginning in the mid 80`s I began playing and singing with a group out of Bedford, Indiana, New Grace Quartet. During my time with New Grace, I learned to play several instruments. In the mid 90`s my wife and I formed a group, Heritage, with another couple Doug and Trina Hanner and played a variety of gospel music. For the last five years I have been playing and singing with Open Heart Ministries out of Bedford, Indiana. We schedule approximately seventy engagements each year at churches, town festivals and special church events. While with Open Heart I felt a calling to pursue a ministry that would allow me to use the talents God has given me in an even greater way to glorify Him. As a result, I am actively involved with scheduling churches and civic events to spread God`s word through song.
I play a variety of instruments and incorporate many of them into each service. Some of the instruments I play are guitar, banjo, dobro, harmonica, mandolin and fiddle. I sing original material as well as the well known standards in several styles of music from Southern Gospel to Contemporary. Since I travel solo, and at times my wife and daughter accompany me, I must utilize tracks. However, I understand the need to incorporate live instruments throughout the program, and do so.
I am educator in Bedford, Indiana and have been working with children for twenty-two years. I was a classroom teacher for six years and have been a building principal for the last sixteen years. I am currently the principal at Parkview Intermediate School in Bedford, IN. My wife, Marta, teaches fourth grade at Shawswick Elementary and we have been married for thirty-three years. We have two children, Jordan a senior at Wabash College and Morgan a freshman at Bedford North Lawrence High School. We attend Davis Memorial Church of the Nazarene in Bedford IN.
Throughout my professional career, and personal life, I have come to understand that every person has the responsibility to lift others up. It was through the obedience to do God's Will that others lifted and guided me in finding and accepting Jesus as my personal Savior. Each of us in our own way may be the only hope, joy, and love others may encounter. As Jesus demonstrated these attributes during His short time on earth, He has called us to do the same. Through the message in song, it is hoped that all will be encouraged to pursue a life that reflects the love of our Lord and lets the world see Jesus in each of us."
Yours In Christ,
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Weekly News...
- Sunday November 21th-Mark Vice (Formerly of Open Heart)-5:00PM Service
- Nutrition Class: Monday November 22th: 6:30PM
- Saturday November 27th-Penny Williams/John Sutton Wedding-2:00PM
- Sunday November 28th-"Hanging of the Greens"-5:00PM Service
- Sunday December 5th-2:00PM-Christmas Parade
- Sunday December 12th-Annual Christmas Carry-In Dinner
- Happy Birthday:Henry Lunenburg & Bill Johnson (11/15) -Mike Mullen(11/16)
- Happy Anniversary: Jeff & Shari Knirs-Ray and Ruby Woolsey
- Wednesdays at Woodmont: 6:30PM
- Sunday Night Prayer Service: 6:00PM after Evening Worship (Sue Lochmueller)
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Weekly News...
- Sunday November 14th-Hoosier Harmony Quartet-5:00PM Service
- Sunday November 21th-Mark Vice-5:00PM Service
- Sunday November 28th-"Hanging of the Greens"-5:00PM Service
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It is getting close to Squidoo Pay Day this month! Pay out will be for money earned in December 2012.
Just yesterday, the numbers for the tier payouts started appearing on the dashboard. If you want to check yours, just click on "Stats" under each lens and then go to the "Earnings" tab. You have to scroll down until you see 12/31/2012 to see the payout amounts. There will be one line for Ad Pool and one line for Textlink Ads. If you have any eBay payouts for the month, it will be listed there as well but it is no part of the tier payout.
So, for December 2012, here are the tier payouts:
- tier one = $61.62
- tier two = $10.48
- tier three = $0.53
As you can see, this is kind of a let down considering how high the tier payouts were in October. I was really hoping for higher tier payouts since the Squidoo staff was convinced that the mobile upgrade they did to the site in late November would bring in more traffic. Guess they were wrong about that, eh?
Something interesting has happened with my tier payouts. I have one lens that I thought might qualify for tier one but I knew it was gonna be close, so I wasn't sure. Guess what? It didn't make tier one! Boo! However, the payout for ad pool and text link ads was higher than tier two. Apparently if you are really close like that, Squidoo gives you a little bump in payout. Cool, huh? Too bad the extra still has me closer to tier two payout than tier one!


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I ride a lot and have a buddy south of town that wants to ride anything we can hit in Macon or not. i know about dauset and we hit it. trail head and ? miles..
Try here; http://www.sorbachattanooga.org/trails/trails.php
or here; http://www.sorba.org/forum/
or here; http://www.sorbaomba.org/
The standing eight count & three knockdown rules are in effect on this trail.
Only place to ride in Macon is the Children's home trail (look in the trail reviews sections).
I used to live in Macon and rode these trails daily -- some nice twisty singletrack and some slightly technical sections. It's probably around 5 miles in length and perfect for a quick workout. I miss that trail alot.
Arrowhead Park is a pretty nice trail..
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Woodbine: Buttigieg has threats in both divisions of allowance
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Owner-trainer Paul Buttigieg will be represented in both splits of a six-furlong Ontario-sired allowance Wednesday at Woodbine, when he runs Red Shot in the fifth and Ten Lakes in the finale.
Post time for the first of eight races on the first Wednesday evening program of the meet is 6:45 p.m.
Red Shot has started only once, in an Ontario-sired maiden special in June of last year. He grabbed the lead in that five-furlong dash, and barely held on to win by a neck. His time of 57.74 seconds was good for a respectable Beyer Speed Figure of 73.
Journeyman Omar Moreno, the 2010 Eclipse Award-winning apprentice, has the call on Red Shot, who was bred by Buttigieg.
Ten Lakes is also returning from an extended layoff. He graduated second time out last July 4, getting a 77 Beyer Figure in the seven-furlong maiden special on the grass. In his only other outing, three weeks later, he was a prominent third in the restricted Deputy Minister Stakes, going seven-eighths on Polytrack.
Ten Lakes should be well-backed under Emma Wilson.
Euclid Avenue should make some noise in the eighth. He was a minor player in two Ontario-sired stakes last year at 2, the Frost King and Kingarvie.
Euclid Avenue had an encouraging season opener April 8, when he wound up second to favored Hawk Over Heath after a wide journey in a five-furlong allowance. Eurico Da Silva retains the mount.
Hawkey Star finished up the track behind Euclid Avenue April 8, after failing to flash his customary speed. He's being reunited with Tyler Pizarro, who was aboard for his narrow loss Nov. 28.
Cook's Look, Steady Stuart, and Northern Bear are other possibilities in the fifth.
Cook's Look was a minor player in the majority of his 12 outings last year, during which he failed to find the mark. He closed belatedly for third when he came off the sidelines April 8, an effort which should set him up nicely for this engagement.
Luis Contreras will ride Cook's Look for trainer Bob Tiller, a dangerous combo.
Steady Stuart completed his 2010 campaign with a 10th-place finish, but was a prominent fourth when he came back from a winter break April 8.
Northern Bear is a bounce prospect. He had been laid up for nearly a year when he won his maiden with a 67 Beyer April 10.
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Australian first: Hollywood cameras used in Coast hospital
HOLLYWOOD-style cameras have been put to use in the Sunshine Coast Private Hospital's operating theatres, enabling surgeons to operate with greater precision than ever before.
In an Australian-first, the hospital unveiled the $1 million high-definition imaging system yesterday which provide the world's highest levels of detail and offers four times the resolution of current Blu-ray video.
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr George Parker said the improvements made a more pleasant experience on both sides.
"As with anything manual, if you can't see what you're doing, you can't do it," he said.
"Anything that makes it easier means you can concentrate better and do a better job."
The 4k cameras, which are the same definition quality as seen in Spectre and Mad Max: Fury Road, were designed by Device Technology to withstand temperatures above 134°C for sterilisation purposes and have been used in more than 50 procedures at the hospital so far.
Fellow orthopaedic surgeon Dr Bernard Tamba-Lebbie, who conducted a demonstration of the cameras on Thursday, said the technology can also be used to live-stream operations with other surgeons to collaborate on tricky procedures.
Dr Tamba-Lebbie said the live-stream can also be used as a teaching tool for less-experienced doctors, particularly in under-developed countries.
"So the ability to live stream is extremely important," he said.
"I think this equipment at the moment is too expensive for third-world [countries], but in 10 or 15 years time when some of this technology becomes much more accessible, I can see this being used as the ability to teach people who otherwise would have to fly all the way here."
General manager Wallis Westbrook said he was proud for the hospital to be at the forefront of surgical technology.
"We're really pleased that we've been able to provide this technology and enhance outcomes for patients," he said.
Device Technology launched the imaging system in 2015 and has seen operating theatres across the United States, Europe and New Zealand install the cameras so far, with more hospitals in Australia expected to follow suit.


text: Hey there family! This week has been pretty okay a lot of stress and new things. I can't wait to never eat the food in the MTC ever again because it is terrible! haha. At first it's all cool because you get cookies with almost every meal but then it gets really old and gross. Thanks for all the letters I really wish you would write me a little more than a sentence though haha. How is everyone? I feel disconnected from the outside world like we didn't even know about what happened in the Philippines until like two days ago. So yeah it would be really cool to get a hand written letter because I'm starting to go insane!


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Creative Auto Update Drivers
ie i can hear myself through the mike.. I don't know if this is just the way it will run or if its a temporary fix on Creative's part. If you are installing an internal card such as a Sound Blaster card, or a video card, make sure that it is detected by the System BIOS and by the Operating You will do this a few times. http://asmwsoft.net/creative-labs/creative-auto-update-driver.html
The same thing happened to me too :( Roader02-18-2011, 05:31 AMWell, with all the time Creative use with their?stuff,?they ain't gonna do a d*mn thing about anyway, so what's the point This tells me that They have NO clue what the problem is, and if they do it is most likely a core part of the full install. This is kinda confusing. BB Biggerbyte08-03-2009, 08:24 AMWell I spoke too soon. http://support.creative.com/
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Without the audio driver, the audio hardware device would not even be recognized by Windows, let alone produce any sound or receive any signal. Sign in to add this video to a playlist. This is because new technology often takes a little trial and error to perfect. Creative Software Autoupdate Note No personal information is collected or sent to Creative Labs during the Software Update process.
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I am manually downloading these two updates now in hopes the rest of this bs gets resolved. Creative Software Autoupdate Windows 10 All rights reserved. How old is it's I ask this because I bought my X-Fi a couple of years ago and expect that the drivers are relati'vely old and would cause problems when loading i've installed windows 7 yesterday and the auto update function doesnt work anymore.
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THAT'S why I'm waiting here. unbelievable RedruM-X01-13-2010, 04:22 AMAlright, I guess this thread can finally be closed as I found an update for the Creative auto updater on Creative's X-fi driver page. Creative Labs Drivers I am not here to be taught how to install drivers or to administrate my pc. Creative Drivers Windows 10 Sign in to add this to Watch Later Add to Loading playlists...
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Thanks in advance. Creative Webcam Driver And I've always loved Creative, and bought their products, this gives me the right to say my opinion here about this new driver CLEARLY taking WAY too long seeing what I And I've neglected to mention that maybe ...
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We took a drive to Waltham Abbey today and I couldn't believe how rundown this country is becoming. So many empty shops, so many boarded up, vandalised houses... It was like we were driving through ghost town after ghost town. Quite disturbing
Anyway, I'm rambling about the present again when we're supposed to be hopping into the Tardis for a quick trip back to 2010!
October 17th 2010
October 17th 2010
We went to the storage depot to move the table and chairs out in preparation for the removal men to collect them. It was the first time we'd got right into the room since they'd moved our stuff and my goodness, it looked like they'd taken so much care on moving our furniture so as not to damage it.
Seriously, it looked as though they'd just thrown our stuff in the room willy-nilly, trying to cram as much as possible into a small space.
We moved some of the smaller stuff out of the way to our other storage room (where David keeps his Mills & Boon collection), but then came across another problem. Not only was only one elevator working, but when we reached the upper level, we found that there was hardly any lighting in our corridor.
David went to complain and was told they had an electrician coming to fix the light next week. In the meantime, he'd just have to use a torch. Well, a torch was a LOT of use in these conditions, wasn't it?
Still, we somehow managed to get what we wanted out of the room and move stuff around.
Then we headed to Woodberry to hoover the carpets and wash the tea trolley which we had just brought there from the storage depot. I found a small stain on my bedroom carpet - I have no clue how it got there, but I was understandably upset considering I hadn't even got to live in the house yet!
I finally managed to sell my MIB Lion King Jungle Babies Zebra which had been in the cupboard since somebody bought me a duplicate back in the early 90s. I was thrilled to find a nice new home for the poor little unwanted thing at long last (yes, I'm a sentimental fool at times!), but then the buyer paid in euros instead of pound sterling. >.< It wasn't much of a loss, and I didn't have the heart to tell her she'd messed up as she seemed like a really nice, genuine person who was thrilled to complete her set with this zebra, but it still reduced my excitement at selling the thing!
Kelly Sheridan said there was a possibility of Mattel re-considering their decision of replacing her as the voice of Barbie. I kept my fingers crossed and continued to work on petitioning and raising awareness online. Nothing personal against Diana Kaarina (well, except that she doesn't put the same spirit and enthusiasm into her voice that Kelly does), but she isn't right for Barbie...
In the evening, I spoke to Grace on MSN. I hadn't spoken to her since March so it was really nice to hear from her again. *Waves at Grace if she's reading this - the blind bag ponies are tucked out of harm's way in the front bedroom eagerly awaiting their new home! ;)*
David had returned to Woodberry while we were eating our dinner to use the laptop. He had promised to take us to McDonalds for Rolo McFlurries, but when it reached 10pm, I gave up on him and ate my tea. Just as I was finishing my last bite, he rang to say he was bringing the McFlurries in with him! Agh! >.<
David had returned to Woodberry while we were eating our dinner to use the laptop. He had promised to take us to McDonalds for Rolo McFlurries, but when it reached 10pm, I gave up on him and ate my tea. Just as I was finishing my last bite, he rang to say he was bringing the McFlurries in with him! Agh! >.<
October 18th 2010
Back to the storage depot for 10am to meet the removal men. They seemed incompetent at first but they did manage to move everything without damaging it. Not a lot to say about the move really, so I'll just give you a few snapshots...
At the storage depot (not sure what Mum's turning her nose up at!)
Removal van outside our house
Various photos taken around the house...
Mum decided this wardrobe was too big for her room and moved it to David's room herself (uh...who said he wanted it?! Oh, but it's okay, she announced she would be mainly filling it with her clothes anyway!)
This chest of drawers was made by Mum's Great Uncle's dad for my grandparents' wedding. Grandma painted it and put that piece of old fashioned wallpaper on the top. It needed to be re-painted but I wanted to take these photos of it the way I remembered it...
Mum was quite worried that several boxes of small ornaments hadn't turned up including her cruet and egg cup collections. Then I opened up the old TV cabinet and found all this inside...
We'd had no idea that there was anything inside the cupboard so hadn't even put any extra packaging around the stuff! Thankfully it all arrived in one piece anyway.
And, not directly relating to the move, but taken the same day... This is Mum's desk (the one I mentioned assembling in my last blog - the upstand is still underneath it in this photo as David was still convinced it should be hung on the wall above the desk!)
There was still quite a bit more furniture that needed to be moved and the removal men asked when we would want them back. David turned to Mum and asked, "When do we want to move the next lot, Jacqui? In a month? Earlier? Later?" WTH? He was still thinking in terms of "a month here, a month there"! Wasn't he tired of all the delays himself by this point?!
My ponies were freezing in my bedroom, but we couldn't turn the heating on at Woodberry until the taps were replaced and David refused to look at new taps. And there was a cold spell supposedly coming up. I was worried what long term damage all these extreme temperatures could be doing to the ponies' plastic.
We stopped off at Savers in Ealing Broadway on the way back to Grottsville so that I could get some Nivea cleansing wipes, Inecto coconut hand cream and facial scrub. I don't really like the Nivea wipes as they tend to dry out my skin over long periods of time, but it really seemed as though Savers had stopped selling the Inecto wipes, body scrub and moisturiser again.
We went to Morrisons in the evening but there were still no more Dolly Mix Ponies. Then I came home and spoke to Grace and Elisabeth via IM. It's nice to have e-pals when you are lonely - thank you for always being there for me.
October 19th 2010
We didn't leave the house. David had promised to take us to IKEA but he didn't come home in time.
I'd had a horrible nightmare based on a filthy TV show David had been watching the previous night. God knows what programme it was - it seemed like a perfectly innocent period drama at first, then it turned into a lot of rude badly actred rubbish about women being abused and peeing on men. It was horrible to see David's face as he watched the show, really getting into the violence with a kind of wide-eyed, excited look. Is it any wonder I can't bring myself to trust men having grown up with that? Then he left a load of dirty tissues all over the bathroom floor where he slept which I had to pick up when I got up there in the morning...ew.
Following this, Mum decided to clear the bathroom. I did try to help her but very soon got out of breath and had a bad nosebleed while trying to clear the dusty rubbish out of the shower. I was still suffering with bad chest pains and blocked airways in the evening.
What was all the dusty rubbish in the shower, you ask? Well, apparently I was once incapable of throwing anything out and thought it was a good idea to keep every bit of packaging from every MLP item I ever bought. I HAD already downsized my packaging collection a LOT, but I was still left with all of this...
I had a ton of the plastic bubbles from G2 packaging which I just couldn't bear to throw away. I asked around on the Ponycon forum to see if anybody attending the con would want them and Bigmlpfan said she'd take them. Well, thank goodness for that! At long last, I could get rid of the packaging without feeling bad about just throwing it away.
(Not surprising I was suffering with dust allergies while I was surrounded with all this rubbish, is it?!)
She said she'd take any G3 packaging I wanted to dispose of too, so I got to work cutting down the remaining packaging to a far more manageable pile in time for Ponycon.
October 20th 2010
David left work at 4pm and took us to Acton. Ugh, Acton is such a rough place these days filled with unsavoury people. I almost walked under a car as a drunken gang staggered around me shouting at each other loudly.
We were going to the large Savers store there in search of the Inecto products I so desperately needed. The shopping centre floor was crazily highly polished and Mum and I almost slipped over. Well, it was worth it anyway, as I managed to get the much-loved facial wipes and moisturiser. There was still no body scrub to be found though.
The shop assistant embarrassed me by commenting on my purchase, "All coconut, eh? You like coconut?" I don't know why I got embarrassed but I was always so self conscious about my crooked teeth, I hated talking to people and it made me feel awkward when random people tried to strike up conversations like that.
We walked through Morrisons on the way back to the car in search of Dolly Mix Ponies but there were none in the shop...it didn't even look like they had ever been in this branch as there was no place on the shelf for them. When we got back to the car, it transpired that David had already been in the shop to look for them anyway!
We headed back to Grottsville and had chips for dinner, then David got in a fowl mood for no apparent reason and fell asleep on the landing. He had made some pretty hurtful comments and upset Mum so we didn't get out of the house again in the evening as planned. Mum denied that this was the reason we hadn't gone out, she said it was because it was too late by the time she woke him up and it had only got that late because I had been talking to Elisabeth on MSN again. Well, excuse me...I am so sorry for having any kind of social life even online. I'm sure she would have understood if I had told her you wanted to call David earlier, but YOU were putting off calling him as he was in such a bad mood!
Also, my "stupid beauty products" were the reason we hadn't got to Waterforce to look at new taps. Well, that's news to me. David only came home in the first place so as to get my "stupid beauty products". He would have still been at work otherwise!
Once he was awake, David went to Woodberry alone "to warm the house up" with a small electrical heater in his bedroom while he played on the laptop. He stayed there until 1.30am...
And so concludes another four-day catch up blog. We're getting there. Extremely slowly but we ARE getting there at long last. Tune in tomorrow for a report on Ponycon 2010 among other stories!
Thanks for reading, guys! Love you all!
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Life... is a wierd thing. There are just so many things we think we know and we understand, and the next second, we realise that we know nothing. Sometimes we feel that things are unjust, but the next second, we realise how minute or small those things are compared to what we are facing. Then when time goes by, those things that we faced in turn becomes minute or small. And we laugh at how serious we felt things were when we faced them back then. But if we do face them again, we become small once more... and wonder why and how we had the strength to feel big.
Death.. in turn, is like a fleeting image. It's non existent when we were young. Takes form when we get matured. And takes away people we need from us as we go through life. Some fear it, yet others think of it as an outlet. Death, as opposed to life, has nothing to be understood. Nothing to feel small about. Nothing to be faced. Yet we scorn the fact that people will leave us permanently.
Perhaps life is a prelude to death or death an answer to our problems in life. Or perhaps, life and death are exclusive... and we decide how we feel about the people we have in our lives.... and people that have left us. I'd subscribe to the latter.


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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
In the Penny Press! Ovid and John Masefield!
Some fun and interesting things in this week's London Review of Books and the TLS.
Mark Kishlansky writes a very good, succinct piece on the Restoration, reviewing a new massive two-volume history by Tim Harris. Kishlansky's review is negative, which is surely not something an author wants to read after spending 1100 pages on his subject (we'll see what other critical organs have to say about the books), and one thing he writes distracted me from the rest of his review:
Kings refused to justify their actions, or, as in the case of the secret Treaty of Dover (signed by Charles and Louis in 1670), were deliberately misleading about them. Divine-right monarchs didn't always care about the opinions of their citizens. Kings reigned, a concept so out of fashion as to be almost unrecoverable.
A ruler who believes he acts on God's wishes, who deliberately misleads, and who does what he does without reference to the opinions of even the majority of his people? Such a concept may be "unrecoverable" in the UK, but who in present-day America wouldn't offer a rueful little laugh at the suggestion that it's gone from the world entirely?
Also in this issue, Denis Feeney has a very good, verp penetrating piece on Ovid's exile years. He's reviewing Peter Green's new and excellent translation of Ovid's exile poems, but he takes the opportunity to examine many facets of Ovid's time at Tomis, at the furthest edge of the Roman world.
My only quibble? Feeney writes that Ovid's tragedy 'Medea' is "the only work of his that did not survive to the age of printing." This is hardly the case. Not only does Feeney ignore the raft of little or occasional poems alluded to in Ovid's extant works, but he overlooks the fact that Ovid himself mentions one other work of his we don't have, potentially the most interesting thing he ever wrote: a work in the language of Tomis. For me the idea has always been fascinating - the picture of this most cosmopolitan of poets, exiled from the greatest city in the world and fetched up at the ass-end of nowhere, but still compelled to write - and not only to write, but to seek an immediate audience, even if he had to learn an entirely new language to do it. There's no doubt at all that the world of literature is markedly less for the lack of the great works Ovid would have created if he'd been allowed to remain in Rome (or even if he'd been allowed to return). But even so, the exile poems are weird and sad and a little crazed and ultimately very beautiful, I think, though in a very bleak vein.
Over in the TLS, in addition to a long and masterful damnation by Brian Vickers of the new Oxford Complete Works of Shakespeare (after ten or fifteen paragraphs, reading it had all the visceral fascination of watching a bloodsport), there were two fun little bits.
The first was in the letters page, where Richard Boston writes in response to the disclosure last time that Poet Laureate John Masefield would always submit his poems with stamped, addressed envelopes - in case of rejection. Boston writes:
Near the end of Masefield's life, I was working for your predecessor, the late Arthur Crook, on the TLS. One day, A.P. Ryan, who had the not very onerous job of editing the Times's sole book page, sought our advice on what to do about the bard's latest contribution. Masefield had written about a royal visit to Australia. Unfortunately, the old boy had got his wires crossed.
The visit had been to Austria. An easy mistake: the names of both countries begin and end with 'A'. Easy solution: remove the 'al' from 'Australia'. This proved not to be enough. The people of Vienna would still have been not the only ones puzzled by the references to kangaroos and boomerangs.
This may well have been the only occasion on which the stamped addressed envelope had to be used. I have the idea that it may also have been, sadly, the last time Masefield sent in a poem. I do hope that someone, somewhere, somehow has a copy of the Australia poem.
I'd bet my last farthing this plea either turns up the long-lost Australia poem or turns up some egghead clarifying the poet's mistake. I'll keep you posted.
And of course there's the main attraction of the TLS, at least for me: the magisterial smackdown. This is not a sunny, bird-chirping book review where everybody is presumed to be doing their best and if you can't say something nice about somebody, you don't say anything at all. This is the NFL, and sometimes it can be delightful (like, for instance, if you hated your older brother and his book received just such a spanking).
Take the case of Lisa Chiu's new book When a Gene Makes You Smell Like a Fish - and other tales about the genes in your body
Jonathan Hodgkin spends two paragraphs of his three-paragraph review summarizing and describing, and then he finishes with this:
This survey of human genetics, written for a general audience, is readable and sometimes engaging, but it is carelessly written and inconsistent in the level of explanation used. Technical terms are introduced before being adequately explained, and several of the stories are left dangling unsatisfactorily, or ended with a labored pun. Chiu also misses some key points - for example, she writes about the discovery of FOX2P, the first candidate for the 'gene for language', but fails to mention one of its most exciting and suggestive properties, namely its remarkably rapid evolution. Better books of this type have been written, such as Matt Ridley's Genome and Armand Leroi's Mutants. When a Gene Makes You Smell Like a Fish has the advantage of being reasonably up to date, but otherwise there is not much to recommend it.
The review stops, as they all do, just one step short of advising the author to go out and kill themselves.
Aside from those two wonderful publications, the only ITPP news comes from this morning's Metro, which has a one-paragraph (naturally) blurb enthusiing about World War Z. So now that all the STUPID people in Boston have been made aware of the book, it only remains for the Globe to tell all the ordinary people and the Phoenix to tell all the smart people. Fingers crossed ...
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This morning's bowl of oats was a heavenly combination. As I was getting ready to dig in, I suddenly realized a post about my one true love (sorry, Mr. Ginger) was long overdue.
I swear there are oats under that goopy mess of deliciousness =) What can I say? I'm a sucker for toppings.
Whenever I profess my love for oatmeal there are always some downers in the room. Descriptions like mushy vomit in a bowl or breakfast for the toothless are often thrown around. All I can do is shake my head and say, you have no idea what you're missing!! And that just means more oats for me =) Some of my friends have been asking for my oat recipe for a while so if you're not one of the haters, keep reading! (And even if you are, I dare you to not love this).
A perfect bowl of oatmeal has three parts: the oats, the mix-ins, and the toppings. I suppose recipes are helpful when you're a newb but a great bowl of oats really has no rules. Go wild! (Yeah, I know. Oatmeal? Wild?) I always make some sort of "whipped" oats ala Kath, so head on over to KERF if you want to see the how-to video (and for a basic oats recipe)!
Today's Bowl
In the pot:
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup Almond Breeze unsweetened original
- 1/2 banana, thinly sliced
- huge tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 egg stirred in at the end
On top:
- big tablespoonful TJ's sunflower butter
- sprinkle of Whole Food's "Save the Rainforest" granola
- sprinkle of unsweetened, dried coconut flakes
- a couple of raisins
Today's bowl was pretty beefed up because I went for a 7-mile run (first one of 2011!!) and was about to chew my arm off.
The whole egg in this bowl made for such perfect chew. I also had the patience today to whip them oats good and so I was rewarded with melty, creamy bananas. Doesn't get much better than that!
Saturday morning =) Have a great weekend!


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Inspired by our recent X-Box LANfest, Dave asked everyone what they would do in the event of a Zombie Attack / infestation / outbreak / brunch. Mmmm, Zombie-brunch. 45% of you said you would gladly grab a weapon and start killing – everyone you ever knew, loved, or cared about – because really they're trying to eat your brains and that's not cool. 23% of you jumped the gun and have already started repopulating the human race, which I guess is admirable. 12% would stay hidden until the Zombies passed by (we hope), and 11% would all-out run for their lives and hopefully not run to somewhere that there are more zombies. Developing a cure came in at the bottom tied with various other plans detailed in the comments at 5%, it looks like we're all more about the killin' and sexin' than we are about actually solving problems. I can't say I'm surprised, just a little worried maybe.
I've been inspired by Dave's adventure last night which featured a beautiful mini's mat titled "Dragon Shrine" and the party fighting statues of each color chromatic dragon (mostly simultaneously) along with a badass statue of Tiamat herself. Not to mention the fact that his entire campaign is built around Dragons and heavily focuses on the colors and aspects of each. This week I'd like to ask what some may consider a fundamental question of IQ, personality, and overall values.
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Dragons are a very important aspect of D&D, obviously since they're in the name, but there are so many different kinds even when you just look at the Metallics and Chromatics. Below I'll list a short blurb about each one of these for people who'd like to research before they choose.
(I'm copying a lot of this from Wikipedia and other sources, because I'm not insane.)
Chromatic Dragons
Black Dragons: Black dragons (a.k.a. "Skull Dragons") are the most vile tempered and cruel of all chromatic dragons. Physically, black dragons are most distinguished by their horns, which protrude from the sides of their heads and wrap around, projecting forward. A large frill adorns the upper part of the neck. They smell like rotting vegetation and foul water, or like the powerful acid they can breathe.
Black dragons are fierce hunters that will normally attack from the water. They will often prey on fish, crabs, birds, turtles, crocodiles, lizardfolk, chuuls, hydras, and green dragons that are smaller and younger than they are. Their enemies include green dragons and swamp landwyrms.
Blue Dragons: Blue dragons are the second most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons. They are physically distinguished by the single large horns protruding from their heads and also by their ears, which are rather large and frilled. The tail is thick and bumpy, like that of a caterpillar. The wings are more pronounced than most other species'. They smell like ozone or sand.
They are more likely to be mocking and manipulative than outrightly cruel or murderous to 'lesser' creatures, aided greatly by their natural talents for hallucination. They are infamous for tricking desert travelers into drinking sand or going miles out of their way to avoid nonexistent dust basins. Blue dragons are orderly creatures, and are unusual for chromatics in that they keep fairly well-ordered, hierarchical societies.
Green Dragons: Green dragons are the third most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons. Physically, they are most notable for the large, waving crest or fin that starts at the dragon's nose and runs the entire length of the dragon's body. They also have exceptionally long, slender forked tongues. They smell like chlorine gas and are highly adept at magic.
(Green Dragons are being re-worked in 4th Ed. so that they are more "poisonous" in appearance and more distinguished from other dragons – covered in spines, with a large stinger-like nose)
Red Dragons: Red dragons are the largest, most powerful, and most (in)famous of the classic chromatic dragons. Physically, they are distinguished by their enormous size and wingspan. They have two large horns upon their heads, which point backwards toward their wings. They smell of smoke and sulphur.
Red dragons have an amazing eye for value, and can determine the monetary worth of absolutely any material object at a glance. All dragons are known for hoarding treasure, but the red dragon far surpasses all other species in this regard. The gaining and keeping of treasure is the complete focus of a red dragon's adult life, and they tend to amass incredible hoards with amazing rapidity. At any given moment, a red dragon will be able to tell you the precise monetary value of all the objects in its hoard, down to the last fraction of a coin.
White Dragons: White dragons are the weakest and the most feral of the classic chromatic dragons, but they are by no means harmless, if somewhat dimmer than other dragons due to the inbreeding necessary to create an animal that could resist the frigid temperatures that white dragons endure. They are still powerful enough to overwhelm most humans and have exceptional long-term memories. They are physically distinguished by several features: their heads and necks seem to blend seamlessly into one another, and their wings appear somewhat frayed along the edges. They have a flap of skin (dewlap) lined with spines beneath their chins. Their heads are very streamlined, and they have a high crest atop their skulls. They have a crisp, vaguely chemical odor.
Metallic Dragons
Brass Dragons: Brass dragons are one of the weakest metallic dragons, and one of the most benign of all species of dragon. They love to talk, to the exclusion of much else. They love to engage friends and foes alike in hours of long-winded conversation. It is not unusual for a brass dragon to be fluent in several hundred different languages, although they (obviously) prefer to converse in Draconic whenever possible.
Physically, the brass dragon is highly distinctive. From below, its outstretched wings form a triangular shape, as they are attached to its body all the way to the tip of its tail. The wings are longest at the shoulder, and taper gently as they reach the tail. Their scales seem to radiate heat and light. The shape of the head is quite unusual, as it includes a large, curved plate that extends from the dragon's eyes and cheeks on either side and curves upwards into two points. They have two sharp horns on the chin, which become steadily pointier as the dragon ages. They smell like metal.
Bronze Dragons: Bronze dragons are the third most powerful of the metallic dragons. They truly enjoy observing and interacting with smaller creatures, most especially humans. They will often go out of their way to help them, such as rescuing humans from a shipwreck or a dangerous foe. Most bronze dragons despise Sahuagin . In many of these instances, the bronze dragon will transform itself into a human, so that those who it helps never know who really did the rescuing. They never seek payment for their help, in any form. They always seek justice as best they can, and cannot abide to see any creature being treated with cruelty of any sort. The older the dragon, the more pronounced that this passion for justice becomes. They are probably the most social species of dragon, and often swim and play together in groups. They also love to attend human festivals and parties, although usually in human form.
Physically, the bronze dragon is quite fierce in appearance, despite its good nature. While most of its body is a reflective copper color, the wings are often tipped with green. The dragon has three main large horns protruding from each cheek, pointing back towards the tail. It also has a couple more smaller horns. The tips of these points are black and very sharp, and are often used for grooming. The tongue is purple-gray, long and pointed, and not forked. A large frill runs down the upper part of its neck. They smell like sea-spray.
Copper Dragons: Copper dragons are the second weakest of the metallic dragons. They are born tricksters and jokesters. They are quite devious and clever, but their intent is purely benign. They do not seek to harm 'lesser' creatures, but merely wish to impress them with superior intelligence and wit, and to fool them with clever pranks.
Physically, the copper dragon is very striking, with scales of a warm copper color tinged with blue. Like the brass dragon, the copper dragon's wings connect to its body all the way to the tip of its tail. However, its wings have a pronounced bend to them, giving them the appearance of a "V" from below, rather than the brass dragon's triangular appearance. Copper dragons are powerful jumpers and climbers, with massive thigh and shoulder muscles. Their two horns are broad and flat, pointing backwards towards the tail from the top of their heads. They also have a distinctive frill protruding from either jaw. When the mouth is closed, the teeth are completely hidden. They exude a stony odor.
Gold Dragons: Gold dragons are the most powerful of the metallic dragons, and the most dedicated to defeating evil. They spend the bulk of their lives in human form, seeking out evil and punishing wrongdoers to the best of its considerable abilities. Its typical mode of operation runs roughly along the lines of a sting operation: the dragon will listen for stories of dangerous or evil creatures or persons, then reveal its true form and mete out punishment. They prefer to turn villains over to law enforcement if available, but will ultimately take whatever actions they deem necessary in order to see justice served. They are best summarized as the paladins of the draconic world.
Physically, gold dragons are quite spectacular. Several large horns tipped with umber shoot sideways from their cheeks, and two very prominent horns point backwards along their heads. The most obvious feature is probably the tentacle whiskers that sprout from the top and bottom of the gold dragon's jaw, giving the appearance of a beard of sorts. Their wings, like those of brass and copper dragons, connect to the body all the way to the tip of the tail. From below, the overall shape resembles that of a brass dragon, but the different coloring and dramatic difference in size enables easy differentiation. When in flight, the gold dragon's wings ripple, giving the appearance of swimming rather than flying. They smell of saffron and incense.
Silver Dragons: Silver dragons are the second most powerful of the metallic dragons, and are true friends to all. The silver dragon enjoys the company of humans and elves so much that it will often take the form of a human or elf and live among them for the majority of its life. It should be noted that silvers, like all dragons, believe themselves the most superior creatures in the world. However, apart from the ability to fly, which they enjoy greatly, they tend to prefer the physical forms of humanoids for everyday life.
At first glance, the silver dragon appears very similar to the white dragon. The wings are more curved than a white's though, and the silver has two talons on its wings rather than the single talon of most dragons. The silver dragon also has a beautiful frill that begins at the top of its head and flows all the way down its neck and body to the tip of the tail. The frill is silver towards the body, fading to a purple hue at the edge. They have two long, smooth silver horns with black tips, pointing up and back from the head. They also have a pronounced sharp frill under the chin, which has the rough appearance of a goatee. They smell like rain.


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Two people were shot Friday at a small car dealership at 3401 S. Decatur Blvd., near Desert Inn Road.
Las Vegas police officer Barbara Morgan said one person was shot inside the store and one was shot outside in what might have been a robbery about 3:30 p.m. One victim was shot in the midsection, and the other was shot in the foot. They were hospitalized in unknown condition, Morgan said.
The suspect, a black male, was last seen fleeing westbound on Pioneer Avenue, she said.
The address is listed to Nice Cars of Nevada, a used-car dealership.


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Ex-Cop Charged With Murder In Transit Shooting
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As tragic and horrible as this situation seems, is this impartial reporting?
January 14, 2009, by Richard Gonzales with Renee Montagne NPR
"There's certainly a chill, an abrupt awareness that just a community is set to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, this happens – another black man killed by police. And I've heard it said dozens of times, this brings us back to reality."
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Tayiana has send a book by Drunvalo Melkizedek - Live in the hearth.
Before started eading I've searche the net and founf his lecture on Sacrate Geometry.
Here is part 1 & 2:
He has a class to teach the hearth meditation, and how to get to the space inside the hearth.
Would like to go, but it seems like my fear and emotional problems will not let me go there.
So, first I need to clear my emotions. Radical Forgiveness by Colin Tipping seems to be a good way. Will I have the results if i do it by myself?
Other workshops based on Going into the hearth , and The Flower of life, are available form trained by Drunvalo Melkizedek teachers:
Drunvalo Melkizedek is preparing for 2012. He has a book "Serpent of Light Beyond 2012 " , but it doesn't seem to have all the practical information. Here is an interesting interview:
In this Interview he mentiones autor that he can relay for 2012 information - Colin Andrews.
Here is a blog, but it this the same persone?
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On Writing
It's no secret that I'm a writer. I occasionally even manage to produce something of merit. Hell, my comic is getting published (sooner or later) and a show I put on Times Square brought in a decent dollar amount for a first-time effort.
And something that helped in the writing process? Having someone in mind for the part. Finishing Yellow Brick Monologues, or rather, fleshing it out, involved writing more for the Wicked Witch of the West. I was able to do that after meeting the actress that would eventually play her.
The same goes, in a sense, for the comic. One of the main supporting roles is played (in my head) by good friend and Loose Poisonous Viper, Laura. It helps form her dialogue.
As for my newest script (which is nowhere near done), I've been writing once again w/ Chrysten in mind. The story calls for an intelligent, attractive young woman; which she is. The character also goes a bit mad in the end if I can work it right, and I've seen her pull off some beautiful wickedness. I don't think batshit would be too much of a stretch. Heh.
Anyway. Even with the Oscars on tonight (congrats Tilda Swinton! Congrats Diablo Cody!) I managed to finally eke out Act One, Scene Two. It's a good continuation. Plenty left to do, not that it'll get done tonight.
Still-- that's what is on my brain at present. Thought I'd share.
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Crazycrone's Corner
Complaining, Crabbing,Caterwauling...
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You look like an extra from Eastenders!
Exactly so! I think being a baldywoman kind of suits me, but it would be nice to have a change now and then that didn't look so
grannyish and bring my sensitive skin out in a rash. bah.
grannyish and bring my sensitive skin out in a rash. bah.
Love that colour lipstick on you! You might feel you look ancient with the wrinkle-smoothing fat gone, but here to me you look a hell of a lot younger than you actually are. Wig excepted:).
Thanks. Yeh, the colour is perfect, innit? Never wore lipstick much whn I was younger.


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1) It was the COLDEST session I've ever done-
2) Because of reason #1, it would also qualify as being the quickest shoot ever!
3) This is the first post that includes a contest... Keep reading--
We had very limited time to get 4 children in pictures and back in the van to warm up in between shots. I have to admit to being worried about how they would all hold up. They were so well-behaved, just doing what they were asked without complaining once. Even the little 2 year old was happy, as long as Mom was in his sight.
Because of the fierce weather, we abbreviated how many locations we would go to, but some beautiful pictures resulted, anyway. So, it goes to show that even with limited time and temperature, some great images can be had.
I love all of the pictures, but I'm especially glad for the ones of Jim and Shannon alone- somehow we parents sometimes forget to do those shots as a couple, and I know they'll be glad they did!
Thanks again to the kiddos for being so cooperative!
Someone's growing up to be a nice young man:
The eyes have it:
So placid and quiet:
So sweet:
Shannon is a Certified Labor Assistant/Birth Doula.
I'm thinking this image should be used on her profile at her website...?
So, the contest: Whoever can guess the exact location of this shoot wins a $10 gift card to Target! Leave a comment with your guess, and I'll draw the winner from all the correct answers. I'll announce the winner on Tuesday. (Even the person who gave me the idea for this location gets a chance to win-- you know who you are. And thank you!) For those who aren't from the area, I can ship the gift card.
I'll give these two hints:
1) It's not in Europe. :)
2) It's in the Tolland County area.
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Winners of the awards, formerly known as the Canadian Culinary Book Awards, will be announced on Nov. 4 in Toronto at a gala hosted by Stefano Faita of CBC-TV's "In the Kitchen."
The annual awards recognize and celebrate writing and publishing throughout Canada's English and French culinary world.
The short list, narrowed down from 64 submissions published in 2012, follows.
Culinary Narratives:
— "Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert" by Davin de Kergommeaux (McClelland & Stewart).
— "French Kids Eat Everything (And Yours Can Too)" by Karen Le Billon (HarperCollins Publishers).
— "Menu Confidential: Conquer the Calories, Sodium and Fat Hiding in the Foods You Love" by Megan Ogilvie (HarperCollins Publishers).
General Cookbooks:
— "Lynn Crawford's Pitchin' In: More Than 100 Great Recipes from Simple Ingredients" by Lynn Crawford (Penguin).
— "Canada's Favourite Recipes" by Rose Murray and Elizabeth Baird (Whitecap Books).
— "Fast Flavours: 110 Simple Speedy Recipes" by Michael Smith (Penguin).
— "Soupesoup a la maison" by Caroline Dumas (Flammarion Quebec).
— "A la bonne franquette" edited by Lynne Faubert (Les Editions Transcontinental).
— "Toque! Les artisans d'une gastronomie quebecoise" by Normand Laprise (Les Editions du passage).
Regional/Cultural Cookbooks:
— "Burma: Rivers of Flavor" by Naomi Duguid (Random House of Canada).
— "Modern Flavors of Arabia: Recipes and Memories from My Middle Eastern Kitchen" by Suzanne Husseini (Appetite by Random House).
— "East Meets West: Traditional and Contemporary Asian Dishes from Acclaimed Vancouver Restaurants" by Stephanie Yuen (Douglas & McIntyre).
Single-Subject Cookbooks:
— "The Book of Kale: The Easy-to-Grow Superfood, 80+ Recipes" by Sharon Hanna (Harbour Publishing).
— "The Complete Preserving Book" edited by Tina Anson Mine (Les Editions Transcontinental).
— "The Vegetarian's Complete Quinoa Cookbook" edited by Mairlyn Smith with contributions from the Ontario Home Economics Association (Whitecap Books).
— "Les desserts de Patrice" by Patrice Demers (Les Editions de l'Homme).
— "La mijoteuse: de la lasagne a la creme brulee" by Ricardo Larrivee (Les Éditions La Presse).
— "Cabane a sucre Au pied de Cochon: Le sirop d'erable" by Martin Picard (Restaurant Au Pied de Cochon).


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Manufacturing company VT Industries Inc. plans to open a production facility in Hagerstown that will employ about 75 people, local economic development officials announced Tuesday.
The company, a manufacturer of laminate countertops, architectural wood doors and stone surfaces, has purchased the former Kongsberg Automotive building on Western Maryland Parkway and could start production as early as January, Timothy R. Troxell, executive director of the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission (EDC), said at a Washington County Commissioners meeting.
The commissioners voted unanimously to endorse the state's offer of a $150,000 Maryland Economic Assistance Fund loan for the project and to offer a $112,500 conditional loan from the county with similar terms.
The commissioners discussed the incentive previously in closed session, Troxell said.
Commissioner James F. Kercheval said Tuesday that the commissioners agreed to the assistance to attract jobs to the area and because a local match is required for the state incentive.


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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Nothing To See Here ... Move Along
SEE HERE Vote Fraud? All my liberal "friends" keep laughing about vote fraud while claiming that such marginal and obvious measures as demanding Voter ID at the polls are racism. Well I think you can convict them just on their struggle to deny even the most basic of voter integrity measures. "Ignore the man behind the curtain" ... vote fraud is a Democrat staple. They've been doing it as long as I can remember.
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Just a few of the Images that has to be made for the Summer Project.
I have to make over 100 of these, *sigh* this is going to be a while.
But here's a couple of the pieces that I have made over the past couple of weeks.
I couldn't scan all of them because "I" Stupidly decided to the these in an A3 Pad and I have an A4 size printer...... So yeah, Not Smart on my Part.


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If the best concert of 2001 was not plainly obvious every moment it played the Hartford Civic Center six months ago, it grew even clearer late in the year.
The U2 Elevation Tour succeeded in arousing a sold-out audience at the Hartford Civic Center June 3. But it did much more: The show was a cause for celebration, for mourning and reflection, for healing and possibility. No wonder that the band's ``All That You Can't Leave Behind,'' the best album of 2000, was also the best album for consolation and healing after Sept. 11.


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Doha, July 12: With an aim to bring halt in Gulf crisis, Qatar finally agreed to take stringent action to stop funding of terrorism, a demand which is being made by the four boycotting Arab nations. Notably, the United States and isolated Qatar on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the steps to be taken by Doha to stop funding of terrorism.
The MoU was signed during the day-long visit of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is touring the Gulf nations in a bid to find a solution to the diplomatic row involving Qatar. Rex Tillerson also praised Qatar after it became the first regional power to sign a new MoU with Washington on tracking the flow of terrorist financing.
However, other Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt has refused to lift the diplomatic ban on Qatar as it appeared not to have been enough to satisfy them. The UAE foreign minister, Anwar Gargash, said on Twitter: "A temporary solution is not a wise one".
Egypt also backed its stance on Doha, arguing that Qatar should be expelled from the alliance of states combatting Islamic State. "It is unacceptable for the coalition to have amongst its members states that support terrorism or advocate for it in their media," said a foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Abu Zeid, at a meeting of the coalition in Washington.
Meanwhile, tensions have erupted more over a leaked secret document on CNN involving the regional Arab powers. The secret agreement signed in 2013-14 also known as the Riyadh Agreement allegedly is a confidential agreement between Qatar and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States signed by the respective Head of States in which all parties had agreed to stop terror funding and avoid interference in each other's internal affairs.
According to Saudi, UAE and Bahrain, the leaked documents only suggest that Qatar has not complied with the letter and spirit of the agreement. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to further discuss the ongoing efforts to resolve the month-long Gulf crisis.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Yemen, Maldives, Bahrain cut off ties with 2022 FIFA World Cup host Qatar on June 5 accusing of spreading terrorism in other countries. Later, Saudi and its allies issued a 13-point list of demands to end the rift on June 22 and gave Qatar 10 days to comply which is not yet fulfilled by Doha.


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Passion of Our Lord: Good Friday Procession in Zebbug
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On Good Friday, late afternoon, many villages in Gozo commemorate the Passion of the Christ by an organised and very solemn procession of statues. Each of these statues represents a particular episode in the Passion of the Christ and is carried by pallbearers.
Between one statue and another (some ten in all) participants are dressed as biblical characters who take part in the procession in a dignified manner.Many processions include men in penitence bearing a cross and sometimes dragging chains as well tied to their bare feet as penitence.
A Passion Procession was held in Zebbug, Gozo, on Good Friday, with around 400 people taking part. The nine statues representing the Passion of Our Lord are the only set of statues in the Maltese islands done by one artist, namely, Chev. Agostino Camilleri.
One of the particular characteristics of this procession is the statue of Christ's Last Supper with his apostles. It has thirteen figures which are all dressed with clothes made from sheep's wool, which distinguishes this religious manifestation from others held in various villages around Gozo. Starting this evening, Easter Saturday or Easter Vigil, the parishes of Gozo, as in Malta, will gather the faithful in their churches for a solemn religious service and the traditional rituals of the blessing of water and fire.
The church lights are turned off, and each of the congregation will light a candle from the Pascal Candle, resulting in the whole church being bathed in the glow of flickering candles
Bells ring out across the island and the scriptures are read and sermons delivered before the celebrant blesses the holy water that is used for baptisms and the whole congregation confirms their faith by reciting the baptismal vows.
After the service the congregation may linger for a while in the church for a drink, or to take a piece of the traditional Figolla (Maltese almond Easter cake).
Easter Sunday is welcomed with bells ringing out across the islands, a traditional march with the statue of the risen Christ will take place in some parishes following the service. These traditional marches are usually accompanied by local bands and their popularity has remained undimmed through several centuries.
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Review. L'Oreal Miss Manga Mascara13:55
Like many other beauty bloggers I have recently purchased the new L'oreal mascara by the name of Miss Manga, the advertisements for this mascara were so eye catching and cute to not actually buy the product. I went in blind with this one having not read any reviews whatsoever before purchasing. The packaging boasts 'mega volume' and the adverts liken the effects to that of pretty little dolls, long, spidery lashes, not clumped together but nicely fanned out and each individual lash separated perfectly.
I really like this mascara. I have read a few reviews since buying it to see what other people have thought of the product, and surprisingly I only found one person who actually loves it like me.
I'm not really sure about the claim for mega volume but I definitely think this mascara separates lashes well, it holds a curl in nicely and is perfect for a 'daily use' mascara, it's not too extreme and leaves lashes looking doll like and pretty, I feel like it actually lengthens my lashes too which I love because my natural lashes appear pretty short because they are curly.
The wand is cone shaped, tapered if you will, so it's great for getting in the inner and outer corners and for turning on end to reach individual lashes. The wand has a flexible section just before the bristles so it can bend back and forth to suit different application positions, I haven't found this feature particularly helpful since it doesn't move that much when pushed against the lashes as there is never enough pressure applied, but it's a pretty cool little invention nonetheless. The bristles are all different lengths which makes sure you catch every single lash and I think this is one of my favourite features about the mascara.
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George Smith Partners arranged the 65% of cost reposition and conversion financing of a historic building to a 96-key upscale boutique hotel in Seattle, Washington. A 75-year ground lease was recently renegotiated to make debt financing more palatable. The capital structure implemented a historic tax credit funding to facilitate the property reposition and conversion of use. GSP underwrote the monetized value of the ground lease to articulate the gross lease payments were below the actual cost of what the land acquisition would have been to the project: IE; it is less expensive to lease the land rather than acquire in an arms-length transaction. Terms of the 65% loan-to-cost non-recourse loan are confidential.
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$50,000,000 Non-Recourse Construction Loan to Develop Los Angeles International Airport Dual Branded Hyatt Hotel
November 8, 2017
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George Smith Partners arranged $50,000,000 in non-recourse senior construction financing for the adaptive reuse of a 1960s vintage office tower one block from LAX in Los Angeles into a dual-branded Hyatt Hotel. The Sponsor's business plan is to convert the existing 13 story 250,000 square foot office building into a 401 key Hyatt House and Hyatt Place hotel that features a trendy Mid-Century inspired urban design. The completed project, which will feature both select service and extended stay products, will capitalize on the LAX hotel submarket's historically high occupancy rates and strong demand drivers. Sized to 50% of total project cost, the interest only loan will float at a spread of 425 basis points over 1 month LIBOR for 3 years and carries two 1-year extension options.
It was crucial to find a lender who was comfortable with hotel construction financing at this point in the cycle, a significant tranche of EB-5 financing, an unsubordinated ground lease and a parking agreement with an adjacent parking garage owner. As the Sponsor's required bank execution, it was critical that the transaction was structured to comply with High Volatility Commercial Real Estate ("HVCRE") banking regulation.
GSP sourced a lender with extensive experience in ground-up hospitality transactions and with a favorable view of the supply constrained LAX submarket. GSP demonstrated the Sponsor's attractive basis in the asset, the submarket's resilient occupancy rates and average daily rates, and the project's appealing design relative to the submarket's dated competitive set, which ultimately allowed the capital provider to get comfortable with the transaction. GSP also assisted in structuring the transaction to ensure HVCRE compliance.
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September 27, 2017
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George Smith Partners successfully placed a $13,740,000 acquisition bridge loan to acquire two land parcels and refinance three adjacent land parcels for a large mixed use hotel and condo development site in the heart of the Koreatown district of Los Angeles. With the final components of the land assemblage completed, the $200,000,000 mixed used development project is scheduled to break ground in March of 2018. Our Sponsor's initial business plan was to build the mixed use project on three parcels of land previously held in his portfolio. The opportunity to acquire two adjacent parcels will allow him to double the total buildable square footage of the project. Fixed for 12 months, the non-recourse loan does not carry any prepayment penalty and closed in 5 days.
It was crucial to identify a lender who could close quickly, provide leverage, and waive any prepayment penalty. Due to the upcoming March 2018 groundbreaking, existing tenants on the current 3 parcel assemblage were all on short term leases with discounted rents. As a result, in place cash flow had been compressed and limited the ability for institutional lenders to get comfortable with the property and provide meaningful proceeds. Additionally, a fast close was necessary to take advantage of a seller discount.
GSP identified an unconventional lender who focused on the future value of the five parcel assemblage and shovel ready development site rather than the current value based on in-place NOI. This capital provider closed the loan in 5 days, allowing the Sponsor to achieve a significant discount on the purchase price. The capital provider also waived all prepayment penalties, assuring the Sponsor would preserve significant capital once the subsequent construction loan is placed within the next few months.
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Term: 1 Year with a 1 Year Extension
Amortization: Interest Only
Guaranty: Non-Recourse
Prepayment Penalty: None
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
"My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light."
~by Edna St. Vincent Millay in A Few Figs from Thistles
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Ah yes, this is one of my favourites too.ReplyDelete
Beautiful poem Margaret and it somehow reminds me of our lives! Love Di ♥ReplyDelete
This is so beautiful.ReplyDelete
These are lovely images and words to reflect upon. Shop window reflections are a favourite of mine too.ReplyDelete
Sue x
and your combination of words and images warms the heart.ReplyDelete
By the fire... a perfect place to be, when it is freezing like it is here still...ReplyDelete
Hi Friko! She has quite a few good ones! Your repertoire is unbelievable--always a treat to see what treasure you'll unearth next!ReplyDelete
Hi Diana! You're right; it is like our lives. We experience so much in one day and then get up the next morning and start all over again!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Choices! Is it starting to get sunny and summery in Florida?ReplyDelete
Hi Sue! Doesn't it remind of of our very fancy free, young days? and no regrets at the end! The scowling man in the shop window is the "ah, my foe" of the poem...ReplyDelete
Thanks, Lynne! I remember your west coast shop window reflections. It won't be long now! (You're going in spring?)ReplyDelete
Hi Owen! That fire looks so delicious! It's still bitterly cold here, too: we should be warming up at the same time...ReplyDelete


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Our sweet baby girl had a great day. Her bili levels were down in the 6's this morning! They took her out from under the lights so hopefully her levels will not have rebounded back up when they check them again tomorrow morning. If they have not and nothing else changes, it looks like we will get to take her home on Wednesday. We have finished our discharge training and they are doing her car seat test tonight. I spent the day snuggling with her and Kyle got a few hours of snuggling in tonight. She is being taken care of again tonight by her amazing nurse, April, who we are just so thankful for.
Thank you for your support and prayers!
Nurse April and Emma Claire
Our Big Girl trying to hold her bottle already!