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It's called the ''Mego'' factor - and it's increasingly worrying United Nations, United States, and third-world officials who are urgently concerned about the future of mankind.
''Mego,'' a piece of shorthand from experts in the news media, stands for ''my eyes glaze over.''
It describes, officials say, the reaction of far too many readers and viewers in the richer one-third of the world when told that the population crisis is still urgent, and in many areas is growing worse.
The developing world grows by 1 million people every five days.
Despite some successes in China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Mexico, 80 million people pour into the world each year, 73 million of them in poorer African, Asian, and Latin American villages and slums. Food supplies, land, water, schools, housing, job opportunities, and more are under severe strain in Africa, in particular.
There are 500 million couples of child-bearing age in the third world. Global population, 4.6 billion today, will reach 6 billion by the year 2000 and almost 11 billion by the year 2025 unless fewer children are born, UN experts argue.
It is not that richer-country citizens are unconcerned, the officials say. But they have heard the message so many times, couched in abstract percentages, that they lose sight of the human urgency and drama behind the figures.
Communicating the message is vital, officials say, if more financial aid is to be given, especially by the United States, the world's largest donor. Family-planning aid ($240 million in fiscal 1984, ending Sept. 30) is under fire in Washington from vocal right-to-life groups that have persuaded the Reagan White House to tighten aid rules in this election year.
Thirty-one delegates from 18 countries met recently in Drammen, near Oslo, to tackle the communications issue at a United Nations population seminar. It was a follow-up to the second world population conference attended by 148 nations in Mexico City Aug. 6 to 14.
Among its ideas: (1) setting up a major prize for journalism on population issues, (2) declaring a UN population day to give the media a new event on which to peg coverage, (3) educating editors who assign coverage with more and better background seminars.
''Our main problem is sustaining public interest for the next 10 years until the next world conference,'' said Raphael Salas, the man who organized the Mexico City gathering.
Mr. Salas, executive director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), added that people should not be less concerned because world population growth rates fell from about 2 percent a year to about 1.7 percent in the last decade.
''Absolute numbers are still rising fast,'' he says.
Pranay Gupte, whose book ''The Crowded Earth'' has just been published in New York, said, ''Population is a hard story to sell because it is gradual. It's not dramatic, not explosive....''
Headlines generated worldwide by the Mexico City conference owed a good deal to the controversial election-year stand of the US, which almost alone among delegations tried to downgrade family-planning aid in favor of free-enterprise economic growth.
Recent interviews in 10 countries unearthed the following efforts to bring the message home:
* ''If I go to India and I am asked how many children I have, I reply one hundred,'' said Arne Fjortoft of Norway's Worldview International Foundation, in Drammen.
''Actually I have two, but they consume the same resources in a year that 100 children in India do....
''Norway produces fish meal with enough protein in it to feed 70 million people a year, but ... 40,000 children die of malnutrition in the world every day....''
* In Sri Lanka, a prominent population worker also put it all in terms of food:
Two years from now, just one of Sri Lanka's 25 districts will require, every day, 31,000 more coconuts, 46,504 more eggs, and 2.8 million more gallons of water than it did in 1982.
Brig. Denis Hapugalle, who worked out the figures using standard army units per day per capita, said in Colombo that ''you must talk in practical terms, and not over people's heads.''
* ''In many countries, fully half the population was born since Lyndon Johnson (was elected) President of the US in 1964,'' says Dr. J. Joseph Speidel, vice-president of the Population Crisis Committee in Washington.
Dr. Speidel says that outside China only one-third of the 500 million couples in the third world ''have any ready access to services, and only 21 percent are using contraceptives.''


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An out-of-place chink and crackling hiss of breaking logs sounded from the main room's fireplace, followed by an ear-shattering crack, as though a lightning bolt from the dwindling storm had detonated inside the room. The concussion threw Kaoru off her feet, and air ripped past, flinging debris that clawed at her hair and clothes. A breathless instant later, leathery darkness draped itself over her, and a lean form pressed her further into the floor as she felt arms wrapping around her waist. Kaoru managed a shaky breath, and inhaled an ashy scent touched by brimstone. A shattering crash above them heralded a lukewarm wave of liquor that splashed across them and the entire room, sliding off Kenshin wings and soaking into hers while coating everything with a layer of broken glass.
Several moments of silence followed the mayhem before Kenshin's grip on her eased, and the both shifted to look around at the new devastation. Splintered remains of chairs and tables littered the room. She stood carefully, keeping her wings as still as possible so the broken bits of glass glittering along the feathers would fall without working themselves towards her skin or get caught in the tines. Kenshin was sporting a scattered tracery of cuts from flying debris, most of which had already stopped bleeding. Sano looked around the wall, leaning in from where he'd taken shelter in the kitchen, and started cursing.
"Damn shinobi," he snarled. "Can't ever just bust a place up. Always have to get in an explosion. You two okay?"
Kaoru stared at him for a few seconds before she started to laugh. Kenshin gave her an odd look as he shifted himself off her and climbed to his feet. "Fine, Sano. Nothing that won't heal." He reached down, and wrapped taloned fingers around Kaoru's hands and pulled her upright. "Miss Kaoru?"
"Other than my home becoming a battlefield?" Kaoru asked dryly, as she gingerly spread first her right, then her left wing, wincing a bit as the abused muscled protested at being stretched. Glittery bits of glass fell along with a maelstrom of dark-banded feathers as she shook her wings lightly. Pale skin stretched over slender bones showed for an instant before the cloaking feathers reappeared. "I should have made sure the Hirumas left town."
"Not going to be a problem anymore, Missy," Sano said, drawing their attention to where he crouched beside Kihei, who lay sprawled amidst the generalized ruin of the room. Sano pulled his fingers from the man's throat and stood, dusting his hands across his trousers. "Someone better go check on the one we left in your carriage house, but he's probably already dead too. Looks like the Oniwabanshu don't take well to being lied to."
"What happened?" Kaoru gasped, crunching across the floor, and confirming that Kihei Hiruma was no longer among the living. Her hand shook slightly, just once, before her fingers curled into a fist and her other hand wrapped around to steady it further.
"One of the shinobi was carrying poison darts," Sano told her. "I figured they were just meant to knock someone out, but it looks like they had some for tying up loose ends."
"Something strong enough to knock one of us out could be strong enough to kill a human, Sano," Kenshin said from where he leaned against the bar. The undercurrent of exhaustion caught Kaoru's attention, and she refocused on him with a frown.
"You weren't really up to picking a fight with a bounty hunter tonight, Kenshin. Sano, can help you back upstairs while I go get the sheriff."
"You two are a pair, you know that?" Sano growled, rolling his eyes. "I'm always hauling his butt out of trouble." Sano stabbed a finger towards Kenshin, and Kenshin's eyes crossed to look at it. "And you'd think a cute little succubus like you, Missy, would know about the better part of valor. You're both going upstairs before you fall over." Sano told her, snagging her wrist as he walked by and dragging her over to Kenshin so he could grab the devil as well. Double protests and fidgeting struggles met his manhandling, but no defensive magic was summoned and Sano decided that proved his point: both of them were drained to the dregs, and it didn't look like Missy had any more sense of when to slow down than Kenshin did.
From long experience, Sano knew that Kenshin would keep going and pushing himself, damn any injury he might have gotten or the consequences, until he could physically go no further if he got it into his fool head that something needed protecting. It was one of the reasons they'd been partnered, even. Sanosuke had the sense for when to be strategically lazy.
He deposited both Kenshin and Kaoru at the foot of the stairs, and gave them a final once over. Kaoru blinked and flushed, having the grace to look embarrassed as she glanced towards Kenshin, who wiped away a trickle of blood from his forehead and just smiled. Sanosuke didn't return the sentiment. "Okay, Missy, which way does that doctor of yours live?"
"My goodness, Kaoru, do you intend to let an old man get any rest this night?" Genzai greeted, his usually cheerful demeanor frayed around the edges from the hour and the sudden appearance of a harried werekin on his doorstep demanding he return to the saloon. The bottom of a worn house coat thrown over a plain nightshirt peeked from beneath Genzai's overcoat.
Kaoru folded her hands in her lap, and bowed her head in apology. "It was Sano's idea to bring you back. I think he's worried about Kenshin trying to rescue me when he couldn't even hold a glamour. Are they all right?"
Genzai snorted. "One waved me off, and since he's been running around in the drizzling wet, I decided to take him at his word. The other refuses to let me see how much worse tonight's adventures have made his earlier injuries until I've seen to you."
Kaoru laughed until her breath caught with a pained hitch, and she pressed a hand to her side. Long fingers, wrinkled with age but still strong and sure pulled her hand away from her side, and probed the injury. "Cracked ribs, but not broken," Genzai said after a moment. "I can bind them up for you, and leave you something for the pain if you need it. Still, I'm no Healer, Kaoru, so you'll need to be careful until these heal up on their own." He shifted his attention to her wings, pushing aside the feathers to reveal the extent of the bruising that spread across Kaoru's back. "Add no flying or shape-shifting to that." Kaoru craned her neck so she could look at him over her shoulder, and he returned her look with a firm one of his own. "Three days, Kaoru. No adventures, no daring rescues."
"You make it sound like it's intentional," she said with a chuckle as Genzai's smoothed one of his salves over the worst of the bruising. It burned with an icy chill as it sank into abused skin and muscles, and Kaoru hissed.
Genzai grunted, as he wiped his hands clean and placed a jar of salve back into his medicine bag. "You'll do what you will, Kaoru, no doubt there, but devils have a reputation for bringing trouble. Something's chasing those young men."
"I know. And the last thing we need around here is more trouble, but …" Kaoru drew one of her feet up on the stool and wrapped her arms around her leg, "it's probably not Sano that's being chased, it's Kenshin. I know you're worried I'm going to finally acquire a stray that bites, but they didn't have to help Tae and me, and I don't think they have anywhere else to go." She uncurled herself and dropped to her feet. "Or maybe I'm just curious. Devils are legendary as it is, but I've never heard of one with a soul."
Genzai shook his head and opened her door to let himself out. "A sympathetic succubus, and a devil with a soul. Only you, Kamiya Kaoru, would even consider taking a creature like that into your home."
"No," she corrected, wearing a smile tinted with memories. "Dad would have."
Genzai shut the door behind him as he left, and Kaoru slid the tattered remains of her dress off her body. She scooped the bundle of yellow linen and formerly-white lace into her hands and sighed. Splotches from splattered liquor and tiny rips from both manhandling and flying glass savaged the fabric, leaving a sad-looking thing dangling from the tips of her claws. Kaoru finally folded the dress and dropped it into her empty mending basket. Tomorrow she'd see if it could be salvaged.
She pulled an indigo-edged robe from her clothes chest and drew it up over her shoulders, until the low cut of the back brushed the bottom of her pinions, and she could fasten the front clasp and wrap a sash around her waist to give it better form. She could see the mottling of widespread bruising spreading over her uncovered skin and feel it every time her arm, or even her fingers, moved. It was uncomfortable, but she'd heal. She coaxed a tendril of magic out, though, just enough to smooth away the markings at her throat while leaving the rest of her inhumanity on display.
Kaoru finished knotting the sash around her robe as she walked to the shuttered doors that opened onto a tiny balcony beneath the top gables of the building. She pushed the doors open, and leaned out into the rain-washed night. The moon – several days yet from being full - was setting, but visible through the thinning clouds.
It wasn't a good night for flying; the heavy wetness in the air would cling to her wings, and soak them through. Nights like this, she would stay near the fire with mending or a book, trusting the salamanders to catch stray sparks before they could catch on fabric or feathers.
The road spread before her, winding as a bit of paler darkness along the front of the saloon, illuminated by the moon and the dimmed lights shining from the windows. Tae had elected to stay for the night, probably for both security and on Genzai's orders in an attempt to keep the injured from getting into further mischief. Kaoru had picked up on his irritation with her, and no doubt Kenshin was receiving a lecture about bed rest.
How fast did devils heal? She wondered, leaning her head against the back of her hand. The legends her father had told her ran through her mind, overlaid with her old friend's concern, and the ragged exhaustion Kenshin had been fighting when he stood between her and the doppelganger.
He hadn't had to do that. By all rights he shouldn't have done that. It didn't exactly match up with beings so evil that one of their own had betrayed the others, and sealed them in the underworld. A large part of her wondered how much of those old stories were true, and how much was made up. She'd always assumed it was all made up: an attempt to give an equivalent boogeyman to people who could literally be boogeymen. Her father had told her the legends over campfires, and used them to keep a curious and winged child from straying too far into the dark Outland nights.
Now she had one of those legends made flesh and being tended by her family doctor, and a good-sized part of her wanted to believe she'd either misheard Kenshin, or that he'd been lying when he said "devil". Another part of her was being logical about the whole thing and pointing imperiously at his resistance to her magic, and his appearance after losing his glamour. Despite human belief, there weren't many demonic species that sported horns, and all of them felt like shadow.
Kenshin didn't. He resonated against her magic with something she hadn't felt before; not the living shadow of a Demon, or the ancient secrets of the Underhill she always felt around the Fae, or the wildness of the werekin, or the twilight spells of the humans whose souls touched magic, or even the echoed abilities of the Animates. He didn't even feel like the dragons with their dangerous mixture of elements and light. She didn't know what he was, and "devil" was the final reasonable answer, even if it was … improbable.
Kaoru shook her head and pushed away from the window. It didn't matter. She herself wasn't in any position to judge someone by the reputation of their race. All that mattered was that they needed help, and it was a start on repaying them for their help that night.
"You, look like someone who's thinking himself into something he shouldn't be." Kenshin heard a moment after he left his room. He turned and found Kaoru stepping out of the doorway that stood at the end of the hall. A riot of mottled bruises spread across the bare skin not covered by her robe or beneath the cloak of dark feathers, and she looked tired but her smile held amusement.
"Your wings are still out," he noted, wondering if this was normal for her, or if she kept them hidden like most succubi not amongst their own kind, or poised to strike.
She glanced over her shoulder at them, and shrugged the uninjured side. "I'm under strict orders to leave them alone until they heal. It's probably just as well, since it will take time for any new stock to arrive for the bar, and they're a bloody nuisance in tight spaces. What are you doing out of bed, Kenshin?"
"I could ask you the same thing, Miss Kaoru."
"You could," she smiled cheerfully, "or you could just answer my question." When he didn't answer she continued. "Because if you were thinking I'm going to toss you out anyway, and you might as well grab Sanosuke and break for it now, then I suggest you rethink that."
"Oro?" Kenshin blinked, suddenly deflating into wide eyes and harmlessness belied only by the gleam of candlelight on leathery wings and polished horns. "I wasn't … why do you say that, Miss Kaoru?" Kaoru glanced past him to darkness still clouding the windows at the other end of the hall and frowned. Then she waited, her entire posture declaring that she knew there was something important he was not telling her, and she expected him to impart it. The silent contest of wills continued until Kenshin finally shook his head. "Sanosuke and I should leave before even more trouble finds your home."
"Trouble and I are old acquaintances," Kaoru answered before tilting her head to one side in confusion as his face darkened. "And Kenshin, none of tonight was your fault. I'm the one that helped Tae and left loose ends behind me. That's why the Hirumas' showed up tonight. I didn't turn them in because proving magical enslavement is difficult. I think Saitou would have accepted anything I came up with, though, and maybe I should have come up with something." Kaoru took a breath and shook herself out of her speculations. "I wanted to thank you. Everything would have been much worse if you and Sanosuke hadn't helped us."
Kenshin was quiet for a moment before he spoke again. "Things will become worse than two scheming humans if we stay. The storm has lifted, so your obligation is over." Kenshin turned, speaking over his shoulder as he moved towards the stairs. "Sano should be downstairs with your sheriff. I'll just collect him and we'll be on our way. You cannot shelter us in your home."
Clawed fingers tangled in red hair, and reeled him back. Kenshin yelped and grabbed at his head.
"That would be up to me, now wouldn't it?" Her voice was light, but laced with a dangerous tone as he found himself being dragged backward through an open door. "I haven't asked you to leave, and you haven't slept since before I met you, unless you're counting the time you've spent unconscious. You should stay at least until you're feeling well enough to travel." The fingers tangled in his hair abruptly loosened and slipped free as soon as his legs collided with a bed. The sudden release threw him off balance enough that he sat, and found himself looking up at Kaoru, who stood near him with one hand on her hip and a few strands of his hair caught in her fingers. "Lie down and sleep the rest of the night," she said. "You owe Sanosuke at least that before forcing him back onto the road."
Kenshin's shoulders slumped and he seemed exasperated as he looked away. "I am a devil, Miss Kaoru. We are not like your kind, who only prey on the emotions of others. My race destroyed this world once."
"So that really happened?" she asked, curious. At Kenshin's puzzled look she shook her head. "I'm not asking a devil to stay, I'm asking Himura Kenshin. And if he happens to be a devil …well, people's pasts are their own and everyone has secrets. I don't mind those secrets, and I don't care what you are, Kenshin."
Kenshin sighed and allowed his head to drop forward. She could feel his emotions spinning with confusion, and surprise, a bit of wariness, and (so faint it had to be surfacing from the subconscious) a tendril of resigned aversion as he finally answered, "Succubi never do."
Kenshin kept his eyes lowered while his ears tracked the whisper of fabric as Kaoru moved closer. "When a man shows up looking like you and your partner did earlier tonight, he doesn't have anywhere else to go," Kaoru told him flatly, and the chill in her voice caused him to look up into eyes that glittered with a mesmerizing sort of heat. "That's why you're both welcome to stay, but we do have to get one thing clear." Kenshin hissed involuntarily as her hand descended on his chest, the edges of her blunted claws pressing into the skin above the rough warmth of her palms as she pressed him backward. His wings flared out of the way as his back rasped against the bedclothes beneath him. She settled on the mattress beside him and leaned across his body, with one hand resting on the mattress alongside his hip. She shifted forward, close enough for him to see the flecks of indigo in her blue eyes, as her breath ghosted across his lips and the caress of wild magic wrapped around him. "I'm not that kind of succubus."
Kenshin's eyes widened, the light purple caught more light from the shadowy glow of the candles, casting flecks of amber through them. A hint of fang flashed over her lip before Kaoru straightened and pulled away. The air around him cooled, chill with the sudden absence of her warmth, and Kenshin unclenched his fingers from where they'd twisted into his bedding.
He watched as Kaoru stood and crossed the room and opened the door, revealing a startled-looking Sano with a hand raised to knock. Sanosuke stepped aside so Kaoru could pass, answering her 'good night' with a mumble of his own. He waited until she disappeared down the hall before arching an eyebrow in Kenshin's direction. "How many times has that succubus been in your room tonight now?"
"Sano …" Kenshin dropped a hand over his eyes. "We are her guests. You should be polite, that you should."
"Who's being impolite?" Sanosuke answered with a snort and steeped fully into the room, leaving the door ajar behind him. "Missy's a succubus, and she's been in here a lot since you met her; I just wanted a count."
Kenshin levered himself up and rolled off the bed. Sano's grin didn't falter as his partner took several steps away from the bed he'd just been sprawled on and shifted to face him. "Well, Sano?"
"Well, their sheriff wasn't too thrilled being dragged out here in the middle of the night?" Sano offered. "Seriously, this place lives up to its reputation: it's a bunch of freaks and weirdoes. I've never seen a human lecture a werewolf like that doctor did the sheriff. He told him both you and the Missy were off limits until tomorrow, by the way, so you'll have until then, unless you've decided to keep going with the natural look."
Kenshin's wings curled a bit over her shoulders as he shook his head. "Miss Kaoru wasn't upset by my nature. I won't chance that her opinion is typical, even for Hill Hollow."
"Genzai and Tae know about it too," Sanosuke pointed out. "And they haven't exactly panicked. 'Course, that could be Kaoru's doing."
Kenshin shook his head. "Sano, she used a rifle instead of putting the human in Thrall and putting him up as a shield against that doppelganger. How much magic have you actually noticed her doing tonight?"
Sano thought for a moment before answering. "You're right. Every succubus or incubus we've ever run across has been bleeding magic into everything around them to keep control. It's damn hard to keep your head around one normally, but Missy hasn't tried anything. Unless …" Sano looked over at his partner and cocked a questioning eyebrow. "You never did answer my question, Kenshin."
"Miss Kaoru 's visits were only making sure we were well, and extending an invitation to stay if we wished," Kenshin said, herding his companion to the door. "But you are mistaking can't with won't, that you are."
"Eh?" Sano looked at his partner, looking confused as he crossed the threshold. "What do you mean by that?"
Kenshin's glare broke, overtaken by a suspiciously cheerful smile as he shook his head. "Good night, Sano."
The next morning, or mid-morning edging on towards afternoon if she were being perfectly honest, Kaoru pushed the door of Kenshin's room open and found the bedding neatly tucked around the mattress, and no devil in sight. Disappointed, she shook her head in resignation as she pushed away from the empty room.
"Tae!" she called, clattering down the stairs and bursting into the kitchen. "When did ..."
"Good morning, Miss Kaoru!" Kenshin said, standing in the doorway to the laundry room with a full basket in his arms. His cheerful smile looked at odds with the exhausted bounty hunter she'd half-carried up the stairs the night before, and Kaoru blinked speechlessly at the sight. With no doctor's orders to stop him, his horns and wings were now firmly hidden again, and it looked like Tae had raided Kaoru's trail clothes while the succubus herself slept. The basket in Kenshin's arms held a fluffy array of cloth and trailing sleeves.
"You're ... doing the laundry?" she hazarded, then a more astonishing fact dawned on her. "You're allowed in the kitchen?"
"He is, you still aren't," Tae informed her cheerfully, coming up behind Kaoru and tugging on one of her wings. Kaoru eeped and flicked her wing out of the selkie woman's light grasp. "Good morning, Kaoru. Now shoo, both of you. I've got people to feed that don't subsist on air."
"But …" Kaoru started, allowing herself to be ushered out of the room by Kenshin and his basket of clothing. "Wait … you're staying?"
Kenshin answered her with a nod as they emerged into the late morning sunlight. "For now. But bounty hunters attract trouble, Miss Kaoru, and our lifestyle usually means we don't stay in one place for long."
"They'll stay long enough to replace their clothes and equipment, I hope," Kaoru said. "And Hill Hollow's not the worst base for bounty hunting in the Outlands. Just don't let any of your catches go running into the uninhabited part of town."
"Oh, I'm sure you'll find out soon enough," she answered, taking the laundry basket from him and upending it into a foamy tub of water. "Don't go into the center of town."
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Kat's Notes: And we are done, folks! EmeraldDragon has been the amazing and wonderful beta for this fic. LadyChi has been the cheerleader, especially when I wanted to just punt the computer out the window. And Enigma has been the silent cheerleader. I've also had a bunch of really wonderful reviewers and lurking readers (you know who you are. I still like you.) that were always so amazingly nice about the whole thing, even if this was weird. And now I'm going to ramble about stuff, and answer some questions that crop up frequently, so you can skip this part if you want to.
I have to admit that when my muses took a story prompt and then brought me the setting for this fic, I looked at them like they were crazy, and where had an idea like that even come from? The legends of the old west? And just for the heck of it, Kaoru would be a succubus, since that's about the farthest thing I could think of from her actual personality. Then the idea wouldn't go away, and I started writing it in an old notebook by my bed. The results were interesting, so I decided to write it out, and then just not post it. Then I posted it to my Livejournal, got embarrassed, and took it down less than a day later. By then Enigma came and asked "Where did it go? I liked it!" and Chi was telling me to just post it, and see what kind of a reaction I got. I was responding with "Chi, it's set in the Old West, and there are ... mythical critter things running all through it! No one writes Kenshin in the Old West! It's probably against some sort of rule." No one was more surprised than I was when the feedback I started getting was positive. (No one is a harsher critic of my stories than I am.)
I still think Kaoru was out of character, especially when she seduces Kenshin. I've had several people remark that she's not as girlishly naive as the manga/anime version of Kaoru. This is completely true. The Kaoru of Hill Hollow is older than her Tokyo counterpart. She has lived on her own for more than two years, and she's done it on the frontier of this world. She's also a succubus. How she choses to live is not typical for a succubus, but she still is one. I'm hoping the result is something like what manga Kaoru would have become if she'd had a few more years handling her own problems, determined to follow the teachings of her father, before Kenshin showed up to protect her.
Concerning the devils. It's a race, not an individual. Did they really destroy the world like Kenshin said? Yes. They were nasty pieces of work, but it was a very long time ago and they've been sealed since then. Well, most of them. The race as a whole has become somewhat mythical even to the other mythical creatures. Who sealed them? Well, it wasn't Kenshin, but I'll leave you to wonder as to who did. Hopefully, it won't be hard to figure out. I think it's kind of obvious.
Now for the question I'm sure will come up at some point: will I continue this story? Probably. This is a fun sandbox to build castles in. I'm deciding which direction I want to go next. Kenshin's past, what happened to land him and Sano a bloodied mess in Hill Hollow, the direct sequel to Sympathy, or some of the things happening later on. We'll see.
Right now, it's back to Blood Ties, and off to finish up the outline for a story called "The Moriarty Gambit" for NaNoWriMo. If you want to join me, then brush up on who Edogawa Conan and Kuroba Kaito are. Kaito is awesome, so you should meet him in any case.


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Terra incognita (Latin "unknown land," with incognita stressed on its second syllable in Latin, but with variation in pronunciation in English) is a term used in cartography for regions that have not been mapped or documented. The expression is not found in ancient texts, and occurs first in the sixteenth century. The equivalent on French maps would be terres inconnues (plural form), and some English maps may show Parts Unknown.
Similarly, uncharted or unknown seas would be labeled mare incognitum, Latin for "unknown sea".
An urban legend claims that cartographers labelled such regions with "Here be dragons". Although cartographers did claim that fantastic beasts (including large serpents) existed in remote corners of the world and depicted such as decoration on their maps, only one known surviving map, the Lenox Globe, in the collection of the New York Public Library [1], actually says "Here be dragons" (using the Latin form "HIC SVNT DRACONES"). [2] However, ancient Roman and Medieval cartographers did use the phrase HIC SVNT LEONES (literally, Here be lions) when denoting unknown territories on maps.
Alternatively, Terra incognita may also refer to the imaginary continent Terra Australis.
During the 19th century terra incognita disappeared from maps, since both the coastlines and the inner parts of the continents had been fully explored.
The phrase is now also used metaphorically by various researchers to describe any unexplored subject or field of research.
Given its meaning the phrase "terra incognita" is extensively used as a name or title, for instance:
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38-year old Carmen Electra has openly admitted that she was talked into getting bigger breast implants than she originally wanted.
Miami plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer says, "Actually, it is much more common for patients to want larger implants than they originally chose. Breast implants are measured in cubic centimeters or "cc". Patients will hear 300cc implant and think that is a large amount, but it is actually one of the smaller implants. The average size implant is probably a 350-400cc implant. Carmen Electra's implants look great. I looks like she is probably around a "D" cup, but it fits her body and her look well."
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How to Become a Party Promoter in Los Angeles
If you're a people person living on the west coast and you're looking for a job that offers fun and flexibility, learn how to become a party promoter in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is home to the Hollywood elite and there are many parties going on each and every weekend. Party promoters are in high demand at clubs, bars and some restaurants. You couldn't choose a better location to start this career endeavor. Follow these tips to meet success with your party planning.
- Decide if you want to be a freelance party promoter or work for one specific employer. In Los Angeles, it's possible to do both. If you find the right company or club, you could end up having a lucrative position, but those are rare. You may fair better if you set your sights on promoting multiple companies and events on a weekly basis. You should start applying to different employers if you only want to work with one company.
- If you decide to work as a freelance party promoter in Los Angeles, you'll want to make a business plan. You'll need to establish how you will promote yourself and your business of party promoting; how to best contact potential clients; how you plan on turning a profit; what hours you have to give to promoting and if you plan on having employees in the future. Explore all your options and considerations that are particular to what you want to do. Luckily, party promoting is a business that you can start without taking a business loan, but you still may want to consult with the Small Business Association for help in starting your party promoting freelance career and small business.
- Create a website. You'll want to show a fun picture of yourself. Create a fun atmosphere on the website. You want it to represent the exact impression you would ideally have your clients think of you and your services. Seek references, even if you have to promote a couple of events for free to get your foot in the door. You must make money with the endeavor, but you need to have a few initial clients that are complementary. Make sure the second job is paid, though.
- Stop by clubs or bars during off hours. You never want to pop into a club during the busy times of the evening and ask to speak to the manager or talk business. It's during those hours that the workers, manager and maybe owner are in party mode and catering to their guests. Most professionals who work in the club environment get that. If you go and try to talk to them at those hours, they'll see you as unprofessional and rude. Instead, go to see them by appointment, if possible. Be sure to call first. If you must stop in, do it late in the afternoon or early in the evening. If it's a restaurant, go between the hours of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
List your services with the yellow pages and online directories, such as Yahoo! and Google. People rely more than ever on the internet to find the services they need. There are many party organizers in Los Angeles who are seeking party promoters every week. Be seen when it matters.
- Look for ads for party promoters. In addition to advertising and having clients come to you, you'll want to answer ads for party promoters, especially when your business is young. An exact fee is often advertised on the ads and you can decide whether it's worth your time. Consider who is holding the event as well. Sometimes a connection can be worth gold in and of itself.
- Promote yourself. Just as you must promote the parties and events as your specialty, use that same mastery for promoting yourself. It will give potential clients a taste of the services they can expect from you.
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By Hannah Byl
Recently in my Cultural Anthropology class, my teacher was discussing beauty
standards around the world; and particularly pointed out how women are made to do often
painful and unhealthy things to themselves because men like it that way, which then becomes an
accepted part of that culture. For modern times, my teacher gave the example of women
wearing high heels, because "even though podiatrists and doctors have said for years they are
harmful to feet, women still wear them because men have told them to." About half the class
was males, and almost every one of them was very quick to decry "But I actually don't like when
girls wear high heels!"
So women were supposed to wear high heels because men wanted them to. And now
women aren't supposed to wear high heels… for exactly the same reason?
The more I thought about it, this isn't really an uncommon thing. I've found that wherever
there is something written about women's fashion (especially online), it often follows that there is
something discussing men's opinions of how women dress. Articles like this are often full of
statements like "guys like girls to wear (blank) instead of (blank) " and "men don't understand
trend (blank), so don't bother". And nearby, there's usually something else describing how "men
like when women wear (blank) makeup". High heels, boyfriend jeans, high waisted pants, and
peplums are all things women are commonly told to avoid wearing because men don't like the
way women look in them. It seems men have an opinion on everything women wear, and women
are expected and do go to drastic measures to change their appearances to fit men's ideals.
But women shouldn't have to dress based on men's perceived preferences, and it cannot
be an accepted and expected cultural norm for them to do so. If men's tastes change, are
women expected to just follow what they say, regardless of their own opinions? For one thing,
it's the woman wearing the clothes, not the man. Every woman is a person with her own ideas
about what she wants to wear, and a man shouldn't expect a women to wear what he likes just
because he likes it. Another often used (and more humorous) argument against this expectation
is that men just don't get women's fashion. A trend among many fashion blogs is to take this
approach, saying men don't understand trends or fashion, so why bother trying to dress for
them? Everyone is going to have their own opinions on fashion. That doesn't mean they can
dictate a person's opinion of others. No one should be expected to dress based on someone's
else's likes and dislikes, because feeling comfortable in one's own skin is much more important
than doing what others want one to do.
I'm sure many of the men in my class thought they were doing a good thing by
proclaiming their dislike for high heels, thinking they were telling women that they don't have to
dress up to be considered attractive. But that's the point of the issue: women shouldn't need
men's approval on their outfit choices. At all. Many women do like to wear high heels, and that's
fine, some women absolutely hate high heels, and that's perfectly fine as well. Dress for
yourself, not because of someone else's opinions, and feel comfortable and confident with what
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Excavation and events planned for 2010
As it can be difficult to plan around the Scottish weather, the digging timetable below is an estimate only and as such, is likely to change.
Each excavation will be organised around the weather and any urgent digs that need to take priority. If you would like to know more about any of the planned excavations or would like to come along and help then send us an email using our contact form and we will let you know what the current plans are.
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|Daer Mesolithic Excavation – current work - contact if you would like to volunteer
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The legal tangle between the dioceses of San Joaquin - one Episcopal, one Anglican - has brought an allegation of wrongdoing against the financial investment firm Merrill Lynch.
The legal tangle between the dioceses of San Joaquin - one Episcopal, one Anglican - has brought an allegation of wrongdoing against the financial investment firm Merrill Lynch.
In its quest to regain control over millions of dollars' worth of real estate and investments, the fractured Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin has amended a lawsuit it filed in April against its former bishop, John-David Schofield, to include as defendants Merrill Lynch and the nonprofit Anglican Diocese Holding Corp., which is newly formed by Schofield.
In December, Schofield led a movement for the 47-parish diocese to secede from the Episcopal Church and align itself with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone. Disagreement over the Episcopal Church's decision to ordain women and homosexual priests led to the split, which has spurred the legal battle over property rights.
The Episcopal diocese first filed suit against Schofield in April and now claims the embattled bishop has illegally transferred millions of dollars in church property and $4 million in Merrill Lynch investment accounts from the original diocese nonprofit Corporation Sole to Anglican Diocese Holding Corp.
Merrill Lynch, the Episcopal diocese said, should not have let Schofield to make the transfers.
"We are just trying to set aside those transactions," said Heather Glass, an attorney representing the Episcopal diocese, in a written statement. "We are not going after money or punitive damages, which we are entitled to. We simply want to undo the transaction and have the court declare that John-David Schofield has no more right or authority to purport to act on behalf of the diocese or Corp. Sole and to stop doing so."
Ted Yumoto, president of an Anglican diocese committee, said the Episcopal diocese does not have a right to the property or investment accounts, as the majority of the fractured diocese voted in December to secede and align with Schofield and the Southern Cone.
"They are correct, from their perspective," Yumoto said of the Episcopal diocese's lawsuit. "But, they are framing the suit to say what has been done is illegal. But it's not."
Yumoto said the Episcopal diocese attempted to claim the Merrill Lynch accounts in recent months, but was unsuccessful in doing so because nobody in the diocese was named as an executor of the accounts.
In regards to the property, which includes buildings and land assigned to 46 parishes and missions in the Central Valley, Yumoto said the Anglican diocese has rights to it.
"The people can leave the church, but the church stays with the diocese," Yumoto said.
One parish, St. John's of Tulare, successfully regained its assets after Schofield deemed it was financially self-sufficient and did not owe the diocese money.
Contact reporter Keith Reid at (209) 367-7428 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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All about them sunglasses
So had a funny conversation with my dad last night. I'll give a little back story so the funny makes sense. So back in jan. of 2008 i was with my dad shopping, had just gotten my tax return back. He went into one store and i went into an oakley store with intents of buying a pair of flak jacket glasses, however i came out with a pair of 260 dollar split jacket glasses instead. My dad commented on my glasses and said they were nice. Then he asked me how much they were. So not one to lie to my father about anything(the truth may hurt but only a fraction of the pain lying does). I told him they cost me 260 dollars. He legit flipped the fuck out, like made at me for a month cause i wasted money on these sunglasses. Fast forward to this last sat. It's a little shy of 10 years later, we were talking and i told him i bought another pair of oakleys for 260 bucks. He smiled laughed and asked to see them. So i showed him a picture of the new ones i just ordered, he really liked them. then teasingly said that he was going to steal them and wear them. He then asked me what i was going to do with my other pair. I told him they were going to be my work glasses(the pair he is referring to is the white split jackets i had bought almost 10 years earlier and have been in almost every picture of me since that day in 2008) He said "You know i'm man enough to eat crow. I should have never went off on you like i did the last time you bought oakleys. I was wrong and you were right son." I laughed and asked if to hand me his beer, he looked at me and said no. I said well you must be drunk you just said i was right.
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The 2017 Ram Power Wagon hits the road this fall and it won't exactly be cheap. The restyled off-road capable truck rolls into dealers soon with a starting price of $53,015, including destination.
Ram unveiled the new Rebel-restyled pickup earlier this year. It's built on a Ram 2500 platform and gets a new look, with a new grille and tailgate. Nostalgic graphics are a throw-back to the Macho Power Wagon designs of 1979-80.
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Inside, the interior features new tire-tread embossed seats with special logos. Drivers who want a cushier ride can opt for a Leather and Luxury option for $4,495. It also throws in a nine speaker Alpine audio system, heated seats, power lumbar adjustment, voice control and a heated steering wheel among other things.
The Power Wagon comes with a 6.4-liter HEMI V-8 under the hood good for 410-horsepower and 429 pound-feet of torque.
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- Overall Length:8.75"
- Blade Length:3.75"
- Cutting Edge:3.50"
- Blade Thickness:0.19"
- Blade Material:1095
- Hardness:56-58 RC
- Blade Style:Clip Point
- Finish:Black
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:5.00"
- Handle Thickness:0.60"
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- Weight:7.00 oz.
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Finally some good news! The Associated Press reported today that the rate of homelessness among veterans in Massachusetts has dropped 21 percent over the past year. The decline in Massachusetts was nearly double the 12% drop nationwide. The 2011 supplement of the Annual Homeless Assessment Report prepared by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development showed that 67,495 Veterans were homeless in the United States on a single night in January 2011 — a significant reduction from last year's single night count of 76,329.
Department of Veterans Services Secretary Coleman Nee and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officials say the success stems in part from innovating programs, a committed network of service providers and Massachusetts's strong benefits system for veterans.
Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray leads the Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans' Services and the Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness. He says the administration will continue to work with local, state and federal agencies to help people move to affordable and stable housing.


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You may be able to get financial help from the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme if you are on a low income, need NHS treatment at a hospital, other NHS centre or private clinic, and have been referred by an NHS consultant, doctor or dentist.
You are automatically entitled to claim the cost of your travel from the scheme if you (or those you depend on) get at least one of the following:
You also qualify if your yearly income is £15,276 or less and you also get one of the following:
If another adult or your dependent child has to travel to your treatment with you for medical reasons and this is agreed by your consultant, you can claim their travel costs too.
If you are on a low income but do not get any of these benefits or allowances, you may still claim travel costs through the NHS Low Income Support Scheme – more information below.
If you are on entitled benefits or allowances, no matter which form of transport you use, you will get back the full travel costs calculated at the public transport rate, including any concessions or promotions.
If for example, you use a private car, you can claim for petrol (and car parking charges where unavoidable) up to the cost of the same journey by public transport. The hospital should tell you the mileage rate for petrol costs for private transport.
The rate is currently 15p per mile.
If public transport is unavailable or impractical, (perhaps you cannot get to your appointment on time or your mobility is restricted), you will need to contact the hospital well before your appointment. They will need to check that your new travel arrangements are allowed. See below for contact details.
If you are on the NHS Low Income Scheme you may get back all or some of your travel costs depending on which certificate you have been given.
You can claim at the NHS hospital or clinic at the time of your appointment. You will be paid back immediately in cash or within one month of the date of appointment, when you show any of the following:
You may be able to claim some costs in advance – contact the hospital for more information (eg if you are about commence a programme of daily or weekly visits, with or without an escort).
To apply for the NHS Low Income Support Scheme you will need to fill in form HC1.
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Our current forms of democratic government are looking hollowed out and weary, to put it very mildly indeed. Of course, "democracy" isn't an a-historical given. You get many kinds. The question is how you arrange it. The problems with what we've got now are legion: we might agree about what many of them are.
I'd say that the radical critique of liberal democracy still has force: that its deep links to capitalism, its inequality, ideology and instability mean that we must work to transform and eventually replace with something better. Right now, some kind of action is needed to push back against neoliberalism – the current, extremely vicious version now abroad. At the Moment "markets" rule us, rather than the democratically elected representatives of our 'democracies'. The logic of these markets is inhuman, nihilistic and rapacious. They treat people like disposable things, eat up the commons and suck the life out of our planet. One of the key effects is to produce massive inequality, and this this inequality is ruining the idea of civic (and civil) life.
It can cause things like Occupy – and I think we will get more of that. There are a lot of educated under or unemployed young people, and they aren't unaware that their future is being stolen from them – there may lie some hope in that (cf Paul Mason) But! It also generates armies of sometimes infantilised, resentful Superfluous People (superfluous to capital, to the elites, that is) Result: a government which is either the tool of banks and elites, or which responds to the anger of the dispossessed via nationalism, racism and authoritarianism – sometimes both.
If you want a democracy, you must become an active citizen, not just a private consumer letting the public, the commons, go to hell. We need, then, a return to active, radical challenge to this state of things. I'd call it democratic socialism 2.0 : but I don't care what name it goes by: civic republicanism, post-capitalism, whatever. The current state of affairs is coming apart: we can either work to push back against the toxic forces now unleashed, or sit back and watch. I'd rather push.
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The recent provision of 101 Exchange Web Services (EWS) code samples in one package is very welcome. The samples cover pretty well all of the basic operations that you'd want to perform against an Exchange server, including the creation and sending of email, searching through folders, and so on. They serve as a nice complement to the efforts of MVP Glen Scales, who has long ploughed a lonely furrow in terms of providing accessible and easy to understand examples of how to use EWS in his blog.
The samples work against Exchange 2007 (SP1 onwards), Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, and Exchange Online (Office 365) as long as you've installed the Exchange Web Services API. You'll also want to install the EWSEditor utility to understand what goes on when EWS accesses Exchange mailboxes.
The reason why EWS is so important is that it is now the go-to API for developers who need to access information held in Exchange. Of course, you could use MAPI, but only if you really insist. Despite the work of Stephen Griffin on the MFCMAPI utility and in general to evangelize MAPI, in practice, MAPI has now become the sole prerogative of Microsoft developers.
EWS is also the basis for Outlook 2011 for Mac, a product that's frustrating to use if you are accustomed to the features and functionality of any PC version of Outlook. Even with the inadequacies of Outlook for Mac shine through brightly, the fact remains that EWS provides programmers with the ability to create highly functional Exchange clients and by inference, to be able to access pretty well any data that they should need to manipulate to integrate a product with Exchange.
Spreading knowledge is always a good thing and that's why I very much like Microsoft's initiative of making the 101 EWS code examples available. I hope you like them too!
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As the careening PlayStation market precipitously growing steeper and steeper, fans of the system are either moving on to newer platforms, or playing their old games again. The hold-out diehard will, undoubtedly, wait for the Dance Dance Revolution with Dance Pad, or the oft-delayed Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, but unless you like Lego games or Kiss Pinball...well then you might as well just go take a long nap.
The stunning revelation about PlayStation games this week is this: There are no PlayStation games worth playing, buying, or even renting. I know that comes as a shock, but it's true. Nothing. And if you are one of those kids who loved Spec Ops, I would like to personally dunk your head in an oft-used toilet. If you like that, I have a few games that you can graduate to that will change your PlayStation existence forever, like...Metal Gear Solid, Syphon Filter 1 and 2, Tenchu 1 and 2, just for starters. And all of these games (sans Tenchu 2) are Greatest Hits, so you can buy them for cheap, if you have little to no cash.
So, now that I have aired out my issues with the phenomenally selling Spec Ops series, you must decide...on your own... will you make the right choice? My suggestion is total and complete abstinence, until Mat Hoffman comes out, and that's if you're feeling like a big spender. Anyway, the lineup is here!
This Week: April 16-22
Metal Slug X
The Bombing Islands
KISS Pinball
Spec Ops: Ranger Elite
Next Week: April 30-May 7
Great Valley Racing Adventure
Dance Dance Revolution
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Every year I look for the perfect winter ankle boot and Topshop always gets it right!!. This year I have gone for a suede pair, The heel is just the right high for me to run around at work all day in. They took great with jeans and dresses.
This cute girly sheer top is also from Topshop iv styled it with my favourite step hem jeans and big chunky gold earrings to make it a little less girly .


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Dealer.com Ranked Number 214 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte's 2009 Technology Fast 500™
Dealer.com, the global leader of online marketing solutions for the automotive industry, today announced that it ranked number 214 on Technology Fast 500™, Deloitte LLP's ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.
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Someone always has need for a strong arm, especially the military. Whether you grew up on a planet blasted by war or happily enlisted, you've been through a life of hell. But what you got out of it was helpful: how to point a gun, and how to survive. Whether you served your term, got out early on injury, or abandoned your post is irrelevant; someone always needs a hired gun.
Starting Skills:
Same as book, but swap all Lore with your own choices.
Starting Talents:
Sound Constitution, Melee Proficiency (Primitive), Ranged Proficiency (Pistol, Basic, SP, Las), choose one of Ranged Proficiency(Flame) or Ranged Proficiency (Launcher).
Starting Equipment:
Good Quality Mono-Knife.
A Pistol of worth up to 80$$ and Scarce Availability.
A Basic Weapon of worth up to 100$$ and Scarce Availability.
Common Quality Mezoa-Pattern Grenade Launcher w/mix of 4 Frag or Smoke Grenades, or Common Quality Mezoa-Pattern Flamer with 1 tank.
Common Quality Flak Armour or Poor Quality Light Carapace
A Charm, some normally insignificant thing that the character holds important
Microbead, two First Aid Kits, Manacles, Good Quality Dataslate (text), set of Street Clothes or Former Unit Uniform, upwards of 4d5 x 5 $$
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US Allots $200K In Europe To Promote 'Positive Narratives' About Refugees
Alex Pfeiffer
A grant from the U.S. embassy in Belgium designates $200,000 for a group to promote positive narratives about refugees and immigrants in Europe.
The grant aims to use digital platforms to help integrate immigrants and counter violent extremism. It was announced on May 12 and applications for the year-long grant can be submitted until May 29.
Non-government or non-profit groups have to achieve at least one or more of the grant's objectives. These are: "counter narrative, preventative outreach, and capacity building." A document outlining the grant describes "counter narrative" as: "Dispel the narratives of extremist groups that incite violence and provide alternative narratives. Provide positive narratives concerning refugees and immigrant populations."
The other objectives consist of outreach to "at-risk youth and communities" and providing alternatives to "ordinary citizens susceptible to recruitment into violent extremism." While the grant is being doled out by the U.S. embassy in Belgium, the project can be completed anywhere within Europe. Belgium is one of many countries that President Trump has yet to appoint a new ambassador to serve in.
Over 1 million refugees poured into Europe in a migrant crisis in 2015, mostly hailing from Syria, Afghanistan and other Muslim-majority nations. At the same time thousands of European individuals have left to fight with ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and terror attacks have plagued Belgium, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Nations are now worried about the prospect of these terrorists returning to Europe.
The grant hopes to "reduce violent extremism and terrorism by promoting a comprehensive approach to address violent extremist challenges in Europe." (RELATED: U.S. Interfered In Macedonia's Political Process, Documents Show)
"Our office seeks to promote positive narratives and tolerant perspectives as well as directly dispel violent extremist messaging; reduce violent extremism through education, critical thinking, and structured dialogue; and enhance and amplify community-based resiliency efforts focused on women and youth," a document describing the project says.
The grant-winners will continue the work of the U.S.' "Peer 2 Peer" program, which aims to use the work of university students. The document states, "The idea is to produce larger scale communication content and innovative solutions to challenge extremism that can be used and shared broadly."
The program says grant-winners can promote positive narratives about refugees and immigrants through "TV, radio, online, and social-media campaigns." The embassy aims for the program to be "be sustainable beyond the life of the grant."
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/21/us-plans-to-spend-200k-in-europe-to-promote-positive-narratives-about-refugees/
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 8:06 am Post subject: Just a whiff of the barmaids apron.
A whiff of the Barmaids Apron?'
I picked these Brown Snout cider apples yesterday. The trug represents my entire yearly crop of this variety. There's obviously not very many of them but in there defence, the trees they came from, haven't been in the ground that long and it's very much an improvement on last year. Over the weekend, they'll be going into the mix for what will be our final apple pressing session of the season. As few of them as there are, there should be enough to add just a little to the taste of the final product. 'A whiff of the barmaids apron'
They'll be added to a mixture of Michelin and Dabinett apples. This year our orchards have produced tons and tons of them.
Weather permitting, today will see me crawling around beneath the trees picking as many as I can.
There are hundreds of varieties of cider apples but they are categorised by character and taste into groups. Brown Snout is classed as being a 'Bitter Sweet.
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 10:49 am Post subject:
Nice looking apples.
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 11:13 am Post subject:
There's something slightly pervy and exiting about "A whiff of the Barmaids Apron"
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 11:59 am Post subject:
A pervy barmaid ?
That's many a drinking mans idea of a dream come true !
I've been on my hands and knees all morning in the grass. Not with a barmaid I hasten to add but picking windfalls. Its rather like a big boys version of collecting conkers. I've really enjoyed it but I've got a lot more to do and heavy rain is forecast for this afternoon.
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 1:04 pm Post subject:
named because of the russetting on the skin?
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 1:11 pm Post subject:
Yes I think so. We've touched on this before but there are loads of weird and wonderful names out there for varieties of apples and other fruits too.
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 1:20 pm Post subject:
The name is reminiscent of my region's "sheep's nose" which is also quite good for cider:
Ours is more snout shaped than yours
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 4:14 pm Post subject:
this post prompted me to check on my cassis.
thanks Bodger!
I hope the rain kept off for your apple hunt!
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 5:17 pm Post subject:
does a bloody ploughman match up with a stinking bishop?
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 16 7:10 am Post subject:
Slack-ma-Girdle has got to be one of my favourite cider apple names, its an old variety of cider apple that's origins began in the South-West of England.
I've got to pick a few more apples today and then I'll be ready for our final pressing of the season tomorrow, weather permitting.
We picked six more trugs full yesterday. The number of blackbirds beneath the trees sharing the fallen apples with us was amazing.
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 16 8:24 am Post subject:
I got my quince wine into the demi-john last night. Not so colourful names but still along the same lines.
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 16 6:42 pm Post subject:
You all know me as being a bit of a show off.
We made another 55 gallons of cider today, so that handful of Brown Snout apples really did make for a sniff of the barmaids apron.
The press has been put away for another year.
I've never had any experience with growing or brewing quinces but they do sound rather old fashioned and interesting.
Happy and successful brewing to everyone.
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 16 11:00 pm Post subject:
i just made 3 l of quince jelly and im now convinced they are nice (unlike the type my parents grew which were horrible ) .
i recon pulp fermented in juice and strained and then added to more apple juice they would make an awesome special brew cider
the new orchard might get a couple of them to add to the variety available.
well done for a 55 gal day at the end of the season.
my latest 15 ltr is a bit domestic in comparison but it is doing a rather good lava lamp impersonation in the kitchen
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 16 8:33 am Post subject:
You did well with your cider Bodger. I make quince jelly, quince brandy (quinces soaked in brandy for a nice long time), and quince wine. Occasionally also do them poached in water as I don't think they need any other flavouring.
Some added to cider might be nice. Not a great fan of cider with other fruits, but that might go well.
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Those quince creations, especially the brandy finds me almost wishing for a hard cold winter and glass of quince brandy in front of a roasting hot log fire.
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By Veronica Pelicaric
I am going through an emotional time. Things could breakdown or breakthrough. Hard to tell. For days I have been experiencing a garden variety of fears lurking in the body, old friends coming to the surface. Pressure in the chest, confusion, struggle, heartache. The prospect of a trip home stirring old wounds.
I go with friends to see the film Selma. It shakes one to the core to see the price people are willing to pay for the right to have a voice, a vote. To evidence the power of nonviolence, how revolutionary it is not to retaliate with violence but to trust that there is a better way. The strength it takes, the Soulforce. How incredibly daring it is to stand up for Life that way. And the evidence of history to this truth, to this victory for humanity. Some tears flow.
I part with my friends and rush to the Metro to meet other friends for dinner. As I search in my bag for the transport pass, I see a young woman sitting on the floor against the wall, begging. Her red face is swollen from tears and drugs. A front tooth missing. I search in my bag for a dollar, but realize that what she really needs is to be seen.
So I kneel down in front of her and start a small conversation. She tells me her boyfriend has abandoned her, a man forty years older than she, a man – in her words – with no heart.
She deplores being on the streets, but what can she do? Nowhere to go. He has not heart, to abandon her this way. She is Inuit, from the frozen Northern Territories. I listen. I brush the tears from her cheeks. I have no words of solace, only my presence. Suddenly another young woman, kind and clear, kneels beside, and now we are two listening. The kind woman suggests a shelter. The Inuit girl says, maybe, yes, on Monday and continues to tell her story. I feel my deep sorrow for her, for this human condition, for the suffering of millions.
I extend my hand. She grabs it in a strong hold not caring about the two dollars between our skins. She looks into my eyes and through the fog of her pain and confusion, we meet. We are there.
I notice tears are streaming down my face, unstoppable. The other girl to my right looks a little surprised. My heart is soft now, release of the pent up tightness. I feel incredible gratitude towards the Inuit woman for what she is giving me, right here and now. She looks serenely into my eyes and says "Pray for me" and blows me a kiss. I will.
I have to go, I am late. I do not know the end of this story, but as I walk away the other woman is coming closer to the Inuit girl and she too is extending her hand.
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Danny O'Connor Official Update - Boxing News
By Media Report on Doghouse Boxing (May 18, 2010) Photos © Emily Harney
Hollywood, Florida May 18, 2010. - Undefeated Junior Welterweight sensation Danny O'Connor has been added to the "HOMETOWN HEROES TO WORLD CHAMPIONS" card at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville , CT on Saturday night May 22, 2010.
O'Connor (11-0, 3 KO's), from Framingham , MA , puts his undefeated record on the line when he takes on his toughest opponent to date in slick southpaw veteran Broderick Antoine (10-9-1, 5 KO's) in a special attraction. "We are very excited to showcase Danny O'Connor on this great card and we want to thank TKO Promotions, and Chet Koerner, for inviting us to participate, "said Leon Margules, President of Warriors Boxing. "I am really looking forward to finally fighting at the Mohegan Sun Casino, a place where I have been attending fights for years and where I have always envisioned fighting. I expect all my fans to make the trek to support me, "said O'Connor.
A 25-year old southpaw known for his ring savvy, boxing ability, and clean punching, O'Connor was a high school wrestling champion who do not begin his stint in the sweet science in 2004. Danny went on to win four New England Golden Gloves titles, a National Golden Gloves crown, and he scored a dominating victory over eventual in May of 2008 Olympic Gold medalist Felix Diaz of the Dominican Republic just prior to the games. And though O'Connor would drop a hard-fought decision to Javier Molina in the Olympic trials, the 141-pounder was selected as the US team alternate and he traveled to Beijing for the 2008 Games. Once the Olympics were over, O'Connor made his debut as a professional, stopping Jose Guerrido in two rounds on September 17th, 2008. Since then, he remained undefeated through 11 contest and returns to the ring to try for number 12 on May 22nd at Mohegan Sun Casino.
HOMETOWN HEROES TO WORLD CHAMPIONS is headlined by an IBO Middleweight Title bout between "The Pride of Providence" Peter Manfredo Jr. and Chicago 's Angel "Toro" Hernandez of Chicago .
Priced at $125.00, 60.00 and $30.00, tickets for HOMETOWN HEROES TO WORLD CHAMPIONS are available through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com), phone 1-800-745-3000.) Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office. Doors on the evening of the event will open at 6:30pm with the first bell at 7:30pm .
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Abstract (Summary)Gynoid lipodystrophy (cellulite) is characterized by the uneven distribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue in the skin in ~85% of post-adolescent women, giving rise to an irregular, dimpled skin surface of the thighs, abdomen, and/or buttocks. Currently, myriad investigator specific, subjective grading scales are used to evaluate cellulite. The development of a novel, non-contact method using three-dimensional laser scanning technology (Cyberware Rapid 3D Digitizer) to objectively characterize cellulite is described in females (n=51) undergoing weight reduction (liquid diet, Weight Watchers®, bariatric surgery, medication) during a six month period. Females (n=11) without visible cellulite served as controls. Additionally, we have examined the skin biomechanical properties (BTC-2000™); tissue density, skin thickness and dermal-subcutaneous border morphology by skin ultrasound; body composition by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry; and the examination of cellulite and non-cellulite affected tissue structure by histology. Quantitative model development by linear regression analysis revealed that the surface roughness parameters Svm (mean depth of the five deepest valleys) and Sdr (surface roughness ratio) quantitatively described the cellulite condition. Visual assessment of the laser-scanned images of cellulite by experts, study subjects, and naïve judges revealed significantly correlated perceptual evaluations of cellulite severity (r? 0.86, p< 0.05). The change in cellulite severity (Sz) with weight loss exhibited a bimodal response (improvement/ worsening of the condition). Subjects experiencing a decrease in the condition had significant reductions in weight, BMI, thigh circumference, subregion % fat of the thigh, whole thigh % fat, and a significant increase in % lean tissue. Histological data revealed that the skin surface changes were dependent upon adipocyte size, fat tissue content, and tissue density. The data generated in this investigation indicates that the severity and manifestations of cellulite are influenced by thigh % fat, tortuosity of the dermal-subcutaneous architecture, and adipocyte size. The quantitative comparison of the heterogeneous surface and sub-architecture of cellulite, related to visual score establishes the basis for treatments targeted to the specific presentation of cellulite, i.e. mild orange peel (surface refinement) and severe cottage cheese (deep tissue assessment). Three-dimensional surface scanning has uses beyond cellulite evaluation: breast reconstruction, wound revision, face-lift, prosthesis fitting and more...
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Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:gynoid lipodystrophy cellulite weight loss bariatric surgery three dimensional laser scanning dual energy x ray absorptiometry dexa histology
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- Hope_To_Be_MrsLovebug
- 5 years ago
Hi Bees. So this post is somewhat unusual I am sure, but anyway, my mom found out about 10 years into her marriage that my father slept with a prostitute the night before they got married at his "bachelor party." They have since divorced for that and other reasons, but because of this, the thought of Fiance having a bachelor party truly upsets me. It brings back all of the memories of when my mom found out about my dad- over dinner..his friends brought it up as a "joke." The fact is, Fiance and I will have already signed the marriage certificate, and i dont see this as his last night of being single. He has not been single in YEARS. I honestly DO NOT want him to have this party. Is he being punished for my father's infidelity and am I overreacting? probably. But, it still makes me so extremely uncomfortable, that I cannot stomach the thought of him having one. I cannot stand two of his single friends, who are VERY immature, and wouldnt put it past them to plan a party I would not approve of. Even though he does not party much now, he will feel peer pressured to drink way too much around these high school friends again. HELP?