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aka The time being a MOH sucked all of my time and energy
If I'm being honest, I barely have time to do these once a week posts, let alone sit and read. I never knew that being a maid-of-honour was so much work!
Don't get me wrong, I'm honoured to have been chosen, and I'm enjoying all that comes with the position but good Lord!
My time has been stretched much thinner than I'd like, so when I do get time to myself, I'm too fried to sit and read. I cannot wait for the wedding to get here (just one more month to go).
But, I did make a few commitments reading wise so here's hoping I can carve out the time…and expect the posts to be even more sporadic towards the middle/end of February.
Until next time, share all your reading adventures so I can live vicariously through you.

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Black Coffee.
2018.1.26 – Watanabe Risa
Good evening~
I am considerably late…
Thank you very much for the National Handshakes
of last week's Saturday and Sunday
This was the first Osaka National Handshake 🐙
There were many people I met for the first time, and I was able to talk about many things
I had fun. ☺
Many people also came to Makuhari,
Thank you very much!!
Amazingly, at Makuhari,
I was in the same lane as my beloved Oze, so I was very happy ♡♡
The next one is the Makuhari individual handshake on February 3rd
I'll be waiting!!
See you later \( ¨̮ )/
Translator: Shino
You can find the raws here.
MonaRisa is back even though Risa only talks about her love for Ozeki. Ozeki is actually great though. She's kind. She's pretty. To be honest, she's great.
With the new tagging system that we have for blogs, I realized that we haven't translated any of Pe-chan's blogs. Typing in Watanabe to tag, only Risa-sama shows up. Ah, but Pe-chan might be one of the only members who hasn't updated her blog in the new year yet?
Let's wait for Pe-chan. Hopefully, she's recovered from the flu.


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A message from Senator Michael Bennet
So I sent a quick message to our beloved state senator, Michael Bennet, the other day after the US decided to help Egypt's government pull off what people seem to think may be threatening our beloved friend, the Internet, over here in the US. This was his response.
Dear Josh:
Thank you for contacting me. I appreciate hearing from you about this important issue.
As you may know, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard A. Schmidt recently announced plans to establish a National Program Office within the Department of Commerce to coordinate federal activities needed to implement the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). The NSTIC is an initiative to find new and effective ways to protect the identities of Internet users and to enhance privacy protections for common online activities and transactions.
The National Program Office would operate as the federal coordinator with other agencies, such as the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration to implement the NSTIC. Online service providers that opt in to the system would follow a set of guidelines to establish the security and privacy infrastructure.
A number of Coloradans have raised concerns about the uses of this system once it has been established. The advent of the Internet has led to countless cultural and economic benefits. However, the Internet has also led to a loss of privacy unprecedented in our history. This change has been unsettling for millions of Americans, and millions more have found themselves to be the victims of identity theft. At this point, the Department of Commerce and the White House have only provided general details about the implementation of the program. The federal efforts will be led by the Department of Commerce, but actual implementation will be led by the private sector, specifically those service providers that choose to opt in to the program.
I certainly understand the concerns you have about this program. I believe privacy is, and should always remain, a protected individual right in this country. Rest assured that I will closely monitor the progress of this program as the Department of Commerce moves forward.
I value the input of fellow Coloradans in considering the wide variety of important issues and legislative initiatives that come before the Senate. I hope you will continue to inform me of your thoughts and concerns.
For more information about my priorities as a U.S. Senator, I invite you to visit my website at http://bennet.senate.gov/. Again, thank you for contacting me.
Michael Bennet
United States Senator
Please do not respond to this email. To send another message please visit my website at http://bennet.senate.gov and fill out the webform for a prompt response. Thank you.
I am interested in knowing what you beautiful people think about this?


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Five Tips to Protect Your Solid Timber Door From Your Dog's ScratchesShare
You love your solid timber doors, and your dog is one of your best friends, but unfortunately, the two of them don't get along too well. Worried that your dog is going to scratch or damage your timber doors? Here are some ways to avoid that:
1. Look for a dog shield.
There are special dog shields made to protect solid timber doors. These shields feature a piece of plastic that adheres to your door, and when the dog scratches the door, his nails go into the door shield rather than the door itself. Make sure to use a product specially made for this purpose. If you just use a sheet of laminating plastic, for example, the glue residues may damage the door.
2. Install a baby gate in the doorway.
If you don't want to adhere anything to your door, consider putting a baby gate in the doorway. The gate separates the dog from the door, making it hard for him to reach it and scratch it. However, if you have a very large dog who stands on his back paws and tends to scratch the top of the door, you may want to combine a dog shield and a baby gate.
3. Apply extra sealant or wax.
Extra sealant or wax is a great way to protect a timber door. To start, apply a layer of stain or varnish if you like. Then, rub the wax or sealant on top of that. This puts a coat of finish onto the door, and even if your dog scratches the wax or sealant, he won't be likely to scratch through the door. The level of protection your door has depends on how thick the sealant you use is. Look for a commercial grade product for the most protection. Keep in mind if you eventually think that the wax is giving the door a "heavy" look, you can sand it off and reclaim the more natural finish of your door.
4. Use citrus wood oil.
With any of the above three solutions, you may also want to use citrus oil. Citrus oil can condition the timber of your door, helping to keep it moist and looking shiny. However, it can also do double duty as a doggy repellant, as dogs do not like citrus.
5. Build a dog door.
Finally, rather than deterring your dog from the timber door, think about why he's scratching it. If he is trying to get outside, it may be time to give him his only little door. Unfortunately, it isn't possible to make timber doggy doors, but you could talk with a timber specialist about making a timber cover for the doggy door and having that match the style of your timber door.


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Saumyadeep Datta is organizing indigenous youth groups to conduct conflict resolution and environmental preservation in the strife-torn northeastern region of India. They are establishing "people's sanctuaries" across the seven states in the Northeast and training ethnic groups to conserve their common forest heritage.
The New Idea
Saumyadeep Datta, a lifelong birder, has seen up close how environmental degradation increases economic stress in forest communities and drains positive youth energy into terrorist movements. Based in Assam, he is mobilizing and training a youth environmental movement of over 3,000 volunteers to return the rain forests to their indigenous people, and initiate conflict resolution, crime prevention, and peace initiatives among them. Saumyadeep's approach, for the first time in the country, has turned around competing government, extremist, and indigenous claims over protected wildlife areas in the favor of the latter. Most importantly, it has organized rural youth leaders – most vulnerable to extremist pulls – to turn around unprotected green belts into "people's sanctuaries."
Saumyadeep's creative interplay of environmental and economic strategies have brought youth from tribes in conflict – Boda, Rambha, etc. – into a taut network. By demonstrating that the youth of antagonistic tribes share a common green heritage, it has shown them positive lifestyle options in eco-activism. Thus, as new youth leadership emerges around forest belts of Assam, wildlife protection is fortified and the economies of local communities are uplifted. Saumyadeep aims to replicate the model across the seven strife-torn states in the country's Northeast and is establishing linkages with citizen organizations and bureaucrats in the region.
The Problem
Forests and wildlife tracts have historically been much contested resource belts in all seven states of the Northeast. They have been depleted for their commercial worth by government, criminals, and militants alike. The Wildlife Protection Acts of India stipulate complete eviction (and, therefore disenfranchisement) of indigenous communities within a five-kilometer radius of wildlife-protected areas. It makes no allowance for local management of the forests by villagers who have traditionally lived in and around protected areas. Similarly, the Forest Conservation Acts of 1980 make tribal rights to hunting in forests illegal and legitimize the exclusion of local communities from any method of forest use. The rural poor, therefore, gain little by protecting tree cover. Often they fell trees, clear patches of land, and put them to plow, thereby branding their ownership over it.
Commercial pressures, coupled with the Wildlife Protection Acts of India have, thus, divorced traditional forest communities from their natural economic bases of sustenance. Additionally, all the wildlife reserves and forests of the state have been heavily encroached upon by illegal migrants from Bangladesh. This has not only put pressure on forest resources and land but has divided the local population along communal lines (Bangladeshi migrants are Muslims), and has caused increasing tension between "outsiders" and the locals.
The largest numbers of forest reserve parks and wildlife sanctuaries are concentrated in the Northeast. Casual forest employees who fall in the bottom rungs of the Forest Department often work in close comradeship with militants and smugglers; and timber smuggling, poaching, and extremist activities continue unabated. Voluntary environmental and peace efforts in the region have relied on charity programs.
The Strategy
Saumyadeep defines a "people's sanctuary" as one created through grassroots pressure on the government to provide high conservation status and stringent legal protection for bio-diverse hot-spots around which communities live. In return, communities provide the management and vigilance systems for the sanctuary. The rationale: villagers have sophisticated traditional training in wildlife and flora protection. Their policing systems are organized and independent of expensive infrastructure. A people's sanctuary also houses a conflict resolution center where ethnic groups, government officials, and even extremists sort out differences and plan together.
His model stems from his establishment of, perhaps, the first "people's sanctuary" in the history of modern India. In the late 1980s, Saumyadeep and his friends discovered the Golden Langur and four other endangered primates in Chakrashila, his home-district. "We felt that the wildlife peg would be a non-threatening base to launch our demand for greater conservation status for Chakrashila," he says. Gathering his base of youth volunteers, Nature's Beckon, which he had organized earlier, Saumyadeep launched a grassroots environmental movement that succeeded in getting the state to declare Chakrashila a wildlife sanctuary. Today, it is managed completely by the villagers. As a result, since 1994, no forest ranger or beat officer has been deputed by the government to Chakrashila – another first in the history of forest management in India.
Saumyadeep's intervention began when the law evicted villagers from a protected green belt in Chakrashila. In response, Nature's Beckon facilitated the forest communities' resettlement in the fringe areas, and trained sixteen villages around the sanctuary to regenerate their own forests around Chakrashila and establish sustainable food security and income-generation. A combination of ingenious irrigation methods and traditional forest-based food and cash-crop cultivation has led to substantial improvement in the quality of their lives. Annual income has gone up by Rs. 10,000 (US $232). The model conflict resolution center within Chakrashila is called Tapovan, which has broken the antagonism between villagers and bureaucrats, achieved state respect for Nature's Beckon's efforts, and spurred successful grassroots campaigns for governmental accountability on social-sector spending. Health and education programs are offered to children of differing ethnic groups in Tapovan.
The Chakrashila experience has fueled Saumyadeep's efforts to spread the green movement to other parts of the region, beginning with the state of Assam. Of the existing 328 reserve forests of Assam, his team has prioritized twelve on the basis of their fragile eco-systems and endangered wildlife wealth, and by the severity of encroachment. He is training local communities around the five kilometer radius of potential sanctuaries to organize, collect data, lobby for sanctuary status for their wildlife domains, and reenact the Tapovan experience.
Sanctuary status often produces youth who are disenfranchised and divorced from their traditional settlements. Saumyadeep recruits these youth as volunteers, and their exhaustive and continuous training is at the heart of the Nature's Beckon vision. Training takes place in villages, on invitation. Saumyadeep and his team start by disseminating information on wildlife conservation. Next they walk the villagers through discussions on the tenuous links between environment, economy, and militancy, and encourage debates. They identify potential youth leaders and involve them in exhaustive nature camps, educational trails, constructive peer interaction, etc. The aim is to help them look anew at forests, which they have for so long viewed with apathy. Interactive games like "feel a tree" and family motivation programs work especially well with families of poachers and timber smugglers. Through low-cost training aids, journals, and workshops, Nature's Beckon trains these eco-emissaries in fifteen steps of biodiversity management and protection.
Of the 500 villages that surround existing wildlife sanctuaries of Assam, Saumyadeep and his team of eco-volunteers have touched 140,000 people. They have created updated, bio-diversity maps of villages around the five kilometer outer radius of the wildlife sanctuaries of Assam. Nature's Beckon is using this data to train and create self-contained local information systems for communities. As the number of training programs in villages increase, so do the numbers of youth volunteers, who provide a new, young, alternative leadership to villages. Populations that were once hired by extremists, timber smugglers, poachers, etc., for nominal wages to plunder green belts, are now reducing human demand on central forest systems, relocating their economic bases away from endangered wildlife and plant species, and designing new forest-based development programs along the fringes of the forests. Saumyadeep interacts with them at regular intervals for fresh insights and to share experiences.
Nature's Beckon is also providing training to citizen organizations in Assam and other parts of the Northeast to provide support structures to youth volunteers as the movement for the protection of wildlife grows. Training has been conducted with over 60 organisations over a spectrum of issues: conflict resolution skills for working with communities in hostile areas, bird-watching, bio-diversity management, documentation, lobbying, advocacy and campaigning skills, resourcing through creative ways, etc.
Though Nature's Beckon received a small grant from the National Foundation of India, an Indian donor agency, all its activities are forest-based and need no resources from outside. The organization earns Rs. 90,000 (US $2093) every year through memberships and encourages the sale of its publications during training activities.
The Person
Saumyadeep Datta was born in 1967 to the Roopshi Zamindari family of Assam, among its most influential estate holders. His grandfather, the family patriarch, was a distinguished environmentalist. He introduced Saumyadeep to bird-watching to quell the mischievous seven-year-old's nervous energy. "I loved the birds and the green calmed me," Saumyadeep remembers.
He felt frustrated in closed classrooms and could not relate to blackboard teaching. Much of his childhood was spent with two "septuagenarian grandfathers" who introduced him to the world of environmental studies. Saumyadeep devoured books, news clippings, and journals on environmental issues and created his own library of ecological studies. At the age of thirteen, he established Nature's Beckon with his mother, sisters, and grandfathers enrolled as the first members.
The family's obsession with large, organized shikar (hunting expeditions) took Saumyadeep to Chakrashila for the first time. He loved the forest and hated the plunder. "After the abolition of the privy purse (an allowance that the government of India paid to small, erstwhile rulers), the resources waned, as did the interest of my family in returning to the forests. But I kept going back," Saumyadeep says. The worsening conditions of the forest urged him to launch a youth environmental education program in affiliation with the WWF and create more bird-watching clubs in the Dhubri district of Assam. In 1988, he gathered a team of friends and organized the All Assam Environment Awareness Campaign that stretched across Assam, from the Brahmaputra to the Barak valley, in collaboration with the government of Assam. Saumyadeep and his team traveled across the state, met youth groups, and urged them to set up nature clubs in their towns and cities. This was the first initiative of its kind in the state. After its completion, over 100 nature clubs sprung up across Assam.
Saumyadeep's experience in the Chakrashila Wildlife Preserve (upgraded later in 1994 to a Wildlife Sanctuary) spawned many years of practical learning. As a rebellious fourteen-year-old, he mobilized rural youth networks across Assam, gathered them into fun eco-watch clubs, and generated awareness about the depleting source of fun: the forests. As he trained them exhaustively in eco-management and conflict-prevention strategies, he was intuitively defining strategies that would later firm his model. Saumyadeep, a self-trained environmentalist, has attended and conducted several courses on environmental protection and conservation. He was invited by the Smithsonian Institute to attend a comprehensive course on professional environmental management. He has worked extensively with government institutions on conservation and related themes.


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آمازون، بزرگترین، نوآورترین و پرارزشترین خرده فروشی در سراسر دنیاست. با نزدیک به ۵۰۰ میلیون محصول که بالاترین میزان تنوع و حق انتخاب را به ارمغان می آورد. چهار گروه بیشترین خرید را از مالتینا دارند:


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Kage Baker's short novel, Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key, is not a sequel so much as a continuation of the adventures of John James, fugitive, sometime pirate, and free-lance muscle, who was introduced in her novella "The Maid on the Shore" in Dark Mondays.
James has just returned to Port Royal from the sack of Panama with a mere fifty pounds of gain, and a mission to deliver a letter from his friend Tom, who died in the sack, to Mrs. Clarissa Waverly, who had been Tom's mistress. The letter, as it turns out, contains instructions for finding four thousand pounds of ransom for a prince who is mad and now lost, which Tom had hidden before embarking on his last adventure. So, perforce, John and Mrs. Waverly leave for Leauchaud, where the ransom, according to Tom's letter, is hidden.
On the way they are, of course, set upon and captured by pirates, and then the pirate ship is lost with all hands on the rocks at an unknown island, save for John, Mrs. Waverly, a freedman named Sejanus, and a clerk, Mr. Tudely, on his way to Barbados. After various adventures, they manage to return to Port Royal.
This reads like the middle portion of a longer work, of which "The Maid on the Shore" would be the beginning. As such, save for the magic of Baker's prose, it's not a particularly strong story, but I'm not sure that it has to be. Perhaps that's simply because of the overwhelming impression that we're reading a section of a novel, a sort of Bildungsroman of which John James is the protagonist: we expect that eventually — in the next novella perhaps — we will see him comfortably settled as a bricklayer in Jamaica or Barbados. But, given the tenor of this tale, it's only a maybe.
One thing that is inescapable here is a mordant view of human nature and the possibilities for nobility when the alternative is immediate self-interest, which are slim at best. John seems to be, among his other sterling qualities, the eternal patsy. He is earnest, honest, faithful and not nearly cynical enough — enough to make him real, but not enough that it affects his behavior to any appreciable extent. The same cannot be said for those around him.
The supernatural elements that provided strong resonance in "Maid," an other-worldly quality to the narrative, are not so pervasive here, and have little effect on the mood of the story. There was a certain surreality there that doesn't survive here, and I, for one, missed it — it somehow sparked "Maid" up a level, added an air of numinosity to the story that infused the whole tale. There are bizarre, unexplained occurrences here, visions that affect the entire quartet of castaways, but they are somehow discrete events that don't resonate as did their predecessors.
It's still a good story — I'm not sure that Baker can turn out one that is less than good — but I find myself making a somewhat strange recommendation: read this one first, because I think that will enable you to get the most out of it. Then go back and look at "Maid on the Shore" and see if you agree with me.
(Subterranean Press, 2008)
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Anyone with a home needs to understand their roof. The good thing is that you can learn how to install the materials on your own. Read through this article if you want to learn what can be done about keeping a roof maintained so that you are sure everything goes well for you.
When it comes to roofing, you always want to take the climate into account. Clay roofs work great in dry climates and may keep the home cool. These tiles in a rainy area can make your roof deteriorate quickly. If you have doubts, just ask.
When fixing roof leaks, make sure the whole problem is fixed. This often means searching for other leaks after the initial spot has been fixed. It is important that you determine the entire extent of the problem before beginning repairs.
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Speak with people that you know to find the best contractors. They will be able to tell you honestly about their experience with the contractor. You should also find out if they offered a warranty, and make sure they cleaned up well once the job was completed.
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Don't hire a roofer until you've received quotes from several contractors. There are contractors out there that will try and squeeze as much money from you as they can. In order to prevent a contractor from ripping you off, it is important to consider the industry average.
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Visionary Leaders: a Case Study on What You Don't Know About Dell
From the findings, we learn about the management style of both, Michael S. Dell, Kevin B. Rollins and his management. At start, Mr. Dell was seen as aloof and Mr. Rollins as autocratic. Trying to improve the company, Mr. Dell took step to enhance relationship with their team. In order to be the leader in low-cost PC, he uses a direct sales model which causes Dell to transform from a no-name PC player to a powerhouse. He focuses on cost efficiency to reach his goals. As a result, his overhead expense was just 9.6% revenue, boosted productivity to nearly $1 million in revenue per employee. Later he diversifies into computer peripherals and tech services. Dell was able to expand its business by focusing their core strength in being discipline, speed and efficiency. Later the Mr. Dell also outsources to help in his expansion. Mr. Dell adopts a leadership management process that works for his huge and important company and he maintains a pinpoint control of his company operation. Further more he and his team was concern of the product features and the buying experience. However, his demanding culture and high expectation has caused discontent and loyalty issue among his staff.
Although Mr. Dell may struggle as he goes into the up market, many has commented that he may not be able to survive in the high end business but with better technology, low-cost PC will become better for most customers.
Visionary leader posses company visions that should generate interest, vitality which in turn will lead to the total commitment and energies of everyone in the company. The main features of a vision should include elements that are values centered, clear and specific and could be communicated across the board, to everyone in the company.
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The last few days I have been thinking of my place in the world. I want to make this world better than I found it. It seems so unattainable sometimes, with everything that is going on. How can anyone change the course of things? This is part of why I share my writing and photography. I want to bring the beautiful things I see to the world. We live in a society that is overwhelmed with negative things. There is so much hate and violence, that it is hard not being drowned in it. I refuse to let it swallow me. Everyday I face people who mistake my positive nature for naivety. Yet they are wrong, it is so much bigger than that. I want to rise from the flames, a better person than before.
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Idyl – Owami ft Lungi Naidoo
Speaking on the release of the song, the General Manager, Universal Music Nigeria, Mr. Ezegozie Eze, said: "Even with his overwhelming success at the second edition of The Voice Nigeria, Idyl has shown that the talent, zeal, desire and determination which made him an instant fan favourite, continue to propel him towards greatness. His hard work, consistency and work ethic have already resulted in the widespread success of 'Better Love' and Universal Music is thrilled to announce the release of 'Owami', a unique song which straddles genres and sounds, therefore appealing to different audiences. The song features Lungi, another Universal Music artiste, and shows the magic that happens when the best talents from the across the continent collaborate."
"Besides being an exciting song , Owami represents a cultural bridge between South Africa and Nigeria. The song is immediately relatable by listeners and fans in the two countries and indeed across the continent. I can't wait for our fans to hear it", added Idyl.
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A History of South-East Asia
A History of South-East Asia
The present work, large and detailed though it may appear to the reader unfamiliar with the subject, is a bare outline, perilously compressed and oversimplified in many parts. As an introduction to South-East Asian history, designed as much for the non-specialist reader as for the student intending to pursue the subject further, its story is told with as few distracting footnotes as possible. Special care, however, has been bestowed upon the selection and arrangement of titles for the bibliography. The available literature, it may be remarked, is immense, running to many thousands of books, articles and collections of printed documents. For the earlier periods there are thousands of inscriptions and a great mass of local chronicles still inadequately explored. For the later periods the contemporary accounts, documents and memoirs listed in Section III of the bibliography are of quite unusual interest.
So much research work is in progress, by European scholars and, happily, an ever-increasing number of Asian ones, that it is difficult to keep pace with the progress of discovery and interpretation over the whole field. Hence the treatment of many subjects, especially in the very important pre-European period, must be regarded as provisional only. For instance, Burma's wealth of inscriptions--and she is incomparably richer in this respect than any other region of South- East Asia--is likely soon to yield results of no little importance as a result of the devoted labours of Gordon Luce over many years. These will certainly lead to modifications in the account of the Pagan period given here. Then, also, research by both Dutch and Indonesian scholars during the past twenty years or so is likely to lead to considerable revision of N. J. Krom version of Old Javanese history. An attempt has been made here to indicate the importance of C. C. Berg's recent series of attacks upon accepted notions regarding the story of Airlangga's division of his kingdom, the reign of Kertanagara and the early Majapahit period. A final pronouncement on these matters is at present impossible, and it is well to take into account the prudent assessment of the situation by J. G. de Casparis in his valuable 'Twintig jaar studie van de oudere geschiedenis van Indonesië'.


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Yesterday in a series of test flights, my airplane with a 2.5 APM struggled to find way points and at some times even the direction to go. In effort to diagnose the problems I notices there was no mag data on the graph. Am I looking this correctly?
Attached is a graph of throttle and mag data.
What suggestions do you all have for me to correct this?
Thank you.
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THIS may be a factor in some of the information of a playback of your log.
That is from the Arducopter section but it may apply to Arduplane as well.
Let us hope one of the active plane folk jump in.
In the above pic, it looks like the aircraft was heading for an impact.
The compass display did change as the flight progressed.
Nice flying site!
Hello Doug:
Thank you for taking time to look at the logs and give me some feedback. OK - the fact that the mag data is for multicopters may explain the fact that there was no data. I am still learning all of this.
What do you think is causing faulty information in the "distance to MAV" section?
Also, I should have included in the original post that I am using Ardrupilot 2.69 when I recorded the above flights. However today I just downloaded and installed APM version V.2.7. If my fingers can bear the cold, I will further test today.
Thank you for your help!
Bret C
I did not mean to imply that the mag data is not used in ArduPlane; just that the referred information is from the ArduCopter section. HERE is the ArduPlane section instead. Different folk work on different sections so there will be variations.
When played back, it clearly shows the compass information changing with the attitude of the aircraft. Way Points are based on LAT and LONG from GPS as discussed HERE.
The 'MAV' error may be due to discussion found HERE.
Again, from the copter section. Watch the video. Randy discusses the reasons for the big numbers. Probably your 'home' settings are not correct in MP.
The red line and others are indications of APM/aircraft heading and direction to WP, etc. This is fairly easy to confirm at home by connecting via USB to the aircraft with MP running and noting the Flight Data screen. If you know where North is in relation to how the aircraft if sitting, a line will be pointing that way - assuming the mag is calibrated and not skewed from massive amounts of ferrous material nearby.
Great information and help. I suspect that all the answers to my challenges are in the DIYdrones web site, but sometimes I struggle with finding it.
Also - yes, we are blessed to be able to use our local airport for flying. There is not much full scale activity there so the city allows us to use it. It is a great place for testing.
Thanks again for your help and support!
Bret C
No further help is needed on this thread. I learned today the real problem is the fact that when the mode is switched to AUTO, the APM actually goes to RTL even though the HUD display on the Flight Data of the mission planner says otherwise. Go to this thread for information about itl


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Smoking is not really a nice and everyone usually go against it. If you are smoking then considering to stop smoking could be a nice idea. The problem is that stopping smoking is not an easy thing to so many people in Nigeria. there is a saying that once a smoker is always a smoker, but i tell you once a smoker is really not a smoker and can never be if you don't really want to be.
How To Stop Smoking in Nigeria
On these article i will be showing you some tips that can help you stop smoking and make a good man people have been expecting you to be. It will only take a time or even it can be so quick that you can surprise people around you that you no longer a smoker. First we want to quickly ask if you are really tired of smoking and looking for help or tips to help you stop smoking?. Why asking is that, without your own decision of stopping smoking there is nothing that can help you stop to stop it, you have to take the decision by yourself kowing that nothing good comes out of smoking. But if really you are tired of smoking then should be able to make it with these tips.
I would also want to ask you this question, I know too well that when you drink water you urinate as the result of the water you drank, I also know that when you eat food, you pass stool as the result of the food, so what do one pass in the sense of smoking? Can you see that smoking has no gain?. There are so many health complications that align with smoking that is why you hear on TV, radios and onine people are against that act of smoking.
The heart of men is full of evil and entitled to destruction, except for those whose heart is for God. Check your ways now.
Without too many talk we would want to go straight to the main reason you are here since you have decided to stop these mess. As i have told you, smoking is really a mess and you should make a change in stopping it. Follow the step below to make a good change
1 Stop Going To Club
If you are someone who have been going to club or so, you have to stop going those places and make a good change. You can make a U turn by stopping clubs or going to other location that high you moral as warri boys always said.
2. Change Your Friends
As said, tell me your friends and i will tell you who you are. If you are a smoker then your friends are likely to be smokers, for these reasons you have to find all means in changing your friends. There is no way you can stop smoking if you are still hanging around with smokers. Try to change your friends that are known to be smokers if you wish to stop smoking also. Also make a good friends that are not not smokers.
3. Limit Alcohol Consumption
Once a smoker is know to be a drinker if not a drunker. one thing that inspire smoking is alcohol, you can't deny it because it the fact. A none alcoholic man/woman can't be a smoker because there is no inspiration that warrant that. This is to say alcohol high the moral of every smoker and there is nothing that can limit smoking if the alcohol is still there.
4. Be Friend to God and Obey His Commandment
With God every thing is possible and there is nothing under these earth that can't change easily. I want to tell you that every good thing comes from God and these should be your pillar of change. Going to church, listening to preaching and going for counseling will met your heart and change you thinking. If you have someone you want him/her to stop smoking then taking them to church counselling will help a lot and bring you the maximum gain as you have been expecting to. And if you are the one who seek change from smoking, now is the time to dive God, and ask for mercy so he can help you encourage your your faith.
5. Take Life Easy
The most thing that drive smokers crazy and amaze them with smoking is thinking too much of the next day and future. They felt smoking can relief them of the thinking stress, when they consider they living or the stress to go through tomorrow, they want to high their spirit to enable them think right of even forget the trouble ahead, for you thinking less of fighting the trouble could be smoking and drinking idea, but i tell you, it doesn't mater the amount of cigarette you smoke you will still end up facing the problem even in a greater way because you will get yourself doss off at the right time you are suppose to face your fear and extend it to the next day.
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6. Limit Your Anger
Getting angry quick will not help you in stopping smoking, if you are willing to stop smoking then you have to over look your problems and people that will annoy you. If you are married then you must over look your wife and children and learn how to abandon some trouble and sleep off. And again if you are helping someone to avoid smoking then you should make sure you do all you can that the person don't get annoyed. These is because when ever the smoker get annoyed, he or she want to look for something that will cool him down, sometimes he or she want to leave the house and go out, these is when the smoker might get involve in smoking, or even he/her might decide to go hang out with his or her friends to cool his temper down, at these point he might get involve in smoking by seeing his or her friends smoking. Therefore a smoker must avoid getting annoyed and hot to temper.
7. Ask for Support
Your family and friends can support you if you wish in getting quite smoking and they will be able to remember you most of these things and even help you better as no one could.
8. Be a man/woman of Your Word in Your Honor
Are you sincere with your word? Do you keep according to your words? If yes then start it now, be a man of you word and stand by your decision. If you should go back then shame to you. These is the only way that can help you quit smoking fast.
10 Bad Disease Smoking Can Cause to Human
Before you go, you should be aware of this diseases which smoking can cause to human listed by the American lung association.
- Lung Cancer
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
- Heart Disease
- Stroke
- Asthma
- Reproductive Effects in Women
- Premature, Low Birth-Weight Babies
- Diabetes
- Blindness, Cataracts and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Over 10 Other Types of Cancer, Including Colon, Cervix, Liver, Stomach and Pancreatic Cancer
Disclaimer: As you have already know, smokers are liable to die young before their time, this is because they have endanger their heart and kidney to diseases, therefor you most quitting smoking now before it get too late. Aside that, no good person or christian like smokers. My friend i will love you more when you are not a smoker.


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Even though Christmas is still 7 weeks away it doesn't hurt to think of Christmas recipes.
My Nana would always make this at Christmas time, and I must admit I loved it, but I had to make sure that I didn't overload on the sugar factor, as it would give me a nose bleed.
It is very easy to make and you can get you kids to help, just make sure that you pour the hot copha in.
You can either put it in a tin and cut it into pieces or put it into small patty pan papers. This makes an excellent Christmas gift.
This is the recipe my Nana always used.
White Christmas
250 gm copha, melted, 1 cup pure icing sugar, 1 cup sultanas, 100g glace cherries, chopped, 100 gms dried apricots chopped, 1 cup desiccated coconut, 1 cup full cream milk powder, 1 1/4 cups rice bubbles
Line a 18cm x 28cm tray with baking/parchment paper or place patty pan cases on a tray.
Mix all ingredients except copha together, pour over copha, mix well.
Pour into tray and flatten with the back of a spoon, or place spoonfuls into patty pans cases. Place into the fridge to set.
If you made it in the tray upend onto a chopping board and cut into pieces.
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We all know the story of the prodigal son who took his inheritance and lived a profligate life and finally went into penury. Then he returned to the father and asked forgiveness and his father whole heartedly embraced him. As an idiom it means a kind hearted father who forgives all the transgressions of his children.
My father is a prodigal son.
The heavenly father Christ is a prodigal son for all his sheep.


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SEATTLE -- Mariners left-handed reliever Arthur Rhodes will miss the entire season after deciding to have surgery on his pitching elbow.
Rhodes will have Tommy John surgery on May 2 in California. Rhodes opted for surgery after meeting with Dr. Lewis Yocum last week when the Mariners were in Southern California playing the Angels. Yocum matched the earlier diagnosis of the Mariners' medical staff -- a torn ligament in Rhodes' elbow.
The veteran reliever was a non-roster invitee to spring training and made the Mariners' 25-man roster despite missing time with soreness in the elbow. He was diagnosed with the torn ligament on April 11.
The 37-year-old Rhodes was 26-15 in his four seasons as Seattle's main set-up man, including an 8-0 record with a 1.72 ERA when the Mariners won 116 games in 2001. But after stops in Oakland, Cleveland and Baltimore, he went 0-5 with a 5.32 ERA in 55 games for Philadelphia last year.


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Module code: HCRM001
Module Overview
This module will provide students with an introduction to public health issues in cancer including prevention, early detection, patient experience and cancer survival. Broad topics to be covered will include the role of lifestyle in cancer prevention, cancer screening, early diagnosis, managing consequences of a cancer diagnosis for patients and carers, and cancer survivorship.
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WHITAKER Katriina (Health Sci.)
Number of Credits: 15
ECTS Credits: 7.5
Framework: FHEQ Level 7
JACs code: L620
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Module Availability
Year long
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
Module content
Indicative content includes:
Cancer prevention: the role of lifestyle
Smoking and public health
Cancer screening
Public awareness of cancer
Early diagnosis and help-seeking for cancer symptoms
Cancer management: interventions to improve patient outcomes
Cancer survivorship and late effects
Interventions for cancer survivors and their carers
Assessment pattern
|Assessment type
|Unit of assessment
|Poster Presentation
Alternative Assessment
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate
their knowledge and understanding of public health issues in cancer and to evaluate/reflect on attempts to improve cancer prevention or early detection.
Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:
Poster presentation on theme of "Public Health Interventions in Cancer". Students can choose from any of the topics covered (e.g. smoking, cancer screening)
Formative assessment
One to one tutorials will be utilised to develop poster ideas
Students will be given peer feedback on their ideas during tutorials
Students will be given feedback/support from people involved in the course, with timely replies to emails and use of the SurreyLearn forum
Please note that any evidence of unsafe pratice or breach of confidentiality will result in an automatic refer for the module.
Module aims
- Introduce students to public health issues in the prevention and early detection of cancer
- Discuss wider consequences of coping with a cancer diagnosis, and interventions aimed at improving patient/carer outcomes
- Introduce students to issues around public health challenges for cancer survivors
Learning outcomes
|Attributes Developed
|Demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of public health issues in cancer prevention, early detection and living with cancer
|Evaluate and apply knowledge of the impact of interventions to improve cancer prevention, early detection and patient, carer's and cancer survivor's experience
|Critically appraise and synthesise research evidence to support evaluation
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Overall student workload
Independent Study Hours: 120
Lecture Hours: 15
Seminar Hours: 15
Methods of Teaching / Learning
The learning and teaching strategy is designed to: enable students to undertake integrated learning to consider and critically evaluate public health issues/interventions in cancer.
The learning and teaching methods include:
Use of e-learning platform
Seminars and presentation
Utlisation of online resources
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
Reading list for CANCER IN SOCIETY : http://aspire.surrey.ac.uk/modules/hcrm001
Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2018/9 academic year.


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We have loads of Almonds which have developed a strange back taste(maybe rancid) they are eatable but the flavor has changed probably due to extended storage , so we decided to extract oil out of it but is it good to use such almonds for oil? What are some other uses of such almonds?
If they truly are rancid, then you should just discard them. Any use of the almonds or their oil will just impart a terrible taste into the dish in which they are used.
If they have gone sour (I am not sure how that would be possible), then something is very wrong, perhaps an unusual type of spoilage, and similarly you should just discard them for safety reasons.
Either way, unfortunately, I don't think you should use them.
I dont know what to call it , I used sour in the sense of unpleasant flavour – bread101 Oct 27 '13 at 14:22
Either way, why would you want to use almonds with an unpleasant flavor? – SAJ14SAJ Oct 27 '13 at 14:46
Because they are very expensive here and I have loads of them. – bread101 Oct 27 '13 at 14:55
Sadly, it is a sunk cost. You put at risk anything you put them into, increasing the loss. – SAJ14SAJ Oct 27 '13 at 15:02
@Ali More than putting at risk the things you make with them, there's really just no point: if the almond flavor would be noticeable, the rancid flavor is going to be just as obvious, so either you might as well not have used them, or it'll be ruined. – Cascabel♦ Oct 27 '13 at 21:05
Throw them out! If they look funny or smell funny do not ingest them. I recently took a graduate level Mycology lab course where we learned about the dangers of the fungus Aspergillus producing extremely toxic metabolites called aflatoxins, especially in nuts. The metabolites can stick around through processing, so oil extraction won't "clean" the almonds if they have become rancid with this type of metabolite. Seriously, don't mess any old nut products. They can really make you sick.
so what about external use of the oil as a massaging oil? – bread101 Oct 28 '13 at 6:36
@Ali This goes outside of the site scope. But in general, contact with poisons is not what you want to have, through stomach, skin or otherwise. – rumtscho♦ Oct 28 '13 at 12:14
1Yes. Aflatoxins can be absorbed through the skin. See abstract of study relating to this here: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1473792 – Marie Oct 28 '13 at 23:31


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What, exactly, does Aleksandr the Meerkat have in common with the higher ed sector? Well, our pal Nik Higgins is here to explain 👇
On Mongeese
In 2009, Compare The Market, a then little-known price comparison site, successfully rescued its commercial fortunes by launching a marketing campaign centred around an oligarchic Meerkat named Aleksandr Olov.
Aleksandr, CEO of 'Compare the Meerkat', good-humouredly wrestles with the challenge of differentiating his own enterprise from its eponymous namesake. The campaign was plainly a bit of creative genius. It was also, by anybody's standards, really funny. Who doesn't love Meerkats? Especially ones that happen also to be eccentric aristocrats.
Why was it clever? Because it self-consciously riffed on Compare The Market's lack of brand visibility. Confusion neatly became clarity, and our collective soft-spot for creatures fuzzy was gently translated into brand affinity.
The campaign did something more than just make us Google 'Compare The Market'.
At a more structural level, it fundamentally managed to change the tone in which the (frankly, pretty boring) activity of market comparison was discussed. It lifted it from the cultural doldrums and set it in a register that, if not serious, was at least fun. I mean, let's be perfectly honest, aggregating Public Liability Insurance providers isn't the most wholesome of activities. Getting a discount on your broadband is a decent result for the wallet, but it's certainly less of a win for the soul.
Alexsandr, despite his lifestyle of bizarre tsarist opulence, created a friendly facade for the otherwise banal process of saving a few quid on your energy bill. He humanised (or at least anthropomorphised) the market.
Leaky buckets
Lately, tone has been a hot topic of conversation in the world of HE marketing.
In the face of demographic scarcity and intra-sectoral competition, Clearing 2018 turned into a predictable maelstrom of repartee and rebuttal as institutions vied for students. However, in the midst of all the usual antics, the exchange between the University of Essex and Leeds Beckett University stood out as a stark moment, even amidst beyond the 'banter' that has become so commonplace during the febrile Summer months.
In the interest of brevity, I'll omit the blow-by-blow account of what happened; the salient facts being one institution insulting the reputation of the other, an attendant outpouring of scorn and disbelief, and an apology summarily tweeted from the offending account.
All in all, the actual incident was a lot of nothing. The overzealous actions of a busy (and probably highly stressed) social media professional; meant to come to nothing. A whimsical salvo fired into a frantic and confused battlefield. It is exactly this sense of casualness, however, the nothingness of the actual event, which makes the incident so interesting.
The actual content of the 280 guilty characters is really an irrelevance. It is the fact that the exchange was possible (and necessary, cogent, practicable, imaginable: choose your own adjective) within the accepted conceptual parameters of the sector that should make us do a double-take.
The fourth wall
Compare The Market's Meerkat campaign and HE social media have, you may be surprised to learn, got a lot in common. Not in style or content, of course, but in purpose.
Beneath a thin veneer of dissimilarity, their intent and operation is actually strikingly similar; both aiming to increase the proximity between their audience and the market: creating distance between eyeballs and economics, belief and banality.
In short: they're the friendly face of competition, a layer of creative tectonics atop a magma of molten competition.
The problem with the Essex/Leeds Beckett beef was that it did exactly the opposite of what it was meant to do. It was supposed to be a gentle sabre rattle in the direction of another university; just two players in the Twittersphere joshing one another — no biggie! But it wasn't though, or at least it didn't turn out to be.
The exchange was something else. It was a yap that echoed as a snarl, and reverberated as a roar far louder that anyone ever intended. A tiny, reflexive miscalculation at the keyboard that shattered the illusion of universities as serene bubbles floating around their neighbours, instead calling attention to the fierce competition ranging within the sector.
It reminded everyone, in an unfortunately ugly way, that this was a market.
You see, we often forget that the we refer to the HE 'sector' as a sector. These six letters don't constitute a benign term. 'Sector' is a loaded word. It's economic doublespeak.
In the recent annals of educational history, the word 'system' fell out of favour. We all started referring to the university ecosystem as a 'sector'. A small shift in semantic logic, but a seachange in shared meaning and understanding. A system connotes a cooperative network, but a sector connotes a market, and a market (where it doesn't connote Meerkats) connotes competition.
Moral limits
About the same time that Compare The Market was priming Aleksandr for stardom, Michael Sandel, the Harvard political philosopher, was busy writing What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets.
In the book, Sandel asks a fundamental question: should everything be for sale?
He's exploring a world (our world btw) in which market norms have crowded hitherto uncommercialised spheres: how we transitioned from a explicit market economy to a transcendental market society. He is unpicking the intrusion of a logic so pervasive that we hardly noticed it happening.
Higher education, as I'm sure you already know, is one of those crowded spheres.
The transition of HE into a market environment raises some complex and problematic questions.
First, there was no watershed moment. Market forces have acted on universities for a long time and in lots of different ways. The emergence of a globally mobile student population has, over an extended period of time, drawn universities into a competitive relationship across continents and timezones.
With reference to the UK, the lifting of the student number cap by the Coalition government definitively signalled the start of out-and-out competition amongst domestic institutions, but the dynamics of the market have been felt by these universities for much longer than this.
Secondly, the outcry at the loss of higher education as a 'public good' (and therefore something 'for sale') conveniently forgets that, in the UK at least, historical (and dare I also say current) participation rates indicate that university study has never actually been a public good (in the sense of being owned by, and for, everyone).
In reality, higher education has, through most of its history, been an exclusive and inequitable domain.
Oh yeah, those guys…
Pop history aside, the application of Sandel's key question to higher education should make us ask some more philosophical questions about the role of market norms within the university as institution and the sector as a whole.
What is a degree for?
This question — and the extent to which we're happy with it to be understood as a saleable commodity — is far, far beyond the scope of this article. No conclusions on those questions are offered here. No value judgements are made on the ethical 'rightness' of a marketised HE system either. Coming up with answers to those questions is for someone with more time, and a considerably bigger brain, than I have at my disposal.
What I will do is mention the 'S' word, absent (well, nearly) from this article so far: students.
Whilst the leaky bucket spat raised lots of questions about our university system and its relationship with the market (hence the point of this article!), it probably raised more practical and immediate questions about the moral responsibility of an institution's social media output (and therefore its marketing and communications more broadly).
The bust-up shone a spotlight on the reality of commercial forces acting on institutions, but it also showed how easy it is to forget that students (i.e. real young people) are the point of the whole thing.
Now, some people will respond to this assertion by pointing out that it is exactly because there is a market logic governing higher education that students (as individuals, and as a discrete interest group) get forgotten.
I think that's over-simplistic, however.
Addressing, pragmatically, the sector as we find it should lead us to set boundaries and establish tonal norms that enable communication with — and for — students that is untroubled by the, however real, competitive pressures of the market.
An institution's Twitter has its own role to play: it forms part of the buffer that mediates the heat of the competition and the needs of students to communicate with universities in an authentic, inclusive, and accessible way.
That's how you establish a moral limit.
Or create a Meerkat.


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Thursday, July 21, 2005
I'm outta here, folks. Well, for a few days at least. I'm heading up to Portland with the kids until the Bar Exam is over. We're leaving a few days ahead of Mr. Chick to give him some time on his own to stress and prepare and do whatever he needs to do in order to get ready. The test is 2 days early next week. I'll be staying with my sister Katie tonight and my parents for the following 4 nights. I doubt I'll get much opportunity to post while I'm gone, so be patient - I'll be back shortly. In the meantime, talk amongst yourselves. I'll catch up in a few days.
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Community Facilities
Bowen Park is located in Bowen Street, Radcliffe (access via Kearns Parade). Facilities include barbeque, shelter, basketball hardcourt, and a flat area for horse riding or playing cricket. Tree planting was carried out in 1985. Fencing for the hardcourt was carried out in June 2004.
The Community Block, at Gathering Place (off Douglas Close), Radcliffe, hosts the Carwoola Community Hall (opened on Australia Day 1993), the Carwoola Rural Fire Brigade Shed, a horse dressage arena and pre-school children's play area.
Molonglo River Park Reserve is located at the end of Molonglo River Drive. It consists of a community block, water reserve (declared in the late 19th century) and public reserve, including the wetland area at the confluence of the Molonglo River and Stoney Creek. No development has yet been undertaken but water bug surveys are carried out here in autumn and spring.


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Oh wow, this'll be rich. This is going to be a sappy, unoriginal Hallmark movie that isn't made by the Hallmark channel.
The story looks like it's about a country singer who returns to his hometown and encounters his ex, whom they don't have a great relationship, abandoning her before getting married. To complicate matters, it looks like he's got a daughter that he never knew he had.
Here's the cast. Starring, we have Alex Roe (RINGS [2017] and THE 5TH WAVE [2016]), Jessica Rothe (HAPPY DEATH DAY [2017], LA LA LAND [2016], and the upcoming VALLEY GIRL [2018]), Abby Ryder Fortson (ANT-MAN [2015] and the upcoming ANT-MAN AND THE WASP [2018]), and John Benjamin Hickey (HOSTILES [2017], TALLULAH [2016], and PITCH PERFECT [2012]).
Now for the crew. Writing and directing, we have Bethany Ashton Wolf, known for unknown stuff. The composer is Brett Boyett, known for unknown stuff. The cinematographer is Duane Manwiller, known for unknown stuff, and the upcoming THE ROGUE (2019). Finally… um… according to IMDb, there's no credited editor and I am not running through the six names under the editorial department.
Overall, I'm not looking forward to this and I'd rather be watching 12 STRONG (2018), but hey… gonna get it over with.
This is my honest opinion of: FOREVER MY GIRL
Eight years ago, Liam Page (Alex Roe) was about to get married to his childhood sweetheart, Josie (Jessica Rothe). But he had just become a famous country singer and left his town to pursue his career. Eight years later, he's famous as can be, but his life is anything but glamourous. He's incapable of being self-sufficient, he's an alcoholic, and his life is a mess in private. But after learning that his childhood best friend passed away, Liam is compelled to return home at the cost of missing a concert. While he's met with disdain from Josie and even his own father, Pastor Brian (John Benjamin Hickey). But something amazing happens when he learns that the seven year old daughter that Josie has, Billy (Abby Ryder Fortson), is also his own daughter that he never knew he had. Eager to mend broken bridges and to get to know Billy, he decides to stick around and be a better man.
Aaaaaaand it's bad. Yup, it's very much not a good movie. The worst? Nope. But… not worth it.
Where do I begin? The movie starts off innocent enough. A wedding is about to happen but gets cancelled because the groom up and left. Then it's eight years later and we have our first problem with the flick: the country music. But we don't know why it's a problem yet, and I'll get to it in a second. Then the concert is over and we learn a little about Liam. He's a miserable wreck, a drunk, kind of unpleasant, and sleeps with groupies. Pretty standard, right? But then everything takes a hard turn in the downward direction. At some point, Liam leaves his hotel room to get his old-as-crap flip phone fixed and what does this movie do? The age old celebrity cliché of swarming legions of fans chasing down the celebrity, and going into a building where other fans just awkwardly and creepily standing and staring at them incapable of speaking.
Where do I start? Well, I made a comment about the country music, so I'll start there. Let me very clear really quick. I actually don't hate country music. In fact, there was a good stretch of time when I was borderline obsessed with country. I listened to just about anyone and everyone. Favorite artists include Shania Twain, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Montgomery Gentry, Brad Paisley, the list can go on. So I know what truly great country music sounds like. Liam Page is not a great musician. The one song he plays in his concert scene is about as run of the mill as you can get. I can't even remember the jingle. If even Shania Twain doesn't spend her time sprinting away from hordes of fans, you can't expect me to believe this bland artist will be the exception. Second of all, exactly how many movies do this thing? Are any of them good? They are not. Do you want to know why they're not good? Because that's not how people react, nor is it how things are done. I might believe that there's one or two crazed and inconsiderate fans shadowing the celebrity and not leaving them alone, but literally dozens upon dozens? Give me a break. And even the most hardcore fans don't stand and gawk like psychos wondering what their eyes look like in jars. They just smile a lot, exclaim being fans, and ask for a selfie. Not that crazies don't exist, but to this degree… I doubt it.
The events that kick the story off aren't compelling. Liam sees the news and shows that his old friend from high school was killed in a drunk driving accident. But… why does this scene carry weight? We've never been introduced to this best friend. Not even through flashback scenes. You can't slap a blanket label like "best friend" and suddenly have the audience invested in Liam's emotions and inner turmoil. If the movie dedicated some time in showing the relationship between Liam and his friend, maybe that'd be a different story. But as it stands, it's completely unnecessary. Doesn't matter if it was in the book, or explained better on the page, the movie doesn't translate what was in the book. So it's here where creative liberties need to be taken. Have Liam take some therapy about his alcoholism and his therapist convinces him to return home to mend broken bridges. I don't know, something other than some random person's death.
To top it all off, Liam himself is not a very interesting character. The guy is almost hilariously incompetent in everyday ways of life. Like, how to pay with a credit card, how to be conservative and modest with gift-giving, how to operate a smart phone, it's wonder that the man doesn't need someone to chew his food, spit it in his mouth, and push it down his gob for him. And to make matters even worse, Roe isn't a very good actor. I won't say that he's atrocious or completely devoid of human emotion, but… it's so rare to see. He's so flat in his lines and his expressions barely change. I hate to harp on actors, I usually associate bad performances with bad scripts and bad direction, which could very well be the case with how this script is written.
Speaking of which, I don't think I have enough fingers or toes to count how many problems this script. So… let's test that statement! 1) There's a character that's introduced named Lidia (Rita Glynn). She's gives Liam attitude that he didn't remember her from high school. She never comes back to the story. 2) You know that cartoon cliché of old women taking one coin out of their purse one at a time and counting out loud? Yeah, that happens. 3) In one scene, Brian is saying how much of a failure of a son Liam is, and then one or two scenes later, he's preaching forgiveness, with no bridge of events that change his mind. 4) Liam and Josie are supposed to still be on bad terms, he comments on her laugh, she says, "You don't remember my laugh," and then immediately laughs. 5) The brother, Jake (Tyler Riggs) only has a significant role at the end of the movie. 6) Liam sustains a random injury that doesn't play into anything and we never see him inflict it on himself. Umm… okay, that's all I wrote down in my notes. So… I got more than one hand done. That counts for something, doesn't it?
Here's a pet peeve that I have with movies like this, a movie about a singer and there's still a tracks from other artists inserted into the story. This movie is about a country singer. Shouldn't whatever soundtrack this movie needs to play in the movie itself come from Liam? Why do we need some random Little Big Town tracks in there? Let the composer for the score get creative. According to IMDb, Wolf was one of the creative forces that made Liam's songs. Shouldn't those be front and center? Have some confidence in your creations! Don't let it get jumbled with work that's already out there.
Other issues that I have are that Sam (Peter Cambor) the agent is a discount Zach Galifianakis, who isn't exactly my favorite funny man to begin with. The downright disgusting pet rabbit care. Seriously, Billy never takes the rabbit out?! Rabbits need room to run around, otherwise they get agitated and start making a ruckus, and that's when they start biting and attacking you Monty Python style! And that's only the tip of the responsibility needed for rabbit care!
So I've gone on and on about this negatives of this movie. Is there anything redeeming about it?
Actually, kind of. Thankfully, despite how bland and poorly written the script can get, Rothe does a pretty good job carrying around that charm of hers from HAPPY DEATH DAY. No joke, she's just as charismatic as ever. Sure, Josie as a character is pretty bland, but Rothe manages to push through that and has a little bit of gravity to her, and the same can be said about Hickey and his character. But if there's anyone that owns this movie, it's the precious little Fortson. Oh my god, this kid had me dying of laughter. Okay, so again, kid characters like Billy are nothing new; kids that talk like adults. But very much like Rothe, Fortson takes the blandness and not only powers through it, but makes it her own. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for cute kids. Either way, I absolutely love some of her lines. "You weren't exactly subtle, if you know what I mean." "You're not going to kill me, are you?" Trust me, the context makes it more funny than I ever could from writing it out. Still, the bulk of the charm comes of the movie comes from this pint-sized squirt and she's arguably the best part of the movie. I won't pretend to know why she randomly knows statistics about the survival rate of a crashed convertible, as I don't see many convertibles in this podunk town, but this movie is so blessed to have this kid.
Overall, no, this movie's pretty bad. Only a few slices of talent save it and provide any level of legitimacy. Other than Rothe, Hickey, and Fortson, there's honestly nothing of worth. The characters are poorly written, the country music from Liam is copy and paste, human reactions and interactions to anything are completely ripped out of cartoons, marinated in clichés, and a myriad of other problems. My recommendation, no. Don't see it. I won't say to avoid it like the plague, as it's pretty harmless, but I can't imagine anyone getting anything out of it. I saw it once and that was more than enough for me. Find your way back… to another movie.
My honest rating for FOREVER MY GIRL: a weak 3/5
PS: Itching to compare and contrast the film from the novel? It's part one of a running series, called the Beaumont series, all written by Heidi McLaughlin. Click the image below and get yourself a copy.


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Illegal electricy connections problem continues
By Sasha Forbes
25 March 2009
Eskom says despite public awareness campaigns, electricity thieves continue to reconnect illegal cables after they have been cut. The national energy provider says it spends millions of rands to remove illegal cables in areas like Du Noon, Nomzamo and Crossroads.
"From Eskom's side we are more concerned about the safety aspect the connections have got, the wiring is very unsafe and it often poses a danger in particularly to children and or to animals who are exposed to the wires," says Eskom's Jolene Henn
"We appeal to the public to report any case of illegal reconnection, if they have any information they can call 0800 112722," says Henn