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John Frank laid his paintbrush down amidst the multitude of colors swirling about his palette. He smiled to himself and reached up to pull the stiff canvas over the easel top to protect his latest work, careful to keep the canvas on the support bars so as not to damage the fresh paint.
"You can relax now," he said, "I think we've done enough for today."
The young lady on the couch laid down her book and straightened out her body. The seemingly hours of reclining on the couch, albeit not that uncomfortable, did cause her muscles to tighten. The Lady Jessica slowly rose from the couch and, like a cat awakening from a nap, slowly and gracefully stretched out the kinks from her back and long slender legs.
Lady Jessica's husband, the Duke of Trendor, had commissioned John to paint a portrait of his young bride. The Duke himself was well past forty and had finally married the twenty-eight year old daughter of his main political adversary last year. The surprise at the announcement of the nuptials had been on everyone lips. Some were happy at the prospect of a possible heir. Others were upset that the reign might continue for a long time. All did not necessarily love the Duke; he was feared more than anything else.
While the Duke was a short, dark-haired man capable of meting out justice and dealing with the multitude of problems running a fiefdom, Jessica seemed the exact opposite. Tall and slender, her golden hair glistened in the sunlight wafting in from the windows of John's workroom. The Duke was known for loud outbursts while holding court; he wouldn't tolerate incompetence. Jessica had not been known to have ever raised her voice in anger, always having a kind word for everyone she met. Where the Duke was feared, all loved Jessica.
Everyone within the realm thought it was a marriage of convenience. John fervently hoped it was true. Today's sitting was the third in as many weeks. Since taking on the commission, John had fallen deeply in love with the Lady Jessica. John tended to be more on the quiet side, especially while painting. But when she wasn't reading, she had engaged him in conversation and he found that he actually liked talking to her. Their conversations ranged over the entire gauntlet of subjects, from academia to favorite recipes. The more he learned about her and her life, both before and after the marriage, the more he knew he loved her.
"Can I see what you've done so far?" she asked.
"No, milady, for that would spoil the magic and the painting would be less than your husband is paying." John playfully chided.
"Ah, Master Painter, surely you jest! What magic could possibly be involved with paints and canvas other than the magic of your own hand and eye?" Jessica jibed back as she worked a particularly hard knot in her back. "Surely, my husband will get exactly what he paid for!"
"No, the magic is in the air and I just direct it into my paints and then unto the canvas," he replied as he further straightened out the cover over the painting, surreptitiously watching her stretch from the corner of his eye. "Would you care for some refreshment Lady Jessica? I believe I have a nice bottle of wine here."
"Thank you John, but I have my duties to perform. If you would only be so kind as to hand me my wrap, I must be off."
John walked over to his workbench and the coat tree standing next to it for her cloak. He held the cloak up for her to slip into. As she slid her arms into the sleeves, his fingers felt the silky caress of her skin, sending a shock of desire coursing up his arms and into his heart.
"Until next week then, My Lady," he said as she fastened the cloak around her shoulders with the golden broach.
"How much longer before you're done," she asked as she walked towards the door. "Laying on that couch so long becomes boring after awhile. I know I don't need to keep the exact pose your painting, but not being able to do anything but read is taking its toll on my sanity!" Lady Jessica laughed.
"It takes as long as it takes and I know it's boring, but I do want to give your husband his money's worth."
"Well, till next week then, Master Painter. Till next week." And with those final words, she once again left him with only his own mundane life behind.
John looked around his workroom with its mottled collection of paints and brushes and stretched canvases. "Why would anyone want to stay here in such a run-down place," he thought. He looked around the workroom. Coming in from the door, the first thing anyone saw was his workbench, full of half-used containers of paint and brushes haphazardly laying around, (not his good brushes of course, just the older, unusable ones). The top of the workbench was a kaleidoscope of colors that had dripped and ran together to form an incomplete painting on their own. A painting that John liked to think represented his life and the chaos he felt he was living.
To the left was the couch. Old and becoming threadbare, it was the medium he used to capture the essence of his subjects. When a person came to be painted, he asked them to sit and relax. Then he would just watch them. Some would become nervous from being the center of his rapt attention; others would just sit and look around the workroom. Eventually, they would relax and he would see the person within the person. While other painters would sketch different attributes of their subjects before deciding on one that complimented the subject, John preferred watching. The years of patient apprenticeship he had spent in learning his craft had helped him develop his memory. Once he saw the pose, the essence of the person, he never forgot it. Then, and only then, he'd pick up his brush and commence the portrait.
After capturing the inner person, he didn't really need them to remain -- he actually worked better totally alone. But Lady Jessica was different. He used the excuse of giving her husband 'his money's worth' to have her sit with him. With her in the room, he felt like he could paint forever.
The rest of the rooms' items were uniformly nondescript; an old table where he took his infrequent meals, a chair and a closet for his clothes. Storage for the things in life everyone seemed to collect but never actually used and his books. John loved to read and had collected many stories that he would re-read whenever business was slow.
He picked up a book now and sat down to read. But views of Lady Jessica swam before his eyes, blurring the words to the point that he couldn't read. After re-reading the same passage three times, he threw the book down on the table in disgust. He quickly walked to the coat tree and, taking his cloak, slammed out of the workroom. Standing on the street, he looked around and decided to walk towards the seedier parts of the town. Perhaps a drink would help him clear his mind of Jessica. Turning to his right, he set off with a brisk pace. He didn't notice any of the townsfolk as he made his way towards one of the several pubs in the area. "Maybe Tomas will be out tonight," he thought as he walked. "He's always good for a laugh. Anything to clear my mind."
After a short walk, John reached the doorway of the Stag's Head Inn. The raucous noise coming from inside told him that the proprietor, Old Luke Kimbel, was doing a bang-up business tonight. Old Luke, as everyone called him, was only in his early thirties. He had inherited that name once his father, The Old Luke, had passed from this earth.
"John! John! Come on over and have a drink," he heard as he entered the establishment. Looking towards the bar area, he saw Old Luke wildly gesturing with his empty hand while holding a draught of beer in the other.
"Old Luke, appears that business has picked up of late," John stated as he took the proffered beer. "Have you finally fired that old cook and hired someone who knows what he's doing?"
"Nah, Johnny," Old Luke laughed. "This is just some of the visitors coming up from the docks to experience the finer parts of town!"
"Finer parts. I see," John said while glancing around at the rough-hewn interior of the inn with a grin on his face. "So, I take it they got lost then?"
"Hah! You are such a clown at times! So, is it food you're looking for tonight my friend?" Old Luke yelled as he pounded John's shoulder. "Or should I see if there's someone free for you tonight?"
"Just food, Old Luke. I think I'll grab a seat in a corner somewhere if you don't mind."
"Sure, suit yourself. I'll send one of the boys out with a platter for you." Old Luke moved down the bar and stuck his head inside the doorway to the kitchen area. He yelled something incoherent and then went on to draw more beer for another patron. John took his glass and slowly ambled through the crowd towards the back, searching for a, if not nicer, at least quieter spot to sit and reflect on his feelings about Jessica. Along the far wall, he spied an empty table and sat down on the wooden bench.
As he sat there waiting for his food, John watched the other patrons. John was always studying his fellow humans, looking for that moment of truth to appear. John's paintings were well known for his ability to capture the truest aspect of his subject. He had learned this by endless hours of patiently watching.
In one corner of the bar, the loudest group was congregating about one man who seemed to be telling humorous stories from the sudden random sounds of laughter. At the table nearest the door were four men intently concentrating on the food in front of them. "Dockhands," John thought, observing the single-minded manner they used to attack the food. Scattered around the main room several smaller groups were drinking, talking, eating -- all of the normal activities of content and happy souls.
One of the boys Old Luke hired brought John a platter of food. John saw mutton, a small wedge of cheese and some bread heaped upon the platter. The food might not be fancy, but it was certainly filling and Old Luke probably had the best beer in the area. Digging into the food, John lowered his head and forgot about the rest of the inn's patrons. He hadn't realized just how hungry he was until he started eating.
After finishing all of the mutton, John leaned back against the wall and started on the cheese and the last remnants of the bread. He noticed that the crowd had gotten quieter since he had started eating. "Ah, the loud group at the bar has left," John thought. "They must've decided to try another establishment." The few remaining clumps of people were quietly discussing whatever subjects made up the basis of their lives.
Just as he was finishing the bread and thinking about walking home, he saw his friend Tomas enter through the massive wooden door. "Tomas!" John called. "Grab a drink and join me." Tomas waved to acknowledge him and ordered a beer from Old Luke. After several words with Old Luke, evidently a joke from the loud laughter Old Luke released, Tomas aimed towards John's table.
"Well, I was starting to wonder if you were going to show up tonight," Tomas said after taking a deep pull on the beer. "Haven't seen you around for awhile."
"I've been busy. I've got another commission," John replied as he looked at his friend. Tomas was younger than John, but not by many years. The perpetual smile on his face was the most noticeable feature on Tomas' face. Everything in the world was a joke to him, and he obviously enjoyed the joke. His brownish hair was pulled back behind his head. Tomas worked for his father as a smithy and needed to keep his hair from catching fire from the furnace. The years of working with his father had given him strength in his arms, back and legs that few in the town were willing to test. But John knew the real Tomas. Inside, he was gentle as a lamb, especially to small children.
"So, are you and Darla ever going to tie the knot?" John asked. He knew the answer would be 'Not yet', but this question had become a standard greeting between the two young men. Tomas and Darla would eventually marry, but only after they had saved enough to setup his own shop. Tomas always said that a man should not marry until he could support himself and a wife.
"Soon," Tomas replied with a twinkle in his eye. "Business has been very good lately and I've almost saved enough to buy that old house and shop down by the docks."
"Well, I guess congratulations are in order then!" John said with a grin as he raised his glass in a toast.
"Thanks, John. So, what about you? When are you ever going to finally settle down? Still can't find the right one yet?"
John didn't answer. Instead he just looked at the remainder of his beer. Suddenly, he brought the glass up and gulped down the rest of the beer.
"Ah!" Tomas grinned, "So, there is someone you're finally interested in! It's about time. So, tell your friend Tomas all of the gory details!"
"She's the most beautiful lady I've ever had the privilege of looking at," John said morosely. "But, she's already taken and there nothing I can do about it."
Tomas watched his friend and saw the pain sweep across his face. "She must really be a beauty to cause you to act like this," he softly said. "Have you told her how you feel?"
"No, I can't. We talk a lot, but I can't say anything about how I feel." John waved his empty glass at Old Luke, ordering another round.
Tomas sat there and watched his friend. They had known each other for most of their lives. John was always the quiet, soft-spoken one and he was the friendly out-going one of the pair. Together, they had each helped the other; true friends.
"John, I hate to see you like this."
"And I hate being like this. But Tomas, I don't know what to do. I'm painting her portrait now, but I'm almost finished. I can't think about not seeing her again."
Tomas looked at his friend as a frown suddenly appearing on his face. "John, never say that again to anyone else. I know, everyone knows, whom you're painting now. She's the Duke's wife, man!"
"I know Tomas, I know. But there's nothing I can do about it," John whispered. "She's all I can think about."
Tomas sat there and thought about the problem. It occurred to him that there was only one solution to this problem, Edgar. If anyone could help his friend, Edgar was the one.
"You need to see Edgar," he said.
John jerked up his head and looked at his friend. "Are you crazy? No one goes around Edgar any more since that dockhand vanished."
A few years ago, Edgar had been a common sight in the town. One night, a dockhand had gotten drunk and had started a fight with Edgar, laughing at his malformed leg. Edgar left the pub, followed shortly by the dockhand who wouldn't let anyone just walk away from him. The dockhand was never found. His wife claimed that Edgar had used some sort of magic to banish her husband and leaving her to raise the kids the best way she could. Edgar rarely came back into town since then because of all of the looks and gossip. A lot of the townsfolk thought he did dabble in the blacker arts.
"Yeah, I know the talk and the reasons for everyone avoiding him. But, if anyone can help you, it would be Edgar."
John quickly finished off his second beer and rose from the table. "Thanks for caring Tomas. And I will be careful about talking to anyone about her, but your suggestion to see Edgar just isn't going to happen. You know I don't believe all of this gossip about magic."
"Nor do I John. But Edgar is a smart man; lots smarter than most people think he is. Think about it. He might be able to help. And be careful walking home," Tomas said as he raised his glass in a departing salute to his friend.
John made his way out of the inn and turned towards his home. The walk back seemed so much longer than earlier this evening. The sky was darkening with the setting sun as it threw up an amazing array of reds and yellows as it passed below the horizon. The twilight darkness settled around John like a comfortable blanket as he continued his lonely way home.
"Edgar," he thought. "Who but Tomas would ever think of Edgar?" While John didn't believe in magic, he was smart enough to realize there were unexplainable things that happened in the world. Edgar was just one of those unexplainable factors that made up John's world.
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A few days later, John was awaked by a knock on his door. Pulling himself up off his couch, John stumbled to the door. He opened the door ready to yell at whomever had disturbed his sleep. "Didn't they know that honest folk were resting to prepare for the coming day's work?" he thought. Flinging out the door, John stood there in disbelief, his mouth hanging open in preparation of the curse that had suddenly died within his throat. There before him was Edgar; leaning upon the stick he used to help him walk.
"Well, young John, are you just going to stand there, or are you going to ask me in?" Edgar said with a slight smile. "It's a bit nippy out here on the stoop."
"Uh, yeah, sure, come on in," John stuttered as he moved to the side to allow the man access to his room. "Uh, what can I do for you Edgar?"
"Not what you can do for me but the other way around, I suspect," Edgar stated as he hobbled to the couch and sat down with a groan. "Your friend Tomas asked me to stop by and talk to you."
Tomas! John should have known his friend wasn't going to just let it go. "Did he say for what purpose?" John asked.
"Not too much, just than he thought you could use my sort of help. So, what's the problem John?" Edgar asked.
John didn't want to discuss the issue but something seemed to loosen within himself and soon he was telling Edgar everything that had happened with Jessica without mentioning her name. Edgar just sat on the couch and listened. As John talked, he examined the man before him. Edgar was short and his malformed leg made him seem smaller, the remnants of a childhood disease. His head was covered with a fine, wispy crown of gray white hair. The wrinkles on his face made him appear older than anyone else John knew. As John talked to him, Edgar's eyes closed and John thought he was falling asleep.
"So, John, the whole problem," Edgar said suddenly, which startled John, "is that you don't know how to let this young lady know your true feelings. Right?"
John agreed that was the crux of it all. "I just want to spent the rest of my life with her," John exclaimed.
Edgar opened his eyes and stared steadily at John. The gaze went on for a long time and John began to feel very uncomfortable under the intense gaze. "Sometimes, what we are wishing for isn't really what we wanted in the long run," Edgar observed. "Are you sure this is what you truly wish?"
"Yes! With all my heart!" John said. "I would do anything to be with her forever."
"So. Well, I might be able to help you in this little matter. But John, you must follow my directions exactly, no changes and no questions." Edgar looked at John with an intensity that almost frightened the life out of John.
John whispered, "What do I need to do?"
To be continued...
Copyright © 2003 by Rick Combs


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Fall Fashion Preview: The Art of Tension.
In order to appreciate fall fashion to its fullest, we must be open to change. As summer comes to an end many of us are secretly day dreaming about autumn jackets and tailored denim instead of summer beaches and SPF. Don't worry, we won't tell anyone. While change is an important theme when thinking about fall fashion, we're interested in evolving the conversation and telling a deeper story. At Rafael Soto we have an unapologetic appreciation for the art of tension.
The idea of tension has constantly inspired Rafael's designs and manifests itself in a variety of ways each year. This season Rafael is looking towards photographer Jan Kempenaers' images of abandoned Spomeniks - looming mysterious sculptures juxtaposed on the angelic countryside in former Yugoslavia. They were commissioned by the rebel leader Tito to commemorate the citizens who perished during World War II.
The Spomeniks embody our curiosity towards tension perfectly. The stunning structures have been created to pay tribute to a brutal period in our history. They're constantly at odds with the surrounding countryside; a feeling that inspires our sense of style as the juxtaposition tells a more compelling story.
As we turn our lens towards fashion, tension can be interpreted in many different ways. We imagine our muse wearing a ripped, destroyed T-shirt under a perfectly fitted suit. Or a beautiful pairs of jeans and a leather jacket with dishelved hair and broken glasses. Our gent is a little messed up, which in many ways is a more authentic interpretation of fashion.
We'll continue diving deeper into the idea of tension as a fashion construction as Rafael Soto debuts his new designs this fall. Pictured is a preview of our blue collar inspired apron, one of Rafael's new concepts. It has a compelling story and is sure to be one of your new go-to wardrobe staples, but more on that to come. In the meantime, enjoy the sun and become inspired.

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In talking with some folks about the relevancy of the Pledge of Allegience, someone suggested that it is because our country is under God's protection that it is, in fact, indivisible. Apparently when this is not the case, when we have in some way offended God, then there is the likelihood of national dissolution.
Which got me to thinking about this whole indivisible thing. The United States of America is a pretty unique country, and not just because of its long term republican form of government. Over 230 years ago we voluntarily formed out of what were, essentially, 13 seperate countries, former colonies, all of them states. Initially a loose confederation, it became a much stronger federation in 1789. But not so strong that there wasn't always the threat of some states seceding over any number of disagreements, most famously the problem of slavery. This hotly contested idea, that a state could leave the federation of its own accord, eventually resulted in the great American Civil War of the mid-19th century.
I think that today most of us would find it inconceivable that any of the current 50 states would choose to leave, either alone or in concert with others. But we can see that the demographics of America are changing rapidly. The population of the states along our southern border are becoming more and more identifiable with those countries which lie to the south of us. It is conceivable that some day these states could find that they have less in common with those states to the north (again) than they do with each other. (Remember, not too very long ago the citizens of Quebec, because of contentions over language, voted on independence.)
If one of these United States decided, either today or in the distant future, to secede from the union, what should our national response be? 150 years ago it was a military response, and after 5 years of nearly total war well over 600,000 Americans lay dead. Would such a military response be proper or moral in this day and age? And if not, was it the right thing to do in 1860?


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Jackdaw is about 10 minutes' walk from Clapton train station in east London. When the name "Hackney" is mentioned to people images of burning buses, during the 2011 London riots, will most likely fill their minds . Luckily the area is slowly being gentrified and Jackdaw happened to be a hidden gem.
Although the red jackdaw signage is eye catching, the establishment is easy to miss. A quick peek inside through the glass windows would lead to assumptions that items such as burgers, ribs, fries and other greasy food are on the menu. Not so.
Inside, Christmas decorations were everywhere and kids were treated to Santa crackers.
Mid-afternoon, when we visited, it was very quiet and relaxed with Frank Sinatra singing in the background. In the evenings matters change dramatically. Downstairs, live performances take place and since it's such a small venue, everyone basically has front row seats which creates a very intimate atmosphere. Music isn't strictly limited to just jazz but a range of different genres, such as blues and funk, are also performed by various artists on different days. Upcoming performances are announced here.
Food-wise, you're in for a treat. Think of it as Michelin-star quality minus the poppycock. I certainly didn't miss the usual hushed atmosphere of upmarket restaurants, nor having to avoid clumsily messing on snow white table linen and awkwardly try to cover the aftermath with a napkin. I definitely didn't miss the precise, over the top attentiveness of the waiting staff and best of all the prices aren't eye-wateringly high – 5 courses for £35.
Here's what we had.
Tenderstem broccoli curried buttermilk and smoked paprika.
Different gnocchi is served every week and this time round it was with chestnut, mushrooms, samphire and grated coconut.
Roasted king of Oyster mushrooms, white truffle custard, cavolo nero with sage butter topped with rump shavings.
Although there is no kids' menu, the kitchen came up with this broccoli and cheese pasta dish in a jiffy.
As you can see the head chef, Joshua Dallaway, pours lot of love and attention in the food he prepares.
Panfried seabass, roast new potatoes with salsa verde and garlic froth.
Jackdaw is especially proud of the quality of produce used, such as the beef onglet. Local vendors are supported whenever possible.
Onglet with rainbow chard and carrots 5-ways: fermented, crisp, roasted, candied and pureed with cumin.
Carrot and squash cake with granola, nuts and yogurt sorbet.
I'm not going to bore you with poetic mumbo jumbo adjectives of the food, such as unctuous. Let the photos speak for themselves.
Jackdaw only opened its doors in August 2015 and is building a fan base for all the reasons above. It's a family-run business that combines two of life's biggest passions: food and music. Last year, I visited The Forge which is a very similar kind of a venue. But, oh my, Jackdaw is a million times better.
201 Lower Clapton Road
P.S. I was a guest of Jackdaw.


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TeluguRummy provides the most fascinated version of the rummy to the rummy players, which is called 'Indian Rummy'. The version is little different from the original version of rummy that known world widely.
In the subcontinent, most of the people have a misconception that playing online rummy is an illegal act (gambling) though the game is totally a skill based. So it is neither a game of luck nor gambling. Playing online rummy is legal in India apart from the two states called Assam and Odisha because of many other reasons.
Indian rummy is commonly referred as the combination of both the versions Rummy 500 and Gin rummy. The game is played using 13 cards by each player with a minimum of two decks which may or may not include jokers or wild cards.
13 card rummy or Indian rummy is played using two decks of cards, in addition, two jokers cards (normally referred as printed and wildcard) are used to play the game. Details of the cards and their ranks mentioned below:
The main objective of the game is to form sets and sequences with the provided 13 cards for each player. For each and every turn, a player is offered to draw the top card (that faces upwards) from the opened or closed deck. In the same turn, the player has to discard a card from his hand into the open deck. The winner is the player who quickly formed sets and sequences with the 13 cards he or she had.
After distributing 13 cards to the each player on the table, the remaining cards from the deck are placed faced down in the middle of the table, this is called as a closed deck. On the other hand, open deck refers the section where rummy players discard the cards after picking up a card.
A three or four identical rank cards with different suits will make a Set. For instance,
Above example of a valid set holds the cards of the same rank with the different suits.
Above example refers invalid set as it holds the same rank cards with two same suits.
The sequence is also known as 'Run', which holds three or more cards with the same suit in a successive order. For instance
A group of three or more successive cards with the same suit, which is formed without any joker, is called as Pure Sequence.
Example: 5(Heart), 6(Heart), 7(Heart)
A group of three or more successive cards with the same suit, which is formed with any joker, then it's called as Impure Sequence.
Example: 3(Club), 4(Club), 9(Diamond), 5(Club)
In the above case, 9(Diamond) is used a wild joker to form a sequence.
Bad hand in the game is really a nightmare for any rummy player, so unfortunately if you are encountered with the bad hand then prefer to drop the game when your first turn comes (to draw the card). Though some variants or pools allow the players for middle drops, the fine or penalty implies much more than the latter case.
Autoplay, the feature is really a boon for the rummy players in some peculiar situations like losing the internet connection (even a slow connection) or delay to take the next move in the game for any reason.
While playing rummy online, you would be enabled with the "AutoPlay" option when your game does not respond to our server.
Auto play is purely a chance for the players to get back into the game again instead of being eliminated because of the above-mentioned scenarios. TeluguRummy does not take any responsible for any errors or malfunctions in the scores that arise when the feature is enabled.
Now it's time to play an uninterrupted rummy game in our portal and unlock the unlimited fun. For more information about the game, check in rummy variants section too.


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How to delete Easy Interests Access
Summary about Removal methods
2. Manual Deletion
2.1 Uninstall from system (Windows XP/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10/Mac OS)
2.2 Removing from browsers (Chrome/Firefox/IE/Opera/Safari)
2.3 Video guide how to reset browser (optional)
What is Easy Interests Access
Easy Interests Access is a nasty software that might look to you as a software, which is valuable; but as a matter of fact, it's just an unsafe program which may provide you difficulties. Easy Interests Access will never do the things which it supposed to do. Shockingly, Easy Interests Access in fact makes things complicated and enlarges the quantity of existing OS issues. To be honest, Easy Interests Access might solely affect the customer's PC.
Besides the global lessening of system's efficiency, Easy Interests Access likewise calls the decline of PC's security mark. Following the setup, Easy Interests Access will quickly infest man's PC with different hype. The functioning of Easy Interests Access will cause the appearance of another unwanted utilities on user's operating system, and the number of undesired programs will rise exponentially, until the PC barely will not launch.
If customer clicks on any kind of pop-up, user practically calls the hundreds of malicious programs to infect the hard drive. This happens, because malware varies the functions of customer's browser, to let the foreign malware to enter the hard drive nice and quickly. Later on, it gives customer hundreds of links to the infected web-pages, and the man will press though at some of them. And that's not even all of Easy Interests Access's capabilities! Moreover, this adware restlessly records all info about man's activity, and dispatches it to Easy Interests Access developers. It could be not very important info, as the register of popular books, but if user will enter any account, using the corrupted device, it will, probably be lost. All passwords that were dialed on the computer, with functional Easy Interests Access, should be replaced immediately. Now you understand, that Easy Interests Access isn't only an annoying soft - it is a great risk to call the great issues!
There's the last choice: will you really let those problems to reveal, or not? User does not need to wait and trust, that the adware will have mercy and won't damage his system. The right, and the single reasonable method is to uninstall Easy Interests Access forever!
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How to remove Easy Interests Access from system by hand
How to uninstall Easy Interests Access from Windows 7 and Windows XP
1. Uninstall Easy Interests Access from Control Panel
- Start
- Control Panel
- Programs
- Programs and Features
- Uninstall a program
- Select Easy Interests Access and press Uninstall
2. Delete elements that stayed after uninstalling from Control Panel
- C:\Program Files\Easy Interests Access
- C:\ProgramData\Easy Interests Access
- C:\Users\YOUR_USER\AppData\Roaming\Easy Interests Access
3. Clean registry:
- Click Start
- Type Regedit.exe
- Search for "Easy Interests Access" and delete these elements
How to uninstall from Windows 8
1. Point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and tap Search.
2. Enter control panel in the search box, and then click Control Panel.
3. Under View by:, select Large Icons, and then click Programs and features.
4. Click the program, and then click Uninstall.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
6. Delete Easy Interests Access from Control Panel
- Start
- Control Panel
- Programs
- Programs and Features
- Uninstall a program
- Select Easy Interests Access and press Uninstall
7. Remove elements like on Win7.
Instruction for Windows 10
1. On the field Search Windows type 'Control Panel'
2. Click Uninstall a program
3. Select Easy Interests Access and press Uninstall
How to uninstall Easy Interests Access from Mac OS
1. Click Applications in the Finder sidebar
2. Drag unwanted program to the Trash
3. Empty Trash
How to delete Easy Interests Access from different browsers
How to uninstall Easy Interests Access from Google Chrome
Remove add-on:
- Customize and Control Google Chrome
- Tools
- Extensions
- Remove Easy Interests Access
Change homepage:
- Customize and Control Google Chrome
- Settings
- On startup
- Set pages
- Put "about:blank"
How to remove Easy Interests Access from Internet Explorer
Disable add-on:
- Tools
- Manage add-ons
- Remove Easy Interests Access
Change homepage:
- Tools
- Internet Options
- General
- Home page
- Put "about:blank"
To change new tab:
- Tools
- Internet Options
- General
- Tabs
How to uninstall Easy Interests Access from Mozilla Firefox
Delete add-on:
- Tools
- Add-ons
- Remove Easy Interests Access
- Tools
- Options
- General
- Put "about:blank" into homepage field
To change new tab:
- Put "about:config" into address bar;
- Confirm the suggestion;
- Search for "browser.newtab.url";
- Reset this field (right-click and choose reset).
How to delete Easy Interests Access from Safari
1. Start Safari browser
2. Display a menu of General Safari Settings
3. Reset Safari...
4. Press "Reset"
How to delete Easy Interests Access from Opera browser
Disable add-on:
- Open Opera;
- Customize and Control Opera;
- Extensions;
- Choose Easy Interests Access and press button "Remove from Opera"
Change homepage:
- Open Opera browser;
- Customize and Control Opera;
- Settings;
- On Startup;
- Open a specific page or set of pages;
- Press button "Set pages" and change Homepage to your favorite one.
Video how to reset browser and remove all extensions
Advantages of different removal methods
How Easy Interests Access infects the computers
Despite the fact, that Easy Interests Access is highly harmful, and can create lots of problems to the user, its spreading is lawful. This is so, because this virus cannot install itself, it is needed to allow the installation. Most often, the menu to allow the installation is inserted amongst the multiplicity of other windows that arise, while operator installs various soft. People don't like to read the installation prompts, and they try to quickly close all these menus by checking all "ok", and not looking. This tactic allow adware overwhelm lots of computers each year. In case user looks for an opportunity to increase the level of device's security, he needs to be more watchful.
Easy Interests Access could probably look effective and important, but, it's dangerous mainly because pretending to be worthwhile is considered one of its functions. Always make sure not to fall to its treachery and do not be deceived by any kind of its ads as this malware is highly invasive and harmful. This software will rapidly start damaging customer's computer, and if he will not take appropriate measures this harmful soft will continue to present him with failures. Thereby, do a serious favor to yourself, and delete the Easy Interests Access without delay. You won't be sorry for acting like that, because forthwith the deletion, the global status will seriously grow. Thus, shield yourself and the system!
How to protect computer from malware
I additionally wish to recommend you some helpful actions, which could protect your laptop from Easy Interests Access and other viruses in the future. To help you improve the over-all defense of your PC, you should abide by a some easy guidelines, mentioned below:
- You must not use software from strange file-sharings. Oftentimes, these developers silently attach adware or viruses to their tools. In case you still need to apply this type of software - watch out carefully during the installation process.
- It's improper to review the websites with inappropriate content. In most cases, the viruses get into a personal computer from web sites, that distribute porn material, products "for adults", or web-sites where you are able to download and install an unlicensed programs.
- Torrents and other free file sharing services are very dangerous, because if you are downloading a file, you have no guarantee of its reliability. Whatever you're planning to download, you may get various unwanted files, or a risk of infection by a many types of trojans. You'll realise it only when you are going to unpack or install the program.
- Do not immediately open e-mail from unidentified online users. Many of these letters can consist of the wide assortment of viruses, including malware and hijackers, with the more severe forms of malevolent software program.
And first and foremost, do not neglect the anti virus software package. Your antivirus definitely will defend your computer from various incoming hazards, and definitely will find the computer virus, which you might miss.


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I feel like I'm forgetting something. I'm at the airport on my way back to NYC, and something's missing. It's not my ID or headphones. You know what? It's airport-induced anxiety.
Airports haven't improved over the last few years, but my relationship with them has. This subtle perspective shift, from trying to change the stressor to changing your relationship with the stressor, will be a recurring theme in the RYC playbook.
The next time you're traveling by plane, try these three tips to change your airport relationship status from "It's complicated" to "It's all good."
1. Arrive early
This is the easiest, most effective fix. It leaves you in control of your travel itinerary even if the traffic or trains to the airport conspire against you.
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Because you arrived early, you don't have to rush. Even better, you can step aside and let the ones who are in a hurry run right past you.
3. Plan how you want to spend your time
Note to parents: I admit, if you're traveling with children, this might not apply until the little ones fall asleep (fingers crossed).
I used to get stressed just thinking about how bored I'd be. Waiting to check in, waiting to take off, waiting to land. But then I realized boredom is a choice. Travel time is free time. When else do you have a few hours to do what you want? These days I like to travel with a good audiobook. Inevitably I find myself wishing my flight was a little longer so I could finish it.
Here are a few more ways to beat the airport blues:
- Whisk through security with TSA Pre
- Organize your itineraries and get travel alerts with TripIt
- Skip the US Customs line when re-entering the country with Mobile Pass
- Take charge with your own portable battery charger (I use this one)
- Consider booking your travel with a credit card that gives you priority boarding and free checked baggage


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This parent's outrage concerning the elimination of dual enrollment at Pine View and the subsequent lack of accountability is us all.
Subject: RE: Restore DE at Pine View school
From: REDACTED
Date: Sun, August 12, 2018 6:35 pm
To: "'Covert Stephen'" <firstname.lastname@example.com>,
Cc: REDACTED
<firstname.lastname@example.com>, <email@example.com>
Dear Dr. Covert (and School Board Members),
Thank you, sincerely, for your response to my recent written concerns around dual enrollment (DE) at Pine View (PV) and issues around Mrs. Allen's role and impact on teacher evaluation at PV. I believe that only an open dialogue and transparency between Pine View's administration, the school board, parents, and students, can these issues be successfully addressed and the goal of providing the best possible education for the students be achieved. I apologize for my slow response to Dr. Covert's email. I have been out of the state on vacation and I apologize for the lengthy response below but have tried to lay it all out by topic to be easier to digest.
Let me first address the SCF / DE issue:
This is Dr. Covert's statement:
Our students at Pine View have access to Dual Enrollment (DE) programs, as well as Advanced Placement (AP) courses through the College Board on our campus. There are also opportunities for students to take courses on the campus of State College of Florida (SCF), as well as virtual courses at the University of Florida (UF) and the University of South Florida (USF). When SCF made their decision to offer the majority of their DE program offerings at their SCF campus or virtually, over 80% of the impacted students at Pine View in the mathematics area chose to stay on our Pine View campus and take highly-rigorous courses with our PV, gifted-endorsed faculty. Far more than half of the students in the English-Language Arts (ELA) area chose a highly-rigorous option with our PV faculty, as well. In addition, Pine View will continue to offer some DE courses on our campus. I cannot speak to SCF's motives or rationale other than reiterating what Mr. Cantees shared at the public forum held with parents, and the letter I sent home with students.
Dr. Covert doesn't address the issue at hand around DE – specifically that SCF made the decision to eliminate DE at PV in Nov 2018 and notified PV in February of 2018.
- This was not communicated to parents or students at PV until May 2018 - AFTER students had completed fall class registration (over 200 students enrolled in classes with pine view knowing that they would not be available)
- No reason for the end of DE was given to parents / students and in his statement above Dr. Covert claims to not know SCF's motives or rationale but this information was given to PV and the Board in February
- SCF has clearly stated their reasons for ending the program, none of which reflect Dr. Covert's claim that students preferred to take the classes offered on campus with PV faculty
- The reasons, obtained by concerned parties through the Freedom of Information act come from the SCSB and SCF itself and detail a disturbing lack of accountability on the part of Pine View School as one of the main reasons, specifically the 2016 Climate Survey results showing an alarming lack of faith in the Principal and both the Principal's and District's unwillingness to address the grievances (more on the Climate survey results later).
- Issues with the inaccuracy of PV transcripts was also cited by SCF as a reason (academic integrity was not a given) and although addressed by the district and PV, it leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth that no third party was brought to examine the issue and confirm that trust with transcripts can be re-established in good faith
Action needed: DE is a long-standing tradition at PV and one that serves the special needs of the advanced students who need a broader continuum of choices to reach as far as they wish to go in their academic areas of interest. DE is also a 'right' of students in the District and both Dr. Covertand the Board should take decisive action to address the reasons for SCF's withdrawal and ensure that full access is reinstated. If it cannot be reinstated, Dr. Covert needs to be transparent with the student body and the parents ASAP about why DE was pulled from PV and what steps he is taking to reinstate it.
I want to call out a couple of other things from Dr. Covert's statement about the academic opportunities at PV, specifically access to FLVS
- PV staff is continually and consistently refusing access for students to FLVS despite the Chancellor's letter of a few years ago, stating that no student can be refused FLVS except if the student attends a magnet / or special focus school. This is causing a lot of stress and upset among students and parents, who FIRST have to know someone like me who knows their rights and can forward the Chancellor's letter to them, SECOND have to go around the school to sign their students up for FLVS rather than follow the protocol and advice of school staff (who should be there to facilitate student's academic needs, rather than the Principal's efforts to stop FLVS enrollment). This practice is producing a great deal of dissatisfaction with parents and students at PV and shouldn't even be an issue
Action needed: PV and the Board should be providing accurate and truthful information about student access to FLVS to every PV student and their parents
The Climate Survey – let's go back to that, because it's the elephant in the room that Dr. Covert never addresses.
He says….Notwithstanding these very positive trends in objective measures of success and achievement, there are always areas for improvement, and Pine View has a School Climate Committee which analyzes climate surveys and makes recommendations to administration which we review with Mr. Cantees at least semi-annually. We have been sincerely responsive to the recommendations, and have implemented their suggestions. If you have suggestions, we welcome those, as well, REDACTED.
our School Improvement Plan (SIP) is developed annually and approved by the School Advisory Committee (SAC), and they will be reviewing and analyzing these data in depth, and making recommendations on areas and opportunities for growth
I am completely unaware of any School Climate Committee or of their activities and have had children at the school, served on various committees, was a member of SAC for two years, am a regular reader of the Pine Views, receive Remind messages, etc. I have NEVER heard of it. I am also shocked to hear such a committee exists and given Dr. Covert's comments around the climate survey in the past, suspicious of who is on the committee, whether it includes all relevant stakeholders (faculty, staff, parents, and students) and what actions this committee has actually taken, as the Climate Survey results continue to be extremely poor. Dr. Covert has twice dismissed out of hand in my presence (at a SAC meeting and in an email) Climate Survey results as being only those teachers / staff / parents / students who are disgruntled and a small sample (he actually gave a memorable and disturbing quote to this effect to the Sarasota Herald Tribune after the first poor showing). The Board and District have also been turning a blind eye to the Climate Survey results for PV. The scathing results from the staff / teachers at PV toward their 'boss' in that survey show a massive problem encompassing communication, expectations, trust, etc. and are only solidified / verified by the roughly 30 staff / teachers who left PV during or after the 2016-2017 school year. And the survey results cannot be dismissed as a small and only disgruntled sample, unless you want to apply the same logic to the climate surveys for other high schools, which are vastly more positive.
- I served on SAC for two years and despite SAC's clear mandate to help with addressing any school improvement issues, the issues on the Climate Survey were never once discussed (I was told it was not the appropriate setting)
- SAC is charged by the District with preparing the annual SIP. In only a couple of meetings did we even discuss the SIP and only at a level of who was completing what and when (Covert's staff were in charge of every word and action). A few parents, including myself, raised issues around how the standard measurements for the District are not wholly applicable to the PV student body, as PV students perform well on all measures (as expected). We proposed having a look at any of the students at PV who were performing at a lower level (e.g., a 3 on the FSA vs. 4s and 5s) in an effort to identify if there was a means of helping them improve their scores. Dr. Covert did not stand in the way of these efforts but as I recall, almost never spoke in the SAC meetings other than to talk about current events, activities, awards, etc, which is what we spent most of our time on, never getting to the SIP. We were also left, as interested parents, to chase down the raw data for our school on FSA
- Dr. Covert may point to Town Hall meetings at PV as giving stakeholders an opportunity to address these concerns in an open forum but NONE of the scheduled forums had the Climate Survey, staff complaints, or the related issues (teacher / staff exodus, teachers bullying students, etc) as set topics. As a personal note – I am an involved parent, with a desire for school excellence, which I believe starts at the top and nurtures excellence among staff and students but NONE of the Town Hall topics were even remotely related to any issue that I view as a pressing problem at PV. You'd think there would be ONE but transparency is a BIG issue with this administration
- The only Town hall I could document was the very first on March 2017: Construction project; I could not find any other PV Town Halls in any Pine View Schedule or via Remind held since then but I think there was probably another and I vaguely recall it might have had to do with STEM
- The impact on the students and the PV community from the dissatisfaction shown on the Climate Survey (and in the mass faculty/ staff exit) that I've seen / heard about include: loss of very experienced and strong teachers in key subjects, students hearing the complaints of disgruntled teachers during class time, unhappy and stressed out teachers being mentally disconnected as they consider their option to stay or go, stressed out teachers taking out their unhappiness on students, an influx of newly hired faculty who do not have the skill or ability to teach the courses they are assigned, stressed out APs charged with evaluating teachers who are already at the end of their ropes, good teachers being harassed by APs, a decline in the sense of community and camaraderie among and between students as well as between students and staff (evidenced in a number of ways), a dire need for instruction through another avenue (FLVS)
Action needed: The Board needs to demand that Dr. Covert take swift and decisive action to identify the source(s) of faculty/staff dissatisfaction and lack of faith and convene a committee that involves representatives from all stakeholders, including faculty, staff, parents, and students. From there, I would expect Dr. Covert to again, take action that would have a high likelihood of improving the work conditions and satisfaction of PV faculty in the short term – address the big negatives FIRST; work toward rebuilding trust, communication, and community where everyone (including students and parents) is on the same 'side'. The other option for the board is to consider replacing Dr. Covert, which should be on the table if the aforementioned action is not taken. All actions taken in response to the Climate Survey should be out in the open and transparent for all stakeholders. The Climate Survey results are out in the open, so the response also needs to be.
Let's talk more about the information flow and what Mrs. Allen is up to or how the admin is evaluating teachers. Dr. Covert says…
I appreciate Ms. Brown responding to your email, and I am happy to share information with you. Unfortunately, you have some incorrect information in your email, so I am very pleased to have the opportunity to share accurate information with you. If someone has told you something that sounds concerning or a rumor you may hear, please know that we are only a phone call or an in-person visit away, and we are more than happy to provide you with correct information. We want correct and accurate information to be shared among and with parents, and is a major reason why we collaborate with PVA for the monthly Town Hall meetings, as well as sending Remind.com messages, PVA's Pine Views, and letters from the school. I believe Pine View School is the most active school using Remind.comin the district to share information with parents and community members.
I appreciate your sharing your concern related to Ms. Allen and her doctoral studies. Ms. Allen is the assistant principal for curriculum and is a student in a doctoral program for education. She takes classes and studies for her program outside of school hours, does not do any of the required work during her duty day at Pine View, and it does not conflict with her work with teachers at Pine View in any way. She is not conducting or participating in any research studies whatsoever, and has not solicited or invited anyone to participate in any research study. Ms. Allen has evaluated teachers solely based on the district-approved evaluation instrument. If you have information to share which suggests otherwise, I would very much appreciate your sharing that with us so that it can be investigated.
The constant flow of teachers leaving Pine View is damaging the school – obviously the morale and satisfaction of teachers but also the morale and 'community' among the students. Dr. Covert wants to tout PV's 'gifted-endorsed faculty' but a gifted endorsement alone does not an excellent teacher make and PV cannot hold onto excellent faculty.
- Dr. Covert can point to all of the awards and accolades of the student body BUT HE CANNOT TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR IT. There is no evidence that the teachers have done anything to improve student performance at PV. In fact, credit probably needs to be given to the instruction that more and more students are opting for through FLVS or because more parents are hiring tutors for students and those tutors are sometimes former great PV faculty. Most likely, the credit belongs to the students themselves. These students have tested gifted and perform as gifted learners on every test, assessment, academic opportunity you throw at them. The students make PV what it is but it is getting harder to ensure a smooth journey toward success
- Great teachers have left – leaders of curriculum in critical subjects like math, science, language – and been replaced by people with a lot less experience and ability
- Students are opting to avoid certain teachers / courses by taking them on FLVS. Despite the school's effort to curb use of FLVS, I would venture to say enrollment has gone up dramatically (I would actually love to see the numbers on that, being the REDACTED I am)
- Students are avoiding the bad teachers (who are becoming more difficult to dodge) by requesting another option if possible (I'll bet the amount of teacher switching at middle and high school levels has also gone up dramatically at PV in the last few years)
- Students themselves are communicating with each other and parents around who the bad teachers are, how they are bad, and even starting petitions to get rid of some. The students talk to parents and the parents then become involved in trying to remedy the situation for their child but most don't have the time or energy to help remedy the problem for the student body on the whole
- Parents are hiring more tutors – I have been lucky enough to hire two past math teachers, each heads of their subjects, as tutors for my CHILD. Both left PV not because they wanted to or even because of the drop program but because of the stress and problems brought on by Dr. Covert's leadership
Action needed: Address the issues in the Climate Survey to encourage the retention of experienced and high quality teachers and ensure that high quality teachers are interested in taking open positions at PV – unless and until this is addressed, I would expect the same downward turn in instructional quality and high demand for FLVS, etc
- On the Mrs. Allen issue…the admin, as far as I can see (and the climate survey and turnover indicates) does NOTHING to nurture and support the excellent teachers who are left and they are speaking out in frustration TO STUDENTS and PARENTS about their frustration with the admin. That's how it gets to parents and becomes what Dr. Covert is calling 'incorrect information' or 'rumor' about the parameters upon which they are being evaluated and those parameters being tied to Mrs. Allen's dissertation. I guess the issue is, if you don't look, you choose to deny, avoid, and bury issues (CLIMATE SURVEY), the issues do not go away. They start to bubble up everywhere. It's the Principal's job to investigate. I am realizing that the teachers do not talk to him or the APs directly about anything of substance / complaints because NOTHING happens or improves for them and they put themselves at risk of losing their jobs.
- If staff are being evaluated based on a district-approved evaluation instrument, my next question is going to be…is Mrs. Allen using the results of the findings from this instrument in her dissertation in any way, shape or form? I think Dr. Covert had better find out.
- If the evaluation instrument includes teachers conducting 'team building activities' and writing their daily curriculum on the board, Dr. Covert should be working with the District to address how relevant this is for the students at Pine View. PV students SHOULD be exposed to a curriculum designed specifically for gifted students and therefore the standard device for measurement and evaluation of teachers is not likely to be applicable. I do not have any evidence, however, that Dr. Covert understands or is interested in the research around gifted learning. I've never heard him speak about the student body at PV as needing any specialized approach to learning but if you are familiar with the research, they do and it should be incorporated into how teachers are evaluated. Dr. Covert touts the gifted-certifications of his teachers but if he's subjecting them to standard non-gifted criteria for evaluation, then something is very amiss.
Actions needed:
- Dr. Covert the Board / District need to begin addressing the Climate Survey in earnest, including some means by which teachers have the ability to express their specific areas of dissatisfaction to their administrators without repercussion
- Start conducting exit surveys with a sample of those who leave every year to find out the cause and their suggestions for improving the satisfaction of faculty and staff
- Put the issue on the agenda for SAC and tap the parents, students, and teachers who have the will and energy make steps toward improving the 'climate' and operational health of the school.
- Instruct Mrs. Allen to undertake an exploration of the available research on gifted learning / curriculum and develop a proposal to the Principal, the Board / District, and ALL RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS around core elements of gifted learning that might be appropriate to integrate into PV's curriculum and ultimately inform faculty evaluations that are relevant to this special population of students
On the issue of test results and school performance, Dr. Covert brings up the Magnet school ranking
This year, Pine View was ranked as the #6 Magnet School in the United States- something it has never done before.
- The only reason the magnet ranking 'has never been done before' is because this was the first year the school could be entered as a magnet school. Unfortunately, in the national ranking, PV dropped to #19, - I know in 2013 it was #5 and 2014 it was #6 – I could not find the other years in a brief search but did not see it among the top 10 in 2015 or 2016.
- The magnet designation was a concern for parents – one they brought before the board, I believe. It was done without any clear reasoning or purpose, and though the box was checked to make PV a magnet school, it does not appear to fit the definition of a magnet school. This leads me to wonder…
- Was it done so that PV could officially deny students access to FLVS?
- Was it because the school has been dropping in rankings since 2014 and this would give it a smaller playing field and make it more competitive? This one really gives me pause because Dr. Covert didn't even mention the overall National ranking in his comments with all of those other achievements
- The ranking process / methodology is probably not without its flaws and as a REDACTED I know how small things can change a statistical outcome but if the magnet designation was in direct response to changes in how schools were being nationally ranked by US News or Newsweek, the Principal and Board need to be transparent about it. Instead, the actions have and are being taken in the dark, without stakeholder input or real answers, and that just naturally breeds suspicion – and dissatisfaction!!
Action needed: Communicate with your stakeholders on decisions that impact the educational choices of students, how the school is measured against other U.S. high schools, etc etc. Transparency, transparency, transparency
As far as the other achievements Dr. Covert listed, you can see my comments above about the students deserving credit. The students, their parents, and the remaining strong faculty are making a way through to success but often seem to have to do it on crutches or without certainty, or having to jump through numerous hoops because of the lack of transparency and support from the Principal. They also just don't tell the whole story of what's going on at the school. Statistics never do and they don't even tell the whole story of how those scores are derived – I've heard enough to know how some school-related stats are manipulated and have enough experience with statistics to know how easy it is.
- Pine View's enrollment is down and has been for the last couple of years or so. The kids and families are choosing to go somewhere else. Word gets around through all those faculty / staff, parents, and students alike that PV is maybe not the best choice anymore.
- Bad actors are left in their teaching positions at PV and by 'bad actors' I mean teachers who are verbally and emotionally bullying their students, even as young as age 11. The bullying and bad attitudes of teachers, even fairly decent ones, are having a detrimental effect on the morale of students. Teachers are angry and dissatisfied and take it out on students
- The pure 'bad actors' are given a pass – no effort is made to get rid of them. Dr. Covert explained to me personally that he has no recourse with one teacher. When I called Steve Cantees on the issue, he was 'sure' the admin was addressing these problems with staff (no they are not – it's a long story about how I know this). His other rationale for why the student and parents should put up with teachers as bullies is that 'everyone knows that PV is very challenging' – yes, academically but teachers do not have a right to bully and abuse students. His third try at a rationale was that 'by the time the kids graduate from Pine View, they are sure to go to a great college' – this is a rationale for teachers being allowed to bully 11 year olds?!! There IS NO RATIONALE or excuse. PV does multiple anti-bullying talks every year to students but maintains an environment that protects teacher-to-student bullying.
- It may be difficult to get rid of teachers who have been there for a long time but I KNOW they can be largely sidelined. I know a few teachers who should have files an arm long on their abusive behavior but I highly doubt admin is documenting the complaints unless parents insist on it.
Action needed: Develop a strategy to identify, support, and nurture your best teachers and one to get rid of or sideline the teachers who are known bullies or just terrible teachers. Maybe start by taking student petitions to get rid of certain teachers seriously, listen to their concerns, create a plan for teacher improvement or dismissal. Stop subjecting students to teachers who don't teach, causing the students to have to teach themselves and ENSURE there is no emotional abuse / bullying going on teacher to student.
This email will likely be VERY upsetting for Dr. Covert and unpopular among his supporters, and I along with it, I'm sure. I just can't continue to be silent on so many issues of such great importance having to do with my children's education (and that of hundreds of other kids). I HAVE reached out to him directly via email a few times over the years and via SAC, and a couple of phone calls but to no avail. I really care about these kids and I care about faculty and staff satisfaction and there are many other parents who feel the same and would gladly be involved in working toward solutions. Faculty and students need a place to go on a daily basis where they feel supported and valued. We need to give the kids their lane, whatever it is and let them run their own races academically, along with a sense that they are in a caring and supportive community, one that understands and responds to their special educational needs. I can't imagine how or why anyone else's agenda should supersede that goal and it is painful to see Dr. Covert and the Board/District completely discount and ignore years of deeply rooted dissatisfaction among PV faculty / staff.
I will say that I expect the Board, the Superintendent, the District, and the Principal of Pine View to do much better. I would hope you would expect it from yourselves. The election for Board members is coming up and I will do my part to thoughtfully consider who should be at the helm and will encourage all my friends to do the same. I suspect most people in the school district don't know the board members or what the board does but they really should because when you have issues with leadership at a school, the board is the next recourse. I'm not sure what it will take to get the board to engage in the ongoing issues at Pine View but I hope it doesn't have to be that Pine View stops being a national and international draw and enrollment shrinks so dramatically that it can no longer bolster the B rating the other schools would earn for the county without it.


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Vegan Pea Pesto Protein Pasta
Vegan Pea Pesto Protein Pasta
Whoop whoop, long time no chattin' friends. It's been a while since I lasted threw a recipe on this lil blog of mine. This year has taken some adjusting but I feel I have my groove again. I started this year with three new housemates, a new team of work colleagues, while I was focusing hard on my Budokon yoga teacher training preparation, shedding old patterns and thought processes, and a realignment of how I wish to engage with others and conduct my relationships.
So in short, while I've felt inspired to write, it has been for myself, in my tiny, trusty journal. There has all been positive but I've needed to do some processing and digesting which hasn't left much room for me to write here. I've just needed some recluse time. And now I'm back, ready to reconnect and share with you all again.
How's it going?
I made this delicious pea pesto pasta (aka the Triple P-asta) the other day for a dear friend for a birthday party by Karkloof Waterfalls. It went down well, and I know that because I must have eaten 87% of it. Not sure why no one else got involved - maybe I ate it before they had a chance...? My bad.
It's super protein-rich, high in fibre and packed with good fats. We've got peas, almonds, sprouts and red lentil pasta (I used Happy Earth People - always) and avocado and rocket - all great ingredients for who are active and who need some extra need both boosting and recovery foods.
It is super easy to whip up and you can use this pesto on bread, as a dip, in a nourish bowl or mixed into a pasta. Feel free to throw in your preferred toppings - maybe you want to add in olives, artichokes, capers or mushrooms or even some vegan meat replacements. I think Fry's Chicken-Style Strips will go down really well with this too. Enjoy it with cold or warm pasta, by the sea, on a hike, as a work lunch or comforting dinner.
I hope you enjoy this delightful dip as much as I do. I would love to hear what you think of it!
Yours in carbs and green stuff,
Serves: 4 rad people (or 1 rad person for a few meals)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 8 minutes
2 cups peas (thawed if frozen)
1 cup fresh basil
1/2 cup fresh parsley
3 garlic cloves
1/4 cup almonds, chopped
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 lemon, squeezed
1/2 avocado
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp chili flakes
1tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper
To serve
250g of your favourite pasta (I used a mixture of Happy Earth People's red lentil pasta for the extra protein with some normal fusilli pasta for some texture)
A handful of sundried tomatoes, chopped
A handful of fresh, cherry tomatoes, sliced
A handful of sprouts
3 tbsp chopped almonds
Fresh rocket (as much as you want)
To make the pesto, combine all the ingredients in a food processor or blender. Keep blending until smooth, scraping down the sides a few times to ensure the all the ingredients are well combined.
Cook the pasta according to the packaging instructions.
Add the pesto to the pasta and mix it all together. Top with sundried tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, sprouts, almonds and rocket. Mix again. Add more salt and pepper, chilli flakes and olive oil if desired.
If there are any leftovers, this salad will certainly keep for another day - you must just have to add extra lemon juice or olive oil and give it a good tossin'.


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The history of 11421 Bellflower
The property was part of a large parcel of land (that encompassed most of University Circle) owned by JH and Ellen Wade until the couple sold it to Cornelia Upson on June 23, 1899 for $7,300.
Mrs. Upson and her husband Joseph E. Upson lived at that time at 11447 Euclid Avenue, and remained at this address for the duration of their ownership of the Bellflower Road property. Mrs. Upson's brother, Henry Lyman, lived at 201 Bellflower Road, at the time. This is the property next door; now 11427 Bellflower.
In June 1905 Mrs. Upson sold the property to Sophia Steinbrenner for $10,100. A building permit to construct a three-story dwelling was issued in September 2005. Construction commenced and the house was completed in 1906. Sophia and her husband, Henry, lived there with some of their six children. Their youngest son, Frank, died in the house on August 19, 1908 at 17 years old. Sophia was President of Kinsman Transit Company, which had been founded by her father, Philip Minch, and then run by her mother, Anna C. Minch, after Sophia's father's death. When Anna died in 1905, Sophia took over as President. Henry, her husband, served as general manager and treasurer of the company. Henry and Sophia were George M. Steinbrenner III's great grandparents. George is the owner of the New York Yankees, among other things.
Mrs. Steinbrenner sold the house and property in 1912 to Mrs. Lizzie W. Parsons for $1. Mrs. Parsons lived in the house until May 4, 1918, when she sold it to Nellie Holt Bartol for $1,000.
Nellie and her husband, George Bartol, lived in the house until around 1936. He was President-Treasurer of Otis Steel Company. The couple had two daughters, Elizabeth and Mrs. I.F. (Eleanor?) Weidlin, both of whom worked as social workers, at least while they were young and single! Mrs. Bartol died in 1927. George lived in the home following her death, with daughter Elizabeth, until his death, April 3, 1936. Circumstances regarding the ownership of the house in the 1930s and early 40s are unclear; but by 1934 the home was the property of National City Bank while George and Elizabeth continued to live there.
Deeds show National City Bank sold the house to Maud Hoover on September 25, 1944. Six months later she sold it to Otis and Helen I. Garner on February 9, 1945. The Garners in turn sold the building to Western Reserve University on August 3, 1945.
WRU purchased the building with Mather College investment funds at a price of $19,500 and became Bellflower House Dormitory, housing students of the Flora Stone College for Women from 1945-46 through 1949-50. In the fall of 1949, the dormitory closed due to lack of demand for housing space. Mather sold the building to Adelbert College (another component of WRU) for $19,500 plus $4,800 (the cost of depreciated equipment). The house became a men's dormitory "Ickes House" in 1950-51 and operated until 1952.
During the Mather years, the building housed anywhere from 28 to a low of 14 women, as well as a House Mistress. The Adelbert men filled the house a little more. Their estimates of space ranged from 35-40 men, and a documented minimum of 32 men occupied the building during those years.
Beta Eta chapter of Sigma Chi (the CIT chapter) purchased the house from WRU in July 1953 and the chapter as well as Beta Alpha chapter of the same fraternity (WRU) moved into the building. Though it is hard to imagine the 2 chapters co-habitating for long, it looks as if they did just that, at least intermittently from 1953-54 through 1967-68. In 1968 Beta Eta (CIT) moved to 11318 Bellflower (now the Iris and Bert Wolstein Hall) and Beta Alpha (WRU) took sole possession of 11421 Bellflower. (CIT and WRU merged in 1967 to create CWRU but that in no way meant any of the fraternities that had dual chapters would merge them!)
In any event, the Case Sigs (Beta Eta) owned the house until 1971, when the chapter sold it to University Circle, Inc. UCI then leased it to Phi Rho Sigma, a medical school fraternity, who lived in the house approximately 1972-73 through 1984-85.
The building was vacant and essentially abandoned until 1992-93 when CWRU Housing and Residence Life approached Alpha Chi Omega about the possibility of the sorority renovating and occupying the building. UCI had transferred ownership of the property to the university by 1990. The building was sound structurally but needed a lot of work to repair water damage from roof leaks and to bring it up to code and into the 20th century. The university spread the cost of the $375,000 renovation over a 10-year lease and the sorority members moved in in August 1993.
See also Case Archives.


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September 2018
The snipping of paper can be such a dry task if you don't have something to engage with. Fiskars scissors, known for praise from teachers and accessibility for children of all ages, have a new color-changing handle design. Based on how much heat is applied to the grip, they will change color more and more the longer they are used. Most importantly for the kiddos, there's a high-quality safety blade for quality trims and safe blade angles. Prices vary based on size. Available at Walmart.
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Sometimes the items you find at retail are way overpriced, especially come back-to-school shopping season. Brandless saves the financial hassle with products all priced at $3. Whether it be a hardcover spiral notebook, a pencil set necessary hygiene products, there's something dandy for every student and kid on a budget. $3, though other products may vary. https://brandless.com/
The World is Your Tiger
Daniel Tiger made a best pal with Crayola to tour the next greatest make-believe neighborhood with the Crayola Trolley Play Set from Amloid. Using building blocks, stickers and crayons to flesh out the dream locale, this set can help children develop their creative and motor skills. After building the trolley, one can take Daniel Tiger and his friends around to explore each magical landmark. $19.97. Available at Walmart.
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For convenience anywhere and everywhere, Post-it is back for the school year for all busy families, students and teachers to organize their thoughts or to-do lists on the fly. New shapes include emojis, musical instruments, waffles and more. For those more meticulous with their planning, there are also calendars, list notes and tabs to keep track of everything. Prices vary. Available at Walmart and Staples.
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by Robert Wilkinson
Today would have been the 74th birthday of the amazing Duck Dunn, who laid down the bottom on more soul hits than you can count. For those who don't know, he was the pipe smoking bassist who uttered an immortal line in "the Blues Brothers." You want soul? We got SOUL!
Donald "Duck" Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012), extraordinary bassist, songwriter, and producer, is famous for his work with the Mar-Keys, and later with Booker T and the MGs. This Sagittarius also performed with Muddy Waters, Freddie and Albert King, Levon Helm, Neil Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan!
Back when Duck and Steve Cropper were in high school, they created a band called the Mar-Keys. The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were the studio session band for the Stax label from Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. After the Mar-Keys, Duck and Steve joined Booker T Jones and Al Jackson Jr. to create Booker T and the MGs, one of the tightest soul groups ever to hit the airwaves.
As a member of the Mar-Keys and Booker T and the MGs, he backed a whole host of Stax/Volt musicians, including Otis Redding, the Staple Singers, and Sam and Dave. You can also see him playing bass for the Blues Brothers in their movies, hitting the groove! These guys cut some immortal tunes. Today we celebrate his life and music!
First, an oldie! Here is a great live video clip from 1967 of the Mar-Keys with their huge hit "Last Night" Dig the bass groove! Here's the original studio version of "Last Night"
This year I found more from that legendary "Stax/Volt Revue Live In Norway 1967" concert in 1967! For your enjoyment, Duck on bass, Steve Cropper on lead, Booker T on organ, and a ton of groove! Stax Volt Tour of Norway 1967 PART 1
From that tour, Sam and Dave cranking up "Hold On I'm Comin'"
Also from that tour, the magnificent Otis Redding taking us to church with "Try A Little Tenderness"
Duck Dunn, Steve Cropper, Booker T Jones, and Al Jackson Jr. were at their peak as THE backing band in 1967 for Otis, Sam and Dave, and many more. That year they were the backing band for the Stax performers at the legendary Monterrey Pop Festival. Here they are in 1967 groovin' high on a fast boat to Soulville USA in a 50 minute set of Otis Redding and Sam and Dave! "The Soul of the 1967 Monterrey International Pop Festival"
While I couldn't find their original performance of "Green Onions" at Monterrey, I did find these live performances of their most famous tune, written by Booker T.!
From the legendary Stax tour of Norway in 1967, Booker T and the MGs live cranking out an extended version of their "too cool for words" biggest hit, "Green Onions"
From Shindig in 1966, Booker T and the MGs performing a short version of "Green Onions"
We now flash forward to 1988 in Montreux for another great performance of "Green Onions."
Going back to one of the best, you can hear him laying down the bass grooves behind Otis Redding in the original version of "Respect" the gyrating pulse of "I Can't Turn You Loose." and the extraordinarily powerful musical juggernaut "Try A Little Tenderness."
Here he and the band are the instrumentation behind Sam and Dave in the oh so funky studio originals of "Hold On I'm Comin'" and "Soul Man."
Here's the band backing Albert King in the awesome "Born Under A Bad Sign"
Here are Booker T and the MGs doing a live 1970 performance of their smash hit "Time Is Tight." Here's a long 12+ minute clip of the band live at the Rochester Jazz Festival in 2010 of "Time is Tight."
Here's the studio version by Booker T and the MGs of the title track of the "fourth spaghetti western," composed by Dominic Frontiere, the dramatic "Hang 'Em High"
In a different atmosphere, here Booker T, Steve, and Duck back George Harrison in Madison Square Garden cranking out a respectable version of Bob Dylan's rocker, "Absolutely Sweet Marie."
From 2002 in Germany, here's a clip of Duck with Scorpio birthday boys Neil Young and Booker T with the rest of the MGs laying down "All Along the Watchtower." From the same gig, "Two Old Friends."
Here's the entire 2 hour 40 minute gig by "Neil Young w/ Pancho and the MGs" Neil Young and Booker T and the MGs at Rock am Ring Festival 2002
Well close today with Booker T, Duck, Steve, and the rest of the band backing the Blues Brothers in a cooking version of "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love," and now we close with the immortal "Sweet Home Chicago"
To give you a sense of how good they were, Duck Dunn uttered an immortal line in that movie. The immortal line? "We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline."
Copyright © 2015 Robert Wilkinson


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A time, place & space set apart for renewal; allowing you to engage in the rhythmic practice of Sabbath, retreat and prayer.
CHRIST-CENTERED teaching anchored in Scripture facilitates transforming encounters through prayer with Jesus. GUIDED exercises led by gifted Pastors and Spiritual Directors provide structure for prayer and reflection. $15, coffee & tea provided. RSVP helpful.
May 10: Inglewood Presbyterian Church, Kirkland
Facilitator, Rev. Dr. Paul Strawn
June 14: North Creek Presbyterian Church, Mill Creek
Facilitator, Rev. Dianna Kunce
July 12: North Creek Presbyterian Church, Mill Creek
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Pregnant ladies should have a balanced diet during pregnancy. This article provides an insight into what kind of Indian diet should be taken during pregnancy.
Pregnant mothers always wonder that what they should eat & what not. Some says a mother should take the diet of two people because she needs to take care of one more life. But is it true, if yes what they should eat & if not how the baby will get proper diet to grow as a healthy child. When you will consult with a doctor they will say a pregnant mother must take a balanced diet. So that mother & child both gets a proper nutrition for their body. Basically Balanced diet must contain some or other thing from the entire food group. Not only this but balanced diet also meant to keep track on the proper quantity, quality & reaction or allergy of any food on mother. Following tips will help you and your baby stay healthy.


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Schools shut for charging fees illegally
The Ministry of Education has shut down 129 private and international schools and slapped fines on several others in the wake of reports of a number of violations of the ministry's regulations.
According to sources, the violations involved imposing registration fees and other fees on parents without the authorization of the ministry.
The ministry also discovered other violations of administrative, financial and technical regulations in some of these schools.
The ministry's steps constitute a serious effort in controlling irregularities by private and international schools, particularly in terms of raising school fees.
Mubarak Al-Osaimi, spokesman for the Education Ministry, said his ministry issued orders to close 17 foreign schools during this academic year, and suspended the activity of three others for a whole year. "Fines were imposed on another nine schools," he added.
"The closure included 12 private schools, and punitive measures were imposed on 88 private schools which were in violation of the Ministry's regulations," he explained, pointing out that these steps stemmed from the ministry's concern for quality and the soundness of the education process in private and international schools across the Kingdom.
He confirmed that the announcement ensures that private and international schools are strictly committed to the ministry's controls and regulations in a way that guarantees the quality of work and the implementation of the sanctions against errant schools.
Sources said the ministry will publish the approved fee structure for all private and foreign schools on the websites of 45 education departments across the regions and governorates of the country in the coming days to ensure transparency and facilitate matters for parents.
The Education Ministry stressed that it will strictly monitor the compliance of private and foreign schools with the approved fees, taking into account the best interests of students enrolled in these schools.
The ministry also said it will apply the stipulated sanctions on any school found in violation of its directions and regulations, adding that its policy of transparency will make all the data and regulations clear to the private education sector.
About 1,537 private and foreign schools in all the education departments across the Kingdom are awaiting the ministry's decision on the new fees structure as these schools had filed requests to the ministry in this regard.
The general directorate of education in Riyadh has promised parents that they will get a refund on the extra fees they paid. It called on parents to report any vilation or irregularities in this regard, emphasizing the importance and clarity of the contract signed between the school and the parent, mainly in terms of the financial obligations between the sides.
Saleh Al-Tarif, director of the foreign and private education department, said his department wants to make sure that the contract between the two parties — the school and the parent — is clear and fully understood by both.


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In this video I am trying to play Sega Ages Vol 1. on the Saturn and talk a bit about the game, life the universe and everything on the side. Again experimenting with various video setups to see what works and what doesn't.
This disc is a must-have for Saturn gamers, especially if you want Arcade Perfect ports of Outrun, Space Harrier and After Burner II on a home console.
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We attended the 2011 edition of the Replay event in Blackpool (UK). We had a fantastic weekend. Here is our footage.
This is the 720p footage as YouTube does wonders (NOT) with darker footage at lower resolutions. Do check out the videos our friends made too!


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OG stands for Ocean Grown, and it also refers to Original Gangster, though technically it refers to plants traditionally grown outdoors since salty conditions will kill cannabis. The strain became very popular and spread out form the LA-San Francisco area. It refers to a wide variety of Indica hybrids that are commercially available. It is used for medicinal purposes though it is a stimulant and my keep you awake.
Thin Mint, a hybrid cross containing Durban Poison and OG Kush genetics, is a phenotype of the legendary Girl Scout Cookies strain. Dark green and royal purple hues peek through a heavy coat of crystals, with a sweet minty smell that gives a full explanation of this strain's name. Thin Mint calls upon the powers of its indica, sativa, and hybrid ancestors for a powerful full-body effect that gives this strain its sterling reputation. The high psychoactivity of this strain is not for novice consumers, but patients with a variety of symptoms are giving Thin Mint their seal of approval: severe pain, nausea, swelling, insomnia, and appetite loss are no match for the potency of Thin Mint.
Champagne is a sativa-dominant cannabis strain bred by Grand Daddy Purp, who crossed a rare sativa phenotype of his famous Granddaddy Purple with Pink Champagne (AKA Phantom). Sativa lovers will also appreciate the heady, mood-lifting effects this strain has to offer.
Lemon Sours tends to provide patients with a relaxing, heavy body sensation. As the name suggests, this strain has an aroma similar to a lemon drop candy. Lemon Sours is great for patients who would like to relax while doing housework or catching up on other low-key tasks.
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Took the long drive down to Laurel, MD to meet with Deborah Randall, Artistic Director and Director of We Are Samurai at Venus Theater. Great dinner and chatting, amazing first read-through, fun with photobooth and some great movement work to top it off. Amazing actors. I was laughing so hard I was crying. I can't wait to see the final product in September!
If you're anywhere near anything in Maryland, come check it out!
Tickets here.


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20 January 2017
On 4 January 2017, PHE Researcher Iddo Wernick delivered the keynote address 'Creating a circular economy: The challenges and opportunities presented by Technology Metals for future business' kicking off a conference on the topic of Sustainable Resource Management organized by Acer Inc., in Taipei, Taiwan. Iddo also gave a talk on 'Conflict Minerals and Tantalum' from the perspective of Supply Chain managers in the electronics industry. Below are some pictures of the event.
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