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|They're all looking at me, aren't they?
Which saddens me as I drive through our humble downtown and surrounding areas now. I have history here too having walked our city blocks as a gainfully employed young woman of the 1980's. Lunchtime then was an event of changing out of them fancy heels into sneakers to spend an hour shopping at Elder-Beerman's before grabbing a burger from the food court at the Arcade. We had the Rike's building then, where I worked at E.F. MacDonald on the eight floor. And the upscale Metropolitan clothing store was across the street, next to Frisch's Big Boy with their cherry cokes. The sidewalk hot dog vendor guy, striped umbrella shading his steaming cart on Second Street. All are gone now.
The artful rotunda (yep, those are really turkey gargoyles up there) atop the Arcade will likely never be appreciated by another generation of Daytonians. But the Rike's building, which would bring families downtown to view the annual Christmas window decorations, was replaced by the Schuster Performing Arts Center. A definite plus for Dayton and redeeming cultural center that brings Dayton's street cred up by several notches.
Dayton has so much to be proud of, historically speaking. If we can just be reminded of it all. And if we can continue to preserve it for our children, so they can pass this heritage of information on to their own. We want it remembered that our gem city was built on a foundation of inventors and entrepreneurs.
We Daytonians are proud of our pioneers of creativity. Deeds with the self-starter, technology that is used today in our modern vehicles. And of course Patterson who built a little company called NCR on the wings of the success of his electric cash register. And that fellow so important to my career, Paul Iams*, who founded The Iams Company with his concept that a high-quality protein based dog food will improve the health and well-being of our faithful friends.
Oh, but what are we really famous for, people? Do you know?
Dayton can crow her pride as the birthplace of aviation. In spite of that other state that attempts to stake claim to this first-in-flight stuff (yeah, I'm looking at you North Carolina and your annoying license plate logo.) it is within the boundaries of our fair city that the Wright Brothers were lovingly reared. It was here, right in our West Side, that Orville and Wilbur stewed their creative juices to design a flying machine. The first one that actually could leave the ground and stay up there for more than a few seconds.
The Wright Family lived in what is our West Side in the late 1800's, then a beautiful middle-class neighborhood of large frame homes and well tended gardens. And an area infamous now for its slow decay. But tucked within this shameful blight, we have a pocket of preserved history as the Wright Brothers National Memorial. To walk through this restored neighborhood, it feels a little like being in a bubble. We're safe here, inside our shimmering walls. All that stuff on the other side of the opalescence is too blurry to be seen from here. Squint your eyes and you can imagine what once was.
In celebration of Euka's six month birthday we took her to see the Wright Memorial museum. Well, that's what we told her. We were actually on tour with our fellow members of the AACA, The Antique Automobile Club of America. Because we apparently have a visceral need to steep ourselves history of all kinds, even cars it seems.
|In hindsight, I should have spent a
minute to adjust that cape. [sigh]
Euka gave no response to the manikins in their period garb, which frankly creep me out a little bit. I have to just walk quietly past these things. So long as I don't look 'em in the eye, I won't be sending creep-out vibes down the leash to the puppy. Hey, that stuff happens, you know.
Euka respected the displays with nary a sniff. Stairs were handled with the ease of a pup who's done this stuff before. Just a little trouble with confidence going from carpet to slick floor, so we kept that event to a minimum.
And her reward at the end of the tour was naptime during the thirty minute movie of the Wrights. My reward was learning so much more about the Wright Family than the FAQ's that we're fed over and over in the usual info tidbits. Did you know that it wasn't just Orville, Wilbur and Katherine that we always hear about? There were seven kids in the family, one son was a city commissioner. Another sib was estranged from his famous brothers. Who knew? And dogs! They had family dogs. Must learn more . . .
And hey, North Carolina. Are you still here? I have two words for you. Well, besides Orville and Wilbur because those are proper nouns. Huffman Prairie, y'all. We take your twelve second glide at Kitty Hawk and trump you with the invention of full powered flight in Dayton. Who's got your birthplace of aviation now? Put that in your bowler hat and well, you know. Booyah or something, y'all.
|A memorial bench to the Wright Brothers at
Woodland Cemetery. In Dayton.
|And the Wright Family plot at Woodland Cemetery. It's
traditional to toss a penny on Wilbur and Orville's markers
when you visit. And by the way, these guys are buried in
Dayton, the Birthplace of Aviation.
*Euka sends a shout out to Paul Iams, the developer of the original Eukanuba formula. Eukanuba was a term popular during the Jazz Era. It means "something supreme". Euka would agree that her name fits perfectly.


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As much as I am ½ Cuban descendant, and sad as it sounds I don't really cook plantains. I know it's a sin yadda but I don't really fry much of anything, let alone plantains, however, this was an excellent opportunity to create a plantain side dish for Little Nomster. My first idea was to cook tostones, however, after letting my plantains sit on the counter for over two weeks, they'd ripened to the point where making that option was out of the question, however, the time was ripe for plátanos maduros.
First I cut off the ends of the plantains and peeled off the skin exposing the inner part of the fruit, looking very much like a peeled banana. Next I cut the fruit diagonally into 1-inch chips. I laid all the cut plantain down on tin foil and sprinkled on top of them olive oil, salt, and black pepper. I didn't want to add too many spices and mess around with the flavors of the fruit. I preheated the oven to 300 degrees. Laying the tinfoil down and a baking pan, I baked the plantains for 30 minutes, turning them over every ten minutes until brown and crispy.
The end results were great! I don't think my mom would have ever put salt or black pepper on any plantain, it's just not traditional in our household. Nevertheless, I have since made variations of maduros using less salt, garlic, and different seasonings and the results were still tasty. Try experimenting on your own with the different spices and come up with a recipe which best suits your tastebuds!

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During the Vietnam War, the United States Army sought to field a new, dependable sniper rifle. The "XM21" sniper rifle was developed jointly by the Army Weapons Command at Rock Island, Combat Development Command at Ft. Benning, and the Limited Warfare Agency at Aberdeen during late 1960s. The XM21 is essentially a converted M14 National Match rifle with the addition of a Leatherwood 3–9x Adjustable Ranging Telescope (ART) telescopic sight. The M14 was selected as the rifle's platform due to its impressive accuracy, reliability, and ability for quick follow-up shots. Chambering the 7.62x51mm NATO round - which was developed for sniping and long range match shooting - the M21 was accurate to 750 yards (690m). The ART telescope featured a variable magnification power from 3X to 9X, allowing adjustments for targets ranging between 300m and 900m. In 1975 the XM21 was adopted as the M21 Sniper Weapon System and remained the Army's official sniper rifle until 1988, when it was supplanted by the bolt-action M24 Sniper Weapon System. The M-21 still remains in service however and has seen extensive combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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3 Reasons to Make Homemade Baby Food
When it's time to start your baby on his or her first foods, it's an exciting but sometimes nerve-wracking time. Parents are naturally anxious about all of the new responsibilities that solid (or semi-solid) foods bring – choking hazards, allergies, and unwanted ingredients to name a few.
Many of us choose to make our own baby food, which is a fantastic idea for so many reasons! Here are just some of the benefits of creating your own personalized infant cuisine.
#1. It's cost-effective. You can save a lot of money by purchasing and pureeing your own foods for your baby. As your very own chef, you have the ability to buy your produce in bulk and then batch your baby food. Store safely and freeze, so you have a personal supply of food that you can always count on at home. Instead of doing a jar-heavy grocery store trip, your baby food shopping will consist of trips to the market to buy plenty of fresh ingredients!
#2. It's green. Buying your own baby food is an eco-friendly commitment on many levels. You can choose to only purchase ingredients that have been cultivated with green practices by buying pesticide-free, organic, local produce. Making your own baby food is also another way to cut down on trips to the store, consumer packaging, shopping bags and receipts. You can re-use all of your containers, or make small batches for at-home meals! Fewer packages, fewer ingredients and fewer risks make for some clean, green baby meals.
#3. It's nutritious. You can exercise control over every single ingredient that goes into your baby food –and the simpler the better. Some baby foods contain fillers that you likely don't want to waste time or money on feeding your infant –whether water, tapioca or other manufactured starches. This way you can ensure nothing but whole ingredients find their way into your recipes. Plus as your baby gets a little bit older, making your own purees can help you combine different ingredients and mask some of the nutrients that your picky eater might not like. Hide the taste of carrots by pureeing them with fruit, or sneak a little bit of ginger into your apple sauce. You can get creative while maintaining total nutritional integrity.
If you're starting the transition to solids soon, make sure to stay tuned four our next Introducing Solids workshop! There's lots you can learn about your baby's nutritional needs and digestive system before you start this next step. Experts Aviva Allen, Registered Nutritionis, and Kristin Heins, ND, are a great pair at hosting these friendly, jam-packed sessions! Bring your little foodies, your questions, and get ready to learn.
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Wet Nurse Club: Flight Attendant Breastfeeds Passenger's Crying And Starving Newborn Baby
Flight Attendant Breastfeeds Passenger's Hungry Infant
The subject of breastfeeding has become quite a polarizing topic over the past few years with lots of news coverage, but we've never come across a story like the one we found in the NYPost.
24-year-old flight attendant Patrisha Organo found herself in a situation recently when a passenger's infant child began wailing at the top of its lungs after the mother ran out of formula mid-flight.
What in the hell could Patrisha possibly do to solve this problem? There was no formula aboard the plane, however, Patrisha, a new mother herself, had a bold plan…
That's right. Patrisha offered up her own motherly tidday to help save the ears of the passengers and satitate the starving
beast baby.
The question is? Would you do either? Offer your breast to feed a hungry child, or allow your child to be breastfed by a stranger?
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Claire Muir, mother and psychiatric survivor, stood as an independent candidate at the general election on 7 May 2015, in the West Dunbartonshire constituency. Gaining 503 votes. Well done!
Husband Andrew Muir: "There was plenty of press coverage,
three hustings, two radio interviews, 40000 leaflets delivered and it was a
very worthwhile experience."
Saturday, 9 May 2015
well done Claire Muir! Mother and psychiatric survivor standing for election: human rights in mental health: gaining 503 votes
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Kyushu driving trip – starting from Miyazaki, drive down the coast line to the south, drive through the private resort district surrounded by grand nature of Kirishima and enjoy the coast line and the vast ocean.
The viewing spot of rough angry waves – Aoshima seacoast
Oni no sentaku ita (wavy rock)
Drive along Aoshima seacoast. From Aoshima driving south to Kinchakujima is about 8km drive along the coast line. On the way, you can see the wavy rocks called "Oni no sentaku ita (Moster's washing board)".
Oni no sentaku ita (wavy rock)
|Miyazaki Prefecture Miyazaki-shi Aoshima
|about 10 min. walk from JR Aoshima Station
|http://www.miyazaki-city.tourism.or.jp/tcn/index.html (Chinese)
843 192 319
About 6 minutes in the general road
Distance of about 2.0km
Enjoy the grand view of Nichinan seacoast
Horikiri Touge
Feast your eyes on the vast view of the Pacific Ocean. Horikita touge is the scenic spot that represents the must visit spots of Nichinan seacoast. Along the coast line, you can see the endless wavy rocks and Canary date pine trees.
Horikiri touge
|Miyazaki Prefecture Miyazaki-shi Oriuzako
|from JR Uchiumi Station, get on Miyazaki Kotsu Bus bound for Miyazaki Station (about 5 min.) and get off the bus at Horikiri touge Station
|http://www.miyazaki-city.tourism.or.jp/tcn/index.html (Chinese)
843 073 605
About 36 minutes in the general road
Distance of about 24.7km
A shrine that stands in rough and angry waves
Udo Jingu (Udo Shrine)
Where a legendary story was originated, the red honden (main building) of Udo Jingu is built in a cave facing Hyuga nada (sea of Hyuga). If you can through the lucky ball in a square hole in the rock called Kame ishi (turtle rock) (men using left hands and women using right hands) as you make a wish, it is believed that your wish will come true.
Udo Jingu
|Miyazaki Prefecture Nichinan-shi oaza Miyaura 3232
|Open hours:
|6:00am to 7:00pm (October through March: 7:00am to 6:00pm)
|open 7 days a week, all year
|from JR Miyazaki Station (leaving from Miyazaki St. Bus Center) get on the bus bound for Nichinan・Obi (about 1 hour 20 min.) and get off at Udo Jingu Station, about 10 min. walk from Udo Jingu Station
|http://www.udojingu.com/ (Japanese)
274 536 241
About 1 hour and 1 minutes in the general road
Distance of about 45.5km
Come experience the underwater adventure in Nichinan
Underwater sightseeing boat – Marine Viewer Nango
The sightseeing boat leaves from Sotoura fishing port and tours around Nichinan Kaiyo Koen (marine park) for about 45 min. On the boat, the under half of the boat being under water, your can observe beautiful coals and colorful tropical fish in the clear sea water.
Underwater sightseeing boat – Marine Viewer Nango
|Miyazaki Prefecture Nichinan-shi Nangocho Katagami 134-54
|Open hours:
|9:00am to 4:30pm
Boat tour schedule: 9:00am, 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm (during long vacations and busy periods, there will be additional boat tours)
|irregular (may be closed due to rain)
|about 3 min. drive from JR Nango Station
|http://www.k2-dive.com/html/marine_viewer.html (Japanese)
274 045 305
About 34 minutes in the general road
Distance of about 24.9km
Come visit Misaki where horses leisurely chew on grass at Toi Misaki
Toi Misaki
Locating at the south end of Hyuga nada (Sea of Hyuga), Toi Misaki is know for the wild horses that live there. Misaki Uma (Misaki horses) and their habitat was designated as nation's natural monuments. You can also visit Toi Tourist Center where introduces Misaki Uma and the nature of Toi Misaki, and the Toi Misaki Light House of the Pacific Ocean that stands here.
Toi Misaki (Cape Toi)
|Miyazaki Prefecture Kushima-shi
|about 45 min. drive from JR Kushima Station
|http://kushima-city.jp/ (Japanese)
724 101 589
About 1 hour and 12 minutes in the general road
Distance of about 49.5km
Distilled spirit and beer of Kirishima Shuzou (Kirishima sake brewing) – take a look at specialities of Miyazaki
Kirishima Factory Garden
This is a facility which is directly operated by Kirishima Shuzou. Inside, there includes "Kirinokura Brewery" where beer brewery and restaurant are unified, "Kirinokura Bakery" where the very famous distilled spirit breads are sold, etc. You can also visit the actual sweet potato shochu (distilled spirit) factory and observe the making process of shochu (reservation required).
Kirishima Factory Garden
|Miyazaki Prefecture Miyakonojo-shi Shibita-cho 5480
|Open hours:
|9:00am to 5:00pm (Kirinokura Bakery: open until 5:00pm, different from other facilities)
|open 7 days a week, all year (Kirinokura Bakery is closed on Wednesday, Thursday)
|about 10 min. drive from JR Miyakonojo Station
|http://www.kirishima-fg.jp/ (Japanese)
117 547 587
About 1 hour and 26 minutes in the general road
Distance of about 60.6km
Let's get to know the Kurozu (black vinegar) produced in the great nature of Fukuyama, Kirishima
Sakamoto Jozo (vinegar brewery)
Black vinegar is produced by only using three ingredients, steamed rice, malted rice and ground water. Such traditional production method has been handed down, generation after generation, for 200 years until today. Visitors can first visit the Tsubo batake and information center to get to know the production method and history of Sakamoto Kurozu (black vinegar). Thereafter, enjoy the taste of Kurozu lunch at the restaurant.
Sakamoto Jozo (vinegar brewery)
|Kagoshima Prefecture Kirishima-shi Fukuyamacho Fukuyama 3075 (Sakamoto Kurozu (black vinegar) "tsubo batake" information center and restaurant)
|Open hours:
|9:00am to 5:00pm (information center), 10:00am to 5:00pm (restaurant, cakes and drinks will be served from 10:00am to 11:00am)
|open 7 days a week, all year
|about 25 min. drive from JR Kokubu Station
|http://www.kurozu.co.jp/pdf/sakamoto_han.pdf (Chinese)
http://www.tsubobatake.jp/ (Japanese)
216 338 167
About 49 minutes in the general road
Distance of about 27.6km
The historical shrine founded in 6th century
Kirishima Jingu (Kirishima Shrine)
On the street that leads to Kirishima Jingu, there is a small museum where exhibits various kinds of masks. Here, about 1,800 kinds of masks including masks of Tengu (long nose goblins) of Japan and from all over the world, Nho masks, monster masks are displayed.
Kirishima Jingu (Kirishima Shrine)
|Kagoshima Prefecture Kirishima-shi Kirishimataguchi 2608-5
|Open hours:
|free sightseeing inside the shrine, reception for prayers, etc. is from 8:00am to 5:30pm
|open 7 days a week, all year
|about 10 min. drive from JR Kirishima Jingu Station
|http://www.kirishimajingu.or.jp/index.html (Japanese)
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See how it works Ladies? Your rape is as nothing to a deeply moral man like Rick Santorum. Especially if the horror you experienced didn't unfold in a few minutes time but rather persisted as a result of pregnancy. For if your rapist impregnates you IT'S YOUR FAULT! You've GOT to carry the fetus to term.
Rick doesn't say anything about what happens after the rape offspring is born, but I'm sure he'd strongly object to giving it to a same-sex couple like these two
for that would be "immoral."
Note his utter indifference to the rapist. No surprise as rape is an act of power and power is what the status quo worships above all.
That's to be kept in mind when reading this "shocking" story in The World's Worst Newspaper
"Keith Smith was 14 when he was raped by a driver who picked him up after a hockey team meeting. He had hitchhiked home, which is why, for decades, he continued to blame himself for the assault.
When the driver barreled past Hartley's Pork Pies on the outskirts of Providence, R.I., where Mr. Smith had asked to be dropped off, and then past a firehouse, he knew something was wrong.
"I tried to open the car door, but he had rigged the lock," said Mr. Smith, of East Windsor, N.J., now 52. Still, he said, "I had no idea it was going to be a sexual assault."
Even today, years after the disclosure of the still-unfolding child abuse scandal in the Catholic Church and the arrest of a former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing boys, rape is widely thought of as a crime against women. "
If it's thought of as a crime in any context. Rick Santorum clearly believes it isn't when rapists impregnate their victims. They're the potential criminals. So I'm sure he cares even less about men — who after all can't get pregnant,
as Florynce Kennedy
pointed out many years ago when she so sagely noted "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."
Well not in Rick Santorum's Catholic church it wouln't.
Except maybe through the back door that looked the other way when his wife had an affair with the abortion doctor that gave her birth and doubtless advised her on the abortion she had that Rick has passed off as a "miscarriage" to a credulous "Mainstrem" media.
"Until just a few weeks ago, when the federal government expanded its definition of rape to include a wider range of sexual assaults, national crime statistics on rape included only assaults against women and girls committed by men under a narrow set of circumstances. Now they will also include male victims.
While most experts agree women are raped far more often than men, 1.4 percent of men in a recent national survey said they had been raped at some point. The study, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that when rape was defined as oral or anal penetration, one in 71 men said they had been raped or had been the target of attempted rape, usually by a man they knew. (The study did not include men in prison.)
And one in 21 said they had been forced to penetrate an acquaintance or a partner, usually a woman; had been the victim of an attempt to force penetration; or had been made to receive oral sex.
Other estimates have run even higher. A Department of Justice report found that 3 percent of men, or one in 33, had been raped. Some experts believe that one in six men have experienced unwanted sexual contact of some kind as minors."
"But for many men, the subject is so discomfiting that it is rarely discussed — virtually taboo, experts say, because of societal notions about masculinity and the idea that men are invulnerable and can take care of themselves.
"We have a cultural blind spot about this," said David Lisak, a clinical psychologist who has done research on interpersonal violence and sexual abuse and is a founding board member of 1in6, an organization that offers information and services to men who had unwanted or abusive sexual experiences as children.
"We recognize that male children are being abused," Dr. Lisak said, "but then when boys cross some kind of threshold somewhere in adolescence and become what we perceive to be men, we no longer want to think about it in this way."
"Even when high-profile cases dominate the news, said Mai Fernandez, executive director of the National Center for Victims of Crime advocacy organization in Washington, "attention goes to the things we feel more comfortable talking about — such as whether Penn State had done enough, and what will happen to their football program — and not to the question, 'What do we do to prevent boys from being sexually assaulted?' "
In an interview with The Washington Post this month, Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach who was fired after the abuse scandal erupted and who died of lung cancer on Sunday, said that when an assistant had told him about witnessing an inappropriate encounter between a young boy and Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant coach who is facing charges of sexual abuse, he had been confused and unsure how to proceed. Mr. Paterno said the assistant "didn't want to get specific. And to be frank with you, I don't know that it would have done any good, because I never heard of, of rape and a man."
Much of the research on the sexual assault of men has focused on prisons. But men are also raped outside of prison, usually by people they know, including acquaintances and intimate partners, but occasionally by complete strangers. They are raped as part of violent, drunken or drug-induced assaults; war crimes; interrogations; antigay bias crimes; and hazing rites for male clubs and organizations, like fraternities, and in the military."
"In one study of 3,337 military veterans applying for disability benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder, 6.5 percent of male combat veterans and 16.5 percent of noncombat veterans reported either in-service or post-service sexual assault. (The rates were far higher for female veterans, 69.0 percent and 86.6 percent respectively.)
A Pentagon report released on Thursday found a 64 percent increase in sexual crimes in the Army since 2006, with rape, sexual assault and forcible sodomy the most frequent violent sex crimes committed last year; 95 percent of all victims were women.
Some studies have reported that the risk of rape is greatest for men who are young, are living in poverty or homeless, or are disabled or mentally ill. The C.D.C. study found that one-quarter of men who had been raped were assaulted before they were 10 , usually by someone they knew.
And young men raised by poor single mothers are especially vulnerable to male predators, said Dr. Zane Gates, an internist who cares for low-income patients on Medicaid at a community health center in Altoona, Pa.
"You're looking for a male figure in your life desperately, and you'll give anything for that," he said.
Eugene Porter, a therapist in Oakland, Calif., and the author of the book "Treating the Young Male Victim of Sexual Assault," said that while some assailants seek power and dominance, others "find that aggression enhances their sexual experience."
"There is no arena in which rape takes place between men and women that it does not take place between men and men," he said.
Like women, men who are raped feel violated and ashamed and may become severely depressed or suicidal. They are at increased risk for substance abuse, problems with interpersonal relationships, physical impairments, chronic pain, insomnia and other health problems.
But men also face a challenge to their sense of masculinity. Many feel they should have done more to fight off their attackers. Since they may believe that men are never raped, they may feel isolated and reluctant to confide in anyone. Male rape victims may become confused about their sexual orientation or, if gay and raped by a man, blame their sexual orientation for the rape"
""If you're sexually assaulted, there's this idea that you're no longer a man," said Neil Irvin, executive director of the organization Men Can Stop Rape. "The violence is ignored, and your sexual orientation and gender are confronted."
Many rape crisis centers — which often also provide services for victims of domestic violence — do not have the resources to counsel male victims. Remarkably few male victims seek professional help for injuries, screening for sexually transmitted diseases or counseling after an attack, often waiting years or decades.
One study of 705 men in Virginia found that 91, or 13 percent, had been sexually assaulted, a vast majority of them before they turned 18. Fewer than one-fifth of victims had ever received professional services related to the assault.
"Men are affected — they have high rates of P.T.S.D. and depression — but the majority don't get help," said Dr. Saba W. Masho, the lead author of the Virginia study and an associate professor of epidemiology and community health at Virginia Commonwealth University. "It's easy for you and I to talk about it, but when you put yourself in that victim's shoes, they're asking, 'Do I want people to know? How do I seek help? Do I want my doctor to know? Where do I go?' "
"Mr. Smith told his older brother and father about what had happened as soon as he got home, and the three went to the police to file a report. Mr. Smith had memorized the license plate number of the car, and the owner, who was known to the police because of a conviction for distributing pornography, was arrested. He was killed on the streets of Providence before he could stand trial.
Today, Mr. Smith is a member of the speakers bureau for Rainn, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, which provides online counseling for victims. For years, he said, he suffered from nightmares in which he was fleeing his assailant's car, scared that the man, who had handed him $10 and dropped him off almost three hours after picking him up, was coming back.
"I was waking up screaming," he said."
Rape, as we all know is "family entertainment"
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So I trust you understand how it all works now, right?
Neither do I.
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Full disclosure: I received free kindle copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review on Amazon and Goodreads (other places were requested but not required). I am reviewing the Kindle version of the book, which can be purchased on Amazon.
The story centers on Trinity, an English orphan who was raised by nuns. She is found by her family, and slowly all the weird things about her begin to become clear. Trinity, it turns out, is not a simple orphan after all. She is the last of a long line of women descended from ancient Egyptian priestesses and she is the heir to a vast fortune, and the possessor of mysterious powers. She has also, it seems, inherited powerful enemies..
It's a good premise, and Trinity is a good character. She's a good, strong, character, but not too good to be true. She has (and occasionally recognizes) weaknesses of character, she's impulsive and prone to do things which she might (or might not) regret. In short, she's a believable and reasonably likeable teenager.
The weakest part of the story might spring from a desire to adhere to classics in the genre. The heroine is a blonde haired green eyed Englishwoman, with a good strong Christian background, thrown into a pagan world. The contrast does generate some internal tension, but I can't help but think that it would have been more interesting (and weighted with fewer unfortunate implications) if she had looked more the part of the Egyptian priestess, and perhaps been raised with a strong Muslim background instead. Definitely an opportunity missed there, it would have seemed so natural to have a protagonist of color from a minority religion. It would have seemed very natural, too.
Other than that, it's a good read, with lots of action and not too much thought (though there is certainly some). There are a couple of plot 'twists' which are set up well ahead of time, and it's fairly satisfying when they are revealed. This is the first book in a trilogy, and although it does end, it doesn't read like a stand alone story. Look for book two to take up right where this one leaves off.
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LANSA Flight 508 was a Lockheed Electra L-188A turboprop, registered OB-R-941, operated as a scheduled domestic passenger flight by Lineas Aéreas Nacionales Sociedad Anonima (LANSA), that crashed in a thunderstorm en route from Lima, Peru to Pucallpa, Peru, on December 24, 1971, killing 91 people – all of its 6 crew and 85 of its 86 passengers. The sole survivor was a 17 year old girl, who fell 2 miles (3 km) down into the Amazon rainforest strapped to her seat and remarkably survived the fall, and was then able to walk through the jungle for 10 days until she was rescued by local lumbermen. Juliane Kopcke survived and went on to earn a PhD. Read the account of her 2 mile fall and how she survived.


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Harken, Halliburton and Hype
Bankruptcies, corporate misdeeds and a tumbling stock market have led to another media overreaction. Big business is bad, the media have decided, and more government regulation is needed to tame the beast and protect the "little guy."
This simplistic spin has influenced almost every corporate corruption story since Independence Day and the business-bashing media frenzy has even expanded to include the past business operations of both the President and the Vice President.
The following Spotlight is a compilation of MRC's documentation and analysis of the coverage. The links and articles start in early July when President George W. Bush's Harken Energy stock sale became a major news story.
Bush and Harken Energy
Cheney and Halliburton
Judicial Watch Transformed
Congress and Corporate Corruption
Could Clinton be to Blame?
Against the Grain
President Bush and Harken Energy
A Closed 12-Year Old Investigation Suddenly Becomes News
The story breaks. Bush described as "partner-in-chief with big business," by CBS News' Wyatt Andrews and ABC's Claire Shipman claimed the Bush administration's "decidedly pro-business stance on tax issues and regulatory issues" led to questions about the decade-old Harken Energy stock sale.
The crux of the issue: Bush was cleared of wrongdoing in the Harken Energy stock sale by a 1990 Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, but that's not important. "Never mind that Mr. Bush was cleared," CBS's Andrews told viewers. "His opponents will charge this champion of personal sponsibility once failed that standard himself."
A chance to push for more government regulation of business. A Media Reality Check described how the media used the Harken Energy controversy to encourage Bush to increase regulatory controls over business.
The media's favorite United States Senator, John McCain of Arizona, weighed in on corporate corruption and CBS rushed to cover it. At the same time, ABC's Peter Jennings highlighted how Bush has been accused of taking part in "the same corporate excesses that he is now condemning." But ABC also ran a story about how an expert believes the loans from 15 years ago "were completely legal and proper."
Actually, there's nothing there in either case but it is causing political trouble. ABC's Nightline conceded there was nothing wrong in either the Harken or Halliburton case but maintained that it was a legitimate political problem for the President.
The Blame Game
The Media Focus on Dick Cheney's Days at Halliburton
Business Week story about how Halliburton accounting procedures were within the norm was neglected by all three networks as Dan Rather expressed "growing concern about the corporate connections, past and present, of both President Bush and Vice President Cheney."
During Campaign 2000, the media demanded Cheney sell his Halliburton stock to avoid a conflict of interest. Two years later, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank questioned both the timing of the sale and the profit it generated. This glaring inconsistency was examined in a Media Reality Check.
CNN's Bill Schneider decided Cheney's "closest parallel" in scandal was Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon's number two man who resigned in disgrace in 1973.
Vice President Cheney's corporate career caused the stock market to drop? On the CBS Evening News, Joie Chen claimed "anxious small investors" were blaming the VP for their stock losses.
The Transformation of Judicial Watch
Former "Conservative" Group Filed Suit Against Vice President Cheney and Halliburton and Becomes Credible News Source
The "conservative" ideological tag – always applied to the group in the past – was dropped in favor of "watchdog," "legal advocacy group," and "legal activist group."
FNC's Brit Hume commented that the networks never paid much attention to Judicial Watch when it was filing suits against former President Bill Clinton. Plus, a look back at how various Judicial Watch suits against the Clinton administration were covered by the networks.
ABC News website column even noticed that the formerly "conservative" Judicial Watch had suddenly become a mainstream watchdog organization to network news divisions.
More on the miraculous transformation as the former "conservative watchdog" became a "public interest" group to CBS News. FNC illustrated the contrasting descriptions with video.
When he filed suits against former President Bill Clinton, Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman was portrayed as a "menace" by the national media. His suit against Dick Cheney has changed all that, though.
Let's Have Congress Fix Corporate Corruption!
Senate Bill on Corporate Corruption Will Have to be Reconciled with the "Weaker" House Bill and the Networks Expressed Concern
CBS's Bob Orr claimed "with some Republicans and the accounting lobby already promising a fight, it's unclear at the moment how tough the final reforms will be."
Is anyone else listening? FNC reported that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan had told the Senate there was no need for additional federal regulation to fix the corporate problems. The other networks ignored that part of Greenspan's testimony.
Still worried about that House bill. CNN anchor Aaron Brown worried the Senate bill on corporate corruption would have to be reconciled with "far weaker bill that passed the Republican-controlled House."
A media disagreement. NBC's Tim Russert thought quick congressional action in the form of Maryland Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes' bill was essential to reassure investors. Meanwhile, over at Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume doubted anyone was going to make decisions based on the Sarbanes bill.
Could Clinton be to Blame?
Some Journalists Asked if the Former President was Responsible While Others Blamed Republicans
FNC's Brit Hume openly wondered if the corporate excesses and misdeeds, all of which started in the 1990s, could be blamed on the former President. Co-panelist Juan Williams disagreed, insisting it was former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's fault.
Surely he was kidding. Former Washington Post reporter and Clinton biographer David Maraniss, during an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball, claimed that the public would probably turn to Clinton to save the country from corporate wrongdoing if it could vote for him.
It wasn't Clinton's fault, according to U.S. News and World Report's Gloria Borger. She talked to the former President's Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Rubin, and he assured her that it was "absolutely ridiculous" to blame Clinton. Borger did pass along that Rubin believed Bush's "trillion-dollar tax cut" has cut made corporate problems worse.
Against the Grain
Media Reports That Provided Contrary Views
A different view of regulation. A "bidding" war between the Senate and House to see who could pass the most restrictive regulations would probably scare investors rather than assure them, CNBC's Ron Insana said on Today. On Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer noted there were "300 criminal codes for fraud and misrepresentation" and more regulations probably won't stop criminal behavior.
CNN's Brooks Jackson explained the Harken case and the subsequent SEC investigation that cleared Bush of any charges of wrongdoing. Referring to a particular AP story on Harken, Jackson said it was typical of the "thin reporting" on the topic.
Media companies such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Viacom, Disney and General Electric (the owners of the Big Three broadcast networks) have participated in the same accounting practices and stock option plans that their editorial divisions have criticized.
Congress is supposed to clean up the corporate mess? CNN took a look at Congressional accounting procedures and found them wanting. According to correspondent Jonathan Karl, Congress does things "not even WorldCom can pull off."


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I grew up listening to Christmas music. Not just any old Christmas music, but the classics.
Holiday Wishes, a Christmas album recorded by Tony Award-winning singer/actor Idina Menzel, is out now on Warner Bros. Records.
The album was produced by Grammy Award-winner Walter Afanasieff (Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey) and features such classic favorites as "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," as well as Joni Mitchell's Christmas-themed "River," one of Menzel's favorites.
Another highlight is a duet with international superstar Michael Bublé on "Baby It's Cold Outside." An exclusive Target edition ofHoliday Wishes features two bonus tracks, including "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!".
Idina's career has traversed stage, film, television, and music. She was most recently heard as Elsa in Disney's global box-office smash Frozen, in which she sings the film's Oscar-winning song "Let It Go." After her performance of the multi-platinum song at the 86th annual Academy Awards, she made history as the first person with both a Billboard Top 10 hit and a Tony Award for acting.
Idina currently stars as Elizabeth in the original Broadway production of If/Then.
Holiday Wishes Track Listing
- Do You Hear What I Hear
- The Christmas Song
- Baby It's Cold Outside (Duet with Michael Buble)
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- All I Want For Christmas
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
- December Prayer
- When You Wish Upon A Star
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Revolutions' PT, Mark McMahon authors an interesting article about hip health and the practice of yoga to lessen the pain and tension of certain yoga poses.
Solving the hip yoga puzzle the FMT way
by Mark McMahon, DPT, OMT
Yoga Instructor in the Iyengar tradition
This NY Times article by William Broad puts the spotlight on the potential risks of yoga practice, especially regarding women's hip health. The author uses primarily anecdotal evidence from respected orthopedists and yoga teachers to show an apparent recent trend of hip injury among women yoga practitioners. The doctors theorize that some yoga poses which emphasize fully folding or twisting the hip joint, along with women's natural flexibility toward these poses, contribute to pinching and unnecessary degeneration of the tissues around the hip. After describing the problem, the experts make some common sense suggestions: practice gently, avoid poses where the hip is fully folded, and don't push through pain. This is sound advice, given that a primary principle of yoga practice is to cultivate nonviolence.
I would point out modern American life has wreaked havoc on hips, it's been proven: the US has the highest per capita rate of hip replacement in the world. Sitting, driving, and other sedentary lifestyle issues are probably much worrisome factors in the epidemic than the few overaggressive yoga practitioners! In general, even Mr. Broad acknowledges, yoga probably helps more people maintain joint and body health than get injured doing yoga. So it's likely that the problem with yoga injuries lies not with the poses themselves, but in how they are (or not!) being instructed.
The primary safeguard from developing an injury in yoga is to find a good teacher and attend classes regularly. A good teacher should be able to give verbal and/or touch cues to guide a student to a proper alignment in a pose. If that's not possible then they should be able to give a modification which allows the student to experience the essence of the pose with less strain. Classes in which poses move very quickly from one to another, or in which few alignment cues are given, should be considered for advanced practitioners. Instructors who encourage competitive straining or "pushing through the pain" are to be avoided. Finding the right class and intensity level for you is key. Those with significant injuries or other concerns about their musculoskeletal health might do best with private instruction at first from a qualified teacher, before getting into general yoga classes, OR entering into a course of physical therapy with yoga goals in mind.
Here at Revolutions in Fitness we commonly work with all kinds athletes of all levels, with all kinds of goals. Our physical therapists work with the the principles of Functional Manual Therapy (FMT), as taught by the Institute of Physical Art (Gregg and Vicki Johnson, co-founders), in which treatment is guided by the overriding goal of enhancing function through the entire system, not just the injured body part. Given its central location in the body and how it transmits force from leg to torso and vice versa, a strong, stable hip is key to any athletic pursuit. The hip is just like the shoulder, it has its own "rotator cuff" system which often needs to be strengthened to ensure the health of the joint. Whether you're walking, running, cycling, or holding a yoga pose, an efficient hip helps. What does efficient mean? According to FMT, an efficient joint has a) good mechanical alignment and mobility, b) sufficient strength, endurance and power for the desired activity and c) good control of movement and position throughout the range of motion of the activity. So in yoga for instance, a very flexible woman may need to be trained to NOT fold the hip all the way during a forward bending pose! This takes strength, control, and awareness. All of these qualities can be assessed, trained and enhanced with the FMT approach in a physical therapy setting.
So if you're a yogi or yogini and your hip is bugging you, don't ignore it. Consider a consult with one of our expert PTs to help sort things out. Or if you're happy with your yoga and just want to keep it that way, we can help you identify and improve weaker areas that can lead to problems in the future. Yoga practice can be a wonderful laboratory for self improvement and integration of body and mind. Wishing you safe movement and happy hips.
NY Times article referenced above: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/sunday-review/womens-flexibility-is-a-liability-in-yoga.html?_r=0


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Having someone in your life who appreciate you for who you are is a grand.
Being able to tell them the most horrific story yet they'll still stay
and find out what happens in the end of your story.
Someone who understands you and understands everything you do.
Someone who is able to tell you whether you're right or wrong,
but still stick by your side no matter what.
Someone who can create memories with you, that'll last a life time.
And when you know your day is incomplete without being able to talk to that person.
The one who proves you that someone in this world is willing to stay with you.
No matter how filthy your past was or how dirty your life will ever get.
When they're not only with you when the sun shines upon you,
but also with you through your darkest hour.
Who'll comfort you when you're crying over the stupidest things,
but will also laugh with you for being stupid.
When they can brighten your day with their simple "hello",
but makes you sad with their "goodbyes".
You'll know that person is worth something,
when you know you can't live without them.
So I wrote this poem to show how much I appreciate a special person in my life.
"Someone who really loves you sees what a mess you can be, how moody you can get, and how hard you are to handle, but still wants you in their life." ~Unknown


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Located in northern Orange County, California, Fullerton is one of the oldest cities in Orange County. Fullerton was founded in the late 1880's by the Amerige brothers, but earned its name from George Fullerton, who obtained the land for a regional railroad seeking routes for cargo. Fullerton criminal defense attorney William Weinberg grew up near Fullerton and remembers when it was just a sleepy town with abundant citrus groves. Along with the rest of Orange County, Fullerton has grown and is now one of the largest municipalities in the county. Fullerton is home to over 140,000 residents and home to a major university, California State University, Fullerton.
Here's a fun fact about Fullerton: In the late 1800's, Charles Chapman, a descendent of "Johnny Appleseed" (whose real name was John Chapman), purchased an orange grove in eastern Fullerton where he grew Valencia oranges. During this period, Fullerton had the more orange groves than any city or town in the United States. Chapman College, while located in Orange, California, was named after Charles Chapman. Charles Chapman was also the first mayor of Fullerton. One other fun fact: The recipe for Hawaiian Punch was developed in a Fullerton garage in 1934; that's way before Steve Jobs was tinkering in his garage.
Fullerton is served by the North Justice Center located at 1275 N. Berkeley Ave. in Fullerton. Surrounding communities are also served by this Fullerton based courthouse. There are 18 departments at the Fullerton courthouse, but only about half serve criminal matters, ranging from arraignment to pre-trial and trial matters. Other types of matters handled there are probation violations, sentencing and hearings on restraining order violations. Sometimes criminal matters are transferred to the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, particularly when the accusation involves high level crimes. Fullerton criminal defense attorney William Weinberg represents clients at all Orange County Courthouses, including the North Justice Center Courthouse.
Although Fullerton is primarily a safe suburban city, gang crime is an ever-present concern to law enforcement in some areas of Fullerton. Fullerton has its own police force, which includes a special Police Gang Unit that is tasked with suppressing gang activity in the city. According to the Fullerton Police Department, there are three identified gangs and over 400 documented gang members in Fullerton. Considering that this represents less than three percent of the total Fullerton population, no one would consider gangs to be an immediate threat to the community.
The Law Offices of William M. Weinberg, which exclusively handles criminal law cases in Orange County, has handled hundreds of criminal defense matters at the Fullerton court house, ranging from drug sales and possession to theft crimes such as robbery and burglary, domestic violence, DUI, homicides/murders, assault, battery, and arson. Whether you were arrested in Fullerton, have your court appearance in Fullerton, or live in Fullerton, Attorney Weinberg invites you to contact him for a free consultation concerning your criminal matter. He can be reached at his Irvine office at (949) 474-8008 or by email at email@example.com.


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Regardless of how much you don't think it will affect you, love is one of those things that can take your breath away when you least expect it.
Yesterday, while watching Lost, I couldn't help but stare at my fiancee. Instead of paying any attention to the marathon session I'm putting in to catch up with the rest of the world, I was too busy staring at the woman that I've vowed to spend the rest of my life with.
It will be four years this year. Four years of some of the most amazing and trying times I've had in my entire life. I'm overwhelmed by that fact. When I think about what we've been through, I can't help but feel that this was meant to be. I can't say one way or another if anything we do is pre-destined but I do know that her and I were meant to be together. Perhaps it was just circumstance or perhaps it was an act of things I can not hope to understand. Either way, we are here, together and happy.
Love is something I will never understand. I don't think I want to. I just want to feel it.


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Alan Davie British, 1920 - 2014
A Night with the Smiling Arab, 1960 by Alan Davie
Oil on masonite
122 x 152.5 cm / 48 x 60 inches
Signed, dated and inscribed with the title verso
Opus O.277
1963, Alan Davie, Galleria La Medusa, Rome, Italy.
1964, Alan Davie, Crestine Art Gallery, Edinburgh.
Exhibition catalogue, Alan Davie, Crestine Art Gallery, Edinburgh, 1964.
Alan BOWNESS (ed.). Alan Davie, Lund Humphries, London, 1967, cat.no.227.
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Young Dealers / Old Books - First Efforts: Yet More Mistakes
By Brian Cassidy
My first catalogue had only forty items in it, but was still two years in the making. Most of that time was used gathering the material. But a sizable portion, perhaps six months, was spent in the writing, research, and design of the catalogue itself. First catalogues are intimidating things, as you are introducing yourself to the bookselling world: your fellow dealers, serious collectors, institutions and librarians. All the more intimidating is that you are doing this in something that announces that it's your first effort, thereby – to my mind at least – inviting even closer scrutiny. So you truly want to present the best image of yourself that you can.
My debut had one key item that for me was the catalogue's jewel: a letter from William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, together with an original typescript of an essay by Burroughs. It was to be easily the rarest, most important, and most expensive item in the catalogue (let's ignore for the moment that I grossly over-priced the item, a mistake of another kind and for another time).
It would not be too much to say that, for me, the Burroughs piece was the catalogue's raison d'être.
I spent weeks researching, and days writing the catalogue description. When it was done, the copy ran four columns over two pages, more than 1200 words. I not only described the piece and explained its rarity, but sought to put it into the wider context of both Burroughs' career and the Beat movement at large. (The complete description can be read here.) I worked hard on the entire catalogue, but I toiled on that description.When the catalogue was finished, I had my wife proofread it (I'm a terrible speller and often miss typos). I also sent to several friends in the book trade. Soon, the catalogue was off to the printer.
I was thrilled when the finished product arrived. It was not a lavish production by any means. It was entirely black-and-white. I'd designed it myself. The cover wasn't even of a heavier stock than the rest of the pages. But I was proud of how it came out. It had a rough edge to it, not unlike much of the mimeo material described inside.
That evening, my wife, daughter, and I spread the catalogues out on our living room and made a mailing assembly line. I stuffed and sealed the envelopes, my wife addressed them, and my daughter put on the postage. It was exhilarating watching the manila envelopes pile up, about to make their way into the world.
Soon we took a break. I flopped onto the couch and flipped through the catalogue, admiring it. When I came to the Burroughs item I reread the description, still pleased with how it came out. Then I reached the final paragraph. The "sell." It was intended to describe the rarity of important primary Burroughs material. It read:
Burroughs manuscript and typescript examples have long been uncommon in the marketplace. And with Burroughs' archives now at the New York Public Library (and Arizona), increasingly scarce.
I read it again. I stared at it in disbelief. I groaned. Here's what it should have read, emphasis mine:
Burroughs manuscript and typescript examples have long been uncommon in the marketplace. And with Burroughs' archives now at the New York Public Library (and Ohio), increasingly scarce.
Arizona??? What? I felt dizzy. As soon as I read it I knew it was wrong, so I couldn't fathom how it ever got in there in the first place. I tried to remain calm. I told myself I could probably count on my hands and toes the number of people who would even notice the error. But unfortunately these were the same dozen or so most likely to buy it.
I scrambled to think of a solution. Errata slip? Paste-in? Hand correct? None of them seemed acceptable. I wanted my first catalogue to be perfect. I could think of only one acceptable resolution: reprint. The only problem was I couldn't afford another entire run. It would simply cost too much. I felt sick.
That night I barely slept.
But by the next morning, I'd struck upon a kind of solution. I would print as many corrected copies as I could. These would go to those on my mailing list upon whom I couldn't afford to make a bad first impression. The remaining copies would go to dealers, friends, colleagues, and customers who either would be unlikely to notice the mistake, or who I could count on to be understanding and sympathetic if they did. It was not ideal, but no available solution was.
The catalogue was ultimately a success. I received lots of positive feedback, none of it pointing out my error (though of course that doesn't mean it wasn't noticed). But if you're reading this and have my first catalogue, might want to check to see if you have the "first state" or not. And if you do, please accept my apologies for feeling like you didn't warrant a "corrected edition."
Postscript: I've since gotten several catalogues with errata slips. Should a similar situation arise again, an errata is undoubtedly how I will handle it.
The article was posted on Biblioblography. Ongoing Adventures of a Rare Book Dealer. It is presented here by permission of the author.
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>>> Rare Booksellers' First Catalogues, Picture Gallery II
>>> An Ideal Career, or: How to become a rare bookseller. By Ashley Wildes
>>> Rare Booksellers' First Catalogues, Picture Gallery I
>>> Taking Stock of Rare Book Catalogues. By Rick Gekoski


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BLURBDespite a wonderful family, a career she loves, and great friends, a void has existed in Lauren McDonald's life ever since her best friend Callie married billionaire Dylan Talbot. Although they have remained close, Lauren and Callie now lead very different lives, that is until Lauren meets wealthy CEO Kevin Walsh. Lauren believes he could be the man who will help make her life whole again. That is until the night Nathaniel Callahan, her high school sweetheart and the one man she has always loved, shows up.
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I just competed in the world cup finals held in Valmalenco, Italy.
There was a lot of wind during the qualifications which caused troubles for some of the riders who found themselves travelling faster or slower than expected over the jump section in the middle of the course. I managed to avoid most of the trouble to qualify for the finals in 4th place giving me 1st lane choice in my first heat and putting me in a great starting position.
I quickly got into 2nd position behind Olivia Nobs in my first heat and stayed there comfortably to go though to the semi finals.
In the semi finals I got into 2nd position fairly early on behind Dominique Maltais and it was looking like I was going to get through to the final easily until the second to last turn when Olivia made for a pass on the inside of the corner so I stayed high trying to keep my speed so she wouldn't get in front. Then Dominique went off the hip jump at the end of the turn falling forwards over the nose of her board and because of the angle Olivia and I were travelling we went off the jump travelling in totally the wrong direction! We flew in the air while I did a kind of inverted 360 for what felt like an age before finally hitting the ground, and man did that impact hurt! I spun around a couple of times on the ground before getting back onto my feet and continuing down the course. Dominique was just ahead of me and on her board again after falling but moving very slowly so we both struggled over the last few features looking back over our shoulders for the girl who was in 4th to come flying past but she never came. I later found out that she had fallen half way down when behind us and had decided not to continue in the course after falling. Olivia never made it down after the fall as she had hurt her back so got stretched off the mountain. When I got to the bottom knowing I had qualified for the final along with Dominique all I could say was ow, ow, ow. I climbed onto the ski do to get back to the top and did a quick account of how my body was feeling after the crash. My right knee was pretty sore but I was sure it was just bruised along with my right hip, my right arm was feeling weak, sore and I couldn't straighten it. I was most worried about the side of my face, I could feel that I had a scrape to my right temple and the feeling of a black eye coming on and the possibility of my eye getting stuck shut as well as a head ache and a small amount of dizziness.
I got to the top and let everyone in my team know I was basically ok after the crash which they had all watched on the TV screen at the top and winced heavily at (if you check out the news article for this event on this site there is a video showing it) There was then around a 20 minute delay while Olivia was being loaded into the stretcher. I used the time to try and calm myself down, stop myself shaking and decide if I was in good enough shape to ride in the final. If nothing else could I pull out of the start gate with how my arm was feeling?
By the time the girls final was called into the gate I had decided it would be safe for me to ride but I was going to have to be careful as I was still dizzy. I pulled out of the gate a little slowly, not surprisingly but passed into 3rd position without too much difficulty and managed to hold that position all the way down to finish in 3rd and take home the bronze medal.
It was really great to end the world cup season with a podium especially because my parents had come out to watch me and that was the first time they had seen me on the podium at a world cup. Also because of the extra points I won it pushed my world ranking up to 5th which is where I now finish the season, 2 places higher than last year.


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Participants in the MCCD THP will be required to participate in:
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- Demonstrate self-motivation in meeting their needs; and
- Pay 10% of their gross monthly income to Madison County Community Development as rent.
The Family Self-Sufficiency Scale will be one factor in judging the success of the program. The Family Self-Sufficiency Scale details initial status and tracks progress of important life functions such as income, employment, education, transportation, parenting/social functioning, mental health, shelter, subsistence and community integration.
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Guild Wars MMORPG fans rejoice! The developers of the long-awaited sequel to the original Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, have revealed the first details of this MMORPG that had been regarded by many as vaporware.
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Links to the Guild Wars 2 IGN article, the Guild Wars 2 MMORPG official site, and the Guild Wars 2 Wiki page after the jump.
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i am not a baker. i am a giant failure in the cooking sweet morsely goodness department. and honestly, i try to avoid processed white sugar as much as possible. but when i was asked to try a new natural sweetener called SUSTA, i accepted, thinking it would be an interesting opportunity to try some not so bad for you sugary snacks.
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a few facts:
- SUSTA is an all natural sweetener that is a low glycemic index food. meaniing, when you use SUSTA as a substitute for sugar, it won't give you that sugar rush followed by a crash. in other words, it doesn't affect your blood sugar levels as badly, making it great for people suffering from diabetes.
- SUSTA is low calorie. each packet contains only 5 calories.
- SUSTA contains fiber and probiotics which aid in digestion.
- SUSTA is safe for use in pregnant/nursing women, children and those with diabetes.
- there are no chemicals or processed ingredients.
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i was sent a box of SUSTA packets and also a bag of their product called SUSTAbowl, which is just loose SUSTA in a bag to use in baking. the information sheet informed me to only substitute the sugar in a recipe up to half, so it would be half sugar, half SUSTA.
first things first, i'm a southern girl and love some sweet tea. it was time to make some more anyway, so i decided to try replacing half of the sugar with SUSTA. i made my tea as usual, but replaced half a cup of sugar with SUSTA, and then added a half cup regular sugar.
my first impression was that it was WAY sweeter than i expected. i usually use 1 1/2 cups of sugar when i make tea, and i think that is pretty tame, but this SUSTA tea was more sweet than that. it also had a little bit of a fruity taste, which was not something i cared for. it didn't taste bad, just not like the tea i like to drink on a regular basis.
my second attempt at tasting it was by substituting the sugar in cookies. like i said, i am not a baker. i don't know anything about baking, and as a matter of fact, i burned out my hand mixer tonight and almost lit the house on fire. this is why i buy pre-made cookies or cookie dough. but i figured the best way to really tell if it was good, was to..well.....use it.
i decided upon the most basic sugar cookies i could find. i made the recipe and the first thing i noticed was the consistency was a little different than i am used to. it could have been my terrible baking skills, or the SUSTA, but i couldn't quite get the sugar mixture and butter to cream and it remained grainy. i added in the dry ingredients and and finished mixing (cue smoke and flash).
i rolled out the cookies onto a cookie sheet and baked them according to the recipe. another thing i noticed was that the cookies didn't flatten out like most cookie dough does. it stayed exactly like how i dropped it.
after they cooled, i grabbed a few and a glass of milk and got to tasting. it was all very scientific. i ate a bite, swirled it around in my mouth...no wait.....that's wine.......scratch that. i took a bite, and my first reaction was that it was sweeter than i am used to. *mental note: next time use less sugar all together* this turns out to be a good thing! SUSTA is so sweet that you don't need to use as much to get the desired sweetness from your food. so, yay! less sugar! the cookies were actually really delicious. i could tell there was a difference, but it wasn't a bad difference.
there is an odd feeling in your mouth after consuming it. i can't explain it well, but it is almost like after you spray throat spray in your mouth. no taste, just like your breath is a lot cooler or something. i'd say that might be the only negative to the product.
some pros:
- because it's sweeter than normal sugar, you can use less meaning you get the same sweetness for less money and less calories.
- it's good for you.
- it's a low glycemic index food
- it's low calorie and low carb, so it's great even when you are dieting
some cons:
- the feeling after you eat it is a little weird
- it takes a few times to get the amount right.
the website has several recipes (that i saw after making my cookies) that include SUSTA, and sound really yummy.


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A TEST could be:
- a series of questions, problems, or practical tasks to gauge somebody's knowledge, ability, or experience
- a basis for evaluating or judging something or somebody
- a trial run-through of a process or on equipment to find out if it works
- an often difficult situation or event that will provide information about somebody or something
*all definitions from Encarta Dictionary
Today I share to you an encouraging message by Max Lucado from his latest book "You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times".
Each day has a pop quiz! And some seasons are like final exams. Brutal, sudden pitfalls of stress, sickness, or sadness. What's the purpose of the test?
James 1:3-4 says, "For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything."
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Test, test, test! This chapter in your life may look like rehab, smell like unemployment, sound like a hospital, but you're in training. God hasn't forgotten you, just the opposite. He has chosen to train you.
Forget the notion that God doesn't see your struggle. Quite the contrary. God is fully engaged. He is the Potter, we are the clay. He's the Shepherd, we're the sheep. He's the Teacher, we're the students. Trust His training. You'll get through this!
So continue to keep the faith andpress on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called us heavenward in Christ Jesus.☺


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Princess heights is a world apart, but minutes away from everything. It is located in an exclusive residential area shared by two neighborhoods: Dawn Beach and Oyster Pond.
Envision a charming treasure of the Caribbean where enthusiastic culture meets breathtaking landscape. Silky winds, vibrant golden sun and sparkling waters merge to raise a truly diverse mixture of exotic spices. Here in St. Maarten / St. Martin / Sint Maarten, all your dreams can come true...
My favorite spot on the island is Le Galion beach, early morning the sun rises from that section and it is just beautiful. The beach is also calm, so it's nice; I am not really a fan of rough waves. I also enjoy being in Marigot, I like the atmosphere and the restaurants, very nice
Imagine a magical Caribbean black pearl where passionate culture meets heavenly landscape. Rich golden sun sizzles to cultivate different mixtures of exotic spices.


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We had a beat, a stronger than expected jobs number and the Dow Jones Industrials Index closed off almost 300 points.
The weakest technically was the Nasdaq. The Nasdaq traded above 5,0000 for the first time in 15 years on Monday, it closed above 5,000 too. But it closed not only down for the week, but it was an outside week. We took out last week`s high and closed below last week`s low. Now, from a technical pattern, that is called a key reversal and its a very bearish sign for that index.
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From: The Valley Breeze | 5/6/2014
Secret's out, new spa opens in Cumberland
After working years as stylists, Pawtucket residents Brooke Contreras, left, and Sandy Botelho opened Secret Beauty Spa on March 1 at 1764 Mendon Road in Cumberland. (Valley Breeze photo by Meghan Kavanaugh)
CUMBERLAND - Pawtucket residents Sandy Botelho and Brooke Contreras have opened Secret Beauty Spa at 1764 Mendon Road, next to Jacky's Galaxie.
This is the first business for the stylists, who have a combined 27 years experience. Botelho has been in the industry for 16 years, and Contreras has been working for 11 years.
Contreras said the duo is "passionate about the industry" and wanted to be able to teach.
"We're extremely focused on education," she said.
Classes for clients will include a blow dry boot camp, hair and hot tools lessons, and day and evening make-up application help.
The salon, which opened March 1 in the former Salon Allure space, offers full-body services, from hair cuts, waxing and airbrush makeup application to nail services, reflexology and spray tanning.
Bridal beauty services are offered, as well as a Prom Princess Package that includes a manicure, pedicure, traditional makeup with lashes, and an up-do.
Secret Beauty Spa is open Monday, Tuesday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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The Atlanta Falcons signed center Alex Mack to a five-year contract worth $45 million. The terms have been reported by others so far this offseason, but I'm going to go a layer deeper and break down what the terms of this contract actually mean for what expectations we can set for Mack's future tenure in Atlanta.
First let's talk about how Mack's deal stacks up against the projection I made over a month ago.
Obviously, Mack's total money was the same as I predicted. However I expected Mack to get about $18 million in guaranteed money, yet his actual guarantee was $28.5 million. That latter figure was the total in which Mack was paid in the first three years of his deal, which is a record-breaker for centers.
As I noted in my earlier piece projecting Mack's contract, Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey was the reigning champ in terms of three-year payouts with $27.95 million before Mack signed his deal. My projection had the Falcons paying out up to $27 million in the first three years, so Mack's actual figure isn't much different.
But let's focus on the guarantees since that is the most compelling part of Mack's deal. His contract is a bit odd due to the fact that there is a clause in the deal that guarantees the fourth year of the contract at the outset of the second year.
At signing, Mack's $8.5 million base salary in 2019 is guaranteed for injury. Which means that if Mack suffers a career-threatening injury between now and then, he'll get paid that money no questions asked.
However if Mack is on the Falcons roster as of May 15, 2017 (i.e. less than 14 months from now), that 2019 base salary becomes fully guaranteed.
What's odd about that is that the Falcons opted to guarantee the 2019 base salary instead of the 2018 base salary, which is the same amount.
Now I should note a slight discrepancy in reporting the terms of Mack's deal. Both Pro Football Talk and ESPN reported that Mack's 2019 base salary is the one that becomes guaranteed as of May 2017, while SpoTrac reports it is his 2018 salary.
If SpoTrac's breakdown is accurate, then there really isn't anything weird about Mack's deal. Having the third year's base salary become fully guaranteed just before the start of the second year is nothing extraordinary when it comes to typical NFL contract structures.
However since Pro Football Talk makes note of the quirky structure of the contract as well as Vaughn McClure aping that aspect of the deal, I'm led to believe they are accurate in their assessment. And if that is the case, then it does require further analysis.
So what does this odd guarantee mean?
As already noted, this isn't a very common occurrence with how contracts are structured. As is, what that likely means is that the Falcons are "locked in" with Mack through 2019. Given Mack's age, 30, that is a quasi-risky proposition. Mack turns 34 at the end of the 2019 season.
What is notable is that so far under Dan Quinn's regime, when a player has had guaranteed money coming up they have paid it out. That's what happened last year when the Falcons had a chance to get out of the Tyson Jackson contract. The last $1.5 million of his $11 million guarantee kicked in at the outset of the 2015 league year and the Falcons paid it.
The team did the exact same thing this past offseason with Brooks Reed's contract. Reed's $2.5 million base salary became fully guaranteed earlier this month after being only guaranteed for injury at signing and the Falcons paid it.
With that precedent, it's likely that the Falcons will willingly put themselves on the hook to pay out Mack's guaranteed 2019 salary. In other words, unless something devastating happens in the next 14 months, the Falcons will allow that 2019 guarantee kick in next May 15.
However, it is notable that the guarantee doesn't kick in until May 15 rather than during the first week of the league year as it did with the Jackson and Reed deals.
The 2017 league year is likely to start around March 8, yet the Falcons will have an additional nine weeks to make a decision on Mack. I think that is notable because that extra time gives the Falcons extra wiggle room with how they approach the deal.
It's likely that the delayed deadline for deciding whether to make Mack's contract guaranteed was purposefully included in the deal because it would give the Falcons time to restructure the deal.
That restructure might be the Falcons deciding to guarantee Mack's 2018 salary instead of 2019. The Falcons might even try to lower Mack's cap hit in 2017 if they so desire.
Right now, it looks to be a four-year deal worth $37 million, but the extra time next offseason might allow the Falcons to make it more of a three-year $28.5 million deal.
That nine-week delay in the guarantee clause gives the Flacons some flexibility and I think it would be a good bet that by the time we reach May 16, 2017, Mack's contract will look different than it did at signing.
As for what it looked like at signing, here are the basic terms:
Base Salary: $1.75 million (fully guaranteed)
Prorated Signing Bonus: $2.3 million
Cap Hit: $4.05 million
Base Salary: $6.75 million (fully guaranteed)
Prorated Signing Bonus: $2.3 million
Cap Hit: $9.05 million
Base Salary: $8.5 million
Prorated Signing Bonus: $2.3 million
Cap Hit: $10.8 million
Base Salary: $8.5 million (guaranteed for injury at signing, fully guaranteed as of May 15, 2017)
Prorated Signing Bonus: $2.3 million
Cap Hit: $10.8 million
Base Salary: $8 million
Prorated Signing Bonus: $2.3 million
Cap Hit: $10.3 million


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Yes. The link below states the following (the date will vary by semester):
Tickets will be issued for the Commencement ceremony. Each graduate will be allowed a certain amount of tickets which can be picked up in the Office of the Registrar beginning Wednesday, May 4, through Thursday, May 12. Any extra tickets will be released Friday, May 13, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Graduates may request additional tickets at the time, if available. Guests without a ticket will not be allowed entry into the Dunham Theater but will be directed to Belin Chapel to watch a live video feed of the ceremony. For guests that are not able to attend, online streaming will be available to view the commencement ceremony at HBU.edu/live.