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What does accelerated Pairing actually mean?
the total entries for this tournament are 400.
So, quite simply the players are cut into 2 sections for the first 2 rounds.
top 80 players play against each other and the rest 320 play against each other.
My seeding being 58th, i had to play the 18th seed and he was our Indian GM S. Arun Prasad(2513).
He is the 18th GM of India and also a pretty strong GM with an elo high of nearly 2580.
First of all i feel that the organisers were wrong in keeping 2 rounds on day 1. that too for the top half of players it was a very tiring day having to play 2 strong players.
As for my room mates, Sohan Phadke and Vinod Bhagwat it was a big challenge as their train was delayed by nearly 18 hrs and they reached at 7 am in the morning.
Lots of Kudos to Sohan for playing two IMs in a day (Rathnakaran and some Chinese IM) and scoring 1.5/2!
I would also like to speak something about the accelerated pairing system but more about that later.
Now,Lets check my game against Arun Prasad.
I came to know about the pairing around 5 am in the morning. He played 2-3 systems with black so i spent around 1 hr preparing for slav. I knew he could play King's Indian and that indeed was his choice but i was quite confident with my pet system.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0–0 5.Bg5
The Smyslov system, invented by the World Champion Vasily smyslov has a very simple idea. White refrains from play e4. True he gets less space advantage but black also doesnt have the e4 pawn as a target. The play is highly original and i like to play with white pieces. I have a secret hope that some day people after seeing my games will start playing this system more often!!
5... d6 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0–0 a6 9.a4!? usually white doesnt make this move as the b4 square is weakened but here the N is already developed on d7 and has less chances of coming to b4. but of course this is a double edged idea.
[My earlier intention was to play b4. this leads to usually equal positions and would have been a good choice as this was just the 1st game. 9.b4 b5 10.a4 bxc4 11.Bxc4 a5 12.b5²]
9...a5 immediately clamping onto the b4 square. 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rfd1 usually this is the right rook as the queenside rook looks after moves like b4 and queenside expansion. but here with the moves a4-a5 already played i am sure that Rad1 was a better move.
11... Re8 12.h3 this move has to be explained a little. earlier when the rook was on f8, h6 Bh4 g5 Bg3 Nh5 was met with Ng5! and white wins a pawn but now the f8 square is vacated for the king and hence i dont want to lose my dark squared B and i play this move. e5 13.Bh4 (by now i already had a lead of 25 mins on the clock and was quite satisfied with my position).
exd4 the most critical moment of the game. how would you recapture on d4?
14.Nxd4 this was my choice. however it isnt the most accurate.
with this move i take more space in the center and dont give up the c5 square. my worry was 2 fold. 1 i wanted to attack the weakness on d6 but after ed4 the d file is getting closed. but what i must understand is that black is cramped now and lacks a good play where as white can keep on increasing his space with moves like g4,Bf1-g2.
my 2nd worry was more concrete and that was the move Nh5 but well its a case of when you have decided psychologically on a move, you try to find some illusionary fault with other moves! Here Nh5 prevent Bg3 and thretens to infilitrate on f4 but simple Qd2 should do the trick and then g4 is of course a part of our plan, when i guess white should if not have a huge then atleast a small edge! ]
14...Nc5 The N immediately occupies the super strong square on c5. sometimes we feel that by giving up one square we dont have to worry much because other things are going in our favour. for eg in this position, the d6 pawn weakness. but it is important to understand that once the d6 pawn is defended then the c5 N will become very irritating and that is exactly what happened. this a typical case of dynamic advantage vs static one. i have to be quick!
15.Bg3 Bf8 of course this move is a concession but this B is like a House wife. the house wife takes care of the home making it easier for other members of the family to fulfil their aims. similarly here the f8 B says that i will look after d6 so that rest all of you can do your job!
16.Re1!? at this point i was stuck for a plan. yes the N on d4 is nice but i have to remove it if i want to attack d6 but if i remove it then Bf5 will follow. so i really didnt know what to do until i found an idea of trying to get in e4. the other rook will come to d1 then the B will drop back to f1 and then i can get in e4 and with no tension of Bf5 i can easily move my d4 N and attack the weakness on d6. but this happens in our world of dreams. on a chess board you have an opponent right in front of you waiting to pounce on any opportunity to stifle your plans!
16...Qb6 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.Bf1 so far so good. just give me one move e4 and i will prove that white is better here!! Nce4! nothing doing! the N firmly entrenches itself on the e4 square.
19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bf4 f5! At this point i realised that now i could move my N as the f5 square no longer available for the B but the problem is that black has made good progress with his pieces and gained good space. white isnt worse here. the position is equal but i would say its more pleasant to be black. 21.Nb3 Qb4 22.Nc1?! ultra passivity is a sure shot way to disaster! why not simply play f3 here? well i was afraid of c5. this is a terrible move and after a simple a move like Nc1 Ba4 will be met with b3 and then, the point is in the bag! and so white would have had good chances after f3.
Be6! suddenly the only weakness on d6 which was helping me to play this position with some hope is going to be dissolved with d5. 23.Na2 Qc5 i speant a lot of time thinking only about Qb6 as i thought that c5 square must be left vacant for the N. but of course Qb6 was losing the d6 pawn . 24.Nc3? carelessness. loses a pawn. i guess f3 should still have been preferred.Bxc4! 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 i just didnt see this rook coming into the game! 26.Rd4 Bxf1 27.Qxc5 dxc5 28.Rxe4 fxe4 29.Kxf1 c4! black has a huge majority on the queenside which he converted with ease!
We will see round two game against P Karthikeyan. but first lets enjoy a few pics from delhi!
A beautfiul view from the New Delhi Station. (photographer: Atul Dahale)
The double room in Hotel Ginger where four of us, me Atul, Vinod and Sohan stay!
The beautiful venue of Parsvnath 2011. This hall was used for the wrestling competitions of 2010 commonwealth games!
Lets now see the game 2 of the day. It was against a very talented young Indian IM
P Karthikeyan
His current rating is 2380 and he has 1 GM norm. He was also the Asian Junior champion in the year 2008.
IM P.Karthikeyan (2380) v/s Sagar Shah (2318)
The game started with a quiet opening but soon took a vicious character. Lets dive into the very interesting game.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Qc2 f5 9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 c5
All seems to be happening quietly and we both were taking considerable time in the opening which suggested that none of us was very well versed with this opening.
11.0–0–0!? Suddenly the game is filled with life. A very interesting move and one that can be expected from a player like Karthikeyan who is very innovative and aggressive.
His current rating is 2380 and he has 1 GM norm. He was also the Asian Junior champion in the year 2008.
IM P.Karthikeyan (2380) v/s Sagar Shah (2318)
The game started with a quiet opening but soon took a vicious character. Lets dive into the very interesting game.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Qc2 f5 9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 c5
All seems to be happening quietly and we both were taking considerable time in the opening which suggested that none of us was very well versed with this opening.
11.0–0–0!? Suddenly the game is filled with life. A very interesting move and one that can be expected from a player like Karthikeyan who is very innovative and aggressive.
0–0 12.Kb1 d6 (Nc6 would allow d5 and hence i decided to develop my N on d7.) 13.Rhe1 Nc6 14.dxc5 (e4 was also interesting. cd4 Nd4 Nd4 Qd4 e5 is met with ef5! and white is better. but after the game karthikeyan said that he didnt want to exchange the Ns. bxc5 15.e4 at this point white has already snatched the initiative fxe4 16.Bxe4 (I realised that fighting against the powerful B on e4 is futile and hence sought to exchange it.) Nd8 17.Qd3 Bxe4 18.Rxe4 Nb7 (my idea is very simple, i will sooner or later play e5 and then i will have only one weakness on d6 which will be defended by the N on b7. true my position will be passive but then its not so easy for white to make progress. 19.h4 h6 20.Qe3
After the game my opponent told me that here he was thinking if only his pawn were on f4 in this position then he would have been clearly better but here he has nothing more than a symbolic advantage. But look how my co-operative play helps my opponent to fulfil his dream!
Rf6? (e5 was simple and would have kept whites advantage to a minimum) 21.Nh2! the N is heading to g4 when my e6 pawn would be under terrible stress.the sad part now is that e5 will be met with f4 when black will have to incur further weaknesses. Re8 22.f4 Rff8 23.Nf3
this is what is meant by,"when you really want something, the whole world conspires to let you get it! here even though i was his opponent and as a good chess player i must stop my opponents idea, i couldnt stop white from achieving his dream position even though i had all the time in the world to do so!
white now has a clear advantage.
At this point i decided that things have already gone really bad for me and hence it would be wise if i would save some time and start playing fast! at this point we both had 20 mins left and the next few moves i just played as if i were playing a blitz game!
Qf7 24.Re1 Qf5 25.Ka1 Rb8! played without thinking. my strategy was really getting on the nerves of my opponent who just could find a clear cut path to victory. 26.Rxe6 Qxf4 27.Qc3 Qg3 28.h5 Rf7 29.Rg6 Qf2 Karthikeyan told me that he didnt even consider that the Q could go here but of course from here it is right in the heart of enemy position and attacks the very vulnerable spot on b2.30.b3 a5! blacks moves are natural and hence were made without much thought. 31.a4 at this point i still had 20 mins and he had just 5 min left! and here i noticed a brilliant idea!
Qf7 24.Re1 Qf5 25.Ka1 Rb8! played without thinking. my strategy was really getting on the nerves of my opponent who just could find a clear cut path to victory. 26.Rxe6 Qxf4 27.Qc3 Qg3 28.h5 Rf7 29.Rg6 Qf2 Karthikeyan told me that he didnt even consider that the Q could go here but of course from here it is right in the heart of enemy position and attacks the very vulnerable spot on b2.30.b3 a5! blacks moves are natural and hence were made without much thought. 31.a4 at this point i still had 20 mins and he had just 5 min left! and here i noticed a brilliant idea!
Try if you can find the best practical way for black to set maximum problems for the opponent.
d5! 32.cxd5 c4! with this double pawn sacrifice black snatches the initiative. Under time trouble you can imagine how uncomfortable it must be for white to face such an attack and hence he logically exchanged the queens... 33.Qd4 Qxd4+ 34.Nxd4 Nc5! but that did very little to stop black's attack! all the pieces still co-ordinate perfectly! 35.Rc6 here he offered a draw!but i declined it! Nd3 (exchanging Ns with Nb3 would have led to a draw) 36.Rd1 cxb3 37.Nb5 Rf4 and here i stupidly offered a draw which he happily accepted. well the position is defintely advantageous to black but then why did i offer a draw? well the answer lies in this variation 38.-- [38.Rxd3(Nc3 is a much more staunch defense and its unclear whether black can win there). Rxa4+ 39.Kb2 Rxb5 40.Rc8+(better is 40 Rd1. but to 40.d6 i had calculated Ra2 Kc3 b2 d7 Ra3! Kd2 Rd3 Kd3 b1=Q+ and the game is over!) Kh7 Rb3 Rd5 Rb8 and here i thought my king was caught in a mating net but as it clear for all of you, black has 2 ways to escape the mate and both win pretty easily! A terrible hallucination! Hence its very clear that chess is no science! its all about holding your nerves at the crucial moment!] ½–½
Me after the game. Sad at not having won the game but equally relieved at not having lost it!
After the 1st day of accelerated pairing i was reeling at 0.5/2! not the best start either!
A word about accelerated pairing.
The accelerated pairing was introduced in this tournament with the aim that players above 2250 could make a norm and hence there was no need to play lower rated players. this could have been justified if the players who were rated 2250 and were 2/2 got a higher rated player in the 3rd round also. As the case was they all got lower rated opponents and hence the very purpose of accelerated pairing was defeated!
I think accelerated pairing can be very useful in tournaments where the number of participants are around 150 but not in tournaments like Parsvanath where there are nearly 400 entries! Something the organisers must think about.


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While I'd slipped into reverie, Mouse had been filling her trolley with pretty much everything except anoraks. "Essentials to get us through the festive season," she snapped, in response to my inquiring eyebrow. She said festive season as others might say "nuclear holocaust."
I'd have asked if she really needed fourteen packets of Disco Biscuits, but my attention was snagged by a pile of boxes of Turkish Delight, very attractively priced, and some super-cheap wrapping paper. With a cry of Zut alors! I grabbed armfuls.
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The Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth. Co-authored
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Monstrous Bodies: Feminine Power in Young Adult Horror Fiction. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishers, 2014.
"We're Them and They're Us": Zombies, Evil and Moral Agency in American Culture," Evil in American Culture, Sharon Packer, editor. Greenwood Press, 2014.
"Real or Not Real--Katniss Everdeen Loves Peeta Melark: The Lingering Effects of Discipline in the Hunger Games Trilogy," Female Rebellion in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction, Miranda Green-Barteet, Amy Montz, and Sara K. Day, editors. Ashgate Press: UK, 2014.
Hooked on Horror III: A Guide to Reading Interests in the Genre. Co-authored with
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Read On . . . Horror Fiction. Co-authored with Anthony Fonseca. Littleton , CO : Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
Hooked on Horror: A Guide to Reading Interests in the Genre , 2nd edition. Co-authored with Anthony Fonseca. Littleton , CO : Libraries Unlimited, 2002.
Hooked on Horror: A Guide to Reading Interests in the Genre , 1st edition. Co-authored with Anthony Fonseca. Littleton , CO : Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
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"Gothic, Romantic, or Just Sado-Masochistic? Gender and Manipulation in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga," 21st
"Our Zombies, Ourselves: Exiting the Foucaldian Universe in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead ," the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000, Danel Olsen, editor. Lanhan, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2011
"Sexually Ambiguous or Liminal? Some Thoughts on Carol Clover's Final Girl in the Teen Slasher Film" Dissections: The Journal of Contemporary Horror (http://www.simegen.com/writers/dissections/ ) 2008.
"Charlie's Evolving Moral Universe: Filmic Interpretations of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ," Fantasy Fiction into Film, Leslie Stratner and James Keller, editors. Jefferson , NC : McFarland Publishing, 2007.
"All Grown Up: Filmic Interpretations of Roald Dahl's Novels," Roald Dahl Casebook, Ann Alston and Charles Butler, editors. PalgraveMacMillan, 2012
"Blood and Bitches: Sexual Politics and the Female Lycanthrope in Young Adult Fiction," Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology, Caroline Picart, editor. New York: Palgrave, 2012


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Issues relating to Gender equality and disparity in pay, influence and agency are very much in focus. Hewson believe that some of the biggest paradoxes are hidden in plain sight within commerce. Women are understood to be the most powerful consumers on the planet yet this is not necessarily reflected in retail attitudes or in the detail of goods and services. Hewson research in the last few years has shown how clearly this dissonance is to be found in matters relating to female sexuality and to how life changing products are under-marketed and misunderstood.
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When the temperatures hit the 30 degree Celsius mark (86 degrees F), it might be a good idea -- for your own comfort, that is -- if you didn't wear any of the following:
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Today on my 20th birthday, I'm taking some time to reflect on these last 20 years and the lessons I've learned along the way. These pieces of knowledge are based on my personal experiences, and you may not have found them to be your own truths. I'm sure I'll unlearn several of these lessons, while others still I will continue to have thrust in my face until I truly learn them. As long as I feel I've lived, I know that I have a hell of a lot more life to live and I hope in 20 years I've learned a hell of a lot more.
1. Everyone is different, but different is not synonymous with "bad." Respect differences of opinions, beliefs, cultures, priorities, wants, needs, and lifestyles.
2. Put yourself first. You are the only one who knows what you need and how/when you need it, and there's no use waiting around hoping someone else is going to magically guess exactly what this is. Rely on yourself and you'll find it a lot easier to offer support to those in your life when they need it.
3. Invest in a good bra. I'm not sure what the equivalent of this would be for those of you who don't wear bras, but it's still been an important lesson I've learned in my own life. Trends may come and go, but chances are your breasts aren't going anywhere. Fork over an extra couple bucks and your breasts (and your back and your posture and your self esteem) will thank you.
4. Don't forget to treat yourself. Even if your biggest accomplishment of the day was getting out of bed, it's still an accomplishment. Don't forget to acknowledge and reward yourself for a job well done.
5. Don't take shit from anyone, especially yourself.
6. You don't need to figure out what you're doing with the rest of your life. Not now, not even later. Just live and let your life figure itself out.
7. Leggings do so count as pants. You can absolutely wear socks with sandals, and I'm sure that ugly Christmas sweater you're wearing unironically is warm and comfortable. In other words, wear whatever the hell you want.
8. It's okay to ask for help. The people in your life are here to help you, but chances are they're not going to know what to do if you don't let them know. Once you're back on track you'll be happy to repay the favor.
9. Let your regrets fuel you, not hold you back. As a 15-year-old me once tried to say in an oral English final, "success is the best revenge."
10. Check your privilege. This doesn't mean you need to feel guilty about every choice you make or every word you speak. It does everyone good to examine their own personal bias and how it might affect their behavior and perspective of the world.
11. Listen before you speak, and listen when you're done speaking. There is so much more out there for you to hear and learn than there will ever be for you to say.
12. Do what you need to do to get through the day. I recently accepted that I need to spend more time in bed than most people do, and that just because I'd rather watch Netflix than work out doesn't mean I'm a bad person. I'm just trying to get through my day and if these coping mechanisms help me do so, then more power to me.
13. Make a reasonable budget and actually stick to it.
14. There are some things in life you'll need to do just for the experience. Other things you should never do even if people tell you the experience is worth it. Also: recognize that the people in your life are going to make different mistakes than you and have to try things you never tried to learn important lessons in life.
15. Learn how to prioritize. Make a list if you have to... No one wants to be the person who accidentally makes getting drunk their number one weekend priority every weekend just because they forgot to think about what else they wanted or needed to do that weekend.
16. Learn the difference between an opinion and a belief. One is a sum total of all the information you've gathered on a subject, and the other is simply something you hold true to yourself. Please act accordingly.
17. Try not to knock it until you try it... Note that this rule only applies to little things, like getting a facial or trying fast food.
18. Work hard to develop a loving relationship with yourself. You are the only constant in your life, and the sooner you are able to support and love yourself, the better.
19. You do not owe anything to the toxic people in your life. If someone is consistently taking advantage of you, making your relationship all about them, or making you feel bad about yourself, you do not need them in your life.
20. And finally, spend your life learning and immersing yourself in new things. After all: what is life if not one big learning experience?
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6 Things We Learned About Steve Jobs From Walter Isaacson's 60 Minutes Interview
Walter Isaacson's 60 Minutes interview aired on CBS last night, and while the interview was relatively short compared to the years of interview material he's amassed over the seven years he's been meeting with the Apple co-founder, it did reveal some interesting tidbits about Steve Jobs. Check out a few below, but stay tuned for more as we tear through our copy of the biography.
- He invented something called "The Blue Box" that replicated the tones that phone companies use, and allow users to make free long distance phone calls.
- When Steve Jobs was younger, he never wore shoes, never bathed, and had long hair. He was put on the night shift at Atari because he smelled so bad that people didn't want to work with him.
- He was 25 when Apple was worth about 50 million dollars.
- Steve Jobs lived in a "normal house on a normal street." There are no security gates or long driveways at his house because he said, "I did not want to live that nutso lavish lifestyle that other people live when they get rich."
- When he and Steve Wozniak started Apple, he didn't know how to write code or build a computer. That was Woz's job.
- According to Walter Isaacson, Steve was "not warm and fuzzy," and really wanted to "be with people who demand perfection."


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Entry inhibition of human retroviruses in rat cells
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- Cyclosporine
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Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) are representative human retroviruses. To develop prophylactic vaccines and more effective medicines, small animal models for the virus infection are useful if they can be infected with the viruses. We constructed a transgenic (Tg) rat expressing human CRM1 (hCRM1), a cellular cofactor of Rex, and showed that T cells derived from Tg rats allowed production of HTLV-1 as efficiently as human T cells. However, viral load in Tg rats was not elevated so much. Our trials of various infection methods including oral administration to neonates failed to improve viral load, suggesting another barrier. During exploration we found lower rate of infection to rat dendritic cells (DC) than human DC, and administration of cyclosporine A (CSA) and As2O3 restored the infection rates. These results suggest the presence of inhibitor(s) that act during the entry process in rat DC.
We also constructed Tg rats expressing human CD4, CCR5, CRM1, and CyclinT1, a cofactor of Tat to develop a model for HIV-1 infection. T cells and macrophages of the Tg rats supported production of infectious virus at levels approximately 10- 40% of that detected in human cells. HIV-1 was efficiently infected to macrophages but not to CD4+ T cells. CSA and As2O3 restored the infection rates, suggesting the presence of inhibitor(s) that act during the entry process in rat CD4+ T cells.
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No post in nearly 2 months! What's wrong with me? Did I die? Has something horrible happened? No, quite the contrary. I've been busy with moving. I also slowed down on posting a bit to start working on a full fledged memoir. We'll see how that turns out. Still, writing all this stuff feels good and I think I'll keep doing it now that I'm settled.
I've recently moved to Nashville, which has been an aspiration of mine for a while. I think I may have mentioned several posts back that I was a songwriter as a kid (among other things) – pushing out cheesy MIDI demos and throwing them at anyone who even stopped to look at me. I was billed (by mom, and – somewhat reluctantly – by myself) as a Kid Genius. A Boy Wonder. A Musical Prodigy. It made me feel like a gimmick, like a circus act. But somehow, I got attention. Publishers listened. Although nobody took my songs, they were supportive and offered advice. Except for one. Moving to Nashville has put me in mind of that incident, and it got me thinking I ought to confront it.
I remember getting off the phone and being totally psyched – a friend of a friend knew the head of a giant publishing house. He had agreed to meet me one on one and listen to my music. My friend had graciously talked me up, and piqued his interest. I began to suspect later that the publisher's interest was more in the vein of arm twisting than interest, but that's neither here nor there.
I brought my best songs along – all in all, about ten – and mentally tried to prepare myself for a meeting. I hoped that he would listen to some of these songs (which I was sure were hits, because I was a Boy Genius) and decide to give me a publishing deal or something. At minimum, I thought it would be a contact I could pitch music to later. My biggest contact, certainly – I had never set foot in such a big publishing firm, much less seen the top guy's office. I waited in the lobby for him, and was surprised when he came from the street instead of the elevators. He brushed past a secretary trying to give him a message and flicked his hand my way. Come on, it said. Let's go. I'm a Very Busy Person. I've been around my share of Very Busy People (or Very Important Persons, or Very Late Persons), so right off the bat I knew my time was limited. We rode up in the elevator together, and I tried to break the ice with him.
"How was your drive in?" I asked.
"Fine," he said, glancing at his watch.
For all I knew, he wasn't even aware I was in the elevator with him. He was staring silently at the doors. Unable to read his mood, I canned the banter and rode all the way up in silence.
When he got to his office, he seemed to relax a little bit. I could see him expand, almost like a peacock. He gestured for me to take a seat across from his desk, and I did. He kicked his feet up on his desk, and I was surprised to see scuffed white tennis shoes as opposed to something more fitting for someone of his caliber. I looked around the room at the gold and platinum records hanging on the walls, the nicely appointed furnishings. I looked at the large window behind him and saw the city beneath us. I felt like I had arrived. Maybe not at my final destination, but certainly I was in the presence of greatness. And certainly, that greatness would recognize the same in me.
I watched him settle into his office chair (leather, of course) and stroke his salt and pepper goatee.
"Well. Let's hear what you got," he said, lacing his hands across his midriff.
I pulled out what I considered to be my best song. Russ had advised me against doing this, for whatever reason – he insisted I should always lead with my second best song, and then surprise them with a really good one. I wanted to impress right off the bat, though, and I hit him with my equivalent of heavy artillery. I listened as my song snaked its way through the boom box speakers. I had heard it many times, of course – was even sick of it by now – but to hear it in that space was a rush. I tried to read his face as he listened to the song.
"It sucks," he said, jamming his finger on the EJECT button.
I was speechless. I went over the song again in my head, trying to examine it for flaws. I did see some, but I didn't think it "sucked" by any stretch. He plopped the tape in my hand.
"Next," he said.
I carefully selected the next song – one I thought would surely get his attention if this one didn't. I don't think it even made it through the first chorus before his sausage finger had jammed the EJECT button again.
"No. Heard the same song fifty times already. And every one was better than this."
Again, the tape was deposited into my reluctant palm.
I studied his face, but found it rather stoic. He wasn't angry, he wasn't hostile. He was just matter of fact. That's what made the shredding I was taking worse.
He raised his eyebrows, indicating that he was ready to hear more. I gave him another one – this one was an uptempo about a factory worker who was forced into retirement. Every other publisher had been positive about it, assuring me that my writing was "heading in the right direction". He listened through the first chorus and stopped the tape again. It echoed like a gunshot.
He was shaking his head. It was the type of weary reaction you might give to a dog that has shit on the carpet so frequently that it wasn't a surprise anymore.
"No. Just," he seemed to be searching for words. "Where are you from again?"
"Philly," I said, which was more or less true. Nobody outside of the area would have known the suburb I was from anyway.
"Philly." he repeated, in a tone I couldn't quite discern.
I waited for him to gather his thoughts.
"You know what they make in Philly?" he asked
I wasn't sure if it was a rhetorical question or not. I didn't answer.
"Cream cheese. You know what they don't make in Philly?"
I was doing my best to maintain eye contact – the treacherous orbs in my head wanted to look everywhere else but the face sitting across the desk.
"Country music." He slapped the tape on his desk, and slid it across to me. The plastic cackled against the wood grain.
"You're from north of the border. You understand? You don't get country. You don't play country. You don't live it. Go do something else."
Tired of struggling, my eyes were studying the pattern of the expensive rug beneath my feet.
"Well, what do you suggest I do?" I asked sullenly.
"If you want to be a writer, go write rock or something in California. You don't belong here," his voice was matter of fact. A judge passing a sentence.
"You got more to show me?"
I did, but I most certainly did not want to continue to be eviscerated. Still, I passed him another tape. Within the first few seconds, he was already shaking his head.
"You're nowhere near the caliber of writers here. No. Anything else?"
I shrugged. I had at least three more songs, but I didn't want to hear how awful they were. I tried to stammer something about how I was pretty good for my age, and I had no doubt I would only grow as a writer. He looked at me impassively, then scanned some printed lyrics I had passed him earlier. Studying my contact info (listed neatly at the top) he tried to pronounce my last name and got a reasonable (though incorrect) approximation.
"You a Jew?"
I was taken aback by the question.
"No…" I said.
"Huh," he grunted, as if he thought I might not be telling the truth, but it didn't matter much to him either way. Suddenly he was up on his feet.
"Well. Nice meeting you."
"You too." I mumbled.
We rode back down on the elevator together. There was no conversation. He was staring at the doors, and I was staring at my feet. I felt like my face was burning up, and certainly my ego was stinging. He was tapping his foot, as if that would make the elevator go faster.
On the way out the door, I stopped him to shake his hand.
"Next time I'm in town, would it be okay if I stopped by with some new songs?" I asked.
"Sure," his voice said. But his face said "Don't bother."
He walked out, whistling.
Shell shocked, I walked out to our idling Ford Escort. Mom was behind the wheel, her seat reclined.
"How'd it go?" she asked excitedly.
"Uh…fine," I said. I didn't want to talk about it.
"Did he like it? Did he say he'd pitch any of the songs?" she pressed.
"Um," I said, trying to find words, "he wasn't really interested."
Mom's reaction was almost comical. She practically slammed on the brakes and pulled over.
"He wasn't interested!?" she practically shrieked in surprise, "What did you play him?"
I told her I played him almost everything. I listened while she rattled on – what went wrong, what I should have said, that I should have argued with him about how good the songs really were – but I didn't have the energy to interact. I was totally deflated.
To say I went home with my tail between my legs is an understatement. I spiraled into a black depression that lasted for six months. Plenty of people thought I was good – plenty supported me. Hell, I even had an open door to some publishers whenever I was in town. But this. This hurt. And it carried more weight, because he was a Very Important Person.
My writing stagnated. I didn't stop writing completely, exactly – mom and Russ still pushed me to come up with songs every week – but my efforts were halfhearted and sparse. I convinced myself that I must have sucked pretty hard to warrant that reaction. I went back and listened to all the songs I had written, and read the lyrics. I furiously hated them all. There's a story that Picasso spent months on a series of paintings, and an art dealer came over to look at them. He marveled at Picasso's work. After he left, Picasso slashed every painting with a box cutter. I don't claim to be Picasso, but I completely understand.
It took me a long time to get over that, and even longer to be willing to come back to Nashville. I took the man's lukewarm advice, and began to write pop/rock. I even had some success. I've learned a lot in the fifteen years since, though. I learned that I wasn't ready, at age sixteen, to be a writer in this town. I was good – probably great for my age – but truly, I wasn't on the level of some of the greats. So, in that sense, some of what the publisher told me was true. He was, I suppose, just being unvarnished and direct. Or, he was an asshole. I still haven't decided. I've also heard writer's tell tales of publishers who ripped you apart – really ran you through the wringer – because they wanted to see what you were made of. They wanted to see if you had the drive to come back even stronger. Write a better song, maybe. I don't know if that works on most people, but it certainly didn't work on me. If he was looking to see what I was made of, he discovered it – the black jelly of depression and self criticism. The stuff that quits, and can't get out of bed or shower.
I've exorcized some of those demons, I think. Medication helps. If you've read the blog at any length, you know I had a lot of them to deal with. Maybe this meeting was just icing on the cake – the final straw in a mountain of straws that created a shit avalanche.
I've also learned that self criticism has a place, but it's important to keep it in it's place. The opinions of others – both the criticism and the praise – also has a place. And it matters, but not as much as you might think it does. I've decided to do the best I can. I always gave the criticism such weight, and paid no attention to praise. That's not healthy. Neither is the converse. The answer – at least, I think – is to do the best you can. Of the criticism and praise, use what you can and forget the rest. Be happy with your art, and don't let it be influenced by too many opinions.
And it doesn't matter how nice of an office you have. You can still be an asshole.


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Karon O Bowdre Financial Disclosure Report for 2006
Category:Financial Disclosure
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One of the newest ideas to fix Nassau County's broken assessment system is also going to be one of the most difficult to implement: let someone else do it.
The county is exploring the possibility of letting towns and other local municipalities handle the assessments on its behalf. Local governments, which the county believes would provide more accurate assessment numbers, would perform the actual assessments and give the numbers to the county.
"It's something we're exploring," said Nassau County Spokesman Brian Nevin. "Nassau County is the only county in the state that assesses county-wide. Everyone else does it on the town level. The town's just have more integral knowledge of the properties in their jurisdiction, and it's easier than assessing at a county-wide level. And a lot of villages in the county already do their own assessments."
The idea comes from a team formed by County Executive Edward Mangano to explore options for the assessment system. The team also explored the idea of having a private company perform assessments, but it wasn't feasible. "There were only two or three companies that were capable of assessing properties," Nevin said, "and they're already working with the villages."
Before the county's latest idea could become reality, there are a few key hurdles that need to be cleared. The first, Nevin said, is that the county needs to win the County Guarantee lawsuit that it currently in court.
For decades, Nassau County had what was known as the County Guarantee: if your assessment was lowered after a challenge, the county would refund the error. The problem for the county was that, while county taxes amount to about 20 cents of every tax dollar collected, it was refunding the full dollar to residents, covering the school and village portions of tax refunds. In 2011, Mangano proposed to end the County Guarantee and was met by a lawsuit from school districts across the county.
Nevin said that he expects a result on that suit any time within the next four months. He said winning the suit was a key component to implementing a new plan because it wouldn't make sense otherwise for towns and villages to handle assessments when the county is the one that would have to pay for errors. But if towns are responsible for paying back assessment challenges, they would theoretically want to take a more active role in the process.
The next step, Nevin said, is changing New York State law. Nassau's assessment system is governed by state law. The county has petitioned in the past for new laws to allow changes to the system, but Albany ignored it.
"So to make that change, we would need the lobbying power of the towns," Nevin said. "I think New York State hasn't been receptive to changing the system in the past. We have talked to them. But maybe working with a united front, maybe we could accomplish it."
But the towns aren't keen to jump on board with the county's plan.
"The Town of Hempstead has an open door and a cooperative attitude in assisting Nassau with its property tax assessment concerns," said Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray in a statement to the Herald. "At the same time, we are acutely focused on the prospective impact that changes to the county's system could have on local taxpayers. Costs associated with implementing new assessment systems at the town and city levels and a host of other issues present serious questions that must be addressed in ensuring fair property tax assessments."
Nevin said the county was aware of the financial concerns of other municipalities, and would work to help cover the costs.
"I'm not so sure [the new plan] would save the county anything because I'm pretty sure we'd wind up subsidizing the towns," he said. "The goal here isn't really to save money. It's to be cost-neutral and produce a more accurate roll."
If the plan is implemented, the county would still be responsible for all of the debt it has accrued due to the current assessment plan and the County Guarantee — towns and villages would only be responsible for paying back grievances once the new plan is in place.
But if the County loses its lawsuit and doesn't implement the new plan, there could still be changes to the assessment system. Nevin said that the county is considering accepting village assessments of properties as a backup.
"Right now, the village does its own assessment for the village tax. And the county acts, for some crazy reason, as if that doesn't even exist," he said. "Since they're already done and they're done village wide, we would accept the assessment and not worry about reassessing village properties each year. If they went and did the work, why wouldn't we accept that?"


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City makes progress on sewers
It rained fairly often in Lexington in July, with a 2 1/2-inch soaker on the last day of the month. There was a tenth of an inch on Aug. 2.
Then, after 1 1/2 inches fell on Aug. 4, an all-too-familiar problem appeared. Untreated sewage poured out of 26 manholes and 11 pump stations around town. An estimated four million gallons spilled into streets, yards, basements, parks and creeks.
And that, surprisingly, might have been progress.
Comparing summer and winter sewer overflows isn't perfect, because the ground is more saturated in winter. But in December 2007, a similar amount of rain over a similar time overwhelmed 46 manholes and 15 pump stations, sending 16 million gallons into the environment.
The December event was subject of a Herald-Leader article 18 months ago, on the eve of the first public airing of a settlement of a lawsuit filed against the city by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA had charged the city with polluting creeks in violation of the Clean Water Act.
That agreement, a consent decree, called for Lexington to spend $250 million to $300 million over the next dozen years to fix storm and sanitary sewer problems that had built up over decades of neglect.
Among other things, the city must eliminate all sewage overflows and complete a system-wide assessment of the pipes that carry away sewage and rain water.
Charles Martin, director of the city's Division of Water Quality, looked at the recent overflow numbers and said he was "cautiously optimistic."
"I think we're making progress in that we've cleaned the sewers and we've found the low-hanging fruit in some areas," he said.
He also said that the city has a long way to go.
Most of the early progress has meant getting relatively small amounts of storm water out of the sanitary sewer lines. When it rains, water is supposed to flow into a storm sewer, which empties into a creek. Water from bathrooms and kitchens goes into a sanitary sewer, which carries it through a treatment plant before it reaches a creek.
Too often, the untreated sewage pours out of a manhole or pump station before it reaches the treatment plant. That's because rain water gets into the sanitary sewer, overwhelming its capacity. In some cases, the sanitary sewer pipe is broken, and water that soaks into the ground finds its way into the pipe. Or a downspout catching rain water from a roof is connected to a sanitary sewer.
Since the consent decree, the city has contractors in neighborhoods looking for problems. They use a hose and vacuum system to clean out sanitary sewers that might be partially blocked. They run cameras through, looking for leaks, and they sometimes insert a smaller pipe inside a larger one to fix the problem.
They blow smoke into sanitary sewers and watch to see where it comes out. If it seeps out of the ground, that suggests a pipe is broken. If smoke comes out of a downspout, there's an improper connection.
In one case, Martin said, most of the rain that hit the roof of a car dealership near the old Lexington Mall was feeding directly into a sanitary sewer.
Sometimes, sump pumps in basements are sending water into sanitary sewers. The city has a sump pump redirection program that fixes the problem at no cost to the homeowner.
The contractors also look for problems with the manholes themselves. A manhole that was beside a creek years ago might now, because of erosion, be sitting in the creek. When the creek floods, it fills the sewer line.
Ken Cooke, a retired state Division of Water employee who is active in the Friends of Wolf Run, said he has seen numerous people working on and inspecting sewers in his Southland Park neighborhood. And the manhole two doors down from his house, which used to overflow every time there was two inches of rain, hasn't caused trouble in the last year.
"They've done an incredible amount of work," Cooke said. "I hope they will follow up and do some more serious repairs, and that they don't lose their momentum."
There also have been some bigger steps toward meeting the consent decree requirements. Backup power sources have been installed at the city's two wastewater treatment plants. Previously, if there was a power failure at one of the plants, millions of gallons of untreated sewage went into a stream until the power came back on.
One of the worst pump stations, the North Elkhorn, has been replaced. But it still overflows because the pipe that connects to it is often overwhelmed. A new pipe is being laid.
Work has begun on replacing the South Elkhorn Station, another troublemaker.
An overall assessment plan is under way, and it is due to the EPA by year four of the agreement. That could include big-ticket items such as expanding a treatment plant, or replacing a major sewer line.
How and where sewers are improved or added will have a major impact on how the city grows. Encouraging infill development, for example, will mean that improvements might be required downtown and in older parts of town.
Eventually, the city will have a capacity-assurance plan. If a developer wants to build something and the sewers aren't there to handle it, a permit can't be issued.
Residents have seen their bills go up to pay for all of this, with more to come. Sanitary sewer fees have gone up $10 a month for the average household. Starting in January, a new storm water fee begins. It will be $4.32 for single-family homes, duplexes and farm parcels. Everyone else, including stores, factories, school and churches, would pay $4.32 for every 2,500 square feet of roof, driveway, parking lot or other impervious surface.
The consent decree itself, meanwhile, is not yet final.
U.S. District Judge Karl Forester rejected the settlement, ruling that more of the money the city must pay in fines should go toward fixing problems. The EPA appealed that ruling to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The way that turns out is not likely to affect the work the city is required to do, so officials are going ahead as if the decree is in force.


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1 Corinthians 9:25-27
All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
1 Timothy 4:8
Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.
Family Life Center
Normal Hours of Operation
- Open Monday – Friday – 7 am
- Closes Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday – 9 pm
- Closes Wednesday – 3 pm
- Open Saturday – 8-11 am
- Weight room with a state-of –the-art fitness equipment
- Aerobics Room & Classes
- Walking Track
- Walking Club ($5/yr) – Prize levels based on how many miles walked
- Full-size Basketball Court
- Volleyball Court
- Body Recall
- Men's 3-on-3 Basketball (Fall&Spring)
- Co-rec Volleyball (Fall& Winter)
- Men's & Co-rec Softball (Spring)
- Upward Basketball (Winter)
- Upward Cheerleading (Winter)
- Upward Basketball & Cheerleading Camp (Summer)
- Church Members & Non-Members: Reserve the Family Life Center for birthday parties
- Church Members: Reserve the Family Life Center for graduation parties, family reunions, baby/bridal showers
Men's 3-on-3 Basketball
Spring league has begun. Sign-ups for the fall league will begin in August. Games are on Monday nights. Limited to twelve teams.
Co-ed Church Volleyball League
Spring league has begun. Sign-ups will begin in September for the fall league. Games will be on Thursday nights beginning in October. Limited to eight teams.
Warrior Fitness Boot Camp
For the whole family and meets on Tuesday nights from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. A co-ed aerobics class, for all fitness levels, that meets on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm, in the aerobics room/walking track. No cost to participants. (Will begin meeting again in the Spring).
Praise Fitness
- For women of all ages and fitness levels.
- Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 pm in the Fellowship Hall
- All Christian music
- No charge
- Open to the public
If you have any questions about the recreation ministry or would like to be involved, contact Dwayne through the church office at 859-623-8471 or at email@example.com.


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Sometimes life gets in the way and you just can't make it to the usual 3-6pm happy hours offered at most bars and restaurants in the city. So what do you do when you've missed happy hour but still want to grab a cheap drink or food special? Hit up a late night happy hour! We've compiled a list of the best late night happy hours in the city to ensure you never miss out on a great deal.
10 Dover Arms Pub
961 Denman St
The Dover Arms Pub continues to be an iconic neighbourhood gathering spot in the West End. Serving up classic pub food and drinks with sports on the TV, it's a great place to grab a chill beer or glass of wine. Monday to Friday happy hour takes place from 10pm until late. Specials include $4 glasses of house wine, $4 draft beer and $3 hi balls. And if you need something to go with your happy hour beverage, grab an order of chicken wings for $8.95!
9 Clough Club
212 Abbott St.
This cozy spot specializes in unique cocktails and a gourmet take on street food. They host happy hour from 12am-1am Sunday through Thursday. Offerings include $7 Classic Cocktails (ask for the Dealer's Choice!), $4 hi balls, $5 Driftwood draught and $5 gourmet hot dogs. Thursday and Sunday nights also feature live music!
8 Big Rock Urban Brewery
310 W 4th Avenue
This brewery and eatery has something for everyone on their late night happy hour menu. Serving up specials from 9pm to close Sunday through Thursday that include $3 and $5 beers, $3 hi balls, $5 glasses of wine and $9 (3oz!) cocktails. For food try any of their appies for $4 or any pizza for $10. Even better? They offer $1 off 32oz growler refills and $2 off 64oz refills. Want to take your happy hour special home with you? Try a growler refill and a pizza for $18!
7 Mission
2042 W 4th Avenue
This unique Kitsilano spot has late night happy hour one day a week- Sunday Funday. From 9pm-12am you can enjoy $5 beer and wine, $6 double classic cocktails, as well as a selection of food specials from their always changing tasting menu. You can be sure to find something fresh, seasonal and local here.
6 Joe Fortes
777 Thurlow St.
Joe Fortes bar offers a late night happy hour 7 days a week from 9:30 to 11:00pm. You can grab all your favorite Joe Fortes appetizer classics for under $15! Our top picks? Jumbo Tiger Prawn Cocktail, Truffle Parmesan Fries, Beef Carpaccio and Steamed Clams. Desserts are $7 – Joe's Chocolate Sin Cake anyone? And Molson pints, house wine and hi balls are all $5.
5 Nomad Restaurant
3950 Main St
Nomad is known for its locally sourced ingredients and Pacific Coast inspired fare. Their extensive late night happy hour menu is offered seven days a week from 10pm until close. Specials include pints of beer and cider for $5, Negronis and their "Femme Fatale" cocktail for $6. For food, try their smoked local pork belly for $8 or their Lacinato Kale Salad for $14. It might be called Nomad but you'll want to stay put!
4 The Flying Pig
127 W 2nd Ave
The newest location of this popular Vancouver spot in Olympic Village offers late night happy hour features seven days a week. From 10pm until close you can choose between 10 appetizers for under $8 as well as $4.75 glasses of house wine and Russel lager. We recommend the P.E.I Mussels with a glass of pinot gris!
3 YEW seafood + bar
791 W Georgia St
YEW has designed a "reverse happy hour" menu which can be ordered seven days a week, from 8pm until 11pm. The menu consists of five new cocktails and five new food items that were created specifically for reverse happy hour by superstar bartender Lauren Mote and chef Weimar. Each item is $10. We recommend the Highveld Colada- a mix of white rum, marula fruit, pineapple, coconut, plum and root beer bitters!
2 Pidgin
350 Carrall St
Pidgin combines Asian and Pacific Northwest ingredients with French cooking techniques to create special menu items. From 10:30 until late every day, you can experience their renowned classic cocktails for $7.50. Try the Penicillin- a blend of scotch, lemon, honey and ginger, will cure what ails you. You can also grab a $6 glass of wine or a tall can of Singapore's Tiger Lager for $5. On Sundays and Mondays you can also bring your own bottle of wine for $1 corkage fee! (Don't forget to order the wings!!)
1 Lombardo's
1641 Commercial Dr
A Vancouver landmark for 30 years, Lombardo's serves up some of the best pizzas in town. If you've been out drinking all evening and need something to eat, check them out on Commercial for their Expo Hours. All medium pizzas are $9.75 and all medium calzones are $12.95. These deals are available from 8:00pm until close Sunday through Thursday!
By: Dallas Carlson
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170 dwelling units designed in the Komfort EKO standard, ENB Certificate: B-Class, the building-envelope energy label: B. All dwelling units are allotted with cellar cubicles, bal-conies and some of them even forecourt gardens or terraces. The houses are designed as barrier-free and parking for the residents is provided in the common garages located under the buildings.A view over the scenery of the Milícovský Hill and the natural monument of the Milícovský Forest and its ponds is offered from the dwelling units. A part of the project is the rehabilitation of the Milícovský Brook system and removal of the environmental burdens on the building site facility of the Jižní mesto block of flats site.
Sustainability Criteria
• Low-energy apartment house using a forced ventilation system with heat recovery
• ENB Certificate: B-Class, specific designed annual consumption of en-ergy: 63 kWh/m2/year.
• Building envelope is designed in the values meeting the recommenda-tions of CSN 730540
• North-southern building orientation, external sunshade elements: canopies and balconies
• Windows completed with external aluminium (horizontal) sun louvers
• Each dwelling unit of the size of 2+kk (i.e. + kitchenette) or higher is provided with its own heat recovery unit intended for heat recovery from waste air use of this heat for preheating of the fresh air brought from the ambient environment


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Watch as Minnie embarks on a fantastical fashion adventure in Paris, where she walks the runway in Lanvin and rubs elbows with fashion-world figures like Linda Evangelista, Daphne Guinness, Naomi Campbell, Lady Gaga and many more.
If you ask us, it's the perfect combination of wit, fantasy and style with which to ring in the holidays!
Do you agree !?
For Chrismas,Why not !?
Let's cheers with .....................
4" Polka Dot Ball Ornament
7.5" Glittered Finial Ornament
18" Mosaic Glass Onion Ornament
10"Hx8"Wx6"L Singing Christmas Dog (Battery Operated)
18" Masquerade Enchantress
( from Silk Flower Depot )


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Aunt Louise's Farm is located in Jefferson County, more specifically Waukeenah, Florida. Our farm is forever growing, expanding and evolving. About 19 years ago we bought ourselves a goat. No one told us that 1 lone goat is an unhappy goat! So, of course, we had to buy another one. Then we bought a few chickens so we could have fresh eggs.
Fast forward to 2018. We now have quite a menagerie of "critters," as I like to call them. Currently, we have 30 or so goats, 4 horned sheep, ducks, alpacas, pigs, guinea fowl, 40+ chickens, rabbits including baby bunnies to hold, miniature zebu cattle, a highland bull, Great Pyrenees (livestock guardian dogs), mini horses, sebastopol geese, turkeys, and peacocks a tortoise and even a few emu. (And you never know what Aunt Louise might bring home tomorrow!) We now produce enough eggs to sell, raise a lot of our own meat, have enough lard to make soap and sometimes have our own fresh goat's milk.
In the fall we open our farm to the public for about six weeks. Entry is $8 per person, children 3 y.o. and under are free. You are able to explore the three-acre corn maze that has lots of scarecrows and silly signs for entertainment. Additionally we have homemade jams, jellies, soaps, pound cake in a jar, fresh pecans (hopefully) and pumpkins. You may also buy snacks to feed the animals. For added fun we have a tour ride with Aunt Louise, a barrel train ride, face painting, and two corn pits to play in. We will have concessions for sale: hot dogs, snow cones, corn bread waffles and drinks.


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Friday, December 6, 2013
Kenny's Krafty Krews Challenge #161 Buttons Boots & Bling
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OMG!!! Your coloring is fabulous!!! Thanks so much for playing with us at KennyK Krafty Krew's *Buttons, Boots & Bling* challenge ! Good luck in the draws, top 3 and spotlight!ReplyDelete
Tammy, KennyK DT Coordinator/Designer & Facebook Admin from Créations LaDiva :) xx
Wow Wow Wow Susan, just say your card on the Krafty Krew site and had to come and take a closer look, so glad I did as your colouring is STUNNING!! Tammy just isn't giving you enough credit here, I really love the skin and as a self-taught Copic Colourer I shall be stealing a couple of your techniques here. I like the simple way you have used the light and shade to give your lady a nose, I usually just put a dark shadow line in but your way is so much more effective and just as simple. I also love the way you have defined the hand holding the hat, again, really simple but totally effective.ReplyDelete
So glad you joined us and that I got the chance to see your beautiful work up close, hope to see a lot more of your work in the future, it is so wonderful.
Have a really amazing Christmas and New Year,
Hi again Susan!!! Your card and blog have been featured on our Facebook page. Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Tammy, KennyK DT Coordinator/Designer & Facebook Admin from Créations LaDiva :) xx