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Book 3: The Watchmaker's Child
This is CEO Wendy's Story
Wendy is the real "wizard" of the Diamond Empire, a kingdom built on gadgets, robotics and a free market society. Using her ultracomputer and her Cadabra-wide surveillance system, she can spy on everybody and plan their futures, playing God and pulling the strings.
But Wendy's secret is spreading quickly. Conspiracies abound about her father being dead and her entire royal ancestry being a sham. What will the kings of Cadabra do once they find out Wendy is just a lonely teenage girl holding unlimited resources and power?
Wendy's villains are increasing. Conspiracy buffs, violent protesters, witch covens, assassins, vigilantes and multinational corporations are all determined to destroy the "Diamond Standard" and break the hold that the Diamond Empire has on the Cadabra economy.
It's going to take an act of God to prevent a World War…or at least the sharp mind of a watchmaker's child.
Although "The End of the Magical Kingdom 3: The Watchmaker's Child" is not an age-restricted book, the story contains controversial subject matter, horrific scenes of sadism, and emotionally violent content that may trigger traumatic memories in some readers. Discretion is advised for readers under the age of 16.
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This character section gives away a major plot point of the book, so if you want to be surprised, avoid the rest of this preview.
CEO Wendy
"I remember the first time I prayed. I felt it a very queer thing to do, since I was told to pray aloud so that the omniscient one could hear me. I remembered what they told me to pray for. Things, blessings, protection and motivation. They told me to keep my prayer honest above everything else. So when that time came and I felt the words slowly inching out from my mouth, descending upon no one's ears but my own, and having no earthly idea if anyone else was really listening, I decided only to give a prayer of thanks.
If you want people to love you, dream. Do nothing else but dream. Your sadness, your failure, will let you bond with other failures. But if you want people to hate you, then achieve something. Follow your passions and check off your goals one by one. Because the world hates successful people like us. People who don't stop dreaming but who stubbornly hold onto to that visualization until it comes to fruition. They hate us because we dare to stop dreaming and start creating.
Life is suffering. Life is sacrifice. Life is a test. Life is a vow. Life is shit. Life is unfair. We all say such vitriolic things. So many meaningless words have been written in a desperate attempt to make sense of what we just experienced. By the end of our lives, we hate our Gods, we tear down our country, we hurt our friends and we blame it all on our enemies. But at the end of the line, as you breathe in your last, there is only one racing thought. 'If I could, I would do it all over again.' Nobody actually has any regrets about what they are, what they've done. We're just a little sore that it has to end. Because, like big children, all we really want is to go ride the roller coaster one more time."
- The "Smart" Princess
- Loves to play God
- CEO of the Diamond Empire, a free market society based on radical leisure technology
- Her father is President Wardiz, though he's been missing in action
- A child prodigy and now a teenage executive with the world in her hands
- Got rich by giving the people what they wanted, not what they needed
- Is often called an ice queen, emotionally vacant, robotic and without a heart
- Very often misquoted by the press
- Possibly asexual
- Everyone in Cadabra has a bone to pick with Wendy, since she's seen as the arch nemesis of everybody
- Uses a mass surveillance system and ultra-computer setup she calls the Watchmaker
- Doesn't get out too much
- Hasn't seen her former playmates Princess Mary or Princess Mary in ten years
"My name is Randian. I have turned eighteen today and am now a man. And I am not *afraid*. I have decided that I am now too big for my home. But before I help other people, I must know for myself what I am fighting for and if this way is just.
"It appears to me that you are playing *games* with these evil men. Instead of *removing* them from power. If a man abuses his power, that man must be removed. That is *my law*. That is *my negotiation*."
You obviously don't know *anything* about how to start a revolution. I am *wasting* my time with you.
You people say that you're unhappy. Because they are rich and you are not. Because they have power over your lives. The problem is not the things these stupid men do. The problem is that they are *rich*. And you. Are *not*. That is the *problem* I see. For any man who would see a boy starving, crying for help, and then not share his riches is not a man. He is no man *I* would respect."
I am going to go talk to this Wardiz. For I am afraid of nobody, no matter his riches or *technology*. If Wardiz is too afraid to show his face then he is not a man that deserves my attention. I will go to this *Wendy*, the one brave enough to show herself, and demand that *she* explain why people are poor and starving."
- A very tall man, in fact, a big black giant
- Young and naive, but determined to start a revolution
- Did he mention he's a damn big man?
- Likes to call people "good" and "evil", not much for seeing the grey areas of morality and ethical behavior
- Does not have any any family because he considers his friends his "family"
- Doesn't have much of a sense of humor…like at all
- Has had a very tragic life full of strange and disturbing stories of people he knew who suffered
- Likes to tell stories about his tragic life and the people he knew and suffered
- Very often talks about evil people he knew, and how he made them suffer
- Is determined to talk to either Wendy or Wardiz, about how the rich oppress the poor
- He wants answers NOW or the rich will have to answer to him and his mob of followers
Jerry Quinn
"My writing class a long time ago taught me to use illustrations to deliver emotional highlights in a speech. I think my problem is that I do tend to exacerbate people. I think I just have a certain profound writing ability. The way I put words together, it inoculates people's values and strips away their protective veil. I masticate truth. I'm a masticater. Yeah, a big masticator.
I think I want to be a talk show host because that's what the dude on the VCR does!
"Well that's lovely I mean, Hell, in my eyes the worst thing that could have happened was that you end up with a loser like me. Seriously. You deserve a big house. You deserve a nice young, ah, you know, a nice young man to call your own. It's what everyone deserves. Everyone but me apparently. But don't worry about me. I've got Ziggly the Squirrel. And I admire his nuts. Am I right, people? He's got great nuts."
No, no, don't feel bad about me. I'm relieved. I mean, romance is so costly, you know. It's so random and such a game of wits. It's exhausting. Well…I find it just ruthlessly vexing. I don't think guys like me are manufactured for that kind of thing. Romance. My life as a talk show host is compatible with the, you know, the women out there."
- Bizarre sense of humor that makes no sense
- Strange way of talking to people that makes no sense
- Thinks he's hosting a live talk show and often makes jokes to the studio audience…but no one is actually there
- May be a high-functioning "Aspie", as he has some problems with social interaction
- Salem the witch's long lost brother…he's on a mission to find his family
- Has a huge resume filled with hundreds of odd jobs, and jobs that make no sense
- Tends to bluff his way through interviews…and his interview answers make no sense
- Makes up words because most people don't know a fake word from an obscure word
- Just landed a job with Cadabra supervillain Tom Callin of the Outskirts
- Is very gay but doesn't seem to understand how romance works
- Refers to men he likes as "lovely young ladies"
- Surprisingly eloquent when he's high on drugs (and aren't we all?)
"I was born on shit and I'm going to die on an even bigger pile of shit. Why do you royals feel the need to clean us up…
No one here is better than anyone else. We're all orphans of Cadabra. We have no rank. All we have is what we have in our hands at the end of the day. That's something you will never understand, rich boy.
Save me? I don't need saving. My parents died a long time ago. People stopped caring about me a long time ago. I am the casual bride of scum and refuse. But let's get one thing straight. I have never asked anyone for a favor. Never.
Some of the orphans…I remember the day they all got dogs as presents. It was our first pet. The other boys and girls, they loved those furry demons and hugged them and squeezed them and pet them. They all hurried to the front of the line and grabbed the cutest and biggest dogs. By the time I got there all that was left for me was a cat. A white little kitty cat with midget legs. When I first reached out to him, expecting him to love me like a dog would, he scratched and hissed at me. I was so terrified and then angry…until I realized that he just did it because he was afraid of me. Everyone told me to give the cat back and put it down. There was no hope left for such a feral creature. But I took that cat, scratches and all and I made it love me. And I was the center of its little universe. Ever since then…all I've ever wanted were cats. Lost creatures, angry little buggers. The ones that cry in confusion and strike out at the ones that need the most. Because once they love, they love just as hard as they strike."
- A tough-talking prostitute that hates it when people pity her
- Learned to kill a man when she was a teen and a kill vampire in her twenties
- Hot-tempered Latina and swears like a sailor
- Self-loathing and bitter about her shameful past
- Hates royalty and the 1% of Cadabra's rich kingdoms
- Learned a lot of "tricks" when she was a pro, men have no complaints
- She has a special undefined relationship with the "Witches" of the Wilderness
- Has a heart somewhere, buried under that rough exterior…and then ten layers under that
- Likes cats, not dogs
- Likes to encourage men to take a swing at her because she always wins
Author L. M. Warren Says…
"I knew that my princess war trilogy seemed to be going in ascending order. From Princess to Saint…and so the last step to the top was God. The Female GODDESS, or Aphrodite or Shakti, is what Wendy represents, not only metaphorically speaking but also in the sense that she is the consummate politician and what they all do is play God. Politicians are sociopathic and they rationalize that they make these very difficult life and death decisions every day because no one else wants the job. Blossom may have been an evil queen, but anyone taking on the role of God can't afford to exclusively good or exclusively evil. Wendy therefore is more of a classic anti-hero than a villain.
Wendy is playing a deadly game, one that she has to win since she is the "Watchmaker" and the one who pulls the strings of Cadabra's political happenings. I immediately thought of HILLARY CLINTON and BARACK OBAMA, people who have been glorified by the American press for their heroism, but who are also equally despised by the alternative media and international public for their cruelty. I felt that in order to be honest with myself, I had to empathize with this archetype of a politician. Why do they lie? Why do they kill and why do they think they are doing a greater good? Because they are essentially playing God. And in telling their story, I can hear their soul, in agony, and living with such a moral burden.
Wendy calls herself sociopathic but that might not be a technically accurate definition. She is capable of making moral choices but she thinks like a computer. She thinks in numbers and views mankind as mostly weaker members of her species who need micromanagement just to survive another day. She doesn't like to go to war but she feels she has to occasionally, or else mankind destroys each other out of boredom. DOCTOR MANHATTAN from Watchmen certainly comes to mind when visualizing her detachment from society.
The fact that she is a technical wizard and has an empire of leisure technology is a nod to STEVE JOBS, and naturally, if someone is foolish enough to provoke her, she is a PRINCESS MOMBI disaster just waiting to happen. But what I found most fascinating about the character was her tragedy, her pain and her complete inability to share her feelings with fellow humans. She may very well have it worse than her friends Mary and Blossom. I compared her to classic social outcast characters like SARA from THE MAXX, MISTER JAMES STEVENS from The Remains of the Day, or even HAL from 2001, a rather misunderstood artificial being. But when I think about the metaphor of the Goddess as Earth's Mother, I must say that strong and manipulative female figures like BETTY DRAPER and LUCILLE BLUTH are also fitting, since they consider their conniving to be a natural attribute of motherhood…a will to survive and provide for one's hungry children at any cost.
Author L. M. Warren Says…
"Randian is a simple character at first glance and his simplicity, think JESUS CHRIST meets ALEXANDER THE GREAT, is a parallel to the simplified TV depiction of CEO Wendy. But as the story progresses we see that something else is going on with Wendy. She's not petty and cruel like she pretends to be…she just thinks she's God. And Randian's character also goes through a significant series of events that are not at all what we expect in the beginning. The fact that he's a GIANT and a pseudo-superhero is a bit of a red herring creatively. Ultimately it's not the "war" that matters, but what this freedom fighter actually learns on his quest. One of my favorite things about Randian was his total lack of humor and miserable personality, which was so over the top angsty and churlish that it became rather funny. He was a perfect straight man to play off of comedic characters like Jerry Quinn and Dark Wraith. I can definitely hear Keith David's GOLIATH voice when I write Randian, sounding so sanctimonious and yet he is not able to hear how absurd he sounds to other people."
Gemini is really a difficult character to write and even to show in a book that's rated PG-13 for general audiences. Her backstory is so horrifying, and her anger is so vitriolic, that we really had to slap a warning label on the book for some of her extreme dialog. She is the classic ALDONZA / DULCINEA tragic character, the prostitute everybody despises until one man sees her as a princess of honor. She doesn't know what to do with love or with compassion. It provokes her. There's nothing funny about her past abuse, but the way that she treats people – even the people she likes – is a bit of dark humor. She's not just a bad ass, she's a SCARFACE-like gangster and as sadistic or cruel as she has to be. Her murderous behavior and inability to control her psychosis recalls to mind the tragic figure of AILEEN WUORNOS. Ironically though, when a man is strong enough to find her heart under all that rage, he truly discovers a teacher, a mother, a compassionate mentor. In her softer scenes, when she shows her true heart…it made me think of SISTER HELEN PREJEAN of Dead Man Walking fame. In the end, she really wants to help people who have suffered like her…the lost orphans of Cadabra."
"Jerry Quinn was originally designed to be a comic relief guy, and Salem the witch's brother. But since all of our comedy takes place in a very tragic and dangerous world, we felt it honest to explore the pain and mental disorders that actually DO create funny people. Jerry does have a lot of funny one liners but the real joke is that he's imitating CARSON and LETTERMAN when he talks to people. He's not really delusional and is aware of his surroundings…and yet he is socially awkward to the point that he just provokes everybody he meets, whether intentionally or not. He could be what you call a high-functioning Aspie (Asperger's Syndrome). You don't really notice anything's wrong with him until you actually pay attention to what he says. It seems like he's trolling you, the ANDY KAUFMAN rebuttal…but he's actually just not communicating very well and is not conveying his message like a normal adult. I also thought of COSMO KRAMER from Seinfeld because I admired the way Larry David wrote him…he's not "slow" like Forrest Gump or Rain Man. His brain is just operating too fast, and going places most of us can't follow. I was also a big fan of Susan Harris' Soap and the neurotic and un-saintly character of JODIE DALLAS, I thought, was amazing to watch. So Jerry was a huge creative challenge…not only writing a flawed gay character but also making him difficult to understand, hard to like, and yet the most poignant pathos of the series yet. "
"The WITCHES are the real wild card of the book and they're not so easy to categorize because they bring a certain nihilism and anarchy to a very simple world. They are metaphors for terrorists, as well as religious and political dissidents whose goal is to ultimately destroy society and undermine the ideologies that peaceful civilization holds dear. So while Salem is what we might consider a nice "horrorist" who doesn't want to hurt anybody, the Witches do want to uproot society and start over. Bianca Natalie and Rita believe they will rebuild the ashes of Cadabra after the "civilized kingdoms" destroy one another. So what we have in Book 3 are several anti-conflicts. All of these antagonists are against Wendy, making life inconvenient for her somehow, but oftentimes they don't even realize what they're doing. The witches are watching Wendy's every move, planning the uprising, and we can only presume Wendy has a backup plan that will save civilization as we know it. Because although some of these anti-heroes may be irredeemable, recurring characters like Salem and Mary, give the trilogy its heart and soul and we DO care about how these catastrophic events affect their marriage."
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These carrot cookies with orange icing are a Wetta family tradition.
My grandma kept these in a shoebox in her freezer between layers of waxed paper. She'd send you out to the garage to get a Diet Rite and say "bring in a cookie, too." She must have liked her sweet treats on the chilly side, because she also kept frozen Twinkies and orange push-ups from the Schwan's man in there.
My grandma was not a great cook, but a utilitarian one. Raising the ten children of a country lawyer demands it. There is no room for gourmet when serving that many people.
But everyone in my family loves these cookies. This, and the banana cake, were also my father's favorite treats. So I always think of him when I make them.
I'm not going to lie — other people often find these strange. But if you don't like them, that's okay. You'll just never meet a Wetta who won't eat them.
Carrot cookies always seem particularly appropriate for Easter, which was why I wasn't surprised that my sister and I both made them last weekend.
The recipe is from an old Betty Crocker cookbook. I've updated it (butter, not Crisco!) and my family has never made it with coconut.
The cookies are very cake-like, light and pillowy. The orange icing is a dream. The citrus cuts the sweetness. I do recommend keeping them in the freezer and just popping one out at a time and letting it thaw a bit before eating. I don't know if it's just nostalgia, but they really do taste best that way, in my opinion.
Carrot Cookies
Cookie dough:
- 1 C cooked, mashed carrots (or baby food works fine! The kind for older kids)
- 3/4 C sugar
- 1 C butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 C flour
- 2 t baking powder
- 1/2 t salt
Orange frosting:
- 1 C butter
- 4 C powdered sugar
- 2 t vanilla
- juice and zest of one orange
Preheat oven to 400F. Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, and carrots in standing mixer. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to sugar and butter mixture until combined. Do not over-mix.
Scoop about two tablespoons of dough onto un-greased cookie sheet. Leave about two inches between cookies. Bake for eight minutes until cookies are soft to the touch. Cool on rack.
For frosting, cream together butter and powdered sugar in standing mixer. Add vanilla, orange juice, and zest. Beat until combine.
You'll have extra frosting; save for later or make a double batch of cookies! Remember, they freeze well.


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The BKS015 EE version with external controller is perfect the solution for narrow web applications where the web guide is difficult to access. It has the same features and advantages as above.
FMS Webmaster 020
The steering frames of the FMSwebMASTER 020 series have been specifically developed for use in narrow web applications such as: label printing presses, small slitters and rewinders, film conversions, small packaging lines etc.
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The Steering Frames of the BKS 030 series were designed to cover the middle material range with web sizes from 500 to 1700 mm. They are the perfect choice for label printing presses, slitters, re-winders, film conversion and extruding equipment, packaging lines and many other applications.
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Webdirector 041/042
The FMW Webdirector 041/042 has been developed for applicatoins that have long free spans. It design, with the turning poing outside of the steering frame, can correct large deviations in web position.
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Winderglide Actuators
Winderglide Type D.3 Actuator 650N Thrust Force, 120 to 200mm steering offset
The Winderglide D.3 is designed to equip medium-sized unwind and rewind stands.
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The Winderglide D.6 is designed fro guiding heavy unwind and rewind stands. Clean operating-the Winderlgide is suitable for the food and pharmaceutical industry.
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Keyven LewisRichardson, Texas, US
About My Natural Delivery
My pacing is normal (not too fast or too slow), which is great for most types of copy. I'm naturally dynamic which makes it easy to add enthusiasm and a variety of colors to my delivery. My delivery style is believable, deep, dignified, dynamic, gravely, intelligent, powerful, trustworthy and epic, bold. I naturally sound like a DJ, story teller and teacher with a vocal age range of between 40 to 55.
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I have not worked on any projects yet but have been told by many people that I have the voice to be doing voice-overs so I am stepping out on faith to break ground in this industry.
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Dell Laptop running Windows 8
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CULTURAL BACKGROUND: Oni are small demons from Japanese folklore. These popular imps are widely featured in Japanese art, literature and theatre, growing out of the religious traditions of Shintoism and Buddhism in Japan. In the Edo Period the demons began to be depicted with humor, more mischievous than dangerous. In netsuke figures and other carvings, this humor was shown as they played tricks and practical jokes upon their enemy Shoki, the Demon Queller.
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Accession Number : AD0728805
Title : Instrumented Impact Tester Operation Procedure for Izod Specimen.
Descriptive Note : Technical memo.,
Corporate Author : PICATINNY ARSENAL DOVER N J
Personal Author(s) : Martin,Dale E.
Report Date : MAY 1971
Pagination or Media Count : 19
Abstract : A procedure was developed using instrumented Izod (cantilever beam) Impact Tester. This procedure can be used for testing various types of material such as: plastics, light metals, ceramics, and materials used in the non-metallic cartridge cases. There are two hammers available at present. A two foot pound, and 10 foot pound. The height of release of the pendulum is two feet, giving a striking velocity of approximately eleven foot pound seconds. An oscilloscope with storage display is used to record the results. (Author)
Descriptors : (*TEST METHODS, *IMPACT TESTS), MATERIALS
Subject Categories : Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE


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So today marks Pink Hope's annual Bright Pink Lipstick Day! Now running for it's third year in a row, Bright Pink Lipstick Day is run to encourage women and their families to talk about their families hereditary health – in particular ovarian and breast cancer. In Australia 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 85, and 1 in 77 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Australian women, accounting for 15.6% of all cancer deaths. There is an 84% survival rate for women with breast cancer detected and treated early on, and thanks to awareness campaigns run by amazing not for profit organisations this percentage is getting stronger every year. Pink Hope is Australia's only hereditary health charity.
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On Aug 12, 2012, at 3:35 PM, shawn wrote:
#my commandline: # cat /proc/cmdline console=ttyS0,115200 ubi.mtd=2 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs rwmtdparts=orion_nand:0x100000@0x0(u-boot),0x400000@0x100000(uImage), 0x1fb00000@0x500000(rootfs) rwman proc -> type "//proc/cmdline" -> hit [enter] /proc/cmdline Arguments passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. Often done via a boot manager such as lilo(8) or grub(8).the mtdparts= is how you specify the partitioning of NAND flash via thekernel command line.
On Aug 12, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Eric Cooper wrote:
The mtdparts kernel parameter is currently documented only in the kernel source code (in drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c): * The format for the command line is as follows: * * mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef] * <mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>] * where <mtd-id> is the name from the "cat /proc/mtd" * command * <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro][lk] * <mtd-id> := unique name used in mapping driver/device (mtd->name) * <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all remaining * space * <name> := '(' NAME ')' * * Examples: * * 1 NOR Flash, with 1 single writable partition: * edb7312-nor:- * * 1 NOR Flash with 2 partitions, 1 NAND with one * edb7312-nor:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root);edb7312-nand:-(home)
Thanks Shawn and Eric! That helps me figure out which parts are which and gives some clue to what it means.
Nevertheless, I still have a couple of larger questions that maybe somebody can answer...
*) I assume that we need an mtd partition starting at zero because that's were the 0xa0000 is relative to? and 0xa0000 is the location of the area containing the uboot environment variables?
*) Why didn't the folks at Marvell make the partition starting at zero visible to Linux? Lazy? or they didn't want to clutter up the interface? or something else?
*) Presumably making the mtd partition starting at zero visible to Linux will alter the names of the other mtd partitions. Is this going to cause any problems down the line? like, with the programs that write the kernel and initrd to flash during an upgrade? will they have names like "mtd0" hard coded? or do they somehow find their targets adaptively?
Thanks! Rick


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A/N: And the first of my New Year fics. Posted on the day after Christmas, as promised. From now till New Year's Eve! If my imagination can come up with that many New Year's Eve scenario's....Oh, it will, doy!
DISCLAIMER: SVU and characters are owned by Dick Wolf. Story, dialogue and narrative owned and protected by TStabler©
"Okay, how about 'I will eat less fattening foods'," Casey offered. Olivia looked at her like she was crazy, and Alex and Melinda were not exactly looking at her like she was sane, either. "Oh, right. You don't eat them to begin with."
"Um...oh! 'I will not aim my gun at Alex'." Alex said with a big, toothy grin.
"When have I ever pulled my gun on you?" Olivia asked, furrowing her brow and pursing her lips.
Alex took a bite of her sandwich. "Never, I would just like it to stay that way."
"Oh, I have the perfect resolution for you, Olivia," Melinda said, smirking at Casey and Alex. "What about, 'I will kiss Elliot Stabler at midnight on New Year's Eve?"
"Perfect," Alex said.
Casey clapped and bowed to Melinda. "I am not worthy. You have found the Holy Grail, Dr. Warner."
Olivia, white and slightly pasty, choked on her salad. "Woah, hey, guys. I said I wanted you to help me make a New Year's resolution not a death wish!"
"He's single now, and we all know he's crazy about you, Olivia!" Casey, drinking her glass of wine, tried to convince her friend to go with it. "It could be your lucky year!"
Olivia shook her head. "Yeah, he's single, but crazy about me? Negative. You're all delusional. Besides, I'd be risking my job, our partnership, our friendship...everything," she said staring into her water glass. "I just...can't."
Melinda, drinking her wine, looked at Olivia in shock. "Olivia, you know he's nuts about you. We all do. What makes you think you'll screw everything up by kissing him?"
"Guys, come on! I haven't had the luckiest year of my life, and I'm not about to push my luck, that I don't have, by kissing the only man who ever mattered to me. He'll disappear. SHe bit her bottom lip and quietly added, "Like everyone else." Suddenly Olivia got up and headed toward the ladies room.
"Well, if she can't make the resolution, we're just gonna have to make it for her," Alex said with a sly, impish grin.
Casey chuckled as she looked at Melinda, then at Alex. "Okay, counselor. I know that look. Let's hear this diabolical plan of yours."
Smirking, Alex told them every sordid detail.
"Okay, Case. Yeah, I got it! Meet you here at nine. I still don't see why we couldn't just meet at the...I know, that's what you said but, Fin is right here I could just...hello? She hung up on me," Olivia said as she flicked her phone shut and tossed it on her desk.
"What was that about anyway?" Elliot asked.
Olivia rolled her eyes and shrugged. "Well, tonight was supposed to be a girl thing, since a week ago we were all blissfully single. But, then Casey hooked up with Fin, Munch grew some balls and asked Alex out, and Melinda is seeing some blonde doctor she works with. So, instead of going to O'Malley's like we planned, now, as you know, we're going to some little sit down Tapas place. I assume you're bringing some leggy blonde or perky-boobed redhead. I get to be the, uh, ninth wheel."
"Eighth," Elliot corrected.
"You're not bringing a date?" Olivia asked, hoping the excitement and joy in her voice was well hidden.
Elliot shook his head. "Nope. You and I get to be like the, uh, training wheels, I guess. The stable relationship keeping the confused, awkward couples from tumbling over all night." He flushed. He had just implied that he and Olivia were in a relationship, and a stable one at that. "I mean, ya know, cause we've been partners for so long that we're uh..."
"I know what you meant, El." She went back to typing her paperwork. "You wouldn't have meant it any other way," she said almost under her breath.
"Yo, El, man," Fin said. "I'm havin' car problems. Casey's pickin' me up, so I can't take you. Just meet us here at nine. We'll hoof it. Cool?"
Elliot nodded. "Yeah, Fin. No problem."
Olivia looked up from her computer. "Wait, that doesn't make any....Casey was supposed to pick me up because my lack of car makes driving hard. She just told me that her car was in the...oh, maybe I'm just getting wires crossed it's been a long day." Olivia said with a shrug. "People are not having any luck today."
Olivia walked into the bullpen, double checking her bag for everything she'd need. "All right, I couldn't get a taxi, and these shoes were not really designed to...okay, a room full of nobody." She looked around and the squadroom was empty. She checked her watch. It was nine-oh-four. Where was everyone?
"Hey guys, I had to park all the way down the street...Liv," Elliot stopped in his tracks when he took in the sight before him. She was stunning. Her hair fell to her shoulders, down and wavy. The navy blue, sparkly dress she was wearing hugged every curve and hit at just above the knee. The V-cut neckline was just low enough to be sexy and not low-enough to be slutty. It was perfectly Olivia. "You look incredible."
She blushed. Dammit. "Oh, thank you, El. You look quite dashing yourself." Did she really just say dashing? Her brain had melted the moment he walked in. The suit he had on hit every rippling muscle in just the right way, and the color off-set his cerulean eyes perfectly. She could look into those eyes forever.
They heard the door slam and it made both of them jump. They heard the jingle of keys and a slip of paper passed under the door. Olivia ran over and retrieved it, and when she read it, her face went white, her blood ran cold and she wanted to die. "I'm going to kill them, and you're going to help me."
"What?" Elliot asked, perplexed.
"Listen to this, El. 'Hey guys. Champagne on Captain's desk for you. You can see the ball drop from Interrogation Room One. Sorry to do this to you, but it's the only way either of you will keep your resolution. Good luck. We'll be back at twelve-oh-five to unlock the door. Happy New Year. Fin, Munch, Casey, Alex and Melinda.' Those sons of bitches," she declared, pressing her lips together.
"Oh, great. I knew Fin was gonna do something like this the minute he suggested that I..." he stopped himself.
Olivia looked up at him. "That you...what?"
"Well, Liv, Fin kind of gave me my New Year's resolution," Elliot said, throwing his hand in the air.
Olivia laughed. "Well, I got mine from the great Dr. Warner. I told her she was shit out of luck. Guess doctors and lawyers don't like to take 'no' for an answer, huh?"
"Neither do cops, Liv." He sat on the edge of the desk next to her. "Well, lucky us," he said going into Cragen's office to get the champagne. He came back and popped the cork, making Olivia laugh. "We're stuck here, might as well make the most of it."
Olivia nodded as she took a plastic cup of the bubbly from Elliot. "No one else I'd rather be trapped in a room with," she said with a smirk as they toasted.
By eleven-thirty they had talked about everything. From how Elliot and the kids were handling life without Kathy, great all around, to what they each thought about the latest Bon Jovi album, loved it. Somehow, they ended up on the interrogation table, with the bottle of champagne half gone. They were cuddling, her head was on his chest and he was absent-mindedly stroking her hair. They had been involved in an intense word association game for the last ten minutes, and the last word Elliot had said was "rainbow."
Liv hummed. "Pot of gold."
Elliot laughed. "Leprechaun."
"Lucky charms," said Olivia laughing. She'd been thinking of the cartoon one from the breakfast cereal commercial.
Elliot said, "Four-leaf clover."
There was silence for a moment. "You," Olivia said softly.
"What?" Elliot said. "I couldn't here you, baby."
Her head popped up. He just called her baby. Really? "Uh, I said, 'you'."
"How do you get the letter U from 'four leaf clover' ? You mean like a horseshoe?" He furrowed his brow.
"No, not the letter U. You, you." She pointed to him, for emphasis. "You. Elliot Stabler. Because, you're Irish. And...rare, like a four-leaf clover. Ya know?" She said, biting her bottom lip.
"Uh, okay. I guess." Elliot went to pull her back down on the table with him, but she hopped up.
"I mean, think about it! You could have a field of clover and you could spend an eternity looking through every single one, and you're always just going to come up with the stupid, piddly little three-leaf clovers that aren't lucky at all, they just think they are because they're green and clover-like. They'll never make you happy, you'll just always compare them to the four-leaf clover. You'll look at them and resent them and finally throw them away, because they'll just never be as good as the fucking four-leaf clover."
She threw her hand in a wild gesture and took two steps back. "Then, stupid you, you go right back out into the field and try again, pulling and ripping at the clover, but still, all you get is goddamn three-leaf clovers, the annoying fuckers. And the one you want, the one you really fucking want, the one with the four goddamn leaves? You can't have it because there was only one in the whole fucking bunch and some arrogant, blonde bitch skipped through the damn field before you did and found it and plucked it, and now it's all bent and broken and it thinks its luck has run out, but that's only because the person who had it before, the fucking idiot who didn't know what a goddamn treasure she had in her hands, mistreated it and didn't care for it the way that she should have and just left it there to die, when I, the one who really needed the luck and the love and the protection that the fucking four-leaf clover could have given me for the last nine damn years, would have cherished it, and kept it safe, and wouldn't have let anything or anyone do anything to hurt you...it...the clover."
"Wow, Liv," Elliot got up to go to her, to somehow stop the tears that were running down her cheeks.
"Don't, El," she said, putting a hand up to keep him at bay. She sniffled. "I don't even know where that came from. Or why I'm crying. But, I do know that you have to stay there."
"Okay," he said. "Liv, so you said...me? That whole rant about plants, that was about...me."
Olivia scoffed. "You're in the wrong line of work. You should be a detective. Oh...wait," she said, with a sarcastic laugh through her tears. "Look, it's almost midnight. I don't wanna spend the last five minutes of this year feeling the way I've felt for the last..."
"Nine years?" Elliot asked, worry etched in his chiseled features.
Olivia's eyes widened. "Why do you pick now to pick up on my brilliant use of metaphor?"
"Well, Liv, now I'm right there with ya. If you said 'me', then I have to say 'you', because the only thing that makes sense to me, the only person I can think of when I think about myself, is you. We belong together, Benson and Stabler. I got that whole rant, Liv. I mean, there were a lot of 'goddamns' and 'fucks' but I understood. And, Liv, I want to be...no I am yourfour-leaf clover. I have loved and protected you, haven't I? I just couldn't, I mean I didn't think you wanted me, so I tried to make things work with Kathy. I've wanted to be yours for the last nine damn years." He pulled her into a hug, inhaled her scent and sighed. And when he pulled back, they could hear the people on the street outside counting down. "I think your luck is about to change, Liv." They knew the ball was dropping, but they weren't interested. They were counting down to something else.
The moment their eyes met, all was lost. The kiss was everything they had each imagined it could and would be. Gentle and rough, welcome and imposing, emotional and lustful, passionate and aggressive, giving and hungry, desperate and understanding and above all else filled with pure, unadulterated love.
They weren't sure how long they'd been standing in the cold, metallic room kissing like their lives depended on it, but when they could no longer breathe, they pulled away from each other, reluctantly. "Happy New Year, baby." Elliot said. "What do you think this year's gonna be like for us?"
"Damn lucky," Olivia replied. They laughed, sharing their little inside joke. "I've already kept my resolution."
"What do you know, Liv, so have I," Elliot said, smirking. "I'm about to do it again, too."
"Hmm...must be my lucky night," Olivia said smiling as Elliot gave her her second kiss of the new year, oblivious to the five smirking people watching from the two-way mirror.
A/N: Hmmmm, and your thoughts of the first NYE fic??


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Annie Wong speaks to Kim Robinson, the Australian-born, Clearwater Bay-based hairstylist who has tamed the tresses of the rich and famous.
I live a very public life. I wanted to have my privacy back and was very lucky to find a location in Clearwater Bay and love it. I was born in Australia and I've lived all over Hong Kong Island and enjoyed living in Shek O for nearly 18 years.
I worked part time at a salon when I was 14, working Saturdays to earn pocket money. I didn't have any family in the beauty industry, most of my relatives were farmers. I was the black sheep in the family, and chose the road less travelled.
You think you know all the answers when you're young, but you don't. I won Australia's Apprentice of the Year Award in my first year of the apprenticeship. Some days you get tired and bored and you question what you're doing. I love the creative part of it, but it does take years of study and practice to get any success.
It was difficult in the 70s in Australia to make a career in hairdressing. I faced many challenges. I was the only male in class and would get whistles from the guys in the woodworking class. To be honest, I thought I was the lucky one.
I get a chance to see and transform women. I want them to feel beautiful. It's the empowerment that women feel that gives me pleasure. This is what we do and it's a part of our philosophy.
Once you get the right haircut, it's priceless. If it's not a haircut that you can manage and a style that isn't achievable at home, then I won't do it.
Le Salon, on Hankow Road, was my first salon I opened in1980. At the time, there were only Shanghainese barbers and a few chains of mass market salons. I now own three Kim Robinson salons across Hong Kong and we're fortunate to own the premier market even after 40 years.
Some people in the artistic industry are fickle, come and go, and aren't as successful. There are only a few hair stylists in the world that can charge the prices we do, and have the client base that we have.
I've done all the big shots and worked with the most amazing people in the world, including Princess Diana, Audrey Hepburn, Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung. Farm boys don't do this kind of thing.
I love painting, gardening and going to all the nurseries around Sai Kung. I've got a puppy Jack Russell, Luca. Playing with him in the garden is my way to relax. He was born in a litter from Clearwater Bay.
I'm also involved with charity work. We do a lot of work with the elderly, cancer patients and Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation. I believe in giving back to the community that supports you and has given you success.
I'm enjoying what I'm doing, and I'm living a beautiful life. If you choose a job you love, you will excel in it.


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Adrian Pelkus
with 30+ years experience developing over 250 different electronic products and high technology processes has helped startup several technology companies. Mr. Pelkus is named inventor on fourteen U.S. Patents including a "Thin Film Flexible Solar Cell" and inventor of the FDA cleared O2MislyTM Wound Treatment System.
In 2005 Mr. Pelkus reorganized the San Diego Inventors Forum now a 501c3 to help startup entrepreneurs
Michele Nash-Hoff
is president of ElectroFab Sales, a manufacturers rep agency, and author of Can American Manufacturing Be Saved—Why We Should and How We Can. She is also a director on the national board of the American Jobs Alliance and Chair of the California chapter of the Coalition for a Prosperous America. Her blog articles appear on Industry Week magazine's blog. She is an authorized speaker on behalf of the Reshoring Initiative.
Sidney Wildesmith
Trained as a biologist, naturalist and educator, Sidney started his professional career working as an interpretive naturalist in Minnesota State Parks. His deep knowledge and love of the earth drives his artistic expression. His desire to inspire an understanding and appreciation for the wonder and beauty of the earth led him to create the National Parks Touring Artists Program, through which he provided art classes and programming to park visitors as Artist-In- Residence in 7 National Parks.
Sidney is a media pro, engaging in internet media from its inception. He produced a national radio show in conjunction with "Psychology Today Magazine", produced and hosted his own weeklyhour-long internet radio show, the "Wild Side News", which, over its 5-year run interviewed hundreds of the world's leading nature and environmental leaders. He is CEO and Founder of CleanTekTv, a showcase of clean technologies and has produced over 600 videos for clients at all levels and have generated over 1 million views. His support of inventors goes back for 35 years as he assisted the inventor of the first erasable CD. He continues to help inventors bring their ideas to market. He is currently VP of Business Development for a high tech solution to the global bedbug scourge. His gifts as a story teller has been instrumental in producing a full-length documentary slated to launch in 2017. He is also a music performer and producer. His diversity of skills makes him uniquely prepared to assist in creative problem solving at all levels.
David Waller
founder of Patent Solutions, David B. Waller & Associates and Patent Success Strategies, obtained his Bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of California at San Diego, a Master's degree in biochemistry from the University of Denver and a Juris Doctor degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. He has worked for private and publicly traded companies, research institutions and law firms. Mr. Waller became a Patent Agent in 1999 after being a research chemist for over ten years. He has been an active member of the American Chemical Society since 1984, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association and a former Intellectual Property and Patent Law Committee member for BIOCOM. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for two start-up companies, as intellectual property advisor for the San Diego Inventors Forum and manages the intellectual property portfolios of several high technology companies in San Diego.
Leslie Wagner
is a Consulting professional with extensive experience assisting entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMBs and large-corporations in the management of their intellectual property portfolio including; end-to-end contract management and administration, business strategy development, project management, and product launch activities. With considerable professional and legal training, Leslie has spent more than 15 years applying her knowledge to every facet of business development and IP management. Leslie offers a 360° perspective on managing distribution channels for the final product/service, including licensing opportunities.
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Published by sylvia on 22 Dec 2010
Building credit in college
When my homeschooled daughter started college, she started receiving tons of credit-card offers. She's always had an unusual ability to learn from other people's problems, so she happily announced she was throwing them in the trash. But when I explained that a credit score is, like it or not, a requirement of being a functioning adult, and if she was smart she could start building good credit now, she was willing to learn. We read the CC offers together, and I showed her how to look for critical information like annual fee, whether it was a "preapproved" offer or just an invitation to apply for credit, and the offered line of credit and interest rate. I explained that even though she had income since she was on a full academic scholarship, she did NOT want to be carrying a credit card balance as a student (or ever, other than to pay off large unexpected expenses like car repairs). So interest rate was mostly unimportant, as when she used the card, she's be paying it off before any interest was applied. First, all the "you are invited to apply" offers went in the trash. She didn't *need* any credit cards. Next, of the "you are preapproved" offers, everything with an annual fee went in the trash. That left a few "preapproved" no-annual-fee offers to compare.
At my suggestion, she accepted a credit card from Capital One. It had a pretty high interest rate and a fairly low line of credit (less than $500 IIRC), but I'd had a CO card for years, it's manageable online and I knew they follow through with their commitments AND report to the credit bureaus. I told her she should use the card occasionally, but only when she had the money in the bank ready to pay for what she charged as soon as the bill came in. She listened to me, used the card occasionally, paid it off, and continued to throw credit card offers in the trash.
After a year or so of building her credit with the Capital One card, the offers changed a little. She still got too many invitations-to-apply and offers for cards with annual fees, but she started to also get preapproved offers with higher limits from fussier credit companies. Again at my suggestion, she accepted a card from Chase. She wanted to know why she needed another card, since she had one in good standing. I pointed out the higher credit limit and slightly lower interest rate and said that Chase would look better on a credit report than Capital One, who will give a card to just about anyone.
So now this college senior has two credit cards in good standing, that she uses occasionally and promptly pays off, and several years' worth of green "as agreed" reports to credit bureaus. Her credit score is apparently better than mine, because she is now receiving "preapproved" offers from Discover and American Express. I suggested she take the Discover card, because of its low rate and cash back program, but I don't think she has. I told her AmEx has lots of benefits, and that my father used one for years because working for ABC-Television, he could be sent across the globe at an hour's notice or suddenly need to take 50 people out for dinner, and AmEx with its no-credit-limit is unsurpassed for that kind of travel. But I also told her if she is ever in a job where she needs AmEx, she won't need me to tell her that she does.
Naturally, at this point she doesn't realize how valuable her good credit report will be later. She won't realize it until she has graduated and wants to rent an apartment or buy a car or house or has to set up accounts with utility companies. Even then, she may not realize how smart she was to listen to me, until she hears co-workers or friends moan about being turned down for an apartment lease or having to pay a higher interest rate for an auto loan. But at some point, I'm pretty confident she'll come give me a hug and say "thanks for telling me how to build a good credit rating!" And I'll just smile and thank God for blessing me with a daughter who was smart enough to listen.
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