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It's been a tough year for political elites, here and around the world, what with the passage of Brexit in June in Britain, the repudiation of Colombia's Nobel Peace Prize recipient in the October FARC referendum and the defeat of America's Nobel Peace Prize recipient's preferred candidate in the November presidential election.
Not all the consequences are clear. But one thing seems true: The election of Donald Trump has put the kibosh on two projects long pursued by American elites, the entitlement reform sought by conservative elites and the measures to address climate change sought by liberal elites.
He's on particularly strong ground on climate change. Global warming alarmists proclaim that their dire scenarios are certain to occur, and they would be clearly right if the only thing affecting temperatures were carbon dioxide emissions. But many other things (e.g., the sun) affect climate, as well, and the interactions among them and their differing effects are not fully understood, as the failure of climate scientists' models to explain past observations shows.
Liberal elites tell us that "the science is settled" and that people must have faith in their predictions. But science is never settled. Scientists produce theories and test them against observations. When Albert Einstein announced his relativity theory in 1905, he didn't ask people to have faith. He claimed that his theory would do a better job than Isaac Newton's of predicting observations in a solar eclipse in 1919.
It is religion, not science, that demands that people have faith in things that otherwise seem unlikely, brands those who do not as "heretics" and "deniers," requires participation in repeated rituals (recycling, anyone?), and permits sinners to purchase indulgences (carbon offsets for Al Gore's private jet).
The sensible thing to do about possible climate change is to learn more, to fund research (and not just by believers in the alarmist faith), to think seriously about how to mitigate possible bad effects — and to take advantage of possible good ones. (I grew up in Michigan, where I would have been happy to experience a little warming.)
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As February 2011 comes to a final close, here's your Oscars / Charlie Sheen wrap up. Last night, ABC was home to the 83rd annual Academy Awards. That's right… 83 years of closing streets in Hollywood that could have nothing less to do with the damn event taking place on Highland Avenue. But I digress. More notably, gridlock or not, the Oscars telecast didn't do as well as in recent years.
Entertainment Weekly reported this morning that "the show was down 7 percent in the preliminary numbers among adults 18-49, despite the Academy picking youth-targeted hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco to draw younger demos. The telecast delivered a 24.6 household rating and a 14.5 household number among adults 18-49." I'm not sure what numbers the network was hoping for, but let's face it, the opening of the show was less than impressive. Their monologue was filled with awkward pauses, failed punchlines, poor comedic timing, all the while riddled with a lack of chemistry between the two as they fumbled through their bits. As far as I'm concerned, Hathaway could have worked a little harder on her joke delivery and skipped the 19th outfit change and Franko – you silly boy – could have waited until we at least got to the best actor award before he got visually stoned.
That aside, here now is a list of your winners minus the treacherous acceptance speeches that seem to drone on forever. I have to quote my father who, after hearing Natalie Portman's acceptance speech, exclaimed, "She forgot to thank the guy who cleaned the bathrooms!"
BEST PICTURE: The King's Speech
BEST ACTOR: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
BEST ACTRESS: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
BEST DIRECTOR: Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
BEST SONG: "We Belong Together," Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christian Bale, The Fighter
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Now let's take one last look this month at our real metal trophy – Charlie Sheen. This morning, the actor appeared on two morning shows. Both ABC's "Good Morning America" and NBC's "Today" show aired segments of their involved Sheen interviews within the first two hours of the program. In case you missed it, our party boy is demanding MORE money to come back to CBS sitcom, "Two and a Half Men" next season. Being one of the highest paid actors at a current rate of $1.8 million per episode, he's now requesting $3 million per shoot. When questioned about the raise, Sheen replied, "Yeah, look what they put me through." He also divulged his intent to sue his bosses saying, "Wouldn't you?" Now don't worry, good 'ol Charlie hasn't forgotten that his image may have been a tad tarnished lately because of his behavior. Let's check the transcripts and see what he had to say about it reflecting on how people view him now. "What's not to love? Especially when you see how I party. It was epic. The run I was on made Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards just look like droopy-eyed armless children."
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…. and if they aren't, they haven't quite figured out that homeschooling is not the same as school at home.
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Wouldn't homeschooling take away from such a pursuit, she wondered. How much time did homeschooling take? When would she find time to write? And how in the world would she explain to her kids why they didn't go to school?
It wasn't that long ago that I was facing the same dilemma. It wasn't that long ago that I was completely disillusioned at the fact that while all the other moms were rejoicing that their kids were (finally, finally!) back in school, it was life as usual for us year round.
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Homeschooling gives you what other careers can only dream of – the ability to have fun while you work, the potential to see your hard work pay off right in front of your eyes, to see a specific project to the end, to pour the best of your intellect, creativity and every aspect of your personality into your own children.
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Thank you very much, since this has been an intense period you would forgive me if I read some points and then of course I will take questions and be a little bit more informal but I need to be a little bit formal because after all, this is the fourth round of the intra-Syrian talks which have just been concluded.
For your information we will [in due course] be releasing a formal mediation statement, which will be available to you and to the invitees of course, and which captures in precise language where we believe we stand after this fourth round. Let me however give you an overview of the main points of this fourth round, what we have achieved, what we have not achieved and where we could go from here.
First of all, these are the first political talks in 10 months and we talked for actually almost 10 days, intensive 10 days. So let me be a little bit formal by saying I really express my gratitude to the Syrian invitees, all those who came and were invited, for engaging with me and my colleagues in serious discussions during these last nine days.
It has not always been easy going, we had some difficult, tough meetings but we also had some very constructive meetings and this has been growing up during the last part of this round. We did discuss procedure - unavoidable after 10 months - but we also discussed substance. So what did we reach, first - it is now clear to everyone , there is no discussion on that - we are here to implement Security Council resolution 2254 and that is beyond dispute.
I believe and therefore am expecting the sides should now pursue a framework agreement containing an agreed political package so that a negotiated transitional political process can be implemented as indicated by resolution 2254. We are here to talk about that. Everybody is aware, and we are obviously aware, that 2254 contains also very clear sequencing and target timetables or timelines.
Second, I think and believe that we have a clear agenda now in front of us. The agenda is reflected by the baskets - four baskets, 3+1. Basket one addresses all issues related to the establishment within a target hopefully of six months of credible inclusive non-sectarian governance. Basket two addresses all issues relating to setting within a target of six months again, a schedule and process for drafting a new constitution.
Basket three addresses all issues related to ensuring that free and fair elections pursuant to a new constitution can be held within 18 months, under the supervision of the United Nations, including members of the diaspora eligible to participate. Anyway, read 2254 and you will find it. And then there is an additional basket which was added at the request of the Government delegation, which we will call basket four and which addresses within the context of the overall transitional political process issues related to strategies of counter terrorism, security, governance and also medium-term confidence building measures.
Astana and Geneva are complementing themselves and reinforcing each other - we know it and we did reassert that. We look at the Astana efforts, which had been and have a full UN, and active support to address issues related to the maintenance of the ceasefire: immediate confidence-building measures and operational counter terrorism issues. Let me explain. A ceasefire is meant to stop the fighting among warring parties. A ceasefire is meant therefore to facilitate other important aspects for normal people, for instance humanitarian access. And release of prisoners - we heard an interesting suggestion by the delegation of the government regarding the concrete possibility of the exchange of detainees and abducted people and obviously the place for doing that is Astana. So while Geneva in the fourth basket will be addressing naturally what is the strategy regarding terrorism or counter terrorism and see what can be done in order to address that, in Astana they are expected to actually address the issue of counter terrorism because when the warring parties stop fighting they are meant to do so in order to be able to focus and concentrate completely on the terrorist organisations which by the UN standards are only two: Al Nusra and Daesh.
This connection we raised and we will continue raising and I want to underscore the vital need for unhindered humanitarian access because it is not snow, it is not rain, it is not the earthquake, the non-access of humanitarian aid is caused by the conflict. If there is a ceasefire that means there should be no reason for not giving a chance for humanitarian aid to reach everyone. And you can imagine by us and by many, the issue of the detainees, abductees, and missing people was raised and will continue to be raised. You probably will remember the first meeting, the very first meeting on the first day was not with the delegation, it was with five women representing mothers, daughters, wives of detained, abducted or missing Syrian people representing thousands of other like them.
Let's go back to the intra-Syrian talks, negotiations -whatever we want to call them- event, a third point, we have discussed the substance of all these baskets stimulated by the UN inputs, we have been able to actually see what were the informed positions of the parties and we have been submitting in basically some thoughts based on the previous rounds.
In other words, it was possible to begin also discussions on governance, constitution making, elections and also some discussion on this additional basket regarding counter terrorism and related issues.
Fourth, we had a clear methodology to proceed, and we [the UN] have agreed on that. Within the intra-Syrian talks process, the baskets would be addressed and will be addressed in a parallel way.
Now regarding methodology, while it remains our goal to secure an agreement to move to direct negotiations between the government and the opposition, at the moment we have noticed - and that was the case in Astana too - that there is a moment when in fact it is more effective to have proximity mediation discussions like we have had this time. The moments when the mediation and the mediator finds it in fact more useful for both sides or all sides to actually have proximity talks rather than having direct ones - but we would pursue that when we would feel that the moment is right.
In between rounds, of course, we can be very creative if the sides require so, through, in fact, technical discussions, working groups, experts committees, commissions, joint commissions or any other arrangement. We are ready for all that in order to fill up the gap between one round and the other.
And six, an important subject that you know, that have been often coming up to, we believe there was progress made this round towards the basis or the need for a basis of a single opposition delegation to participate in negotiations with the government of Syria.
We are aware, and we have been supporting and facilitating a lot of dialogue in contacts among invitees on this matter and that has continued until today.
We will continue definitely encouraging efforts in this direction and work for finalising efforts, so that in the context of resolution 2254 the various parts will be able to come with some common umbrella or understanding on what is their common position - and there are common positions.
You must have heard - and I think you've heard about it - there is a non-paper, that we produced, of 12 different points which are in fact a way, through which, we have been trying to summarise what has been picked up during the last period - we didn't start today or yesterday, we started many months ago - on commonalities that can, in a way, be felt as common, at least, principles by all those who care about the end-state of Syria.
And then let me add another point, frankly, because in diplomacy and mediation substance and form are very much combined.
You were there with us on 23rd of February. You remember, you were there, you saw it. This picture is much more than just iconic - it is highly symbolic. This was a very special moment which in a way gave the feeling to all Syrians that everyone connected to the conflict in Syria is able indeed to sit in the same room and actually be there when the UN is trying to give them some guidelines on how to proceed, and in front of them was the whole world, all the ISSG members, the Security Council and behind me were three Syrian women representing the civil society, the victims of this conflict and those who are advising us about what is the women situation - but above all what is their advice about the peace in Syria.
Of course, after that, we had separate meetings, but the psychological barrier was broken and we could see the effects when we had then these separate proximity talks.
So, at the beginning of this period of round of talks, we said that we were not going to expect, and we should not expect a breakthrough. This is a war of six years, where people were not even looking at each other, they were just fighting each other.
I'm planning to proceed to New York to brief the Secretary-General, our Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, and the Security Council in the next few days.
And on the basis of the indications that I will be getting both from the Secretary-General and the Security Council, I'm planning to invite the Syrian invitees back here in March for a fifth round.
We believe that we have prepared everyone to actually engage, not only on methodology, but also on substance regarding the four baskets we refer to.
The train is ready, it is in the station, warming up its engine. Everything is ready, it just needs an accelerator - and the accelerator is in the hands of those who were attending this round.
I know, and you know too, there are still people in Syria and outside who still believe that there is a military option or a military solution.
That is fantasy. Only a political solution - but a political solution that addresses the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people - can solve this crisis. The UN will verify in the next weeks and months, whether such a solution can be found, we believe it must be found.
You would be hearing strong statements after mine or in the next few days. I heard what I heard during the private discussions or informal or formal discussions. I had a feeling that the sides want to find a dialogue. That's what matters, so as I told you at the beginning - don't be surprised, don't overestimate, don't overreact if there are statements that will say "never". This is part of the rhetoric, this is part of posturing, this is part of politics. I know what I heard and what I saw, and that gives me some feelings that we are moving in the right direction.
Q: Tom Miles from Reuters. Congratulations for getting through till the end of the round, and to everybody. Would you agree that the Geneva process is now a hostage to the Astana process? And the Russians have been here this week and engaging with the Syrian opposition but what assurances do you have from the Turks and especially the Iranians that they are going to help you with your Geneva process? There is no love between Iranians and the opposition, thank you?
SdM: I must say that, if there was that analysis, in other words, that the Geneva process was a hostage of Astana, then when we would have seen in fact, those who support Astana to try to make sure that Geneva doesn't succeed, so that Astana becomes prevailing. That's been completely the contrary. The Russian delegation which came here, at a very high level, actually had a very pressing interest in pushing for Geneva to produce some type of momentum. Why? Because Astana is hostage of Geneva if you want, and we are not hostages of Astana but we are very much complementary. If, and I will almost finish, if Astana succeeds - and we want them to succeed - means ceasefire. If ceasefire takes place we can have productive talks like we had, if we don't have productive talks ceasefire will not last. You see how interconnected, so no one is really at the end hostage to anyone. We are really working hand-in-hand - but there are two hands.
Deputy Foreign Minister Gatilov was very active in supporting what we were asking him and suggesting to support, which was a momentum in these Geneva talks and there were two senior officials, one from Turkey and one from Iran, who were present. And both of them actually made sure that their opinion - which was momentum of Geneva talks - would come across. So I felt we had support. There are vested interests, but the support was about making sure that Geneva doesn't fail.
Q: Is it true that there will not be an extension of your mandate as Special Envoy, and what exactly was the stance of all parties regarding the four baskets - 3+1?
SdM: Regarding the second question, then I will address the first one. The second question is something that I'm not going to reveal that is part of the job of a mediator. A mediator would never reveal all the sides, that's how you can mediate. So I think you did a good try but you understand that it is not working.
On the first one you did also a good try which have been hearing for a long time, and I will repeat this aspect. Well as they say, all Under-Secretaries-General, and I am currently Under-Secretary-General, and Assistant-Secretaries-General - of the UN indicate when the new Secretary-General comes, that they stay maximum for another three months and then they, and/or the Secretary-General, will indicate whether they want to stay longer, or whether the Secretary-General feels that they should stay longer. But there is also one important person who indicates to me how long I should be staying, that is my wife. So we have quite a negotiation on that.
Q: Mr. de Mistura, you stressed a lot of times that these negotiations should be inclusive. Are you planning to widen the range of participants including, for example Kurds, and we also remember the Hmaimeem group which took part last year in the negotiations. Are you planning to also invite them?
SdM: Well, you see, we are guided by 2254. 2254 has been very specific, and I have been trying to follow that, but my wish is actually instead of suggesting new groups, and new groups and new groups, that everyone will be understanding that the more they unite the better it is, because that's exactly what makes our life easier. So my inclination is not to invite new groups in order to make my job more complicated, but actually stimulate those who would like to be part of it to come into one common umbrella, that's what we have been trying to do. Thank you.
BBC: Your Excellency you have agreed on specific items in a specific agenda with particular sequencing, have all the other parties agreed to that agenda or will you have to come back to them in the next round?
SdM: Thank you, I think and I feel quite comfortable, that the so-called three original points of the agenda 2254 and the fourth additional point which is about terrorism, and framed in the way I said, big difference between what we do in Astana and here, can be something that everyone can live with. Now I would like to see all this working in parallel. Why? Because one of them may be moving faster. I have to say that on the side of HNC it is clear their preference is for having, as first point, the issue of governance.
Q: Sorry to follow up on Tom's question but the EU also announced tonight an international conference with high-level people, and among them the SG Antonio Guterres. So at one point you mentioned the complementarity between Astana and Geneva, but at one point is there a risk that too much decentralisation in the formats of talks can lower the leverage effect here in Geneva? And is it also the sign that the UN platform is not self-sufficient anymore and powerful enough to impose that good faith spirit to the parties?
SdM: I would give a different interpretation - and frankly the real interpretation. All that is planned. And they're all being asked and are helping us. I will give you an example. Now we had Geneva, Security Council next week to try to cast more in iron what has been discussed, so we don't lose in what we have achieved so far. Then what do we have - Astana to solidify hopefully the mother of all issues which is cease-fire. And then Geneva again. And we have been asking the EU to help us. They do have substantial good contacts in the region and above all they have one major tool - the capacity of hinting there can be a reconstruction, there will be a reconstruction, and Europe can support that - if, if, if we have a political transition - through the UN. So you see we are actually working together - not competing. I know the tendency is to look at it like that but it is part of the team. I've been asking them and I must say that Frederica Mogherini has been very helpful. Thank you.
Q: My question is, is it so hard, so difficult to get an agenda? Finally we have agenda now, but I think every person knows it is so difficult to have it, even more difficult to carry it out, so do you think the current agenda we reached today may be a little bit ideal, or do think it is practical, and do you have a plan B?
SdM: I have a plan B and a plan C actually - I do, I do. Plan B is 2254, and plan C 2254.
Thank you very much.
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Scene 5: Mirror/ Regina/ James/ Caspero
Regina: Do you have what I asked for?
James: Here is her head
(Hands Regina pumpkin head)
Regina: And her heart?
Caspero: Right here my queen
Regina: Now you are both generals in my army
James: What army?
(Queen looks daringly at james)
James: Just kidding, yeah! Generals in your army!
Regina: Good, now get out of my site!
(James and Caspero leave)
Regina: Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the dumbest of them all?
Mirror: I'm looking right at her.
Regina: You're lucky I don't have a rock, or else I would crack you. But to the important part, who's the fairest of them all?
Mirror: Sorry to break it to ya 'Gina, but she's alive. Living in the woods with some dwarves.
Regina: What?
Mirror: Yeah, I was surprised that happened too, I mean, dwarves? She's pretty. She can do a lot better than that!!
Regina(Looking at pumpkin): And I don't know who you were, but it's astounding how similar you seem to snow white.
(Regina sings "Mad, bad, and dangerous")
Regina: Wait, I have a plan that will kill snow white, and this time, it won't fail!
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by Marilyn Kallet
Sandra Van Winkle, illustrator
Now available in English and French: The Marilyn Kallet classic children's book. Heather discovers an abandoned kitten, and brings him home to her family. When Heather becomes ill, Jack senses it. but will he be able to rescue her with his special kitty powers? Read and find out!
Jack the Healing Cat
Jacques le chat guerisseur
Marilyn Kallet is a poet, performance artist and storyteller, the author of 14 books, including One For Each Night: Chanukah Tales and Recipes, Celtic Cat Publishing. She directs the creative writing program at the University of Tennessee, where she holds a Lindsay Young Professorship. She has won the Tennessee Arts Commission Literary Fellowship in poetry, and was inducted into the East Tennessee Literary Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Steve Epting
Cover: Marko Djurdjevic
"The Club": The Fantastic Four are undergoing changes since the death of family member Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch. The remaining members are now renamed "Future Force" and at the pre-recorded request of Johnny, Spider-Man has been asked to join the team. We also meet the various individuals aside from the team who now call the Baxter Building home, though Ben is feeling less than chatty as he's still mourning the loss of his friend. During this time A.I.M. agents have set in motion their plan to break one of the Fantastic Four's enemies free from captivity.
If I knew that Hickman was writing these characters this well there would have been a lot more Fantastic Four books in my collection. Aside from the FF member that died and The Thing, I'm not really too fond of the characters, but I found myself really enjoying this turning point in their lives. Hickman's use of Susan Storm to acclimate Spider-Man along with the reader is perfect if you weren't reading Fantastic Four on a consistent basis. Hickman is also able to take what could have easily just been one sad, brooding tale and found time to make you laugh, as it seems as if he's one of the writers who gets that the FF are a family as well as a superhero team. From Reed's banter with his father to the great scene at dinner where Franklin includes the beliefs or non beliefs of everyone at the table during grace, it was all just as good as the surprise appearance (at least to me) at the end of the issue.
Epting handles this issue pretty well regardless if it's the fight scenes against A.I.M. or just the many calmer moments throughout the issue. I will say that his scenes with Ben in his room were actually some of the strongest just in terms of emotion. The new costumes also look good and I've liked them ever since the first pic was revealed to the public. Now, I understand that these costumes have the ability to change if the wearer concentrates, but that doesn't explain the six legged spider on Peter's chest. It only happened on one panel, so I hope it's not one of the default settings Sue spoke of to Peter.
At first I thought this was going to be another attempt to just renumber a series for no reason. However, Hickman has Sue deliver a line to Peter that pretty much explains why they couldn't have gone on as the Fantastic Four even with his joining. That pretty much convinced me that this will be something new all together, so hopefully Hickman keeps up with this level of quality, because FF #1 is a great set up issue for Marvel's first family's new direction!
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Once, everybody in Ayodhya was frightened by hearing the arrival
of Nawab, who was very cruel and kidnapped children. He violently
beat people in every village he went to. Many a times, people left
their village and settled on near-by villages due to his tyranny.
So Dharmadevalso left Ayodhya and went to Tinva Village where there
was Prathit Pande who was a relative of Dharmadev. He offered Dharmadev
a place at his house. So he did. Prathit's wife was Vachanbai. She
fed Ghanshyam delicious cakes and sweet butter everyday. Bhaktimata
helped her cook food and helped on all other works.
One day, Vachanbai warned BHaktimata while she was going to fetch
water from the well, "You should never go to the well after
sunset, because there are many ghosts in the well. Whoever goes
in the evening never come back. So never go at night."
Vachanbai frequently warmed Bhaktimata because she did not know
the condition of the villiage. Bhaktimata also used to fetch water
in the orning everyday - enough to last the whole day.
Unfortunately, one day, all the pots full of water became empty
and the sun had already set. Not remembering Vachanbai's warning
Bhaktimata went to the well to fetch some more water. She tied the
pot to the rope and let the pot down into the well. THe ghosts grabbed
the pot and when Bhaktimata tried to pull the pot back up, she couldn't.
So she peeped inside the well and saw thousands of ghosts. She shocked
and went quickly back home. Ghanshyam saw the frightened expression
on her face and asked, "Why do you appear so frightened mother?"
Bhaktimata narrated the whole story.
Ghanshyam thought, "It is dangerous for every women of the
village so it must be destroyed at once. I have descended on this
earth with the target to desolate the evil spirit of the world and
nourish my truthful followers. I will rid this dangerous point from
this village."
The next day in the evening he went with intention to jump into
the well. People dissuaded him from doing there. "To damn the
evil spirit is as difficult as to chew irangram. You should understand,
otherwise it will hurt you." Ghanshyam smiling replied, "Behold!
What will happen? Who, I or they will be demeaned? Do you see with
your own eyes?" Still people who distrusted his Godhood tried
to discourage him. But nothing could hold back Ghanshyam. So he
left for the well. When he got there, he leapt into the well. The
ghosts began to yell, "How lucky we are! Our food unexpectedly
approached us." They were busy laughing. As soon as Ghanshyam
came up from the bottom, his body was shinning so they could not
touch him. More so, the ghosts were burning in it.
So they requestedf to distribute an apology. Ghanshyam asked, "How
have you achieved this body?" They replied, "O my God,
how can we expose our sin? O God! What such matter that you not
aware? But listen to us God, we were people many years ago. We were
habituated to drink wine, toeat meat, and to gamble. Once a war
was declared by our king against an enemy king. We fought in the
battle and died in combat. So from that day we lived here. I am
certain you are an extraordinary person. You are God himself or
his blessed servant. Your body is very bright. O Lord! Save us from
this great curse. Forgive us. Forgive our past sins." So Ghanshyam
showed his merciful sight upon them and dissolved their sins and
bestowed them dwelling in Badrikashram. After that, people were
able to fetch water from the well any time of the day without fear.
Exercise 2:
Make a meaningful sentence by choosing this correct choice and matching
from the following table.
Exercise 3:
Fill in the blanks choosing the right word from the bracket.


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There is definitely something boyish about ten-year-old Laure. It's summer and she has recently moved to a new area with her parents and her little sister, Jeanne. Laure allows her new neighbourhood acquaintances to believe that she is a boy. That's how Laure becomes Michael. Truth or dare?
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Since her name is featured in the credits of over 50 different movies, you can imagine that Bella has fucked some of the biggest stars in the business. Babes like Carla Cox (Search For A Star 2012) and Kristine Crystalis (Bachelor Party Orgy 4) can count her as fuck buddies. If it's just Bella and one other person in the room, she can be satisfied, but she really shines when there are tons of dicks and plenty of pussy surrounding her. Titles like Swingers Orgies 6 and Bachelor Party Orgy 4, seem to be more her speed, and we aren't complaining one bit.


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Waking up to brand new morning brings me great joy knowing I have the love and company of my husband and my daughter, now a toddler.
Time seems to have gone very fast. Being a wife, mother and keeper of the house has kept me on my feet. I was so engrossed in my many tasks that I almost forgot my brother's birthday.
I was in a dilemma as to what and how to send my birthday present in the quickest way.
My youngest brother is an electronics engineer. He is the introvert type, yet, he takes his responsibilities to well beyond anyone's expectations. Very meticulous, he manages his time efficiently.
And speaking of time, he might just need a brand new wrist watch, the kind that will for sure bring in the new style for the yuppie group, that breed of young professionals. A watch that is meticulously made for those who demand precision, exuding elegance – a watch undeniably one of the world's best.
So I browsed the net for watches and got interested in one of the Seiko watches in a website called Bluedial. I ordered the watch and had it delivered to my brother. Needless to say, my brother got it in time for his birthday.
Happy birthday Junjun! Wish you more blessings, happiness, great health and success in life.


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Over There! A World War One Pokémon Campaign: A Retrospective
Or How I Bait-and-Switched My Players SUPER Hard
Today's post is a guest article from KamenWriter, who was a member of the PTA dev team since early in the system's life and has contributed a lot of help to PTU as well.
"Over There!" AKA World War One Pokémon, was a short, two-month-long campaign which took place in Europe, 1917, in the midst of the Great War.
The world is one just like ours, with the same history, landmasses, and names for anything. The only difference is that this world has Pokémon where our world has regular animals, and they have a way to train the creatures to fight alongside them. As the game begins, two trains filled with soldiers and their Pokémon roar along the tracks, one filled with Allies heading east towards the German front, and another heading in the opposite direction, originating from Berlin, Germany carrying Central Power soldiers.
Suddenly, there is some kind of anomaly! A sudden surge of power, and the players find themselves suddenly alone on the train, except for a strange man in cobalt blue military garb, wearing a bright red poppy where his medals would be. The man disappears, and the players suddenly find that outside the window there is another world altogether. The two trains, one heading east and the other west, find themselves on the same track, roaring uncontrollably towards one another. There is a crash! The players are plunged into darkness.
When they awake, they are in a thick woods where just a moment ago there was a wide plain. On the two trains, two enemy factions are suddenly face-to-face, and are forced to survive being stranded in unfamiliar territory.
That is how Over There! Began. Probably one of the biggest bait and switches in PTU history. I approached my players with setting details, and was light on the actual content until the first session, where they were whisked away to an unfamiliar territory and forced to fight for their lives. The twist was that the most powerful of the legendary Pokémon hand-picked these soldiers, an American nurse, a Russian spy, an experienced German airforce pilot, a top-secret Psi-ops candidate, and a young German man fighting for what he believes in, in order to put them through a trial by combat to decide the fate of the human race.
And The Bait and Switch
The players built their characters for a World War One campaign, and found themselves forced into a survival-based one instead. It was probably a dick move, and I shouldn't have done it, but it worked from a thematic standpoint. These were soldiers used to fighting human wars, suddenly forced into combat against a supernatural enemy, one they were completely unprepared for. Letting them build their characters under the wrong assumption, while it definitely risked alienating the players, made for an intriguing opening to the campaign, and successfully alienated the characters from anything they knew before they were abducted.
Enemy Mine
The structure of the game was a sort of camping simulator. They were given an abandoned village to set up their base in, and every night, Pokémon would attack. Their job was to prepare for each night's attack, while also exploring the boundaries of the area they found themselves in. With each in-game-day that passed, they learned a little more about their situation, and a little more about their surroundings.
Eventually, it came out that their task was to defeat the four "Generals" of the higher power who wanted humanity destroyed. The terms were to defeat the four generals. If they could manage that, they would be freed and humankind would be saved. If they were defeated, then reality would be rewritten, so that humankind had never existed. In and among the fighting, other legendary Pokémon would visit the arena apart from the four generals, some to ally themselves with the higher power, some as neutral powers, and some to ally themselves to the humans.
Once the players are successful, they will be allowed to meet their benefactor, the Pokémon who spoke up on their behalf in the face of the higher power. However, they realize soon after that this Pokémon has ulterior motives, and are forced to defend themselves against their former savior.
The Characters
Cait Wilhelm
Player: Aeros
Classes: Athlete/Martial Artist
Party Role: Frontline fighter and damage sponge
Cait Wilhelm is a young field nurse who wishes she could have enlisted in the military in a combat role. She chafes against her pampered upbringing in a rich household, and she was taught to be a tough scrapper by her old-world Scottish father. Almost as soon as she arrives in the other world, she puts on a pair of pants (Gasp!) and begins to assert herself in front-line combat.
As the campaign went on, it was revealed that most of the legendary Pokémon know about her through her family, since her parents were two characters from an earlier campaign which dealt with helping out a series of legendary Pokémon being captured and forced to cause chaos. There was a minor running detail where legendaries they would talk to would casually talk about her parents, whom she would rather stay quiet about, as she wanted to make her own way in the world.
Ivan Grigorovich Samka
Player: Domovoi
Classes: Rogue/Mastermind
Party Role: Scout, explorer, dodgetank
Ivan is a Russian spy heading towards Germany. He is a deeply cynical person, made harsh by the iffy conditions in Czarist Russia. His specific politics weren't particularly known, as he was private and withdrawn with the rest of the party. Even so, he was useful, being that he was the only one who built himself with stealth in mind, and could therefore scout Pokémon-infested territories and figure out new areas.
Domo was probably the player most annoyed by my bait-and-switch, and he will be the first to tell you (Over and over again) that he was glad that Ivan was so effective at trivializing many encounters. I don't think I ever did land a decisive hit against Ivan in any of the major encounters.
Karsten Blum
Player: Kain
Classes: Medic/Botanist/Chef
Party Role: Team healer, Team nice guy, Pretty effective tank.
Karsten began the game bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and idealistic. He was the peacemaker of the party, friends with everyone, and ended up being the glue that more or less held the party together. Considering the party was basically designed to be intentionally antagonistic towards one another, it was wonderful to have someone in there whose job it was to be good cop.
Naturally, this is a war game, so Karsten couldn't get away with being an idealist through the whole game. He ended the game humbled, disillusioned in his country, and with horrible knowledge of the future of Germany. However, completely by chance, Kain chose to name his character "Blum" which, as it happens, was the last name of my character in Aeros' Space-era game, Leo Blume, also the party medic. Therefore, almost instantly the head-canon became that Karsten was Leo's distant relative.
Rüdiger von Geschwätz III
Player: Gents
Classes: Juggler/Flying Ace/Attack Ace
Party Role: Pokémon-focused fast attacker, Waspmeat.
Rüdiger was a cocky German airman who was decorated for battles in the Ottoman Empire. He began the campaign as something of a blowhard, puffed up on his own achievement. You can understand why he fell the furthest.
As the campaign went on, Rüdiger kept making silly decisions, thinking he could handle anything, and he paid for it. After he went off on his own to raid a cave full of paras' guarding psychedelic mushrooms (The setting's equivalent to TMs) he was defeated, and left to an unknown fate. It was discovered later that he was given to Jewel Beedrills, a horrifying variant on the familiar Pokémon which lays its eggs in the abdomen of its victim. Needless to say, Rüdiger ended the campaign a much, MUCH humbler man.
Elsa May
Player: Happymancer
Classes: Telepath/Telekinetic/Elementalist(Fire)/Elementalist(Ghost)
Party Role: Long range support. Setting things on Fire.
Elsa is a top-secret experiment by the Germans to develop human beings with psychic powers. The process has left her cold and calculating, and detached from her country. She has also had a rough youth, and the only time cracks appear in her cold demeanor is when anyone calls her a witch. Her personality contrasts with her powers, which, as they developed, turned out to be fire-aligned.
Her main business in the campaign ended up being long, intimate conversations with the enemy "General" Pokémon, Terrakion. She ended up eventually winning him over to her side.
General Structure
The thing I'm most proud of from a gameplay standpoint was the structure and gameplay flow of the campaign. When I started the campaign, I knew I wanted it to last at most a month (Although it ran two months) since I'd run and played in long games before, and I didn't have the time to start another one. I wanted it to move.
Forgive the terrible MSpaint hack job.
My strategy as GM was to draw up the map where the players could roam (Crossing the north or south borders of the arena caused the player to loop around to the opposite side, Final Fantasy World Map style), and placed events on the map in the general order of what I expected the players to do. It was set up so that the forest area or the mountains would be the first areas they would explore, thus fighting either Terrakion or Virizion first. They would also, if they traveled to the river, be introduced to one of their sub-objectives, when they find a damaged bridge they need to cross later to get to Cobalion, who is set up as the last of the four "Generals". As long as Terrakion and Keldeo were active on the map, the bridge would always be destroyed the next day, and they didn't have enough time in the day to finish the bridge while also being able to cross it, unless they wanted to explore after dark (Which was dangerous, as Pokémon were more active at night). Keldo was set farthest away from the players, so the players would have to search for him, and in the meantime come upon other events I'd sprinkled on the world map. Every day the players could do three things, one thing in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening, and at night the attacks came.
Because they were attacked every night, and because time and their fortification was a limited resource, it forced the players to hurry to complete their objectives. If they were dragging their feet, random events could be triggered to force them to hurry along. If they took too long with Keldeo, he could flood the camp, and every evening Virizion was active, the forest growth (Which marked the beginning of "Enemy" territory) encroached a little further on the town's borders.
The players took to the structure of this game fairly well. They kept their camp up, and I was able to teach them the rules of engagement through gameplay, rather than completely through exposition (Although I did have Celebi there as an exposition fairy to give lore when needed). If anyone not specced for it explored alone, they suffered for it, like when Rudiger was abducted by Jewel Beedrills and had Weedle eggs implanted in his abdomen (He got better). As it happened, they fought Terrakion first completely by chance on day three (Of 12 total in-game days) when they decided to explore the northern caves.
Because I wanted to run a short game, and because the gameplay was totally going to favor careful play rather than running in Pokémon blazing, I made sure to give out levels like candy so they could feel safe going out into hostile territory. The level curve was very steep. Players started at level 5 and ended up around level 26 or so, all in the span of 17 sessions. I later came up with a lore reason for their fast growth, as I'll talk about when I talk about how I built the lore. You can track exactly how I doled out exp here, with handy explanations of what they did to earn it.
Shared Universe
Believe it or not, Over There! Was actually a sequel campaign to another campaign I had run a few years ago in PTA. It was a Wild West game, taking place around the turn of the century in the United States, involving the players heading west to California to start their new lives, and coming upon a conspiracy to use Master Balls to control the continent and fulfill an extreme version of Manifest Destiny. It was a success, and it was also my very first campaign as a GM ever.
Not only that, but one of my players, Aeros, ran a game which took place in a far-flung future. Since the games were running at the same time with several of the same players, and since Aeros and I were both in one another's games, we decided that our games were canon to each other, and had a lot of fun with it. Over There! Was meant as a minor continuation of that Shared Universe experiment, and did some work to explain some things that happened in the Future game, while featuring a lot of the legendary Pokémon seen in Wild West, which was all about legendary Pokémon being forced into servitude by psychopaths. Knowing that, can you blame the legendaries for trying to wipe humanity out in Over There?
Generally, my concept was to insert Pokémon into the real world, and build believable ecosystems using only the ones in the Pokédex (Give or take a couple fakemon I added in). Pokémon in my experience works best when it allows the player a lot of opportunities for exploration. The world itself needs to be believable, even it it's completely ridiculous, so that when the player walks through it, they feel like it's a living, breathing place they're walking through, which existed before they got there, and would continue to exist after they left. Both Over There and Wild West contained scenes of Pokémon acting like animals. Even Ghosts and Steel types were just another kind of creature, even if they operated under their own natural logic.
Why retrospect this game and not Wild West? Well, Over There was the first of these games ran in PTU, rather than PTA, and it was my first time running PTU.
Legendary Focus
Clearly, I like using legendaries. I find them a useful tool for GMing. They're like gods, with personality. Of the two campaigns I've run, both have heavily involved legendary Pokémon. In my games, legendary Pokémon are forces of nature with human intelligence. They are all of them at least partially divine, if not completely divine, and there is a clear hierarchy between legendaries.
In the context of Over There! The most important Pokémon were:
The Legendary Deer/Three Musketeers
Virizion, Terrakion, Cobalion, and Keldeo were the main antagonists for this campaign. In human form, they would appear in military dress. As the campaign progressed, it became clear that the reason they're fighting against humankind was because their domains, the woods, mountains, and seas, were being polluted and destroyed by humans, their wars, and the industrial revolution, which, in 1917, was well underway and changing the world. The twist is that only Cobalion remembers their original purpose; The musketeers were born from human desire to protect their domains, and were originally friendly with ancient people. Cobalion was the leader of the four, and his domain was humanity itself. While the others fought in their own domains, the fight with Cobalion focused on the horrors of war. It took place on an endless poppy field, where undead soldiers rose from the ground to do battle. He had decided that he would rather see humankind disappear than suffer, as this war made them suffer, and since he was so closely tied with humankind, he would disappear as well.
As they were defeated, they were trapped in human form, and were held prisoner in the PC's camp. Terrakion even defected and joined Elsa's Pokémon team after days and days of interaction with him.
As you might be able to tell, the "Higher Power" that condemned them was, in fact, Arceus, who in this campaign took the form of a vengeful patriarch creator god who will smite you as soon as look at you. He was, for all intents and purposes, "God." He was also eager to erase humans from continuity, if not for…
The Player's mysterious benefactor. He is the most adorable god of war. His motive is that without humanity, he would cease to exist, as he, like the deer trio, was born from humankind. Specifically, fire. Victini here represents not only war, but also Prometheus' first fire. However, he also had an ulterior motive. It turns out that the players winning the game has the effect of transferring all the powers of creation to Victini, who, as we have established, is the god of war, victory, and fire. He planned to remake the world in humanity's favor, creating a place of infinite war and conflict, where superpowers runs wild, and Pokémon are unneeded. Naturally, when the PCs went against his ideology, he fought them in a powered-up state as the final boss.
There were other Pokémon as well. Giratina acts as the opposite to Arceus. The literal devil who, nevertheless, allies himself indirectly with humans by opening up the closest thing to a "Shop" that the campaign had. After all, whose souls would he consume if humans didn't exist? He likes humankind because of their imperfections. Mew showed up midway through, and allied herself with humans because it learned of the future, where humans would later torture it, and create a new life. If humans didn't exist, Mewtwo would never exist, and even though the creature will have a difficult, painful life, and Mew will suffer, she still believes that Mewtwo deserved life. Groudon and Kyogre also appeared, although the players made the right choice. Allying themselves with one would alienate the other, and ALSO cause Rayquaza to come down and give them grief. Thankfully, it never came to that.
Celebi and Mew ended up being the main sources of comic relief.
Player Memories
HAPPY: Generally my favorite thing from the campaign was how the group was hostile towards itself for almost the entire campaign. Since the group came from opposite sides of a war, and even then the individuals had such radically different views, it led to fun interactions. The thickheaded martial artist and the proud captain both distrusting the 'spy', while not realizing that my character was almost the same role. The Germans trying to gain the trust of the American and Russian also added another fun layer to playing the slightly off kilter psychic. Slowly losing the facade she had perfected crowned into great moments a few times when it slipped completely. Speaking through a drug induced stupor would offer some insight into how she felt, and later when she attempted to tear a newly introduced NPC in half for accidentally insulting her in a most personal way. The entire campaign was a great ride for the calculating Fire and Ghost Elemental, and even left the ending open as she still hadn't dropped the facade completely at the finale. It's up to interpretation if Terrakion managed to wear the mask down in their travels later.
KAIN: Perhaps one of the things that stood out to me most in the campaign was the encounter against the Jewel Beedrills. These things were like, Amazonian or African variants of the normal beedrills, just green all over and Psychic-type. The way they reproduced was by laying eggs in their victims so the larva could have food when they hatched – pretty gruesome stuff. As I recall, one of our party members had been captured beforehand, and we presumed him dead, but he ended up being used as bait by one of the enemy's generals to lure us out into a nest of these horrible things. The other PC was unconscious and webbed up in some kind of nest. Apparently jewel beedrill make webs? Or maybe it was another type of insect in the jungle.
KAMEN: It was supposed to be like the kind of paper nests that wasps make, even though the kind of wasps these beedrills were based on wouldn't have made paper nests. Either way, Pokémon, ain't gotta explain nothin'!
KAIN: As soon as we went to work freeing him and other Pokémon, we got swarmed by these bastards in the hundreds. To make matters worse, the PC had been pumped full of parasitic eggs beforehand, so not only were we scrambling to get away,we were also making field surgery because we didn't know when the egg would hatch. I was the surgeon. Goodtimes.
DOMO: My most memorable moment came shortly after a boss fight. A Clefable had gotten hold of an Adamant Orb and was using it to essentially channel different moments in time, at least partially to showcase how destructive humanity is/was/would be. Once the party managed to put the threat down, they attempted to pick up the Adamant Orb and it 'split' each time a new party member touched it, essentially generating a new copy unique to each party member's 'timeline'. The other characters decided they would use their orbs to pull powerful Pokémon out of elsewhere in time to help them.
KAMEN: This was an opportunity for crossover with My Wild West or Aeros' futuristic Space campaigns. They could pull Pokémon forward or backward in time to "borrow" for important fights.
DOMO: But I was playing Ivan, and Ivan was an extreme fatalist in a way that only Russians can really achieve. He reasoned that messing with time was too dangerous, particularly if done by someone who had no idea what the ramifications would be. And rather than let his copy of the orb fall into anyone else's unskilled hands, he smashed the orb into dust. From the get go, Ivan had been leery about playing 'the game' that was the campaign's premise, and while Over There had a lot of moments of strong characterization, this one instance of total defiance sticks out for me. Plus, Kamen and I decided that breaking the orb had its own rewards/consequences, which tied into one of the more bittersweet epilogues I've ever been a part of.
KAMEN: Specifically, Ivan became essentially ageless and immortal, and considering Russian history isn't very happy, that's not a very nice thing. For more information, check out Ivan's Super journal, which more or less ended up being "canon."
Would You Like to Know More?
So, yeah, Over There! Very much NOT a traditional Pokémon game where you collect badges and challenge the E4. It was dark, violent, included religious imagery and themes, and was morally gray throughout. I and others compared it at the time to Shin Megami Tensei, mostly because of how the legendaries were kind of handled like SMT handles demons, and because I was playing SMT4 at the time, so that bled over into the game. Best of all, the ENTIRE campaign was logged and pastebinned at the link below, in case you're curious about how the game actually flowed. It wasn't perfect, despite how positive I sound, but I think the players had fun.
If you're interested in reading more, feel free to check out this page where all the campaign details are written, as well as all of the logs.
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It's only natural to want to build your media brand by saying your TV station has the most news in town. Maybe your station has local news for several hours each morning, then a noon newscast, followed by a couple of hours in the evening and then the late newscast.

Adding news means increasing the size of your "news hole". That is, the amount of air time you have to fill each day. That means you're left repeating stories from morning to noon, to 5 and 6 and then again for your late newscast.

Why Repeating News Stories Is a Problem

A TV news producer may be left with little choice but to repeat news from earlier, especially if it's a slow news day. But that decision can damage your news brand.

That's because loyal viewers will tune in, only to say to themselves, "I've seen this already." Or, "The station must have let half the news department have the day off, because they sure don't have any new news today." Even, "Let me see what the other stations have that's different," followed by a click of the remote to a rival station.

So that news brand of having the most news? It may have backfired. Your loyal viewers may still watch your station, but maybe only for a half-hour. You trained them to think that's as much original news you can deliver each day. You've either sent them away from the TV or to your competitors if they still want to know more about what's happening in their community.

How to Determine Whether You've Caused Damage

That potential damage is only a theory, until you back it up with market research. Focus groups can show you how much viewers have noticed the repetition of stories and whether they have changed their viewing habits as a result.

In a two-hour morning newscast, it's possible that it's not a problem at all. During that time of day, viewers may only watch for 15 to 20 minutes. If you repeat stories each half-hour, most people are only going to see them one time anyway.

But it you have a typical early evening news block that runs from 5-6:30 p.m., you likely want viewers to stick around for 90 minutes. Repeating the same story every half hour during this part of the day can be a literal turnoff for people, especially if the story is presented in an identical way each time.

How to Make the Same News Appear Fresh

A resourceful home cook can take a leftover Thanksgiving turkey and whip it up into a fresh new casserole. Think about that while producing your newscast.

The story you do on a house fire at 5 p.m. can include new information at 6 p.m. that you can promote. At the end of the 5 o'clock story, your TV news anchor can say, "Coming up at 6, you will hear from an eyewitness who spotted the fire, called 9-1-1 and then rescued a dog from the flames." Then at 6, you can do a brief recap of the facts concerning the fire, but make your focus the eyewitness, which is fresh information.

This approach takes coordination between a lot of people. The TV news reporter covering the fire must know to purposely leave the eyewitness out of the 5 p.m. version of the story in order for the producer to have something new at 6. Reporters have to be trained on how to do that, because they instinctively want to put everything into the original version.

This only works with some stories and some facts. The 5 p.m. version can't be left stripped of basic information just to serve the 6. That cheats your 5 p.m. audience. So you wouldn't want to say during the 5 p.m. news, "Stay tuned to find out if anyone died in the fire, coming up at 6." If someone died, you have to say so in every version.

How Promotion and Teasing Can Help

One of the 3 ways to promote your newscast is through effective tease writing. A skilled news producer can use this to draw viewers through a long block of news, some of which may appear repetitive on the surface.

A news anchor could say, "At 5, we showed you the first day of school for local elementary school students. Coming up at 6, see how these same students are being kept safe as they walk home from school." You are acknowledging that viewers have seen part of your coverage, while trying to convince them to stick around because they're about to see something new.

Some stations go a step further and highlight an all-new story visually. You might see a font on the screen that reads, "All New at 6:00" or something similar to showcase a story that was intentionally saved for the 6 o'clock broadcast, even though it may have been put together the day before.

It's unlikely that any of these tricks were taught in journalism class. That's because they don't involve journalism at all. Instead, it's part of the marketing that most TV news pros learn on the job, when they realize news stories are a product that should be packaged, branded and delivered to the audience.


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Jerry's dad died of a broken heart after IRA murdered his son, says Ann McCabe
The murder of Det Garda Jerry McCabe in Adare 20 years ago caused his father Johnny to die of "a broken heart", his widow Ann McCabe has said.
Mrs McCabe told those attending a special commemorative event for her late husband in his native Ballylongford, Co Kerry that she had no doubt 'Grandad' never recovered from the tragedy of Jerry's death.
Yesterday, , Ballylongford commemorated a national hero who gave his life in the line of duty.
Mrs McCabe said: "It has often been said of a person that she or he died of a broken heart. In John McCabe's place, it was literally true.
"Grandad McCabe never got over Jerry's murder. It broke his heart."
Mrs McCabe unveiled a plaque, designed by local artist Paddy Fitzell, outside what was once the McCabe family home, the newsagents and grocery on Bridge Street.
She was joined by her children, John, Mark, Stacy, Ian and Ross, her grandchildren, Jerry's sisters Marie, Eileen, Nuala and Kay, and his brother Mike.
Her late husband's partner, retired garda Ben O'Sullivan, who suffered 11 bullet wounds on that fateful day in Adare, June 7, 1996, was also present.
The Garda Ceremonial Unit, led by piper Danny Houlihan, marched in procession from St Michael's Church to the former McCabe house, which is now owned by Seán Feeney.
Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan was represented by the Assistant Commissioner John O'Mahony and the Garda Representative Association, which sponsored the plaque, was represented by its president, Kieran O'Neill.
Mrs McCabe said the family was honoured to be in Ballylongford to remember "our Jerry".
"We spent many happy times in Ballylongford with Jerry's beloved dad, Johnny and his dearly loved mother, Lizzie. Standing here in this lovely village, I probably don't have to tell anyone of the mixed emotions this unveiling has brought to me and our family.
"Jerry had a great respect and passion for Ballylongford and its community. He loved its people and its characters and often spoke lovingly of them."
Ben O'Sullivan recalled his happy memories of visits to the north Kerry village.
"Any time we were even in close proximity to Ballylongford in the course of our duties, we'd come here," he told the Irish Independent.
"I remember coming here when this was a shop and Johnny and Lizzie were running it.
"It was like calling in at home because there was a céad míle fáilte readily available to anybody, regardless of who they were."
Family friend Muirne Hurley Goode, the 1994 Rose of Tralee, whose father Cormac was stationed with Det Garda McCabe, sang 'Neidín', Jerry's favourite song, which she also sang at his funeral 20 years ago.
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This chapter is brought to us courtesy of my wonderful July Patrons, and Astri S. of Jakarta, Pompidou S. of Germany, and Neko of France! A hearty round of applause and thanks for these fine folk please! And remember, those Patrons at the $5 tier and above at the end of July will be receiving a tiny surprise from me in a few weeks! 😀 But. I. need. your. mailing. address. Gib. me. mailing address. or. etvo. will. will. will. (let me think on that)
In addition, I'm making a small TL change that I forgot to denote in the last chapter. The lowest rank of any martial method, pill, or spirit medicine was "common rank" before — I decided to change it to "mortal rank" to be more in line with the rest of the theme of the novel, given that subsequent ranks are spirit, saint, etc. I hope that's not confusing!
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Thursday, November 27, 2014
happy thanksgiving.
Beautiful weather on a beautiful day with my family and some close friends from our church.
We have so much to be thankful for.
This was one of the most relaxing Thanksgivings--the whole day was just right.
My heart is content and at rest in the place God has made for me as a Mommy & Wife.
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Happy thanksgiving to you all :-)
November 28, 2014
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Happy Thanksgiving we missed you!
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Aaron Hernandez is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He hasn't been convicted or even charged with anything, but all signs are pointing to his involvement in the murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, whose body was found in an industrial park about a mile from Hernandez's house in North Attleboro, Mass. earlier this week. As each day passes, more secrets about Hernandez are released and more headlines are made. After looking at the details, one is left to think: What's wrong with this dude?
Hernandez was reportedly driving the rented vehicle found near the crime scene that led police to the New England Patriots' tight end and it was rented to him. There is reportedly forensic evidence that "directly ties" Hernandez to the crime and he intentionally smashed his the security system at his house and destroyed his cell phone when police requested the items as evidence.
Then Hernandez was told by the Patriots to stay away from the team, which was evident when he drove the 40 miles from his home to Gillette Stadium on Thursday and then left shortly after arriving.
Where there's smoke, there's usually fire and Hernandez is cooking like a slab of ribs at a July 4th barbecue in South Texas.
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Soooo my bi-friend (who I liked for a long time before he came out to me) started dating my gay-friend and they're the cutest couple ever!
The only problem is, his family doesn't agree with it. They're very strict catholics.
Anyways, since the begining of their relationship he's made comments like:
"Why didn't we ever go out...?"
"omg let's date ;)" (as a joke)
"I still don't see why you never gave me a chance.."
he never asked me out before, but now that he's dating Eric, he seems to be more open about his feelings. I've been laughing it off and saying "we never dated because you're dating Eric you goon" and stuff like that, but the topic keeps coming up.
It doesn't help that my mom thinks we're dating and constantly tells him how she loves him.
What can I do to make this less awkward for everyone?
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Just straight up ask him if he likes you.
Just look him in the eye and say "Hey, you've been bringing this up a lot and I need to know- what's going on? Simple yes or no, do you like me or are you joking? Just an honest answer, please because we need to talk about this."
And then talk about everything that's going on and get it all cleared up. Once you have that talk with him you can relate it to others and everyone will feel more comfortable.00|00|0