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Every movie starts with a script. Take away the big name actor, lighting, costumes, and makeup, and you're left with a story that either does or doesn't hold up. A Nightmare on Elm Street opens on 4/30/10, so if you don't want to know about the story ahead of time, here's your spoiler alert. Hard to believe there could be spoilers regarding a remake of a 1980s classic horror film that almost everyone has seen. Director, Samuel Bayer, and Jackie Earle Haley, the new Krueger, took a different take on the once campy boogieman who cleverly delivered one-liners while terrorizing teens in their dreams. This Nightmare has psychological motivation. The movie takes us back to Fred Krueger, a seemingly loveable groundskeeper of a preschool. His victims are no longer connected by their proximity to Elm Street but by something far more insidious. So now Krueger's got a motive, but that's really where the character development ends. The parents, in typical horror movie fashion, are impotent to help their children or unknowingly thwarting their attempts to stay alive. The real failure of the script is that the writers (or anyone involved with the making of the movie) didn't realize that they were no longer making a movie about a mythological creature who audiences loved to hate, but instead made a movie about victims of child molestation and rape who were then later in life murdered in their sleep by the very same psychopath. While extremely dark, it's not a bad angle to take—if you're aware that's the angle. In this Nightmare, the victims are the same one-dimensional characters as they have always been, motivated exclusively by fear and their will to survive. Even children with repressed memories (how plausible is twelve children all completely repressing their entire preschool experience?) manifest the abuse subconsciously—promiscuity, frigidity, inability to connect with people, being withdrawn, suicidal, etc. None of these characters exhibited any of these traits, so they basically were meat puppets placed into a plot that was not motivated by character, but that instead moved from one scare to the next.
It was definitely a noble effort to put a new spin on a story everyone already knew and find some way to make it scarier than the original, but if a movie is going to deal with issues of child abuse, then the movie actually has to deal with them and not just as a new twist.
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Cuomo Joins Brown Seizing Chance to Tap Tax-the-Rich Sentiment
California Governor Jerry Brown and New York's Andrew Cuomo are seizing on a core sentiment of the Occupy Wall Street movement in seeking higher taxes on the wealthy to offset cuts in education and government programs.
The governors of the first- and third-biggest states by population took aim at the affluent in proposals yesterday. Brown said he'd ask voters to raise income taxes on individuals making more than $250,000 a year and boost the sales levy. Cuomo said he wants an income-tax overhaul that would place a higher burden on top earners.
"The occupiers' message is much more popular than the movement itself,'' said Dan Schnur, director of the Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. "For Brown or Cuomo to take the least-strident aspects of the occupiers' agenda -- separated from the occupiers themselves -- presents them with a political opportunity that might not have been there a year or two ago."
U.S. states slashed payrolls to close $91 billion in cumulative gaps in fiscal 2012 budgets, after tax revenue was slammed by the longest recession since the Great Depression, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. California, the most populous, may face a $13 billion deficit, while New York, the third-largest, projects a $3.5 billion gap.
Demonstrations that started as Occupy Wall Street in New York on Sept. 17 have spread to cities on four continents. Protesters refer to themselves as "the 99 percent," a reference to economist Joseph Stiglitz's study showing the richest 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the wealth.
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"New York has left the middle class with an undue burden which also hinders economic recovery," Cuomo, 54, said in an opinion column sent to news organizations yesterday. A $20,000- a-year earner is taxed at 6.85 percent, the same as one who makes $20 million, he said. The state's lowest rate is 4 percent.
"Fairness dictates that the more you make, the more you pay, and the higher your income, the higher your rate," Cuomo said.
Brown, 73, yesterday proposed raising levies on individuals making $250,000 a year or more to 10.3 percent, from 9.3 percent. For those earning $300,000 to $500,000, it would climb to 10.8 percent. For single filers with income above $500,000, the rate would climb to 11.3 percent. Californians with income of more than $1 million are now taxed at 10.3 percent.
California's statewide sales-tax rate would rise to 7.75 percent from the current 7.25 percent. All of the increases would raise $7 billion to go toward education and expire in 2017, Brown said.
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Brown and lawmakers cut more than $12 billion in proposed spending to help balance the $86 billion general-fund budget for the year that started July 1. He failed to win legislative approval to extend $11 billion of higher taxes and fees, since expired.
State officials have said that a sluggish economic recovery is unlikely to produce $3.7 billion in revenue Brown built into the current budget. A shortfall of that size would trigger automatic mid-year spending cuts to schools, universities, social services and public safety.
"I am going directly to the voters because I don't want to get bogged down in partisan gridlock as happened this year," the governor said in a statement.
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Cuomo's plan would create multiple brackets with rates increasing on a graduated basis and indexed to inflation, he said. Brackets would be added for middle- and high-income earners, and rates would span several percentage points from high to low.
Cuomo, who closed a $10 billion deficit this year, supports letting his state's so-called millionaire's tax lapse, which prompted the Occupy Wall Street protest movement to deride him as "Governor 1 Percent."
In Washington state, Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire, seeking to close a $2 billion deficit, last month asked the Legislature to let voters decide on a 0.5 percentage point increase in the state sales tax, to 7 percent, to help avert cuts that would shorten the school year and reduce support for colleges.
Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll, a nonpartisan sampler of opinion in California, said surveys have shown that voters support higher taxes on the wealthy and also so-called sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco.
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A little while ago I was speaking with a very intelligent investor about an asset management holding company that has a wide variety of assets on its books, including a bunch of commercial real estate. The company has a ton of cash on its books as well and this person suggested that the company may be a buy because it can use this cash to go "bargain hunting." I thought that my friends here at CAPS might be interested in my thoughts on the subject:
"About bargain hunting though...I have to wonder whether today's commercial real estate prices are really the bargains that they appear to be at first glance or whether they are just the new norm. The astronomical rise in both residential and commercial real estate prices over the past two decades were fueled by the increasing availability of cheap credit. Suppose that we never return to that sort of environment and credit loosens up some, but never returns to the "normal" that apparently may not have been that normal after all. The ability for companies to lever up like they have in the past will almost certainly be restricted in the future. So may be banks' ability to securitize loans. It is entirely possible that anyone who purchased commercial re over the past decade significantly over paid for it, even if they got what was considered to be a good deal at the time. If this is the case, then anyone who has cash to buy today is merely getting a normal deal...or worse than that if the market continues to slide as many believe it will.I'm not bashing this company, I'm just stating that investors definitely need to reevaluate what normal markets are. We (myself definitely included) have been spoiled by decades where everything, including stocks, went up in price nearly every single year. We may be in for an extended period where asset prices are stagnant or even fall further and growth rates aren't even close to what they were in the past.The cartographers of years ago wrote on the unexplored portions of their maps, "Here Be Dragons." The dragons are here today, in the form of an economic environment that the world has not experienced in 30 years or more...if ever. It is difficult to say whether, the Federal Reserve, which is furiously pumping liquidity into the system by printing money and slashing interest rates, will be successful in reflating asset prices this time. I wouldn't bet against the Fed's ability to do so, but then again I wouldn't be shocked if it wasn't able to either. We definitely are in uncharted territory."
Anyone who claims to know where the economy is headed is merely making an educated guess (some less educated than others). I truly believe that it virtually impossible to know for certain whether the United States, and the rest of the world for that matter, is headed for a period of massive inflation or a period of prolonged deflation. There are so many variables out there, such as what Obama's stimulus package will look like, whether foreign countries' appetite for U.S. debt continues, whether emerging markets like China are successful at nurturing enough domestic demand to keep their economies afloat, etc... that the answer to this question may not have even been determined yet.
This is why I strongly believe in diversifying one's portfolio. I have some stocks, such as a couple in energy and infrastructure, that will benefit tremendously if massive inflation rears its ugly head. On the other side, I have a number of stocks in the safer havens like healthcare and consumer staples. I have some money sitting in cash. Heck, I've even dabbled in financials a little bit.
One thing that almost all of my holdings have in common, both in real life and in CAPS, is that they pay dividends. A third potential outcome, after massive inflation and deflation, is...nothing. It is entirely possible that the markets could do absolutely nothing, neither go up nor go down significantly, and form an "L shape" over the next several years. If this does happen, I will end up being paid 5%, 6%, all the way up to 10%+ to hold on to this basket of stocks that I have put together (yes I know that dividends can be cut, that's why one always has to pay close attention to companies' dividend coverage, cash flow, and balance sheets)
The key in uncertain times like this is to diversify, including having money in cold hard cash, and keep squirreling money away on a consistent basis. I am under no illusion that the government is going to be able to take care of me if I am some day able to retire. I'm going to have to take care of myself and my family. The only way to do this is to save and invest.
Note I originally came across the awesome phrase "Here Be Dragons" in a Barron's article a couple of weeks ago. I believe that it was used in an article by Michael Santoli.
P.S. I'm not sure what that whole "join a pirate boy as he finds himself in uncharted waters...blah, blah, blah" is all about, but it sounds pretty lame. I found that graphic in a pic search and it fit my post so well that I am ignoring that part ;).
"Join a prairie Fool as he finds himself investing in uncharted waters on 2009 Island and in dividend stock."
That last bit about "in marriage" didn't really make any sense so I figured the dividend stock thing shouldn't either.
Great post, in any case. I've had my own theories about how things unfold, but I constantly find myself challenging those theories and coming up with alternatives. Then I challenge the alternatives and come up with more alternatives. And it goes on and on and on. It really does feel like we are in unchartered waters.
" "L shape" over the next several years. "
This is what I see as a semi uneducated guess. The dividend will be nice, unless the large amount of cash drives down the dollar and we see inflation. This is what I anticipated, at least in dollar based commodities, and of course in my semi-uneducated guess I was wrong.
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. I am still looking for the one - eyed man (or woman).
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Sh*t on a stick, I totally forgot to post this when I confirmed it.
Anyone else attending the sportive on Sunday. I know a couple of people from the site are going to be there, I plan on doing the 54 miles, depending on my legs and the weather, that may change to the 32 miles.
You can still sign up till the 28th Feb here http://www.srs-events.cc/
If you fancy a little jaunt around the countryside. I am sending my bike down by courier and travelling overnight on the 28th, also spending the morning of 1st March in London, more because I will need some time to wake up and have a coffee if anyone is passing Victoria station around 7am?
Anyway, it would be nice to put some faces to user names.


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Indonesian minister resigns amid corruption charges
A key member of the Indonesian government has been forced to resign over corruption charges.
Andi Malarangeng is a former presidential spokesman and member of the leading Democratic Party's advisory board.
He is accused of channelling kickbacks into the party from tenderers who won government building contracts.
Today he resigned from his positions in president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's party, including that of sports minister.
Praising his achievements, the president said he accepted Mr Mularangang's reasons for resigning.
They included that a travel ban imposed by the Corruption Eradication Commission stops him doing his job effectively.
Mr Mularangang is the first active government minister to be forced to resign over corruption charges, but the party's former treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin has already been found guilty.
Indonesia correspondent George Roberts told PM the scandal is growing:
This is one big corruption case and it's all over government building tenders that were allegedly given to contractors after they paid kickbacks to members of the Democratic Party, the ruling party here, and the party of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Now that money was allegedly then used to fund the party's operations, and was sort of trickled back through to some of the members of the party.
This corruption case gets bigger and bigger. The first key person to fall was the party's treasurer and financier, Muhammad Nazaruddin, who fled to South America last year but was dragged back and hauled before a Corruption Eradication Commission.
Other MPs like the glamorous Angelina Sondakh and the party's chairman, Anas Urbaningrum, have been named but that hasn't been proven yet.
Even the president's son was accused by Muhammad Nazaruddin of knowing about this money flowing back into the party from these corrupt contracts, although that hasn't been proven yet either.
Roberts says there has been no clear link between Mr Yudhoyono and the corruption case:
This man, Andi Mallarangeng, he was a former presidential spokesman.
He's an adviser to the party's advisory board or a member of the party's advisory board and he's the first active minister (to resign), so it is getting closer to the president's office.
It's also worth noting that the day that Muhammad Nazaruddin fled the country, he had a meeting with the president, that the president's always denied that the corruption charges against him were mentioned before he fled that very same day.
So he's always kept at arm's length from this, but it's certainly getting closer and as it gets closer and closer up the chain of command, if you like, in the party, then the more suspicious people will be that the president must have known something about it or could have known something about it.
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Pinar Karsiyaka are headed to the Last 16 of the EuroChallenge after an 85-67 romp at home against ETHA Encomi.
The victory was a fourth in five Group G games for the Turkish club while their beaten opponents have a 2-3 record like fellow Nicosia side Apoel and BC Zadar.
ETHA Encomi hit the road and play at Zadar next week while Apoel will be at home against Pinar Karsiyaka.
Karsiyaka's David Holston led the way with 21 points, which included a go-ahead three-ball in the first quarter that sparked a 7-0 run and left the hosts with a 21-14 lead.
The visitors kept the game close until the fourth quarter when they trailed by double digits the entire time.
Anthony King couldn't have done much more for ETHA Encomi.
He had 27 points, seven rebounds, five blocks and four steals - numbers that will make him a serious contender for player of the week honors.
The three-point shooting was big in this game.
While Karsiyaka connected on eight of 19, ETHA Encomi made just two of 14.
The Cypriot club also didn't help themselves at the free-throw line, missing 12 of their 37 attempts.


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This is how bored I am...
current location: Library
My mood: accomplished
Gonna post this...
and see if anyone notices!
Gonna post this...
and see if anyone notices!
Woke up to find the female curse has hit
You guys know the drill
I hate life
I'm officially skipping my first lecture due to illness
Lock your doors at night...
Figured I should update since I haven't for a while
My last few days have been crap. Well. Mostly. I have been unspeakably bored. Unless Anna and Rob are online there is NOTHING to do on the internet anymore, how I've spent so long on here in the past is beyond me. Anyway. Thursday I went late night shopping with Lynn and Romeela, only the shops closed earlier than they were supposed to, so all I got a chance to buy was two DVDs for myself, and no presents (I will not name the DVDs, as I made a deal with Anna that I couldn't mention the C word untill after my lights have been turned on - By Michael Owen, no less, swoon - on the 16th, that is, this Thursday.
It was a compromise.
Anyway. Friday. Felt REALLY ill all day. staggered to all seminars, got awesome feedback for Fish Hook at Creative Writing ('I wouldnt change anything - it really works') then went to meet Rachel for dinner at Coco Mos. Coco Mos is this Italien spot that is pretty expensive most of the time, only wew went during Happy hour so the pizzas were £3.95, and they are heavenly, proper, Italien, pizzas. *drool* They are also really big so I stuffed myself and still had a third left, made myself even iller by the stuffing, probably not helped along by the two glasses of archers and lemonade I drank (it was HOT!) Anyway, we got massively overcharged for the drinks, and I got hit by EVIL stomach cramps (not even female ones....weird, under-boob area ones....)so I went home, had a nap, felt MUCH better, came onlin e to talk to you wonderful people. Also had good chat with flat mates and people over and got to drink some of Romeelas DR Pepper - YAY
Yesterday I went into town to meet Rachel to go buy some fruit and vege from the market, they are GIVING the stuff away. A bag of potatoes, 5 oranges, 2 onions and a leek - FOR £1.71!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*is awed*
Got home, Romeela made dinner, was yummeth, then me, Lynn, Romeela, and Hannah watched A Series of Unfortunate Events - which is SO good. I dunno about the books, but the film knocks the HP films outta the water. I will have to track down some of the books, though I'm confident they will not touch Harry, lmao.
So yeah, that has been my past few days. I have removed the long, monotonous hours of nothingness from my account, for the sake of your sanities. OOOOOH, and when I was bored I made snowflakes out of paper and stuck them up on our notice board.
They are WINTER decorations, nothing to do with the C word.....
love you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Time to get excited for christmas, and polar bears!!
Cola rhymes with polar, whatever Kyle says....
The seal looks like my dog but without the ears.,... :)
I can't decide whether the noises it's maiking are cute or rude...
I would so buy one of those.... a moon bottle opener....
Who needs technology, the polar bears make their OWN merry-go-rounds!
I just wanna know where they get all their coke from....
Anyone who's anyone goes to the Penguins anual Christmas Dance Off!
Okay, so you all know the deal with this one, I wrote it in about 20 minutes, but dont let that stop you from giving me a full, constructive lengthy review., Oh come on, just once? A good review? PleasE?
love you all xxxxxxxxxx
p.s. thanks Kyle for saving this for me, mucho appreciato honey. If any one sees anything glaring that i should change before tommorow when i have to read it out, let me know, thanks xxx
Purple Anorak Woman
I love to people watch. I'm just a nosy person, I guess. I watch people all the time, on the train, in a classroom, walking down the street, but most of all I like watching people out of my front window, which gives me a wonderful view of all my neighbours.
I have some pretty interesting neighbours. There's the builder next door who has a mental age of about twelve. He once stole my younger brother's power ball and spent an afternoon poking it through the letterbox as my brother tried in vain to steal it back. Then there's the man who lives opposite, who has learning difficulties. He has an afro and gets excited when he buys crisps on their sell-by-date for half-price. You have the lady three doors down who turns away Trick or Treaters on October 30th because 'it's not Hallowe'en!' And there's the extremely attractive blonde guy who, disappointingly, only seems to emerge from his house once a month.
But by far the most interesting person I've ever observed is the woman fondly known to me and some of my friends as Purple Anorak Woman, or PAW for short. Purple Anorak Woman doesn't actually live near me. In fact, I have no idea where she comes from. She tends to appear on my street in the late afternoon, usually when I'm sitting at my computer and staring blankly out of the window for inspiration with whatever piece of pointless homework I'm working on.
As my nickname for her indicates, Purple Anorak Woman wears a purple anorak. Always. There was one time last summer where she left her purple anorak at home, giving me a stunning view of her sickly pink jogging bottoms and bright purple blouse. However, that seems to have been a freak occurrence.
Purple Anorak Woman's sister lives opposite to me, with an extremely large family of extremely odd people. For reasons unknown to me, Purple Anorak Woman is not welcome in this clan. When they see her appear on the street corner, the curtains are drawn and operation 'Pretend We're Not In' commences. Purple Anorak Woman has a lot more determination than I do. Either that or she's just really lonely, because she can usually stand there for half an hour knocking sadly on the door.
I like it best when she catches them out and they have to answer the door. Though this happens fairly often, they almost never let her in. More often than not, Purple Anorak Woman's sister will stand with the door on the latch and poke her head out to make excuses. After about five minutes, Purple Anorak Woman will turn dejectedly away from the door and wander slowly down my street, back to wherever it was she came from in the first place.
I've never quite worked out why my neighbour doesn't want to let her sister in. Maybe she's ashamed of her, or maybe she has a good reason. I mean, she's just a sad, lonely old lady. From what I've heard my mother say, she's a little 'slow,' or to use the politically correct term 'Mentally challenged.' I can't imagine she ever did anything harsh enough to deserve the treatment she gets. Maybe they just don't know what to say to her. Still, it seems a pretty poor excuse to shun her. She is family after all, and just once I'd like to see her walk inside.
The One and Only Reason Why I Can Never Win The PotterCast Blog Challenge Is....
there are only 3 stupid people who read this 'blog' and all 3 of you stupid people either do listen to PotterCast, have listened to PotterCast, or refuse to listen to PotterCast because he's a big ghay (love you Kyle)
Anyway, you all have heard of PotterCAst. So theres little point in me blogging about it.
So.....go listen to PotterCast!
To make this worse, I can't work out how to but the banners on here.
Put them on my myspace though
I really did feel the need to talk about something Potter related since this journal was supposed to be about my fan fics..
Go read my fics (again) and review (under another name)
In other news, my fingers have been burned and are hurty and bound tightly in PLASTERS (not Band Aids, cos thats the stupidest name ever, stupid Americans.....erm....who I love, mwah)
See, this is why fire (or in this case, the steam from a microwaveable clotted cream rice pudding) is EVIL
I have to go to a boring lecture on Syntax, and I haven't read the book cos I'm LAZY.
Before this, I should probably brush my hair. What the hell, I might just dry it as well. Oh hell, I'm gonna straighten it too, how glamorous.
Charlotte's Live Journal Awards:
Hottest Award: goes to Kyle
Awesomest Award: goes to Rob
Bounciest Award: goes to Anna
Myself Award: goes to Me
By the way. Kyle. I win.
Edit: OMG they just read out the names of people who added PotterCast on Myspace and my name wasn't there. It's gonna take me months to get over this. And I capitalised the C godamn it!!!
love ya xxxxxxxxxxx
New piccies up from Brens Bday
And some from Jenns
love you all!
I know you've probably all read this too many times (once) to care, but here is the final version of Window Sills
Window Sills
In my bedroom I have two huge windows which look down on my street. The window sills are so deep that when I was younger I could curl up in them and stay there, hidden in the curtains, for hours. I guess if I moved all the junk that litters them nowadays, I could probably still sit there, if I wanted to.
When I was younger, I'd always read long into the night, and my mum, on her way to bed, would always look in on me, telling me to turn out my light. But you can never find a good place to put your book down, so I'd always listen for her to settle down for the night and then turn my light back on. Once she'd caught on to this, I started moving to my window sills. There's a lamppost right outside my windows, and the light that came through was enough for me to read by. Even at the age of ten, I would sit there reading until the early hours of the morning. My mum never found out.
My street is only seconds away from the nearest pub, the centre of my towns nightlife. As a result, every Saturday night brought with it a drunken rabble that would run around and shout obscenities at passing crowds. When I was young, I'd perch on my windowsill and watch them. It amused me when they kicked the lamppost; I liked the sound it made as it wobbled back and forth, jokingly threatening to fall. In the dark it would send warm yellow patterns dancing across my bedroom walls.
When I was about twelve, I went through a short-lived phase where I was fascinated by witchcraft. I'd read books about Wicca and make magic potions with bath salts, shampoo, conditioner, and whatever else I could find lying around in the bathroom. That Christmas, my auntie bought me a 'spellbook' which instructed me on everything from selecting my very first wand to setting up my very own altar. My windowsill was my altar for about a week before I got bored and it got messy. I wiped away all the dirt that had represented Earth and the sticky patches that had once stood for Water. My paper pentacle was thrown away, and I stopped worrying my mother by sitting staring at smoky incense patterns for hours every day.
All that remains of my 'altar' now are the candles. I've always been petrified of fire, and everything to do with fire; candles, matches, sparklers, fireworks, fire alarms... For me, keeping candles on my windowsill meant constant checks were in order to make sure they hadn't 'accidentally,' spontaneously combusted, but it also instilled in me a small triumph every time I looked at them, which peaked sometime after my sixteenth birthday when I lit my first ever match (extra long.) Of course, a windowsill was never the most sensible place to light candles, considering the fabric curtains which hung inches away from the flames.
At about fourteen, I was allowed my first ever sleepover. My windowsills came in very handy on these occasions, they were perfect for my more outspoken friends to sit on when they wanted to shout things at the drunks passing on the street below. I was good at the hiding part, ducking out of sight behind the thick, red curtains that I could get lost in.
Nowadays my room is so cluttered that every spare surface has been covered. At the moment, my windowsills are home to an old stereo, a jewelry box, a stack of CD's and some random ornaments, along with a few miscellaneous candles. If I moved all this, I could probably still sit there, if I wanted to, although I don't need to as much now. Ironically, my mum gave up trying to make me go to sleep at a decent time at around the same time when I started valuing my sleep a lot more. Most Saturday nights I can be found, not observing, but attempting to avoid, the drunken rabble crossing my street. I don't light my candles much anymore, having moved on to much bigger foes, such as barbecues and Bunsen burners. Still, it's nice to stand at my windows sometimes, and watch the lamppost wobble in the wind, jokingly threatening to fall.
Ok, so I wrote this in ten minutes in my first creative writing seminar. All we were given was the begining of a sentence 'It was no use pretending that...' The idea was to not think, to just write the first thing that came into your head, and not edit anything as you went along, as a result, now ive read it back, its kind of....crap. Still, i said I'd put it up, so here it is. I really dont like it, really dont think I could make anything of it, but it's a learning curve I guess. I haven't edited anything, only I was stopped before i could finish it so the last little bit I've just written now.
The Corridor
It was no use pretending that I hadn't said it, because I had. I couldn't take it back. He wouldn't stop staring at me. I wanted to say I was sorry but I couldn't. I didn't know how. I didn't even know if I'd meant what I'd said, deep down. Maybe it was true. Maybe I'd only been lying to myself.
He was walking away now. I was trying to run after him, but I couldn't. I didn't know how. I didn't even know if I wanted to. He was too far away anyway. Even if I'd yelled. Even if I'd managed to open my mouth, and if my throat wasn't so dry, and if I'd been able to make a sound.
He'd almost disappeared by now. He was just a tiny dark figure at the end of the corridor. I couldn't even hear his footsteps anymore.
I was completely alone. The door slammed shut, and he was gone.
I wondered why I wasn't crying. I wondered why I wasn't running after him. I wondered why I wasn't screaming his name.
I wondered if I meant what I said.
The corridor seemed to be getting longer. The door at the end was moving further away. The frames on the walls were tilting and sliding, leaning in towards me. The floor was beginning to crack. The walls on either side of me were moving in closer, and closer. I could feel them pressing against my shoulders. And still the corridor stretched on.
Maybe he was waiting on the other side of that door. The door that was moving away from me, gathering pace, almost out of sight now. A tiny black rectangle against the stark white walls. Growing smaller, like a cat flap, like a birthday card, like a match box, like a dot.
I closed my eyes. Only for a moment. Then I opened them. I was staring at the ceiling. Not the ceiling of the corridor. A ceiling covered in clinical looking lights.
I was bound by tight white sheets, in a hard, lumpy bed. The air smelled of disinfectant and formaldehyde. Machines around me were beeping....people in uniforms were bustling around. Some one pressed a cool, damp cloth to my forehead, then moved over to open a window. A breeze entered, passing over me, refreshing me. Air entered my lungs and my vision cleared. And, this time in relief, I closed my eyes once more.
So, that was that.
Today I had my first proper Nature of Language lecture. Apart from the fact that I knew it all, it was really good. I got to look at pictures of chimps. It was all about comparing animal language to human language and what makes human language unique (an unasnwered question, though it is though to be the hierarchic structure)
Okay, it sounds boring now I'm saying, but honest, it was really interesting. We talked about the grammar used by the Chickadee (An American Tit, apparently........................snigge
Basically, humans kick arse, we have the best language, which is why we rule over all and have better sex lives.
Apart from pigs. THIRTY MINUTES!!!!
love to all,
Just a note to say I am officially giving up writing after reading Tree House.
I mean whats the point, really?
heehee, love ya Anna.
Okay, got my time table finalised, finally
Here it is:
Monday: Nature of Language, 3-4 pm
Tuesday: Syntax 12 - 1 pm
Wednesday: Phonology 9-10 am,
Thursday: Syntax Seminar 1-2 pm
Friday: Phonology Seminar 12 - 1, Nature of Language Seminar 2 - 3 Creative Writing seminar 3 -4.
Fun, huh?
Love you all xxxxxxxxxx
New pictures of drunkeness in my flat are up.
Of course, you'll only know that if you come on here.
Except Kyle, I told him, becuase I'm a slut.
hahaha, not really.
*shifty eyes*
Love you all, ALL THREE OF YOU!!!
Chazzle xx
'Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix you'


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Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by JCBRAVE, Sep 26, 2013.
kaeps best ever locker barely better than gabber and no one else lol
Jaws lost his mind 2 years ago
Watching this Fisherball is like watching beautiful cinnamon tography.
Field goal Fisher ball! Rams suck!!
The Rams offense is so bad, wow. Also, does Will Witherspoon start for the Rams? I respect Will, but if so, that's not good.
bout the only thing rams can do is punt. Maybe they should punt on first down and hope for a turnover
this is a terrible game, rams are horrible. How long before Bradford is benched? don't worry next week is gonna be better... the bills and browns! lol
Jared Cook still can't block.
considering no one on the rams can block or tackle, this might be a small issue. lol Jared Cook is just another part of this terrible team.
I know its out of Fisher's control, but it certainly is bizarre to see a team of his pass 90% of the time. The Rams have virtually nothing to speak of in the run game as their starting RB was the 2nd to last pick in the 2012 draft. Combine that with a defense that has definetly taken a step back from last year; and Bradford is having to pass nearly every single down it seems like.
Finnegan has looked below average so far this year, getting burned in this game and being embarrased most of that Cowboy game vs Dez Bryant.
Fisher who is always known for his hard-nose defensive play with old-school running game is totally the opposite for his club this year.


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Well, I'm still nauseated, but no active contractions. I would really like a break from feeling bad. On the plus side, I have cat-napped all day.
Shari prompted a weight-guessing game in the comments of the previous post. I forgot that I meant to start that.
So, here's the deal. She's already claimed 9lb6. (No thank YOU!) But, I have had a baby bigger than that.
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The instrument panel is one of the best in the segment, thanks to a large color information display that is clearly arranged and makes clever use of the space around the gauges. Our tester was packed with options, and its as-tested price of $67,295 certainly reflects that. The Driver Assistance package is pricey at $2800, but adds adaptive cruise control, Pre Sense Plus collision prevention/readiness, lane keep assist, and a top view camera. While it's great for long and exhausting road trips and tricky parking spots, we'd skip this package. The Prestige package also costs $2800, but adds a number of niceties such as ventilated front seats, ambient lighting, and premium sound.That said, the A6 TDI carries a base price of $58,395 including $895 destination fee, which is $2400 more than the A6 3.0T. Furthermore, our partners at IntelliChoice gave the diesel-powered A6 an "above average" cost of ownership rating, while the A6 3.0T earned an "average" rating. 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This is the original Supreme Magic Edition of Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic. It is the second book in the Inner Card Secrets Trilogy. There are twelve chapters in this ground breaking hardbound book, containing some of the greatest card magic in existence. Contents include: Twisting the Aces, Think of a Card, Oil and Water, McDonald's Ace Routine, The Notis Cascade Flourish, Manipulation with Cards, Magic with the Riffle Shuffle, Crimps, Cards to Pocket, Forcing Cards, The Trick that Cannot be Explained, and Vernon Touches (Glide, Buckle Count, and Push-off Count). This book is an absolute MUST for any card worker.


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Pros: Cleans with ease, Availability.
Cons: More sheets per bottle would be welcomed.
As I mentioned in my Armor All Protectant Wipes review I have become somewhat lazy when it comes to detailing my car. After I wash my car the last thing I want to do is perform even more work cleaning my windows using a conventional auto glass cleaner. Dealing with streaking, lint, etc. can be a big pain in the butt. Prior to using Armor All Glass Wipes I was using Armor All's conventional glass cleaner receiving very poor results. Are the glass wipes any better?
The Product:
Armor All claims that this product will keep your windows looking like new. This product is also said to be totally streak free, and specially formulated for auto glass and is ammonia-free (I assume this means it's safe for tinted windows, though this is not indicated on the bottle).
Armor All Wipes come in a tube containing 25 perforated 7"x9" disposable wipes.
My Experience:
I have been totally unimpressed with Armor All's conventional glass cleaners, however the wipes seem to do the job much better and with much less fuss. One 7"x 9" sheet is usually enough to clean all the exterior windows of my 2 door economy car (two or three wipes are usually needed to do both the interior and exterior). If you own a vehicle with large windows, or have not cleaned your vehicle's windows for some time, you most likely will have to use quite a bit more (I have used almost 15 sheets while cleaning my Fathers conversion van's windows).
A huge problem with most window cleaners are the streaks left behind. These streaks can reduce visibility just as much as dust and other stuff that accumulates on windows. With Armor All Glass Wipes I have experienced some of the clearest windows since I have used my all time favorite auto glass cleaning product; Turtle Wax ClearVue.
Despite the bottle's literature not giving a clear recommendation on whether or not this product should be used on tinted windows, I have used Armor All Glass Wipes on my own tinted windows without experiencing any problems. I also have used this product on mirrors and small windows in my home with the same great results.
Another huge advantage going with a wipe versus a conventional spray is the fact that you will not have to breathe in all those smelly chemicals. So many times I will attempt to spray a glass cleaning product on my car's window only to have the wind blow it right back on my face, it can get even worse when cleaning the inside windows; not happening with Armor All Glass Wipes. Armor All Glass Wipes also make it easy to get into hard to reach areas of your car, such as the inside back windows. If you own a sedan and have tried cleaning your back windows with a spray then you know how messy things can get. With Armor All Glass Wipes there is no dripping or running.
Price and Availability:
Armor All Glass Wipes are widely available, they can be purchased at almost any drug, grocery, large discount or automotive store. The product runs for about $4.99 at most automotive/grocery stores, though it can be purchased at K-Mart or Wal-Mart for about $3.99.
Final Thoughts:
Due to the relatively small amount of product you get for the price, you might consider going with a conventional auto glass cleaning spray if you own a large vehicle with lots of glass, as it makes economical sense. ClearVue from Turtle Wax works great if you are going to go that route. If you don't like spending an eternity cleaning your vehicle's windows, yet still want clarity, I highly recommend trying this product.
If you enjoyed reading this review, you might also want to check out my review on Armor All Glass Cleaner.
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Running Examples
This section walks you through running the examples which are shipped with a binary distribution.
Before you start
First you need to Download a binary distribution.
To run the demos with maven, you need to download and install Apache Maven.
To test your Maven install, change directory to the examples directory and type:
You should see something like:
Running the examples in Maven
To run the first example using Maven, change directory to the example you want to run then issue the following command:
To run the other Spring-based examples such as the Spring Example, use the Camel Maven Plugin. For example:
Running the examples in your IDE
In each example you can run the main() from your IDE.
To create an IDEA project, run
If you are an Eclipse user, run
You should now be able to open the project(s) in your IDE and run any main() method you wish.


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With unemployment on the rise, singer/songwriter/musician Peter Dearing's job security "just skyrocketed," he says.
"I go out and play music, party with everyone and that's my job," said Dearing, who lives on the Southside and grew up in Mandarin. "Everyone still needs entertainment."
Surrounded by the latest in recording equipment at Screaming Rooster Studios, Dearing is content to discuss a recent gig at Wild Wings Cafe.
The mark of a good night, his voice was still hoarse.
It's no wonder. His trademark black hat slung low, Dearing was rocking out and putting his own twist to songs such as Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" and Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'."
At the gig, Dearing was playing alongside Preston Pohl and the late Ron McClelland on guitar, Victor Gagnon on fiddle and Jon Kretzer on drums. Dearing played into the night, much to the delight of those listening.
From his seat at Wild Wings, Malachi Dragiff said he loved Dearing's rendition of 311's "Love Song" so much that he bought the singer a shot.
"I've got to work in the morning, but we stayed a little longer it was so good," Dragiff said. "We're going to go follow him around town."
With gigs six nights a week, Dearing's self-named Peter Dearing Band can be found in restaurants such as Caribbee Key Island Grille or Fionn MacCool's. And it's hardly a Monday evening if he isn't playing with the cover-song-playing, green-wig-wearing Little Green Men at Lynch's Irish Pub.
Even other local musicians like Dearing's sound. Jordan Mohilowski from Storyside:B said Dearing is not only a great vocalist but has a special connection with his audience.
"Peter had his own unique style, and I have noticed that the crowd is always receptive to his music," Mohilowski said. In a city full of "very talented bands and musicians," Dearing and his band "fit in perfectly."
Fitting in a quiet moment in the evenings can be difficult, but when it's daylight, Dearing works as an engineer at Screaming Rooster and Moxie Studios.
"My job makes sure that everything sounds good and it all gets on tape," he said of helping other artists record.
A songwriter since age 14, Dearing prefers to record his own music live.
"People don't realize that half of the time I am recording tracks right there, the beats I make happen right then and there," he said. "Nothing is pre-recorded. It's more artistic to do it in front of people."
And Dearing is no stranger to an audience. He's been forming or taking part in bands since he was 15. His first band, One Way Ticket, was a regular at the Murray Hill Theatre while Dearing was attending Episcopal High School. Next came Ex-Best Friends and then the Aaron Pelsue Band, which Dearing (who graduated from Bishop Kenny) joined when he was 17.
Dearing toured the country with the modern rock worship band for four years, but the road was never home for the Jacksonville native.
"I always had that rock star dream on stage in front of thousands of people," he said. "It's almost like, lonely. It's a rough situation when you're gone two to three months at a time."
Dearing became involved with musical worship at Christ's Church, formerly Mandarin Christian, when he was 17. These days, it's Axis Church at the University of North Florida, where Dearing leads a contemporary, concert-style musical worship.
"I was born and raised in a Christian family," Dearing said. "Morally, it shapes who I am when it comes to making decisions and the direction I've gone in doing what makes me happy rather than what society wants."
There was a time when Dearing was playing music from his parents' garage, a cheap microphone hanging from the ceiling. He remembers his father giving him his first guitar, a $300 Gibson Epiphone.
"He bought two so we could play together," Dearing said. "It was the first guitar that was mine. But I've definitely upgraded."
Now he favors a Taylor Acoustic, and it's what he brings to his parents' cabin in North Carolina when he wants to clear his head and write music.
He hopes his self-titled album will be finished this July. Fans of can expect all original songs, with one '70s or '80s song - just for fun.


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As promised, Konami and Kojima Productions have released the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots patch in Japan today.
Sweet. I'm doing a hard playthrough of deus ex right now. I might have to put that on hold for when the trophy patch is live in the USA


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More charges, court dates in horse neglect case
Hearing in probation violation case will continue Tuesday
Updated 3:34 pm, Wednesday, January 22, 2014
BALLSTON SPA — A Greenfield man faces three charges of failing to provide sustenance to three horses he owns at his farm, Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III's office said Tuesday.
Duane D. Carpenter, 54, is the brother of Ann Arnold, who has a pending probation violation charge related to the horse farm, Murphy's office said. Carpenter was arraigned in Greenfield Town Court on the misdemeanor charges, which stem from a search warrant issued last month. Three horses were found to be malnourished and another had an eye affliction, prosecutors said.
Carpenter pleaded not guilty and was ordered to appear in court on Feb. 18, along with another man facing the same charges in connection with the horses' care, James Foster.
Carpenter also must appear in court next Tuesday to address the prosecution's request that he post a bond in connection with monitoring and potential need for more care of the horses at the 131 Wilton Greenfield Road farm.
Greenfield Town Justice Michael Ginley directed the SPCA of Upstate New York to monitor the horses during the case, prosecutors said.
Ann Arnold, convicted in 2012 for failure to provide sustenance to 19 horses at the farm and sentenced to a 3-year term of probation. Assistant District Attorney Karen Heggen said she presented her case in that matter at a Town Court hearing Wednesday morning and the defense will continue its presentation Tuesday beginning at 11 a.m.


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October 28, 2010
Please review and understand the ramifications of allowing broker-dealers to set their own commissions for fees. This will lead to a "race-to-the-bottom" and will mean that ultimately, the consumer will be focused more on fees than getting good advice and counseling on their portfolios.
I am opposed to this portion of the measure and hope that you will eliminate this portion of allowing broker-dealers to set their own commissions. THank you.


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I'm starting to get items that don't quite fit into any of my categories and I'm finding that 'whatsnew' is getting a bit messy. So I've decided to have a try at this. Don't expect frequent write-ups but I'll try to put something in at least once a month with links to longer pieces.
I went to the Lucian Freud exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery yesterday. It was fantastic,
that man was a genius.
I've managed to surf up some of the paintings that I liked but they don't do the originals justice.
This was my favourite. I liked this because although most of the paintings were of nudes, they could hardly be called sensuous but I think this one is. It's the artist's naked foot pressing on the tube of paint that I like.
The several studies of his mother were really good too. I like this one as it combines youth and old age, and has a beautiful rendition of the hands and a skewed perspective.
Also in the exhibition, were two photographs of Freud at work, one painting The Queen and the other painting David Hockney
David Hockney calculated that his portrait took 130 hours to complete. When Hockney did Freud, his portrait took two and a half hours.
What I liked about the second photograph, of Freud painting the Queen was that Freud had put on a suit to paint the Queen. But then the Queen had put on a tiara.
I also enjoyed his last paintings, done when he was in his 80s. Especially the way his representation of the flesh mirrored the background of the sitter.
It's very nice to find the weather warming and a feeling of spring in the air. The grass also seems
to be getting the same feeling as it has started to
grow again. This is all very well but neither of the mowers I use at the allotment is operational.
The bodywork on the Mountfield is OK but the engine
doesn't work. Well the engine works but it is the pathetic recoil starter that has failed which
amounts to the same thing. Frank's has a remarkable
engine, its a Briggs and Statton, and starts first pull every time even though it lives under a leaky
sheet on the allotment. Unfortunately, every time we
use it, a bit more of the body falls off, to the point that it is getting to be dangerous.
My spring job has been to take the engine and grass catcher off Frank's mower and put them on our body. After all this, true to form, the Briggs and Stratten roared into life on the first pull. I'm hoping it will also enjoy having oil in its sump as well.
Last time Honda and Vikki stayed with us they said that sometime, they would like to have a proper go at spinning and turning, then we thought of some other things that they would like to do as well. The idea of a 'doing' weekend was born. Finally, we managed to find a weekend when we were all free and spent some time to-ing and fro-ing emails to choose our activities.
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From: vsmart86
To: Dr Tom Leadbeater ; Chris Leadbeater ; Honda Moose
Sent: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 9:12
Subject: Re: Doing weekend...
And what are we doing?? Suggestions include:
walking the dog... ?
baking bread
woodpecker song and other hearty (drunken) rhymes
driiinnnnkkkkiiinnggg as well then
some sort of garden related 'bowls' game - botcha
We convened Friday evening and settled into a Greek meal with a metze of:
Hummous, guacamole, Kalamata olives, Greek salad and home made Bread . This was followed by a Mousakka and accompanied by Retsina for those who like it, and red wine. Retsina may be an acquired taste but there are those who like it a lot despite the difficulty of enumerating its bottles.
Saturday was a workshop day with an evening meal of asparagus starter followed by roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. allotment cabbage, frozen beans and roast potatoes.
Sunday the dog got its walk, or more properly, Honda got his! Josie set off at a great rate with Honda hanging on for dear life to her lead, his black coat last seen disappearing into the far distance of Worminghall Road with his little leggies trailing behind.
Our summer parties usually end with the 'late night crew' sitting round the fire and entertaining themselves in a good old fashioned way, without a television. This always includes a round or two of 'Prince of Wales' We are pretty pathetic at this but it's always good noisy fun with lots of elbow pointing , accusation and outright confusion. The links are to two websites with the rules of this game which used to be a regular feature of fraternity parties in the 60s when I was at Cortland.
Also mixed in with this are renditions of old rugby songs, which I learned learned during a misspent youth playing rugby [badly] at Winnington Park Rugby club when I was 16. The woodpecker song being a particular favourite. This linkincludes an MP3 so you can sample it for yourself, [mercifully]
I shoved my finger in a woodpecker's hole,
And the woodpecker said, "God bless my soul,
Take it out, take it out, take it out,
I removed my finger from the woodpecker's hole,
And the woodpecker said, "God bless my soul,
Put it back, put it back, put it back,
Other verses:
Replaced/turn it round/REVOLVE IT!
Revolved/turn it back/REVERSE IT!
Reversed/in and out/RECIPROCATE IT!
Reciprocated/speed it up/ACCELERATE IT!
Accelerated /slow it down/RETARD IT!
Retarded/once again/REPEAT IT!
Repeated/twist it round/RE-ARTICULATE IT!
Re-articulated /let it go/RELEASE IT!
Released/pull it out/RETRACT IT!
Retracted/the other hole/RE-ALIGN IT!
Re-aligned/pull it out/REMOVE IT!
Removed/take a whiff/REVOLTING!
Also, not related but requested, were the words for the 'unobservant birds' poem. Whenever tw or sj
passed by something that I thought they should have
noticed I would remark, 'What these unobservant birds have never noticed is that.....' As I re-call,
this was quoted as recently as last summer on Cribbit's
summer cruise.
The full version is:
The Common Cormorant -- Christopher Isherwood
The common cormorant (or shag)
Lays its eggs in a paper bag,
The reason you will see, no doubt?
It is to keep the lightning out.
But what these unobservant birds
Have never noticed, is that herds
Of wandering bears with buns
Come steal the bags to hold the crumbs.
I have been working on tw's clock these last few days. It was made by our ancester Thomas
Leadbeater, though he spells his name 'Ledbeater'. Spelling has
never been a strong thing with us Leadbeaters, well this one anyway.
My parents bought the clock for me when I was in the States and it was in a very sorry state when they got it. Like many longcase clocks, it had been 'adapted' to fit in a damp, low ceilinged cottage. This had been done by roughly sawing off the bottom of the case and then nailing ordinary softwood skirting board to the bottom to cover the wet rot and woodworm damage. It was missing winder, pendulum, weights and one weight pulley. Luckily, my father had 'modernised' his old longcase clock by replacing the mechanical movement with a nice plastic electric quartz one. This meant that pendulum, weights and winder were surplus so were soon commandeered for my clock.
At the time, we were living at Rookery Cottage and that had the same problem of low ceilings. As I had to replace the whole of the bottom of the clock, I made it so that the clock would just fit between the floor joists at the cottage. In truth I also spaced the joists with the clock in mind.
Once tw bought his own house the clock went with him but as his ceilings are quite high it always looked out of proportion. We kept saying that 'one day we will do something about the bottom of that clock'. Well that time has come! Last week I made a base to extend the bottom section and it now looks better proportioned.
This was also a good opportunity to repair and replace several other bits of unsatisfactory casework. Like door hinges, door lock and bits of moulding.
The movement had also suffered over the years and cleaning and re-assembling it has occupied me these past two days. I'm now waiting for some replacement parts to complete the job. Expect another post when it has all been done.
The movement was reduced to a pile of cogs and spindles and then scrubbed in household ammonia followed by a chromic acid bath.
The re-modelling of the bathroom and lobby with several new doors has necessitated the turning of new knobs to fit them. This has triggered Rosemary to express her disapprobation of all the 'phallic' shaped ones that grace other locations in the house. Now, I would be the first to admit to her much greater cognisance of knobs and their diverse shapes than ever I could aspire to myself. So I must bow to her greater knowledge and merely wonder at the many sacrifices she must have made to gain such comprehensive knowledge.
Bearing in mind her strictures about the shape of new knobs I crafted this one pudentically.
Our family gatherings are always enlivened when Alex is with us. Her good humour and zany gifts
providing much amusement. My mother, despairing that she
hadn't got a REAL job, variously remarked: 'That girl should go on the stage'
and 'It's a shame that
she can't find a job where dressing-up is a requirement.'
I don't think my mother had heard of Disney World.
Well it has finally happened! Alex has been doing Sally Holloway's Comedy Course which finished with her end of course stand-up act in Hastings on 22nd November.
And now you can see her for yourselves on youtube .
And she is still here on her own page at cribbit.net.


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Here's another activity you can do with parents at registration.
I print the note above on bright colored card stock to get attention. Parents read it and sign up on the chart below to send in a treat. It lists the last day of every week of the school year.
Parents may send in anything they choose. In the past we have gotten pencils, stickers, bubbles, bookmarks, silly bands, and snacks. I leave it up to the parents.
The best thing about this is that it is done for the year! If it doesn't get filled up, I bring it out at curriculum night. If a parent chooses not to sign up, they usually send in a note some time during the year asking when it is their turn. They don't want to be left out. Very rarely do I supply a treat.
The next question is...what about the students that don't earn their stars? They do not get a treat. They quickly learn how this system works.
In 23 years, I have only had one parent did not send in a treat because the child would not get it because he didn't earn it. I was okay with that.
Come back tomorrow to find out how this ties into the happy/sad face.
P.S. You can grab a copy of my sign and reminder notes by clicking on the pictures.


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Such a great game. I had great fun with this game.
I love the art style, suits the game. Loved the enemies was such a plain and simple game. Just how I like them. On the downside I found that the collisions where a bit to far away for my liking. What I mean is I couldn't get that shot in before the enemy hit the sewer water to negate me by five points. other then that it was such an addicting game I will be back to beat my high score.
Overall great game, great mechanics ,and beautiful art style. 4/5 stars.
Nice simple game. It's so simple yet so addicting.
And my only complaint is that this game doesn't have a pause feature. =P
Looking forward for your next game! =D
Eheh!!! Thank you so much, I'm happy that you like it and I really didn't expect so many people liking it! :)
Onestly I didn't want you to pause the game, ahah! :)
Thanks for playing man!
I'm already working on my next game so stay tuned and visit my website for news :)
In the meantime I'll try to beat your score :D :D
I had a lot of fun with this game! As of 4:05 am June 2nd, I am second place. I was trying feverishly for 1st but those mud mines drive me INSANE! Why would you make a game so mean to it's players? What did I ever do to you?!
Ahahah!! I'm happy that you liked it man! :)
Try beating your high score and keep in touch... soon I'll announce another game!
how do i shoot?
Hi Tibolo! :)
Press 'Z' to shoot! :)


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Who knew Old Navy was so wonderful?! We got all the outfits for the guys there for under $70 CDN!!!! Shoes for the girls for cheap too! They are having a sale on flip flops now 2/$8 CDN! I was really excited at how cheap everything was! We were nervous to try there because the qualty of the clothes has seemed to decrease, but this season things are looking up!!!! Thats all.....
Finished all the Party's Attire Today!
Started by zoeysmom1204, Apr 13 2008 07:24 PM
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Posted 13 April 2008 - 07:24 PM
Posted 13 April 2008 - 07:26 PM
Now you know the rules, we want pics, lol! Congrats on geting that tasked completed :~)
2 Hearts, 1 Love 08.08.08Punta Cana, D.R.
Posted 14 April 2008 - 09:22 PM
Ahhhh, doesn't it feel good to have the bridal party dressed?!?
On another note, I've been inspired to head to Old Navy to pick up some flip flops for myself...
On another note, I've been inspired to head to Old Navy to pick up some flip flops for myself...
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