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This is not all that bad. Especially considering I've never tried to write my own story before. I can't really think of a way to put it into words without ruining the whole story, but it starts out with Bella in the meadow. Victoria gets Bella. Bella gets bitten, and all that good stuff. You'll just have to read it to find out. I swear, I've tried to make it as interesting as possible and it gets more interesting further in the story. P.S. Sorry I haven't updated in, like forever, but my computer broke, and it took a really long time to fix, and when it was finally fixed, it erased all my stuff, including the internet. Basically, it was just like getting a brand new computer. Plus, I couldn't remember the website URL, it was my homepage, so I never had to... tear... newayz, I'm finally back on and working on the fifth chapter (again). Luv yaz!
While your reading this story, don't forget, this is my first time EVER attempting to write anything, so don't be too impatient with me. But I would still LUV to hear your thoughts, so please don't hesitate to review. I would love to thank my best friend for introducing me to the BEST book ever before I start. I tried to make it as interesting as possible. I hope you enjoy it!!!
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It's been almost two years since I'd been bitten that day in the forest. I had been looking for the meadow where he first told me he loved, the meadow I had longed to see for months, since the night he left me. I don't know how long i had searching, only that it was getting darker, twilight, when I finally found it. i thought I would be happy and relieved when I found it, not empty.
Why did you come here? I thought to myself. How could you be so stupid?
I was just about to leave when I heard a quiet breathing behind me. i spun around, scared of what I might find. but it wasn't what I thought it would be. It was not the one person I longed to see, to smell, to hold. I looked at the man, his face half covered by his black hair. He looked at me with red eyes that struck a nerve, and fear rippled through me. I looked at the man for a moment longer before i finally realized who he was.
"Laurent?" I asked the man.
"It's good to see you again, Bella." As he said this i realized he sounded different, more vicious than the last time we met, last year when I was being hunted by James. He sounded thirsty.
I stared at him, not sure of what I was feeling. Although I was sure if I was any normal person, I would be terrified, knowing that I stood three feet from a vampire, and that this vampire more than likely was craving my blood, ready to attack in a split second, but I had learned not to fear, because without him my life was empty, I was empty.
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"I was just hunting." he replied, I noticed the ravenous tone in his voice that should have frightened me, except I doubted I could hurt any more than I already did.
"No, I mean here, in this meadow." i clarified.
"I am here with... an old friend."
"Who? Maybe I know him." I said, trying to keep the conversation casual, a very poor attempt.
"Oh, it's no he, and I know for a fact you know who it is." Something about the way he said it mad me a little cautious and suspicious.
"Well, who was it then?"
"I think you'll know soon enough." he replied.
This made me even more cautious. And then a strange sensation trickled down my spine. I turned around to meet the cause, but there was nothing there.
I turned back around and Laurent was about a foot closer than a second ago, although I hadn't heard him approach. I watched as he drew deep breaths, inhaling my scent. It then struck me that the only thing stopping him from killing me before was the Cullens-- I winced as I thought their name, even here, inches away from death, it was too much pain.
When he spoke he confirmed my suspicions, " I've heard the Cullens moved away." I nodded slowly. "Do you ever hear from them?"
I didn't know what to say to that, so I decided to lie. "Sometimes, why?"
He shrugged. "When was the last time you heard from them?" He asked in an alluring voice.
I was trying to resist his tempting tone, but it was hard. " Not in a while." I said in a low voice I know only a vampire could hear.
His eyes seemed to brighten at this statement, I knew immediately I made a mistake, possibly a grave one.
I felt my face twist slightly into an expression mixed with fear and regret before I could stop myself. He didn't miss this.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm not the one you need to worry about."
"What do you mean 'I'm not the one you need to worry about'?" I asked in a cautious tone.
"I mean, if I kill you, it would be quick and damn near painless, Victoria on the other hand..." his voice trailed off.
This caught my attention. "Victoria?" I choked. Victoria was James' mate, the vampire who tried to kill me last year by making me believe he would hurt my mother. Edward, Emmett, and Jasper had killed him after he came very close to killing me. "Why do I have to worry about Victoria?"
"Because, James was her mate, and your boyfriend killed him." He said calmly.
"I still don't see how this has anything to do with me." I replied, a confused expression on my face.
"She believes that killing Edward would not be punishment enough. She plans to kill you. You see, it's an exchange, mate-for-mate. If you only knew what she has in store for you, you would be begging for me to kill you now, although, I'm not sure, I think I might grant your unspoken wish-" he began to walk toward me, the thirst growing more noticeable in his eyes. He stopped mid-step and looked to the right, I looked too but saw nothing.
I looked back at Laurent, and saw he was still looking at the trees, a look of horror etched upon his face. He turned then and ran at full speed in the opposite direction. I stared after him in disbelief, then watched as five monstrous wolves bounded through the meadow after him. I stood there for who knows how long before I finally regained control of myself and headed back the way I came.
About ten minutes after I started walking I got a very strange feeling someone was following me. I glanced over my shoulder every thirty seconds just in case. After about five minutes of this I stopped and turned around. Then someone grabbed me from behind, their hands ice-cold, and threw me onto the ground...
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The headlines we wanted to see in 2013 recap continues today with headlines four through 10. The first three reviews appeared Sunday.
4. New schools being built: New schools were not built in 2013 and probably won't be for many years. However, much-needed and long-neglected repairs and upgrades at school buildings have transformed schools. Lots of work needs to be done, and eventually new schools will have to be part of the discussion.
5. Rockford graduation rates rise: Not by much. Sixty-four percent of Rockford students graduated within four years. That's abysmal. The state average is 83 percent. As bad as Rockford's graduation rate is, it's 2 percentage points better than the year before. Harlem's graduation rate also is below state average at 71 percent. Belvidere is at 80 percent and Freeport is at 78 percent. Hononegah tops public school districts in the NIC-10 conference with a 90 percent graduation rate.
Rockford's graduation rate would be more worrisome if the district didn't have plans to fix the problem. The academy approach being implemented in the high schools has the potential to keep kids motivated in the classroom. That should lead to better graduation rates in the years to come. It won't happen overnight. Patience is important.
6. Illinois lawmakers enact pension reforms, set state on path to fiscal health: This is another one of those "yes, but" headlines. Pension reform was passed early this month, but court challenges could derail the process. Meanwhile, the state's financial picture is pretty ugly. The bill backlog is nearly $5.5 billion. It looks like our Deadbeat Illinois series could continue for another year.
7. Reclaiming First gets money it needs: Almost there. The plan to put Rockford back on top in the sports tournament business is getting money from the city of Rockford, state grants, the Rockford Park District and receipts from a 2 percentage point increase to the hotel tax. The project still hopes to get money from Winnebago County, Cherry Valley and Machesney Park. We hope that happens soon.
If all goes well, the Ingersoll building will be open for games in the fall of 2015.
8. County jail population drops: The Winnebago County Jail population is lower than it has in about three years. That's good news because it's expensive - $75 a day - to keep people locked up. The jail's average daily population is down about 5 percent from the 1,019 inmates it averaged in 2012. That equates to about 55 fewer inmates each day.
The decline in the number of inmates has been attributed to a more efficient court system. Most inmates are awaiting trial. A more efficient system moves them more quickly either to prison or to freedom.
9. Quinn signs measure banning assault rifles in state: Gov. Pat Quinn would have liked Illinois to ban assault weapons, but the effort never did get much momentum. It's an election year, so we doubt the issue comes up in 2014.
10. Cubs win World Series: Not. Even. Close. Yes, we were dreaming when we added that headline to our wish list, but that's what wish lists are for. The best thing that could be said about the Cubs' 2013 season is that they didn't lose 100 games - they "only" lost 96. Things weren't any better on the South Side of Chicago. The White Sox lost 99 games.
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Car Review: 2014 Mazda3 S Grand Touring
The new 2014 Mazda3 S is a big deal, because the redesigned compact vehicle is the Mazda's best-selling and most recognizable nameplate worldwide with more than 3.5 million vehicles sold. We had the chance to drive the 2014 Mazda3 S in bitter cold temperatures with plenty of snow on the road to really put this car to the test.
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From the dynamic signature wing of the five-point grille, to the expansive sheet metal cresting over sleekly slanted headlamps, to the wide-stance muscular fenders, to the taut character lines flowing from panel to panel, sculpting into a chiseled rear featuring provoking taillights, KODO begets the Mazda3 a presence unlike any other. Yet such style is not without purpose as the five-door and sedan models achieve best-in-class coefficient of drag (Cd) at 0.275 and 0.255, respectively, when equipped with i-ELOOP and an active grille shutter. A new-to-Mazda feature, the active grille shutter is mounted in front of the radiator and automatically opens and closes in accordance with driving conditions to improve aerodynamic performance while contributing to real-world gains in fuel economy.
Mazda took things to a whole new level with the cabin space of the 2014 Mazda3 S Grand Touring. The interior will impress, starting with the driver-oriented cockpit. The pedals have been laid out symmetrically to the left and right of the driver's center-line with a hinged organ-type accelerator pedal as standard for added safety and comfort. Designed not only to appeal to the senses, each control and function also is specifically placed with intuitive utility in mind. The less time spent focusing on adjusting knobs and tapping touch-screen commands, the more time a driver is engaged with the actual act of driving, being alert to what is on the road ahead and, therefore, being able to react quickly, accurately and safely.
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- 3.3: Changing the language settings
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Logging on the administration of your blog
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When entering the blog administration system after creating one or more blogs, you will see a list of your different blogs.
1: Deleting a blog
If you click Delete you will be asked to confirm the deletion
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NB: The folder on your FTP will not be deleted even though you delete a blog. That is to save any images or files uploaded in the blog.
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Click Restore if you accidentally deleted some or all of the blog files on your ftp.
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Click Edit to enter the edit menu
3.1: Changing blog name and url
To change the blog's name and url click Blog Details. This will open the first step of the blog creation. When you have chosen your new name or url, click Save to return to the Edit menu.
3.2: Changing time settings and anonymous users' permissions
To change the time settings and/or the anonymous users' permission click Miscellaneous Settings. This will open a page corresponding to the second step of the blog creation. When you have changed the settings, click Save to return to the Edit menu
3.3: Changing the language settings
As default the menus in your blog will be shown in the language the visitors browser uses as default language. This means for example that most English visitors will see English menus while French visitors will see French menus. If you instead want all your visitors to see the same language you can specify that language.
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3.4: Changing the 'About me' and 'About the blog' text
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3.5: Administrating users
To administrate users in your blog click Users/Permissions. This will open the page corresponding to the fourth step of the blog creation.
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- Delete - Delete the user
- Restore - Restore the password and send it to the user's e-mail
To create a new user click Add user. Then either choose to add a new user by clicking the New user radio button or to add an existing user by clicking the Add existing user radio button.
If you chose New user, type the e-mail address, the desired name, and the password for the user twice.
If you chose Add existing user, simply choose the users you want from the list of other users on other blogs, which will appear after clicking the radio button.
Finally choose the permissions for the user and click Save
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To administrate categories in your blog click Categories. This will open the page corresponding to the fifth step of the blog creation. First you can create new categories.
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The Texas Rangers attempt to keep pace as the American League's top team on Saturday night as they continue their three-game road series with the Seattle Mariners.
Seattle grabbed hold of an early lead on Friday night following a Kendrys Morales' RBI single in the bottom of the first, but the Rangers responded with a two-run homer from Jeff Baker in second inning and a three-run shot from Lance Berkman in the third on their way to a 9-5 victory.
All 10 Rangers to step to the plate on the night recorded at least one hit.
The run support was more than enough for Justin Grimm (4-3), who, despite allowing 10 hits, gave up just three earned runs over 6 1/3 innings of work.
Joe Nathan extinguished a fire in the ninth inning, recording one out for his 15th save.
For the Mariners, who have lost seven in a row, Joe Saunders (3-5) found himself on the wrong end of the decision after allowing eight hits and six earned runs in five innings. He was previously 9-0 in his career at Safeco Field.
Kyle Seager finished 3-for-5 in the losing effort, while Morales, Raul Ibanez, Justin Smoak and Brendan Ryan all chipped in two hits apiece.
Derek Holland gets the nod for visitors on Saturday, and the Rangers have won four straight games in which he has started. Holland is 3-2 with a 3.30 ERA on the year, although he has allowed four earned runs in each of his past two outings.
The left-hander surrendered eight hits and three walks against the Tigers on May 19, failing to make it out of the fifth inning.
Holland is 7-2 career against the Mariners and has been especially strong at Safeco Field (2-0, 0.92 ERA).
Seattle will counter with its ace Felix Hernandez. The 2010 Cy Young Award winner and three-time All Star is up to his same old tricks this season, as he sits with a 5-3 record and a 2.07 ERA while striking out 72 batters in 69 2/3 innings.
Despite his outstanding campaign, Hernandez is fresh off his roughest outing of the year, allowing eight hits and six runs (5 earned) in a May 19 loss to Cleveland.
"It was one of those days for Felix," Seattle manager Eric Wedge said. "You're going to have games like that."
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UNION, New Jersey (from a USM release) -- Senior guard Jaime
Capra (Old Bridge, N.J.) scored a game-high 25 points to lead the
Brandeis University Judges to a 74-71, come-from-behind win over
the University of Southern Maine Huskies Friday in the first round
of the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship in
Harwood Arena at Kean University in Union, N.J.
With the win, Brandeis improves to 19-7 overall and will face regional host Kean University tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. in the second round of the 2008 Division III
Women's Basketball Championship on Saturday. With the loss, Southern Maine concludes its season with a 25-4 overall record.
Capra scored 19 of her game-high 25 in the second half as the Judges, who trailed by as many as 15, rallied for the victory. Rookie forward Amber Strodthoff finished as the only other Brandeis player in double figures with 13 points off of the bench. Senior guard Kiersten Holgash added nine points a team-high six rebounds.
Southern Maine junior forward Stacey Kent and senior forward Angela Santa Fe combined to score 44 points to pace the Huskies. Kent finished with a team-high 22 points and five rebounds while Santa Fe tossed in 20 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds. Sophomore forward Becky Dixon added nine points and two blocked shots off of the bench, while senior forward Josalee Danieli
chipped in with eight points and six rebounds.
In the first half, both teams shot the ball extremely well with Southern Maine sneaking out a narrow, 38-37 lead at the break. The Huskies shot 53.8% (14-for-26) from the field and a scorching 7-for-12 (58.3%) from 3-point range, including four from Kent and three from Santa Fe. The Judges made 12-of-25 of its shots from the floor (48.0%) and were bolstered by a 7-for-9 effort from the free throw line.
In the second half, Southern Maine was clicking on both sides of the ball and took a 15-point (61-46) on a 3-pointer from senior guard Dawn Ross. Both teams exchanged baskets over the next two minutes and the Huskies held a 14-point (65-51) advantage following a lay-up by Kent with 6:51 to play.
That was the last field goal the Huskies would make for the next 3:31 as the Judges, led by Capra, began their comeback. Brandeis scored 12 unanswered points, including seven by Capra on a 3-pointer, a steal and a lay-up. Capra's free throws pulled the Judges to within two, 65-63, with 3:20 left.
Dixon finally ended USM's drought, sinking two free-throws with 2:32 to play to put the Huskies up four (67-63). However, Capra again responded for the Judges scoring five consecutive points on a lay-up and a
trifecta from the left wing to put her team ahead 68-67 with 1:56 to play.
Brandeis continued to add to its lead on the free throw line taking a four-point advantage (71-67) on 1-of-2 from Capra and a pair from Strodthoff with 45 seconds to play. USM outscored the Judges 4-1 over the next 25 seconds on a lay-up from Santa Fe and two free throws from Kent to pull within one, 72-71 with 19 seconds on the clock. Strodthoff sank two more free throws on Brandeis' next possession to give the Judges a three-point lead. Both teams missed shots in the final seconds of the game.
Brandeis outscored the Huskies 23-6 in the final 6:51 to pull out the win. Southern Maine connected on just two its final eight field goals and committed six turnovers in the final seven minutes.
Women's hoops rallies from 15 down to defeat Southern Maine, 74-71
UNION, New Jersey (from a USM release) -- Senior guard Jaime
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of the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship in
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Last week I drove up to Benton, Mono Mills, Bodie and other places around Mono County. On Google Earth I saw the Bodie & Benton Railway grade clearly marked from Mono Mills to just south of Mono Lake. From there it is not marked.
Does anyone know of any maps that show the entire former course of the railway between Mono Mills and Bodie?
If anyone has driven it, does it require high ground clearance and/or 4WD?
I have driven and walked the entire route - from the railroad office building above Bodie, down and into the forests south of Mono Mills. Not one trip, but many short ones and over several decades. In vehicles and on foot.
I've only used standard topographic maps to plot my course. The old 15' series maps show the most of the grade. I've found that overhead aerial/satellite maps (such as Google Maps) show the best to follow the grade, though it's easy to loose in the forests south of Mono Mills.
The grade was never completed to Benton. Grading was abruptly abandoned in Adobe Valley. Many publications cite that it is a mystery, but one publication, written by a former manager of the railroad, stated that it would conflict with the Carson & Colorado Railroad's mission of bringing forest products south from the Lake Tahoe region. The Virginia & Truckee Railroad was the parent company of the C&C, they owned vast lumber interests.
As to trail conditions, I can only state that when I followed the route in bits and pieces, I did so in standard 4x4 pickup trucks that I've owned over the decades, all stock. I did get badly stuck once, when I high centered on the grade near Warm Springs. In the Mono Basin the trail gets quite sandy (pumice sands). As the grade climbs the Bodie Hills, you have to walk northward. There are sites that held trestles, now gone, but their stone abutments remain. I've found telegraph poles. The switchbacks are pretty neat. When I first attempted to gain the railway office structure, I got kicked out. It was 30 years ago and closed to the public. 25 years ago I got a private tour. 18 years ago I went on a public tour. I believe tours are available now. I've also walked several miles of the grade south from the railway office. The grade south into the forests fragmented as timber conditions warrented in those days - the grade never had a set course but ran where there was timber. In the forests south and east of Mono Mills are many old timber camps, with loading platforms still found. There are remains of a flume and sawmill near Sawmill Meadows. I've never attempted following the route of the aborted Benton branch, except to follow it via Google Maps. It's hard to determine its course as it gets into the hills east of Mono Lake.
Enjoy your travels!
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On 1 March, Royal Opera House Insights returns to Thameside Theatre in Grays, Essex, offering a deeper look at The Royal Ballet's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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Premiering last year, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is bursting with fresh, witty choreography and bold designs. At the insight you'll get an exclusive glimpse at dancers rehearsing the roles that take weeks to perfect as well as hearing from the production team about the challenges of creating a balletic hit.
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This morning we experienced the low point of growing food in the city, as our intern saw a few men walking away with handfuls of our garlic, which is about five months old.
We haven't had much produce theft so far, but it's always a little frustrating when it happens. I guess we don't have to worry about four legged produce thieves like deer and rodents though! Mostly it's just been curious kids or neighbors pulling up a beet here or there or taking a tomato or two.
We really don't want a fence, as that defeats the whole idea of growing a garden and sharing food inside the city.
Right now we are starting a small fruit orchard along one side of the lot that will serve as a living fence. Hopefully tomorrow I will start building a flower bed along the front of the rows that go up to the sidewalk, so they are less tempting for people walking by. I won't mind as much if people trim a flower or two!
If you grow in the city, how do you deal with the issue of garden theft?
I posted more about our interaction with our neighbors and the interesting mix of garden theft & garden love here: http://www.baltimorediy.org/2012/04/today-on-boone-street-one-good-...
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Our front yard has a 3' fence around it so people generally stay away. The driveway gate is usually open but no one really ever comes into our yard. We also mostly grow edible shrubs and ground covers and since most people are wary of eating berries they aren't familiar with it's even less of an issue. We had considered having a front yard garden to feed the neighborhood but then realized that encouraging people to hang around our property probably wasn't such a great idea in terms of safety and liability.
We're trying out the idea of having communal garden beds, open to the public, that people are encouraged to come in and pick from -- hoping this will result in less theft from garden members' plots.
Yes, it's definitely a delicate balance between sharing with anyone who needs it, and encouraging people to take all the free stuff they want :) I love hearing all the feedback about people's experiments with this. It's definitely an interesting issue as gardens continue to bloom in populated ares.
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Does George W. Bush have a "Catholic sensibility"? Tim Goeglein thinks so, and he's better situated than most people to know. For seven-and-a-half years Goeglein was deputy director of the public liaison office of the Bush White House, with frequent opportunities to observe the president up close.
The results can be seen in his memoir The Man in the Middle (B&H Books)—a volume that might be called "Bush and I." When revisionist historians come to the Bush presidency, Goeglein's admiring portrait will need to be taken into account.
Bush left office in January 2009 on the crest of a tsunami of unpopularity. Two grinding wars, a botched response to Hurricane Katrina, an ill-timed tax cut, soaring deficits, and a deep recession were viewed as his legacy.
In his new book Bad Religion (Free Press), Ross Douthat, a conservative Catholic columnist for The New York Times, maintains that Bush administration missteps combined with the president's own very visible religiousness damaged the Evangelical cause through a kind of guilt by association.
But in Goeglein's eyes Bush could do no wrong. "Despite [the critics'] venal attacks on his integrity," he writes, "George W. Bush is in fact a man with a great soul whose internal moral compass made him a gifted leader."
Leaving aside policy issues, Bush really does emerge in these pages as a decent man of strong religious faith. Goeglein, deeply religious himself, was at home in a White House where—in striking contrast with today—the boss often prayed in public and wore his Evangelical faith on his sleeve.
What Goeglein calls Bush's "Catholic sensibility" may have to do with his relationship with Pope John Paul II. Pope and president met three times and the experience seems to have made a deep impression on Bush. Says Goeglein: "His personal regard for John Paul II was probably higher than for any other world leader of the Bush presidency, their worldviews rooted deeply in the ancient faith that was the lifeblood of each."
The author sees John Paul's persuasive powers at work in Bush's policy on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Bush limited it to already existing cell lines rather than allowing for new ones created by destroying human embryos. That cautious approach was discarded by President Obama.
Goeglein acknowledges "serious concerns and differences" between the White House and the Vatican over Iraq. But he doesn't mention that on the eve of the U.S. invasion John Paul took the unusual step of sending Cardinal Pio Laghi, former papal nuncio to America, to Washington to try to talk President Bush out of war.
The episode that opens Man in the Middle may also shed light on Bush's Catholic sensibility since it concerns his capacity for extending forgiveness–in this case, to Goeglein. Well into his White House years, it came to light that Goeglein had plagiarized material for columns he wrote for his hometown paper back in Indiana. As Washington scandals go, this was small potatoes, but Goeglein bit the bullet and resigned.
Summoned to the Oval Office for what he supposed would be a terminal chewing-out, he got a "miracle" instead. "Tim," said the president, who years before had kicked a drinking habit, "I have known mercy and grace in my own life, and I am offering it to you now. You are forgiven."
This was George Bush at his best. It's easy to see why Goeglein admires him. How those revisionist historians will view him in the future will be for them to decide.


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The new tutorial series can be found here, please use KAuth when developing with KDE: it's easier, more integrated, and portable
PolicyKit is an authentication system, that lets developers set a policy on specific actions. It works in strict correlation with D-Bus and ConsoleKit, and it is really useful in cases where you need to perform privileged actions
This tutorial is aimed to developers who want their application to perform privileged actions in a secure, consistent and easy way.
PolicyKit is closely integrated with KDE starting from version 4.3. In kdebase-workspace we have an authorization manager and an authentication agent. What matters the most, though, is polkit-qt library, in kdesupport, that lets us use the PolicyKit library through a nice Qt-styled API. In this tutorial we will be using it as our main development resource.
Your application does not need very special prerequisites to be integrated with PolicyKit. Console applications or libraries can also link to polkit-qt-core, that doesn't add a dependency to QtGui.
As a developer, you probably need to read the Polkit-qt api documentation, that is a fundamental compound of this tutorial. A fair knowledge of D-Bus (have a look at the D-Bus tutorial series for that) can make your workflow better.
Before you start diving into PolicyKit integration, you have to know how a .policy file is made. Those files contain a definition of actions carried out by your application that require authorization by PolicyKit. So let's suppose we are creating the application foo that can do action1, that requires authentication as the current user, and action2, that requires authentication as an administrator. Our policy file will be named org.kde.foo.policy and will look like this:
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"-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
<action id="org.kde.foo.action1">
<description>Action number one</description>
<message>Prevents from doing action one</message>
<action id="org.kde.foo.action2">
<description>Action number two</description>
<message>Prevents from doing action two</message>
Let's see how we wrote it:
This is a very simple overview on .policy files that should be enough for most needs, should you need some more information, you can consult PolicyKit reference manual.
Polkit-qt is splitted into 2 libraries, one for working without GUI interaction (-core), and one for working with it (-gui). It also includes some nice additions to make working with helpers easier, as you will see in the next tutorial. Let's see how to use Polkit-qt
You will find this file into polkit-qt source. This file not only defines the dbus_add_activation_system_service macro, that will be extremely useful later, but also lets you find and link against -core, -gui or both.
Polkit-qt-core is composed by Auth and Context. The first is a namespace that lets you easily obtain and check for authorizations, while Context lets you retrieve informations about PolicyKit context. Please refer to polkit-qt docs for more details.
Polkit-qt-core is composed by Action, ActionButton and ActionButtons. They are simply wrappers around QAction and QAbstractButton that let you integrate those two elements with a PolicyKit action. The library will take care not only of obtaining and notify you upon authorization, but also to change the GUI elements (text, icon, etc...) accordingly to the result PolicyKit streams to you.
The api docs for Polkit-qt are really detailed and a strongly advised read. Even if in the next tutorial we'll show you how to use Polkit-qt in the most common case, having some more knowledge on it will surely help you in advanced uses.
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When a severe storm rages, often bringing strong winds, booming thunder and dark clouds, the sound of a siren piercing through all of that chaos is meant to deliver the message that a particularly serious threat exists. Those nearby are advised to seek shelter immediately in the safest place possible.
It happened Monday night in North Aurora and Sugar Grove, after a funnel cloud was reported south of Route 30 in Aurora, though Don Bryant, director of the Kane County Office of Emergency Management, said it was not confirmed as being a tornado. And in May, sirens were sounded in Elburn, though there was no tornado threat, when hail as large as tennis balls fell in some areas.
The decision of when to set up such alarms is up to designated individuals in a community – individuals who are trained to respond to such events. There is little debate among those in the Tri-Cities and Kaneland areas that sirens would sound in the event of a tornado warning. However, the sirens can be activated in other situations, and the designated individuals say it's important to be sure to resort to the sirens only when necessary, for fear that residents might tune them out if they are sounded too often.
In Elburn, Brad Hruza, a weather spotter and storm chaser, criticized the recent sounding of the village's siren during the hail storm, saying it confused his neighbors and could lead to people taking the warnings less seriously. But Dave Gualdoni, an Elburn Village Board member who works closely with the Elburn Community Response Team, defended the decision, saying he felt it was necessary to warn people who might have been out at athletic fields and could have been seriously injured by such large hail.
The sirens
Patti Thompson, communications manager for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, said the rules for setting off emergency sirens is "a local decision." She said communities aren't required to have the sirens at all, but the agency does have guidelines about testing. Sirens are tested at 10 a.m. on the first Tuesday of every month.
"It's their decision about how to alert their citizens of a hazard," she said.
Gualdoni said there are five sirens in Elburn. This year, the siren policy was updated to include severe thunderstorm warnings, with wind speeds of at least 70 mph or golf ball-sized hail. Previously, he said, a tornado warning was necessary. He said he understood criticism from those who said Elburn should have done a better job of spreading the word about the change. He brought it up at a recent board meeting, and it appeared not all Elburn trustees were aware of the change.
"That's one of the big problems," he said. "There's a lack of information on our website."
Trustees and village staff, however, supported the sounding of the sirens during the hail storm. Village President Dave Anderson said it was the right decision.
Hruza, however, said he will head to the Elburn Village Board meeting on July 21 to speak on the issue. During a severe storm, Hruza posts frequent updates to his Facebook page, and he said there were many who were puzzled about why the sirens were going off. He said it's "dangerous to the public" to sound the sirens for hail because there are "complacent people" who won't heed the warnings if they are sounded too often.
"Sounding them for hail is unacceptable," Hruza said. "It really upset me when I heard that."
A fellow storm chaser, St. Charles-based Lorraine Mahoney, agreed that many people don't listen to warnings.
"We already have enough people not care about tornado sirens because they go off, and 90 percent of the time a tornado never comes," she said. "Sounding sirens more, I think, will make the situation worse."
However, she said if there were another tone associated with severe storm warnings, she would see how that would be useful.
Gualdoni agreed that sirens shouldn't be sounded often, and he said he's sensitive to that. He said he would sound them again in a similar situation because the idea is to get people inside and away from the large hail. He said Elburn doesn't set off sirens to start a parade or in celebration. He said it's not as if the area gets golf ball-sized hail often.
"At our baseball fields, we have no shelters, and that's what scares me the most," Gualdoni said.
The policies
Paul Bumba, the emergency preparedness coordinator for St. Charles, said he will monitor weather for days to be prepared for a severe weather outbreak, such as the one the area experienced Monday. He said the city has 12 outdoor warning sirens, and it's possible to set them all off, or only one of them. For instance, he said the siren near city hall is sounded at times for a ceremonial purpose.
He said other than that, the sirens are sounded for a tornado warning. He said it's important to note that a storm that resulted in a siren or sirens going off would have to be a threat to St. Charles. For instance, if the National Weather Service issued a Kane County warning, but the threat was in the Carpentersville area and moving away from the Tri-Cities, it is unlikely that St. Charles' sirens would sound. He said that if the sirens were sounded once or twice a year for emergencies, that would be a lot.
"If you activate the siren only when there's a true emergency, and people know and appreciate that, they certainly respond to it," Bumba said, adding that the concern is "you don't want to activate a siren, and people are at a heightened state and get very anxious, and have it be nothing. Then they get very angry."
Bumba said Elburn's policy is valid, but he said officials should do what they can to spread the word.
"What Elburn's doing, there's nothing wrong with it," Bumba said, adding that there should be a "robust" public information campaign to accompany such a change.
In Batavia, Fire Chief Randy Deicke, who also leads the city's Emergency Services and Disaster Agency, described a policy similar to Elburn's. Batavia's sirens can sound if a trained weather spotter reports a tornado or a funnel cloud. But they also could sound if winds speeds were reported at 58 mph or stronger, as well as when there is a tornado warning. Deicke said that sounding the sirens is a rare thing. There are eight sirens in Batavia, he said.
"It's always been an attitude that we don't want to get the citizens used to hearing the sirens, so that they start to ignore them," he said.
In Geneva, Fire Chief Steve Olson said the sirens are activated when a funnel cloud is spotted or when there are straight-line winds that could cause damage. He said they are sounded when there is reason to be concerned, and they are not often sounded.
In Sugar Grove, Village President Sean Michels said the village's sirens go off when Aurora's sirens go off. He said they were sounded Monday because of the funnel cloud spotted in Aurora.
Gualdoni said he consulted with many throughout the region who have input on creating policies on the sirens in Elburn. He said Elburn is in a different situation than some villages and cities, since the fire district covers a district much larger than the village, and it is the police department that helps create the policy. And while he said it's important to use the sirens sparingly, he said it's important to use them when necessary.
"The one time you don't sound it and something bad does happen, what do you do?" he asked.
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Aclidinium is available for use only in a dry powder inhaler.
Ipratropium alone and combined with albuterol
is available in metered-dose
inhaler (MDI) and
nebulizer forms. One medicine may be available in
multiple forms. Your doctor will help you decide which form is best for
Tiotropium is available only as a powder for
inhalation in a
dry powder inhaler.
Anticholinergics relax and enlarge
(dilate) the airways in the lungs, making breathing easier (bronchodilators). They may protect the airways from
spasms that can suddenly cause the airway to become narrower (bronchospasm).
They also may reduce the amount of
mucus produced by the airways.
Anticholinergics typically are
considered first-line therapy for treating persistent symptoms of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Because
these medicines may take some time to have an effect on breathing, they usually
are taken on a regular schedule. They are used for both short- and long-term
relief of symptoms.
There are two types of
anticholinergics: short-acting and long-acting. The short-acting type relieves
symptoms and the long-acting type helps prevent breathing problems.
Short-acting anticholinergics are used for treating stable COPD in a person
whose symptoms come and go (intermittent symptoms). Long-acting
anticholinergics are effective and convenient for preventing and treating COPD
in a person whose symptoms do not go away (persistent symptoms).
A number of studies show that
inhaled anticholinergics improve lung function as measured by tests (spirometry). Tiotropium also can help lower the number of
COPD exacerbations.footnote 1
In some cases, your doctor may prescribe more than one type of medicine to help you manage COPD.
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call your doctor right away if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a
full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all
Anticholinergics typically
are thought of as the first-line treatment for the persistent symptoms in most
cases of COPD. But short-acting beta2-agonists may be the first choice for treating
symptoms of stable COPD that come and go (intermittent symptoms).
If you have the eye disease glaucoma, talk
with an eye doctor before you start taking anticholinergics. People who have
glaucoma may need to be watched more closely while they are taking these
Spirometry may be done before and after you try an
anticholinergic for the first time to see whether the medicine has had an
effect. But even if the medicine has no measurable effect on your lung
function, it still may improve your quality of life.
normally are no better at delivering anticholinergics deep into the lungs than
a properly used metered-dose inhaler. Sometimes your doctor may prescribe a
nebulizer. A nebulizer can deliver a very large dose of medicine, but it
also may increase side effects of the medicine.
Most doctors recommend that everyone using a metered-dose inhaler also
use a spacer. But you should not use a spacer with a dry
powder inhaler (DPI).
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Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
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Hawaiian Granola Bar Recipe
Our friend Sarah from Nuts About Granola has launched her first-ever box-mixed granola, called Granola Basics. The concept is brilliant and a lot of fun. Start with Granola Basics, then add a sweetener such as honey, agave or maple syrup. Finish with a few tasty mix-ins such as nuts, dried fruit or chocolate and you're done.
Of course, I wanted to test it out! In my opinion, nothing can go wrong when you mix exquisite ingredients such as Guittard chocolate, fresh coconut shavings, Hawaiian ginger syrup, candied ginger and macadamia nuts, so that's exactly what I did. It's not quite a trip to the Aloha State, but very satisfying nonetheless.
If you want to give this delicious one-of-kind product a try, you can participate in this week's giveaway for one box of Granola Basics. Can't wait? Buy it online, or if you live in the Baltimore area, you can find it on Whole Foods Harbor East shelves.
Yields: 56 mini bars1 (11.625-ounce) package "Bake-It-Yourself" Granola Basics box mix (2½ cups)
½ cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
½ cup macadamia nuts, coarsely chopped
1¼ cups Hawaiian ginger syrup
⅛ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon candied ginger, finely chopped
¼ cup fresh coconut, freshly grated
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
To enhance the flavors, dry toast the coconut in a small pan over medium heat for about 1-2 minutes, just before the coconut starts changing color. Transfer to a plate and allow to cool completely.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the granola mix with ¾ cup ginger syrup, macadamia nuts and salt.
Spread the mixed granola onto a baking pan lined with parchment paper and bake for 10 minutes at 350°F. Rotate the pan and reduce the heat to 325°F. Bake for an additional 8 minutes. Let cool. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
In a small saucepan, heat the remaining ginger syrup. Once it reaches a light boil, cook for another minute. Pour over the granola. Add the coconut, vanilla and chocolate chips. Using a silicone spatula, mix welll.
Fill 56 individual mini silicone molds (see tips) with the granola mixture. Let cool to room temperature, then chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator before unmolding.
Bon appétit!
Shredded coconut adds a nice aroma to the granola bars. I used fresh coconut. First, I opened the coconut using a cleaver. Be very careful if you do. (I usually lay out some newspaper underneath a large wooden cutting board.) Then scrape the coconut flesh using a coconut grater. If you don't have any fresh, you could use unsweetened shredded coconut threads and add ½ teaspoon coconut extract.
For easy unmolding, I used a Demarle 0.34-ounce, 84 Cavities silicone mini-financier Flexipan. You could use an 8-inch square pan lined with parchment paper, then cut the granola into bars after drying, but I find it a bit messy.
I received a bottle of Hawaiian ginger syrup from our friend Laura from her last trip to Hawaii. Laura told us how delicious this amber-colored elixir was. She met with the owner of the company and was very impressed with how passionate the proprietor was about her product.
I used Guittard semi-sweet mini chocolate chips.Published By: on August 21, 2012.


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Just completed the illustration of Vyctor's first explosive ride on the Gyrostator he invents. To keep things away from prying eyes, he's located this project in the long abandoned carriage house of the L'cole he is attending. Upon firing it up, its power was more than he anticipated and he bursts from the doors into the night roaring down into the sleeping town of Travaille.
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The Series Finale of RvB:Reconstruction, Chapter 19, is up. For those of you who lost track of the series, DON'T watch it without watching the others. They are amazing, and the finale was great--it was abrupt, but cleared things up. I REALLY hope they do a follow up series, because they left a LOT unsaid.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Juan Pablo Montoya turned the fastest lap Friday in the first practice session for NASCAR's Brickyard 400.
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He was followed on the speed chart by Kurt Busch, whose fastest lap was 184.347 mph, Austin Dillon (183.944 mph) and 2011 Brickyard 400 winner Paul Menard (183.700 mph).
It was the only practice session of the day for the Cup drivers, and the weather was unusually mild for central Indiana in late-July with temperatures in the high 70s.
The drivers practice again Saturday morning and then qualify to set the 43-card grid for Sunday's race.
The opening practice Friday was not necessarily indicative of the strength of each driver's car. Teams typically use practice to test various car setups for the race and for qualifying.
Among other notable drivers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. posted the 10th-fastest time; Kyle Busch was 11th and Earnhardt teammate Jimmie Johnson -- a four-time winner of the Brickyard 400, including last year -- was 13th in his No. 48 Chevrolet.
Carl Edwards was 24th, Tony Stewart ran 25th and Danica Patrick was 37th. Her fastest lap was 175.610 mph.
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Scheduled to land on September 17 for North Americans and September 18 for the rest of the world, Crysis and Crysis: Warhead will mark significant gets for Valve. The complete pack, which includes both games, is available for $69.98. Both games can now be pre-purchased on Steam.
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