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Graduate admissions season is tough on the psyche. Especially when graduation is only three months away and you hear stories about hoards of unemployed recent graduates across the country. You start to imagine yourself as a hobo living in a cardboard box, or (perhaps even worse) as Alexis Bledel in "Post Grad," living at home with the parents. And then you start dreaming up crazy back-up plans like becoming a professional blogger or opening up a cute cafe/bookstore. You wonder what kind of job or career or life you can live with and question why the hell you decided to graduate from college early in a bad economy. You even start to concede that maybe your parents were right when they disapprovingly told you the day you declared yourself an English major that a person couldn't subsist on imaginary crumpets alone.
Unfortunately, for the past month, I have also been unhealthily scouring decision results on gradcafe.com. I swear, that website will drive you insane if you check it night and day. (The one positive I guess is that you get notice that rejections are coming out so you aren't as surprised when they do arrive.) So basically, I've been a crazy emotional ranting maniac worrywart all of February. But don't worry, kids! I got some good news over the weekend so I think the crazies have past. I'm still waiting on exactly half of my schools, but just knowing that I'll be going to graduate school somewhere this fall is a great relief. PLUS, I got this awesome fortune cookie today that reads:
"Your dearest wish will come true within the month!"
Good omens! Although I do have many equally-weighted "dearest wishes" so it might turn out to be something else. Like finding a closet to Narnia. Or owning a LOLcat. Or growing a book tree, shoe tree, or cupcake tree. Mmmm… 🙂


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I made two changes:
- The first was allowing "anon" users to post
- The second was to drop word verification off the postings
It just seems so much of a pity that there is so much mindless spam on the Internet :(
The ongoing adventures of a boy who never grew out of making and playing with plastic model kits (and even some metal ones too). Also a wargamer in search of the perfect set of wargaming rules for WWII Land and 20th Century Naval campaigns.
Yes I only let registered users comment stops all the spam for me.
I got hit by a load of spam recently and am considering using word verification, although have held of so far...
I have dropped verification from one of my blogs with no ill effects so far. Perhaps I've just been lucky to date?
Kind regards, Chris
Thanks for your passing your thoughts and experiences

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Woman Says Seacrest Show Set Her Up
LOS ANGELES (CN) – A woman claims she was invited to a party for Ryan Seacrest Productions, where she was set up in a phony confrontation, "blindsided and forced against her will to play a demeaning and humiliating role in an episode of 'Shahs of Sunset,'" in which a cast member defamed her and tried to rip her top off.
A cast member also threw a glass of water in her face in a bogus confrontation set up to make her look like the "bad girl," Kathy Salem claims in Superior Court.
Salem sued Ryan Seacrest Productions, Ryan Seacrest, Bravo Media, and Berne Productions for fraud, defamation, negligent misrepresentation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Salem says she was invited to a party in late July, on Zeus Drive in Los Angeles, and when she got there, was told that the party would be taped for "Shahs of Sunset."
The complaint states: "Plaintiff was not allowed into the party until after she signed a one-page document which was the signature page of what she later found out was an alleged release. Plaintiff signed the one-page document without ever having been shown and without ever seeing the body of the alleged release. …
"When plaintiff entered the party as one of numerous participants, she understood that she might be taped as one of the numerous partygoers in the background of an episode of 'Shahs of Sunset.' She did not understand that she might be blindsided and forced against her will to play a demeaning and humiliating role in an episode of 'Shahs of Sunset.'
"Towards the end of the party, while plaintiff was speaking with friends who had come to the party with her, one of the featured performers in 'Shahs of Sunset,' David Golshan, approached plaintiff and struck up a conversation with her.
"While she was conversing with Mr. Golshan, another member of the cast of 'Shahs
of Sunset,' Anita Gohari, interrupted their conversation and announced that she was engaged to Mr. Golshan and that plaintiff by speaking with Mr. Golshan was disrespecting her, Ms. Gohari.
"What developed was a bullying session wherein Mr. Golshan, Ms. Gohari and a third female cast member became verbally abusive to plaintiff and addressed her in an obscene manner.
"Then, after the verbal abuse, someone tried to strip plaintiff's top off and another cast member by the name of Reza threw a cup of water in plaintiff's face.
"Ultimately plaintiff came to understand that the entire confrontation was contrived to create a scene in 'Shahs of Sunset' which was being taped in its entirety. Plaintiff had unwittingly been cast as a 'bad girl' and the result was her being publicly humiliated and assaulted for the benefit of defendants and their production the 'Shahs of Sunset.'
"Presently 'Shahs of Sunset' is scheduled to air in February 2012. If 'Shahs of Sunset' airs the scene in which plaintiff is abused and assaulted on national television, plaintiff and her reputation will be irreparably damaged."
Salem adds: "Defendants had a duty to inform plaintiff that she would not merely be attending the party but that she would be verbally abused and physically assaulted as part of the production of 'Shahs of Sunset.'" (25)
She seeks rescission of the "release" she says she never saw, an injunction prohibiting publication of her assault, and damages of more than $100,000.
She is represented by Fredric Brandfon with the Law Offices of Barry K. Rothman.


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text: Neighbor To Neighbor, a fundraiser to elect Mike Harkavy, Ulster County Legislator, District 1. Sunday, August 28th, 2-4pm, at the home of Barbara Bravo and Mike Harkavy, 302 Old Rte. 32, Saugerties, NY. Lite refreshments. RSVP: Donn Avallone (845) 246-8890 or email@example.com. Tip O'Neill's rule: No contribution is too small.


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Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard
Pen doesn't want to be a boy. And she isn't. So why does everybody have these weird ideas about her?
Pen likes to dress in baggy jeans and her brother Jimmy's t-shirts. She doesn't want to be her mom's "princesa." She doesn't want to get married to some guy and go to nursing school. She wants to hang out with her buddies--guys like Colby, who plays first-person shooter video games almost as well as Pen, and who totally has her back.
Or...does he?
Readers will see that Colby lacks the loyalty and respect Pen craves long before Pen catches on. But when Colby tries to sexually assault her, even Pen can see what a ratbag her "friend" really is. At that point, Pen has to make some changes. And none of the choices she might make will be easy.
This book features some fabulous allies, including an older brother and (to Pen's surprise) a couple of girls.
Three cheers for a strong gender-fluid protagonist, a teen romance that does not fly apart at the seams by the end of the book, and a sibling who is friend, brother, and parent to Pen.
Recommended for readers ages 12 and up.


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IN THIS TOGETHER:The Hidden Cost of Young Adult Unemployment:
At a time when young people are facing a mountain of new challenges in college, the labor market, and the home, the new Young Invincibles report, In This Together, lays clear how much our failure to provide young people with good jobs is costing our economy and the public each year at the federal and state level. Their findings are staggering: severely high youth unemployment costs $9 billion in tax revenue each year at the federal and state level.In This Together is a call to action for the national public, and the message shouldn't be taken lightly. How we tackle the problems facing today's youth has enormous implications for what the rest of the 21st century will look like in the U.S. Their policy proposals represent the opening of a national dialogue about how to address our current youth employment crisis.
JMG's IGNITE Montana Conference: Jobs for Montana's Graduates (JMG) 27th Annual IGNITE Montana Conference (Career Development Conference) was held in Billings, Montana and brought together over 380 students and teachers from across the state on April 26-27.... Read More
JMG Receives National Accreditation: Jobs for Montana's Graduates gets high marks during the Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) National Accreditation Review. The National Accreditation Process evaluates a state's progress in implementing and/or maintaining the JAG Model. In his executive review memo the JAG Executive Vice President, Jim Koeninger, states that "Jobs for Montana's Graduates truly deserves JAG's highest accreditation status".
JMG Overview
Collectively working toward a shared vision for students to build their network and community of support.
Program Results 2016 - 2017
• Graduation Rate - 97.44%
• Total Job Placements - 67.87%
• Total Positive Outcomes - 89.18%
• Full-time Jobs - 86.47%
• Full-time Placements - 92.27%%
Students realize their potential through the collaborative efforts of educators, parents, community.
Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) Reports to the CSA and the Board
of Directors
Montana Department of Labor and Industry


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"Technology" can feel like a vague term these days, given our pervasive use of and dependence upon it. Check out the video below (may the mercies of your district's internet filtering allow it through), and consider discussing some of these questions with your kiddos:
- Can you imagine your life without any technology at all?
- How has technology changed us as a society?
- 1657 was an especially relevant year in this clip; what OTHER years include the most defining moments of modern tech use? Why?
- What is the most important tchnological advance or discovery in the 1950s? What about 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s?


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lindeborgs gård
Like some might have read I work as a gardener on a organic farm a bit outside of Nyköping.
2013 I finished my "bachelor of science" in organic agriculture in Eberswalde/ Germany and moved in march 2014 to Sweden. I started first as "wwoofer" at Lindeborgs Gård and then continued working there as employe.
I was really so lucky, it is real lurxury to be able to work in the job I learned and love so much.
Over the last years the farm changed more and more. We expanded the veggie gardens, planted and seeded and also a new idea started to become more clear.
The owners of Lindeborgs Gård, Carl and Julia want to change the old barn into a unique green inspiration center, organic farm and retreat. Already last winter we started to make a information book about the farm and the future project.
|I made the illustrations for the book, Carl and Julia wrote all the texts and my partner Victor made the layout plus grafic design
|Each guest staying on the farm gets a book.
A few weeks ago the project finally started. Half of the original barn building from 1907 will be carefully renovated with all eco friendly materials. New modern design meets traditional in respect for the old barn building. Here are some impressions of the current state.
My goal 2017 is to share more everyday and work impressions on the blog. Hope I will manage it ;-)
|A picture of the barn. The old pig stall got taken down.
|Luckily the weather wasn't that bad so far, so building and working outside was no problem
|The future floor, filled with eco friendly isolation and a sneek of the view down to the lake.
|My favourite part is the beautiful framework of the barn. A lot will stay. Here will be some of the future guest rooms.
|I love these colours and textures of the old wooden walls and doors. Some parts will be reused others restored with wood of the farms forest.
The Eco Barn is designed by award winning White Architects of Sweden. For me it is so impressing and exicting to be part of this project. To see the barn change more and more into the vision of the future Eco Barn is great.
My work for the coming weeks will be seed orders and planing a design for the future garden. This spring will be a lot to do and by the beginning of july will the Eco Barn be open for the first guest to stay there.
There will be
2 superior rooms of 32 & 35 square meters, self-catering with kitchen, bathroom and log fire, available for up to four people.
1 bed & breakfast room that sleeps two people.
All guests will also have access to;
- a sauna with large windows overlooking the lake
- massage treatments
- yoga classes
- 'Eat what nature has to offer' - tour.
- Horse back riding
- Canoe
1 bed & breakfast room that sleeps two people.
All guests will also have access to;
- a sauna with large windows overlooking the lake
- massage treatments
- yoga classes
- 'Eat what nature has to offer' - tour.
- Horse back riding
- Canoe
|The view from the barn down to the lake.
|There are still rosehips left. We planted 2 years ago a hedge close to the barn to protect and create a cozy enviroment in the future garden.
|cuddle time
|The other possbility to stay at the farm is renting the "red cottage".
|Winter deco at the red cottage
As a little christmas gift you can now get a special 20% discount, we would love to welcome you as one of our first guests to the Eco Barn. Please feel free to share this with your friends, family and colleagues who are also entitled to the special offer.
All our accommodations can now be booked via Airbnb.
Please mention the promotional discount code: ECOBARNPIONEER in your booking.
The discount is available for use before the 31th of January 2017. The booking entitles a stay in the Eco Barn from 7th of July 2017 - 31 December 2017.
Please enquire with us if you have any questions.
I wish you all Happy Holidays!


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Hi all
Here is a question from my assignment in Algorithms & Complexity Theory. I'm having a problem with part 2.
A continuous function f(x) such that f(a) and f(b) have opposite signs must have a zero (a point x such that f(x)=0) in the interval [a,b]. By checking whether the zero occurs in the subinterval [a,(a+b/2] or the subinterval [(a+b)/2,b].
The bisection method for approximating a zero of f(x) is based on repeating this process until a zero is obtained to within a predescribed error.
1. Give pseudocode for the bisection method algorithm Bissec(f(x),a,b,error) for finding an approxmiation to a zero of a continuous function f(x) in the interval [a,b] accurate to within error.
2. Show how to use the bisection method of (a) to compute sqrt(c) of a positive number c. Give pseudocode for the bisection method algorithm BissecSQRT(c,error) for finding the square root of a number c accurate to within error.
My answer to part 1 is as follows:
int Bissec(f(x), a, b, error){
x = (a+b)/2;
if (f(x)==0) return x;
else if (((f(a)>0)&&(f(x)>0)) || ((f(a)<0)&&(f(x)<0))) a = (a+b)/2;
else if (((f(a)>0)&&(f(x)<0)) || ((f(a)<0)&&(f(x)>0))) b = (a+b)/2;
} until ((b-a)<error)
return x;
I'm completely stuck with the second question. Would greatly appreciate any help/tips/guidance. :o


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This was our cruise ship the Carnival Pride. It was alot of fun on board. Nice ship!!
We went on the Canopy tour in Puerto Vallarta. This was the most fun. We rode zip lines through the jungle 300 feet above the ground and got going 45mph on the fastest one. It was a little scary but way fun!!!!
In Cabo San Lucas we went snorkeling for a little bit but the ocean was too rough, so we decided to go Parasailing instead. Derek didn't want to go but I convinced him to. He was glad we did it. It was alot of fun and not even that scary!
Here is Derek holding an Iguana. Of course we had to pay 2 bucks to hold him. Everybody wants your money in Mexico. Their best line "It's only money!"
I got my hair braided on the beach in Mazatlan. That was kind of fun, until I got swept up by a big wave and ended up with half the beach in my braids!
Here we are trying to take our picture with the sunset. That didn't work out so well but you get the picture!
We had so much fun. It was so nice to get away and spend time together! But by the end we were really missing the boys. Thank goodness they were in good hands thanks to my Grandma and Grandpa Rice and my Mom and Dad. We can't thank them enough. We would have never been able to go without their help!!!!! We love you!!!!!


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Lionel Richie, Lucinda Williams, Todd Rundgren, Neil Portnow, and Shin Joong Hyun to Receive Honorary Degrees at Berklee Commencement
Berklee President Roger H. Brown will present Lionel Richie, Lucinda Williams, Todd Rundgren, Neil Portnow, and Shin Joong Hyun with honorary doctor of music degrees at Berklee's commencement ceremony, Saturday, May 13, at the 7,000-seat Agganis Arena at Boston University. Rundgren, this year's commencement speaker, will address more than 1,000 Berklee graduates along with their parents and invited guests.
This year's honorary doctorate recipients are being recognized for their achievements and influences in music, and for their enduring contributions to American and international culture. Past recipients include Duke Ellington (the first, in 1971), Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson, Steven Tyler, Loretta Lynn, Juan Luis Guerra, Annie Lennox, Paco de Lucia, Carole King, Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, George Clinton, Rita Moreno, Julio Iglesias, Plácido Domingo, and A. R. Rahman.
As is Berklee's tradition, on commencement eve, Friday, May 12, students will pay tribute to the honorees by performing music associated with their careers at the Agganis. The concert and ceremony are not open to the public.
Lionel Richie
Musical icon and international superstar Lionel Richie is one of the most popular and commercially successful artists of all time. As a member of the seminal funk/soul outfit, the Commodores, he wrote and sang numerous hits, including "Easy," "Three Times a Lady," "Brick House," and "Still," establishing the band as Motown's top act of the late '70s. He achieved even greater fame as a solo artist, scoring 13 consecutive top 10 singles between 1981–1987, a legendary run that included the No. 1 hits "Truly," "All Night Long (All Night)," "Say You, Say Me," "Hello," and "We Are the World," which he cowrote with Michael Jackson. Richie has won four Grammys, an Oscar, a Golden Globe, 16 American Music Awards, and five People's Choice Awards. In 2016, he received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award, and was named the Grammy's MusiCares Person of the Year. With more than 100 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling artists in music history.
Lucinda Williams
Hailed by Time magazine as "America's best songwriter," Lucinda Williams is a three-time Grammy winner whose distinctive style, expressive voice, and deeply personal songwriting made her one of the most critically acclaimed artists of her era. After releasing her debut album in 1979, she amassed a small but devoted cult following that expanded over the course of two decades. In 1988, she released her self-titled album, Lucinda Williams, which featured "Passionate Kisses," a song that would later win Williams her first Grammy. With 1998's breakthrough, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, she achieved mainstream success and staked her claim as one of America's most vital songwriters. Universally loved by fans and critics, the record remains her best-selling album to date. Williams's 12th studio album, The Ghosts of Highway 20, was released in 2016. The 14-track double album contains some of the most affecting songs of her illustrious, decades-spanning career.
Todd Rundgren
As a songwriter, producer, recording artist, and pioneer of multimedia and computer technology, Todd Rundgren has made a lasting impact on both the form and content of popular music. His seminal 1972 double album, Something/Anything?, on which he played all the instruments, sang all the vocal parts, and acted as his own producer, is ranked on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was followed by landmark albums The Hermit of Mink Hollow and A Wizard, A True Star, as well as hit singles "I Saw the Light," "Hello It's Me," "Can We Still Be Friends," and "Bang the Drum All Day." In addition to his own recordings, Rundgren has produced notable albums for Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Meat Loaf, XTC, Grand Funk Railroad, Hall & Oates, and others. Rundgren continues to tour with Ringo Starr and perform with symphony orchestras both in the U.S. and internationally. His newest studio album, White Knight, will be released on May 12.
Neil Portnow
During the course of his career, Neil Portnow has been a leading figure in the music and recording industry, liaising with music makers, corporate executives, political figures, and worldwide brands. He has served as president of the Recording Academy since 2002, and was named president/CEO in 2007. Some of Portnow's most notable achievements include testifying before Congress to protect the rights of creators; ensuring that the music community has a safe place to turn in times of need through the Academy's MusiCares charity; advocating for the arts and developing programs for music education in schools; and conducting industry outreach in order to constantly increase awareness of and accessibility to the Grammy Awards process. He has worked tirelessly to enhance the organization's overall mission of improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Under his leadership, the annual Grammy Awards telecast has enjoyed stellar ratings, making it one of the industry's most coveted awards shows.
Shin Joong Hyun
Known as the "Godfather of Rock" in his native South Korea, producer and musician Shin Joong Hyun has shaped the direction of Korean pop, rock, soul, and other musical styles. After releasing a solo guitar album under the stage name "Hiky Shin," he started South Korea's first rock band, Add4, in 1961. He produced the hit song "Nimah" for Korea's first female group, the Pearl Sisters, in 1968, and went on to write and produce several other hit records including, "Keopi Hanjan" (A Cup of Coffee) and "Geojitmariya" (It's a Lie). In 1974, he released the album Shin Joong Hyun and Yeopjeondeul, which rocketed him to fame in Asia. In 1972, he was asked to write a song in praise of President Park Chung-Hee, but when he refused — and instead wrote a song about the beauty of Korea called "Ahreumdaun Gangsan" (Beautiful Rivers and Mountains) — he was banned from public performance for years. Despite this, Shin continued to be an influential figure and his songs were recognized as masterpieces in Korean rock history. In 2009, Fender honored Shin with a Fender Custom Shop Tribute Series guitar, making him the sixth musician in the world and the first Asian musician to receive a tribute guitar from the renowned brand. Shin's first U.S. record, Beautiful Rivers and Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound of South Korea's Shin Jung Hyeon 1958-74, was released in 2011 on Light in the Attic Records.


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Guy Abbott is accused of tarnishing a day of national pride.
Almost one year to the day, the 28-year-old today sat with his head down at Campbelltown Local Court, a tan leather-bound notebook splayed on his lap.
He scribbled notes as the court heard argument about what prompted a one-punch attack on a uniformed sailor on Anzac Day, 2016.
Witness Joanna Storkey told the hearing she heard Mr Abbott say, "You're a f---ing f----t in that uniform. I have no respect for Anzacs."
"He then leant out the train and punched Corey Evans right in the nose."
Defence lawyer Mr McKeown today told the court, "There's no dispute that Mr Abbott threw the punch".
What is in dispute, is the moments before and after the attack took place.
It was put to Ms Storkey that, "Evan is a big bloke. The kind you'd want on your football team" to which she replied, "Well not as big as Mr Abbott".
Able Seaman Corey Evans, 24, had been returning home from commemorative services in the city with his former girlfriend, Emma Novotny.
The court heard that after the punch on the train platform, "He was down on one knee. He then stood up and took one or two steps back towards the train. He had blood on his face".
Ms Storkey said the sailor was unaggressive, his hands were not clenched, but despite this she warned, "Don't do it [retaliate]. You're in uniform".
Listening to today's evidence were the serviceman's mother, Rachael Evans, and a representative from the Royal Australian Navy.
The pair sat side-by-side at the back of the court, while Corey Evans paced outside.
Police allege that while on the train, Mr Evans noticed a number of men consuming alcohol and allegedly making offensive comments in front of families and war veterans.
It's alleged the combat officer approached the group and asked them to stop drinking and to curb their behaviour.
The sailor previously told the court, "I turned around to tell him to pull his head-in and he clocked me".
Mr Abbott's defence team previously told the court he had felt threatened that day and was forced to defend himself from an intimidating and large Mr Evans.
The defence alleges Mr Evans walked quickly towards Mr Abbott, as he was exiting the carriage at Glenfield Railway Station.
Mr Abbott told the court, "It was just a quick punch, I don't even think I shaped up".
Mr Evans sustained a bloody nose. Photographs of the officer's bruised eye were shown to the court.
Mr Abbott has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault and behave in offensive manner in public passenger vehicle.
He has, however, pleaded guilty to one count of drinking alcohol on a train.
The hearing continues.
© Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2019


text: Saint Irenaeus - Doctor of the Church, Bishop and Martyr (120-202).Saint Irenaeus was born in the year 120 and his parents, who were Christians, placed him while still young under the care of the great Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna. He listened to his instructions with an insatiable ardor, and so deeply did he engrave them in his heart that the impressions remained vivid even in his old age. In the year 177, Ireneus was chosen to be the second bishop of Lyons.Text: CiaoNapoli.com - Picture: magnificat.qc.ca


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Valentine's Dinner at Pinewood Estate
Feb 14, 2018
5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Spend an exclusive evening this Valentine's Day at Central Florida's most enchanting historical mansions on the grounds of Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales. Pinewood Estate will be decorated in vintage elegance and the evening will include acoustic guitar music, a four-course dinner, unlimited wine, a special Pinewood Collection gift and plenty romance.
Reservations are required and can me made for 5:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m.
Your ticket also includes a champagne toast and chocolates at the Singing Tower during the evening carillon concert at 7:30 p.m.
You may also be interested in Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales Museum & Cultural Center or Lake Wales.


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Avast, you scurvy dogs.
Aye in my element this week because Friday is Talk Like a Pirate Day.
I broke out my mascara and eye patch for the occasion. I found out that I'm a descendant of Jack Sparrow. I'm his long lost cousin, Will Barrow.
My pants are so tight I'm a squashbuckler.
It is perfect for football season, too. The Dargan cheerleaders are getting into it for this night only.
OK, lasses, hit it.
"Give me an Arrr."
Thank you, me young wenches. Arrr.
For a snack, I'm only munching on chips, ahoy.


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Plain english still has some competition:
call me pernickety if you like, therapy but how's about "tick this box if you want…"
I've seen worse mind! I particularly liked the one that kept ticking the box everytime you logged in to "ensure our information is up to date"
So it seems recount still has a record of my healing attempts on the black knight.
So, ailment Heals Per Second oldest first, remember the last one was the one with the level 213 hat instead of the level 10 hat!
- 1686
- 2213
- 2692
- 2841
- 2578
Now, to be fair the 4th one on this list ended with a couple of minutes spamming healing Wave on the tank so maybe that's why the figure is so good. One thing though, I'm pretty sure my healing has gone up in general, I remember 2.3k was pretty normal in a raid, let alone a 5 man'er.
Yah, so that was boring.


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The start of December can mean a lot of things - holiday parties, bringing your significant other to meet your family, planning New Year's Resolutions, etc. Whatever major event you have coming up no matter how big or how small, the most important thing is to dress the part! With the cold really setting in, it can be tough to look chic while staying warm - but we definitely have you covered! Our inventory is continuing to flood with new arrivals consisting of cozy chic pullover sweaters and fitted dresses that are meant to wear for those nights to remember. Our outerwear is also perfect for layering our signature two-pieces and wrap dresses! The holidays are such an exciting time so be sure to look your best while killing it and ending 2016 with a bang!


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ERIC Number: ED213163
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1981
Pages: 184
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Special Education in the Natural Environment: A Training Manual in Providing Outdoor Education, Recreation and Camping for Children with Disabilities.
Robb, Gary M.; And Others
The training manual for use with personnel concerned with outdoor education for the handicapped provides a guide to program development in the areas of background knowledge, skills and methods of outdoor education, individualized planning, and program evaluation. The five units are titled: "Defining,""Introducing,""Individualizing,""Implementing," and "Evaluating." Each unit is organized into: "Critical Question(s)" (questions concerned with major unit components); "Toward an Answer" (overview of needed learning); "Case Study" (example of an experience of an individual or agency); "Enabling Objectives and Learning Activities" (specific objectives and experiences); "Self-Test" (ensuring that learning is completed); and "Learning Resources" (materials, activities, and readings). Some of the critical questions considered by the program include: what is outdoor education; how can outdoor programs benefit my students; how can the needs of individuals in my class/program be met using outdoor experiences; and how can the effectiveness of the outdoor education program be measured? (DB)
Descriptors: Camping, Case Studies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Outdoor Activities, Outdoor Education, Program Development, Recreation
Bradford Woods Outdoor Education, Recreation and Camping Center, Department of Recreation and Park Administration, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47402.
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Personnel Preparation.
Authoring Institution: Camp Allen, Inc., Bedford, NH.; Indiana Univ., Bloomington. School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
Note: For related document, see EC 141 115.


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Delayed municipal accounts not enough reason not to pay
Andiswa Mkosi
30 May 2012
The Ekurhuleni Metro municipality says the delayed delivery of municipal accounts is not reason enough for customers not to pay their accounts or to pay them late.
Spokesperson Justice Mohale says the on-going postal strike has seen a number of customers going into arrears because they had not received printed accounts.
He adds that the municipality has introduced numerous options, such as online access to accounts.
Residents can also pay their accounts at customer care centres, Post Offices or other identified outlets.
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FOCUS | Keith Olbermann: There Is Fascism, Indeed
Keith Olbermann says: "The confusion is about whether this secretary of defense, and this administration, are in fact now accomplishing what they claim the terrorists seek: the destruction of our freedoms, the very ones for which the same veterans Mr. Rumsfeld addressed yesterday in Salt Lake City so valiantly fought. And about Mr. Rumsfeld's other main assertion, that this country faces a 'new type of fascism.' As he was correct to remind us how a government that knew everything could get everything wrong, so too was he right when he said that, though probably not in the way he thought he meant it. This country faces a new type of fascism - indeed."


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It seems I've spent a lot of time not updating this blog!
I have been knitting, just not saying anything about it.
This has to change!
This year started with an Afghan for my impecunious student daughter who needs to keep warm with minimal expenditure on heating.
I saw Lion Brand's Six Hour Afghan.
I thought it sounded like a good idea for a quick Christmas gift, so I bought some yarn and a 25mm circular needle.
I use circular needles for everything, but this was not my greatest idea ever. Forcing the stitches back onto the needles from the thin cable took a lot of effort and a fair amount of bad language.
Four balls of yarn knitted at the same time make for speedy knitting. Idiots who use two balls with the yarn fed from the middle and two balls with the yarn unwinding from the outside are asking for a great deal of tangling - and yet more swearing.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Things to appreciate when you're pregnant
However, there are many things I wish I would have appreciated more when I was pregnant. I was so sick and uncomfortable that I took many of the wonderful parts of being pregnant for granted!
1. People always hold the door open for pregnant women. Now, with a stroller and a diaper bag and who knows what else I'm trying to lug around, people just watch me try to fight to get in and out of doors. Rarely does anyone actually open it for me. I was out with a friend several months ago and we both had strollers. A man literally stood their watching us wrangle the strollers through the door while giving us angry looks. After we were in, he hurriedly walked out.
2. There are parking spaces for pregnant women. My grocery store, mall and local drugstore all have parking spaces reserved for "expectant mothers and families with newborns." I rarely used these when I was pregnant, but I did take advantage of them at the very end of my pregnancy. However, I now think they should make them wider and reserved for for families with kids. It is so much harder to wrangle a baby/toddler out of a car seat when your car is crammed into a tiny space. I have bumped my door into other cars before due to this and I actually had a lady yell at me once that I had banged up her car (there wasn't even a scratch.)
3. I know that you're really not "eating for 2" during pregnancy, but I never felt guilty about eating a little more junk food than normal when I was pregnant.
4. Baby showers. Ok this one might come off as selfish : ) This is the last time for most of us that we will get to have a party about us where people bring us gifts. I had my graduation party's, wedding showers and then baby showers. Yes, that does seem selfish but I enjoyed having the showers!
5. I miss the feeling of Grace kicking in my belly. I know her feet in my ribs often made me feel uncomfortable, but now that it's not there, I still miss it!
I know someday eventually I will get pregnant again, so hopefully this post will serve as my reminder to enjoy it while it lasts!
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People opened doors for you?? On more than one occasion my last month of pregnancy people just stared at me like I was some sort of sideshow. I was at the gas station and had my hands obviously full and a guy stood on the other side of the door and just watched as I tried to use my butt to get the door open. Then he had the nerve to run inside before I let the door go. Jerk.ReplyDelete
I have seen malls whose parking spaces say New & Expectant Moms. I made my husband use one once just because we could. :)
People are so much nicer when you're preggo! I have the same struggle with getting the stroller through doors, too!ReplyDelete
It is so hard with a double stroller. I had people not open the door when it is obvious I am struggling. When I was pregnant though, I had the royal treatment.ReplyDelete


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I have one teenager and one on the way. My son's preteen age of 12 lulled me into a false sense of security and I fell foul of the internet filter, I knew I should have had the parental restrictions on but never seemed to quite get around to it. Too late now, he caught me napping and now I have to delete his online dating account, oh the irony!
He is the easy one though. I may not approve of his antics, or his choice of agency (affairs.com isn't even on our list of dating sites!), but the experiment into the ether of girls and the accompanying inquisitive nature is expected. Every male dabbles with pornography in some shape or form don't they? For that matter I'm sure it's the same for females too, correct me if I'm wrong! The internet does fill me with fear though, the amount of explicit material available is momentous. We keep telling both of them that once something is seen it can't be unseen. How do you allow healthy exploration that surely is part of normal and natural development whilst protecting them from filth and quite honestly worse? Even facebook seems to condone the sharing of various decapitations as it doesn't breach any of their standards, and after I personally complained about a group called 'breast is best' because it was a titty fest and not an informative support group for feeding mums I boycotted the site for a while, because guess what, despite the misleading group title they didn't breach any of their standards.
Apologies, I digress, but if you do have any ideas how to keep him on the straight and narrow please share!
My bigger challenge is my daughter. She's beautiful. I'm so proud of her. She's clever and sassy, fun to be around and quirky. She's exceptionally thin and tall to match. She's probably to thin, our first warning sign. She's also exceptionally vulnerable. How on earth do I protect her in these delicate years, mentally and physically? I can remember my own teenage angst, the hair that I couldn't ever make sense of and look pretty, the clothes that I couldn't make suit, the friends I always tried to please and the rebel I wanted to be.
When I look at my daughter she seems to have overcome these problems, she always looks amazing. She has style, her hair is crafted and moulded just so, her makeup is flawless, the girl has everything going for her. I will admit friends seem to be an issue, but I think the falling out and catishness is a normal thing for girls isn't it? Plus we've had the boyfriend breakup trauma over the summer so the friends circle has become a little complicated, but she tells me this is settling now. She did say that if he asked her, she'd jump at the chance to get back together with him, bless her, it's a fragile heart and he's broken it. That's all normal too though, we all have to go through these lumps and bumps in the road, some of us end up with bruises, others scars. It's the scars that worry me.
It turns out she's not as happy on the inside as she looks from the outside. I don't know how to fix her.
Teenage Angst
How do I show her she's not alone?
We try and have a positive outlook in our house. It can't always be that way, we have our bad days and dark times, again a normal family, but for the majority of the time we're proactive and engaging. We want our family to gel, we want to laugh, care and share. We want every one to feel secure and loved. We want our fledglings to fly, to succeed and see the world in all it's glory. My daughter appears to be clipping her own wings before she's even begun.
Is it a side effect of today's society? Is it normal? She can never escape her friends for good and for bad, the social media is a constant drone in the background. When I was having a fall out with my friends they'd shout at me across the classroom, ignore me through lunch and be talking to me again by the next day in registration. Last night she received a flurry of text messages, in caps, full of abusive accusations and language. She assured me she had no idea why either. She's no angel, but surely the ease of being able to send messages so fluently adds to their angst. They have no concept of consequence and the hurt that words can cause. I also think that seeing yourself being called a 'BACKSTABBING FUCKING BITCH' in words emblazoned across your screen embeds in your mind much more than a shouted word. It goes back to what I said before, what is seen can't be unseen.
Teenage Life
I do know that when I was having angst issues with the teen and pre teens dad, every message he sent me seemed like an invasion of my space, my phone was my world. It was where I stored my writings, how I accessed a world that had been previously shut off to me, my banking, my family, my everything. So when those messages flashed up from him I felt violated and resented him even more for that. Is that what it's like for our teenagers? Do their phones represent more than just a phone? How the hell do I protect her? How do I help her see herself as I see her? How do I stop her from seeing the harm those attention seekers on KIK, Instagram and lord knows whatever else platform they use cause when they post pictures of their newly slashed wounds, exposed hip bones and please compliment me so I can deny them images on an hourly basis.
Tell me there's a way to escape this teenage angst, I want to help them unfurl their wings and fly far away from all of the hurt and pain, the world is full of wonder and adventures waiting to be discovered.


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Sandy Bay Chief at Loss For Words After Years-Long Delay in Lawyer Criminal Investigation
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The chief of Sandy Bay First Nation is furious after learning it took nearly five years for police to interview a lawyer who misappropriated almost $1 million from residential school survivors.
"I'm at a loss for words. I don't know how to say it without swearing," Chief Lance Roulette told CBC News.
Howard Tennenhouse was disbarred in 2012 by the Law Society of Manitoba after it found he misappropriated nearly $1 million in disallowed fees from residential school survivors. The money was later recouped in full and Tennenhouse says he has not committed a crime.
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Very interesting. And I agree with a lot of it.
Every year, we allow human sacrifice to occur. In the US, at least 8 children, on average, are sacrificed to God by believers who deny them life-saving medical intervention. I believe children's health care is a duty that supersedes religious belief. I think religious tolerance ends at the point of a screaming child, an infant's fever. I have compassion for these people who have made a terrible mistake, but I have no forgiveness for the institutions and beliefs that encourage and permit this.
Regardless of your position of faith, I hope you will stand up to the religious abuse and neglect of innocent children. Visit Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty, Inc. (CHILD). Donate to dprjones' Doctors Without Borders campaign to offset this kind of darkness and evil.
Here's a link to the full text of "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas".
It's based on a William James theme, and here's a bit of trivia: LeGuin came up with the name when she saw Salem, Oregon in her rear-view mirror.
It's a story that really shook me up when I first read it. See if you can understand why I am quoting it in relation to the religious neglect of children.
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Part Two.
I need to respond to some comments on the original video. I don't think I got the point across to liberal Christians who don't feel responsible for the actions of Biblical literalists.
Voluntary allegiance comes with responsibility. Will you accept the death of children in the name of God, according to scriptural doctrine, or will you choose to seek out a faith that doesn't ask for the blood sacrifice of innocents? It's in your hands to choose.
I'm not saying Christians are evil. Most Christians are good people, excellent parents, intellectual and honest. They love God and their fellow man. But the same scripture they draw their moral code from also allows for great atrocity. Should we just accept the good with the bad, or seek out a new code?
Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know. ~ M. King Hubbert
Very interesting. And I agree with a lot of it.
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What's this? Another episode of LNDFPS, featuring our first Science-Fiction Double Feature? That's exciting.
Welcome back, folks! How you doin'? And how do you like the website? Joel's been finessing the heck out of this webspace, so let us know what you think. But don't let me get off-topic: this week's perfect film pairing is Snap Wexley in 'Big Ass Spider!' and Kimmy Schmidt-meets-Ripley in '10 Cloverfield Lane'! What do they have in common? Which is better? Oh we'll tell you all right.
Distressed damsels and perchloric acid.
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Topics this week include:
- 'Big Ass Spider!'
- Where is My Mind?
- Wait, that was Lin Shaye?!
- '10 Cloverfield Lane'.
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L'impact des -remittances- sur le travail des enfants en presence d'instabilites de revenus et de contraintes financiers
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This article examines the relationship between migrants' remittances and the prevalenceof child labor by using a large sample of developing countries. In particular, we investigatewhether the inflows of remittances help to offset the effects of financial constraints and incomeshocks on the prevalence of child labor. Starting from a simple theoretical model, thenbased on a sample of 97 developing countries of which 31 are African observed over theperiod 1998-2002, we show that remittances reduce significantly child labor in developingcountries characterized by weak financial systems and by strong income instability. Theseresults were robust even after taking into account the potential endogeneity of remittancesand financial development in the regressions. Policy recommendations for specific strategiesto facilitate receipt of remittances by households are more than ever appropriate for a regionlike Sub-Saharan Africa, which currently receives a small fraction of these funds comparedto other developing countries, and where the prevalence of child labor is still a serious issue.
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The Price of Ignorance by Femi Olawole (unpublished book excerpt)
The entire household of the Martins was enveloped in confusion. The patriarch of the family, in spite of his tight schedule, was not left out of the crisis. Chief Dipo Martins was a well-known multi-millionaire investor with controlling shares in several corporate organizations in Nigeria. Presently, he was confounded by the events unfolding right before his eyes. And when he looked at his wife for some explanation, her response only compounded his perplexity.
Ironically, on this Saturday, they were all supposed to be celebrating the 30th birthday of Julie, the first child and the only daughter among six children. Naturally, the entire family was happy for her and wanted to be in a joyous mood. However, they were not. Rather, they were all wearing mournful expressions as though a loved one had just passed away, and above all, they were all angry.
Chief Martins was angry because he had shifted forward, by two hours, an important meeting that he was scheduled to attend at Ikoyi Exclusive Hotel. This was in a bid to accord honour to his daughter. And she very well deserved the honour. Here was a very brilliant girl. She was an upwardly mobile young lady with the sky alone as her limit. Yet, the same young lady stood everybody up on a day that was especially dedicated for the celebration of her birthday. All because of a love-turned-sour affair! The chief shook his head in exasperation as he stated sotto voce. "Women, they'll never cease to amaze me."
Mrs. Martins, on the other hand, was terribly disappointed at the moment because one stupid young man had the effrontery to jilt her daughter. The young man in question was Tunji Lacosta who she considered to be absolutely dumb to throw away a great opportunity to marry Julie Martins. As far as Mrs. Martins was concerned, the marriage would have been a huge blessing to the dwindling fortunes of the young man's family. Tunji Lacosta came from a family that once belonged to a circle of great, wealthy families in Lagos Island. But, at the moment, what remained of this once great family was its name. The wealth was gone. Through the assistance of a friend, Mrs. Martins had personally arranged Tunji and Julie's relationship. Everything had been moving on fine and smoothly. Even the initial wedding plans had been put in motion. Until yesterday!
Yesterday, Julie had rushed home late in the evening, sobbing and screaming at everyone in sight. Then, as though possessed by some demonic spell, she ran into her en-suite room and slammed the door furiously. Thus began the gloomy silence and confusion that now engulfed the entire Victoria Island mansion of the Martins.
Earlier in the eventful day, Tunji Lacosta was at the residence of a dear friend, Roland to discuss an aspect of his upcoming wedding. There, he met Benson, another friend of Roland. The discussion between Tunji and Roland was mid-way when, on hearing the future bride's name, Benson had rudely interrupted. "Are you two talking about Julie Martins?"
Tunji and his host looked at the other man quietly, not knowing what the other man was driving at. "Yeah, do you know her?" it was Tunji who could muster enough courage to ask.
"Do I know Julie Martins?" the man began coyly with an exaggerated disgust. "She was my bedmate all the time we were in England…"
"Benson!" the host interrupted in anger. "How dare you say such a thing in the presence of the lady's fiancé?"
"Oh, come on Roland, stop your pretense!" Benson said. "You know Julie's ugly reputation those days... how everyone called her Julie, the charity, because of her sexual escapades all the way from high school."
Stunned by what he just heard, Tunji was momentarily speechless. A few seconds later, he was able to compose himself mentally enough to turn to his host. "Is this a true story?" He calmly asked Roland, "was this guy going out with Julie at any time in the past?"
Embarrassed, Roland could only nod his head in affirmation. "But…" Roland tried to salvage the situation. "That was in the past."
"Oh, please, don't give me that crap!" Tunji interrupted, shaking his head sadly as he got up to leave. "What a shame, to imagine Julie with a scum like this guy, I can't believe it!"
The following day, Tunji broke off his engagement to Julie after a bitter argument over the incident. The man insisted that it was utterly distasteful for Julie to have had any relationship whatsoever with a man as crude as Benson. "What were you thinking?" Tunji could not help yelling at one point during the argument. "That guy has always been scum!"
"But that was then!" Julie insisted, screaming back in anger at the top of her voice. "And his crudity contributed to the break-up of our relationship."
"That's a lie!" Tunji shot back. "The bastard claimed that he dumped you after he had his fill of you, and not even Roland could dispute the statement."
Shocked by this bitter fact, Julie was speechless as Tunji stood up to say his final goodbye and left. That was the end of their engagement.
Presently, as she sat transfixed before her mirror, Julie began to sob afresh. With a pair of blood-shot eyes, she glared in anguish at her image in the mirror. "Where do I go from here, I'm now thirty, for Christ sake!" she wailed. "In England, no one would care a hoot about it, but this is Nigerian society with all its silly sentiments about one being an old maid."
Julie had refused to bathe. Neither would she acknowledge commiserations from members of her family. She would not even take phone calls and birthday messages. Visitors, mostly her friends, were politely turned back by her brothers. Ironically however, the woman acknowledged within herself that she had only herself to blame for all her woes. Several years ago, a teenage Julie Martins had lain the foundation for this self-inflicted anguish. The emotional pain, in essence, was the price of her ignorance.
Julie, a starry-eyed seventeen-year-old had just taken her bath. She stood before the full-length mirror in her room and began to inspect her beautifully-shaped body. This chore had now assumed a weekly devotion. She started from her face. The pimples were still there but not as pronounced as those you would find on very light-skinned girls. She was about to lower her gaze in extending the inspection to her chest when the intention was interrupted by rapid knocks on the door. On instinct, she crouched defensively. Luckily, the door was locked.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"It's me!" said Bayo one of her brothers from behind the closed door. "Your friend, Gloria Savage is here to see you."
"Okay," she answered, "tell her to wait for me."
Quickly, she dressed in a mini-skirt and a short-sleeved shirt. Opening the door, she went into the adjacent children living room where her friend was already seated. "Gloria! Gloria!!" she called as she sat opposite the other young lady.
"Eh, eh, don't call me!" the other girl feigned anger. "Don't call me at all because I'm angry with you."
"I know why you're angry with me, Gloria." Julie smiled apologetically at the guest. "But you just have to forgive me."
"How could you be absent at my birthday party?" Gloria bellowed in wonder. "You that I relied so much upon to brighten up the party?"
With a tinge of embarrassment, Julie began to explain. "I was down all day with menstrual cramps."
"Yes! It happens that way each time I have my period... oh, it can be terrible."
Gloria studied her briefly for a few seconds. Then, she began to giggle. "Oh, oh! Julie, haven't you started having sex?"
"What?" Julie said, and sprang to her feet nervously to look around. She wanted to be sure that no one was eavesdropping, although her friend was not, in the least, bothered.
"Well Julie, haven't you?"
Julie blushed in acute embarrassment as she shook her head slowly. "No!"
"There you are! Once you start having sex, there'll be no more cramps." The brash, young lady went on to present her naïve friend with advice laced with warped, contorted concepts of human sexuality. As an antidote to incessant menstrual cramps, Gloria placed all emphasis on sexual intercourse.
"But, Gloria," Julie groaned, though excitedly, "I don't even have a boyfriend!"
"What, are you kidding me?" Gloria expressed surprise with disdain. "At a ripe age of seventeen, you don't have a boyfriend?"
"No!" Julie replied, almost apologetically.
"My, oh, my!" the other girl was amused. "Anyway, I'll advise that you make yourself available, okay! I mean, there are boys all around you, for God's sake."
"Alright... I'll see what I can do" Julie agreed and then whispered. "So, you have been having sex?"
"Oh, yes!" Gloria answered with a smile. "I even had it yesterday."
"Ah!" Julie's palms flew to her mouth in a bid to stifle her cries of excitement.
"And let me give you another word of advice," Gloria continued. "Make sure you go for a matured man. Small boys are too inexperienced to take care of a girl." Gloria went on to impart more and more of her false concepts until noon when she departed.
Julie was, once again, in her room that afternoon when the arrival of her private teacher was announced. It was then, on impulse, that she hatched a plan.
Solomon Duru was employed as a private teacher to take Julie in Mathematics. A young university graduate in his late twenties, Solomon was scheduled to come in every Saturday afternoon to prepare the young girl for her forthcoming West African School Certificate examinations. As she stepped into the living room, the young man noted that Julie wore no bra under her shirt. The skirt, on the other hand, was the briefest he had ever seen on her. As soon as she sat down opposite him, Solomon's guess was confirmed. The girl wore no underwear.
"For heaven's sake Julie..." he protested, his body already at the peak of arousal. "Why are you dressed so provocatively?"
"Well, mister teacher...do you mind?" a smiling Julie asked as she stood up. Now, she beckoned to the mesmerised man. "Come, Mr. Duru... there is something I'll like to show you."
Consumed by his own insane desire, Solomon stood up like a robot to follow her. It was inside her room that he found out her true objective was in line with his desire after all. Smiling coyly, she began to undress. To be very sure, he waited till she had discarded her shirt before he commenced to remove his own clothes. Soon, they were in bed, where they both fumbled and wobbled awkwardly for some minutes without any progress. Suddenly, Julie shrieked in agony. A few seconds afterwards, the painful, crushing exercise was over.
Completely disappointed, a tearful Julie could not hide her disgust. "Is that all?" she sneered.
"Eh, that's all, for now," an embarrassed Solomon stuttered in feeble explanation, "but, if you can just wait for a few minutes."
Hissing amidst an uncontrollable rage, Julie sprang up from the bed to dress up. Then she saw the bloodstains on the bed sheet. But as she made to scream in panic, Solomon quickly explained the source of the bloodstains, attributing it to her broken hymen. Shortly afterwards, the two were out of the room. For the rest of the day however, the mathematics lesson was out. A ruffled Solomon loitered awkwardly around the teenager in the living room for a while before leaving.
When he was gone Julie lay crumpled on a settee like a used cloth, wondering if what she had just experienced was what sex was all about. She had imagined and expected a glorious trip to a land of erotic pleasure. But all she got was a brutal, crushing torment in the hands of an inexperienced man who went about the exercise like a beast in heat. As she throbbed with acute pain on the settee for a while, she scrambled up towards her room. There she lay restlessly in bed as she gritted her teeth in reaction to the terrible throbbing pain in her groin. "So, this is sex?" she soliloquised in anger. "Jesus... this is absolute rubbish!"
The girl was writhing in pain when her mother, came looking for her. The older woman had been angry to find their parents' living room in shambles. This was in spite of repeated warnings to the children not to venture there. She had wanted an explanation from Julie. Mrs. Martins opened the door to find her daughter sprawled on bed and crying softly as she clutched her groin.
"Julie, what's wrong with you?" she demanded curiously as she entered the room.
"Oh, you're back?" Julie stopped sobbing as her mother came into the room.
"Julie! I asked you a question." She persisted, and scanned the room. The bloodstains on the bed-sheet caught her attention. Now put on alert by the discovery, she moved closer to the bed. "Ah, ah!" Mrs. Martins shrieked in panic. "Julie, how come you have bloodstains on your bed?" Her face contorted in fear and confusion, the girl began to sob. On impulse, an alarmed Mrs. Martins lifted her daughter's short skirt and was confronted by bloodstains on her thighs. "Julie, what is this?" the older woman screamed.
Julie shook her head slowly, "I... I don't feel like talking about it."
"Are you crazy?" Mrs. Martins screamed at her in anger. "Do you want to bleed to death?"
"What?" the girl shot her mother a look of panic. "Is one going to continue to bleed?"
"Well" Mrs. Martins shrugged her shoulders, seizing on the girl's naiveté. "It depends on what your problem is. But from what I'm seeing, your situation may be critical."
Julie sat up in bed instantly on hearing her mother's appraisal of the situation. "So, one can bleed to death?" she asked in morbid fear.
Her mother pressed on to scare her in a bid to uncover whatever it was that brought about the bloodstains. "Oh, yes!" the older woman insisted. "So, you better tell me about it.
"Eh!" embarrassed by the incident, a scared Julie pleaded with her eyes. "Please, mom... I... I don't know how to present it."
Her fear now obviously confirmed, the older woman decided to hit the nail on the head, in spite of her anxiety. "Julie!" she stared at her daughter anxiously. "Did you, eh, did you have sex?" Not daring to meet her mother's stare, Julie began to sob even as she nodded her head slowly. "Oh, my God!" Mrs. Martins grabbed her head in alarm. "Julie! You had the nerve to have sex right under my roof?" The girl said nothing. "And what are you trying to prove?" Mrs. Martins glared coldly at her daughter. "That you're fully grown, at the age of seventeen?" The girl had no immediate answer. And so, a silence reigned until the older woman asked the next question. "And with whom did you do it?" Again, there was silence. "Julie." the older woman screamed in utter anger as she repeated the question. "With whom did you do it?"
"Eh, what?"
"Huh, Mr... Mr. Duru."
"What, the private teacher?"
"Eh, yes!"
Mrs. Martins, dazed by the revelation, could only shake her head slowly in disbelief. "I, I can't believe this. You and Solomon?" She turned abruptly and stormed out of the room, leaving a confused Julie to wonder about the consequence of her confession. Julie did not however have long to wait, as things began to move far beyond her pace and expectation. Several minutes after the encounter with her mother, the girl found herself on the way to a hospital, sandwiched between her parents in their chauffeur-driven Mercedes Benz car.
While in transit, she had to contend with the painfully-throbbing sensation between her legs on the one hand, and the noise of her screaming parents on the other hand. They were so busy showering her head with insults that they did not seem to be aware of her physical pain.
Earlier, her father who had been devastatingly disappointed with her behaviour had called her aside. "If people ask you about the incident, tell them you were raped by Solomon, is that clear?"
"Yes, daddy!" she had replied quickly, afraid that a slight hesitation could earn her another horrific yell. She had been yelled at twice already by the same awfully disturbed father; who had wondered why God should give him a daughter, at all.
"This is why I never envy couples with female children," the angry chief had snarled in his daughter's direction, "they are too full of drama for my liking."
In a sharp reaction, his wife glared at him in disbelief. "Well..." the woman sneered in his direction. "Now that you have a female child, are you going to get rid of her?"
"I wished I could!" The chief retorted angrily.
"You wished you could?" his wife asked again, as she shook her head in sadness. "I'm really disappointed in you!"
"I beg your pardon!" the angry man would not relent. "In whom should you feel disappointed here, your daughter or me?"
"Oh, so she is now my daughter, not our daughter?"
"Yes." Chief Martins retorted without remorse. "Right now, she is your daughter!"
"Okay." the woman shook her head sadly. "You're only restating our people's adage that men will always lay claim to a good child while a bad child is said to belong to the mother. No problem, I've accepted this situation as my fate."
"Whatever!" her husband snapped. "My male kids will never cause me this type of embarrassment."
"I can't believe this!" she stared at the man in surprise. "I guess I have to educate you, even at your age that this issue has nothing to do with the sex of a kid."
"Really?" Chief. Martins sneered. "Okay, go ahead, educate me."
"Listen Dipo," Mrs. Martins continued to talk unperturbed by her husband's sarcasm. "Presently, there is a need for an urgent response to the large-scale ignorance that pervades the lives of youngsters, across the world, on the subject of sex." Her husband stared but said nothing. "Sexual ignorance has become so endemic in the lives of these young people that they fumble and wobble into maturity through bitter lessons in sexual experimentation. Unfortunately, these lessons often leave them with physical and emotional scars."
""Uh, huh!" the chief said and nodded in agreement. "So, what do you think should be the response to the problem, because this kind of thing can be very embarrassing to a parent?"
"Sex education." she said.
"You mean sexuality education?" her husband corrected.
"Whatever way you say it." said Mrs. Martins and shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly. "The primary goal of such a sexuality education is to canvass for the restoration of traditional moral values in the global community. With these values in place, the ultimate panacea to all sexually-related problems will simply be abstinence for the bachelor, chastity for the spinster and fidelity for the married."
"Well, well!" Chief Martins smiled for the first time since the crisis began. "You always have a way of impressing me by your smart analysis of issues like this."
"Thanks." the woman smiled in appreciation. "Don't forget that I hold a Master's degree in Sociology."
"Yes." the chief nodded his head. "I know."
The hospital stay was brief but precise. Julie was thoroughly checked and tested for signs of sexually transmitted diseases which all came out negative. Afterwards, she was given an assortment of medications which the attending doctor described as antibiotics and birth control pills. The young lady was however glad when it was all over.
From that moment and all through the return journey home, her parents neither uttered a word to her, nor to each other. Whenever the birth control pills were exhausted, she would inform her mother who would simply get her another package.
Since that fateful day though, her parents ceased worrying about the girl's personal activities. They were confident that their greatest fear of seeing their daughter's education interrupted by an unwanted pregnancy had been allayed. And, above all, they did not have to entertain the fear that the girl could bring shame on the family's precious name.
In the meantime, Solomon Duru was arrested by the police and charged with various offences, ranging from criminal sexual assault to statutory rape. For the young man, Julie's legal status as a minor made matters much worse.
Still looking at her dishevelled image in the mirror, Julie suddenly remembered the pill. If the truth must be faced, she thought, the decision to place her on the oral contraceptive was not really the source of her problem. It was her fault, she decided finally. If only she had not attempted to join the bandwagons of mere happy-go-lucky friends. It was only now that Julie realised that a girl's best teacher and confidant on an issue as sensitive as sex and its many concepts and myths should be her mother. Unfortunately now, a lot of water had passed under the bridge.
"God!" Julie heaved a deep sigh. "I suppose the whole thing has now become a fait accompli. But where do I go from here?" She was in the process of considering an answer to this question when her attention was attracted to an over-turned handbag on the floor.
As the distraught young lady bent down to pick up the bag, she remembered how she had angrily flung it to the floor on rushing blindly into the room the day before. Picking it up, she tried to click it shut when she saw a small white envelope that stuck out of the bag. Inside was a birthday card. "How did this escape me?" she thought aloud in wonder. "Didn't I tear up all the birthday cards yesterday?" Julie snarled as she got hold of the card with the intention of tearing it. Suddenly, memories of the card and its sender flooded back to her.
For the first time in over fifteen hours, she detected a smile in the mirror. It was a smile that embarrassed her somewhat under the prevailing circumstances. Opening the little envelope, she brought out a miniature card, the smallest she had ever seen. It was also the most beautiful one in outlook and in content. She proceeded to read the message in the card. On the left side of the card was the usual prototype message while on the right side, the sender had painstakingly added his own thoughts in very fine handwriting.
Dear Julie,
It all started as a little aspiration.
Then it grew into a monstrous desire.
Only a silly game,
I thought my emotion was playing.
But now the reality is stark
even for an unbeliever like me
that here is the manifestation of a new dawn.
My heart, cowered in submission
and placed on a platter of gold,
is now handed over to you.
Thomas. (a.k.a. The Unbeliever.)
"Wow, what a card?" Julie shrieked excitedly. "This guy is creative!" As though it was an ornament of the highest value, she clutched the tiny card to her chest while a full smile lit up her face. It was at this glorious moment that a thought suddenly occurred to her. Instantly, she sat up in bed to think furiously about this interesting idea that had surreptitiously crept into her head.
After a few minutes of a restless mental exercise, she jumped up from the bed excitedly. Then, she read the message in the card again. She tossed the card up happily. "Wow!" she screamed joyously. "Boy, I've got you!" For the umpteenth time, she picked up the card to read, her mind reviewing the plan being hatched in her complex mind. "My, oh, my!" she shrieked in ecstasy, staring at her hair in the mirror and went into the bathroom.
Some minutes afterwards, she emerged from the bathroom, stark naked to stand before the full-length mirror by her bed. "Boy!" she began to assess her body with a smile. "This body of mine is still great for heaven's sake!"
Quickly, she dressed in a pair of jeans and a body-hugging, sleeveless blouse. "Tunji has removed his lousy carpet." Julie said as she walked out of the room. "But Thomas is about to replace it with a marvellous oriental rug."
Mrs. Martins and two of her children were having lunch in the dining room when Julie joined them. There was a huge silence as she sat on a chair, her face lit up in a strange smile. It was this quite unexpected smile that aggravated the confused state of her mother and siblings. Scared that her daughter could have lapsed into a mental depression, Mrs. Martins asked "Are you okay, Julie?"
"Of course, I am." Then she smiled apologetically to an audience that still chose to remain cautious. "I'm awfully sorry for all the troubles I've caused."
"Oh, that's all right dear. I only hope you're really alright."
"Sure, mommy, I'm absolutely alright now."
While her mother heaved a sigh of relief, Julie scooped some rice onto a plate and commenced to eat. "By the way!" Julie asked her mother. "Where is daddy?"
Her mother shot her a sharp look and contemplated briefly before answering her. "He is attending a meeting at Ikoyi Exclusive Hotel... I'm sure he will be surprised to see you in this good mood."
Julie smiled sardonically while her brothers gaped in astonishment at the mild manner in which their mother had put the issue.
The Price of Ignorance was written by Femi Olawole and is an unpublished book excerpt from The Price of Ignorance.
Copyright © Femi Olawole 2010.
Femi Olawole has been a man of many parts at different times - an accountant, banker, law enforcement officer, poet and freelance journalist. He contributed to The News Journal as a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Delaware's top-most newspaper. A social commentator, Olawole has contributed to many journals, anthologies and on-line/print media across the world.
In 1993, he received The Nigerian Media Merit Award in Business Reporting for Sailing on Dark Waters, a special report on the travails of Nigerian entrepreneurs in their search for seed capital. Olawole lives in Delaware, USA.


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Tonight, we presented, in front of this year's fine arts scholarship students, our first dress rehearsal for "Fanfare For Murder" the Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre show that will be touring throughout the rest of 2010 and early 2011. Our first show, to be performed in Vero Beach, will be on the 28th. I tweeted the following pictures of the dress I bought on my shopping trip on the 14th and the shoes I borrowed from Kacie for the night.
The rehearsal was bit rocky… but we have a very strong cast. Anyway, here's my costume:


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Alexander Marjanovic, Design Director
Alexander joined ReardonSmith in 2009 moving from a large London-based practice where he had been a senior design coordinator in the feasibility team. Since then, his skills as an architectural designer, masterplanner and visualiser have enabled him to make an outstanding contribution to our most high profile work, beginning with design studies and concept schemes for two UK projects. Alexander then joined the team designing the JW Marriott Absheron in Baku. He was Lead Concept Designer and was responsible for design development for The Regent Hotel & Residences, as well as the Ksenija residential development, both in Porto Montenegro. In addition, he led the design team on both our hotels in Shahdag and on two schemes destined for Bodrum. Most recently, he led the concept phases for the White City Hotel in Baku, a new luxury hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan, and a proposed resort for the island of Hvar, Croatia.


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Equality, Diversity and Citizenship Equality Impact Assessments Equality in the workplace Equality legislation
Equality and Diversity Policy
The Equality and Diversity Policy describes how the council will better-address the needs of all its employees and all members of the communities it serves. The overall intention is to create a working environment where all forms of discrimination or oppressive behaviour are unacceptable.
As the major employer in the area, we recognise the need for an Equality and Diversity Policy. We are committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce. Our aim is that our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and each employee feels respected and able to give of their best.
Our Equality and Diversity Policy is underpinned by key principles:
- No-one is disadvantaged because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation
- The differences between people are valued and good relations between groups are promoted
- People are treated fairly and with equal respect
- Informed assessments are made on the impact of policies and services
- People are involved in the decisions that affect them and encouraged to participate in public life
Successful implementation of the policy will depend on a partnership between us and the community and involves:
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To safeguard both persons and property from fire and life safety hazards through education, investigation, emergency response and code application.
The Office of the Fire Commissioner wishes all Manitobans a safe holiday season and a happy, healthy New Year. Listed below are some holiday season safety tips that will help keep you and your family safe this holiday season:
When shopping for items such as light strings, fans, extension cords, lamps and light fixtures, pay attention to the safety labels. Standards organizations such as the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the Underwriter's Laboratories of Canada (ULC, cUL) authorize manufacturers to use their approval or certification mark on products that have been tested to meet applicable standards for safety and performance.
Protect your family this season with simple tips and practices that you can follow all year long.
On behalf of the staff of the Office of the Fire Commissioner, have a safe and happy Holiday Season.
For more tips, videos and other important safety messages vist:
Thank you
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Cold weather makes us sick
Cold weather makes us sick...well, not really. We all know it's cold and flu viruses that make us sick, but they get carried along by the approach of colder weather.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the typical adult can expect to contract two or three colds each year. Follow these tips from the experts at the CDC to make this cold and flu season your healthiest yet.
1. Keep your distance. Many viruses travel in droplets of saliva and mucus. When someone coughs or sneezes, the germs can travel quite far from the nose and mouth. Keep your distance from people who exhibit signs of illness to avoid exposure to virus-laden droplets. If you're the one coughing and sneezing, do your co-workers and family a favor and use a tissue.
2. Wash your hands. Nothing beats frequent hand washing to avoid bugs. Be sure to use soap and work up a good lather for about 15 seconds before rinsing and drying your hands thoroughly. Bacteria and viruses thrive in damp environments, so drying is a key part of good hand-washing technique. You can also use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, but it can be harsh on your skin over time.
3. Wipe stuff down. Disinfect common work surfaces by wiping them down with disinfectant wipes.
4. Nurture the immune system. Stress, poor diet and a lack of exercise can weaken the immune system, so take steps to maintain the body's natural defense system. Eat nutritious foods, exercise three to four times a week and get plenty of rest so the immune system can recharge.
5. Find some alone time. Studies have found that some privacy at work can boost job performance and satisfaction. On the other hand, lack of privacy and control over the environment can lead to elevated job stress, potentially compromising the immune system.
6. Tune out the noise. Noise is among the biggest issues for people at work, but it constitutes more than just a nuisance. Research has linked routine noise exposure to chronically elevated levels of epinephrine, the hormone which triggers the body's "fight or flight" response. Try to tune out while at home by turning off the TV and ignoring other electronics.
7. Treat colds immediately. Even with all the proper precautions, germs can get you eventually. If you treat your symptoms aggressively, you may recover faster and avoid passing the virus to anyone else. Some remedies may even reduce the duration of a cold and lessen the severity of symptoms.