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Mice are tiny, inquisitive creatures. They are small, pocket-sized rodents that are a popular pet. They are very delicate and fragile and need to be taken great care of. Mice have been bred for more than fifteen hundred years as a pet. They are docile creatures and interact very well with humans. Now the question arises, how can you keep a mouse happy? Well, there certain things that should be borne in mind to keep proper care of your mouse.
Commercial mouse food is rare to find, so the owner should plan a healthy nutritious diet. Mice may eat more than you expect, so the diet should be carefully monitored. Mice get dehydrated very easily, so it is mandatory to install a drip bottle in its cage. Chewable toys are also vital to wear off their teeth and prevent them from overgrowing.
While some owners like to boast about their chubby mouse pet, the reality is the stark opposite because this is not something to be proud of. In fact, an obese mouse is prone to diabetes and may die an untimely death. Exercise is a necessity for mice and keeps them happy and healthy. Installing an exercise ball does the trick and keeps the mouse busy too.
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There is a very famous saying: Home is where your heart is, so it is vital for the owner to make its home equipped with everything it needs and to provide a stress-free environment. Pets and small children should be kept away from the mouse because it gets frightened very easily. Direct sunlight exposure should also be avoided at all times because it could lead to a fatal death.
To make the mouse accustomed to the owner and make the bond strong, training is required. The owner should train it well and make the mouse accustomed to him so that it becomes friendly with him and regards him as his best friend. In this way, the mouse and owner can both play and get along well with each other.
Study the mouse's behavior
Introducing opposite-gender mice to each other can prove fatal because disputes might erupt between them and they might injure each other. Females can be kept together and tend to live in harmony, while males fight over territory. So it is preferable to keep separate mice or females together for a beginner.


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Classic brick architecture on 2-1/2 acres of open lawn and gardens in the charming and beautiful Roland Park area. A seven minute walk to Homewood Campus and 2 miles from University of Baltimore and Loyola College and ten minutes drive to the heart of Downtown Towson or John Hopkins Medical Campus. Accessible to the JHU shuttle. Centrally located near stores, restaurants, and movies. Heat & water included. Cable and wireless internet available.
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THE 41-year-old Point Danger Lighthouse, home of Marine Rescue, is undergoing a $200,000 revamp.
After the roof of the building started to leak, Tweed Shire Council in cooperation with Gold Coast City Council decided to invest $200,000 to ensure the rescue station could continue to operate.
Rescue squad president Bernie Gabriel said following resealing of the concrete roof, new steps were placed and the existing terrazzo tiles at the rear of the viewing platform were substituted with granite tiles.
A new NSW/Queensland border line was incorporated in the floor and the surrounding area "done up".
Rescue squad treasurer Glenda Ashby said work on the remainder of the viewing platform would start soon with roof waterproofing, replacement tiles and a new handrail planned.
Known as the Captain Cook Memorial and Lighthouse, the Point Danger lighthouse was originally built to commemorate the bicentennial of Captain Cook's first voyage and lays exactly on the border of NSW and Queensland.
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Officials in statehouses on both coasts are looking for ways to address concerns about adequate funding to keep open rest areas.
If a Washington state lawmaker gets his way, the state could pursue allowing private business to step in.
The Evergreen State now makes available 48 rest areas for travelers around the state. All but six sites are a part of the national highway system.
Federal law prohibits private and nonprofit entities to lease space at rest areas along the national highway system.
Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, has a bill that would ask the federal government to make an exception for the state.
"I would hate to not try because someone says it can't be done," Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, told the Senate Transportation Committee during discussion on the bill.
Specifically, Benton's bill would require the Washington State Department of Transportation to request a waiver from the Federal Highway Administration to partner with private business to operate rest areas.
Benton said the state needs to maximize taxpayer-owned assets as they look to get needed projects done.
"If we're paying to maintain rest areas and we can get someone else to pay that money, and maybe pay us some rent along the way, then taxpayers and the traveling public benefit."
Since the new two-year highway bill was signed in July 2012, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has been urging DOT offices around the country to make truck parking a top priority and create more parking spaces, instead of spending money to study the problem.
OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer said it's encouraging to see states like Washington take steps to improve the parking situation.
"If these efforts will end up increasing, or at least maintaining, parking for trucks, they certainly should be encouraged," he said.
If the state cannot work out a deal to hand over rest areas, lawmakers in Washington are also looking at the possibility of selling naming rights.
A year ago, the state of Virginia signed a $2-million-a-year deal with the insurance company Geico to sponsor a phone safety program at 43 interstate rest stops. The deal was part of an initiative to help the state defray operating costs at the facilities.
A similar pursuit is underway in Olympia, WA. The proposal to authorize the sale of naming rights would apply to highways, bridges and rest areas.
Rep. Jan Angel, R-Port Orchard, says that revenue from selling a facility's naming rights would help pay for the state's operations, maintenance and improvements.
"During these challenging economic times, it is imperative that we, as legislators, try to think outside of the box," Angel said in a news release.
On the East Coast, a New Hampshire lawmaker wants to reopen facilities closed in recent years. Rep. Dick Patten, D-Concord, introduced a bill to study rest areas that are closed to determine whether they could be opened and staffed by volunteers and civic organizations.
Down the Eastern Seaboard, a Maryland bill would start the process to request proposals from private groups to take over operation and maintenance of rest areas and welcome centers.
A legislative analysis notes that due to limited funding, the state has ceased operating nine welcome centers over the past six years.
In 2012, the state signed a deal with Spanish-owned Areas USA to pay for renovations on two travel plazas on the tolled portion of Interstate 95. In exchange for the demolition and reconstruction work, the company will lease, operate and maintain the two facilities through 2047. The state has a revenue-sharing agreement that provides a percentage of gross sales at the two facilities north of Baltimore.
State figures show that total investment and revenue to the state may top $600 million during the next 34 years.
This year's legislative effort would direct all revenue from any additional lease deals to the state's Transportation Trust Fund.
In nearby New Jersey, a bill could soon result in handing over responsibility of some rest areas around the state.
On the move is a bill to allow private companies to sponsor rest areas and service areas in return for upkeep of the facilities. The authority to reach deals would be given to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Department of Transportation and South Jersey Transportation Authority.
"Offering sponsorship is an opportunity that would help business and industry in the state as well as relieve a burden on taxpayers," Assemblyman Craig Coughlin, D-Middlesex, said in a release.
Assemblywoman Celeste Riley, D-Cumberland, said the state must look for creative ways to capitalize on the state's major highways to generate new revenue without raising taxes.
"In this economy, every little bit we save would make a big difference in the long run," Riley stated.
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THIS is the heart-stopping moment a mother saves her baby from being run over by a lorry that failed to stop at a zebra crossing.
The footage, taken by another driver's dashcam, shows the mum quickly pulling back her child's buggy as the juggernaut speeds by.
She was crossing the road alongside two others when the truck came flying towards them as the filming driver beeped his horn to warn them.
But the lorry almost clips the child's pram as a witness can be heard gasping.
The lorry does not slow down and continues to hurtle past in the Russian city of Rostov.
The video has sparked debate online about the mum's attention and the lorry driver's reckless speeding.
Some are strictly on the side of pedestrians, while others believe that the lorry driver was in the right.
One commentator wrote: "What a moron, imagine if there was an animal instead, you would have run it over. You should burn in hell. Hate you and your recklessness."
Another agreed, adding: "How fast was he going? It is against law to move so fast inside municipal units."
But another argued: "I think pedestrians are the ones to blame for the situation.
Inches from death: Heart-stopping moment a mother saves her baby by pulling the child out of the way of a speeding lorry that failed to stop at a crossing in Russia
Footage shows a mother crossing a road in Rostov on Don in south west Russia
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This is the heart-stopping moment a mother saved her baby by pulling the child out of the way of a speeding lorry that failed to stop at a crossing in Russia.
The footage, taken in Rostov on Don in Russia, shows the mother instinctively wheeling back her baby's push chair as the juggernaut thunders past just inches away.
Video, captured by another driver's dashcam, shows the woman starting to cross the road with two others.
But moments later, the lorry comes into view, coming within inches of smashing into the buggy as it hurtles past.
The incident, in south-western Russia's Rostov Oblast region, has divided opinion online in the country.
One social media user called the lorry driver a 'moron' while another suggested the vehicle was speeding.
Others blamed the pedestrians, with 'Roman X' saying: 'The driver couldn't have seen them and this pedestrian crossing is unregulated.
'It seems that these guys did not even check the road when they started moving.
A lorry came inches from flattening a mother with her baby in a pushchair on a zebra crossing.
Footage taken on another driver's dashcam shows the heart-stopping moment the HGV passed by them.
The mother instinctively pulled the buggy back, with the alternative only too easy to picture.
She was crossing the road alongside two others when the incident happened.
The driver of the car beeped the group, apparently to warn them, as the lorry came driving down the road past him.
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UPDATED: The first trailer has now dropped, and, frankly, it looks terrific, with a brooding and very somber Jackie Chan integrated well into the drama and, of course, the action. Watch the trailer below. We've also added three new stills. Here's the official synopsis, as well, which puts everything into context:
The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan, is a timely action thriller from the director of Casino Royale. The film tells the story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love -- his teenage daughter -- is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. In his relentless search for the identity of the terrorists, Quan is forced into a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official (Brosnan), whose own past may hold clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
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Jackie Chan remains as busy as ever. Within the past year, we've seen the Chinese period piece Railroad Tigers and the modern Chinese/Indian fusion Kung Fu Yoga, which both showed him in his familiar guise as a heroic action figure.
The Foreigner promises to show him in a different light, as a man seeking vengeance for his family. Reportedly, it will emphasize the action in the premise; Chan plays a restaurant owner in London whose family is victimized by Irish terrorists. It's based on Stephen Leather's novel The Chinaman (?!), first published in 1992.
Pierce Brosnan, who's done quite a variety of colorful roles since his days as James Bond, is Chan's costar, along with Katie Leung and Tao Liu. Speaking of Bond, Martin Campbell, perhaps best known for Bond installments GoldenEye and Casino Royale, is directing.
The film is scheduled for release this fall -- October 13 in the U.S. The first U.S. poster has now been released, which you can see in full below, I'm quite intrigued, but I'm an unbridled optimist. What say you?
Irish terrorists, sometimes you miss the classics. That being said, I think Chan can handle serious and I would also suspect that Brosnan is the heavy and I know he can handle serious.
About time, if they do it the "Taken" way it can be soooo goood. Like you I choose to be optimistic about this one.
Thanks for your comment, I haven't read the novel but I'm curious how the terrorist angle is handled. Campbell also directed EDGE OF DARKNESS, which I thought was quite good, and this has echoes of that, too. Also agree that both Chan and Brosnan can handle serious!
Thanks for your comment. I like to be realistic about my optimism, but, yes, I'll vote with my dollars for this one.
Sounds interesting, my peepers are peeled.
My paltry opinion on EDGE OF DARKNESS is that the movie was forgettable and that the TV series was haunting.
Which are you referring to sir as both were directed by Campbell?
Wow! I was referring to the movie; still haven't seen the TV series, but based on your recommendation, I'll have to check it out. Thank you, sir!
Would have liked to see him kicking some ISIS ass since they are the ones really attacking London among other places.
Now that's a recommendation from a teenage cub.
I'm not sure how it has aged, as I have not seen it since it aired.
Will have to check it out myself. : )
Yes, it makes me wonder how much was changed in the script, since the book was first published in 1992.
Serious Jackie is not my favorite Jackie.
well he'll be kicking al qaeda / isis ass in his film with Stallone! Ex-Baghdad (2019)
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i bet the tv show stands the test of time. the story was all about conspiracy which is still relevant today.
looking forward to this. been a long time coming for him have a film like this, jackie is a great actor about time the westerns see that.
Very true sir, the story of the State being in the thrall of Corporations, Big Business and private interests is unfortunately even more relevant now than it was then.
As that was when it first became publicly and globally accepted that mankind was having quite a dramatic effect on the environment.
I can only imagine how the show was received back then. The movie version hits right home with the theme, though not as good as the series. :)
Dude that is AWESOME! Thanks for the heads up!
np buddy Lifelong chan fan here spreading the news
The plot has to do with him and stallone (top ex-special forces as mercenaries for hire from the USA and China - the two very best) have to go in and retake an oil field that isis has under control with civilians then escort them from the compound thru the highway of death. Basically it will be brilliant.
Stallone left the expendables series for this.
It's aged ok, i got the dvd a few years ago when the film came out, some of my friends hadn't seen the series and were very impressed with it. Bob Peck is still as riveting and sad as ever and Joe Don Baker is still as amusing as i remembered. I liked the Mel Gibson version a lot but prefer the original.
Jackie is excellent in New Police Story, he's had a few great serious performances in the last decade or so. I bought the book this is based on, in the novel Jackie's character is a restaurateur whose daughter is killed in an IRA bombing in London. In his days before being a friendly restaurant owner he was an assassin for the Viet Cong and pits his skills against the IRA in Belfast (my home town!) in revenge. Sounds fantastic. Brosnan seems to be playing a Gerry Adams-style figure, looks exactly like him too.
The terrorism angle could be very sensitive at the moment. The bus explosion Jackie's daughter is killed in was filmed on a bridge in London that recently suffered a terrorist attack where people were killed. While filming was taking place there apparently wasn't much warning and some people thought it was a real terrorist attack. I'll be interested to see if they have to reshoot or push back the UK release.
J Chan is a very good actor, not just the martial arts performer for action films. He hasnt been given that much of a chance in that this image of this Asian martial arts, kung fu performer brought in the moolah. He looks so tired in this poster , he really needs to stop performing those stunts , heavy duty action and OTT emotions that his films call for.
He seems so done in this image I really want him to retire to a cottage in some green village, forever, for his health.
Just saw the trailer... looking good :)
This looks great
I can understand why you feel that way. But I think the trailer reveals that he still has miles to go before he sleeps.
This whiffs of Patriot Games
Wow this looks good. Fingers crossed the trailer didn't show all the action scenes already...
Arnold Schwarzenegger did this movie too, in 2002. It was called "Collateral Damage."
:) . The trailer reveals that his time has come, to an end. Action again! kung fu variants - check. Coming off a rooftop - check. Guns and the shenanigans -check. His stunts' variants - check. The premise is Chan's age appropriate , but rather than him saving a politico's daughter as in Rush Hour (his first English H'wood hit), he is now old enough to have his own teen daughter killed that calls for action. Again. Its that last scene, his face, pulled down with wrinkles, exhausted, and bruised that says it all. Enough. J Chan really needs to stop doing action. For himself.
No offence please. Just my thoughts. Cheers.
Hmm, after seeing the trailer there's no bus explosion in it. One was filmed though, possibly they reshot it due to the real life terrorist attacks?
Why though? He's playing a grieving father, he's unlikely to be grinning the whole way through the film, it's just acting, he's not really worn out from killing all those IRA men.
Its not about the comedy , its about the action that I'm talking about. JC's brand of action. It is acting, but with JC he takes it upon himself to film the physical sequences himself. Hence his physicality has worn and it shows.
I really have to disagree with you here. Sure, he's not as spry as he used to be, but he can do far more at his age than so many other younger actions stars today! In fact, I think his "worn" look/demeanor in this trailer (and posters) is deliberate, considering his character and the story.
Besides, I recommend we at least watch this movie first before we make any judgements about his ability to still be a good actions star! His stunts and action in "Chinese Zodiac" and "Dragon Blade" were very well done, even if he did require a wire every now and then. Just because he can't do the same twirly wirly moves of Drunken Master anymore doesn't mean he can't still be a badass action star.
And if he still wants to do this until the day he dies, I say he should go for it!
Hmm, its not about comparing him with what he could do when he was younger.
I have read very little about this, but I do remember him saying that the stunts took such a toll on him that he wanted to stop. Now that was a time, he moved into 'serious' cinematic territory in that he starred , produced less action films. I remember this..And then that phase did no go well with the audiences and he came back with the vengeance to action again, his style.
I do have reservations, but he has to survive, be there in onscreen, he feels, maybe, I do not know. Hence. He is a good actor and I wish he comes in a serious character driven role , in a drama. But audiences are less likely to accept him in that avataar and he isnt the first genre actor in the world to experience this push pull.


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On the California Highway Patrol site, a body was reported found early yesterday morning in the Hoopa area at the Fairgrounds. The District Attorney's Office released the following information.
In the early morning hours of Thursday, October 20, 2011, the California Highway Patrol responded to a possible hit and run in Hoopa. The incident appeared to involve a fatality.
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1817 Green Vistas Drive, Wausau, WI 54403 - Visit These 2 Lots 31 & 32, Choose Both Or Pick One To Build A Customized Style Floor Plan With Your Builder. These Lots Have A Magnificent View Off The Top Of Wausau?s Townline Road On Green Vistas Drive. Meander Through This Beautiful Sub-Division To The End Of The Road Where You Will Find These 2 Level Lots And A Mature Tree Line To The South Of Lot 32. Walk, Bike, Cross-Country Ski, Snowshoe Or Golf Just Out Your Backdoor. With This Location You Are In-Between The Heart Of Wausau And Weston.
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Landlords across the resort will receive hundreds of smokes alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in a new move by county authorities.
More than 12,000 smoke alarms and 1,400 carbon monoxide detectors have been made available to landlords across Lancashire.
The move will benefit homes across Blackpool and comes as part of the Combined Fire Authority (CFA).
Coun Fred Jackson, cabinet member for municipal assets, said he welcomed the support.
Speaking at a full council meeting he said: "We were notified at the last meeting of the CFA the Government had made it compulsory for landlords to fit fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in properties and they have provided us with 12,080 smoke alarms and 1,420 carbon monoxide detectors across the whole area of Lancashire including Blackburn and Blackpool. That is good news.
"The bad news is that the money to enforce it is not there to help us.
"That responsibility falls on the local authority but it is a positive move to protect families and people in rented accommodation."
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that has no smell or taste.
It is produced when fuels such as gas, oil, coal or wood do not burn fully. When a fire burns in an enclosed space, such as a room, the oxygen is gradually used up and replaced with carbon dioxide. The fuel is unable to burn fully and releases carbon monoxide.
It is sometimes referred to as the "silent killer".
Every year in the UK, more than 200 people go to hospital with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, which leads to around 40 deaths.
Coun Allan Matthews added: "I would urge anyone to get a detector in their property.
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Emilia Clarke on her character Dany in Game of Thrones season four
Emilia is featured in the March Spring Fashion issue of WSJ. Magazine. She talks about the dynamic between her and her Game of Thrones costars; how she landed the role; and the trials and tribulations of being a drama student. The photoshoot and article are available online.
These are some of Emilia quotes from the article, be sure to check it on WSJ. Magazine site or in the issue that will hits newsstands Saturday, February 15!
Emilia Clarke Quotes
• Since Clarke's character is often alone, she has yet to share a scene with many of her costars: "We're [often] in totally different locations. You're at an awards show, saying 'Lovely to meet you. We're in a show together, apparently. You're really good!'"
• Her GOT audition went something like this: "I did the robot, followed by the funky chicken. I think it sealed the deal."
• On her insecurities during season one of GOT: "I spent season one just hoping I was doing it right."
• Clarke increasingly sees more of Dany in herself: "It's the growth of a girl into a woman. She's being thrown into the deep end, to see if she can sink or swim, and she decides to do it her way. It was wonderful to see a character with such humble beginnings, and such low self-esteem, beginning to trust herself. So my feelings within filming it were echoed—in a much more dramatic way, obviously."
• On her very first audition for a play in London at 10 years old: "I was learning a folk song in school about a donkey, so I decided to sing that. They said, 'Do you know anything more current?' I then gave them my best rendition of the Spice Girls, complete with dance moves—that's where my musical career ended. It made me realize that I wasn't quite ready. I think my parents were trying to give me a healthy dose of realism early on."
Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Joint Quotes
• On Clarke's sense of humor: "She's effing funny. Does that mean we've written hilarious scenes for her? No. But someone should."
• On the dynamic acting skills that set Clarke apart: "We needed an actress who could convincingly embody both the timid, voiceless Dany we first meet, and the Mother of Dragons she later becomes. Only Emilia nailed both."
June 2013: the internet announces the engagement of Emilia Clarke, 26, actor known for her role in HBO fantasy epic Game of Thrones, to James Franco, film star, director, writer, thinker. Text messages fly in from Clarke's friends, some of whom she hasn't spoken to since she was about four years old. "I had my aunt from America calling me up and being like" – Clarke slips into a brassy East Coast accent – "'Where's the ring?'"
She lets out a peal of laughter so gleeful you can almost hear the exclamation marks. She had met Franco only twice when the gossip sites, intoxicated by the sight of them visiting an art fair together in New York, announced their utterly nonexistent betrothal. "It's hilarious," says Clarke. "He is, of course, beautiful. But I feel there's only a handful of women who could form an engagement after two meetings, and I'm not one of them."
This is what happens when you are Hollywood's latest crush. Clarke's Game of Thrones role as Khaleesi, the ivory-haired warrior queen, has transformed her, in an eyeblink, from drama-school graduate to red-carpet beauty and potential Mrs Franco. In the two years since landing the part, Clarke has had an Emmy nomination and a lead role on Broadway; she has travelled the world to shoot Game of Thrones (Croatia, Morocco, Iceland); she has dated one of the wealthiest men in Hollywood (Seth MacFarlane). And now she's in a film with Jude Law, which is as good way as any of saying that life is pretty great.
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CBS revealed the full roster of presenters for the 2013 Emmy Awards on Thursday (Sept. 19), and the list includes some of the most talented and fan-favorite performers on television.
"Trophy Wife's" Malin Akerman, "Arrow's" Stephen Amell, "Nashville's" Connie Britton, "Scandal's" Dan Bucatinsky, "Game of Thrones'" Emilia Clarke, Jimmy Fallon, Tim Gunn, "Mad Men's" Jon Hamm, "How I Met Your Mother's" Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders, Mark Harmon, LL Cool J, "The Mindy Project's" Mindy Kaling, Heidi Klum, Melissa Leo, "The Good Wife's" Julianna Margulies, "Hostages'" Dylan McDermott, Bob Newhart, "Breaking Bad's" Dean Norris, "The Big Bang Theory's" Jim Parsons, Carrie Preston, and "Ironside's" Blair Underwood.
The Emmys, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
An "old" interview Emilia did after she discovered her Emmy nomination:
What show would you want to guest-star on?
My very best friend ever, Rose Leslie, who plays Ygritte on ['Game of Thrones'], was on 'Downton Abbey.' My Brit sort of says maybe that one. One of the other shows I would very much love to be a part of is 'Mad Men' — walking around that office. Or being a meth head in 'Breaking Bad' — that would be wicked. Then I'd really start seeing dragons.
What would you be doing if you weren't acting?
Something in music. Something creative. I do love singing. I wouldn't say I'm any good, but I definitely love it, especially jazz singing.
If you could duet with Neil Patrick Harris during the show, what would you sing?
"The Way You Look Tonight."
Emilia Clarke, aka Daenerys Targaryen from HBO's "Game of Thrones," guest stars on the August 28 episode as Dr. Zoidberg's ideal mate: a gorgeous woman born with no sense of smell. Good thing, too, because Zoidberg admits he's "smellier than a whorehouse's outhouse."
Here, we've got an exclusive sneak peek at the couple's first date, complete with more gratuitous references to raccoon violence than should be allowed on basic cable:
More important still: When will the cast of "Futurama" cross over into "Game of Thrones"? Leela and Brienne in a remake of "Thelma and Louise"? Bender and Tyrion in a remake of anything?!
Only time (or, more likely, wildy imaginative fan fiction) will tell for sure.
Actress Emilia Clarke is best known for her role on HBO's Game of Thrones as Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Princess of Dragonstone, Breaker of Chains, Mhysa, and Mother of Dragons. Now the actress can add Emmy nominee to her titles. EW chatted with the London-born actress on the phone this morning about the big news.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Congratulations on the nomination! How did you find out this morning?
Emilia Clarke: It's genuinely the weirdest thing. 6 a.m. rolls around, and my alarm in the hotel went off, and I definitely didn't set it — definitely, definitely. So I went into a frenzy, throwing everything I could at all of the electrical appliances in the room trying to make whatever noise was going on stop. Then I saw my phone and I was like, Ah! Oh my goodness, hopefully the show got nominated because I had a sleepless night praying Dan and David would get nominated for writing. Because I just think they deserve it so much. So it took a couple of phone calls for me to actually hear from my publicist that I myself was also nominated. [Laughs] And then I cried. [Laughs] It's all quite too much to handle.
How are you feeling now?
For me, the nomination is literally the end of the line. It's amazing. I'm so, so, so happy. I owe absolutely everything to HBO. I'm just happy that the show itself got recognized. It's just wonderful.
The show, this season especially, features dramatic changes for its characters. Talk about Daenerys' arc and where she is by the end of season 3.
Throughout the series, she literally started as a mute, terrified princess with a sort of vague idea that she should be on the throne. Three seasons in, and she is the mother of three fast-growing dragons and the queen of an army of over 10,000. I think it shows the power of what women can do. [Laughs] And hopefully by the end of the series, she'll be stuck atop the Iron Throne. I'm still holding out for that.
What scene this season was most challenging or fun to film? Daenerys has some pretty badass moments.
Episode four, the getting of the army, the taking of the Unsullied army, was just as much fun to film as it was to watch. It took two days to film, and we had so many extras there. To turn around and shout in Valyrian was quite an empowering experience. Even after take 22, I was like, Yup. Still cool. I'm still shouting.
In a statement following the interview, Clarke added, "Yer chomoe anhaan. Jin ha Khalaan, shekh ma shieraki anni." For those not fluent in Dothraki, it translates to: "You do honor to me. This is for the Khal — my sun and stars."
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Why This Property? (Part 2 of 3)
The second in a three part series of articles that will give you some insight as to why we chose this particular piece of property.
When chronicling any endeavor or adventure it's always best to start at the beginning. This certainly holds true when it comes to establishing a sustainable farm in ten acres of heavily wooded Florida pine scrub. Property hunting certainly calls for some selection criteria. It also demands some soul-searching, vision and a very good sense of humor. The property hunt and how we finally settled on purchasing the land we did is as good a starting point as any. Here's what made our latest purchase the right place at the right time.
The second major criteria we had for any potential property purchase was that we wanted something raw with plenty of trees. You know, a relatively untouched and wooded lot. Why? Well, several reasons, but primarily due to climate concerns. We are in a subtropical environment (USDA growing zone 9B) and the sun is very intense. The premium that shade offers is evident when driving past some of the commercial nursery growing operations. Growers utilizing acres of irrigation under shade cloth in order to protect young plants isn't unusual. The natural shade wooded acreage affords calls for no major infrastructure investments other than some strategic trimming and clearing.
For us, selective cutting and clearing was something we were willing to invest time in doing. Creating "edge effect" through removal rather than planting and waiting just seemed like a better option. Gotta be thinking Michelangelo's David here. No way is there room for anything other than a full piece of marble. No pre-shaped slab is going to do (hold that thought).
On a practical note, wooded lots in our area are often undervalued and overlooked. Many potential buyers looking for acreage are horse-loving retirees relocating to a hobby farm with pasture. The last thing many of them can do is clear land themselves or waste precious time waiting for it to be cleared. Also, land clearing is expensive and a good way for capable people to save a bit of coin when starting out. So, concentrating on wooded acreage took some of the property competition (the overpaying horse crowd) out of the equation.
Now, back to Michelangelo. Raw, vacant land was just about the only non-negotiable criteria. Why? Because we wanted to put ourselves in the best position to work WITH the land. We want to make sure we're in a position to become the best stewards of our plot possible. Rarely is there a perfect piece of property, so why complicate things even further by having to accept a previous owner's incongruous vision? Again, something that was just a non-negotiable in our view.
So, with an untouched wooded/raw lot, the prices in our geography is more realistic and much less open to any bidding competition. With our fully wooded lot in the raw we're also able to take our time or open things up full-throttle as we see fit. No wasted time repairing old buildings or broken systems. In essence, our full-sized marble slab is ready and waiting to be chiseled and shaped into our masterpiece.//mr
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In 2014 a couple of 40-somethings decided to make a change. The purchase of 10 raw, pine scrub acres along Florida's Nature Coast started it all. This is that story.
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-- Kan-za
Talks on Soto Zen and Master Dogen from Fayetteville Zen Center
Dictionaries hedge on the word "form." They say form is:
1. The shape and structure of an object,
2. The body or outward appearance of a person or animal,
3. The essence of something,
4. The mode in which a thing exists.
Talking about form isn't too difficult. Form is usually associated with something that's real or concrete, such as a thumb, or a chair, or a mountain. We can also think of form as something that isn't quite solid but still has shape, even though that shape may be a changing one. Say, a puff of smoke or a cloud in the sky.
Generally we think of form in a physical sense as a figure that takes up space. Form often refers to something whose shape might be spherical (a marble), or cubical (a box), or irregular and fluid (an ocean wave).
Emptiness isn't so easy to nail down in words because we tend to think of emptiness as an absence. As a nothing. When there is no shape, no form, no anything, that might be emptiness.
Maybe yes, maybe no.
Let's consider form and emptiness, and see where we go, if anywhere.
At first it might seem that form and emptiness aren't worth mentioning in the same breath because they are so different from one another. It's a little like talking about oranges and cucumbers together. Sure, oranges and cucumbers are organic, and they are foods, but they don't have much else in common.
Maybe yes, maybe no.
In Zen terms, form is emptiness, and emptiness is form. Each has meaning in its own right, and each is meaningful to the other.
Consider a three-dimensional piece of sculpture, or a two-dimensional painting, especially a painting done in traditional sumi-e, or Japanese Zen, style. Space that isn't occupied by solid material or by brush strokes is as significant to the whole work as space that is filled with solid material or a brush stroke. Here, something and nothing are equally important because each helps to define the other, physically, visually, and—in the observer—emotionally.
Consider your thumb. Like everything else it's composed of what science calls molecules, atoms, various subatomic particles, and lots of empty space—the space between all that other stuff.
However, what science calls electrons, and protons, and such are thought to be not physical entities but quantities of electromagnetic radiation. Science doesn't call these quantities "things" but quanta.
So, your thumb isn't a solid, after all.
The science of matter and motion, which most of us were subjected to in high school, is called classical physics. It's based on the conclusions of Isaac Newton (late 1600s), who considered existence to be a three-dimensional space that is always at rest and unchangeable.
What is referred to as modern or "new" physics got its start shortly after the turn of the last century. It's based on the theories of the Danish physicist Niels Bohr, who decided that viewing the functioning of existence from the rigid viewpoint of Newtonian mechanics was not limiting but dead wrong. Bohr, and other intellectuals of his time, such as Einstein, Schrödinger, Dirac, and Pauli, decided quantum mechanics made much more sense of a senseless universe.
I could babble on at great length about particle physics, because it's a fascinating topic. But I won't. I will say that many of the discoveries in quantum mechanics are explainable to a select few intellects only through advanced mathematics.
On the other hand, these notions have been grasped intuitively by Taoists, Hindus, and Buddhists since before the sixth century BC. They didn't need mathematics.
An aside.
Somewhere I read that President Harry Truman once said he wished he had a one-armed statistician in his Cabinet because the fellow wouldn't be able to say, "On the other hand…."
I read somewhere else—and I can't remember where—that an atom the size of the
So, again look at that thing we call a thumb. Your thumb may seem solid, dense enough to poke in your eye, but on a subatomic level, your thumb is mostly empty space.
Your thumb is largely emptiness.
Now step back mentally and consider this. Emptiness itself occupies space, and it helps to determine the boundaries of space. Remember the painting and the sculpture.
So if emptiness is circumscribed, it must have form.
Hui-neng, Zen Buddhism's sixth patriarch, said, "From the first, not a thing is." That statement could be meditated on for a long, long time. Remember, Hui-neng wasn't speaking of time in a chronological sense.
Let's contemplate that for a moment.
From the first, not a thing is.
Now let's contemplate these wonderfully paradoxical words from the Diamond Sutra: "There are no things or people, yet there are."
To wind this up, if your thumb is mostly empty space, is its shadow defined by its darkness, or by the light around it?
Nothing is this or that. Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.
Thanks to those of you who comment on or question these lectures. Your observations help keep the talks—and the blog—alive.
Thanks to those of you who comment on or question these lectures. Your observations help keep the talks—and the blog—alive.
To return to that earlier paradox, in one respect
I have a good friend who has a speech impediment. She needs to occasionally inhale. Ethel—which isn't her real name—babbles constantly about anything and everything. She chatters whether or not anyone is listening or whether or not she has anything real to say.
Apparently Ethel is able to speak without thinking, but I don't think she experiences
To return to nihilism, which is the denial of all existence, recall the verse composed by Hui-neng, Sixth Patriarch of Zen in
"The Bodhi (that is, true wisdom) is not like the tree,
"There is no bright mirror.
"There is nothing from the first,
"So where can the dust collect?"
This was in response to a verse that read:
"This body is the Bodhi tree,
"The spirit is like a bright mirror;
"Be sure to keep it clean,
"And do not let dust collect on it."
Hui-neng's response is a classic verse in Zen, and people who do not understand Zen point it out as a prime example of Zen's belief in nothingness. But Hui-neng wasn't illustrating the denial of all existence. He was attempting to portray the delusion of attachment.
"The Bodhi (that is, true wisdom) is not like the tree,
"There is no bright mirror.
"There is nothing from the first,
"So where can the dust collect?"
The delusion of attachment.
D.T. Suzuki mentions a monk who asked a master to show him the truth of Buddhism.
The master answered, "There is nothing, absolutely nothing."
To the same question another master might say, "Don't expect to get something out of nothing."
Another master might answer, "There is nothing to explain in words."
The point of Zen is to seize the center of life, which can't be done through reasoning. Therefore, Zen presents one negation after another, a succession that is intended to strip away our normal way of thinking and force us to be instinctive.
This isn't a cop-out on the part of Zen. It is the basis of being.
Zen Master Nansen was asked by a monk if there was anything he could not talk about.
"Yes," said the master. It is neither mind, nor matter, not Buddha."
The monk said, "You have already talked about it."
Nansen answered, "I have already said too much." And he walked away.
When a monk asked a master about the frame of mind a person should discipline himself in the truth, the reply was, "There is no mind to frame. There is no truth in which to be disciplined."
The monk said, "Well, then why do we monks gather to study Zen and discipline ourselves?"
Nansen answered, "This monastery does not have a bit of space, so where could there be a gathering of monks?"
The monk shook his head in despair. "I don't understand you."
Nansen said, "I don't understand myself."
And I don't know if I've given you something, or nothing.
This talk is difficult to give, and it will probably be even harder to listen to, because it's long-winded and it's about nothing.
The concept of nothing is very important in Zen.
When I was in high school I had an English teacher who referred to any word over two syllables long as a fifty-cent word.
Nihilism is a fifty-cent word. It first came into use during the Middle Ages when it was used to describe Christian heretics. Back then if you held opinions that differed from accepted dogma, it followed that you believed in nothing, and you were called a Nihilist.
The sort of people who labeled other individuals as Nihilists accused those individuals as having no values. Furthermore, the labelers punished nihilists for believing nothing could be known or communicated.
Think of that. Not believing in the god of the times made one a prime candidate for burning at the stake.
Since then, things have improved. Or, at least, changed.
Today many people outside of Zen believe Zen smacks of nihilism. Even to many people inside Zen, Zen may seem nihilistic because it swarms with "non" phrases such as no-mind, non-action, non-attachment, non-being, non-ego, and so on.
But these concepts are not negative notions.
I said not negative.
Remember high school math, where you were taught two negatives make a positive? By my saying these "non" concepts are not negative I don't mean they are positive. In Zen thinking they are neither positive nor negative.
Nor are they nihilistic.
Their aim—as well as the aim of all Zen masters and teachers—is to rattle your mental cage—to get you to grasp intuitively instead of depending on rationalization.
Any student of Zen is aware of the word mu. Mu means nothing.
Let me say that differently. Mu does not mean nothing. Mu means nothing. Do you understand the distinction?
According to legend, Zen master Joshu was asked by a monk if a dog has Buddha nature. Because everything has Buddha nature, the monk probably wanted to engage in a philosophical debate. Joshu wouldn't be suckered into that. He didn't say "yes," he didn't say "no."
He said, "Mu."
That gave the monk something to think about.
Mu is usually the first koan given a Rinzai novice by a master.
What is mu?
What is nothing?
Working on mu can shatter a novice. When he or she is certain what mu is, the master will challenge the person to describe the color of mu, or the taste of mu, or the smell of mu. As a koan, mu is not intended to be analyzed or reasoned. It has to be grasped intuitively.
I may regret bringing up
The Japanese word
But that's isn't
And here we have another of those wonderful Zen paradoxes. If
That is, if there is nothing, what is there to realize true self?
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Rotary Ashover Classic Car & Bike Show
Arranged jointly by the Rotary Clubs of Chesterfield, Chesterfield Scarsdale, Matlock and Clay Cross the Rotary Ashover Classic Car and Bike Show is now in its eighth year.
Although essentially a Vintage, Classic Car and Bike Show there will be many trade stalls with auto-jumble, arts and crafts and others for the non-motorist to enjoy.
You can make a weekend of it by using our caravan and camping area.
Ashover Brass Band will provide entertainment at times in the day. Exhibitors and trade stands should book early to avoid any lack of space.
Prices for the public have been held as previous years. For cars, bike, traders and caterers just click the relevant link on the menu to book.
It is not necessary for individual cars and bikes to pre-book.
Event Details
Rectory Fields
Milken Lane
Derbyshire, S45 0BA
Sunday, 22nd July 2018
10:00 – 16:00
Entry Prices
Show cars and bikes: £5 ea to include 2 passenger adults.
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- £30 for 5m x 8m space to include room for vehicle at rear, for two attendees at the stall
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by Mary Poletti
Jill Geisler, group leader for Leadership & Management Programs at the Poynter Institute, set out to address some challenges for newsroom leaders in this climate.
Start positive, she said. What's working? she asked the audience. What are we proud of? Responses included:
- "Learning new things"
- "That people are still laughing in the newsroom"
- "We are still breaking news"
- "Writing tighter & smarter"
Geisler used a light, pop-culture method to drive home an important lesson. What can managing editors learn from Whoopi Goldberg's sassy lounge singer-turned-nun/choir director in Sister Act, Sister Mary Clarence? In the film, she turned a terrible choir into a unified, high-performing team. It was a teaching lesson for Geisler, and she showed a clip from Sister Act of Sister Mary Clarence's first choir practice and urged tables to take notes on what Sister Mary Clarence did well as someone trying to lead change.
After the film, she asked what the audience wrote. Some responses included:
- recognizing that all of the nuns were different and empowering them to find their individual voices
- starting out by organizing
- putting the right people in the right places
- not alienating the previous leadership and turning it into a group struggle
- giving the group some of their passion
- letting them fail at first
- starting small
- accepting old leadership at first before putting it down
- taking small steps
- using humor
- coaching — and using coaching language (Geisler: We all used to be really good at something before we became managers, and we're still tempted to show off every once in a while.)
- making expectations clear
- encouraging listening to one another
- calling out underperformers without humiliating them
- making clear why what they're doing matters
Sometimes we get so busy "feeding the beast" in the daily hustle and bustle of the newsroom, Geisler said, that we forget to make it clear why what we're doing matters.
Organizations differ, but change challenges are similar, as are solutions (that can be customized to your newsroom), Geisler has learned from the large volume of "change literature" she has read, much of which she quoted and cited during her presentation.
Geisler shared five key principles on which she hoped to elaborate: education, emotion, motivation, collaboration, and communication.
Education: We are constantly learning. "Learning something new makes us temporarily incompetent," a quote Geisler shared read, and that learning anxiety makes people push back — "I won't get it," "I'll look stupid," "I have to drop what works," "I'll be the outsider," "I'll permanently lose credibility." We choose to change when our survival anxiety becomes greater than our learning anxiety. A lot of managers think that means scare tactics, but that doesn't work. Don't increase survival anxiety (it's high enough right now), reduce learning anxiety. Make training a priority. Understand how adults learn. (How, for example, did you learn how to use your new cell phone?) Put training into action ASAP, and have an immediate follow-up plan for its use. Reward risk-taking. Provide role models — and be one.
Emotion: Yes, it exists in newsrooms! We hope for optimism, but we get anger, sarcasm, or frustration because newsrooms perceive their managers as threatening or as jerks. You are managing the space between the platforms, with all the emotions that brings. The emotions of change are inwardly focused: shock, numbness, denial, blame, anger, and depression. Start moving from the inward to the outward. Understand emotions — theirs and your own. Allow people to let off steam (within reason). Don't react to emotional outbursts in kind. Remember the power of symbols — for example, do something with all those empty desks, and maintain certain newsroom traditions. (And don't hide out in your office with the door closed for too long!) To focus change emotions outward, bring the best of the past forward, make the process transparent, orient to the future, and be realistic while sharing genuine optimism. John P. Kotter wrote, "Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them see a truth that influences their feelings." People don't analyze>think>change, they see>feel>change. Quick wins, new stories, and role models are key to helping people see, then feel, then change.
As an example of the success of a newsroom, Geisler shared about the recent success of a veteran Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter, which reinforced a strong sense of mission and really boosted morale in the newsroom, sending a message about the strength of the newspaper.
Motivation: Geisler urged the audience to remember a time when they couldn't wait to get to work and respond with their memories, like Election Day, the day of a new product's launch, working on a big stretch assignment, the day after 9/11, and more. The common thread in those memories, Geisler said, is not the extrinsic reward (not so many of those these days), but the intrinsic motivators — what drives us. The key intrinsic motivators, according to Kenneth W. Thomas, are competence (doing more of what we're good at), choice (letting everyone in the newsroom contribute to big ideas), meaningfulness ("boy, Sister Mary Clarence told us about that" — reminding people of the meaning of what they do), and progress (giving constructive feedback to reporters). In terms of feedback, knowledge workers like reporters value autonomy, the right kind of feedback (non-controlling and attentive, among other things), and a voice in designing their work, especially when it involves change. Which brought Geisler to…
Collaboration: Innovation requires collaboration, Geisler said. According to Keith Sawyer, "group genius generates breakthrough innovation." According to Lynda Gratton, "boundary spanners" are key — staffers who naturally network, build bonds, exchange information, and solve problems. Geisler encouraged the audience to identify and acknowledge theirs. What do managers do that creates and/or encourages those people? To foster collaboration, Geisler shared what she called a simple tip: Discover what makes a great day at work for others — boss expectations, professional standards, peer values, personal goals.
Communication: Communication fuels change. Relentlessly communicate about that change, Jeffrey Pfeffer and Bob Sutton wrote. "Leaders manage meaning," Warren Bennis wrote. "They find ways to make dreams apparent and alive to others." Communicating relentlessly — in many ways, not just in meetings, but in conversations, word of mouth, and what Geisler called "meetings before/after the meeting" — is the key to making change apparent and alive. Remember, with regard to change communication, that what you've known for a while, reporters and newsroom employees are just now processing. Information is currency. People don't hear well when their emotions are engaged. Even stupid rumors need to be addressed.
Geisler ended with a mash-up of motivational film speeches — "40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes." "I don't know if you can rise to that level of inspiration every day, but try," Geisler said. "Journalism needs it."
Jill Geisler, group leader for Leadership and Management Programs at the Poynter Institute, challenged editors to foster communication among their staff to motivate them in times of innovation and change, Oct. 28, 2009, in St. Louis, Mo. (APME 2009 Coverage Photo/ Emily Stewart)
Audience members watch as Jill Geisler played a short clip from the movie "Sister Act" to provide comic relief during her conference workshop on change. She suggested managers teach their employees by reinforcing their competence, Oct. 28, 2009, in St. Louis, Mo. (APME 2009 Coverage Photo/ Emily Stewart)
For help or inspiration, contact Geisler at jgeisler (at) poynter (dot) org.
Download Geisler's handouts:
Change checkup
Rules of change
Four barriers to collaboration
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Building a NationThe Story of Scotland's ArchitectureRanald MacInnes, Miles Glendinning, Aoghus MacKechnie; foreword by Kirsty Wark
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Scotland's astonishing architectural heritage is one of the defining images of the country. This book asks what exactly makes "Scottish" architecture, carrying the story from the royal palaces of the Stewart kings when Scottish architecture began to develop the confidence and range that made it distinctive, through to the present day, with its new flowering of creativity following on from years of post-war austerity and municipal planning. On the way it looks at the classical elegance of Edinburgh's New Town, the great Victorian sweep of Glasgow, and the mold-breaking work of Patrick Geddes and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
What comes across is the development of a nation and its incipient sense of identity. For the story of Scottish architecture is the story of attempts to shape, express, restrain or model a national character...
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No that is not a second knee cap, that is Phil's shin after he ever so gracefully fell UP the (count them) two stairs between our living room and our kitchen. This picture was several hours after. He looks as if his leg was going to fall off about a week later because it was bruised from the knee to the ankle, it was very impressive (however I failed to get a picture of that, sorry!).
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Making cookies
Last Sunday Phil and I decided to have a cookie making contest. We found two jars of cookie mix we had received as gifts and decided it was finally time to make them. Phil took one and I took the other. Phil embelished his a little with peanut butter and of course paid no attention to the recipe. I added frosting and sprinkles in between my cookies once they were done. Then we took the results to our friends house for dinner to see who won. They were all too nice to choose sides (but I maintain that I won...even though his were pretty good too).
Natalie decided she wanted to help make the cookies. So of course we had to capture that magic on film...
Natalie decided she wanted to help make the cookies. So of course we had to capture that magic on film...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
And we're back . . .
Well, I left the mom world for a few hours today and ventured back into the adult world. Today was my first day back from leave and away from my kidlets. Thus the first chance I've had to update the blog.
I must admit we've done a lot of things over the last few months, and they are all a blur. I feel overwhelmed by the number of pictures I have on my camera and have not printed or posted so ... to catch up I will leave you with a few pictures and start fresh going forward.
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Happy ending for Priory Hall bride Stephanie
Former Priory Hall resident Stephanie Meehan has found happiness again and married, three years after her partner Fiachra Daly took his own life.
The Dublin mother-of-two tied the knot with Richie, who she has known for years, and who she described as an "amazing support" to her and her children.
Stephanie's life came crashing down when the scandal of the firetrap Priory Hall apartments in Donaghmede broke in 2011, only four years after they were built by former IRA hunger striker Tom McFeely.
The residents had to be evacuated from their homes and years of blame and counter-blame were thrashed out in the courts.
Stephanie was left devastated when Fiachra took his own life in July 2013 while under stress related to the property.
Now, as Priory Hall faces a new beginning, so too does Stephanie, who confirmed to the Herald that she and Richie got married abroad on October 21.
"Richie has been an amazing support to us and we are very happy," she said.
"Fiachra's family were with us at the wedding and it was beautiful."
Stephanie said she is now moving on with her life and said she also wishes all the new occupants of Priory Hall happiness in their new homes.
Dublin City Council is spending more than €27 million on the reconstruction of the notorious complex.
The first 43 apartments put on the market all sold in a matter of days, raising more than €7m for the authority.
"They still have to work on the side where I lived with Fiachra," Stephanie said.
"It was our first home and it was very exciting for us, so I really wish that the new owners will be happy there and that it now becomes the place it was supposed to be from the beginning.
"People assume that I have nothing but bad memories of Priory Hall, but that's not the case.
"I have great memories there until things went wrong. We suffered an awful tragedy and a tremendous loss because of it. It caused all the problems in my life in the end, but in the beginning it was good."
Stephanie also said she hopes the homes are now being bought by locals who will be able to stay in the area.


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AboutPaul Tankersley
Engineer by day
Astro-Photographer by night
In the beginning…
The love for the night sky started when Paul was a young boy growing up in Albany, Georgia. His mother would take him out in the yard and they would sit on a blanket and look up at the stars. Years later, he shares that same love with his own sons. Many nights he wakes up the boys and takes them outside to show them God's amazing creation: the vast heavens.
Electrical engineering has been his career for over 25 years after graduating from Georgia Tech. After building a business, Tankersley Jackson and Associates with his partner and starting a family, Paul then wanted to fill his childhood desire of exploring the Universe.
After purchasing a telescope, Paul always had a passion for astro-imaging. Soon his hobby of viewing turned into photography after hearing "Indescribable" the sermon series by Louie Giglio. Setting up a scope in Roswell, and The Deerlick Astronomy Village in Sharon, GA, he started taking photos of the moon, stars, nebulas and galaxies. These objects are anywhere from a few to over 300 million light-years away. A light-year is approximately 5.88 trillion miles. A distance that's hard to fathom!
Nebulas are a combination of reflective star light and glowing gasses in the night sky. They can be the birth of new stars and the end of existing stars. The magnificent show of color, depth and shape is for us to explore and enjoy. Catalogued by number, many are given names for their likeness of things we are familiar with such as the Horsehead Nebula, Heart Nebula and Eagle Nebula. Due to its resemblance of an eye, the Helix Nebula has been nicknamed "The Eye of God" by NASA and has inspired the name, Helix Imaging.
Pauls' artistry is influenced by his engineer's insight into structure and his spiritual view of the Universe. The creative results are unique and provide breathtaking images that compel the viewer to be both awestruck and contemplative.


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One of the very finest home improvements you can make is to add on outside space. Patios and decks extend your living space and encourage you to spend some time out of doors. A property with a deck is in higher demand when you choose to sell your property. You have instantly boosted your property value when you add one. It can be on the front of your house, adding curb appeal or at the rear for privacy. Some families opt to make their out of doors living space freestanding like a private island in the back yard.
Secondly, when it is time to entertain, this is your space. If you have furnished your area with comfy seating, and a brilliant grill, together with a mini cooler or an ice bath, you can entertain more guests with less hassles. Make boogying out of doors an easy pleasure. Cleanup is less complicated and folks relax and have a great time when they are outside. If it has quick access to the kitchen a deck is an ideal place for summer entertaining. You can combine food and fun with a lot less trouble. Move with ease between where you have supplies and where your guests are. You can see them and socialise while doing preparation work. Depending on your local climate you'll anticipate using it virtually year around. Carry your indoor decorating and vacation themes to this more protected outdoor space.
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A third reason is if your house is an older home you can give it an update by adding outdoor living space. It modernises the look of the entire property when you do this. Building an outdoor room without walls is less expensive than a new interior room. Materials that are on the market can reflect the first style of the house but also be easy care. Use sturdy materials that are straightforward care so as to have the best results with the least effort. Invest in comfortable furnishings and you will be ready to have a mini vacation or retreat whenever you have got the time. At resale time this is unquestionably a selling point.
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Quote from: So Close on February 19, 2015, 01:22:35 PMI would have tried sperm donation, but my wife wouldn't let me, and now that ship has sailed!Your wife is gone? Or your sperm is gone?
I would have tried sperm donation, but my wife wouldn't let me, and now that ship has sailed!
I'm living and working in the Czech Republic and I have 1-hour conversational lessons after my normal job.Each lesson I charge around $13 and I have around 6/7 lessons a week.I've been doing this since March 2014 and to this day I am still amazed that people will actually pay me just to speak with them - all thanks to me being a native English speaker:-)
Got my first payment from my new side gig as a Sittercity Date Night Sitter yesterday, and I didn't even have to work! The way the system works is that you indicate your availability for the week, and then if you are not booked by 3 pm on the day you said you were available, you get a payment just for holding your availability! It's $25 for a Thursday or a Sunday, $55 for a Friday or Saturday. I made an easy 25 bucks doing nothing! We'll see what happens if I actually get a babysitting gig off this, but for now it's working pretty well for me :)
I just started this one... Brand Ambassador for a major scotch whisky brand... 40 hours a month, pays the same as my full time professional job (same cash, 1/4 of the hours)
Quote from: perummm on July 18, 2015, 08:45:51 AMI just started this one... Brand Ambassador for a major scotch whisky brand... 40 hours a month, pays the same as my full time professional job (same cash, 1/4 of the hours)I am pretty sure I could totally do this.
I've been a driver for Uber for a few months now. Making good $$. Depends on how many days I do it.
I can't do it because it is a conflict of interest with my current job, but I got my husband into freelance educational assessment editing. He verifies test items for science content; the minimum qualification was a PhD though.My previous job always needed freelance writers for people who held "real world jobs" (don't get me into the fact that they considered anyone who was a professional writer, editor, or a teacher to have a "fake world job") but if anyone is looking for a few hundred dollars for a quick side-gig, or possibly a longer term contract if you're good at it, and has job experience doing almost anything (though I think they really liked when people had experience in trades) and decent writing skills, PM me and I can send you the info. You don't need any specific degree.
I make about $1000 every holiday season by offering gift-wrapping service.They provide their own papers, decorations & consumables (tape), I show up with my toolbox (good scissors etc) and do everything they have in 1 trip. I charge $3.50 per gift big or small and prefer to make only one trip to wrap everything (I work at their house).When I started I had a classified ad, now I have enough referrals/regulars to stay as busy as I would like to be during the season. Average job is about 4-5 hours and 30-40 gifts.I find a perverse satisfaction in making money from other people's consumerism LOL.
x-posted in the Sidehustle 2015 thread under Throw Down the GauntletHi, I've been spending a lot of time the last year and a half thinking of ways to earn extra money while still being stupid about money- I am getting smarter. These are my ideas - they aren't super generic because they rely on my knowledge or skills or areas of interest or what I am willing to learn to do- but they are ideas I thought I would share to try to inspire and help others..... I hope they inspire you I will do 5-8 of these in 2016, more if I can.......... the prices are what I would charge online and at a craft fair or the flea marketBible verses (popular in this area) and inspirational quotes ( in calligraphy or embossed with white powder and watercolor) $7 each; Custom framed family word clouds in shape of heart- check wordle.net ; custom keychains (father, grandparent, moms) Custom grandchild and spouse and parent portraits**B&W photography ONLY******** Art journal family trees $60Art journal style Tshirts and fabrics (sell on Threadless and Spoonflower) - Also: Art Journal style mugs at flea market (small small batches)- Use china permanent pen on plain white china mugs to do custom funny sayings on them at Flea Market- have some "The best dads get promoted to Grand-dad" mugs ready to sell.. shabby chic accessories- pastel and white painted everything- French fabric (use own old contracts in French) sachets, pillows and aprons and tea towels, create fabric on Spoonflower or alternate website add a bunch of designs to SPOONFLOWER.com site for royalties, use kid art, too Dog/cat name tags ($7), keychains ($4) and metal baby's first Christmas ornaments (stamped) ($6), infant memorial jewelry through the hospitals ($25), wedding party keychains ($4-12 per person) (Groomsman/BFF/Bridesmaid), labeled or stamped garden markers from old cutlery ($6 each), windchimes ($22) Website design/set up using Wordpress Amazon power tool, kitchen appliance and romance novel book reseller. "Shabby chic" book "Capsule Wardrobe" guide (call it something sassy) Kindle "Guide to Frugal living on Kindle" "Guide to Homekeeping" "Guide to Home Repair" "Guide to ______________________" on Kindle AirBnB: $54/night, extra for second bedroom. If they need master bedroom, can sleep in den or at mom's??? http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/blue-buffalo-dog-food-longevity/ A/ Do a cat food review site like this????? B/ sell pet food ONLINE (Amazon) Painted wedding shoes- calligraphy Hand made wedding veils, sell on Etsy Hand made paper rose bouquets sold on Etsy (from old books) and at flea market Sell old documents on Etsy and eBay (find at garage sales) Organize and declutter garages for people, and attics Organize guys as junk haulers for people (charge $70/load, pay $30 to the guys) Plant flower gardens for people in spring, plant bulbs in spring and fall Offering resume coaching and interview coaching (based on my hiring and management experience), doing Linked In profiles for professionals in my field Run a babysitting and home care service (short term cooking and laundry and light cleaning service for people in need) Start a housecleaning company Organize bills and statements and other medical and financial records (should get bonded to do this) Handle filing medical claims for people. teach art and basic accounting, get someone to teach home repair and car repair and carpentry Start a christmas light hanging business (outdoor lights, house and/or trees) Do pet sitting (join Pet Sitters International) Bartending (good tips, part time) Sell children's clothes like Terri does (new with tags from value village/thrift/charity shops or excellent condition) on eBay Record audiobooks for ACX (Amazon) https://www.acx.com/help/how-it-works/200484210 (the website http://www.xojane.com/ has an article (a funny article, don't be put off by the title) on doing this) Car and truck detailing (cleaning ultraclean), makes a good gift certificate for Xmas Start a recipe channel on Youtube like PioneerWoman's show. Start a "how to" channel on Youtube (both require set up for ads on Youtube and social media distribution by friends and family and Fiverr.com) I'd love to hear other ideas for sidehustles. Im going to add this to the longer post thats on this site but Id love to see a dedicated category for the topic of sidehustles
Does anyone know anything about DoTerra or have an opinion about the essential oil business?
Quote from: peggan on August 25, 2015, 12:40:44 PMDoes anyone know anything about DoTerra or have an opinion about the essential oil business?Like most MLM it requires a lot of bugging your friends and family, and you are unlikely to make all that much money. Most people I know who sell it do it for a discount.
Quote from: Tortoise Banker on July 23, 2015, 06:05:10 PMI've been a driver for Uber for a few months now. Making good $$. Depends on how many days I do it.Can you share more details? Fees to be a driver?
i'm a full time physician so not a whole lot of extra time but...i opened a mechanic shop and had my mechanic friend (who became my partner) run it for a while...made some money but i reinvested a lot of it too...it was good because he pretty much ran it and i did all the book keeping, financing etc...i was on fiverr.com for a while and it wasn't too bad but needed a lot of my time and make $10-30 per month...i started buying some car parts on craigslist and car forums for cheap and would sell them on ebay...again time consuming...i did this more when i was in med school...in college i went around computer shops and asked them for the parts they didn't need (old hard drives etc)...and would get all the info, make a nice posting and sell on ebay....that actually was really good money....
We do lawncare like mowing and mulching for our side job. We need to figure out another job we can do in winter though..
I picked up a second contract doing similar work to what I already do, but where the luster has worn off my main job, this new one is fresh and I am highly respected in it. It makes me feel good to do it (because I'm appreciated) and is about another 10-20 hours per week on top of the 40-60 hours I work at my main job. It's also helping me justify some of the upgrades I want to do around the house (install fancy closet, get someone else to paint my house, etc).