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Reviewing Your 5D Global Actions
By Brenda Hoffman, 01/31/2017
Dear Ones,
How can you observe and not participate in current earth upheavals? Your questions are likely, "How can I not be involved? Aren't I required as a forerunner to be involved?"
So it is that it is time for you to move beyond your 3D need to caretake, to make the world a better place, or to create a world of peace – knowing deep within you that you cannot do so alone, nor is this the time to do so.
This is a pondering, reviewing, self-love time that opens you to new thoughts and ideas. That is not to say that protests are right nor wrong, merely that you do not yet have enough 5D information to affect the change you are chomping at the bit to initiate.
This time of pondering is to help you stop your world caretaking needs. You have shifted your personal caretaking, and now you are replicating that piece globally. For you alone cannot save the world.
But then, the world does not need saving, any more than does your child, spouse, or neighbor. This time is of all realizing their power – which appears counterintuitive to what you believe is your need and right.
You feel that you and a few others know the right actions and theories – theories that continue to be a bit rough around the edges. Even though you do not have a clear idea of what you believe is the right direction, you feel the need to tell others that they are moving in the wrong direction.
At what point do you mobilize and/or join the verbal war of words? Even though you can do so at any time, the caveat is that you do not yet have a fully formed 5D philosophy or action plan. Perhaps you believe that any action is better than none – which means you are caretaking the people's of the earth.
You fear humanity is not strong enough to shift earth into a loving, peaceful environment – that you have the answers, others need. Such is true to a certain extent for you are a forerunner – but taking over the struggles of others is caretaking.
Your inner fear is that others are not wise or open enough to allow light into their being. That if you do not participate in this upheaval in a 3D leadership manner, others will fall into the earth abyss you experienced for eons.
So it is, you are trying to circumvent your global fears of yesterday, instead of believing with every fiber of your being that this time earth and its inhabitants will right itself.
Of course, you want to be part of the fray because you believe you have answers others need. While it is true that you perceive pieces differently than others, it is time to act upon those perceptions – which for now, is basically inaction.
Think in terms of teaching your child how to tie their shoelaces. It is an arduous task as they remember to put one strand over another in the proper sequence. Even though you wish for them to learn how to do so, you often want to do it for them instead of merely observing the time-consuming actions of your child.
So it is now. You must allow others to find their self-love center just as you have. And to realize that your past experiences and fears are unfounded – for this time they will. For this time in earth's history is about observing extremes to allow all to find their center, their call to love.
Granted, such has never happened on earth in any of the lifetimes you previously experienced on earth. But it will this time for you ensured such by introducing earth and its inhabitants to new ways of perceiving, acting and functioning.
This time, earth is similar to placing a cake batter in the oven knowing that within minutes that batter will become an edible cake.
So it is now. The world is a soupy batter waiting to shift into an entity of love.
That concept most likely makes you angry for you cannot see how such is possible given how many times you have observed the failure of such concepts while of earth previously – and given that you want to experience peace and joy NOW.
And so you can experience peace and joy now by allowing yourself to become an observer instead of a participant observer.
Perhaps that thought makes you angry. But then, we ask, how does embroiling yourself in the waves of dissension and glee now sweeping earth make you feel? Neither is of self-love, but instead, "You are right, and they are wrong."
What is your role if you are not part of the anger/glee that is now of the world?
Your role is to hold your beacon of light high. To allow others to observe your calm and acceptance, giving them ideas for a similar experience.
This is a new earth, and you are a new being with new powers and directions. And one of those great powers is your ability to shine your light no matter what happens personally or globally.
Given the choice of spending time with a joyful person or one filled with rage or glee because of "getting" someone, which do you choose? One is about being comfortable in your being no matter what happens, knowing you will survive and thrive. The other is dependent on the actions of others.
You have moved beyond the need to caretake or control others. And now you are displaying your self-love and 5D by being you in joy – whatever that means to you.
Some of you contend that protesting or being with like-minded others is joyful because of the emotions of love shared with others. Such is a 5D experience – meaning that everyone is not necessarily like you, but that you are sharing the love of humanity.
So it is you are of 5D earth when love and joy are your beacons. But when the need to control or caretake others with anger or glee becomes dominant, it is time for you to review new 5D actions.
So it is as you evolve into 5D – first personally and now globally. So be it. Amen.
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Two weekends ago, I became an official member of our neighborhood association. With a little membership card to prove it and all. The Association had a fundraiser in the piazza by our home. Down by the seafront, there is a community swimming pool under construction. It's been under construction since we moved in. The exterior of the building is gorgeous, all white, no crumbling, porthole windows [use your imagination since I don't feel like walking the block down there to take a photo]. But after all this time, construction is still not complete. Next to the swimming pool is the saddest little playground you've ever seen. A couple of grass covered, rusting rides that wouldn't have met U.S. safety standards 25 years ago. Grass choked out by weeds. Frames of former benches. It has the potential to be a darling little park, other than the fact that it's bordered on one side by a busy road and the other by a railway, but we just can't have everything. Anyway, the fundraiser was for these two places. I filled out my card, got my proper tax receipt, and don't forget, my membership card. I had gone to the fundraiser with friends from up the road who know about half the people in town, so we were kept busy chatting. Actually, they chatted. I did my best to just understand what was being said. We headed over for food and found that the dozens of little children had snaked all the hotdogs and two huge bowls of pasta, leaving only potato chips and grilled lamb behind. I eat lamb when I'm in countries like Morocco or Greece. But otherwise, I tend to picture a cute, fuzzy, little thing that I want to pet. And I have absolutely no problem with the hypocrisy in my meat eating habits. Anyway, the upshot is that what we had left to eat were potato chips. Since I'd just paid 10euros and all, I made sure to eat my 10euros worth of chips. And Coca-Cola. Then dessert came out. Have you ever seen grown-ups shoving one another to get to dessert? Not only have I seen it, I participated. But I got a piece of the chocolate dessert. And the cookie, and the lemon, and about three other kinds as well. This old man next to me thought he might beat me out when we both went for the chocolate at the same time. He was mistaken. I'm not sure how well the fundraiser did, but when I just walked down to the Tabacchi to pay my gas bill, construction workers were once again on the job. Better yet, one fellow we talked to said the Association hopes to do more such community gatherings. We should be fully integrated into the community about the time we get on the plane back to America.
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Stephanie! For some reason I just started getting links on my e-mail from Facebook, (I never get on Facebook), and saw your blog. I just wanted to congratulate you on your pregnancy! I am so happy for you and Nathan! When I was pregnant, I remember being so tired that I felt like I was drugged. So happy to hear that you are feeling a bit better. I'll be thinking of you!ReplyDelete
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One of the best family films to come down the pike this year, and not just because this year has also brought us The Nut Job and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return.
Viewers unencumbered by nostalgia will probably see this zippy, occasionally funny movie as no more frantic or pop-culture-addled than the average multiplex fodder.
The 6-year-old I watched it with summed it up perfectly: "It starts out fun but then it's kinda sad and scary. And sorta boring, too."
All the series' wholesomeness has been sucked dry not only by the script's lifelessness, but also by the shift from traditional stop-motion animation to cost-effective CGI.
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Since Simon Cowell and his talent shows are already over-exposed on TV, it's a real shame that Postman Pat's producers have rubber-stamped such a contrived storyline at the expense of originality.
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My sons first trip to the cinema and I couldn't of asked for a better film for him, As a child I loved Postman Pat so taking my son to see one of my childhood favorites at the cinema was an amazing experience, I spent more time looking at my sons reaction than the film itself, But the film itself was ok nothing great but kids will love it, A fun film but it went in a different direction plot wise to what we expected, It's predictable but who cares, Adults will enjoy the soundtrack more than anything, I can't comment on the 3D as I watched the 2D version, A good family film what kids will love and adults will enjoy (Sort of).
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It makes it very hard to select the correct page when jumping to a specific page after clicking Next, since it doesn't which page is which.
When do you plan on fixing this bug? It has been there for years, so I though I'd write now.
- JotForm SupportEduardoMendezAnswered on November 19, 2012 at 05:42 PM
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Thank you for your input. We will forward the request for the page break fields to be clearer on the conditions wizard.
Our dev team will contact you once there is an update on this request. Unfortunately, there is no ETA on this, but we definately appreciate the feedback.
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Thanks for the prompt answer. Looking forward to the fix.
I also made a longer post about some other bugs, that currently make it very hard to work with Jotform:
However I can't view the post. How come?
- barqAnswered on November 20, 2012 at 01:17 AM
And now I get
Jump to "undefined" and "This field is deleted" for every single one of my many rules?
What's happening with Jotform?
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Hello Anders. Upon checking the thread, it appears to have been set to private. Since you have posted your questions while in guest user status, it does not match the details for your username 'barq'. Private threads are viewable only between the list of users within the thread and the support staff.
For the meantime, you may now access the thread again and post your reply.
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It wasn't entirely unexpected when Amazon released their Kindle ebook reader some time ago and it wasn't available in New Zealand. After all, it wasn't available to anyone much, if they weren't in the USA.
Recently though, we got our hopes up when Kindle was released to more than a hundred countries, including the tiny nation of Tuvalu. It's probably comforting to the island's inhabitants that at least they'll be able to read digital books as they retreat to almost non-existent high ground while the oceans rise around them.
Alas, in one of those unexplained mysteries, apparently New Zealand is excluded from buying and using the Kindle.
Kindle for iPhone
Until today, when somehow the Kindle application for iPhone and iPod touch suddenly became available, along with access to quite a few, but not all, Kindle format books.
The app itself is free to download from the App Store.
I was a bit frustrated to find that several titles I searched for were available as Kindle ebooks, but not in my region, ie New Zealand.
Searching's a bit tedious, so I looked at Amazon's Kindle section on my Mac and located a free title: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. I 'bought' the ebook and opened up my iPhone to find it had been delivered to Kindle.app.
That was quick and easy.
I flicked through a few pages of the book and discovered the controls that allow me to resize font, change text colour and so on.
Now I can see why people like their Kindles so much.
It's been a few decades since I last read 20,000 Leagues, but I'm not entirely sure I want to read it again.
I'll invest more time and find a title I really want to buy, and look forward to reading it on my iPod touch.
I hate buying books on paper. I want to read them, not have chunks of dead tree taking up space on my shelves. If only I could buy the titles I want, when I want them.
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- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Membranous Nephropathy
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is defined as the occurrence of venous or arterial thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity, in the presence of serological evidence of antiphospholipid antibodies (including IgM and IgG anticardiolipin antibodies, IgM and IgG anti-β2-glyoprotein I antibodies, or the lupus anticoagulant). Whereas most patients with focal thrombotic events respond to anticoagulation, occasional patients are refractory to standard therapeutic interventions and continue to have either focal or multifocal occlusive disease. For those with recalcitrant disease or those with the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), physicians resort to the addition of antiplatelet agents, steroids, immunosuppressives, IVIG, rituximab, or plasma exchange.
Complement inhibition may be an effective way to prevent thrombosis associated with APS. Eculizumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds to complement protein C5 and prevents the conversion of C5 to C5a and C5b, may potentially be an effective treatment for patients with APS. First studied in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, and idiopathic membranous nephropathy in the early 2000s, development of the drug for rheumatic diseases was abandoned in favor of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. Given the experience of complement inhibition in animal models of APS as well as prior use of eculizumab several years ago in one of our refractory APS patients, we administered eculizumab to two patients with severe refractory APS.
Two patients with antiphospholipid syndrome, unresponsive to conventional anticoagulant therapy, were treated with a loading dose of eculizumab followed by dosing every other week (atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome dosing schedule). It has been suggested that the platelet count may be used as a surrogate marker of APS activity. During therapy, both patients' platelet counts were monitored and any new thrombotic events documented. At the time of submission of this abstract, both patients are continuing treatment with eculizumab.
Eculizumab has shown promising results in our patients with refractory antiphospholipid syndrome. Longer follow-up of these patients will be needed in order to discern the effect on thrombosis. Controlled studies are needed to further assess the efficacy of eculizumab in this condition, as are mechanistic studies.
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Miami, November 18, 2015 -
Carina de la Paz (SAS Class of 2009) accompanied SAS Principal Dr. Omar Monteagudo on the escalator at Columbia University Bookstore where she spoke to current SAS students. Carina went to Princeton University after graduating from SAS and now attends the law school at another Ivy League school (Columbia).
Students from SAS climbed the famous steps of the Columbia University Library on Wednesday, November 18 to hear a presentation from Columbia staff.


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Fannie Mae has revamped some guidelines regarding student loans and how they are treated in debt to income ratios for qualifying for a mortgage. This is great news… however what's even better news for home owners who have student loans, Fannie Mae is offering improved pricing on cash out refinances for paying off student loans! [Read more…]
Cash Out Refinances for Student Loans
Friday Funny on Debt
All sarcasm aside, if you want to buy or refinance a home, think twice before going deeper into debt.
If buying or refinancing a home in Washington state is on your radar, please contact me – I'm happy to help you with your mortgage needs and develop a game plan.
The Fed is Getting Tougher on Credit Card Companies
In a press release earlier this week, the Fed announced they have approved the final rule amending Reg Z regarding credit cards which will go into effect on February 22, 2010. The new rules set tougher guidelines on credit cards, especially with regards to protecting consumers against rate changes and how they are billed.
No interest rate increases for the first twelve months. There are some exceptions such as if you have a variable rate tied to an index; if your rate is an introductory rate (which in that case, your rate must be fixed for a minimum of 6 months); and if you're more than 60 days late on your bill.
Increases to your interest rate can only be applied to your new balance. Your old balance will keep the lower rate.
Payments will be applied towards the highest interest rates first when you pay more than the minimum payment. (Some exceptions may apply).
Statements must be mailed or delivered at least 21 days before your payment is due. Your due date should always be the same day of the month unless it falls on a weekend, in which case your due date will be the following business day.
Charges you make "over the limit" may be restricted (not allowed) unless you give your credit card company permission.
If you're under 21, you may need a cosigner such as a parent, to obtain a credit card. Guess those credit card companies will have to stop preying on college students unless Mom or Dad agree to cosign.
No two-cycle (double-cycle) billing. According to the FOMC's site "credit card companies can only impose interest charges on balances in the current billing cycle.
When your rate or fees are going to change, you must be notified 45 days priorto the change taking place. You will have the option to refuse the change, however this probably means that your canceling your account. If you do refuse the change, and your account is canceled, the creditor can impose higher payments by requiring to pay off your account in five years. NOTE: Canceling your account may be damaging to your credit scores. Should you get a notice that your rate or terms are changing and you don't agree with it, you are probably better off (as far as your credit score is concerned) paying off the card by applying more principal than canceling it with the creditor.
New monthly statements will show you how long it will take you to pay off your credit card making minimum monthly payments as well as what your monthly payment would need to be if you wanted to pay off your card in three years.
I applaud the new credit card rules. Since their not going into effect until February 22, 2010 you may want to keep an eye on your interest rates…with just over a month before they take place, sly credit card companies may try to sneak a few changes in before things get tougher.
Breaking Up is Hard to Do…Especially When You Own a Home Together
I've written articles before about issues to consider if you're going through a divorce and have a mortgage…what if you were never married? Couples (or single people) often buy homes together…what if worse case scenario, it doesn't work out and one party wants to keep the home?
A divorce decree allows you to refinance to cash out the other spouse and still have the mortgage treated as a "rate term" refinance. There are significant differences between a cash-out and rate-term refinance. A cash out refinance is limited to an 85% loan-to-value and the rate is higher (approx. 0.5% in fee at an 80% loan to value with credit scores of 740 and higher). If there is a court order, it's possible that FHA might allow a cash-out refi with a non-married co-owner.
There's also the issue of excise tax. An excise tax affidavit is filed whenever a deed is recorded (in the State of Washington). Excise tax may not be due when the person being removed from vesting is pursuant to a divorce decree. However, when there is no decree or court order involved and the person is being removed, excise tax may be due as they consider the transfer of that person's interest to the other person "a sale". I'm told the county may charge excise tax on half of the underlying mortgage. As of the date this post was published, King County charges 1.78% for excise tax. Possible exceptions to this would be if the co-owners were registered as domestic partners, or the transfer of the property to one co-owner is by court order.
Just like a divorce, simply deeding the property over to the party who's remaining in the home does not remove the other person from responsibility or liability of the mortgage. And it probably makes good sense to contact an attorney who specializes in divorce to assist with the separation of the real estate property.
EDITORS NOTE: This post was written in 2009 and may not be as accurate with regards to excise tax with laws regarding recognizing partners since the writing of this post.
Upside down in your home with good credit? March 4, 2009 may be an important date for you.
Just received this email, which I'm sure echos the thoughts of many home owners:
"Been meaning to contact you to get your take on the recent wholesale changes that are coming hard and fast at the mortgage bankers out there and, of course, see if there can be any benefit to a re-fi given the new lending "rules" (for lack of a better term). We're horribly upside-down on our current loan balance vs. current home value, so we don't know what can happen for us, if anything. But if there's a way to get that rate down and send out less each month. we're listening! What do you think about all this?"
Last week, President Obama announced his plans to help stimulate the economy and help provide stability with America's housing. With the Homeowner Affordibility and Stability Plan, home owners who are "credit worthy" may be able to refinance their home up to 105% loan to value.
On March 4, 2009, more details are suppose to be announced. Here's what we understand so far:
- The program is limited to loans held or securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
First mortgage may not be more than 105% of the value of the property.
Borrowers with a second mortgage may still be able to refinance if the second mortgage lien holder is willing to remain in second lien position and if the borrower still qualifies.
The program will offer 30 year or 15 year fixed interest rates based on market rates.
The program only applies to the home you live in. It does not apply towards vacation or second homes or investment properties.
According the the Treasury, this program will not be available until March 4, 2009. Lenders will become even more buried with refinance business once this happens. It is to your advantage to be prepared. By gathering the following information:
- 2008 W2s (if self employed or paid commission, 2 years of complete tax returns)
- Most recent paystubs covering 30 days of income.
Most recent mortgage statements.
Information on current monthly debts including amount paid monthly and amount owed.
Most recent bank statements/asset accounts (all pages).
If your home is located in Washington State, you can apply on line now by clicking the link under my photo. However, I don't anticipate having more details until March 4, 2009.
More to follow.
Game plan for preparing to buy a home when you're credit score is low
I don't blame anyone for wanting to own a home. Sometimes when I meet with clients and review their current scenario, a game plan needs to be created so they can work on getting themselves into a better position to buy a home. The last thing anyone wants is to cram themselves into a mortgage they cannot afford or to commit to a long term payment when they don't have a great track record of making payments on time. Some times a plan may take 6 months or a year or longer before someone is ready to buy a home.
I have someone with low credit scores who wants to buy a home. She knows she will probably be a candidate for FHA financing because she has little down payment and her credit. Although FHA is not as persnickety about credits scores as conventional financing, they scrutinize credit history: especially the last 12 months.
This person has a few late payments this year, the last one being as recent as August. FHA financing is most likely out of the question for her until August next year assuming she does not make any other late payments between now and then. She can work on her credit for the next 10-12 months (until she has 12 months since her last late payment). She doesn't have any collections but she does have a few small accounts that are "maxed out".
- Credit card "A" with a balance of $477 and a limit of $500.
- Credit card "B" with a balance of $323 and a limit of $300.
- Credit card "C" with a balance of $215 and a limit of $300.
- The first thing she should do is focus on getting card "B" under the limit of $300. She's getting whammo'd with her credit scores for being extended beyond what her credit limit is with this account (in addition to being maxed out). She should at least pay it down enough to make sure that her interest fees won't keep popping her over her limit.
- Next she should select one of her two smallest cards to pay down to at least just below 50% of her card limit. Card "C" would only take about $65 to bring her debt down to 50% of the line limit (300 x 50% = $150).
- Then pay down the next card to at least 50% of the limit. "Card B" will take $150 (assuming she's paid the extra $23 that has pushed her over the limit) to be at 50% of the credit line limit.
- Credit card "A" will take a little extra cash at $227. (500 limit x 50% = $250. 477 – 250 = 227).
She needs to keep her credit below 50% of the credit line at the very minimum. I know I said FHA is not as picky as conventional. However, you do want your credit scores above 600 in order to receive better pricing (620 and higher is even better).
Not only will this help her with qualifying for FHA financing, she's probably also paying higher insurance rates due to her current credit scores.
She has a decent income and no savings. She needs to use this time of working on her credit to also build up her reserves. Not only for what the lender will require (3.5% minimum down payment for FHA as of January 1, 2009); but for her sake should her income change or issues arise, she should have a minimum of 6 months worth of living expenses saved (FHA does not require this, I'm suggesting it).
She has been considering homes priced around $275,000. FHA's minimum required investment for this home next year will be $9,625. The seller can pay the remaining closing costs and prepaids as long as she has met the above requirement (which can be a gift or loan from family members)–this would need to be negotiated in the purchase and sale agreement.
The proposed mortgage payment would be around $2,000 (including taxes, home owners insurance and mortgage insurance). This is $700 more per month than what she is currently paying for rent. Once she has corrected her credit, she should practice making a $2000 mortgage payment by paying the difference ($700) into a savings account that she leaves untouched for her down payment and to hopefully create a savings cushion. $12,000 in savings would be ideal (6 months of mortgage payment) but not required. If she has no savings, it will take her just over a year to pay $700 per month to come up with the down payment (9625 divided by 700 = 13.75). Another 17 months to have a savings cushion of $12,000.
I know this isn't instant gratification. It is developing responsible financial habits. There are expenses to owning a home beyond renting. One of my last homes required a new roof just months after moving in to the tune of $15,000. Savings has always been important and it's even more true in our current economy.
She's all ready moving in the right direction by contacting a Mortgage Professional who is interested in her long term financial well-being and is willing to help her create a game plan.
Check out my related article: Getting on Track to Buy Your First Home.


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Saturday, September 27, 2008
"Scrumptious Saturday"
So this is a big list for you to enjoy this weekend. Maybe I will take "Lazy Sunday" off...I haven't decided yet. Anyhoo...I wish happiness to all who visit and a safe, funfilled weekend!!
"It's not all about me..."
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- Linda Walton aka bobbysgirlforever said...
Oh girl, you can say that TWO TIMES!!! Do I EVER know what it is to FOCUS so TOTALLY on ONE thing, forsaking SO many other things!!!
While I do hope that those moments of pre-occupation with the ONE thing I am focusing on will change like the seasons, it is not ALWAYS the case!!!
I know that whatever you decide to do with your FANTABULOUSLY delicious blog will, INDEED, be MOST noteworthy as are YOU darlin'!
Hmmmm ... the LAZY SUNDAY is sounding VERY appealing right about now! I shall be experiencing another "MAD DOGGIN' IT" weekend, however, I shall be looking forward to the following weekend when we shall be spending time away from home in the company of our grandson, Riley, whom we've not yet had the pleasure of meeting! Can you say EXCITED!!! Uh, huh, you bet!
Have a TOTALLY amazing weekend Suz and thank you from the HEART for ALL that you have done and CONTINUE to do for ALL of us in SCRAPLAND - YOU ROCK GIRLFRIEND!
Linda :)
- September 27, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Hi Suz!!!
Mysteries!!! Love them!!! Whatever you choose to do , your blog will always be divine for me!!!
Thanks again for spotlighting my Enchanted freebie...I am always stunned when someone finds my goodies and shows them...the thrill is never ending. :D
- September 27, 2008 at 1:13 PM


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So although she never used her old cat bed and I finally threw it out, I thought maybe it was time to get her a new bed and put it somewhere cosy and private.
My mum gave me her old cat's bed, which is enclosed and comfy and just the right size.
I tucked it behind the clothes horse where she has taken to curling up sometimes.
Not interested.
I placed it on the treadmill where she had been sleeping the last two nights.
Not interested.
Maybe interested.
ONLY WHEN I WANT TO. I found this in the morning:
The next day I moved it back near the clothes dryer which is where she likes to sleep.
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Thursday, 17 January 2013
Review: The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law
And you can tell this is the bands goal when the album opens in the most unexpected of ways. This Ladder is Ours opens on a minute worth of beautifully crafted orchestral backdrops. The band's embracing of classical based material is executed with such an honesty that it really feels like the opening has been made for a real blockbuster. Of course, the orchestra is then literally executed as the band let rip into soaring indie rock and roll melodies delivered with the heaviness that means they could easily tour with Foo Fighters or Queens of the Stone Age instead of just... The Pigeon Detectives or Two Door Cinema Club (Reading & Leeds 2011, anyone?)
Of course, with simple talk of the use of orchestras and big riffs, I'm just making it sound like the band have just gone and completely abandoned being an indie band just to go and be Within Temptation or something, which couldn't be more wrong. That slick garage aesthetic is still around across Wolf's Law. Cholla is blasted out with a bombastic garage rock blast that you could hear on a Hives album, while Tendons plays out with the effortless coolness and fuzz-soaked basslines from Rhydian Dafydd that fit perfectly in The Kills' body of work. But even then, the delicately crafted textures that are fitted into the songs make the most basic indie numbers sound like they want to reach higher grounds than tiny clubs and scene magazines.
No, this is an album that instead demands to excite, inspire and trigger a real emotional response from all those that listen. And this desire comes out in many ways. The band made a promise that this album would feature great guitar work, and I dare you to listen to Maw Maw Song and claim that they didn't deliver. They made a song that has a chorus and features a schizophrenic guitar solo from Bryan that sounds like the best moments of Muse, Queen and Black Sabbath combined, and the extremity only passes on to the almighty heaviness plunged onto the guitars of The Leopard and the Lung, which combines moments of monolith riffs over backdrops of silky strings and pianos taken straight from silent movie soundtracks.
And it's in moments of musical passages like those two where the real out-pour of emotion just works on this album. They are essentially the sounds of beauty recorded and when you hear it, you'll know it and you won't be sure how to describe it. Bryan does a perfect job of it as well, with her completely identifiable vocal style that while maintaining a sweet delicacy, can so easily turn scathing when you least expect it on Bats or can become more angelic to the extent that Forest Serenade is lest singing, more siren-calls. And when these two emotional sources make the ultimate union, you will realise it when you listen to The Turnaround that fits melodies around an orchestral backdrop inspired by the kind that made much of the balladry of the 1950's so timeless. And as the song builds up higher and higher, including following a minute and a half long break in music that returns us to Ritzy's lone piano ballad, we get to the moment where the entire band joins in on full force and the result is a piece of music that words cannot describe the beauty of, and only the term, "A piece of music that eliminates all hatred in the world" is able to come out of my mouth. And I used a similar expression when I talked about Harmonicraft by Torche, and regular ROARF readers ought to know how highly I think of that album.
It would be too easy to say that we've found this year's Harmonicraft when we're less than 20 days into 2013, but honestly when you hear some of the moments on Wolf's Law, it's difficult to think of anything other than the fact that The Joy Formidable have truly nailed it here. There's the effortless coolness of the best of indie rock to be found, but the ethics of that music is served up with a higher passion and beauty that makes progressive music such a celebrated cause in the search for music that just pours out the sound of total love. And some of the guitar work will just leave jaws fully unhinged man. It's musical grandeur and wonder that has no barriers nor requirement for an acquired taste. It's an album that gives beauty, spectacular soundscapes and hope to everyone. It's the first essential album of the year and the first real contender for the year's finest. I guess I do have something to give my hopeless guitar lessons thanks for.
The Joy Formidable's Wolf's Law is out 21st January via Atlantic. The band will tour the UK from 22 January - March.
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I am a Year 8 student at Pt England School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Room 21 and my teacher is Mrs Lagitupu.
Friday, December 11, 2009
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Congratulations Toreka!!! You worked so hard to achieve what you got. I could see your mum by the stage, beaming with pride & trying to take lots of photos of you!ReplyDelete
I thought it was so sweet to see your brother put a lolly necklace around your neck as a 'congratulations gift' - everyone in the crowd agreed too and went..."awwwwww"
p.s I like your blog 'skinz' :)
- Gary MaugaDecember 14, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Talofa lava Toreka!ReplyDelete
Awesome blog! You brought back some memories for me in primary of how petrifying it can be to hear your name called out unexpectedly at prizegiving! Now I'm thirty...something... I still get nervous. It sounds like you had plenty of fun and plenty of sugar. Thank you for the entertaining blog and I wish you well for your nomination. GOD IS GOOD!


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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Mistletoe--A Plant For All Seasons
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without mistletoe. In the dark, cold days of a northern winter, the evergreen mistletoe, with its glossy green leaves and white berries, promises spring will return.
But mistletoe has other faces. In ancient Britain, the Druids considered mistletoe a sexual symbol. The white berries' juice resembles semen and the Druids deemed the plant itself an aphrodisiac. By extension, mistletoe became associated with love and marriage.
The tradition of kissing may come from the Nordic legend of the death of the sun god, Balder. Loki, the god of mischief, killed Balder with a sprig of mistletoe. The tears of Balder's mother, Frigga, returned Balder to life. In gratitude, Frigga kissed everyone under the mistletoe, transforming the plant's reputation from death to life. Or new life, as in fertility.
A lesser known aspect of mistletoe labels it the plant of peace. Enemies meeting under the mistletoe laid down their arms and declared a day of truce. This time provided them an opportunity to talk out their differences instead of resorting to violence. In Mistletoe Everywhere (buy link here), my Regency Christmas comedy, I use mistletoe's role as the plant of peace to bring my two estranged lovers back together.
Promise of spring, fertility symbol and plant of peace--truly a plant for all seasons. Which face of mistletoe do you prefer?
Thank you all,
4 comments:
- Joanna Waugh said...
So that's where the custom of kissing under the mistletoe originated! Great post, Linda.
- December 9, 2010 at 6:13 AM
- catslady said...
I think I like the idea that it's all 3 things although I didn't know all of them before. Note to self - find some misteltoe lol.
- December 9, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Linda Banche said...
Thanks, Joanna. I had known the legend about mistletoe killing Balder, but I didn't know its connection to the Christmas kissing custom.
catslady, I had never known all this about mistletoe, either. You learn something new all the time.
- December 9, 2010 at 3:44 PM
Loving your blog - will be popping back again, so interesting.
- December 13, 2010 at 4:35 PM
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
It was a dark and stormy night..
Just a little post...caught this on my camera and thought I'd share. I didn't alter this photo...the sky was that cool!
Just finishing up the 100 some loads of laundry my son brought home and I will be finishing up some projects as well. Show you soon...
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Pan-Charred Steakhouse Salad Pizza
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Photo Credit: Jackie Newgent
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Regularly eating a big ol' steak for dinner is not something that's good for your body — and it's definitely not good for the planet! But that doesn't mean beef eaters need to completely miss out on this rich source of iron. With this recipe, you're getting two ounces of steak per serving along with your greens and a pan-grilled pizza. Fancy.
- 8 oz Grass-fed Beef Tenderloin Steaks (8oz/227g)
- 1/4 tsp Sea Salt
- 3/4 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 lb Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
- 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 3 oz Treenut Cheese, French Style
- 2 oz Mesclun
- 1/3 cup Red Onion Slices
- 1 1/2 tbsp Vinaigrette
1 Prepare a grill pan.
2 Pan-grill the beef over high or medium-high until charred on the outside and medium-rare on the inside, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Transfer to a small cutting board. Let stand about 10 minutes. Slice into several thin strips.
3 Lightly flour a clean kitchen surface. Shape dough with a rolling pin into a 9-inch round crust. Transfer to a large cutting board. Brush both sides of the dough with the olive oil.
4 Gently lay the dough in the grill-pan and grill over medium heat for 5 minutes, then slightly rotate and grill over medium-high until the bottom has rich char marks, about 5 minutes. Flip over the crust, cover, and grill over medium-high for 2 minutes; rotate slightly, re-cover, and grill 2 minutes more.
5 Transfer the pizza crust to a cutting board. Sprinkle then spread with the soft tree-nut cheese, such as Treeline Treenut Soft French-Style Nut Cheese, Herb-Garlic Flavor. Cut into four strips.
6 In a large bowl, toss together the mesclun, onion, vinaigrette dressing, and beef strips.
7 Place sliced crust back into the warm grill pan, top with salad, and serve immediately.


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The Edinburgh Beach Volleyball Championships take on greater significance this weekend with world ranking points on offer for the first time.
Portobello beach will host its biggest event since last September's Continental Cup with players from all over Scotland and beyond taking part.
In an agreement with the world governing body – the International Federation of Volleyball (FIVB) – the top eight players on the tour will get world ranking points. "We're expecting some great competition this weekend with players from all over Scotland taking to the sand at Portobello for the second leg of the Scottish Beach Volleyball Tour," said Gerry MacDonald, event organiser.
"Not only are the players competing for gold and prize money at these Championship but for the first time ever they will be eligible for FIVB world ranking points – this is fantastic."


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This weekend at ESL's Studios in Sydney a number of competitors will be duking it out in the Hi-Rez Oceania Championship in two esports titles — the ancient God-themed MOBA, SMITE and Hi-Rez's newest team-based FPS offering, Paladins. The two victorious teams will qualify for SMITE World Championships and Paladins Invitational respectively, which both will be held at Hi-Rez Expo (HRX) in Atlanta, Georgia in early January 2017.
Avant Garde, Alpha Sydney, Pandamonium and Legacy Esports are the four teams contending for the SMITE Oceania Championship crown. The winner of which will take home the lion's share of the $60,000 prize pool as well as earn the right to represent the Oceanic region at the World Championships 2017, where they will compete against the best SMITE squads from around the globe for a chance at the $1-million (USD) prize pool.
Paladins will also be featured at the Sydney event in a singular matchup between finalists, Abyss Esports and Avant Garde. The victor of which will also attend HRX by earning a slot in the inaugural Paladins Invitational where they will fight a stake of $150,000 (USD) prize pool.


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1 to the 2, 2 to the 3, 3 to the 4, then you gotta *BREATHE*
The song used to go so hard. Anyway...
I'm almost done with it. School is officially over on Monday and I'm only a test shoot and a lamp away from washing my hands of my second go round at education I have to pay for out of my pocket. It's been a crucial two weeks, but as of today, I've actually had the time to sit back and enjoy the day, make plans for the weekend, and act as if (school) work has not completely consumed me.
I mean, it has, but it's been for a good reason. The Emmys gift suite came out VERY nicely and I came away with a nice amount of free stuff as a result. My portfolio is officially done (for now), Armani is no more, and my graphic submittal for a concept Sony store received some great feedback.
People have resorted to making appointments to see me starting in 2010, but it was all worth it. Sad...but worth it.
I'm coming out of hiding this weekend, and dammit, I'm gonna go out. There's some listening party with free champagne and chocolate covered strawberries somewhere in the mix - cheap and sexy on a Sunday night. Oh yeah.
RANDOM NOTE: I finally sold the wedding dress. I should have hit up ebay the first time, sheesh. I figured I wasn't going to use it, so someone else should be able to benefit. Eh? Eh? Now I have to figure out what to do with this engagement ring that a certain someone asks about the status of but never actually comes to pick up. Now I could keep it in the little box it came with in a safe place...or I could...umm...find something more constructive (read: lucrative) to do with it.
Or I could just call him on the day we were going to get married on (it's 2 weeks from today...wow) and tell him I've sold it. That would be hilarious.
Decisions, decisions.
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My premise for a session is that in this cyberpunk world there is an agency called Turing Police (mentioned in the Sprawl Saga), which is for detecting and containing (possibly destroying) any emergent self-aware AIs.
I want to play a veteran Turing Police operative whose own mind is trapped inside cyberspace when a renegade AI he was tracking takes over his e-brain. Now he must find a way to stop the AI who took over his body, while evading the same Turing Police agency of which he used to be a part, since he is now a disembodied entity.
If you've ever played Shock, you know that Protagonists have a set of stats called Praxis, which are usually sort of opposed, such as: love vs hate, buying vs selling, etc. I look at them as being like the theme of a story that you want to explore.
Like I mentioned, I love Bladerunner and wanted to do something similar, without obviously ripping it off. I settled on the following Praxis(I have to think of another pair):
feeling vs supercomputing: I envision feeling to encompass things such as empathy, hunches, etc. While, supercomputing, is the cold hard logic and flawless thinking (as flawless as you could get).
My problem is that I feel like the theme doesn't quite fit with a consciousness trapped inside sillicon, since human feeling depends on hormones, and the nervous system, etc (in my not so informed view). It feels kind of silly that my Turing Police agent would have any sort of feeling inside cyberspace, given his body is not connected to him anymore.
I've thought that maybe I could decree that emotions could be emulated inside a program, but I don't know...seems kind of weak.
Just looking for feedback, even if it means changing the premise or the theme. Though it would be great if I could find some justification for keeping them both. :)


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Life's too short to 'eat a carrot whole' whoa.
Lol, it is one of the misheard lyrics on youtube. Although, before I saw that comment, I knew the lyrics already. It's just so funny and it really sounded that way, it got stuck in my head.
The song is still beautiful nevertheless.
It speaks about the challenges and obstacles that you may experience in life, and that there are times you may want to give up and give in. But, there's more to life than just hardship and difficulties. "Life's to short to even care at all" does not necessarily mean that you shouldn't CARE. I think, it would mean that you shouldn't care about the things that do not matter.
Conclusion: Get out there and LIVE life. Choices are everything. Make the choices that matter, and that you truly believe in.
Oh, by the way, I can't believe how awesome this band is. I can't find any song that I dislike from them, which is rare. Kind of like Fall Out Boy.


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Monday, July 22, 2013
Playtime after showtime at Musclemania Universe in Miami Beach. (L-R) Ty Ogedegbe (MM Pro Tall & Overall), Gio Crawford (Model Short), Joe Parsee (MM Pro Short) and Andrew Awak (MM MW). The Pool and Beach Party was a blast with many of the Fitness Universe Weekend competitors spending the afternoon together, swimming, jet skiing, laying out, eating and drinking. Many of the media in town for the show were there, too, shooting their favorite ladies and guys for magazines and promotions.
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|Top 3DO games
|Corpse Killer
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|Sega CD, Sega CD 32X, 3DO, Saturn, Windows, Macintosh
|Release date(s)
|Single player
|ESRB: M (Mature)
|Input methods
|Controller, Menacer lightgun, Gamegun
Corpse Killer is a game released for the Sega CD, Sega CD 32X, 3DO, Sega Saturn, Windows 95 and Macintosh computers that featured full motion video in a format similar to other games developed by Digital Pictures. Each version of the game is identical except for two major differences. First of all, the quality of the full motion video on the Sega CD version is inferior to that of the others. Second, after the release of the Sega CD version, Digital Pictures created an option to have English subtitles during the full motion video as critics had complained that it was difficult to understand what the driver was saying in the Sega CD and Sega 32X versions.
In the game you play as a United States marine who is air dropped onto a tropical island on a top secret mission to stop the evil Dr. Hellman who plans to release his army of zombies on the world. In the opening credits you become bitten by a Zombie and meet your friends, an attractive female reporter and your male driver.
Most of the game play is similar to other shooting full motion video games such as Lethal Enforcers mixed in with full motion video clips. In the game you moved through the jungle shooting various zombies, collecting better ammo (to prepare for a raid on Hellman's compound) and medicine to help stall your transformation into a zombie.
Critics wrote mixed reviews about Corpse Killer as by the mid-1990s the novelty of these interactive movie games had started to fade. As the second (and final) generation of full motion video games, Digital Pictures had managed to improve the quality of the video and reduced the loading time for the Sega CD version, but critics felt that format of all these interactive movies was starting to seem too repetitive.
Sega's own Video Game Ratings Council gave the game a MA-17 rating mainly for the zombie and voodoo themes, although the game contains little blood and no real graphic violence. In fact many critics commented on how funny the zombies look up close.
Additionally, some versions did not support a light gun, such as the Sega Saturn version.
Corpse Killer was more recently reviewed as part of ScrewAttack's Video Game Vault (link here).


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As I alluded to in my Humpridge Track post, Dan and I worked an event called Stump the Hump where participants run the entire 60km track in one swoop as opposed to the typical three days. In exchange for our medical expertise, the good people of the Humpridge Track put us up on the trail earlier in the week. 24 hours after we got off the trail, we caught our HELICOPTER to be flown back up to the top of the ridge. Little did we know, we were in for a pretty miserable magical experience...
It started fine. this was the chopper we took up, and our belongings are in the big white bag that gets towed up there in this video:
The Ride up. It's surprisingly peaceful up there.
However, the peace ended shortly after landing. The lady that was the primary coordinator of our station at the lodge was a total tyrant. I've never seen anyone alienate her crew faster than anyone I've ever seen. No kidding. I was one reprimand from her away from breaking her down in front of everyone. We were officially there as the medical crew, but right when we got there, she goes "so are you going to help us our just do your DOCTOR thing?" and not in a nice way. So we help get everything set up, which was total chaos because everyone was trying to politely follow her orders, but she got power crazy and just kept changing her mind about what she wanted so people had to just repeat tasks at her whim.
One of the ladies above was a total B!tch. I'll let you guess which one it was.
So fast forward a few hours, and it's bed time. After 4 quick hours of sleep, we have to get up at 2AM to start the porridge as the earliest runners were anticipated to arrive at our station by 3:30AM (3 hours faster than Dan and I made it to that spot on our hike). As I was scrubbing dishes that morning, that 'lady' came up and hollered at me for not stirring a giant pot of porridge next to me... I just held my hands covered in suds up in front of her face and didn't say a word.
As the runners came rolling in, Dan and I became the official WaterBoys of Stump the Hump 2014, Okaka Hut Station. This included both boiling water for hot drinks and cold water for their packs as the refilled on their way out. I really don't mind helping out, but at one point, I was doing one of maybe 8 actual medical consultations in the middle of the kitchen, and that crazy lady actually yelled at me across the kitchen and said "Cole! Your kettle is boiling" I tried to ignore her, but she persisted, so I had to try to politely put my patient on hold so I could wheel around to confront this she-beast and inform her that boiling is, in fact, the goal when you are trying to boil water for hot drinks.
Our final run-in was at the end of the event when I was mopping the lodge floor (once again, not in my job description) with another volunteer. She had just been in and told us to mop the floor, so we started it, and - not making this up - she comes immediately back in as says "I think it's really rude you are mopping the floor in front of our last few hikers." We were stunned. If the other volunteers hadn't been as chill as they were, I think there would have been mutiny. I couldn't take it.
So as the excitement wound down, we started to look forward to our helicopter ride down the mountain and getting out of that crazy place with a couple of injured hikers I detained along the way. Unfortunately, this set in over the course of the morning:
Coupled with some major lack of organization on the part of the event organizers (I'm pretty sure they forgot us for the first several hours of waiting and only started making plans of getting us out after I called and 'reminded them'), this cloud bank became the thorn in our sides for the entire day. We honestly sat and waited for about 7 hours. We could hear them zipping around down there all over, picking up other hikers that got held up on the trail, but the 'just couldn't make it through the cloud bank'.... I'll never believe them. So at about 5PM, we were told that the helicopter pilot had gone home for the night. We were stranded at the lodge... So since we had to pick up some people at the airport the next day, we decided it was time to start running down the mountain - it should only take about 6 hours to get back to the car.....
We start running down the trail - actually running - and after 30 minute of solid downhill, what do we see, but the helicopter zooming over us to go pick up the hikers at the lodge we just left....... imagine my excitement... OUTRAGE!!!!!!
Dan and I were over trying to make sense of anything, but this random French girl that was walking out with us felt the need to spend 30 minutes with poor phone reception to see if we are supposed to go back up in case the chopper was going to make a second trip (they would have had to make two for all the people at the lodge initially, but not since we left!). The answer is, shockingly, a 'NO', so we keep heading down. Their consolation was that when we got all the way down to the coast, plus an hour, there were some people staying in a hut along the trail that could feed us and maybe give us a ride along the coast for a portion of the way back.
So we get to this Promised Land, where the people are settled in to party for the night, and they end up being pretty awesome for us. They cooked us steaks, served us drinks, fried up some wild boar bacon, then we hop on the 4-wheeler for the wildest beach ATV ride you've ever witnessed. I was thrown off twice, and I liked it.
You can't tell, but we are all on the 4-wheeler, flying down the beach at high speed during this picture.
Sandy was our chauffeur, and he was amazing.
We will never know how he got a busted lip or the black eye...
And all is well that ends well. This is our final approach back to the parking lot after our fateful run-in with Stump the Hump 2014. The Magic. The Misery. The Memories.


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'Good prose is like a window pane.'-George Orwell
In this book, George Orwell, the author of famous works like Animal Farm and 1984, explains how he started writing.The book offers an insight into the mind of one of the great writers of his era, and also explains how he graduated from writing poems to short stories while a continuous "story" about himself was forming in his head.
According to Orwell, there exist four motives for writing in varying degrees in writers:
1.Sheer egotism: The tendency to get back to someone. He says that serious writers are more vain and self centered than journalists, though less interested in money.
2.Aesthetic Enthusiasm:The ability to find beauty in the most mundane of places and describe them in words.
3.Historical Impulse:The tendency to find the truth behind anything.
4.Political purpose: The ability to influence the world to move in a certain direction with your words.
For Orwell, the first three motives outweigh the fourth, but he has been forced to become a political author because of the turbulent times he lives in.Orwell says that when he sits down to write, he does that think that his new book will be an art. Rather, he writes because he wants to expose a lie, a blatant truth.Discussing the importance of having a political purpose, he says that whenever he has lacked it in his books, he has produced lifeless novels.
The author is writing at a time when the Fascist movement is gaining traction in Western Europe. He says that the only way to combat it is if Socialism comes to power in Britain.He further goes on to elucidate the role of India as a colony in the whole process and says that Britain has three options- either to grant free status to India and allow it to come in the hands of Britain's enemies like Russia and Japan; or to treat India and other colonies as partners with the possibility of succession or lastly, to continue ruling the colonies. He thinks that granting immediate power to self rule would do the colonies more harm than good since all the main officers running the countries were still British. However, he feels that India needs to be given the option of succession to maintain peace in the colony.
I recommend this book to get to those who enjoy a liberal dose of politics in the books they read.


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The Nose-Job Tax
In Wake of New Jersey Law, States Consider Levies On Botox, Plastic Surgery
That nose job might get more expensive.
A number of states are considering taxing certain cosmetic surgery procedures, including face-lifts, tummy-tucks and Botox injections. The idea behind the taxes -- dubbed "vanity taxes" or "Botaxes" by some -- is to boost state coffers and raise revenue for government initiatives such as health care for poor children. The proposals have stoked the ire of plastic surgeons and their patients, who have been lobbying hard to keep their procedures tax-free....


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This week on BoxOffice we have the following new releases for you to enjoy:
Jurassic World
The fourth installment of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World, is set 22 years after the events of Jurassic Park. While dinosaurs have long been extinct, a dinosaur theme park operating in the island of Isla Nublar offers tourists a fantasy world of what dinosaurs looked like. That's until a genetically modified dinosaur breaks loose, plunging the park and the surrounding island into total mayhem.
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Available: 12 October 2015
San Andreas
When San Andreas is hit by higher magnitude earthquake, Raymond Gaines (Dwayne Johnson) takes action to save his city and his family, and in the process reconciling with his wife.
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Archie Panjabi, Alexandra Daddario
Director: Brad Peyton
Available: 12 October 2015
Poltergeist is a supernatural horror film where a young girl is sucked into the spirit world by ghosts. Now her family and supernatural investigators must do everything possible to bring her back from the vortex.
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris
Director: Gil Kenan
Available: 12 October 2015
In this film based on real-life events, a family is taken hostage by a parolee, a member of a Neo-Nazi brotherhood on the run after shooting a cop. Mr Walker (Danny Glover), being the ex-con he is, must figure out how to save his family from the hostage predicament.
Starring: Danny Glover, Derek Luke, Julie Benz
Director: Deon Taylor
Available: 14 October 2015
Dear White People
A prestigious Ivy League college becomes the central focus of rising racial tensions when two sides collide, following a radio show hosted by an outspoken bi-racial student.
Starring: Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner
Director: Justin Simien
Available: 15 October 2015
Strange Magic
Strange Magic is a tale of true love where, in the midst of animosity, two totally different creatures of the fantasy world – a fairy and a bog – fall in love, reconciling the two realms.
Starring: Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Evan Rachel Wood
Director: Gary Rydstrom
Available: 15 October 2015
Very Good Girls
A perfect friendship is tested in this coming-of-age drama when two best friends (Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Fanning) fall for the same man just when they are about to leave for college.
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Demi Moore, Elizabeth Olsen
Director: Naomi Foner
Available: 16 October 2015


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Normally, hitting six 3-pointers during a four-minute span of the fourth quarter would be good enough to win a game. That's why North Hagerstown boys basketball coach Tim McNamee is glad his club was able to do what he wanted.
McNamee couldn't have been happier about the 32-point advantage the Hubs enjoyed late in the third period Tuesday night, because it allowed his squad to escape Catoctin's shooting barrage with a 93-75 Monocacy Valley Athletic League win.
"I thought it was important to jump on them early," said McNamee. "You're not always able to do that. The way they shoot the ball, though, if you let them hang around, they're dangerous."
But the Cougars (0-3) weren't able to hang around nearly long enough, as North (3-1) - sparked by 12 points from Jason Ott - scored the game's first 10 points, and forced 11 first-period turnovers to establish a 29-13 margin after the first eight minutes.