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Wagga City prepares for next big challenge against Ag College
They've beaten the premiers and now Wagga City had the ladder leaders in their sights.
However the Boiled Lollies have made plenty of changes for the top-of-the-table clash against Ag College at Beres Ellwood Oval on Saturday.
Halfback Drew Martin and winger Tom Jennings are both unavailable while coach James Curgenven has made some changes to bulk up their forward clash.
Nick Gleeson and Gordon Lagaali come into the forward pack while Matt Clarke has been given a shot in the number nine jumper.
Curgenven was looking to bulk up the side to tackle an in-form Ag College outfit.
"The guys have been training well and with Aggies we wanted to bring a bit more size into the game," he said.
"That's why we've brought in a few changes."
Wagga City were a real surprise packet when they downed Waratahs to start the season but won't have that same unknown factor this time around.
In their biggest challenge since then and Curgenven wants them to lift.
"One hundred per cent they are going to be one of the strongest sides we've played since Tahs and are going to give us a run for our money," he said. "I'm just hoping our boys switch on like they did against Tahs and we play the full 80."
The two teams are locked on 16 points on top of the ladder with three wins and a loss from the first four rounds.
Ag College's loss was to Waratahs, while Wagga City's was against a Tumut side who were beaten 55-0 by Aggies heading into last week's bye.
Despite two of City's three wins coming up bottom three sides, Ag College coach Will Mitchell expects a tough test.
"City are obviously a pretty good side if they can knock off Waratahs," Mitchell said.
"We are expecting their scrum to be good and their back line to be sharp so we have to make sure defensively we really switch on.
"I think they will play a good, expansive game of footy which we have to be ready for."
Gerard McTaggart returns to their line-up after missing the big win over the Bulls and with the exception of injured captain Cam Duffy Aggies are virtually at full strength.
Curgenven is looking for more physicality from his side to stop Aggies getting over the advantage line and more consistency.
"We have good 20-30 minute spells then fall to sleep a little bit but against Aggies we will get punished for that," he said.
"We have to make sure we play the full 80 minutes and that our tackles are strong to keep them away from the gain line."
Meanwhile Tumut will be looking to hit back from their first loss of the season when they face another tough test against Leeton at Jarrah Oval.
They've made a number of changes to their team after the blowout scoreline.
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States Candlewood Solar will 'be developed to the highest industry standard possible'
To the Editor:
The one thing I can say about Mrs. Ostrove's recent Letter to the Editor opposing our solar project: She spelled my name correctly. Nearly everything else is either "fake news" or facts twisted just enough to mislead the reader.
I won't engage her today. Instead, I just want to say again that this is a good project that will not negatively impact any of our neighbors, or for that matter, any citizen of New Milford.
I would venture to say that if this project were located almost anywhere else in New Milford we would not have heard from these people. In fact, considering the unanimous endorsement of solar power by these folks, they might have supported us — if it were located in somebody else's back yard.
But that's the point of this location. No one in this neighborhood will see it, which is a primary reason why our site was chosen in the first place.
Furthermore, in 20 years, the panels will be removed, recycled into something else, and the site reclaimed as forest or pasture.
We have assembled an outstanding team of professionals who are doing everything in their power to ensure that the Candlewood Solar project will be developed to the highest industry standard possible.
We appreciate and thank you for your support.
William J. LaMontagne
New Milford Clean Power, LLC

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translated into English by Mauro Cappiello
Stefan Edberg with Carlos Moya, Mats Wilander, Marcelo Rios, Thomas Enqvist and Henri Leconte in the first media conference at the Kings of Tennis
All is set for the first day of play at the Kings of Tennis. Expectations for the reigning champion Stefan Edberg are high, but the Swede is ready for the task of defending his title. - It feels good. I hit the ball well, says Edberg for tonight's match against Henri Leconte.
It was a relaxed but focused group who met the media during Tuesday's press conference. Just a few hours before title holder Stefan Edberg meets the crowd again and tries to repeat last year's performance. At 18.30 Edberg will play Frenchman Henri Leconte in the tournament's inaugural match.
- I feel good, the only thing I lack is match play. It takes a while to get into it, said Edberg.
The Swede's preparation for this year's tournament has been to say the least different. A few months ago, he began a coaching partnership with former world number one Roger Federer and could hardly have wished for a better sparring partner.
- We'll continue this cooperation as long as we both are happy. We are planning to work together in a number of weeks in the year. I'll be there as long as he wants me, says Edberg.
Home hope Thomas Enqvist plays today's final match against former world number one Marcelo Rios.
They will fight to progress in the "younger group" where Carlos Moya is also competing. World number one Moya, who ended his professional career late in 2010, is considered favorite by Marcelo Rios.
- Carlos is favorite. He takes advantage of being the youngest, says Rios.
- I have met both Carlos and Thomas many times. We have played many tough matches against each other.
Enqvist, who makes his debut in the tournament, agrees that competition is tough. - I have a very tough group, so I have to play very well, says Enqvist.
- Book on history of Swedish tennis available in English
- Legends shine in Båstad
- Edberg: "Swedish tennis is still behind"
- The verdict on the future of our tennis: total darkness
- Sweden, knock if you are there
- "It's incredible to have you here"
- Edberg defeated Wilander: "He learned from Federer"
- Clinical Edberg sets up Enqvist final
- "My serve? It's probably up in the bar with a beer..."
- Inspired Edberg begins Stockholm title defence in style
- Eurosport will broadcast Kings of Tennis
- Kings of Tennis, the order of play is out!
- Ferreira replaces injured Edberg
- Statoil Masters, groups and schedule made!
- Stefan Edberg will defend Kings of Tennis title!


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Vacation rentals - Tropical Islands, Germany
With this holiday cottage it is possible to arrive on all days of the week, not just Saturday, which is our usual arrival and departure day. You can thereby also decide on the length of your stay, as long as the house is also part of our 'short break' offer. The optional arrival offer applies all year round.
3 - 5 days stay in the holiday house
As a guest in a NOVASOL holiday house you get free access to the tropical holiday world Tropical Islands
You are not allowed to smoke in holiday homes marked with this symbol. dansommer cannot guarantee, nor control that the smoking ban is upheld, but we expect all of our guests to do so.
Holiday homes marked with this symbol have an internet connection. The internet connection can be limited to a certain number of GB, or may be a paid connection. In the house description you can see which type of connection is offered (wireless, using a LAN cable or a USB etc.)
With dansommer there is no surcharge for bringing your pet on your holiday. Our four-legged friends are welcome in all holiday homes marked with this symbol. You can bring 2 pets unless the house description states otherwise. If you want to bring more than 2 pets, please contact the dansommer sales department first.
- 57m2
- 4 + 2
- 3
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House description
The largest tropical pool in Europe is only 10 minutes walking distance from where you stay, and yet in a quiet, undisturbed place in the midst of a nature holiday. In NOVASOL Holiday Home Village, 'Tropical Islands' it is not a problem: here you are your own host, and you can relax and walk over to Europe's largest tropical pool, whenever and as often as you like.
Here is the best part: the entry is already included in the rent, and indeed for all guests! Arrival is possible everyday of the year, and you are also welcome for short break (2 nights) or more!
Your bright house built in a Scandinavian style offers all comforts for you to fully and comfortably enjoy the water park which is situated next door. Here you can unwind and relax, far away from the bustle.
The 600 square metres large plot guarantees privacy and also offers the children plenty of room to run around and play. Your private terrace invites you to take long sunbaths, barbecues or enjoy the fresh baked bread for breakfast. The fully- equipped kitchen is ideal for cooking sessions with your loved ones.
In the cooler months, you can make yourself cosy in the living room located in front of the crackling fireplace. Here you can relax very well after a busy day in the tropics.
Berlin can be reached in just over an hour by train and is thus ideally suited for a day trip. Right next to your cottage village begins the Spreewald, which not only offers cucumbers, but also invites you for boat trips, bike rides or individual canoe adventures!
- Identical houses: DTI609-612, 614, 617-619, 627, 629, 631, 635, 638-640, 645, 647, 648, 650, 651. For other building types check DTI606-652.
Few pictures are actual representation of the house; the colour of the interiors and the house may vary.
- Daily arrival and departure is possible all year round!
- Short breaks available, minimum 2 nights onwards! Prices depend on the day of arrival and duration of stay:
- Abbreviations: O = Overnight, WP = Week price.
- 2 O– Check in Saturday: 40% of WP; Check in Sunday-Thursday: 30% of WP; Check in Friday: 45% of the WP.
- 3 O–Check inSaturday: 47% of WP; Check in Sunday-Wednesday: 45% of WP; Check in Thursday / Friday: 55% of WP.
- 4 O–Check in Saturday-Wednesday: 60% of WP; Check in Thursday /Friday: 65% of WP.
- 5 O- Check in Saturday-Friday: 75% of WP
- House
- 57m2
- Building material:Wooden house
- 4 + 2
- 2010
- 600m2
- 3 View all roomsHide all roomsBedroom (2 persons)2 x Single bedBedroom (2 persons)1 x Double bedLiving room (2 persons)2 x Sofabed, mattress or similar
- 1 View all roomsHide all roomsBathroomWC: Hot and cold water, Shower
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- All year round insulated
- Natural gas
- Underfloor heating - bathroom
- Woodburning stove
- Other consumption costs excl.
- Air conditioning cold/hot
- Open site
- Garden furniture
- Parking on the site (1 spaces)
- Barbecue
- Free entrance to waterpark
- Kitchen: Hot and cold water
- Electric cooker (4 hobs)
- Refrigerator
- Cooker hood
- Freezer Box
- Coffee brewer
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Vacuum cleaner
- Satellite
- Hi-Fi system/CD player
- 1 DVD player
- Free wi-fi unlimited usage
- Golf course
- 1st floor
- 2nd floor
- Activity room
- Basement
- Bedroom
- Carport
- Conservatory
- Covered Terrace/Balcony
- Door
- Fitness
- Ground floor
- Kitchen
- Living room
- North
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- Sauna / steam bath
- Staircase
- Swimming pool
- Terrace/Balcony
- Toilet / Bathroom
- Whirlpool
- Distance shopping:10 km
- Distance restaurant:150 m
- Distance water:350 m


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Hi all
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I searched on internet and came to know that fillet does not work by providing entity names, instead we should provide information in the form returned by (entsel) function. Now I have drawn entities in the drawing and if I prompt user to select the entities by calling entget the prupose of creating an automation routine fails. I want to some how create list of the same form which is returned by (entsel), so that I can pass such lists to fillet for each pair of entities that I want to fillet. I am having problem about creating such list. Can we create such a list (entityname pt).
If above is not possible is their some other way to make the fillet command work. If I call it by just providing entity names such as
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it behavior is unpredictable.
Any cool help will be deeply appreciated.


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With the right questions and the right team, small businesses can find the right location and success. Greater Des Moines (DSM) experts Brandon Folds, CEO and Principal of Shyft Collective, Daniel Hurd, VP of Hurd Real Estate Services, Dan Corron, of Denny Elwell Company, Justin Lossner, Executive VP and Co-Market Leader of JLL Iowa offer advice on things to know when leasing space.
The decision to lease or buy commercial real estate will usually depend on the amount of cash flow your business has, and this may change as the business grows in its first years. Facility maintenance may also play into whether to rent or buy.
The first thing a landlord will ask is "Do you have a business plan?" If you can afford the space, a landlord will want to know your business plan.
Location is the most important thing within real estate to differentiate from competitors. Historical preservation sites, such as those in the Historic East Village add character to a retail or office space.
Consider the right use type for your business. With collaborative spaces popping up, many different spaces can fit your business. Look into zoning restrictions. A real estate team can help you navigate to the best location for your business.
Your team is going to be more than just real estate. It will be your attorney, your CPA, architect and even possibly an engineer.
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A Collection of the Top OSRS Range Gear
All hardcore OSRS players know that a big draw of the "grind" that it takes to achieve the highest levels is seeing your character's stats maxed out beyond reproach. There are few things more satisfying than seeing your OSRS character with a 99 and max stat bonuses, but all hardcore players also know the bitter truth that there is never a true "best" loadout. Sometimes you might want to hit your enemy at full force with a maximum attack bonus, and other times it might be better to sacrifice a little power for some combination defense stat bonuses. For Ranged players, this balance can be even more delicate given a variety of armor sets all serving different play styles and weapons differently. For example, gear that gives a good Ranged Defense bonus might not actually be the best bet if you're fighting melee or magic opponents, though Ranged Defense is often a perk of Ranged gear sets. We've collected some of the top OSRS Range Gear, including loadouts for a variety of circumstances so you're sure to know which gear suits you best.
What's going on with High-Level range and defense Veterans?
For players who want the most powerful stat bonuses, the Ranged skill line is the best bet as you have the maximum available stat bonus of the three combat skills. Despite the longstanding confusion and discrepancy over the comparative benefits of Ranged Strength vs. Ranged Attack, it's generally best to lean toward maximum Attack with faster attacks at the expense of a slight strength decrease. Though you may hit a lower maximum damage, your accuracy from the high Ranged Attack bonus plus the faster attack speed of a rapid stance will offset the decreased power and fares best against most opponents. For the best overall Attack and Strength combo, go to this:
- Head: Armadyl helmet
- Necklace: Necklace of Anguish
- Ring: Archers' ring (imbued)
- Chest: Armadyl Chestplate
- Legs: Armadyl Chainskirt
- Cape: Ava's Assembler
- Boots: Pegasian boots
- Gloves: Barrows gloves
- Weapon Option 1: Twisted buckler and Armadyl crossbow
- Weapon Option 2: Heavy ballista
The gear set above is popularly considered the "best" for Ranged users by most metrics. It lends a whopping 239 Ranged Attack bonus with the Heavy ballista equipped or 232 when using the Armadyl crossbow with the Twisted buckler. Those players really looking to go all out might wish to purchase both and use mouse keys to switch between them in combat. However, know that much of this gear requires at least a level 70 Defense stat to use, and to use all of the items a character will need a level 75 Defense. Additionally, Ava's assembler may only be equipped when a player has completed Dragon Slayer 2 and Vorkath's head. To imbue the Archers' ring you'll need 650,000 Nightmare Zone points, and the bonus will only jump from 4 to 8, so many players forgo this. Finally, these items cost some considerable GP on the Grand Exchange, and you shouldn't expect to spend any less than 12 mill on your whole set at the time of this writing. Still, for the perfectionists out there, it doesn't get any better than this. For everyone else, we have a few other more feasible options for you to try.
For more RuneScape, check this out: OSRS Thieving Guide for 1-99
Which is the best (common) OSRS Range Gear?
- Head: Archers' helmet
- Necklace: Amulet of Glory
- Ring: Archers' ring (imbued)
- Chest: Black D'hide
- Legs: Black D'hide
- Cape: Obsidian cape
- Boots: Blessed D'hide boots
- Gloves: D'hide vambraces
- Offhand: Book of Law or Dragonfire Shield
- Weapon: Magic short bow (i)
This setup is ideal for players who are still training their ranged or using it casually for dungeoning or questing. It balances cost with some solid attack and defense bonuses to make sure you can hold your own against high-attack and high-defense opponents. Furthermore, all of these items can be obtained on the Grand Exchange at a reasonable price – we bought them all for 2.4 mill in total.
If you use prayer often, you may wish to opt for Blessed D'hide instead of regular Black D'hide, but this is a bit more expensive of an option. As for prerequisites, your character will only need a defense level of 40 to equip all the items we have listed here, and no quests are required to acquire any of these items. This makes this gearset much more accessible to the average player and still grants some very respectable stat bonuses. If nothing else, it's good to keep these items for backup in case you want to go range in an area that might be too risky to carry your more expensive gear.
How about Range Pure with no defense
- Head: Robin Hood Hat
- Necklace: Amulet of Fury or Amulet of Glory
- Ring: Archers' ring (imbued)
- Chest: Rangers tunic
- Legs: Black D'hide
- Cape: Ava's Accumulator or Obsidian
- Boots: Ranger boots or Blessed D'hide boots
- Gloves: Combat Bracelet
- Offhand: Book of Law
- Weapon: Magic short bow (i)
I'll be honest with you. Having leveled a Ranged pure myself in the past, this is my favorite gear set of anything OSRS has to offer. I don't think any combat skill comes close to matching the capabilities as a pure of the Ranged skill line, and the gear options are superior to pure Magic or Strength characters in every way. With only a few tweaks to account for your level 1 Defense, this setup will still grant you almost as much attack stat bonuses as the best Common gear layout, and similar defense bonuses. As a drawback, some of these items can get to be a bit more expensive, such as the Ranger boots, but the great thing about the Ranged gear sets is that you can always swap these out for a comparable and significantly cheaper item. For a budget, go with D'hide or Snakeskin boots instead of the Ranger boots. The Book of Law can be replaced with either the Dragonfire shield or even a regular old Anti-Dragon shield if you're really balling on a budget. No matter how you mix and match the items, you're sure to enjoy playing with these OSRS Range Gear sets.
For more RuneScape, check this out: OSRS Range Training for 1-99


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Tommy and Paco are in the car headed home to Traverse City from Detroit. The wonderful NYC Spring break has come to an end.
Tour de Force: a French expression meaning an exceptional creative achievement, a particularly adroit manoeuvre, or a difficult feat
Here is Tommy patiently waiting for dinner to begin at an Argentine restaurant in NYC called Buenos Aires.
Tommy and Paco are looking at the appetizer called Provoleta. Provoleta is grilled Provolone cheese. Judy, Steve's Mom, is a native of Argentina. She texted that she had never seen tomatoes on the cheese, so she didn't recognize the dish.
The appetizer was followed by a variety of empanadas: beef, ham and cheese, spinach, and chicken They got eaten before Steve got a picture. They also had flank steak Milanese and flan con dulce de leche (flan with sweetened condensed milk).
Quite a dinner!
Colleen reported that they were having Ethiopian food which young Sam was allowed to eat with his hands without being reprimanded.
Colleen also wrote from the Music Box Theater: "If you've ever been the parent of a teenager. If you've ever been a teenager. If you feel like letting the tears roll down your face in a room full of strangers for a couple of hours. Go see Dear Evan Hansen. A truly modern musical. Possibly the most emotionally accessible theater experience I've ever, uh, experienced."
Steve wrote this afternoon that they found out about a free jazz percussion recital at Juilliard at 6 pm, so they went. Paco found some cool things at the school's bookstore: a book of drum set exercises and some light up drum sticks that light up when they strike. (Paco is playing the drums at his school.)
Tommy was mesmerized. At school concerts in Michigan, Tommy normally will not even sit down. But, Steve says that the music and talent were a bit better at this concert.
One student arranged the show and played percussion. Other students played piano, bass, trumpet, and sax.
Afterwards, they grabbed some slices of pizza and went back to their apartment. The boys were tired. What an experience they are having!
(Note: I can't get the photos of the concert hall and program to go to the photos on my computer. So, I will post the photos in separate blogs.)


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The Red Hook Community Justice Center's JustArts: Photography Program allows high school aged students to learn more about their communities through the photos they take. Over the course of 12 weeks, these students became young photographers and learned about the VISUAL and WRITTEN art of photography!
On May 26th we recognized all of the students hard work and dedication to the program in a culminating exhibition entitled "Picture This". The students explored their communities and highlighted different aspects of it, from transportation, to street art, culinary cultures, work life and community transition. The students were extremely proud and happy to put on a show!
Their work is currently being displayed at the local Brooklyn Public Library (Red Hook Branch, 7 Wolcott Street) indefinitely for community members enjoyment. If you are in the neighborhood and would like to see the young photographers work stop by!
This program was presented by the Red Hook Community Justice Center in partnership with the Brooklyn Arts Council and United Photo Industries. The program was made possible, in part by funds from the New York Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York Legislature and by New York Council Member Carlos Menchaca through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.


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I have been using BCB for a few years now, more out of interest in programming than to fulfil a professional need though.
I've always liked the Borland approach to RAD but I'm wondering now where BCB is going.
BuilderX is not a RAD tool. It may be useful for cross-platform development, but it is a puzzle to me as to why it departs so much from the framework that made Borland successful.
.Net is all the rage now, and having dipped my toes in it with C# Builder, I can see that there will eventually be no real place for any way other of developing applications for MS platforms.
You can feel the shift also with the component developers: most are moving their current VCL components to .Net with the huge benefit of opening their market to VS.Net users.
With Delphi making the move to .Net, what incentive will remain to develop new VCL components?
Of course, the VCL market will remain profitable for a little while longer, after all the technology is very mature and an enormous amount of people is using it, but will that still be the case in 2 years?
The other thing that .Net has going for it is its ability to be cross-platform.
The mono project (http://www.go-mono.com/) is well under way, and with the backing of Novell, its future seems well assured.
The great promise of .Net is to enable cross platform development without changing your code: as long as your components are managed .Net components, you're safe and shouldn't even have to recompile.
Granted, we still need to check that in practice, but it seems that .Net and ASP.Net may be able to bridge software development accross platfoms in ways that go well beyond any previous attempt, including those of Borland.
So where does all this leave Borland and BCB in particular?
To me, the next iteration of BCB cannot ignore .Net and must address it somehow: maybe by integrating some .Net-aware tools and infrastructure that would allow BCB to use and create .Net components and applications easily, or even include a Managed C++ compiler...
Or ditch BCB as is exist now and re-invent it as part of a language plug-in for Borland's Developer Studio where it would cohabit with C# and Delphi.Net.
Failure to include .Net in some satisfactory way would make BCB even more of a niche product with no much appeal to RAD developers when compared to alternative offerings.
The ideal would be an all-in-one integrated IDE where we could develop a project in a mix of whatever .Net language we want, under MS, Linux or even Mac platforms (mono ports to the mac).
I love C++ Builder, it's a fine and powerful tool, but I worry about its future, and it will be hard for Borland to make it attractive to old and new developers alike.


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The term pathognomonic in radiology, as well as clinical medicine in general, refers to a finding or a sign that is only found in a single specific condition or specific group of conditions, i.e. the finding has 100% specificity. Thus by implication, a pathognomonic finding cannot and does not have a differential diagnosis.
A finding that is pathognomonic today, may not be tomorrow. As new conditions are discovered, old conditions re-classified and case reports published, pathognomicity can change e.g. in the early days of radiology rib notching was thought to be pathognomonic for coarctation of the aorta 1.
It does not imply anything about the sensitivity of the finding, indeed the finding may be rare, and therefore the absence of the finding cannot be taken as a comment on the likelihood of that condition occurring.
The term Aunt Minnie is sometimes also used for imaging signs/findings that are pathognomonic for a condition. However whilst many Aunt Minnies are truly pathognomonic, some are merely classical for a particular condition, but could be rarely found in other disease entities.
Examples of pathognomonic imaging signs
History and etymology
Pathognomonic derives from two Ancient Greek roots, παθος (pathos) meaning disease and γνωμων (gnomon) meaning indicator.
- 1. Felson B. Chest roentgenology. AITBS Publishers. (2018) ISBN 978-9374734872. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chest-Roentgenology-Benjamin-Felson/dp/9374734877


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#FigureSkating #PyeongChang2018
Team Canada confirmed their role as favorites as the figure skating competition at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games opened with the Men's and Pairs Short Programs of the team event. Canada has 17 points, three points ahead of team USA. Team Japan is third on 13 points.
Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford (CAN) ©AFP
Two-time World Pairs Champions Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford put out a clean skate to "With Or Without You" that featured a side by side triple Lutz and a throw triple Lutz to place second in the Pairs Short Program. They scored 76.57 points and earned nine points for their team.
Olympic silver medallist Patrick Chan finished third in the Men's Short Program after falling on the quadruple toeloop and triple Axel in his routine set to "Dust in the Wind" (81.66 points).
"Today was a good example of good skates and bad skates," said Chan. "In my case I was so thankful I had the support of my teammates on and off the ice. Eric (Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford) had a great skate and I had a so so skate. But the reactions when we got off the ice and got into the kiss n' cry it made my experience from possibly being poor to being exciting, fun and lighthearted and transferred the energy over to the team."
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For team USA, ISU Grand Prix Final Champion Nathan Chen and pair skaters Alexa Scimeca Knierim/Chris Knierim placed fourth in their segments, taking seven points each for the team. Scimeca/Knierim were solid in their program to "Come What May" with a side by side triple Salchow and throw triple flip. However, she stumbled on the exit from their lift (69.75 points). Chen opened his program to "Nemesis" with a quad flip-double toe combination but then popped the planned quad toe into a double and crashed on the triple Axel (80.61 points).
"I think team USA is in a good position," said team captain Scimeca. "Nathan had a bit of an unfortunate skate. We watched it on the bus ride here and we were asked if we felt more pressure because of it, but this is our first Games and Nathan's as well. We are experiencing everything as it comes. We are all very supportive of one another and I think the rest of the event is going to go very well for Team USA," she added.
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Shoma Uno kept his team in the game by taking the men's short program although he stumbled on his quadruple flip (103.25 points). "I watched most of the performances of the other skaters and I knew that there were mistakes. I thought I might do a mistake as well and I did, but I was able to overcome it. So I am satisfied with that," the 2017 World silver medallist commented. Pair skaters Miu Suzaki/Ryuichi Kihara came eighth.
"We are actually really proud of the performances of Shoma (Uno) and also Miu (Suzaki) and Ryuichi (Kihara) today. It really gave us a lot of motivation for us to do the short program the day after tomorrow. Team Japan is really in high spirits," team captain Chris Reed told the post-event press conference.
The Olympic Athletes from Russia and defending Olympic team champions are surprisingly sitting only in fourth place. While two-time European Pairs Champions Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov fulfilled the expectations and won the short program with an excellent performance, Mikhail Kolyada faltered and missed all three jumping passes. He finished in eighth place. The Olympic Athletes from Russia have 13 points like Japan, but the higher total score of the two performances broke the tie in favor of Japan.
"It was important to do a strong short program, a season's best. We hope our performance will motivate the rest of the team," Morozov said.
Israel ranked fifth on 11 points, which was another surprise. 2016 European silver medallist Alexei Bychenko scored nine points by placing second in the short program.
The figure skating team competition continues Sunday with the Short Dance, Ladies Short Program and the Pairs Free skating.


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Finding Waikato's Most Sustainable Printer: Fusion Print
Words By
Kirsten Foote
Edited By
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Sponsored By
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Date Published
6th July 2019
How Fusion Print Are Being 'Green' In A Traditionally Dirty Industry…
Finding a sustainable printing company was high on the agenda when first planning the launch of Ora Health & Wellness.
We searched high and low to find a printing business that not only aligned with our values, but also held the wellbeing of our environment and community close to its heart. We were fortunate enough to find the perfect fit just over the Kaimai Range – Fusion Print.
We sat down for a chat with the Fusion team about their unique business model and their journey towards sustainability…
"In 2008, two Waikato-based print companies, Fast Print and John Walker Print, joined forces to create Fusion Print," explains Fusion Environmental Manager Kirsten Foote. "Before the merge, John Walker Print was Enviro-Mark gold certified, and with the combined expertise of both companies, Fusion Print was determined to carry on along the path of sustainable business and environmentally friendly print products."
Enviro-Mark Diamond certification was the ultimate goal, and in 2010, Fusion Print became the first print company in the Waikato to reach this pinnacle of environmental achievement.
"Being 'green' in a traditionally dirty industry wasn't always easy, but sustainability has always been important to us, and is a huge part of Fusion Print's identity."
"Being 'green' in a traditionally dirty industry wasn't always easy, but sustainability has always been important to us, and is a huge part of Fusion Print's identity," says Kirsten. "Taking on the role of Environmental Manager in 2010 and achieving Enviro-Mark Diamond certification was hugely exciting, but the work didn't stop there. Maintaining an effective environmental management system meant annual audits, constant monitoring and measurement, and striving for continual improvement. In 2017, we transitioned to using the ISO 14001 certification, to ensure our credentials were internationally recognised. Since then, we've also become FSC and PEFC certified, and can offer carboNZero print through our parent company, Soar Print.
"I think a lot of people will read this and think 'what does it all really mean?' Environmental consciousness is certainly fashionable, but how do consumers know that what they're getting is the real deal? First of all, external certification is very important. Being audited and then certified by an external party proves that a company is practising what they preach. Secondly, don't be afraid to ask questions. Question your suppliers, or the places you buy from. Ask what they're doing to promote sustainability, and how they do it. Ask them to give you advice on more environmentally friendly options."
Fusion is certainly leading by example and has done some great things on its sustainability mission, from making huge reductions in fuel use and waste to landfill, to making investments in technology that reduce electricity, water and resource use.
"For me, it's the little things that start big change," Kirsten explains. "We recently started getting our milk delivered in glass bottles to cut out another source of plastic waste from our business. This has had a flow on effect – a number of our staff members have also now made the switch! Putting our food waste into bokashi has also inspired staff to start composting at home."
The team has also hosted tree planting days, where staff have the opportunity to take the morning off work and plant native trees at restoration projects around Hamilton.
"It's really exciting to see that the way we do business has created a culture of environmental responsibility amongst our team," she says. "This year, we're focussing on introducing more waste-free and low-waste products. There are some really innovative new products hitting the market which are a cost effective and high quality alternative to traditional single use products. If you'd like to chat more about how we can provide you with eco-friendly print, please don't hesitate to get in touch!"
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Temperature regulation in an evaporatively cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack
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Maintaining proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack operating temperature across transient current profiles presents a significant challenge for fuel cell vehicles. Liquid cooled systems require active control of coolant temperature and flow rate to match heat rejection to heat generation. Evaporative cooling is an alternative to conventional liquid cooling in automotive sized PEMFC stacks. In an evaporatively cooled system, liquid water is injected directly into the cathode flow channels where it evaporates, both cooling and humidifying the stack. This paper uses a validated simulation to explore the inherent temperature regulation abilities of an evaporatively cooled PEMFC stack across a range of current profiles and drive cycles. Results show that throughout the normal operating current range, stack temperature varies by less than±2.0°C, this is comparable to liquid cooling but without the need for active temperature control. The introduction of variable operating pressure and cathode stoichiometry using proportional integral control, can further reduce temperature variation to±1.0°C and±1.2°C respectively for step increases in current demand. Variable operating pressure is also shown to improve warm up time and reduce heat loss at low operating loads.


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Catherine: Cause Newsletter #18 — Spring 2011
From the Postulator's Desk of Fr. Bob Wild
It is quite common, as the Congregation for the Saints begins to examine the life of Servants of God, that certain problem areas emerge – "shadows" as some canon lawyers call them – which require further study. Those working at the Congregation say it would be the rare cause that did not present such problems.
Perhaps one of the most frequent problem areas in Catherine's life that people bring up is her relationship with her son, George. It is common knowledge that George was sent to several boarding schools during the early years of his life. So people ask: How could a real, loving mother send her son to boarding schools during those formative years when he most needed a mother? Was he sent away so she could have more time for her apostolates? Did she not love her son? Was she lacking in the virtues of motherhood?
A major argument in Catherine's favor would be that sending children to boarding schools was a very European practice. Catherine herself was sent to boarding schools; and still today it is very common in England. But it is not my intention, in this newsletter, to give other reasons to justify Catherine's behavior, or even to present a more comprehensive picture of her relationship with her son. I want to share with you some recently discovered letters that Catherine wrote to George but were never given to him until much later in his life. As far as her cause is concerned, they express the heart of the matter – her great love for her son. This love would be the most important thing to know for those trying to discern Catherine's holiness.
A short background to these letters.
Catherine was pregnant with child when she crossed the Atlantic, and George was born on July 17, 1921 in Toronto General Hospital. When he was baptized on August 14, Catherine, as promised, consecrated him to the Blessed Virgin Mary. When he was not quite 15 he ran away from home, and these letters were written shortly after that sad event. (A more detailed account of the mother/son relationship, and the multiple factors behind his running away from home, can be found in Lorie Duquin's, They Called Her the Baroness.)
Letters to My Son that were never sent
Spring 1937:
Yesterday, I left the door open and the light burning in the hall. It seemed somehow as if that would be a symbol that, no matter what you did or how far away you went, the door of my heart would be always open for you, and the light of my love ready to guide you and receive you back home.
The night is so long. Thru the window I see the pattern of the branches, strange and haunting against the dark sky. My eyes, used to night, can distinguish the things in the room. They look unfamiliar, somehow unfriendly and forbidding, as is today the whole world to me. I cannot sleep because I listen to every footstep that re-echoes on the hard pavement outside, hoping against hope that one of them will slow down before the door, that your finger will fumble with the latch, and your beloved footsteps will slowly, quietly, be heard on the stairs. My arms hunger for you, little Punka. Somehow I feel so empty, so desolate. The pain is dull and sharp at the same time.
But all is silent, and the rare passer-by does not slow in his tired walk, but passes briskly or slowly, but always evenly, by.
Why did you do it? Why without a word have you left me and our house? Your room is so cozy. I had it cleaned today and in my aimless wanderings today I bought a bunch of daffodils to make it spring-like for you if you came back.
Where are you? I lie on my comfy bed. It seems so hot and cold at the same time. I shiver. Where are you at this moment? Riding the rails? Sleeping under a box car? I wonder if you are warm and how are your sinuses. Slowly I get up and light the light. It makes a golden splash on the floor, and brings back familiarity to my surroundings. I take a cigarette with trembling fingers.
Where have I failed? I look back. Why is it that my memory takes me to my own childhood. It is early morning. I got up with the sunrise, and ran down to the ocean for a dip. The pine forest smelled so sweet, and the deep carpet of pine needles was so soft to my bare feet. The beach was golden under the ray of the early sun. It was fun to run into the cold water, swim out and come back to the shore, and lying there in the already warm sun.
I remember, then, thinking about life: it looks so vast and big from the long perch of 14 years. I wondered when would I marry. I thought of children, too, in a funny, impersonal way, hoping foolishly I would have loads of them. And then I made a sort of little promise to myself: Whatever life may bring, I would make my children or child happy. And here I was in Canada, lying propped up in the middle of a dark night, smoking furiously, all hurt inside, and shivering slightly ever so often.
You had gone. I did not know why or where. All I knew that somehow, somewhere, I had failed. And yet I had loved you so much! Could one love too much? I wondered. Where have I failed!! That question came back again and again like a monotonous refrain, each time wounding me deeper. You were so very small. You called yourself Petia chuch chuch. You meshed so softly against my breast after you had drank from it all the nourishment you needed. I nursed you for a long time because I loved doing it. You were all mine then, flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood. I wonder where you are now? Can pain be so deep? Can a heart really be crushed?
I suffered so much when you were so little! Of these things I would never speak to you, even in a letter that shall never be sent. Why do I write this now that my cigarette is squashed and the room colder and darker than ever!?
Perhaps because there is no question of sleep. Perhaps because this exercise book, the pen, and the board from the chess game, are all here under my hand. Somehow I want to tell you of this night, where a deep sword entered my heart, and will, I think, stay with me until death!
I worked so hard to make you a home. Things did not go always right with me. Black periods came, but you were there and for you I battled, for I wanted to give you the real beautiful things of life as I saw them: Religion and Faith as foundations on which to build. You were so silent and solemn that day when I dedicated you to the Blessed Mother who gave you to me. Your big baby eyes followed the altar candles that were burrowing themselves in their looking like twin points of light in your brown eyes. You smiled when the priest blessed you, and then gently fell asleep in my arms that held you tight. Ever since She has been your real Mother. That must be why I prayed yesterday so desperately for you, my baby, before her altar.
What was it I was saying to her? "Mother of Christ, who knows of the pain of motherhood, cover my Petia with the Blue Mantle of your love. Keep him safe, bring him back to me." Strange, I do not remember anything else I told her, and when finally I rose to go, my eyes and face were wet with tears. Yet, I did not know I was weeping!
Religion and Faith. These I wanted to give you, for these, without hesitation, I sacrificed so much. It is well you do not know about it.
Love of books and music were to be next, and a home as lovely and cozy as I could make it. All for you. And simple rules of life, sprinkled with faith, beauty and love. The joy of loving others because they are alter Christus. The happiness of sharing, the love of games and sports played for the sake of the game. Friends, few but staunch. All these I planned for you. And in all this I failed.
Religion seems to irk you. Faith is dimming, dark. You love reading. I do not know about music. You do not know, nor even seem to want to know, what sharing means. You do not see Christ in your neighbor. Games? You play reluctantly. You are restless and selfish. Oh, I have to say this because even love cannot make me blind to it.
You are lazy, and all your dreams seem to end up in a desire for wealth and comfort. You love adventure, perhaps that is why you have gone. I would have understood this. But also you should have stopped and for a moment thought of the price.
This night is one of them, and there will be many more like them, for me. I gave you all I knew how. I wanted to keep you in school in good clothes, etc. On Isabella St. I had to rent rooms and be away. Then F.H. came, and Cameron St. with people in it that were strangers? Little Petia, did you ever stop to think that there is a depression on, that jobs are few and scarce, that I am all alone? That no matter what, I have to work, and that this is a way out for us.
No, I suppose you did not stop to think. Perhaps it all looks different to you. Fathers and sons, or mothers and sons, the eternal gulf of years between them! How can it be bridged! The pain is so burning, so deep. A faint light is coming from the sky. The door is still unlatched. The light still burns in the hall. And in my heart I love you so! God how it hurts!
May 30, 1937:
In four days I sail to Spain and Europe, a foreign correspondent for the Sign. My world has toppled around me. F.H. is no more. Unjustly I have been accused of so many things that my head aches. Yet, somehow I would be happy, for being persecuted unjustly for His sake is a great joy and grace; but I cannot be happy. You have not come back, and "the light" and the "open door" that have been waiting so hospitably for you have waited in vain. I cannot sleep nor really think. I am all bruised inside by your absence. It is like a load that never leaves me. Yet, I love you so much. And as I write these words I consider if perhaps that is why you left, for at your age, which does not as yet understand, love can be a burden.
Strange that I suffered so much for your sake, to bring you up in the Faith. I was so poor. I had little to leave you when I die, so I wanted to give you real wealth, the Faith and education that will help you to enjoy real life, appreciate its beauty, and drink of its joys. I wanted to give you love of good books, with the keen delight that these old friends of mine bring. I wanted to give you love of music that lifts you up above the sordidness of the day into the pure realm of beauty that touches in song the hem of God's garments.
I hoped to give you the love of poetry that somewhere between earth and heaven catches the music and brings it back to earth and weaves it with words that help us to live. I wanted to give you an appreciation for all beauty. I hoped to give you a naked tree against the background of snow and winter sky; flowers in the spring so pregnantly lovely against the brown of a naked earth; the sea so restless and so monotonous.
These things I wanted you to know. The joy of gliding down a snowy hill on long skis, the wind in your face. The feeling of cold water against your naked body on a hot day in summer. Long walks through the crisp golden days of autumn, or the mellow ones of spring. I dreamt I could give you travels together through the towns and countries of Europe, drinking in their meandering beauty; and a keen mind and a thirst for knowledge. Of these I dreamt for you.
And for all of these I was ready to give my life so that you might possess Faith, that gift that surpasseth understanding, and without which Life is death. Yours was to be (I hoped) that foretaste of heaven – Communion. I saw you "praying the Mass," your heart lifted up to Him who loved you so as to die on the Cross. My eyes, dimmed by tears, saw you kneeling in the confessional, cleansing your soul to be spotless white, preparing to receive its God. Finding new visions and ways of serving God. I saw you, vital and young, walking through life, doing good for His sake, for the sake of pure Love and Beauty, gathering in your young strong hands the fruit of charity which are purity of heart and mind, strength of will, clean manhood, and a joy of living that can be only surpassed by the joy of dying.
Thus had I dreamed and suffered for my dreams. And now here they were, my little golden dreams, fragments of silver and gold all broken up at my feet. You had not understood, or I had not explained well enough. Your young face was set unto the other way, the way of the flesh!
Like millions before you, poor child, you found this earth's pleasures fair. Like the prodigal son you went after the will of the wisp light. Women seemed fair to you, and gold called you, and that illusion of freedom that thinks that we alone are masters of our destinies. You wanted to be free of all discipline, not realizing that freedom is the result of it. And that without it there is a slavery worse than death.
You have gone, and I am alone. And I shall go into distant lands with the terrible burden of uncertainty about you. All I have left is prayer. It alone will be our bond. Wherever you are, my son, my prayers will be with you. I beg of our Lady to watch over you and keep you under the blue mantle of her love!
So, Catherine left for Europe 4 days later. The following citations are from Lorie Duquin's biography, The Called Her the Baroness. ("Flewy" was Grace Flewelling, who lived with Catherine in Toronto, was perhaps her most faithful associate, and knew, as well as anyone, the situation with Catherine, Boris, and George.) Note that Boris sent George to England, and that his life-style was not exactly nurturing George's need for a father!
"When Catherine arrived in London on the morning of June 14 [1937] the hotel clerk handed her a note from Flewy saying George had written and that 'God will make everything work out okay.' What Flewy did not tell Catherine is that George was hopping freight trains throughout the United States, and had no intention of coming home. He found jobs hoeing cotton in the deep south, picking peas in California, and pushing wheelchairs on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. He spent a few days in a South Carolina jail on vagrancy charges, but a kind woman bailed him out, and he skipped town." (159)
"When Catherine returned to Brussels, a letter waited with the horrifying news that a vagrant had brutally beaten George and left him in a boxcar to die. When George regained consciousness, he called Boris, and begged to come home. Boris insisted, however, that George's only option was a boarding school in England, and that he would have to work his way across the ocean on a cattle boat. George agreed to Boris' terms. On August 28 [1937] Boris and one of his mistresses sailed for Europe on a luxury liner to arrange for George's schooling. Catherine met them when they arrived. Her blood pressure was low, and she was exhausted from travel. She asked herself again and again whether she had failed as a mother, but Flewy insisted that Catherine had not failed, and that George had finally come to his senses: 'He has the two examples of his parents. He cannot but see that the one who is striving to follow in the footsteps of the Divine Saviour is the one whom he can call upon for help and forgiveness for things he feels he has done that he may feel he shouldn't have. If he doesn't [see] now he will later, there is no doubt about that.'" (163-64)
Note of Catherine at the end of these letters: "Dear George – came across these in cleaning. Thought you would like to see them!" We do not have the date for when Catherine finally did send these letters to George, but these letters express, more than anything else I've ever read by Catherine, her attitude towards her son.
I add another Letter of Catherine's that expresses her love for George.
Letter, April 10, 1955 [from Combermere]:
Dearest Punka,
On this our greatest Russian Feast Day of the year [Easter], I feel like sitting down and writing to you. It was so good to have you here for a while (alas, so short a while). I was so hungry for the sight of you and a talk with you, son. It has been so very, very long.
I will always remember that long talk we had at St. Kate's by the fireside. You may not realize it, but you came very close to me, closer perhaps than we have ever been. Petia tuch…tuch. I have been lonely for you.
There is no denying that you have a strange mother, yet one who loves you so deeply that I think the depth escapes you. Yet, you are coming closer. And with time, when I am gone, you will one day understand a love that is constant, never wavering, that does not hold on to anything, for its arms are cruciform, and it cannot "hold" anything, not even a son. But it has a pierced heart, and that is where it has laid him forever. That is where you are, now and for eternity.
Your sorrow is my sorrow. I said little. Words are weak, puny sounds that express little of the depths and the heights of a human understanding, a human love. I listened, and I KNEW, knew in a flash, that you had left unafraid. The loneliness, the wonder, the fears in the night, the temptations, the dark, murky depths stirred by all this. The wavering between the heights of faith and the abyss of unbelief. And again, loneliness and hunger for the beloved ones, especially your children.
And I knew more: I knew that you, like myself, will always be an exile, a stranger in a strange land, and that you loved Russia even as I do, silently, deeply. And all things Russian speak to you, just by being. I felt the bond. I knew I was not alone in my long loneliness, which I offered too, to Him who alone had drunk the cup of utter loneliness that was also utter desolation. He had sent me, in His mercy and love, that one evening by the fireside with my son, and the evening told me that I was not alone. I thanked God for that evening.
Exiles. You are not quite an exile, and yet in spirit you are. Who but exiles know the sharp pain of a day like this [Easter] when, although those around you love you and absorb the customs you present to them, yet they cannot feel the way we feel about Pascha, koolitch, pasanki eggs, and so on. They do not know the memories I have of language, cities, songs, and oh, so many other things. You know them from me, and from your blood.
I felt your desire "to belong," and I wanted to say, "Child, you belong to my heart forever. Fear not. You belong to a great people. You belong to Mary and her divine Son. You are not alone. You never will be because you are rich in the treasures that count."
I said nothing of these things then. But today when the thousand bells of Moscow ring in my ears, when the Easter greetings of my and your people sound in my ears, so gay and holy, today I wanted to write these few words because I wish so passionately that you were here with me, George. I think today I could tell you much of what is on and in my heart. Since you are not here, beloved son, I say them on paper.
I and others have often pointed out that Catherine's sufferings can be a consolation for people in similar trials. Just to mention her experiences in the first 40 years of her life: she suffered the hardships of war, including the loss of relatives and friends; she was a refugee and knew the loss of one's country; she was a stranger in a new land; she experienced poverty; she knew the pain of a failed marriage. And the above letters reveal that she knew the pain of so many good Christian moms and dads who have tried to give their children their faith only – at least for some years – to have that faith rejected. Catherine knew the pain of failing to pass on to her son the best she could give him. No doubt she made some mistake in this attempt, as most parents would admit as well. Is this not one of the greatest pains of many parents in the modern Christian and Catholic world? Catherine knew all about it.
Greetings in the Love and Peace of the Lord!
For many years I have heard many things about the good works and charitable acts of this beautiful and kind lady, Catherine Doherty. Upon my research and short study on the life and virtues of this lady I was really amazed, but not shocked, to discover that she is in line for glorification in heaven as one of the saints.
Servant of God Catherine Doherty, is in fact one of the modern day saints that the world really needs in this time of trials. As one of the best images of perfection, I owe many things to her, most specially that she is my guide, the guide that leads me on the right path in searching deeper for the meaning of life. ihope that this short testimony of faith would inspire others to call upon to Catherine Doherty as one of their intercessors.
— GPG/Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines/1/22/2009
Letter of Blessed Mother Teresa
to Fr. Phil Thibodeau (Associate Priest of Madonna House)
Mother House, 29 November 1994
Dear Fr. Thibodeau,
Thank you for your kind letter of 2 November which you sent me together with the reflections of Catherine Doherty on "I Thirst." As you well know, this mystery of Christ's life and death is at the center of who we are and what we do as Missionaries of Charity. That is why the words "I Thirst" appear near the crucifix in every M.C. chapel, and why the aim stated in our Constitution is for us "to quench the infinite thirst of Jesus for love of souls." I am glad to have the prayer of Catherine Doherty on this beautiful mystery in which we are privileged to share every day.
Thanks, too, for the other pages of the book on the spirituality of Catherine Doherty. Let us thank God for all the gifts He has given the world through her.
— Mother Teresa, MC
Favors Received
I asked Catherine's intercession, as my mother was in the middle of suffering a stroke. The effects could have been much worse. The staff and doctors are amazed at my mother's recovery.
— 6/22/ 2009, KC, Urbandale, Iowa
One old friend, when faced with either living with the pain of a pinched nerve in her shoulder, or undergoing surgery that held a 50% chance of leaving her with a paralyzed arm, decided that instead she would ask Catherine for a miracle. So off she went with Catherine's shawl over her shoulder, and the prayer novena in her hand. The next we saw of her she rather matter of factly shared with us how well her shoulder felt now, and this after months of pain and various treatments.
— February/1991/Alpena, MI


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Theme: You Shall Be Perfect (Matthew 5:48)
- Pastor Spencer Cunnah, Wycliffe Independent Church, Sheffield, UK.
- Pastor B. S. Poh, Damansara Church, Kuala Lumpur.
The conference was held from the 3rd to 6th September, 2007 at Damansara Church (Reformed Baptist), 52 Jalan SS 21/2, Damansara Utama, 47400 Kuala Lumpur.
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1. George Whitefield, Part 1 (Pr. Cunnah)
2. Why Must We Be Conservative Instead Of Liberal? (Pr. Poh)
3. The Law Of God: What Is It? (Pr. Cunnah)
4. George Whitefield, Part 2 (Pr. Cunnah)
5. The Law Of God: Not Antinomianism (Pr. Cunnah)
6. The Law Of God: Not Legalism (Pr. Cunnah)
7. The Back To Jerusalem Movement (Pr. Poh)


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Aponibolinayen longs for some healing oranges that are guarded by a fierce giant. Her warrior husband resolves to fetch them for her, even though the quest is full of danger.
This fable from the Philippines is full of magic and adventure.
Read by Geoffrey.
Proofread by Claire Deakin & Jana Elizabeth.
From a collection of Philippines fables by Mabel Cook Cole.
Aponibolinayen and the Healing Oranges -
Hello, this is Geoffrey, and I am here with another folk tale from the Philippines. The heroine is again Aponibolinayen, a beautiful woman with magical powers. We have already heard how she married the sun, but in this story she is married to Aponitolau, a warrior. Perhaps her marriage to the sun did not work out in the end, or perhaps this is a different Aponibolinayen from another village - we are not quite sure - but it is an exciting and magical story.
Aponibolinayen was sick with a headache, and she lay on a mat alone in her house. Suddenly she remembered some fruit that she had heard of but had never seen, and she said to herself: "Oh, I wish I had some of the oranges of Adasen."
Now Aponibolinayen did not realise that she had spoken aloud, but Aponitolau, her husband, lying in the spirit house outside, heard her talking and asked what it was she said. Fearing to tell him the truth lest he should risk his life in trying to get the oranges for her, she said: "I wish I had some fruit."
Aponitolau at once got up, and, taking a sack, went out to find some of the fruit for his wife. When he returned with the sack full, she said: "Put it on the bamboo hanger above the fire, and when my head is better I will eat it."
So Aponitolau put the fruit on the hanger and returned to the spirit house, but when Aponibolinayen tried to eat, the fruit made her sick and she threw it away.
"What is the matter?" Called Aponitolau, as he heard her drop the fruit.
"I merely dropped one," she replied, and returned to her mat.
After a while Aponibolinayen again said: "Oh, I wish I had some of the oranges of Adasen."
Aponitolau, who heard her from the spirit house, inquired: "What is that you say?"
"I wish I had some fish eggs," answered his wife - for she did not want him to know the truth.
Then Aponitolau took his net and went to the river, meaning to please his wife if possible. When he had caught a nice fish he opened it with his knife and took out the eggs. Then he spat on the place he had cut, and it was healed and the fish swam away.
He hurried home with the eggs, and while his wife was roasting them over the fire, he returned to the spirit house. She tried to eat, but the eggs did not taste good to her, and she threw them down under the house to the dogs.
"What is the matter?" Called Aponitolau. "Why are the dogs barking?"
"I dropped some of the eggs," replied his wife, and she went back to her mat.
By and by she again said: "I wish I had some of the oranges of Adasen."
But when her husband asked what she wished, she replied: "I want a deer's liver to eat."
So Aponitolau took his dogs to the mountains, where they hunted until they caught a deer, and when he had cut out its liver he spat on the wound, and it was healed so that the deer ran away.
Aponibolinayen could not eat the liver any more than she could the fruit or the fish eggs; and when Aponitolau heard the dogs barking, he knew that she had thrown it away. Then he grew suspicious, and changing himself into a centipede, hid in a crack in the floor. When his wife again wished for some of the oranges, he overheard her.
"Why did you not tell me the truth, Aponibolinayen?" He asked.
"Because," she replied, "no one who has gone to Adasen has ever come back, and I did not want you to risk your life."
Nevertheless, Aponitolau decided to go for the oranges, and he asked his wife to bring him rice straw. After he had burned it he put the ashes in the water with which he washed his hair. Then she brought coconut oil and rubbed his hair, and fetched a dark clout, a fancy belt, and a headband, and she baked cakes for him to take on the journey. Aponitolau cut a vine which he planted by the stove, and told his wife that if the leaves wilted she would know that he was dead. Then he took his spear and head axe, and started on the long journey.
When Aponitolau arrived at the well of a giantess, all the betel-nut trees bowed. Then the giantess shouted and all the world trembled. "How strange," thought Aponitolau, "that all the world shakes when that woman shouts." But he continued on his way without stopping.
As he passed the place of the old woman, Alokotan, she sent out her little dog and it bit his leg.
"Do not proceed," said the old woman, "for ill luck awaits you. If you go on, you will never return to your home."
Aponitolau paid no attention to the old woman, and by and by he came to the home of the lightning.
"Where are you going?" Asked the lightning.
"I am going to get some oranges of Adasen," replied Aponitolau.
"Go and stand on that high rock that I may see what your sign is," commanded the lightning.
So he stood on the high rock, but when the lightning flashed Aponitolau dodged.
"Do not go," said the lightning, "for you have a bad sign, and you will never come back."
Still Aponitolau did not heed.
Soon he arrived at the place of the Thunder God, who also asked him: "Where are you going, Aponitolau?"
"I am going to get oranges of Adasen," he replied.
Then the thunder commanded: "Stand on that high stone so that I can see if you have a good sign."
He stood on the high stone, and when the thunder made a loud noise he jumped. Whereupon the thunder also advised him not to go on.
In spite of all the warnings, Aponitolau continued his journey, and upon coming to the ocean he used magical power, so that when he stepped on his head axe it sailed away, carrying him far across the sea to the other side. Then after a short walk he came to a spring where women were dipping water, and he asked what spring it was.
"This is the spring of Adasen," replied the women. "And who are you that you dare come here?"
Without replying he went on toward the town, but he found that he could not go inside, for it was surrounded by a bank which reached almost to the sky.
While he stood with a bowed head, pondering what he should do, the chief of the spiders came up and asked why he was so sorrowful.
"I am sad," answered Aponitolau, "because I cannot climb up this bank."
Then the spider went to the top and spun a thread, and upon this, Aponitolau climbed up into town.
There he found Gawigawen, keeper of the oranges, who was asleep in his spirit house, and when he awoke and saw Aponitolau sitting near, he was surprised and ran toward his house to get his spear and head axe, but Aponitolau called to him, saying: "Good morning, cousin Gawigawen. Do not be angry. I only came to buy some of your oranges for my wife."
Then Gawigawen took him to the house and brought a whole deer for him to eat, and he said: "If you cannot eat all the deer, you cannot have the oranges for your wife."
Aponitolau grew very sorrowful, for he knew that he could not eat all the meat, but just at that moment the chief of the ants and flies came to him and inquired what was the trouble. As soon as he was told, the chief called all the ants and flies and they ate the whole deer. Aponitolau, greatly relieved, went then to Gawigawen and said: "I have finished eating the food which you gave me."
Gawigawen was greatly surprised at this, and, leading the way to the place where the oranges grew, he told Aponitolau to climb the tree and get all he wanted.
As he was about to ascend the tree, Aponitolau noticed that the branches were sharp knives, so he went as carefully as he could. Nevertheless, when he had secured two oranges, he stepped on one of the knives and was cut. He quickly fastened the fruit to his spear, and immediately it flew away straight to his town and into his house.
Aponibolinayen was just going down the bamboo ladder out of the house, and hearing something drop on the floor she went back to look and found the oranges from Adasen. She eagerly ate the fruit, rejoicing that her husband had been able to reach the place where they grew. Then she thought to look at the vine, whose leaves were wilted, and she knew that her husband was dead.
Soon after this a son was born to Aponibolinayen, and she called his name Kanag. He grew rapidly, becoming a strong lad, and he was the bravest of all his companions. One day while Kanag was playing out in the yard, he spun his top and it struck the garbage pot of an old woman, who became very angry and cried: "If you were a brave boy, you would get your father whom Gawigawen killed."
Kanag ran to the house crying, and asked his mother what the old woman meant, for he had never heard the story of his father's death. As soon as he learned what had happened, the boy determined to search for his father, and, try as she would, his mother could not dissuade him.
As he was departing through the gate of the town with his spear and head axe, Kanag struck his shield and it sounded like a thousand warriors.
"How brave that boy is!" Said the surprised people. "He is braver even than his father."
When he reached the spring of the giantess, he again struck his shield and shouted so that the whole world trembled. Then the giantess said: "I believe that someone is going to fight, and he will have success."
As soon as Kanag reached the place where the old woman, Alokotan, lived, she asked where he was going, and when he had told her, she said: "Your father is dead, but I believe that you will find him, for you have a good sign."
He hurried on and arrived at the place where lightning was, and it asked: "Where are you going, little boy?"
"I am going to Adasen to get my father," answered Kanag.
"Go and stand on that high rock that I may see what your sign is," said the lightning.
So he stood on the high rock, and when the bright flash came he did not move, and the lightning bade him hasten on, as he had a good sign.
The thunder, which saw him passing, also called to ask where he was going, and it commanded him to stand on the high rock. When the thunder made a loud noise, Kanag did not move, and it bade him go on, as his sign was good.
The women of Adasen were at the spring of Gawigawen dipping water, when suddenly they were startled by a great noise. They rose up, expecting to see a thousand warriors coming near; but though they looked all around they could see nothing but a young boy striking a shield.
"Good morning, women who are dipping water," said Kanag. "Tell Gawigawen that he must prepare, for I am coming to fight him."
So all the women ran up to the town and told Gawigawen that a strange boy was at the spring and he had come to fight.
"Go and tell him," said Gawigawen, "that if it is true that he is brave, he will come into the town, if he can."
When Kanag reached the high bank outside the town, he jumped like a flitting bird up the bank into the town and went straight to the spirit house of Gawigawen. He noticed that the roofs of both the dwelling and the spirit houses were of hair, and that around the town were many heads and he pondered: "This is why my father did not return. Gawigawen is a brave man, but I will kill him."
As soon as Gawigawen saw him in the yard he said: "How brave you are, little boy. Why did you come here?"
"I came to get my father," answered Kanag, "for you kept him when he came to get oranges for my mother. If you do not give him to me, I will kill you."
Gawigawen laughed at this brave speech and said, "Why, one of my fingers will fight you. You shall never go back to your town, but you shall stay here and be like your father."
"We shall see," said Kanag. "Bring your arms and let us fight here in the yard."
Gawigawen was beside himself with rage at this bold speech, and he brought his spear and his head axe which was as big as half the sky. Kanag would not throw first, for he wanted to prove himself brave, so Gawigawen took aim and threw his head axe at the boy. Now Kanag used magical power, so that he became an ant and was not hit by the weapon. Gawigawen laughed loudly when he looked around and could not see the boy, for he thought that he had been killed. Soon, however, Kanag reappeared, standing on the head axe, and Gawigawen, more furious than ever, threw his spear. Again Kanag disappeared, and Gawigawen was filled with surprise.
Then it was Kanag's turn and his spear went directly through the body of the giant. He ran quickly and cut off five of the heads, but the sixth he spared until Gawigawen should have shown him his father.
As they went about the town together, Kanag found that the spirit of his father was kept in the house of the giant. Kanag used magical power, and his father came to life.
"Who are you?" Asked Aponitolau. "How long have I slept?"
"I am your son," said Kanag. "You were not asleep, but dead, and here is Gawigawen who kept you. Take my head axe and cut off his remaining head."
So Aponitolau took the head axe, but when he struck Gawigawen it did not injure him.
"What is the matter, Father?" Asked Kanag, and taking the weapon he cut off the sixth head of Gawigawen.
When Aponibolinayen ran to look at the vine by the stove, and it was green and looked like a jungle. Then she knew that her son was alive, and she was happy. When the father and son returned, all the relatives came to their house for a great feast, and all were so happy that the whole world smiled.
First comment lovely story!
Nisha — April 9, 2014
Wonderful story with a beautiful end
Anonymous — October 12, 2015
OOOOOOOOO lala awesome story it's good to be first.
Jessica — April 9, 2014
Dear Bertie can you please put the following books on storynory?
1. Malory towers by Enid Blyton
2. ST. Clares by Enid blyton
3. Nancy drew
4. The baby-sitters club series by Ann M. Martin
5. Main Street series by Ann M. Martin
6. Magic tree house series by Mary Pope Osborn
7. Baby-sitters little sister series by Ann M. Martin
8. Geronimo Stilton books
9. The secret seven series by Enid Blyton
10. famous five series by Enid Blyton
11. Mystery Series by Enid BlytonBertie can you please do the following books on storynory?
1. Malory towers by Enid Blyton
Please reply yes or no.
Malory — April 9, 2014
Dear Malory, We love Enid Blyton, and thank you for the last, but unfortunately we still need the permission of her "estate" – the people who now own her work – to do her books on Storynory, and that would probably mean paying them more than we can afford.
Bertie — April 9, 2014
Miriam — April 9, 2014
dear prince bertie
please make another Katie story
yours truly
Miriam — April 9, 2014
Thank goodness the son didn't die.
Jinhee — April 9, 2014
Thank goodness the son didn't die.
Jinhee — April 9, 2014
Smashing! Honistly
Alison — April 9, 2014
I am SO glad that, even though Bertie was turned back into a prince, you keep making more and more stories. plus they're free, and I hope that you keep making more.
With many good and wonderful blessings,
Jireh — April 9, 2014
Oh, and p.s., please make another katie story.
Yours Truly,
Jireh — April 9, 2014
I love it
ryan — April 10, 2014
Bertie what do you mean by especially the last I mean which book?
Please reply
Malory — April 10, 2014
Ps make a Katie story!! pps I'm looking forword to one. ppps please make a story on my baby-sitting idea.
Nisha — April 10, 2014
Lovely story I think it is grate. :lol:lol
Tessie — April 10, 2014
Janit — April 10, 2014
Oh, and please some more World Fairytales. They are my favorite!
Jireh — April 10, 2014
good storynice story
Gladys — April 10, 2014
My name's Patricia and people often call me Pat. I love storynory!
GPatricia — April 10, 2014
Erica — April 10, 2014
Bertie when's the next Katie story comming out?
Anonymous — April 10, 2014
Lovely story by the way
Margery — April 10, 2014
Bertie when's the next Katie story comming out? Please make one soon! Sorry I couldn't finish my comment
Margery — April 10, 2014
Awesome story!
Lucy — April 10, 2014
Good storyGood old storynory!I enjoyed it
Isabel — April 10, 2014
this is lovely
Hilary — April 10, 2014
Yes thank you SO much!
I loved the first Aponibolinayen folk story…
Thanks for finally doing my request of a Filipino story!
LIANNE — April 10, 2014
Dear Lianne you see we do eventually keep our promises !
Bertie — April 12, 2014
When will you make another Bertie story? What about something with the pond life? I love Storynory!
Ela G. — April 11, 2014
Apolibolinayen forever!
Ela G. — April 11, 2014
Bertie what do you mean by especially the last I mean which book? Please write back soon.
Malory — April 11, 2014
I like it. HHoping for another katie soon.
Abbygale — April 11, 2014
Waiting for Katie
Janit — April 11, 2014
I love this story and many stories on the website
Ana Farrell — April 11, 2014
i hope you guys do stories from JAMAICA which is a small island in the Caribbean they are awsome stories from there GREAT JOB ON ALL YOUR STORIES
TIANDRA S. MCKENIZIE — April 12, 2014
Bertie why don't you reply to my question?
Malory — April 12, 2014
Bertie please moderrate my comment!
By the way nice story.
Tessie — April 12, 2014
Awweeessssooooommmmmmeeeeeee Sttooorrrryyyy
Belinda — April 12, 2014
Nice story love it
Rita — April 12, 2014
The Phillipines always wright interresting story's
Aalisha — April 12, 2014
Can you make more greek myths please ?
Houston — April 15, 2014
Bertie please reply!
Why don't you reply?
Malory — April 15, 2014
Hi Malory I am really sorry I do not understand the context of your question about the book.
Bertie — April 15, 2014
What a lovely story!
sheila — April 15, 2014
ooooooo nice story!
Katie — April 15, 2014
I'm so popular on storynory!
Hay I was just jokihng
Katie — April 15, 2014
nice story
WiWin — April 15, 2014
awesome good story thanks
Winny — April 15, 2014
I love Aponibolinayen stories! SO great, different, unique! Please make more Aponibolinayen stories, and I would like to make a request for more stories from Scotland, too!
Mila — April 15, 2014
Mila we will do a couple more Scottish stories because Geoffrey has such a great accent.
Bertie — April 15, 2014
More Greek Myths by Elizabeth, please!
Mila — April 15, 2014
Bertie when I asked you to put those books on storynory you replied to me saying
dear Malory, We love Enid Blyton, and thank you for the last, but unfortunately we still need the permission of her "estate" – the people who now own her
work – to do her books on Storynory, and that would probably mean paying them more than we can afford.
So I asked you what do you mean by thankyou for the last.
Malory — April 16, 2014
Hi Malory Enid Blyton died a while ago but her family now own her books copyright. We would have to pay them to publish her stories and we can't afford to do that.
Bertie — April 16, 2014
nice story.
Karlotta — April 16, 2014
Nice story what's the next Katie story?
P.s. I'm waiting and waiting for one!!!
Olivia — April 16, 2014
Oh Bertie why don't you understand! In your earlier comment you said and thankyou for the last. What do you mean by and thankyou is my question.
Malory — April 17, 2014
I mean what do you mean by and thankyou for the last. I mean which book do you mean?
Malory — April 17, 2014
Dear Malory this is the question I just don't quite understand.
Bertie — April 17, 2014
Bertie you write original stories for storynory. oWhich is your favourite series of original stories?
Love Mavis
Malor — April 17, 2014
Dear Malor, I do think Bertie and the Pancakes was a good story because it's quite touching. From the Katie stories, I like maybe The Magic Chocolate best because I remember us laughing a lot when we recorded it.
Bertie — April 17, 2014
My name is Mavis I don't know how Malor was written there I wrote Mavis.
Mavis — April 17, 2014
Hi I'm Darrell.
Darrell — April 17, 2014
nice story I like it from Ruth
Ruth — April 17, 2014
Awesome story.
Connie — April 17, 2014
Love it
Gwendoline — April 17, 2014
Clarissa — April 17, 2014
Irene — April 17, 2014
Hi I'm your newest and biggest fan!!
Sally — April 17, 2014
Dear Sally, I hope you keep listening. Welcome.
Bertie — April 17, 2014
Hi, i'm from Indonesia.
Love this site! i hope can improve my english ^_^
Marchelina — April 17, 2014
Oh Bertie just forget about it now!
I don't understand what I wrote! How funny!
Olivia — April 18, 2014
Bertie my name's Malory you know that I don't know how it changed to Olivia. I read Mavis' comment and I think that the same problem was with her.
Malory — April 18, 2014
Bertie I told you that my name is Mavis!
Mavis — April 18, 2014
I love Olivia's idea about the story of the year.
Nisha — April 19, 2014
Bertie I had suggested an idea about Katie and Isis starting a baby-sitting club in Katie's magic personality part two on the comments page. Now I have another idea. If you are going to make a story on that Baby-sitting idea of mine, I have another idea after that. It's a connection.
A new girl comes to Katie's school, and her name is Belinda, (or whatever name it's up to you to decide), and she likes both Katie and Isis. They become best friends. Then Katie asks the new girl to join the baby-sitting club and she agrees. Before she joins, Katie and Isis ask her if she had done any baby-sitting earlier. And she says that she started baby-sitting when she was nine, and that she saved some kids from a fire.
Nisha — April 19, 2014
Dear Nisha, I like the idea about Katie and baby sitting, though I am not sure it has to be a club. Many thanks for the idea.
Bertie — April 19, 2014
Hey Bertie I had written a comment and I found that its not moderrated just now!
I had written it days and days ago, but its still not moderrated. Please do that soon
Nisha — April 19, 2014
Dear Nisha, I'm really sorry I am afraid I can't find your comment.
Bertie — April 19, 2014
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Bridget — April 19, 2014
Lovely story. Bertie from where do you get such awesome stories?
Maureen — April 19, 2014
love this story!
Jess — April 20, 2014
Hi Bertie Please make it a club. Its okay if that comment of mine is not modderrated. Please modderrate my comments next time.
Nisha — April 21, 2014
Bertie my favourite bBertie story is Bertie in oh I don't know what place that was I fergot. But My favourite Katie story is Katie and the cat swap both the parts.
Nisha — April 21, 2014
Bertie I'm sorry for the spelling mistakes I mean Bertie and Forgot.
Sorry for da mistakes.
Nisha — April 21, 2014
Bertie you understand what "da" means don't you?
If not please reply and say no if you don't.Bertie you
Nisha — April 21, 2014
Dear Nisha Thanks for your comments. Does "da" = "the" ?
Bertie — April 22, 2014
Bertie I don't know what happened to me today I am
I was buisy yesterday because it was easter and the internet wasn't working.making a lot of mistakes. Sorry for that.
Nisha — April 21, 2014
I think its a problem with the computer I don't know what's happening.
Nisha — April 21, 2014
I'm sorry for writing so many comments. I know its a little too much.
Nisha — April 21, 2014
When is a new story comming out?
Lidia — April 22, 2014
Yes it means "the"
Nisha — April 23, 2014
It is very good story
kadim — April 24, 2014
Why couldn't the father chop of the giants last head.
Was he to kind and compassionate for such a deed or was it something else!
And with the power to heal any wound he created he truly did sound like the sun, not just some humble warrior!
Asa — April 24, 2014
Rebecca — April 29, 2014
that was amazing
matthew — April 30, 2014
I loved it ! It was awesome, and amazing! Do you have any similar story's? PPPPPLLLEASSE answer me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Samuel — May 3, 2014
This tale is so inspiring,i love tell bicos i believe in magic.Is u fight by magic or by human strenght:all is same as power!
Malodith — May 6, 2014
Great!!but please tell the story of Ganesha in India!!
gaia — June 3, 2014
The suns name is aponitalou in his human form
bianca — August 11, 2014
Thank you Blanca for explaining that. Now I understand.
Bertie — August 13, 2014
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Bertie,please make more asian stories!You see,I'm asian.
.?? .?.????????????? — September 16, 2014
Bertie I just turned 8!
..... — September 16, 2014
Great story
C — September 18, 2014
Have a suggestion for a series. Why don't you do an Indian mythical tale like Mahabaratha. This is just a suggestion by the way.
Sona — September 24, 2014
Dear Sona, we are planning to do the Ramayana. Would you like that?
Bertie — September 24, 2014
Bertie, I want more Katie stories
Sandy — September 26, 2014
it is really good
kevin — October 15, 2014
Dear Bertie,
Have you seen the movie Big Hero 6?
Love ❤,
Bianca — November 18, 2014
It stunk!
Mr.K — December 11, 2014
It was wonderful! P.S Mr.K is just crazy!
Olivia8 — January 19, 2015
I am glad that it turned out all right!
Cec — January 19, 2015
Cecily julich — January 19, 2015
LULU — February 6, 2015
i like when he turned into a catapilar
brian — March 13, 2015
it was good been longer it be better
joe — March 23, 2015
helen — April 15, 2015
Dear Bertie
Have you seen the NEW movie Inside Out?? If u haven't watch the trailer on youtube just search "Inside Out Trailer"
Love Harrison 🙂
Harrison — September 3, 2015
Hello Harrison, yes Inside Out is amazing, very original. Thank you.
Jana Elizabeth — September 3, 2015
Ehm Ok…
Harrison — September 7, 2015
Best Story I have heard in a YEAR..
😀 😀 😀 😛 😛 😛
Harrison — September 7, 2015
Wonderful story
Ezra — October 12, 2015
Good thing Kanag got his dad back-could have been fatherless.
BENEDICT — October 19, 2015
Me beard be weird but this story be good
captain wierdbeird — December 13, 2015
That is so weird.
Collete — July 11, 2016
I like the story.????
Calle — February 6, 2016
I looooooooooooooove this story! Who doesn't like oranges?
Collete — June 26, 2016
Good the Son didden't die,
too bad the dad died
I listen to storynory.com at school Mabye I will see my own comment!!!??❤
Natalie.E — November 23, 2016
Yes you will Natalie, thank you for commenting. Hope you enjoyed the story
Jana Elizabeth — November 23, 2016
The story was great(:
jj isaac — April 28, 2017
I love this story a bit cause it Said's my friends brother
🤤🤤 — November 28, 2017
Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤😄😄😀😀❤
Eva — June 3, 2019
I love your stories this story is one of my favorite 😍💖💕💞❤
EL — May 22, 2020