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This summer will mark the 20-Year Anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer film with Kristy Swanson, which also means that it's been fifteen years since Buffy premiered on WB.
"You're not like other girls."
I was never a big fan of the film, but how could I not take this opportunity to celebrate one of the best sci-fi heroines of all time on her birthday?
The important thing is that I kept up my special birthday tradition of gut-wrenching misery and horror. --Helpless, Season 3
Let me tell you, girlfriend. Just wait till you're thirty.
What can I say about Buffy that hasn't already been said? (If you're reading this, you probably already know there's even an academic discipline devoted to Buffy studies, which is so, so awesome.)
Buffy was not my first sci-fi feminist icon, but she has probably been the most influential on my life and writing. Much of this can be credited to the whip-smart dialogue-- even the cheesiest episodes (by which I mean campy, not episodes that feature cheese, which, believe it or not, is a thing in the Buffyverse) are imminently quotable. Not a day goes by that I don't bust out some Buffyspeak:
"Fire bad. Tree pretty."
"Your logic does not resemble our earth logic."
"Not cruisin' past that concept anytime soon, are ya?"
"Gone. Note the economy of phrasing: gone."
And so forth.
But perhaps most importantly I was inspired by the humanity at the core of the story. Yes, there were monsters in Sunnydale, but far more importantly, there were people. Good people, not-so-good people, it didn't matter—they were all people I cared about.
The friendship between Buffy, Giles, Willow and Xander were the heart of the show, but I loved the character development and its resulting relationships across seven seasons, even among the villains, like the Mayor and Faith, and Spike and Drusilla. Action and adventure were all well and good, but my favorite things are the quiet, little moments, like Buffy hinting that Giles should take her to the Ice Capades, or pretty much every Willow and Oz scene ever.
So, in honor of Buffy's 20th birthday, I thought I'd share my top five favorite episodes:
#5 – Tie. "The Prom" and "Anne"
I couldn't limit it to just five, okay? So sue me.
"The Prom" is the penultimate episode of Season 3, the season with the Mayor.
Best. Villain. Ever.
Best. Villain. Ever.
This episode is more significant than "Anne" in the scope of the Buffyverse, since it marks the end of so many of the early story arcs—Buffy and Angel, Xander and Cordelia, Faith, high school. Which meant there were any number of poignant moments, and the writers did not disappoint. Buffy being awarded Class Protector. Cordelia finding out that Xander secretly purchased her prom dress. And my all-time favorite, Willow holding Buffy's head in her lap as Buffy cries over her break-up with Angel: "I can't breathe, Will. I feel like I can't breathe."
Aside from that, the episode's Monster of the Week plot was pretty funny. Some maladjusted kid (who turns out to be Andrew's brother, Tucker) raised these hell hounds to unleash on the prom. "You think formal wear makes them crazy? Wait till they see the mirror ball." Hee.
As for "Anne," I really like this ep because it appeals very much to my feminist sensibilities. Buffy runs away from home and lives in LA for a while, where she meets this street urchin named Lily. It's about girls looking out for each other. That's it, really.
On a shallow note, it has one of my favorite fight scenes in the series, with Buffy hopping onto this raised platform thingie all gladiator-style and kicking ass.
It also has one of my all-time favorite lines in the series:
Buffy: Hey, Ken, wanna see my impression of Gandhi? (beats him to death with something heavy)
Lily: (doubtfully) Gandhi?
Buffy: Well, y'know. He was really pissed off.
#4 – Revelations
In this episode, Faith gets assigned a new Watcher, Ms. Gwendolyn Post. Ms. Post, of course, turns out to be a renegade Watcher who is interested in procuring a powerful magical artifact. She is brilliant, professional, cold, and has no qualms whatsoever about using Faith to get what she wants.
I love this episode because the characterization is simply brilliant—and devastating. It said so much about Faith's emotional vulnerability that she could be manipulated by someone like Post, and Post is the fatal event that turned her forever away from trusting the Scooby gang and ultimately putting her on the path to villainy. Heavy, heavy stuff.
And, on a feminist note, I loved that they made the Post character a woman. I love a great female villain as much as a great heroine.
#3 – The Gift
"She Saved the World. A Lot."
Buffy dies at the end (again). Yeah, she did it to save the world and all, but most importantly, she did it to protect her sister, Dawn.
I cry. Every time.
#2 – Restless
Dream sequences. You either love 'em or you hate 'em. Obviously, I love them, or this ep wouldn't be on my list. (Come to think of it, you may have some major problems with the Buffyverse altogether if you are at all opposed.) I think a well-placed and well-written dream sequence can be an amazing literary device—they're poetic, they provide major insight into the character having the dream, and, in the case of this episode, it can provide some pretty hefty foreshadowing. "Be back before Dawn!"
Favorite lines:
Tara: The Slayer does not walk in this world.
Buffy: I walk. I talk. I shop. I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out, and I don't sleep on a bed of bones. Now give me back my friends!
Coyote and I have watched and discussed this episode often. It was the inspiration for Kate's mushroom trip in Carcosa. Coyote's resulting observation on dreams: "Sometimes, it's just your head trips. Sometimes, it's the First Slayer. And sometimes, it's just the guy with the cheese."
#1– The Wish
It was a close call between this and "Restless" as my favorite episode of all time.
Slayer lore is definitely a source of inspiration for the O4S character, Alyssa Calderon. There are elements of both Buffy and Faith in her, but this episode, in particular, with a hardened, fatalistic version of Buffy, sporting combat boots and a mean scar across her lip—yep, that's where I got Alyssa.
In this episode, Cordelia is granted one wish by a vengeance demon. She wishes that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. We are given a glimpse into a terrible alternate universe in which vampires are in charge and many of our beloved characters are either dead or turned into vamps.
In this episode, Cordelia is granted one wish by a vengeance demon. She wishes that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. We are given a glimpse into a terrible alternate universe in which vampires are in charge and many of our beloved characters are either dead or turned into vamps.
I cry at this one, too, every time I see alterna-Buffy gets killed by the Master. Apparently, I'm a sucker for seeing the heroine bite it. (Er, no pun . . . puns . . . intended.)
What are YOUR favorite Buffy moments?


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This is the "half-life." So, in two half-lives, or 11,460 years, only one-quarter of that in living organisms at present, then it has a theoretical age of 11,460 years.
Clearly, such huge time periods cannot be fitted into the Bible without compromising what the Bible says about the goodness of God and the origin of sin, death and suffering—the reason Jesus came into the world (See Six Days? He said, This only makes sense with a time-line beginning with the creation week thousands of years ago.
It makes no sense at all if man appeared at the end of billions of years.
So, we have a "clock" which starts ticking the moment something dies.
Obviously, this works only for things which were once living.
It cannot be used to date volcanic rocks, for example.The rate of decay of N in 5,730 years (plus or minus 40 years).


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SHANGHAI, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China and the European Union have strengthened their cooperation in space technology to better monitor climate change and improve the ability to prevent and control natural disasters.
At a conference entitled "Let's Embrace Space" , held by the EU pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo, Reinhard Schulte Braucks, head of Unit Space Research and Development, European Commission, said air pollution is a common problem facing the entire world. He said China and the EU should strengthen cooperation and act to improve air quality monitoring.
Further, China' s Ministry of Science and Technology and the European Space Agency are conducting a cooperation project-DRAGONESS, which is China' s largest international cooperation project in the field of earth observation.
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Braucks said China has many resources that the EU doesn' t have. China has sent many satellites into orbit, which can provide a large quantity of important data. Besides that, he said Chinese and European scientists are able to share their complementary knowledge regarding space and technology.
Zhang Peng, a researcher with the National Satellite Meteorological Center of the China Meteorological Administration, said "Within the framework of DRAGONESS, Chinese and European scientists combine the satellite data of the two sides to monitor the climate and offer advice to the environmental protection departments."
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Gao Zhihai, a researcher with the Institute of Resources Information of the Chinese Academy of Forestry Sciences, said Sino-EU cooperation also plays an important role in natural disaster monitoring.
"After the two devastating earthquakes in Wenchuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province in 2008, and in Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province in 2010, the EU provided China with timely disaster monitoring data which effectively supported the disaster relief works and rehabilitation," Gao said.
He added "The two sides should strengthen sharing and application of space research data in the future to improve the monitoring and evaluation of earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters."
Piao Shilong, a professor with Peking University, said the university and EU launched a joint project in April this year to study the carbon sources and carbon sinks in China.
A carbon sink is a component of the carbon cycle that stores more carbon than it emits into the atmosphere. A sink can be likened to a water well. Forests and soils can become carbon sinks.X The three year project will be of great importance in controlling emissions of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, and curbing the negative effects of human activities in global climate change, Piao said.
"Through the project, China can obtain a clear picture of its carbon budget on the terrestrial ecosystem," Piao said.
"China' s carbon sinks are no less than those in Europe. About 28 to 37 percent of industrial carbon emissions can be offset, similar to the level in the United States," Piao said.
The outcome of the Sino-EU joint research will answer how much greenhouse gases can be absorbed by the terrestrial system in China. The research will also provide a scientific basis for developing policies regarding curbing greenhouse gases, Piao added.


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text: The week in film - in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Sacha Baron Cohen is the man with the golden gun at the UK premiere of The Dictator while Rihanna rocks the US premiere of Battleship Fri 11 May 2012 11.42 EDT First published on Fri 11 May 2012 11.42 EDT Call that an armoured car? The entourage of General Aladeen, Supreme Leader of the Republic of Wadiya arrives at a public ceremony in the centre of London. In other words, actor Sacha Baron Cohen and crew turn up for the premiere of The Dictator at the Royal Festival Hall Photograph: Jon Furniss/WireImage Facebook Twitter Pinterest Baron Cohen steps out and fondles his golden gun in front of the crowds. Can't say the presidential guard look too entranced; the ones at the back are practically asleep. Wake up, this man could be assassinated at any minute! Photograph: Tal Cohen/AFP/Getty Images Facebook Twitter Pinterest Oh look, a lone protester has broken through the police lines, but Baron Cohen bravely takes him on. As the protester in question is clearly Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, I don't suppose anyone's life is in real danger Photograph: Fred Duval/Getty Images Facebook Twitter Pinterest Here's proper talent: Ben Stiller looking all director-y on the set of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty in New York. Stiller's actually got a great record as a director: Reality Bites, The Cable Guy, Zoolander, Tropic Thunder; the guy deserves a medal Photograph: Bobby Bank/WireImage Facebook Twitter Pinterest A smart bit of promo from the people behind low-budget UK indie The Silver Goat – the 'first ever' iPad film premiere, so they say, in a London bus shelter. Here's the cast; lead Alexa Brown is the one in the middle Photograph: Sam Pearce/www.square-image.co.uk Facebook Twitter Pinterest Here's how to do a premiere properly. Gossip-mag staple Rihanna is snapped by photographers as she makes her way on Thursday into the US premiere of Battleship, her first big Hollywood number. Wonder why she gets so much attention Photograph: Danny Moloshok/REUTERS Facebook Twitter Pinterest When you're a Hollywood big shot, you need at least three people to help you get through a door. Bruce Willis, on the set of Die Hard 5 (aka A Good Day to Die Hard) in the Hungarian capital Budapest, takes pampering to a whole new level. So that's why he's got that smirk going Photograph: Bea Kallos/AP Facebook Twitter Pinterest More premiere action: Josh Brolin, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones make an entrance for Men in Black 3 in Tokyo. Smith's suit wins by a nose Photograph: Rex Features/Aflo Facebook Twitter Pinterest Here's how to really impress. Jack Black and Kyle Gass, in their guise as 'funny' rockers Tenacious D, play for actual normal people on a street. Don't think they were busking as such; they were apparently filming a show for the website VEVO. Never mind, everyone looks happy – apart from that kid, who just looks confused Photograph: Angela Weiss/WireImage Facebook Twitter Pinterest How to get a grant, part 47. Polish animator Zbigniew Rybczynski gets all knightly with Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice-president in charge of the Digital Agenda, at an EC meeting in Brussels. Absolutely shameless Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA Facebook Twitter Pinterest Helena Bonham Carter has a good go at emulating her poster image at the Dark Shadows premiere in London's Leicester Square on Wednesday. Nice try – but, duh, it's the wrong hand Photograph: Jon Furniss/WireImage Facebook Twitter Pinterest Topics Sacha Baron Cohen Week in film Film industry Ben Stiller Rihanna Bruce Willis Will Smith Tommy Lee Jones


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Marden'ant send Ioana on a mission where she must proove herself worthy of being his apprentice: to kill Reyne.
She locates Reyne and she follows him around like a hunter stalking the prey.
She finds out that Reyne has deep feelings for a jedi woman ,Serenity.And so,she makes a plan,to lure Reyne in a trap.
She captures Serenity,and meets with Reyne,to inform him that his dear Jedi woman is in gepardy and may allready be dead.
Captured by fury,Reyne activates a power whitin him,and tries to extract the memories of Ioana in order to find out where is Serenity being held.
This action weakens him but the life of Serenity is in his hands..
Ioana only laughs with excitement as Reyne rushes to the place...
As Reyne enteres the cave,the smell of death floods his nostrils.
The dim light guided him on as the sound of cracking bones clutched at his feet.
Then he started hearing things-strange echoes.
Howling tones,sharp ones too.
WHISPERED CHILD VOICE: Shattered are the icons of the worthless.The Goddess scorned is a Valkyrie born.
Scattered are the wings of the virulent holy.Leave their husks to be the prey of vultures and dogs.
All along the walls hanged cages of different shapes and sizes.Some still with putrefied body remains stuck in it.
And on the walls,painted in red,were all kinds of mystic signs of ancient secret dark arts.
WHISPERED SHARP VOICE:She who fain would learn all sorcery Yet has not won its deepest secrets.
A strange feeling of familiarity stroke Reyne,altough he could not tell why he got that.
He passed by near a small hexagonal pool,filled with blood and cadavres.Ne noticed on a carefull look that on some of the corpses were carved letters.
As he focused on desciffre it,the answer came clear to him.All of the mutilated bodyes,and the severe heads carried only one deepcarved word :
Then he suddentlly saw himself carving the name on someone,feeling the shiverness and fear of the body he pearched with a vibroknife.
WHISPERED CHILD's VOICE:I kill without scruple or silent regret ,in haunts of the sinister lunar aspect.For I am the pleasure that comes from your pain
Tiny red miracles falling like... rain(reyne).
Above the crimson pool hanged all kinds of chains with handcuffs at the end.For a second he saw her tied there,
but the image soon dissapeared as he kept mooving forward on the skull paved path.
As he walked deeper into the cave the voices becamed more clearer.They seemed distant yet present.
Howling tones,sharp ones too
.Where this sounds were coming,Reyne could not tell.
WHISPERED SHARP VOICE:She sleeps beyond the grace of god-A dreaming beauty.If wishes could only fray that bond, the dead would sing for me....
Then he noticed.A few metters away there were two prison cells.His heart skipped a beat as he rushed in that direction.
WHISPERED LOW VOICE:I sense her that waits for me there ,dancing with the statues in the pale moonlight ,
the velveret whisper at play with her hair.
Serenity was held in one of the cells.She was uncounscious and her body showed no particular signs of torture.
WHISPERED CHILD VOICE:Will they know of majesty ,the angel's held in dream-dead sleep and scarlet seas that bleed the frozen shores?
Reyne felt releaved to see her alive and searched for a cell release button.
His body mooved heavilly as pain struck him.His last encounter with Ioana weakened him greatlly.
As he failed to find a way to free Serenity,he pauses,angered telling to himself:
"I wont stop until I find a way to free you,Serenity!"
Her purple veiled silhouette was sitting still.She was dressed in ritualic garments.Her white marbled hands were tied above her head.
Her long hair was let loose,glowing in scarlet accents over her bare shoulders and down to her reavealed chest.Her eyes were veiled.
Sorrow could be read on her porcelain visage.
Reyne-seeing her in this way,disturbed him.In the darkest hour,his eyes stumbled upon an image undoubtelly sensual.
This tought ashamed him.It was like a sacrilege,like undressing purity and finding passionate impulses.
TREMORED WHISPERED VOICE:A wicked spell cast over me ,Addicted to her utterly-despite the horrors that shattered ,beneath the beautiful sedated angel.
The voices all around start to speak at the same time: Thee I invoke, bornless one..All woman, pure predator.Wherein conspiracy and impulse dwell
Like a seething fall from grace...
**A diabolical laughter starts filling the air.The sound comes from everywhere but no other presence is to be sensed near.**
DIABOLICAL VOICE:My crown is fire, the morbid sinews of lust.Like strings to be pulled, and cut I will make my puppets dance.
The men will bow down before me,to take my flesh as lucid thoughts of dark, unbridled lust.
I am all these things and more...Thus I await you, Reyne of the Light-to bring you pain,and the bride of death itself!!
Reyne recognised Ioana's voice.He looked around mad with anger holding his hand on the hilt of the lightsaber ,but she was not to be sensed near.
Diabolical voice:I saw how you were looking at her.Many never want to see,as many never want to know what truth lies behind their fantasies-Their deepest needs.
Let alone be shown to them.
Reyne tried to ignore her poisonous words,as he focused on the surroundings,keeping his guard up.The pain in his body made him grind once more.
DIABOLICAL VOICE:I wonder,If you could take her from there,would you threat her more kindly than me?
Would you not dream to tear appart that perfect inocence?And cover her with fire burning kisses that should melt her snow-like skin?
She is weak,Reyne.But you are not!
REYNE: I am not like you. I love her, and I would sacrifice myself for her. You confuse love with lust ,you crazy bitch!
TREMORED WHISPERED VOICE:My queen,She is martyred to teach
SHARP WHISPER: That divinity and Lust
WHISPERED CHILD VOICE:Are forever forbidden to meet.
Reyne:Show yourself,Coward!
DIABOLICAL VOICE:Leave her at this end.It would mean a pity,I believe.
The likes of her are only to amuse the likes of us!And you are a monster as well,Reyne!
I saw it today.His true power.You think you can controll that entity for long?
REYNE: I will never harm Serenity, vile monster.There is nothing that matters more to me than her life.
I would see myself dead before I'll let anything bad happen to her. You will never understand, because you will never feel love, or friendship,or devotion.
And I pity you for that!
DIABOLICAL VOICE:One day it will thirst for its true calling!And you would not stop him!He will take control and he will have his blood tribute.
Reyne began to feel the rage taking control of him,making his blood boil, and his eyes began to cast purple glimps of fire.
And Serenity moved,as if nightmares took over her.
Reyne-tryes to touch her forgetting for a moment about the laser shield of the cell.But the paine quickly reminded him.
At that moment She screamed-
And she clutched her right hand.
she could feel that...?this is not possible.how can it be...if it is,tough..then tonight our fate is sealed.
If im gonna survive this Devil she is gonna live.I'f not I'm gonna take the both of us to our graves.."
"Run...Run.."serenity started to mumble.She was waking up."Reyne...I feel you're..allready weakened..You can't face her like this..
I can..I am prepared ..to ..face my ..end"
"Go..you still have time to escape from this trap..My Reyne..You have no ideea of what this monster is capable of!"
As she spoked a suddent burst of lightning stroke her.
DIABOLICAL VOICE: Silence puppet
REYNE:How dare you!raged Reyne looking around to find the monster queen.
Serenity:Listen to me..aaah..The things I saw..I can never bear to see it happening to you..Reyne..
Reyne looked at Serenity and whispered to her:
You are my life now,Senenity.And I will take you away from this hell.I swear that!
Hearing his words,made her feel strong and fear started to fade from her heart.
Serenity:She killed..so many..and made me watch..guiltless people..whitout reason..she must be punished.
Serenity's words start to make Reyne remember something...And he sees himself doing the killings.
She was restrained in the blood pool,and still cried as he...no not he..as sHe wrote on the screaming victims the name of "Reyne".
WHISPERED CHILD VOICE::She lusts for the wind and the flurry of leaves, and the perfume of flesh on the murderous breeze..
WHISPERED TREMORED VOIDE:To learn from the dark and the voices between,to baithe in the blood,Our remorceless Queen.
Reyne starts living a memory so vividly.He is lost away in this.
"There was a good hunt that day.The girl's shouts lured some of the scouts in the area.And quite a few imperialists.It didn't matter.
Prey is prey no matter what side of the war it comes from.
It would've been more interesting if the jedi brat just kept shouting and asking for help but no,she had to try and resist.Foulish.
And nothing was more pleasing than to make that white milky skin of hers pinkish and red.And it tasted good too.
It was hard to resist not to start cutting it trough,and her screams only made it sweeter.But the plan was perfect and needed to be fullffiled.
When you manipulate ones mind you have to learn how to wait.The victory allways tastes better in the end.And there was fun to this.
Lining up the bounded worms.Writing that name on their foreheads so that little girl would get only more paranoid and scared.And then the fun began.
One would say that cutting trough flesh all day,or removing organs from its sockets would get boring at some point.
Even the sounds might tire you in the end.
That is only a lie!There is never enough blood to spill around.And her cute little horrofied face."I made her eat all the eyes."...
DIABOLICAL VOICE:And now,dear Reyne,your faith is sealed.Let my memories that grow inside you,my devoted servants,eat your rotten soul to core!
WHISPERED CHILD VOICE:And she will come, as if in dream, My languid, dark and lustrous Zabrak Queen...
TREMORED WHISPERED VOICE:Of vengeful, ancient breed, Gilded with the pelts of many enemies...
SHARP WISPERED VOICE:Ioana, raven-haired ,Thy seduction haunts the castle in horrorfied despair...
Sensing that his toughts are darkened,Serenity tries to reach him trough the Force to calm his spirit.But the sedatives made it hard for her to concentrate.
Serenity's cry brought him back.But he was not the same..
"His hands were drenched in blood as all those screems echoed in his ears.All those souls..All those bones..All that madness.."
As his eyes fell on Serenity he suddently bowed his head and looked down.He knew now what she went trough..And he saw himself doing it."
TREMORED WHISPERED VOICE:And so was sealed,in ruby glows that shattered,on her pale marbled skin.The echoes of his name
"On her back amongst the large numbers of fresh made wounds,five scarlet letters were cut in her pale white skin..
WHISPERED VOICE:To the depths of Her soul they pursued,Wielding their poisonous mark..
REYNE: How dare you...how.
."voice changes"
You just keep killing innocents one by one. Now you trully made me angry !!! "
Then Serenity felt it.His transformation.He was not Reyne anymore..
His eyes turned
,and all around him there was this energy,powerfull and vile raging from the dephs of his new manifested counscience.
DIABOLICAL VOICE:The most beautifull trap,to still ones sanity.And in return to gladly pave his pshico path with demented bloodlust.
SHARP WHISPER:Eternity
WHISPERED CHILD VOICE:Damnation
TREMORED WHISPERED VOICE:Salvation
ALL THE VOICES IN UNISON:Stigmata plague
Reyne felt as tough his mind and actions started to be controlled by another.
It was that familiar feeling again,that allways followed him.Like there was a presence whitinh him ,lethargic and potent.
Sensing how pure energy fill his veins and how his mind is becoming subdued to the Entity completly ,he closed his eyes and smiled to himself:
"they say that when you make an angel cry,you do not desrve to live!I'm gonna make that bitch pay for it!
And I am gonna live!and you are going to be there by my side ,Serenity!"
opened his eyes casting sparks of purple fire.
voice was raged and profund.
:"Show yourself decadent beast!It is time you'll end this delusional reign oh horror!"
DIABOLICAL VOICE:After I will be done with you,and that will happen quick,I'm gonna take my time with her!
WHISPERED SHARP VOICE:..To decorate her cave
THEMORED WHISPERED VOICE:..with the crushed inocence of a naked carcass.
From the shadows that hissed,Ioana appeared to Reyne.She was dressed in a ceremonial gown.
And her malice eyes that glowed like gold cast poisonous glimmers.
ignited his lightsaber as he approached steadilly the Zabrak.
:For all your crimes...You shall pay!!For all that pain and fear you inflicted,You shall die!
Her diabolical laughter poisoned the air as she dissapeared from his sight once more.
faded into shadows trying to locate the beast in his mind.
stroke,blindly..but smiled at the sound of her scream."You reak of blood.And that stench makes you quite trackable."
Ioana started laughing as she engulfed Reyne in a tremorous lightning.
As his body trembled in shock,he tried to resist and slowly mooved towards Ioana.
Just when she intensified the lightning bolts
quickly grabbed her by the head,and started to slowly crush her skull with just one hand.
rage was intense.It made his breath turn into steams.As Ioana started to strugle under his pressure.
just grinned at her useless attempt to break free,tasting her suffering in the upcoming death.
Marden'ant:Let her go ,Reyne.
feels two red eyes behind him and he suddently lets Ioana fall on the floor as he faces the newcomer.
Marden'Ant was watching
with fury in his dark red eyes.He felt the power of his former apprentice.
It was like Reyne was someone else now ,more stronger with the dark side than ever before.
watched Marden with intense curiousity.
:Oh! So you are Reyne's former master...how pathetic...how far has fallen the sith order today..tsk tsk tsk,said
shaking his head.
Marden'ant hold his hand on his blade
's words made him Force leap over to Reyne ,preparing to strike him with his shining deadly blade.
skillfully dodges Marden's strike grinning.
As he met
despising look upon him,Marden'ant starts to force choke his former apprentice.
only grinnes maniacally feeling the grip on his troat rising his body in the air.
:You will fall Marden....and Reyne will be there, to see it.
Serenity: Leave him alone,monster!
Only then Marden notices Serenity locked and tied up in the cell.He is suddentlly amused by this scene and his eyes fell upon Ioana that is uncounscious on the ground.
He ponders for a moment keeping Reyne in the grip and looks back at Serenity.He then concentrates on the cell and crushes it.
Marden'ant:If you want this worm to live another second heal my apprentice.
Rising from the ground ,with her hands still tied,Serenity nods at Marden and kneels next to Ioana thinking about Reyne.She starts to channel low healing waves on Ioana's body.
Sounds of battle were herd outside.This made all of them to react.
An ideea then striked Serenity's mind.It was clear she and Reyne might never make it alive.There was something that needed to be done and quick.And so,she starts to concentrate falling in a deep thrance state.
The ground beneath them started to tremble.And rocks started to fall from above.Small ones at first,but large ones started to follow.
Marden'ant grined at the distraction.
"I shall leave you to your graves,worthless scums!"
He looked over at Ioana who started to wake up unaware of her surroundings.
Perhaps she deserved to die with the rest.After all,she failed.But there was something about her that Marden'ant couldn't quite put his finger on.So he took her from the ground into his arms and faded into darkness.
rises from the ground and looks at the huge rocks that fall from within the cave.He then notices Serenity ,passed out on the floor."Reyne wants this girl to live..His will to live depends on her existance,it seems.Very well.."
takes Serenity into his arms and goes towards the exit."I hope you will get over this,Reyne.For this path would only lead you to deception and bitter toughts."
He was heading to the only place he found in Reyne's heart connected to Serenity...atop a mountain, near the ledge, on Alderaan...
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:51 am
For those who didnt get to experience this first hand, let me just say that as a passive observer (and due to location generic mob spawn killer) the way this story was acted out and put across was indeed spectacular.
Ioana had pre written parts of the script up front for ease of some of the initial speech, so was copying and pasting like a mad woman in places but the effect was impressive and well deserved a bigger audience.
*Big Well Done* from me
So to the point of this post
This is an expansion of the existing Marden 'ant plotline bringing in more characters and potential enemies and is aimed at bringing more of us as a Guild into the RP. (pleanty more room for plot yet)
If you have any ideas or want to be more involved let the guild know .. no matter how small the idea i'm sure there are people who can and will help flesh it out into something more should you wish.
Think of all your classic TV series/books/movies that last several series and have an overall plot arc that runs across them all.
Thats what some of us would like to help develop on the server as a place where you truly are playing the republic hero of your own little movie. (Not sure the poor Sith get heroes -
but if thats nt for you don't panic .. just come along and have fun.
signing off for now.
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:11 pm
I just wanted to say that this Rp session would had not been possible in the location Raynd choose so perfectly without Cavella and Shinkay!!!Thank you guys for escorting fellow sith chars and protecting their arses!
And as Cav sugested we want to extend the story and we need volunteers!!!Especially sith chars!!
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:14 pm
This event sounded freaking unbelievable! I can't believe I missed it D:
In terms of RP with Mard, and developing the story further, I'd love for Telretha to be a part of that.
Once again, amazing event, and incredible write-up Ioana :3
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Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:58 am
Thank you.Unfortunatelly that session I couldn't make it more open to other chars.But this is what I am planing.So lets create something togeder!
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How An Abused Lion, Tiger And Bear Became An Unlikely Family (PHOTOS)
The Huffington Post | By Alexandra Zaslow Posted: 12/03/2013 12:28 pm EST | Updated: 12/04/2013 11:57 am EST
An American black bear, a Bengal tiger and an African lion were the victims of animal cruelty, according to Imgur, but the ending of their story will leave you believing in fate.
Baloo the bear, Leo the lion, and Shere Khan the tiger (all three known as BLT) were brought together as 2-month-old cubs and have grown up as a family.
The trio was originally owned by a drug dealer who didn't properly care for them, leading to neglect, poor health and severe injuries.
In 2001, Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary, a nonprofit that cares for animals in need, came to the rescue, and took them to Locust Grove, Georgia, where they were treated for injuries.
"We could have separated them," Diane Smith, assistant director of the Noah's Ark Zoo told the Telegraph. "But since they came as a kind of family, the zoo decided to keep them together."
Baloo required greater care than his two friends -- his former owner had put a harness on him and didn't adjust it as he grew, leading to a deformity, Imgur reports.
After arriving in Georgia, Baloo had the harness surgically removed.
Given that the trio had found comfort in each other during their years of mistreatment, The Sanctuary's staff realized that they couldn't be separated and fenced them in together.
Unfortunately, the government passed new federal regulations requiring big cat enclosures to have 16 foot fences put up, which would take effect in October of this year. Baloo, Leo and Shere Khan's fence was only 8 feet high. If these regulations weren't met, the three animals would have to split up.
Rebuilding the fence would cost $489,000.
With October slowly approaching, The Sanctuary entered a contest to help raise money. On August 15, CrowdRise, an online fundraising site, teamed up with RYOT, a social news platform to announce a challenge called #STARTARYOT, according to ncronline.com. They offered $75,000 to the nonprofit that raised the most money in five weeks.
On Oct. 10, they had announced that Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary had won. They even received an extra $10,000 for attracting the most unique visitors during the last week of the challenge.
Additionally, they were able to raise $362,269 through crowd-funding. The installment company even agreed to discount the price of the new fence.
And once more, all is right in the BLT-land.
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A 70th Anniversary! Can you believe it? Can you imagine? 70 years together… the things you've seen, the things you've shared, the love that must bind you. That is something deeper, more real than most of us will probably ever experience in our lifetime. But I aspire to it. And I pray that God will keep this man of mine glued to my side for that long, or at least as long as I'm here.
And that he won't want to kill me, by the end of it all. 😉
Now, when you've been around for that long, I think you tend to know what you think, what you like, and what you want, right? This great couple is no different. My original design included black and white anemones and some black and white painting…
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Under the cut there's a picture of Ash and I. You may be wondering just what this has to do with this community. Welllll...
Ash is wearing the new band shirt. You can sort of see the design on the front. I just thought that I would give everyone a taste of what the new shirts look like.
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Director Barry Sonnenfeld is once again looking at singer Justin Timberlake as the possible lead star of his upcoming dark comedy "Moist" says MTV News.
Based on the novel by Mark Haskell Smith, the story follows a morgue attendant named Bob who comes across a severed arm with an erotic tattoo of a woman he falls for.
In the course of trying to find out who she is, Bob ends up becoming Roberto, a kingpin of the Los Angeles Mexican mafia — ultimately replacing the man who the severed arm belonged to in the first place.
Sonnenfeld, who compares the book to "Pineapple Express", sent the script to Timberlake four years ago just as he started shooting his first film "Edison Force." JT agreed to do it, but the project fell through due to financing issues.
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Reading Strategies
In our article "Why To Read", we outlined 10 specific reasons why reading is essential. Its good for your mind, your general health and your creativity. So therefore, the more quality books we can read, the better it is for us.
But, some of you struggle to read more, and even if you do manage to read more, you struggle to fully comprehend and internalize what it is that you have read.
For that reason, we've compiled 7 effective reading strategies, which will enable you to not only read more, but to fully understand and enjoy what you've read.
So, without further ado, here are:
7 Effective And Simple Reading Strategies To Help You Read More Effectively
1. Before Reading – Ask Questions
Before you start reading a book, you will have a basic idea of what the book is about. This allows you to ask yourself 3 simple questions before you start to read. They are:
– What do I already know?
– What more do I want to know?
– I wonder if…
The answers to these questions will give you a foundation to build on and something which you're looking to get out of the book. This means you're not just reading without an objective, but instead you're actively looking to learn something from the book.
2. During Reading – Take small pauses and ask more questions
As you're reading, you need to take small and intermittent pauses to ensure that what you're reading is sticking. Ask yourself the following questions as you're reading.
– Does this make sense?
– How does this information connect to what I already know?
– What does the writer say about…?
– What does the writer mean about…?
– I still need to know more about…?
By asking yourself these questions as you read, you are constantly evaluating whats being said. By looking at what the author is explaining, as well as the meaning behind it, you will understand the thinking process more effectively. You are also continuing to look for more specific information in the upcoming text.
3. During Reading – Take A Longer Pause After A Difficult Section
You want to make sure you are fully understanding what is being said, so when you come across a particularly difficult part of the text, its important to stop and do the following:
– Pause and think about what was discussed
– Break the text into smaller chunks
– Look up words which you didn't understand
– Build yourself a short summary of what you read
– Discuss what you read with someone
These steps will make sure you have fully processed and understood this section before you move on.
4. During Reading – Visualize
To better understand what you're reading, its important to make visual representations of what is being discussed by:
– Picturing what…might look like
– Creating a mental image of a system or a process working
This will help you remember not only what you read and understood, but how it looks as it is functioning.
5. During Reading – Make Connections
A critical part of learning and understanding something new is to connect it with pieces of information that you already understand. You will already know about certain parts of what you're reading from previous texts, your own personal experience and other people so you will be able to add to that base.
6. During Reading – Take Good Notes
The best way to take notes during reading is:
– Look for the main ideas and focus on those
– Use words you understand
– Make the notes as brief as possible
– Use simple headings and sub headings to organize your notes
– Constantly review, add and revise as necessary while you continue to read
7. After Reading – Find The Main Ideas
You've completed the book, made effective notes, took time to reflect and understand as you read and asked yourself good questions as you read. Now that the book is done, you need to think about the important ideas in the book.
Ask yourself the following:
– What was the most important thing you remember about the book?
– What was the main message of the book?
– What do the ideas in this book relate to?
– What could be the biases of this book?
– What did this book leave out?
The last question will give you the opportunity to do some research and find another book to continue your learning, make connections, and continue to read more effectively.
We hope you find these reading strategies helpful. For more information about how to read more effectively and a more detailed reading strategies guide, check out this post from the Ontario Ministry of Education, Canada.
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The second Google Android smartphone to be released in Australia, HTC's Magic will be launched on the 3 Mobile network in Australia. A significant improvement over the HTC Dream, the Magic benefits from Android's Cupcake software update and a far more pleasant design.
A slightly different version of the HTC Magic will also be launched on the Vodafone network.
The biggest improvement the Magic offers over the Dream is its design. The Dream was chunky and quite bland, but the Magic is slim, glossy and stylish. It features rounded edges and a curve below the screen. It weighs less than the Dream despite retaining the same 3.2in screen size. Unfortunately, the glossy finish means the Magic is highly prone to fingerprints and is almost impossible to keep clean.
Aside from the finger-operated touch screen, the HTC Magic utilises a BlackBerry-style trackball for navigation, along with a number of physical keys below the display. The trackball is responsive, but we weren't too fond of the depression surrounding it, as it easily collects dust. We did like the Magic's dedicated navigation buttons (home, menu, back and search) despite the fact that they are a little small. The keys' backlighting adds a touch of class and makes them easier to use at night. The answer/end call keys are a bit too cramped, though, making it easy to accidentally press one of the shortcut keys when trying to answer or end calls.
Another big improvement is the HTC Magic's display: it's brighter and sharper than the Dream's and possesses better viewing angles. The interface still doesn't support multi-touch. The improved display helps with data entry, as the Magic lacks a physical keyboard. While this may be a negative for some, we found the Magic's on-screen keyboard to be excellent. We were able to type quickly and accurately in both portrait and landscape modes, despite the keyboard looking cramped. Its auto-correction and spell check features are very effective. The Magic's accelerometer does lag a little when rotating the keyboard, and fixing typos isn't as effective as it is when using the iPhone 3G.
The main attraction is obviously Google's Android platform, and the Magic's interface functions almost identically to the Dream's. The home screen is split into three pages, allowing you to add any icon from the main menu onto the home screen simply by pressing and dragging it. Once again, the best part of the interface is the notification and status bar: dragging it downwards reveals a full screen of your latest notifications; they remain on-screen with the full details until you clear them. This drop-down screen is available wherever you see the status bar.
The HTC Magic has received Android's 1.5 Cupcake software update, adding functions that were missing from the Dream. In addition to the afore-mentioned on-screen keyboard, the Magic adds integrated universal search, video recording and playback capabilities, a better Web browser with flash support and A2DP Bluetooth — all features that were missing from the Dream.
Unfortunately, unlike Vodafone's HTC Magic with Google the HTC Magic on 3 doesn't allow over-the-air firmware updates; you'll need to perform these manually by plugging the phone into your PC via the included USB cable. This version of the HTC Magic also lacks the ability to geotag photos, but unlike the Vodafone version it supports Microsoft Exchange and displaying PDFs and other documents out of the box. It also has what 3 calls a "smart dialler". The smart dialler allows you to quickly filter contacts when you begin to dial a number or type the name of a contact.
The HTC Magic's integration with Google services is excellent. Android automatically synchronises your Google calendar, mail and contacts over the air. When you add a new contact or calendar event on your PC, it will automatically appear on your phone and vice versa. If you don't have a Google account, you can create one on the HTC Dream itself and you can then easily import a contact list from Microsoft Outlook or even Apple's address book. Support for Microsoft Exchange is on offer, though this requires a download from the Android Market.
Unfortunately, the regular mail client (a completely separate application from Gmail) remains mediocre. There is no way to delete multiple e-mails, no way to mark all e-mails as read and you can't download or view attachments. We also had an issue with our test Yahoo account: each time we opened the mail app our e-mails all showed up as unread, even if we had read them.
Google Maps and Street View remain, and the compass mode when using the latter is impressive: the built-in accelerometer and GPS act like a compass that allows you to see the street in 360 degrees as you rotate and move the handset.
As a multimedia device, the Magic fares slightly better than the Dream thanks to the ability to record and play videos, and the presence of A2DP Bluetooth. However, the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack is a real let-down.
Battery life is slightly better than the Dream, though we were still forced to charge our HTC Magic every night. With Wi-Fi turned on, regular phone calls and messages, and the occasional e-mail, the Magic can be a battery hog.
3 has confirmed the handset will be available in mid-June on a range of plans, the cheapest of which will cost you $69 per month — $29 per month for 3's 29 Cap plan, $24 per month for handset repayments and $10 per month for 1GB of X-Series mobile data.
3 offers the HTC Magic for free on its $99+ caps; combined with the cheapest $10 data pack (1GB), it will cost you at least $109 per month. 3 offers the X-Series data bundles with the HTC Magic at half their regular price: 1GB for $10, 2GB for $15 and the maximum 3GB for $20 per month.
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In previous blogs, I've been discussing the "Ps" in podcasting. The first "P" was the "Popularity" of podcasting, The second "P" was the "Pros" for companies to podcast. The third "P" of the peas in a pod metaphor I'm hacking to death here is the "Possibilities" for business podcasts. It isn't exactly enough for a meal yet, but hey, I'm getting there.
You can blog about anything or nothing, and many people do. The same is true for podcasting. But if you want people to actually listen to your podcasts, you need to make sure they provide useful information or are entertaining to your audience – preferably both. That's not always possible, of course. Podcasting your earnings reports isn't going get too many yuks from the financial community (at least we hope not), but they'll find them useful.
One way to come up with podcasting ideas is to analyze all the types of communications you use inside your company and with your customers. Some of these may be suitable for podcasting, or even be more effectively delivered as podcasts. This exercise may also generate some completely new ideas for communication that are uniquely suited for podcasting. Here are some possibilities to get you thinking:
- Financial updates such as quarterly earnings reports
- Business news such as company announcements, industry news and trends
- Internal company announcements, newsletters
- Management fireside chats
Sales and Marketing:
- Product news, such as new features and release schedules
- Product promotions and discounts
- Account management status and updates for customers and clients
- Interviews with industry experts
- Whitepapers
- Research paper summaries
Human Resoures:
- HR training courses
- HR initiative announcements
- Policies and procedures
- Management tips and best practices
- Employee commentaries
Customer Support:
- Product usage tips and best practices
- Problem reports, status and workarounds
- Product training
Another way to come up with business podcasting ideas is to go to iTunes and listen to some business podcasts. And talk to other companies to find out what they're podcasting. You'll have a bowlful of possibilities before you know it.
Are you doing business podcasting? I'd love to hear what you're podcasting and how it's going.
[tags]B2B, Customer Service, Human Resource, Marketing, Podcasting, Podcasts, Public Relations, Sales, Social Media[/tags]


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About the project
International research project "Legacy of S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky" was founded in 2008 and is devoted to studying the life and creative heritage of pioneer of color photography Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944).
Head of the project is Vasiliy V. Dryuchin, Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation, teacher of Romanovskaya school, Moscow.
The main objectives of the project are:
The project is being done jointly by enthusiasts from several countries. You can also get involved.
You can contribute to the project by:
In the case you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email email@example.com.
Participants of international research project "Legacy of S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky" are very grateful to all people who contributed to the project including:
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Behaviors in Silverlight 2Programming/Silverlight 2009.05.09 18:55
Because, Silverlight 2 also can reference to Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity Assembly which is from Blend 3 library, you can take many advantages of Behaviors model from Silverlight 3 in Silverlight 2 as well. Yes, you can write Behaviors code without version dependency, and it can be referenced by both of Silverlight 2 and 3.
When I found that possibility, I was excited. As you know, Behaviors model brings you a great functionality which might reduce 'bording-coding' dramatically. All you have to do is that just copy-paste XAML from Blend 3, absolutely better than Blend 2, And even no code-behind!
I'm going to show you how to make a simple Silverlight 2 application using a simple trigger-action behavior. Create a new Silverlight project, and follow next steps.
Step 1. Referece a Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity Assembly.
Simply, copy a Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity Assembly to any folder to reference from your application. Usually, you can find it C:\Program Files\Microsoft Expression\Blend 3 Preview\Libraries\Silverlight folder if you installed Blend 3 Preview.
Notice that you must rename the assembly file, because Blend 2 can't recongnize the name contains 'Microsoft.Expression'. I don't know why Blend 2 blocks specific assembly names like that. So just rename it say, Interactivy.dll or something. In this example, I renamed Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity.dll to Interactivity.dll.
After you reference the assembly, you might be encountered an error follow:
It makes you blind in Visual Studio. Don't panic. :) It's just a bug in Visual Studio Designer which already known. However Blend 2 will display it fine, if there was no other errors. Check this out further information.
Step 2. Create a simple trigger-action behavior.
Now, add a class say, ShowMessageBoxAction. It'll show message box when trigger event raised on associated object.
public class ShowMessageBoxAction : TriggerAction< Dependencyobject> { #region Message ///
/// Gets or sets the Message possible Value of the string object. ///public string Message { get { return (string)GetValue(MessageProperty); } set { SetValue(MessageProperty, value); } } /// /// Identifies the Message dependency property. ///public static readonly DependencyProperty MessageProperty = DependencyProperty.Register( "Message", typeof(string), typeof(ShowMessageBoxAction), new PropertyMetadata("Message") ); #endregion Message protected override void Invoke(object parameter) { MessageBox.Show(Message); } }
It has a property which you want to show up, and it ovverides Invoke method which is called when trigger event raised.
Step 3. Add a button with trigger.
Make some UI to check trigger performs well, follow:
Width="400" Height="300">
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<Button Content="Click Me">
<i:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
<local:ShowMessageBoxAction Message="Hello Behaviors in Silverlight 2!" />
Step 4. Build & run!
How is it? It works fine like Silverlight 3 does. Also you can use other Behaviors like this as well. Try it after these steps. Yes, now you can use Behaviors in your Silverlight 2 applications.
Here is source code for above. It'll be more helpful rather than my poor English. :)


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Health Reports & Publications
The province provides numerous Health publications and reports to guide professionals and policy-makers in their work, as well as to inform members of the general public.
These publications are indexed in the online catalogue of the ministry's Health and Human Services Library.
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Commonwealth Bank appointment
3 April 2006
The Commonwealth Bank today announced the appointment of Fred Pollock from ASB as Executive General Manager, Service and Sales Support.
Ralph Norris, the Bank's Chief Executive Officer said, "I am delighted to have Fred join the team in Australia. His extensive experience in the very successful implementation of the Cohen Brown service and sales methodology at ASB will be invaluable as the Commonwealth Bank moves to further embed a service and sales culture across the organisation".
Fred will report to Michael Cameron, Group Executive Retail Banking Services and will commence his new role at the end of April.
Media contacts:
Bryan Fitzgerald
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It's 2 am and I'm sitting here wondering: Is the endometriosis coming back? Little by little, the pain has started to return with each subsequent cycle that I have had since Rachel was born. I sat up in bed last night and a very sharp pain in my lower right side took my breath away for a few minutes. The same pain had occurred the day before. There is now a dull ache in my side, almost like my ovary is tacked up against my abdominal wall. It's a pain I am all too well familiar with.
The other thought I had, which seems much more unlikely, was an ectopic pregnancy. I only have one fallopian tube, and I'm pretty sure it's mostly or completely blocked, based on the last hysterosalpinogram I had years ago. Although I am high risk for an ectopic pregnancy, it's seems pretty unlikely that I'd been feeling pain from such this early on in my cycle (I think I'm on CD 25).
I'm tempted to feel frustrated that I seem to have crazy aggressive endometriosis, but miraculously we have two children (despite thinking I would need a hysterectomy 3 years ago). If there's anything I'm learning these days, it's that the past does not necessarily predict the future, and despite my best guess– I actually have no idea what God has for our future. I'm learning to stop making assumptions. So I don't know if this means that more exams, ultrasounds and surgeries are in my immediate future. I don't know if it means we will be able to have more children. But I do know that God can do anything, and that His plan is always best. (And His plans are usually a complete shock to me.)
In the meantime, I'm attempting to wean Rachel. The reasons for this are complicated and varied, and it's going about as well as trying to get a lion to go on a vegetarian diet. She wants nothing to do with either the bottle or formula. She just wants to nurse, and it makes it doubly hard for this mama to see that. Weaning Josh was hard and yet still much easier than this, so I am not sure of the path forward from here. We've tried just about every trick in the book. I'm warming up formula at the moment that I'm 99% positive she will reject (but like I said, I don't know the future!). Maybe this time she'll take it. Or maybe we'll still be at this in a few weeks — please say a prayer for us!


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I'm back in the USA after a pretty perfect flight home and am eager to tell you about so much we have coming up at YBC but I want to get all my T's crossed and I's dotted, so stay tuned. In the meantime, I want to thank all the guest writers who have helped me out over the last month while I was traveling for retreats and workshops. I love this YBC Community so much and am so grateful for the efforts of our guest writers, and the support from the readers.
Today I wanted to talk about hair styling while traveling. Before I left for my trip, I was at the salon telling my stylist how there was no way I'd be able to bring my hot styling tools while traveling because the voltage is so different from all the places I'd be hitting up (London, Greece, Dubai and Kenya), and I've learned from past mistakes that even if your styling tools say they'll work with a converter, they usually don't. Womp. Plus, I didn't want to add more heavy stuff to my luggage. My stylist stopped what she was doing and said, "Who cares?! It'll be great for your hair to give it a break from all the hot styling." Mind. Blown.
Let's back up a second and I'll fill you in on my normal hair routine. I don't blow dry my hair every time I wash it (I wash it every four or five days or so), but I do use the curling iron a lot. Not daily, but definitely every other day. I also play around with the straightener when I want to experiment with 90s vibes, but for the most part, I'm a curling iron kind of girl. Only within the last two years have I learned to style my hair in a way that is easy and quick, so I wasn't thrilled about leaving my iron behind. Without it, my hair is just meh. Never one to back down from a challenge, I figured I'd try a few new-to-me styling products and see how it'd go.
While I didn't break out of the mold too much in terms of the styles, I was happy with how it went down. Here are some pics, if you're interested. :)
Above, in London, I did a simple messy top knot with two pieces tucked behind my ears on my way to brunch. I got a lot of questions about these pants. They're super old from Forever 21, but I found a few similar styles at a good price point. Shop the look below
The challenge in Greece was the sticky heat. For teaching, I did a lot of french braid pigtails. I used a dime size amount of travel size oil, lightly brushing it through the ends the night before to help seal in moisture after the sun and sea dried it out. Then in the morning I'd use this wax to get defined braids, and I secured with these clear hair ties.
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The one thing Greece's weather did do for me, though, was give me the best beach hair. We did this shoot after a long day of sailing and swimming, and my hair had zero product in it. ZERO.
Side note on this dress: it's super flattering. Shop it, along with others from the same brand below
The following day, we did another shoot (outtake above) and I wanted to keep that same beach wave look, but it was starting to lose its oomph, so I tried to revive it. I used Bb Curl Creme (another travel size bottle I'd brought), rubbed a tiny bit in my hands and scrunched the ends. To get some volume back in the roots, I used this dry shampoo. The trick to the dry shampoo lifting a bit of hair, spraying just the roots, and then kind of zshushing it with your fingers.
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I really got out of my comfort zone with this hair style, and actually wound up being a big fan of it even though I probably look like a five year old. In Oia, Santorini, they were selling this gorgeous silk head wraps, so I got one and then used a rat-tail comb to create a part down the middle. Then, I used clear hair ties to create two top knots on either side of the part.
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Another trick I did was use a bandana and tie it around my head to make my boring messy top knot look slightly less boring. I like tying it on top because I think the knot at the top looks cute.
For Kenya, you can see I lost my curls. Womp womp. Kenya's weather was so interesting. Because we were right on the equator, it was sweltering for about three hours in the middle of the day, and freezing cold the second the sun went down. It wasn't humid, so I lost a bit of volume, but tried my best to revive it with Deva Curl Creme, dry shampoo, and oil on the ends. But forget about the hair - how about those elephants in the background?! I canNOT wait to share more about our retreats so soon. Stay tuned!! xo
PS: I'd love to know how you style your hair regularly. Do you use hot styling tools? Any special products? How do you wear your hair for yoga or working out?


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Beautiful Barcelona
Park Güell. Part of the park is free and open to the public and part of it requires a ticket. Since it is located on the side of a mountain, there are incredible views all around, and some great paths to explore. We ate lunch just outside the park entrance to kill some time (food was average) and bought our tickets to visit the Gaudi Monumental Zone (the entrance is scheduled and you will be assigned a time). We think it's worth it to purchase these tickets if you do not have to wait too long to enter. However, we enjoyed the free area just as much as the ticketed area.
Montserrat. We took the R5 train here and the cable car buckets up the mountain to the monastery. It honestly couldn't be any easier and I would highly recommend this option out of Barcelona. It took about an hour from Plaça Espanya and we chose Aeri de Montserrat (cable car). You have to choose either the cable car or funicular train while at the train station, so be prepared ahead of time with your decision. There are ticket agents who are there to help.
Barceloneta. The area next to the water is definitely worth a visit for some good dining, shopping, and people watching. The beaches are nice, have public restrooms, and plenty of cute little snack shacks. But be warned, you will see plenty of people in their birthday suits (people you wish you would have never seen naked, camera=off).
Hospital de Sant Pau. Our first day we went exploring aimlessly and we stumbled into this hospital. It is hard to believe that this was built as a hospital. It was one of the first hospitals to have outdoor space where patients could walk outside during their stay, rather than being cooped up inside all day. The architecture is gorgeous and there are various exhibits to learn about. It wasn't mind blowing, but it was a great place for the girls to roam freely and explore while Chris and I took in some Spanish architecture.
Sagrada Familia. This church, which began construction in 1882, is not scheduled to be completed until 2026. The gothic architecture is astounding and like nothing else. We did not visit the interior (line was over an hour and more crowded than we enjoy), but if you wish to do so, I recommend purchasing tickets in advance. Across the street from the front entrance of the church is a large pedestrian avenue with many shops and restaurants. There is also a small playground near the back entrance of the church.
Several things we disliked:
We were warned by many people about the pickpockets in Barcelona. Unfortunately, it is as bad as we were told. We heard several people throughout the week yelling at someone for stealing their wallets or purses. Chris wore the back pack in front while walking around most areas. Even at restaurants, the staff would tell us to put it in front or under our tables and buckle it to our legs. Having to constantly think about our stuff being stolen was annoying.
When we arrived it took us 3 hours to get through customs and that was only because an extremely kind couple let us cut in front of them. It was by far the worst airport experience for us. It felt very unsafe. There had to be at least 1000 people and Chris counted 4 security officers. People were passing out and it looked like a mosh pit with older people and babies. Hopefully, it was a one time mishap, but we will most likely never fly into Barcelona in the future.
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Thank you and your company for your support for this year's 4 Wheeling for a Cure. After the raffle, t-shirt sales, and other donations, our grand total raised for St. Jude is $27,218.90.
As you know, no family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for anything. The $27,318.90 will help cover the cost of a major surgical procedure for a St. Jude patient. St. Jude has revolutionized pediatric cancer treatment around the world with its groundbreaking use of a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery to treat childhood cancers. Your hard work is so appreciated. Thank you for your continued support in the fight against pediatric cancer.
We appreciate the support from the off road community. We look forward to your support next year, and we will be in touch for our next event in April 2017. Your continued support is important to the children of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Thank you so much!


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Brady writes about miracles in this debut biography of his late wife, Carmie.
According to the author, his wife experienced a brush with death—and her first miracle—during her first pregnancy at age 28. She suffered complete eclampsia, a condition marked by seizures and severely high blood pressure, and for days, doctors and loved ones wondered if she would come out of her resulting coma. Carmie survived, and she later made it through two more high-risk pregnancies, but her medical struggles didn't end there: She faced death again at age 35 when she was diagnosed with an inoperable form of breast cancer and given two months to live. She was determined to live for her husband and three sons, so she found a doctor willing to treat her, underwent potent chemotherapy and miraculously survived. She sensed that God wanted her alive for a reason, so she decided to pursue a career in mental health counseling. But at age 48, illness returned in the form of ovarian cancer. She went into remission multiple times and continued to assist her clients until her death four years later. Brady effectively highlights the miraculous nature of each incident by drawing attention to its spiritual side. For example, when Carmie collapsed with eclampsia, he noticed a bright red rose on a 5-year-old rosebush that had never bloomed before, and he saw it as a sign from God that his wife would recover. The author also discusses his wife's spiritual healer, Maria, during Carmie's bout with breast cancer. Overall, he delivers a sympathetic portrait of his late wife—a woman who, while facing death, uttered the title phrase. He writes of how she lovingly assisted her mental health clients and how she was widely known for her laugh. She was so well-liked that her mourners couldn't all fit inside the funeral home at once. By emphasizing her loving spirit in a simple, smooth narrative voice, he allows readers to appreciate Carmie without ever having met her.
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Born in New York City and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, I graduated from Colgate University in 2000 with a Bachelor's degree in Peace Studies, then received my J.D. from Vermont Law School in 2004.
I practiced law for five years in Vermont while freelance writing on the side. In 2011, I joined the Tuck School of Business as a senior writer in the Office of Communications; this shift allowed me to pursue writing and journalism in a more full time capacity.
I'm an avid road and mountain biker, Nordic and backcountry skier, and fly fisher, an I've been lucky enough to write about these activities that fuel my passion.
I live in Woodstock, Vermont with my wife, Kate, and our children, Agnes, Brian and Ursula, and our dog, Bodie.


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Civil liberty and the FBI
To the Editor:
The Attorney General set aside guidelines that restrict the FBI's surveillance of religious and political organizations in the United States. Critics from all points on the political spectrum are concerned that this action, taken without consultation with Congress or civil liberties organizations, is severely flawed.
This is a critical concern. Please understand, this is a threat to our civil liberties. This is specifically targeted against Arab Americans and Muslims, regardless of citizenship status. Our meetings, electronic communications, personal data, religious services, social gatherings and databases are now fair targets for investigation.
My question is: Where are our civil Liberties going to be five years from now?
Sam Matar


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Yesterday my neighbor came to my door. Elsa ran ahead of me barking at her arrival. I answered the door and remembered that I still had a treat stuck in my top which I was very happy about. This is the type of moment that all the boundary training practice is for. I didn't ask her in because I'm sick as is my son who gave this to me. So she stood just outside of my door while we chatted. Having a treat in hand I rewarded Miss Elsa for not going out the open door. It is tough for her, she loves people but because of all of our work she sat and seemed quite happy to just listen.
Only two times during our conversation did she flinch. All that was required to remind her was a calm Ahh from me. That is until my neighbor said "okay, I'm going to go." "Okay" is Elsa's release word and when she heard it she got up but I quickly responded and she learned that it is only Mom's okay that releases. I was very proud of her; she did amazing, not going out the door and sitting quietly while we talked. The outcome would not have been as good if I had not had treats on me. One treat was all it took to convince her that doing what she had learned previously was the best choice.
I did not ask her to sit; she chose to do that on her own. But it made watching her movements easier. With a little error marker of "ah" as she moved closer to the door was all that was needed and she sat her butt down again. Elsa is extremely intelligent with a high level of comprehension of both body language and vocal sounds. Typically I just utter a deep mmm without even opening my mouth when I need to give her an error marker.
Once I closed the door I gave her the "okay," and she hopped around happily. We had a giant group snuggle and went on with our day. The word has great power. I had considered changing it for our newest puppy (Elsa) but it just came out naturally as we started on our relationship. I've been using okay for over 37 years; hard to change now. "Okay," is my release word and it is this word and only this word that gets her out of the car, free to eat her food that is placed on the floor and many, many other things.
I proof my release word often.
Proof: the act of testing or making trial of anything,; test; trial.
Proofing creates a more solid understanding of the word "okay." When we arrive at the park Elsa is required to sit in the back of my Xterra until given the word. She is chomping at the bit causing her to anticipate often. So with several different words said in the same tone as her release; as well as arm gestures that might be mistaken for releases she is learning that it is only one word that is the key to enjoyment. If she should make a mistake then we start over. It is very important to stop and start over if a mistake is made with a release word.
Very early this morning at about 4:30 am I could hear my son up and getting ready for work. Elsa heard him too and with that she wanted up to sleep with Mom. With my throat feeling like I had a handful of razor blades down it I whispered "okay." That is all it took and she was up and snuggled in within a fraction of a second. I smiled thinking what power the word has as I drifted back asleep under the weight of my live comforter. :)


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After a busy couple days with wedding shows in the last weekend of February, our Wedding DJ crews are looking forward to making a return to a couple of more intimate, annual shows in Harrisburg and Gettysburg. On Friday, March 4, we will be helping the Holiday Inn Grantville deck out their ballroom for their Annual Menu Tasting Event. Tastings are a great way for couples who are already booked with a venue to get to interact with their event staff, meet potential vendors, and get a feel for what they really like for their wedding day. They are also a great way for us to try out fresh ideas in familiar spaces and we are excited with the design that we've come up with for this Friday's event.
The following evening, we will be at the Lodges at Gettysburg for their 4th annual Date Night. This event features dozens of local wedding vendors and thousands of dollars in prizes. This show is unique in that their are planned, fun activities to keep the energy and excitement elevated throughout the night. The event kicks off with a Private Tasting at 3pm for couples who are booked at the Lodges and opens to the general public at 6pm. You can gain free admission by pre-registering on the event page, but admission is just $5 at the door. We will be providing music throughout the evening and will be happy to assist in the planning of entertainment for your wedding day.


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