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3860 Hollypark Place Los Angeles, CA 90039
Beds: 3 | Baths: 3 | Size: Approx. 1,258 sqft | Lot: Approx. 5,201 sqft
Excited to announce our newest listing! Live in the heart of Atwater Village in this charm-filled 1924 Tudor. This 2BR/2BA home is bursting with character and all the bonus spaces you have been looking for. A large light-filled living room greets you with barrel ceilings, fireplace and original hardwood floors. Master bedroom has en-suite bath and there is a second bedroom off the kitchen with built-in shelving and desk. Updated kitchen, dining area, laundry room and second bath complete the great layout.
Upstairs is a detached bedroom and bathroom with its own entrance, perfect for out-of-town guests. Off the garage is a bonus studio/office with its own private patio. Large grassy yard is fully enclosed with plenty of room for the kids and pets to roam free. A covered patio allows for outdoor dining and lounging. 2-car garage with ample storage, newer HVAC and solar. Located steps from many Atwater hot spots such as The Morrison, Proof Bakery, Bon Vivant and much much more. A wonderful place to call home! See more pics here!
To schedule a showing or discuss another property of interest or listing your own, email me or call me at 310.913.7651
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A few weeks ago was red ribbon week, which is a week where we provide drug awareness at SJHS. Student council and the PTSA planned many fun activities and guests to come and talk to students about being good examples and setting goals for their future. They came during lunch came for a reason. The spray painter, Ulione is a student from UVU that came to SJHS to spray paint a humongous board of our mascot, a knight. Molly Hunter said, Ulione came to show us, "If you have a passion and you pursue it then you can do what you want in life." Safari, another guest who is deaf, world champion martial artist came to show us that if you have a disability you can overcome it, and it will not define you. Gavin Jones, another member of student council said the star wars people came for fun.
Everyone enjoyed red ribbon week. Lilli Killpack, a seventh grader at SJHS said that she enjoyed the dressing up and being part of red ribbon week. Mike Neth, a ninth grader at SJHS, said he liked, "Watching people dress up." Molly Hunter, said red ribbon week was 10/10 and the best one ever. She said her favorite part was, "learning how to spray paint and see other students do it." Gavin Jones, said he also liked the spray painter and star wars people.
Student council tries their best each year to not only get people excited and learn more about the harmful effects of drugs, but to also get school spirit and students involved in the activities that they create for them. How do you feel about Red ribbon week?

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On Friday, November 26th, I was watching the Glenn Beck show on Fox News and was very touched by this story. A woman named Amanda had found a 'Handmade Coat' in a Goodwill store. The jacket was a replica of a Revolutionary War coat worn by the Continental Army.
If you are anything like me, I would suggest you go grab a tissue before launching the clip below. It's a 'Feel Good' story that reflects the 'Golden Rule'.
Please take the time to visit Amanda's little site, and if you can afford to, purchase some items from her.
Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Twenty Seventh Day of November in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Ten.


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Great Questions: Who Wins if Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Fight to the Death
Look, fiscal and social policies are of the utmost importance. The winner of this election will inevitably stamp his ideology all over our lives for four years. So, yeah, I should probably feel guilty for not watching with a keener eye. But I simply won't apologize for what I was thinking about instead of which candidate came off as the better choice to lead our nation.
What was it, you ask?
I was trying to figure out which guy would win in a fight.
Once you can get past the juvenile nature, it's really a great question. Both are seemingly fit, possess a dogged determination to win at all costs, and, most importantly, seem to have a genuine dislike for their foe.
A to-the-death battle shown on pay-per-view would simultaneously be the best and worst thing that's ever happened to this country. Tell me you wouldn't watch that, you bloodthirsty savage. TELL ME.
My gut tells me Obama would be the presumptive favorite based solely on the fact he's 14-years younger. Not a heavy favorite, mind you. We're talking, like, 3-2 odds here.
Much has been made about his athletic prowess. If you believe a certain narrative, he's a professional basketball player trapped in a politician's body and brain. Anyone who has seen any of the 638 times he's been on television hoisting jumpers knows that his hand-eye coordination doesn't exactly rival that of LeBron James.
Obama's workout routine likely consists of a lot of pushups on the plush Oval Office rug, some light lunges in the Rose Garden and running around with his dog. I'm not going to look it up. I'm lazy.
Part of the reason for his slim physique has nothing to do with fitness at all. A combination of a nicotine habit and unimaginable stress will keep even the fattest slob looking like a young Alec Baldwin. But those two things also combine to just decimate any stamina in the cardiovascular realm.
Plus — and this is where it gets REALLY scientific — Obama is a giant softie. What's the first thing he did last night? Call his wife "sweetie." If he were a shark and blood was in the water, he'd make sure all the other sharks got their fill before he partook. An admirable quality in life, but a giant red flag in the hypothetical-fight-handicapping world.
Romney, on the other hand, exudes the frightening kind of grandparent strength that would scare the shit out of any misbehaving 8-year-old. What's he got, 12 kids? The survival instinct is strong in that one.
Romney has also received a good deal of flak for appearing to be robotic. This trait will serve him well in a no-holds-barred fight to the death. You think he cares about ending another man's life? Robots don't have feelings.
Surely by now you know that, as a Mormon, the Republican challenger doesn't drink alcohol or use caffeine. Mittens treats his body like a temple. Imagine all of the bad carbs he's avoided in his lifetime. He's probably got the insides of a much, much younger man.
One would think that death matches are all about the brute strength of large muscle groups, but that's simply not true. The most effective way to kill someone is suffocation. Anyone who has seen Romney's hands can deduce that he gives bone-crushing handshakes. How do you think he got the name "Mitt?" I rest my case. Obama's larynx stands no chance.
So, in summation, it's Romney in an upset. Here's hoping it never comes to this high-stakes matchup, but considering the level of political discourse, it might not be far off.


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A 3o something year old African of Kenyan/Ugandan background living in Denmark.
Yup that's the best I could come up with.! 😀
A 3o something year old African of Kenyan/Ugandan background living in Denmark.
Yup that's the best I could come up with.! 😀
you are very pretty.like your hair
Hi! Love your blog. I also have my own website. We share one thing in common – we're both non-Kenyan Kenyans who live outside of Kenya, I guess. Visit me on my website, http://ignore-inc.blogspot.com, and if you like it we'll exchange links…thanks.
Ah Mrembo, you made it. I didn't have what it takes to make it in DK. Now one year, 5 months and 21 days since I left what felt closest like hell to me, I thought of you and wondered how you made out. Glad to see you're OK. Sorry you're so tired, I get it. Peace and love.
Hey Reine Soleil
Hope all is going well with you. In terms of my career things are still challenging. The job I have is my foot in the door into employment. I sometimes get discouraged about it.. but I hang on.. hoping for the best. One of my collegues is American and she has been there 3 years and finally found a job within her interest.. took her 3 years…( due partly to needing needed to master the language as well as retrain for her license. It is stories like this that keep me hanging on and a determination to make it.. given I feel I don't really have much of a choice at this point! 🙂
Wishing you all the best
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Roseville ranks 12th out of 480 California cities in gross sales tax revenue. Roseville's sales tax revenue is what would be expected from a city three times larger, outpacing cities like Anaheim, Oakland and Irvine. However with retail occupancy rates at 92 percent, we project the seven percent average increase to sales tax revenue over the last five years to slow.
Roseville's discretionary revenue or General Fund pays for police and fire safety, parks, libraries, street maintenance, economic development, and other resident and business services. Sales tax accounts for 38 percent of this revenue, the single largest revenue source for the General Fund.
Roseville is the 11th
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Pappas Investments proposes to construct a 68,901-square-foot, 3-story medical office building on a 5.7-acre infill site at 1513 Eureka Road.
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In addition, to the buildings, the applicant proposes to build frontage improvements, 467 parking spaces, and landscaping on the site.
Topgolf Roseville opened September 2 with fun point-scoring golf games for all skill levels, upscale bar food and drinks, music and more!
PetSmart will be occupying the former Staples building located at 8670 Sierra College Blvd.
The 19,700 square foot renovations are valued at 1.2 million dollars.
Sienna Restaurant is processing tenant improvement plans for a new location at 1480 Eureka Rd., formerly Crush 29. The 9,150 square foot remodel is valued at $350,000.
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Thomastown Builders, Inc. is constructing a new industrial office/warehouse building located at 10608 Industrial Ave. They will be occupying approximately 7,800 square feet of office/warehouse and creating leasable suites. Valuation is approximately one million dollars.
Thomastown Builders recently began construction of a new self storage facility located at 8601 Foothills Blvd., valued at over 4 million dollars. Read more in this Sacramento Business Journal article.
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While you already have the internet set up and ready to go within your home, it's more than likely that you've run into some connectivity problems, or other issues that slow you down. However, your home network is the one that should be functioning perfectly at all times. You're paying for quality and high-speed internet, and that's what you should be receiving. But with faulty equipment, you won't be getting very far. Araknis Networks, in accordance with OvrC cloud technology, can help you achieve the best network in your very own home.
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This American flag "cake" will be the star of your Memorial Day or July 4th barbecue or picnic—and it's easy enough that the kids can help make it! Here's how to make an American flag "cake" with fruit kebobs.
- Seedless watermelon, cut into 1" cubes
- 1 package fresh, washed blackberries
- 1 angel food cake, cut into 1" cubes (white part only)
- 12 wooden skewers
- Dips of your choice
- Thread 5 blackberries on five skewers, followed by alternating cake and watermelon cubes (end with watermelon).
- Alternate watermelon and cake on the remaining skewers, so that the first and last cubes are both watermelon. The fruit and cake will create stripes when lined properly with red stripes at the top and bottom.
- Serve with your favorite dips. Try red, white and blue yogurt dips—or chocolate, caramel or marshmallow for a super sweet tooth.
Recipe provided by the National Watermelon Promotion Board. Learn more at www.watermelon.org.


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The Children's Museum of Atlanta announces January programming | Events
ATLANTA -- The Children's Museum of Atlanta invites families to ring in the New Year with a full month of PLAY! With special events and educational programs featuring Black History Month, Holidays Around the Word, Toddler Book Club and more, children can start the year off right – through the power of play! Below is a schedule of exhibit information and special programming for January 2014.
Feature Exhibit: Moneyville
September 28, 2013 – January 14, 2014
Money! Money! Money! Money isn't just about dollars and cents. The ancient Aztecs used chocolate for money and Yap Islanders used 500-lb. stones! So what is money and how does it work? Now, families, adults and children can explore the history, science, math and economics behind money in Moneyville. This new, highly interactive traveling exhibition uses the familiar and fascinating subject of money to build math skills and promote economic literacy in a fun and urban environment.
In the exhibit, children will enter the vibrant "city" of Moneyville and embark on an interactive, hands-on tour through a money factory, an anti-counterfeiting lab, a bank, a shopping district, a stock market and an international shipping dock. As participants engage in the multiple activities of this imaginary city, they discover economic concepts, math skills and problem-solving strategies that can help them in their real-life decision making.
Daily Programming during Moneyville (Through January 12):
Laugh and Learn
Mondays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.; Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
Join World Currency Walter, Bankonit, Monty and Mr. Teller and discover money from other countries. Play the game "How to Spend My Money" and a match the presidents' faces to dollar bills.
Mini-Musical: "We're In the Money"
Mondays at 11:30 a.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 11:00 a.m.;
Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.; Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
Take a journey to a time in history when money didn't exist, then jump forward to the present where you learn about supply and demand. Finally take a trip to the future to learn the most important lesson of all…saving money is the best thing you can do for your future.... even if you are just a kid!
* Written by Laura Lee Gill, music by Dolph Amick.
Craft: Allowance is Awesome
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 1:00 p.m.
Create your own banking system by decorating three jars labeled Share, Save and Spend Smart.
Puppet Show "Where's Penny; A Journey of Self Worth"
Saturdays at 1:00 p.m.
Join Penny as she finds her way home with a little help from her new friends. During her travels she learns how to barter and discovers her true value.
Music and Movement: Build Your Wealth
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Join the Imaginators for a fast-paced money building game!
Music and Movement: The Piggy Bank Shake
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Join the Imaginators for the Piggy Bank Shake. Having this much fun has never cost so little!
Storytime: Moneyville Storytime
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 3:00 p.m.; Saturdays at 4:00 p.m.
Do you know what money is or how it is made? Join an Imaginator to find the answers in the book One Cent, Two Cent, Old Cent, New Cent by Bonnie Worth.
Eat a Georgia Rainbow
Sundays at 1:00 p.m.
Join the Imaginators for this seasonal program that features fruits and vegetables that are harvested in Georgia. Visitors will participate in a fun story telling program and a cooking activity.
Hands On Science: Exploration Station
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Science is all around us. Join Professor Labcoat scientific adventures where visitors can learn about the basics of science exploration.
Daily Programming during Adventures through Words: Turn the Mystery Into History (January 15 – February 15)
Laugh and Learn: Black History Month
Mondays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.; Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
Learn about African American poets, performers and African American influence on jazz with the Imaginators!
Mini-Musical: "Turn the Mystery into History"
Mondays at 11:30 a.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 11:00 a.m.;
Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.; Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
Get ready to take a musical Black History Month field trip with the Imaginators to the "Museum of Arts, Science, and Sports." Children can celebrate the great things that have been achieved by some of the many African-Americans that have called Georgia their home.
Playwright: Jerry G. White; Music by: Abe White
Music and Movement: Let's Groove, Stay Active
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Music and exercise is a winning combination! Join the Imaginators as they continue to support the national initiative Let's Move with their own Motown move groove!
Music and Movement: Soul Train
Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
Join the Imaginators for a black history celebration and dance to the music from the past and present.
Storytime: Jacob Lawrence
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 3:00 p.m.;
Saturdays at 4:00 p.m.
Children can join the Imaginators and enjoy a reading of Jacob Lawrence in the City, which brings to life a bustling city, complete with builders rat-a-tatting and children playing in the streets.
Special January Programming:
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration
Monday, January 20, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
"Live the Dream Wall Hanging"
Visitors will make their very own "Live the Dream" wall hanging and be reminded every day of the lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Monday, January 20, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
"Drum Major for Justice… It's for our Children"
Join the Imaginators as they celebrate the birthday and the National Holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr. with music, inspirational words and a presentation of his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Guest Author: Morris Mapp
Saturday, January 18 and Saturday, January 25 at 12:00 p.m.;
Saturday, February 1 at 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 22 at 12:00 p.m.
Join Morris Mapp, children's author and educator, as he presents From Shanty to Fancy, a story about Atlanta's own Alonzo Herndon. Children can travel in history to learn about how Alonzo rose from slavery to become a millionaire. From Shanty to Fancy captures images of an inspiring story from which all can learn.
Toddler Book Club
Mondays, January 27 through February 24, 2014 at 10:30 a.m.
Back by popular demand, The Children's Museum of Atlanta will offer a weekly member's only Toddler Book Club for 2 – 4-year-olds and their caregivers. Each week, club members receive a different book to take home that an Imaginator brings to life through art activities, songs and tie-ins at The Museum. Adults can learn fun, engaging techniques for reading to their little ones and even extension activities to use at home! This five week series, which includes five books, costs $45.00 for members, plus tax, and is limited to 15 toddlers (children ages 2-4). Classes begin Monday, January 27 at 10:30 am. For more information or to reserve a spot, please call 404-527-3693 or e-mail email@example.com.
Toddler Book Club List:
· Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
· Jack's Garden by Henry Cole
· To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda
· Trucks! Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! by Patricia Hubbell
· Swimmy by Leo Leonini
For the full January programming and events calendar, please visit http://www.childrensmuseumatlanta.org/.


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Now that I have made a move after years at a 5-6000 member ministry to one that is only 400-ish (isn't God funny with the paths that He will take us) I am needing to learn some new skills. One of those is seeking out some tech goodies that will help me still get the results of having a large paid team.
Today, we will hit on a couple of tech goodies that I am finding to be helpful in getting the results I need while not having the paid admin team around me. In a medium size church we are still at the point where the children's pastor can fall under the one who is expected to do it all and seeing that usually there are not as many formal ways of communication or the systems are not set up for great follow-up things fall through the cracks.
Asana provides the accountability your team needs to move forward and do your best work without having to be tied to email. Asana offers a great way to collect your task that only you need to work on or it can assign a task to a team member or members that you choose. You can assign due dates and as people work on it if there is any correspondence it will keep all of it in that area so everyone on that project can see the conversation taking place or it can made private. You can set up a daily email to be sent to you for updates on every project and so much more. Watch some more about Asana.
Trello is a different feel than Asana. Trello is simple on the surface, but cards have everything you need to get stuff done. Post comments for instant feedback. Upload files from your computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive. Add checklists, labels, due dates, and more. Notifications make sure you always know when important stuff happens.
Here are 2 more tools I urge you to check out that I'm not going into detail with but use as part of this process for myself.
With any of these tools it should help you have that feel of having a full-time team while you are at a small to mid size church. Don't allow the size of your church now to effect your productivity for the Kingdom.


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For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16-year old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog--Beck.
(Source: Tokyopop)
Why You Should Read This:
Before the K-ON rocked the world with moe, Seo Kouji came cruising in with his truck, the coolest band in the animanga world was the Mongolian Chop Squad, the main rock band of this excellent coming-of-age story, Beck. The manga may not appeal to everyone, but with a likable cast and well-paced story, it offers a very unique taste to the table. From beginning to end, it is a coming-of-age story of your average-joe Yukio, rising up to become a top-class singer with the help and support of his friends. What this manga does really well is the way it allocates its panels and displays sets of very powerful images, especially while the protagonists are performing on stage. It proves that you don't have need great music to get the feeling that you are listening to great music
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I fell in love with Lucy Lawless when she was the dark-haired, leather-clad bad girl of Xena: Warrior Princess, but I love her no less in all her femme incarnations. From sassy blonde '40s movie star to glittering cowgirl to — be still my heart — Sunday night's sultry chanteuse, I love the Lawless that gave her fans what most called "her best concert ever" at San Francisco's Herbst Theater, in a benefit for the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation.
Photo by KT Jorgensen
AfterEllen.com photographer KT Jorgensen was there, and said, "Boy, does she know how to play with the audience. She reaches out and grabs our attention and imagination with a smile and more. During one song, she slowly stripped both of her long gloves off. Wow. Best song of the night: 'Hallelujah.'"
Photo by KT Jorgensen
Lucy sang in front of a video backdrop, including some scenes of her days on Xena, something I've never seen before at one of her concerts. Fans also saw a few clips of her role as the Cylon D'Anna Biers on Battlestar Galactica. And another first: KT says the acoustics were great.
For her encore, Lucy sang the song "Bitch," then offered to re-do it in any style the audience chose. They first had her do a bluegrass version, and then she followed it up with a blues version.
Photo by KT Jorgensen
KT swore she was going camera-less to the next Lucy concert, most likely in Los Angeles this coming January, during the Xena convention. "I don't really get to experience the concert when I am looking through the lens," she said, "But I do get to experience Lucy."
Hey, I'll take it.


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With this year's blackcurrant crop, we decided to try making a cordial.
Filed under Food …
Glut Busting
Another trugful of tomatoes from the greenhouse, too many to enjoy raw, have been processed for the freezer.
We are currently enjoying one of my favourite crops of summer.
Cauliflower Salad
Raw cauliflower has a wonderful nutty taste, perfect grated into a salad for a little crunch!
Slowly we are making our way through the last standing leeks and winter brassicas, clearing the ground ready for this year's planting.
The Great Scape
Despite the rather wintry weather of late, our hardneck garlic has remained on schedule, pushing up long curly scapes which I harvested eagerly in a spell of evening sunshine.
Roots and Shoots
Parsnips are a fickle crop. It is common knowledge that they are slow and scarce at germination, particularly with older seed, and thus it is often advised to buy fresh seed each year.
Flour. Water. Salt. The three simple, humble constituents of a homemade loaf of sourdough bread; a prime example of Aristotle's observation that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
The blanket of snow across the landscape has been shrinking slightly, holes appearing despite continuing squalls of fresh flakes.
Porotos Granados
At the weekend, I made the River Cottage version of this Chilean squash and bean stew, using one of our stored Crown Prince squashes.


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The Energy Report 05/15/19
Crude Risks and Conundrums
Oil prices may be down on a big build in supply but the overall risk to supply is higher than it has been in years. A shocking American Petroleum Institute (API) report eased short term concern supply issues as they reported an 8.63-million-barrel crude build, although the build might be overstated due to transportation issues in the Houston Shipping Channel. The API finally reported a gasoline build, reporting an increase of 567,000 barrels. A sizable 2.17 increase in distillate supply also eased supply concerns.
But make no mistake about it, rising tensions with Iran could cause a big oil price spike. Drone attacks on Saudi pipelines and U.S. intelligence reports of potential new targets is keeping risks high. The U.S. State Department has ordered the pullout of employees from both the U.S. Embassy in Iraq and its consulate in Erbil.
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St Albans' Senior Minister from (1987-2002) was Rev Rob Yule. From 2000-2002 Rob served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand . Some of his sermons are listed on this site.
Rob's teachings were often presented as a series over several services. This allowed him to develop a theme and to take a more coherent and searching approach to the Scriptures than would otherwise be possible."
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Build Civilization by Traveling The Flow of History
Before you decide that any game with history in its title is an invitation to a yawnfest, just consider what class would have been like if, instead of dry and boring textbooks that preached dates and deeds without ever getting into the action, you could have been building a civilization. Jessi Li, the creator of The Flow of History, is known for designing innovative civilization games that shake the dust off history and serve it up in tabletop game format. When Michael Mindes, the founder and CEO of Tasty Minstrel Games, attended SmooxCon (think ProtoSpiele for all of Taiwan) a little more than a year ago, he playtested a game in another language and was thoroughly beaten. So what did he do next? He decided that he had to be the one to publish the game so that it could be introduced to a wider audience.
Flow of History – Deluxified™ and Updated
That game, of course, is The Flow of History. Mindes' company, Tasty Minstrel Games, has pledged to publish amazing and stimulating games that set a high mark for excellence. They've proven their talent for choosing games that people can't wait to play, and Orleans, Yokohama, and Chimera Station have established the impressive standard that the company upholds. Jessi Li's past creations, Ponzi Scheme and Guns & Steel, confirmed that he knows how to design a game that restores history to its compelling roots. Together, Tasty Minstrel Games and Jesse Li are continuing a tradition of excellence.
The Flow of History's Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign
The game also continues Tasty Minstrel's Games' Kickstarter crowdfunding legacy. The company ran successful crowdfunding campaigns for Orleans, Yokohama, and Chimera Station, and the results so far prove that The Flow of History is going to maintain that profitable tradition. With more than three weeks remaining in the campaign, backers have pledged nearly $50,000. Not bad, considering that the original goal is $20,000. Tasty Minstrel Games, which now numbers 11 people in the company, doesn't just publish games that are amazing to play; they deliver games that are amazing to look at as well. The additional cost for The Flow of History's Deluxified™ components isn't going to provide extra profit, but the quality is worth it. The company is only making the Deluxified™ version through crowdfunding for Kickstarter supporters, some replacement copies, and some limited quantity convention sales.
Building a Nation with The Flow of History
Civilizations come and go, but each one has its moment of glory before a new nation rises up from the ashes of the past to establish itself as the reigning power. The Flow of History, with 67 civilization cards, 72 punchboard resource tokens, 5 reference cards and 5 custom wooden player markers, lets players develop their nations by using a unique bidding/price-setting mechanism for purchasing new cards. But keep in mind that what you pay might end up as an asset for someone else, creating a potential twist on the bidding strategy and simulating economic inflation later in the game.
Keeping Current with The Flow of History's Timeline
Thanks to its experienced staff, Tasty Minstrel Games has turned into an established small games company with the goal of maintaining active communication with its backers. For The Flow of History campaign's first seven days, updates were posted at least once every 48 hours. The comments page on the site has been monitored and questions answered by the staff members during normal business hours. A regular communication schedule will be maintained during the entire campaign and whenever new, pertinent information about the campaign is available, it will be relayed to the Kickstarter community backers. Don't worry if time goes by and you haven't heard anything new; that just means that everything is proceeding as expected and all is well.


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I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind. To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran; And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man. Through … Continue reading


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Talking Trash: Listen to James' podcasts as writer in residence as he discusses writing a short screenplay with Ailish Leavy.
Go to related documents (on right hand side of this page) to read along with the podcast.
Previous events hosted by James as part of his residency include The Handmaid's Tale, A Tale of Two Handmaids, The Future of Irish Animation and Memory Bank, A Reading of a New Screenplay by James Phelan.
James Phelan is a professional screenwriter based in Blackrock. He has just won the 2017 IFTA for Best Script Drama for Wrecking The Rising, a three part TV historical time-travel comedy drama which aired on TG4 to universal critical approval.
He is also the creator of legal drama Striking Out for RTÉ which broadcast recently to impressive viewing figures and critical acclaim in both Ireland and America. His other work for TG4 includes the seven-part hit series Galway Races. The series won an IFTA, with James also nominated for his script-writing for the show. He later penned the entire second series Galway Races 2, earning an equally positive reaction from both viewers and reviewers. He garnered an Irish Writers' Guild Zebbie nomination for the second season.
James' slate of animation work includes Oddbods, the hit children's comedy TV series for One Animation/Boomerang TV, and also Cuby Zoo.
During the residency James worked on a film script and developed a podcast. There were lots of opportunities for the public to get involved throughout the residency.
Previous writers in residence include Sarah Webb, Selina Guinness and Colm Keegan.
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96. No Moon
"Seems like sun set
"No, the same."
"Well. Dark."
Death had not
Destroyed the common landscape,
But had pruned it,
Trimmed it of excess.
All the rippling
Miles of summer grass,
Purple-blue wild
Blossoms dotting fields–
Noisy screech-owls-
The swelled bollies
Of a cotton crop–
Rabbits and their chewings
And their droppings–
The cows, with their
Bellows, stolid bodies–
All was gone.
Fruits were shrunk to
Pits, and foliage crumbled.
Crickets languished.
Their chirp licked
Exhausted at the air.
Despite heat of
Summer, trees said
Winter: no leaf-clutter,
No nests, and no buds.
Just the graceful
Hardened forms of branches,
And the curve of
Earth, unbroken,
No odd raucous
Calls of beasts or birds,
Nor the busy
Humming, sounding green.
Message had come
Now the time to
Shed what's not essential.
Pare down to your
Strength, your shape, your
Slough off the earth's
Vegetation. Molt down to
The bone.
By the bedroom
Window, tree shook
Crooked limbs. "No
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The content of this volume has been added to eMagRes (formerly Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance) - the ultimate online resource for NMR and MRI.
The literature of multidimensional NMR began with the publication of three papers in 1975, then nine in 1976 and fifteen in 1977, and now contains many tens of thousands of papers. Any attempt to survey the field must therefore necessarily be very selective, not to say partial. In assembling this handbook, the Editors have sought to provide both the new researcher and the established scientist with a solid foundation for the understanding of multidimensional NMR, a representative if inevitably limited survey of its applications, an authoritative account of classic techniques such as COSY, NOESY and TOSCY, and an account of the latest progress in the development of multidimensional techniques.
This handbook is structured in four parts. The first opens with an historical introduction to, and a brief account of, the practicalities and applications of multidimensional NMR methods, followed by a definitive survey of their conceptual basis and a series of articles setting out the generic principles of methods for acquiring and processing multidimensional NMR data. In the second part, the main families of multidimensional techniques, arranged in approximate order of increasing complexity, are described in detail, from simple J-resolved spectroscopy through to the powerful heteronuclear 3D and 4D methods that now dominate the study of structural biology in solution. The third part offers and illustrative selection from the very wide range of applications of multidimensional NMR methods, including some of the most recent developments in protein NMR. Finally, the fourth part introduces the idea of multidimensional spectra containing non-frequency dimensions, in which properties such as diffusion and relaxation are correlated.
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The Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance (up to 2012) and eMagRes (from 2013 onward) publish a wide range of online articles on all aspects of magnetic resonance in physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. The existence of this large number of articles, written by experts in various fields, is enabling the publication of a series of EMR Handbooks/ eMagRes Handbookson specific areas of NMR and MRI. The chapters of each of these handbooks will comprise a carefully chosen selection of articles from eMagRes. In consultation with the eMagRes Editorial Board, the EMR Handbooks/ eMagRes Handbooks are coherently planned in advance by specially-selected Editors, and new articles are written (together with updates of some already existing articles) to give appropriate complete coverage. The handbooks are intended to be of value and interest to research students, postdoctoral fellows and other researchers learning about the scientific area in question and undertaking relevant experiments, whether in academia or industry.
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Course content
This course seeks to overcome the idea that philosophy is split between two cultures (one belonging to the world of science, the other, the world of the arts and humanities) by exploring both of these strands.
The first strand provides an opportunity to study philosophical approaches to understanding new materialisms and realisms and their significance within the context of recent scientific developments. It focuses on Continental philosophy, and studies figures such as:
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- Jane Bennett
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- Sigmund Freud
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A seasoned performer, Aadin Church has had many career highlights that go beyond the parameters of his beginnings in Gospel music. He has performed in Broadway musicals like 'Miss Saigon', Disney's 'The Lion King', 'Dreamgirls' and 'Ragtime' to name a few. He has also performed with Mariah Carey, Deborah Cox and the legendary Patti LaBelle. Aadin is pleased to return To Rainbow stage for a second time and is excited about being a part of such an awesome cast.


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Translucent – very light straw.
Unashamedly Adelaide Hills – white stone fruits (peach), pink grapefruit, quince and Pink Lady apple skin/peel – sitting alongside a cinnamon and custard apple creaminess.
Oak sits well - light and toasty, with nuances of cypress… amid complexing notes of fresh brie and almond nougat.
An attractive arc of brine/crushed oyster-shell reminds of source and style.
White peach, pink grapefruit and custard apple flavours linger.
So too the lees-induced textural notes – an almond-meal creaminess and a swede/parsnip stock preparation savouriness.
Oak prances across palate – such a dalliance revealing little!
Powdery/talc acidity facilitates a clean and fresh finish.
Origin: Adelaide Hills, South Australia.
Maturation: Nine months in French oak (40% new).
Variety: Chardonnay.
Autumn and winter rainfall were above the long-term averages. Rain stopped abruptly in early August with nothing more than light and infrequent showers observed throughout spring.
A significant rainfall event in early January revitalised vineyards and gave vines a much needed boost throughout veraison. Mild days coupled with cool nights provided consistent conditions, resulting in high acid retention with even and steady sugar accumulation over the ripening phase. Harvest across most vineyards in the Adelaide Hills was compressed with the majority of the vineyards picked by the end of March.
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Your wedding day can easily be one of the most memorable days of your life, however sometimes it might not be for reasons that you expect. We all have at least one friend with a crazy wedding story. Whether or not it's a bad or funny experience, it's undeniable that these experiences make your big day just a little bit more special.
To give you an idea of just how crazy other people's weddings can get, we've scoured the Internet to bring you ten crazy confessions from all over the world.
- A not-so-romantic wedding night
"The first thing we did was climb on the bed (tux and gown still on) and opened all of our cards to count our cash. Then, ordered pizza. Even though we had a buffet at the reception, we were still starving. We ate pizza in bed while watching TV. We did NOT consummate our marriage that night. We were way too tired!"
- Beyonce and alcohol isn't the best wedding combo
"I had just started dating my bf and he took me to his cousin's wedding where I got to meet all the family at once. Every new gfs dream lol. Anyways because I didn't really know anyone I of course got pretty wasted and when Beyonce came on I was so into it so I jumped up and started doing the dance and fell. Because I was so wasted everyone got to see up the front of my dress."
- A major "video fail"
"I was in charge of capturing my friend's wedding on video. The ceremony started and just as they were announced as husband and wife, I realized I'd forgotten to push record! They had to repeat the vows all over again so I could get a video … Oops."
- An interesting wedding party
"Got drunk, watched porn in our hotel room with my maid of honor, one of the groomsmen and his boyfriend and after everyone left tried to have drunken shower sex. Flooded the hotel bathroom. Oops. Not what I imagined."
- While some people may cry due to joy…
"My wife accidentally peed herself at our wedding due to excitement. I actually think the emotional part of that is kind of cute…"
- Less than happy tears on your big day
"What's the best part of having your seven-year-old cousin be your flower girl? The part where everyone in the wedding party slow dances to the first song to kick off the reception, and instead of pairing up with the adorable eight-year-old ring bearer, she starts crying and runs off the dance floor in a fit. You're welcome, Kathy!"
- Respecting prayer time
"So I was a bridesmaid in an outdoor wedding. At the beginning of the ceremony I was stung by a bee during prayer time. Couldn't yell, but quite a few people saw me battle the bee during prayer. Had a red welt from it lol"
- Leaving a fun mess for the cleaning staff
"We got crazy drunk, but still managed to have a lot of fun getting it on. The next day we went [out] and came back to our room to find the cleaning service had been in the room to freshen things up for us and [put] all of our 'toys' in a pile by the bed and covered with a cloth. I about died of embarrassment thinking of the staff donning rubber gloves and pincer-grasping each item and placing them carefully in a pile!"
- Razzle dazzle!
"A friend's daughter attempted to pull the tablecloth out from under our three-tier cake. I stopped her in time but accidently threw her to the ground in the process. I pulled her up and pretended it was a fun game. No one noticed—I hope."
- Seeing a familiar face
"That moment when you attend the wedding as a guest and realize you had a one night stand with the groom last year. Oops."


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Lessons in Leadership from the Life of the Prophet Muhammad
Book review by Dr. Muqtedar Khan.http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/arabic/article.cfm?articleId=2540
Thanks for the review. I just want to share a few things that touched me:
"this school seeks to minimize the miraculous nature of the Prophet's biography". Indeed, it was this aspect in Karen Armstrong's book that had appealed to me. I saw Muhammad as an individual with whom I could relate. For nearly thirty years, I had nothing to do with Islam; the turnaround came from reading a verse in Bhagvad Gita, "finding the truth is your own responsibility" and among three other things, Karen Armstrong's book Muhammad.
" Unlike other commentators, he does not aim to explain or glorify Islam and Islamic teachings, and this allows him to home in on the aspects of Prophet Muhammad's personality and cultural context to illuminate his leadership qualities." And that appeals to me.
Help me understand, if you have the time about the acts mentioned in this quote, "retreated to his tent where his wife Umm Salama, advised him to go back out and silently perform the very acts he had ordered."
Muqtedar, I give a talk on "Muhammad the peace maker" sharing his role as a consummate peace maker, we can see the conflict mitigater and goodwill nurturer in him in just about everything he has done. You have inspired me to write on the same topic, a short book, after my two other books are done. Insha Allah, I want to credit you for this critical moment to wanting to write. My new organization "Americans Together" committed to building a cohesive America was a reflection of his work, building cohesive societies.
Thank you for sharing this and Insha Allah, I will order the book and read it.
Mike Ghouse
Lessons in Leadership from the Life of the Prophet Muhammad
Published October 05, 2010 in Arabic Knowledge@Wharton
Over the years, Muslim and non-Muslim historians have written many books about Prophet Muhammad as a leader, highlighting the divinely guided qualities of his personality as the final messenger of God, according to Islamic beliefs. But in the past century or so, a modernist, rationalist school of Islamic thought has emerged, which focuses on examining Prophet Muhammad as a charismatic leader as well as being the messenger of God.
Developed by thinkers like Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Shibli Nomani in India and Sheikh Muhammad Abduh and Rashid Rida in the Arab world, this school seeks to minimize the miraculous nature of the Prophet's biography to explore the rationalist and humanist dimensions of his personality. Their interpretations are formed by many categories that guides modern thinking -- the Prophet Muhammad as statesman, as a businessman, as a political leader and a spiritual guide.
British management scholar John Adair's new book, The Leadership of Muhammad, joins this body of work, even though he is not a modernist Muslim. But Adair's interpretation is different from most Muslim biographers of Prophet Muhammad in several key ways. First, Adair, who served with a Bedouin regiment in the Arab Legion, emphasizes the context in which he lived over abstract moral principle. His narrative is rich with discussions of tribal practices and the day-to-day habits and traditions that had an influence on Prophet Muhammad. If Adair's goal is to argue that leadership styles must conform to the cultural context in which they find themselves, he succeeds. In episode after episode, he shows how Prophet Muhammad's understanding of the tribal norms of Arabia helped him become an inspirational leader as well as an effective manager.
Leading from the Front
Adair is singular in his focus on Prophet Muhammad as a leader. Unlike other commentators, he does not aim to explain or glorify Islam and Islamic teachings, and this allows him to home in on the aspects of Prophet Muhammad's personality and cultural context to illuminate his leadership qualities.
Metaphors, such as comparing leaders to shepherds, and adjectives like humble and courageous appear frequently throughout the book. A good shepherd guides his sheep, unites them, works for their welfare without taking advantage of them and cares for each individual. Adair sees those characteristics in the Prophet Muhammad. Not only did he care for the well-being of each and every member of his flock, he was uncompromising in his determination to protect the integrity of his mission.
Adair conveys many nuggets of wisdom about what constitutes leadership, how it can be developed and understood, using a simple narrative style to tell the story of a very special man, one who was at once a business leader, a political authority, a community activist, a social entrepreneur, a divine source and a humane role model.
Adair has strong views about what makes great leaders stand out. They lead from the front and lead by example. They must eschew arrogance, exude humility, be truthful, be prepared to share any hardship with followers, and provide both vision and dedication to achieving a task at hand. Success to Adair is a function of leadership, and Muhammad -- as a prophet who transformed Arabia and much of the world with his teachings -- could not have achieved success without being a good leader. This is the unstated assumption that holds the book together.
Based on that, Adair mines the life of Muhammad to highlight his extraordinary qualities as a leader and the acumen with which he deployed these attributes. One is an account of an encounter between one of his followers and the Prophet while he was drawing up the formations of Muslims before the battle of Badr, a key military victory for the fledgling religion:
As Muhammad was walking up the line straightening it with an arrow in his hand, he came to one Sawadi Ibn Ghaziya, who was standing too far out of line. "Stand in line, O Sawadi," the Prophet said, gently pricking him in the belly with his arrow. "You have hurt me, O apostle of God," Sawadi cried, with a much-exaggerated cry of pain. "God has sent you to teach us about right and justice, so please allow me to retaliate". "Take your retaliation," said Muhammad with a smile, uncovering his own belly. Sawadi kissed it and embraced him. "O Messenger of God," he said. "You see what is before us, and I may not survive the battle, and as this is my last time with you I want my skin to touch yours.' Muhammad then blessed him. With soldiers like that you tend not to lose battles.
Elsewhere, Adair captures the love and affection that Prophet Muhammad's followers showered on him. As the thinking goes, You can be appointed a commander or a manager, but you are not a leader until your appointment is ratified in the hearts and minds of those who you lead.
The Advice of Women
Adair's book is neither a scholarly nor a systematic study of the subject. It is a short book of 117 pages, which brings insight into the decisions of the Prophet. It does have one shortcoming: The author fails to explore fully how the Prophet Muhammad respected the opinion and advice of women even while making very serious decisions. One of his anecdotes from the Prophet's life captures this quality aptly:
After Prophet Muhammad agreed to the terms and conditions in the peace treaty imposed by the Quraysh tribe at Hudaybia, many of his companions were profoundly upset with him, since the terms were favorable to the enemy. All of his companions refused to obey a direct command of his, which was to make the sacrifices and complete some of the rituals of the Hajj. Prophet Muhammad, saddened and worried by this development, retreated to his tent where his wife Umm Salama, advised him to go back out and silently perform the very acts he had ordered. When his companions saw him lead by example, they immediately followed him and a major mutiny was averted.
At a time when the public sphere is filled with Islamophobic narratives determined to caricature the noble Prophet and demonize the Islamic faith, this cameo about his leadership lessons comes as a welcome and edifying relief.
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While planning tasks or activities, and at the same time focusing on quick results, it is a good idea to describe each task by means of different viewpoints. Here's my suggestion, derived from Tom Gilb's work, the BABOK and my own experience.
Rules and Notes
R1: Each task should be described in terms of
Purpose.Why are you doing this? This is the single most important category, because it may lead you to the understanding that this is not the right task.
Entry. What do you need in order to begin and complete the task? This prevents you from doing things without the proper basis, which would most likely causes unnecessary re-work.
Process. Which steps do you follow? This is a little plan for your task. It may be only one step, but most of the times there are more than one, even for small tasks. Splitting tasks into steps allows you to return to previous steps in case you learn something new.
Exit. What are the results of the task? What will be the benefit? This is what counts and what can give you the beautiful chance of realizing benefits 'along the way' some greater set of tasks.
Stakeholders. With whom will you have to speak? Whose requirements will you have to take into account? This prevents re-work caused by ignoring influential people.
Methods/Techniques. How can you do it? Note anything that may help you completing the task.
Time-Limit. How long do you plan to work on it? If you need substantially longer, you will have a clear indicator that something is wrong. Short deadlines help you focus (80/20 principle).
Costs, Savings
<Would be great. What does it take to implement those rules? What does it give?>
Side effects
<Is there anything that happend or will happen as one implements the rules? This relates to both wanted and unwanted effects ('unwanted' does not imply 'negative').>
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Don't Mind the Red Flags… They're Just Decoration
This story takes place during one crazy summer...
I had been seeing someone for awhile. Someone who already had a someone. In fact, her situation couldn't have been more fucked up (from my perspective of her as a prospective new girlfriend). A child with shared custody, living with her boyfriend, multiple cats, poor taste in music, and an odd tendency to correct everything you say. It was like a tick. Neural damage perhaps. Dropped as a baby. Insecurity.
When we met, she assured me she was on the outs with her current fella. I had no intention of getting involved anyway because I'm not interested in being part of some sordid love triangle. I especially didn't want to be the other man. Actually, there's really no good position to be in in this scenario. I've worn all three pairs of shoes - they all are very uncomfortable to walk in.
I have a propensity to do the right thing, so this sort of thing doesn't sit well with me. In fact, the only one of these positions I've been in more than once is the one where I'm the idiot getting cheated on. Cheating on someone else is something I did when I was very young - I was never able to keep it a secret either. I had to tell the other person. I think it was a way for me to end things. Being the other man makes me feel like a horrible person too, but there's a level of detachment that comes with it to help with the guilt. It's still a shitty feeling.
The only thing that made this acceptable to me was that she was approaching me. She found me. She instigated every meeting. She rationalized it for me whenever I questioned it... perhaps she was just rationalizing it for herself.
It started out as mutual attraction and quickly moved to flirtation and stolen taboo kisses which turned to hot passionate sex. An affair. It was actually a dirty kind of lustful sinning fun on a different level from standard acceptable unencumbered sex.
The feeling is probably similar to the one that Charlie Sheen gets when he fucks hookers. I mean, the man is motherfucking Charlie Sheen - he doesn't need to fuck hookers - he can have anyone he wants. It's the dirty secret part he likes.
Our affair went on and off and on for awhile. She promised to leave him. She started looking for another place to live. She would talk about fights they would have and how she can't take it anymore... then she would talk about how she can't really afford to leave. Along with our dirty sex came a bit of soap opera drama that kept it interesting when we weren't engaged in intercourse.
After awhile, it was clear she wasn't ready to leave this other man... neither financially nor emotionally. I mean, they had trips planned. Trips. Plus, she liked the house they lived in. It had a pool and a yard and was close to where she worked. I had a pool and a yard as well, but we couldn't just have her move in with me straight out of leaving another man. First of all, he would murder us both. Second, how could I ever trust her? She's a proven adulteress.
We said a few tearful final goodbyes in between caving in to our desires and fucking ourselves raw and practically cannibalizing each other. It was hot. Finally, we got the chance to spend an entire day together - to play house. Her boyfriend was visiting relatives in another State, and she had the house to herself. It's not cheating if they are in a different zip code, right?
It started out okay, but soon turned into bickering and aggravation. Couldn't agree on where to eat. Couldn't agree on what movie to watch. Couldn't agree on much of anything except that we were fighting a lot.
We nitpicked at each others flaws which glared at us through our sunglasses in the light of day. We had previously only seen each other in the middle of the night in the safety and shroud of darkness. What's there to argue about when you're laying in bed naked with the lights out?
At the end of our long day and night, we parted ways sweetly but impatiently. We had minimal contact over the next few days. We both kept ourselves busy with our lives. Then we decided to see each other again, but neither of us put in enough effort to make it actually happen.
She called me up and told me she didn't think she would ever be able to live with me. Not that this was totally our plan, but it was something that had never left the table as a possibility if we were able to free her from her current shackles and if we could somehow erase fear and doubt about each other given what we had been doing with each other behind everyone's backs.
She said she didn't think we would work as a couple. She said she saw too many red flags with me. She knew she couldn't deal with it in the long run. Red flags? Was she serious? She's an adulteress cheater who found me and sought me out... that's a huge fucking red flag that I had been ignoring this entire time. The irony of it all, and the nerve of her to call me out on my red flags. One of which was that I was acting annoyed at her constantly correcting everything I said. Another was that I corrected her on something in front of one of my friends which embarrassed her. And yet another was that I leave my socks on the floor.
I'm sorry, but men leave their socks on the floor. It's a fact of life. Fucking deal with it.
Our love was not meant to be in the end. We both moved on and said our bittersweet goodbyes. We resented each other just a little bit. I don't know what ever became of her relationship with that guy. I don't know if she ever told him or what. I never got beat up or stabbed, so perhaps not. Maybe she's forgotten about it by now.
This is what I think about when someone says they see red flags with me. Well, holy shit... red flags, eh? Better not try to get involved with me then. It could end up with us breaking up at some point. We wouldn't want that.
As a serial monogamist and as the child of parents who divorced after 30 years of marriage, I don't know that I believe in relationships that last forever. In fact, I'm sure none of them do. All relationships end at some point - either they break it off or someone dies or circumstances beyond their control part them... they make movies about it all the time.
Even though nothing lasts forever, that doesn't mean you shouldn't try it out. I mean, roller coaster rides are intense fun for a few minutes and then the cars come to a stop and you're back to where you started out and you have to go back to the end of the line again. People take drugs for a temporary high knowing full well that the feeling will soon end and leave them worse off. In this way, people can be like drugs.
People who say they see red flags are just making excuses. The reality is that they just don't want to bother. You've killed whatever buzz was there before to the point that they can easily just walk away from you. It's a meaningless statement. I see red flags in everything - big huge warning labels on everything fun. The best food is the worst for you. The funnest rides are the most dangerous. The best sex is the wrong kind. Red flags to me just indicate something is going to be more interesting. I'm gonna start seeking out red flags. Fuck it.
All of my favorite and most memorable relationships were with people who I knew were completely wrong for me from the beginning. One of the last girls I dated was perfect. Gorgeous, tall, smart, sweet, funny and with zero baggage. She was also fucking BOOOOOORRRRIINNNNGGGG. When she dumped me, I was relieved. In fact, if the relationship had gone on any longer, I would've cheated on her and told her about it just to get out of it with no chance of getting back into it (I'm exaggerating - I'm not a cheater).
We're all flawed human beings. We all do horrible shit. If you are perfect, then you're boring. If you don't have a few red flags waving over your head, then you're doing it wrong. And fuck everyone who dumped me over some red flags. You're not perfect enough to judge me in that way... glass houses and stone throwing and all of that. When you point out flaws in other people, you're really pointing them out in yourself... pointing a finger means there are 3 pointing back at you and all of that.
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New 2020 Cadillac CT6
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- Condition: New
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- Body Style: Sedan
- Fuel Type: Gasoline Fuel
- Mileage: 4,388
- Engine: 3.6L V6
- Transmission: 10-Speed Automatic
- Drivetrain: All Wheel Drive
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The Cadillac CT6 is not the flagship of the Cadillac line, but it certainly would appear that it is a top contender for the spot. With an extended wheel base to soak up all the harsh bumps on the road and allow for more leg room in the rear, this vehicle feels like it wants to cruise on the highway and wrap you in luxury along the way. Powered by a 3.0L Twin Turbo V6 sending power to all 4 wheels, this cruiser can still hang with the big boys. On the interior we find massaging leather seats, and a premium Bose Panaray system, giving you a relaxing drive making you feel refreshed by the time you arrive at your next destination. The list of features goes on and on, stop in to experience everything today!
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Disney, Pixar announce next 3D re-releases
By Sean O'Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Once "The Lion King" topped the box office charts for a second consecutive weekend, you knew Disney and Pixar would begin planning the next few films that would be re-configured into 3D and re-released into theaters.
Today, we're learning which films are coming up, and what dates they are due to arrive.
The Walt Disney Studios announced that the following titles from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios will be released in 2012 and 2013:
· Beauty and the Beast – January 13, 2012
· Disney•Pixar's Finding Nemo – September 14, 2012
· Disney•Pixar's Monsters, Inc. – January 18, 2013
· The Little Mermaid – September 13, 2013
"Great stories and great characters are timeless, and at Disney we're fortunate to have a treasure trove of both," said Alan Bergman, President, The Walt Disney Studios.
"We're thrilled to give audiences of all ages the chance to experience these beloved tales in an exciting new way with 3D – and in the case of younger generations, for the first time on the big screen."
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Tributes Pour In For Late Reggae Icon, Ras Kimono
Tributes have continued to pour in for the late reggae legend, Okeleke Elumelu, popularly known as Ras Kimono. The 'Under Pressure' crooner died at a hospital in Lagos on Sunday morning.
Kimono dominated the music industry in Nigeria in the late 80s. but he disappeared some years after with his sojourn to the US, where he spent six years.
Following his death, celebrities, artistes, business tycoons and politicians have continued to pay their tribute to the legend. Here are some of the things said about him:
I just heard the worst news that the Nigerian Reggae legend, and my cousin, #RasKimono has died. Ras had a huge impact on my appreciation of music & is one of the reasons I'm such a huge fan of the genre. I still remember his performance at our #HHchrismas party a two years ago pic.twitter.com/UXcPRfdbDX
— Tony O. Elumelu, CON (@TonyOElumelu) June 10, 2018
Ara: Ras Kimono's death hit me badly — I was planning a collaboration with him https://t.co/7RvXW6Ksb4 #RasKimono pic.twitter.com/URh0aqJl3Z
— TheCable (@thecableng) June 11, 2018
I grew up listening to #RasKimono. Classics like " Gimme little sugar" " Rhumba Style" "whata Gwan" defined the sound of the 80's in Nigeria -which was mix of advocacy , pop and social consciousness. Rest In Peace Sir #RasKimono ??. We mourn with your family & Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/9dlV6BtX7q
— AuduMaikori (@Audu) June 10, 2018
Rest In Power Ras Kimono. Your kind & generous spirit and your infectious energy on stage will forever be missed. #RasKimono pic.twitter.com/VQujsz8SVT
— AdeBantu (@adebantumusic) June 10, 2018
Rest gentle big man with the quick laugh. Thank you for the music. #RasKimono pic.twitter.com/SeqAzZqeVP
— Funmi Iyanda (@Funmilola) June 10, 2018
With great sadness in my heart I regrets to announce the passing of my dear friend, brother, a member of our COSON board and one of Africa's Iconic Reggae Artist the Legendary Ras Kimono Onwubuya. I will miss you my brother, you are with the Lord now. Rest in Peace. #raskimono pic.twitter.com/BPSU6fzXFJ
— Tony Okoroji (@Tonyokoroji) June 10, 2018
Raskimono was one of the very few People i was opportuned to have Graced the stage with. He was a delight, an amazing performer, dedicated to his craft and was so down to earth. Rest In Peace Raskimono. Thanks for the few things you taught me. ?? #Raskimono pic.twitter.com/TO0DDwoPAU
— Aramide (@AramideMusic) June 10, 2018