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systems in RPGs and MMOs that are, well, antagonistic to the extreme. Maybe they made sense to the dev who had it all mapped out in his or her head, but to the average player, it's only a little more understandable than reading War and Peace in Sanskrit.
The customization systems of Final Fantasy VII and VIII always come to mind when I think about this. VII's materia was easy to grok, allowing me to clearly understand what effects I wanted to equip and giving me a path to level them up. Then came VIII's junction system, which allowed scads more customization but was just a jumbled mess of incoherent ideas and a generally bad approach. Don't get me wrong; I don't want a Fisher-Price MMO. I think that the more complex a system is, the clearer the instruction and design needs to be for us to navigate it.
So what MMO systems are too complicated for you? How would you make them better?
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If you're looking for a dose of healthy veggies, then you'll love this fragrant and warmly spiced tagine. While it's meat free, you'll be surprised that this is one of many vegetable dishes that your slow cooker was made for. It's aromatic, and has a complex blend of flavors that compliment the Moroccan root veggies well. You can serve it with brown rice or couscous, but it's delicious on its own. Feel free to experiment with the vegetables in this dish; cauliflower, parsnips, or carrots would work nicely here.
Try Moroccan Root Vegetable Tangine with a side of Quinoa Pilaf.
Yields: 4 servings | Serving Size: 1 cup vegetables and half cup couscous |Calories: 368| Total Fat: 9 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Trans Fat: 0 g | Cholesterol: 0 mg | Sodium: 456 mg | Carbohydrates: 63 g | Dietary Fiber: 9 g | Sugars: 12 g | Protein: 12 g | SmartPoints (Freestyle): 12
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 fennel bulb, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 tablespoons ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon ground turmeric
- 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 sweet potato, peeled and diced
- 1 medium turnip, peeled and diced
- 1 15 ounce can chopped tomatoes
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 6 dried apricots, chopped
- 6 green olives, pitted and chopped
- Whole Wheat Couscous or rice for serving
- Plain Greek yogurt and chopped cilantro, for serving
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and the chopped fennel and sauté until soft. Add the garlic, sauté for about another minute, and add the spices and ginger. Cook for a minute longer and transfer this mixture to your slow cooker. Add the sweet potatoes, turnips, tomatoes, broth, and chopped apricots to the cooker. Cook on low heat for 6-8 hours until vegetables are tender. Stir in the chopped olives.
- Serve alone or over couscous or choice of grain. Top with a dollop of yogurt and a sprinkling of cilantro.
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I am currently in Perth and have scheduled this post to share more about our trip to Melbourne.
We visited The Block Arcade at Collins Street as it's one of the most beautiful and historical architecture in Melbourne. The interior are lavished with intricate Victorian decoration, lightings as well as lovely looking stores.
Hopetoun Tea Rooms is a very popular cafe in Melbourne that is known for its charming Victorian decor and pretty cakes. I think it fits pretty well in The Block Arcade with its theme. The queue was insanely long when we were there. Check out the crowd outside the store. Everyone was mesmerized with their cakes! bigsmile
See it to believe it. We had Raspberry Pistachio Cheesecake and it was absolutely divine. Wish I have an oven now haha! tongue
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We spent the rest of the day admiring the streets and architecture! smile
Check out my other posts on Melbourne:
heart Melbourne: Road Trip along Great Ocean Road
heart Melbourne: Johanna River Farm and Cottages at Great Ocean Road
heart Melbourne: The Twelve Apostles at Great Ocean Road
heart Melbourne: Traveling to Melbourne City
heart Melbourne: Hopetoun Tea Rooms in The Block Arcade
heart Melbourne: Puffing Billy Steam Railway
heart Melbourne: Top Paddock and 400 Gradi
heart Melbourne: Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery
heart Melbourne: Coldstream Brewery
heart Melbourne: Domaine Chandon & Sky High Mount Dandenong
heart Melbourne: Phillip Island – Koala Conservation Centre & Penguin Parade
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Dietician Bob Seebohar has guided the diet of many Olympic athletes; here he demonstrates how to prepare an oatmeal breakfast that aims to give you the energy of a gold medallist.
Although Seebohar uses a rice cooker in the video above, you're stove top or microwave would work just fine for creating this high-energy, antioxidant-packed oatmeal. The mixture is packed with enough essentials to fuel your body through workout sessions, an afternoon walk or maybe a retail therapy blitz (assuming you don't shop online). The ingredient list is as follows:
- Rolled oats
- Water
- Whey protein powder
- Dark cocoa powder
- Ground flax
- Blueberries
- Raisins
- Banana
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I am definitely finding the raw Wednesday easier and even looking forward to them…especially now Sash is getting more gourmet. This week I was served up raw crackers with raw humous.
The crackers were Raw Health made by Windmill Organics, you can find them at Wholefoods and Planet Organic. They are pricey, at £4 a pack it works out £1 per cracker. I actually felt satisfied after the lunch, much more than after just having a salad, but I found crackers quite salty.
Also tying in nicely with our raw day we had arranged to meet up with a Jill and John a Canadian couple who are travelling the world and blogging about their vegan findings along the way. Where do you think they wanted to go?
Another raw dinner at Saf, I kind of feel like it's cheating a little bit, because it is so easy to be raw when you are eating the food they serve, but there is now way we would deny our guests. 🙂 I really wanted to have the pad thai again, but this week I was able to maintain my resolve to have something new. As we have been here so often recently we have worked our way through the mains, so we decided to do starters and dessert.
My starter cannelloni was tiny (Sash will vouch I masked deflation well) being literally 3 strips of corgette filled with cashew cheese , Sash's tacos were more substantial, with 3 taco shells each with a different filling.
For dessert we had the blueberry cheesecake, which Jill pointed out didn't really taste of blueberries. It of course looked amazing but I didn't like the coconut shavings on the top and it didn't taste different to any other raw cheese cakes I've had. It was ok, but not the best dessert I've had at Saf.
If you want to see what the Vegan Backpackers make of London follow their blog, you can also keep up to date with them on Twitter. We are certainly looking forward to seeing what little vegan treasures they will discover next!


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Do not imagine that there is any bird more easily caught by decoy, nor any fish sooner fixed on the hook by wormy bait, than are all these poor fools neatly tricked into servitude by the slightest feather passed, so to speak, before their mouths. Truly it is a marvelous thing that they let themselves be caught so quickly at the slightest tickling of their fancy.
Plays, farces, spectacles, gladiators, strange beasts, medals, pictures, and other such opiates, these were for ancient peoples the bait toward slavery, the price of their liberty, the instruments of tyranny. By these practices and enticements the ancient dictators so successfully lulled their subjects under the yoke, that the stupefied peoples, fascinated by the pastimes and vain pleasures flashed before their eyes, learned subservience as naïvely, but not so creditably, as little children learn to read by looking at bright picture books.


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Cooking enthusiasts learn new skills of cooking gluten-free vegetarian dishes under the watchful eye of experienced instructors
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Smooth sauces can be surprisingly difficult for the home chef to master. Learn why with Groupon's look at why sauces break.
A perfect hollandaise sauce is buttery and silky, a perfect complement to eggs. But under the wrong working conditions, it can become a chunky, oily mess—a broken sauce, in a word. Basic sauces such as hollandaise, béarnaise, beurre blanc, and mayonnaise are all emulsions, which take some practice to master. They're the result of carefully mixing two substances that aren't naturally soluble with one another such as oil and water. Whether you're able to unite these stubborn opposites determines whether your sauce winds up as the crowning condiment of a fancy brunch or the inspiration to invent eggs à la frozen pizza.
To come together at all, an emulsion-based sauce needs to be actively mixed, usually by shaking, whisking, or blending. This breaks up its fats into smaller particles that can be suspended uniformly throughout the other ingredients. The arrangement of these particles is unstable, though: if the mixture gets too hot, the proteins will coagulate, and a drop in temperature will cause the fat to clump together and solidify. Somewhere a little below 180 degrees lies the ideal emulsifying window.
Another mistake cooks make is to add fat into the mix too quickly, causing it to snobbishly cling together instead of breaking down and dispersing. On the flip side, overblending also can cause problems: it breaks the fat down into too many particles, with the end result being that they want to spring back together. Using a whisk instead of a mechanical blender usually can help prevent that from happening. But if your sauce still breaks despite your efforts, you always can do what the pros do: go out for breakfast.


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Balance of Payments, also called BOP, is a statement that summarizes an economy's transactions with the rest of the world for a given time period. BOP pays a critical role in the formulation of a national and international policy.
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Overview: The second-preference, employment-based immigrant visa is available to the following two subcategories of foreign nationals: 1) members of the professions holding an advanced degree or its equivalent or 2) foreign nationals who possess exceptional abilities in the sciences, arts, or business.
Once an approved labor certification is obtained through PERM or a foreign national qualifies for the streamlined labor certification process under Schedule A II, a foreign national can then file for an immigrant visa with USCIS. (The PERM labor certification process is described in our other article PERM Labor Certification for Immigrant Work Visas and the Schedule A II process is described in Avoiding Labor Certification: Schedule A II Occupations – Exceptional Ability.)
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Eligibility criteria: To be eligible for this category, the foreign national must be working in certain fields deemed "professions" and must hold an advanced degree or its equivalent.
What types of jobs are considered "professions"?
The term "profession" includes, but is not limited to architects, engineers, lawyers, physicians, surgeons, and teachers in elementary or secondary schools, colleges, academies, or seminaries. 8 CFR 101(a)(32). USCIS also considers professions to include any other occupation for which a U.S. baccalaureate degree or its foreign equivalent is the minimum requirement for entry into the occupation.
What is considered an advanced degree or its equivalent?
An advanced degree means any United States academic or professional degree or a foreign equivalent degree above that of baccalaureate. A U.S. baccalaureate degree or a foreign equivalent degree followed by at least five years of progressive experience in the specialty is considered the equivalent of a master's degree. If a doctoral degree is customarily required by the specialty, the foreign national must have a U.S. doctorate or a foreign equivalent degree.
Supporting documentation required: To establish the foreign national holds an advanced degree, he or she will need to submit an official academic record showing that the foreign national has a United States advanced degree or a foreign equivalent degree.
To establish degree equivalency, the foreign national must submit an official academic record showing that the foreign national has a United States baccalaureate degree or a foreign equivalent degree, and letters from current or former employer(s) showing at least five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the specialty.
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Eligibility criteria: To be eligible for this category the foreign national must possess an "exceptional ability" in the sciences, arts or business and be offered a job in his area of specialty.
What is considered "exceptional ability."
The 8 CFR 204.5(k)(2) defines "exceptional ability" as a degree of expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered in the sciences, arts, or business. The USCIS "exceptional ability" standard is different from that of DOL; it is actually a slightly lower standard. Thus, if a foreign national meets the DOL standard for exceptional ability he or she should also be able to meet the USCIS standard.
Supporting documentation: To establish "exceptional ability" the foreign national must submit supporting documentation for at least three of the following:
(A) An official academic record showing that the foreign national has a degree, diploma, certificate, or similar award from a college, university, school, or other institution of learning relating to the area of exceptional ability;
(B) Evidence in the form of letter(s) from current or former employer(s) showing that the foreign national has at least ten years of full-time experience in the occupation for which he or she is being sought;
(C) A license to practice the profession or certification for a particular profession or occupation;
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If the above standards do not apply to the foreign national's occupation, other comparable evidence of eligibility is also acceptable.
Application requirements: For either subcategory, the employer must file the labor certification (Form ETA 9089) and Form I-140 along with the requisite supporting documentation with USCIS. If the I-140 is approved, the foreign national can they apply for permanent residency (green card).
Employer requirement: The employer must establish it has the ability to pay the wage offered to the foreign national. Evidence of this ability can be in the form of copies of annual reports, federal tax returns, or audited financial statements. If the U.S. employer has 100 or more workers, USCIS may accept a statement from the company's financial officer which establishes the ability to pay the proffered wage. In some cases, additional evidence, such as profit/loss statements, bank account records, or personnel records, may be submitted or requested by USCIS.
Quotas: There are worldwide and country-wide quotas. Whether a country is backlogged is shown on the monthly State Department visa bulletin. Visa availability and cut-off dates can change monthly, moving backwards or forwards. The countries that traditionally have been vulnerable to backlogs in the employment-based categories are China and India.
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Meet Allanon, played by Manu Bennett. As the last remaining Druid, he knows something incredibly important has begun when the Ellcrys Tree begins to die. Can he help save the Ellcrys and livelihood of the Four Lands? The Shannara Chronicles premieres January 5th, 2016 on MTV.
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Happy New Year, people!
See you all in 2008, and remember, don't make any resolutions you can't keep. Or better still, don't make any resolutions. Period.
Have a good one!
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Happy New Year, people!
See you all in 2008, and remember, don't make any resolutions you can't keep. Or better still, don't make any resolutions. Period.
Have a good one!
I wrote the following around a year back. I don't remember what made me write it, but I do sense an undercurrent of frustration (no surprises there!). Maybe the next time I write something out of frutration, I should document the circumstances too!
Nothing new to blog about, so I thought now would be a good time to go into flashback mode and make you suffer some of my earlier posts. You're welcome!
Looking for love? Or, more precisely, looking for someone to love you? Not found one, yet? Still searching patiently?
No, I'm not starting a dating agency or a marriage bureau. That is not the way to find love, anyway. You can find people, but not love. Two different things.
For all of us who think love can be searched for and found: please think again. When you say you search for love, don't you realize you're accepting the fact that you lost it? If you lost it, doesn't that mean you had it at one point? If you already had it and lost it, what makes you think you're going to find it now and keep it? If you know how to keep it, then why did you lose it to begin with? Ok, so you lost it, learnt a lesson and now you know how to keep it? But how will one lesson learnt apply to all future prospects of love? Unless ofcourse you intend to love the same person(s) again. Confusing? No? Good. Read on.
You could contradict me saying searching for love doesn't mean I lost it, maybe I'm searching for the first time! Then how, please, would you know when you find it? Do you even know what you're looking for? If you do know what love is, if you do know it is love when you find it, then doesn't that naturally mean you've known it before? And so, since you're looking for it now, doesn't that mean you lost it previously? Which brings us back to lost love.
Point I'm trying to make? Don't go around telling the world you're looking for love. You don't find love, love will find you if you give it a chance. Love will enter your heart if your heart is capable of loving. Only one who knows to love can know love.
Know that, just like God, love will not enter a dark heart. Love will not enter an unclean heart. You have to love to receive love.
If you're all riled up and ready to burn down the comment box (because I have a feeling this piece is not one of my timid ones), please count from 100 to 1. In Hindi. And when you're done, read some of my Calvin and Hobbes posts and go home in peace. Thank you!
'Three souls. Two thousand years. One truth.'
…so goes the tag line for Richard and Rachael Heller's 'The 13th Apostle'. And trust me, that forms by far the most interesting line in the entire book. That single line right there on the cover.
The short review –
Utterly hopeless, worthless, uninteresting and uninspired work of fiction ever to see the light of day.
The not-so-short review –
Ladies and gentlemen, I've officially read the most crappiest novel ever to be written by mankind. The authors (yes, it took two to stage this travesty) claim that if you liked 'Da Vinci Code' you'll like this one too. I beg to differ. If you have read any book by any good English author out there, rest assured you'll find this horribly boring and cliched and all those things.
This story is another take at misinterpreting the unexplained or unsatisfactorily-proven parts of the life of Jesus Christ (who else!). I'm seriously wondering what it is about Jesus that people find so hard to believe that every budding author out there wants a go at proving he was not what he is made out to be! Seriously people, it's getting old. Try something newer!
The hero, Gil Pearson, here is a software geek who works for an internet security firm. The concepts of technology are too made up to be believable and if the authors think they can impress people with big words that don't quite mean anything, well, they're grossly mistaken. So the hero is pulled into a search for an ancient relic, a scroll, that supposedly contains the gospel written by a 13th Apostle of Christ (for the uninitiated, Christ had 12 Apostles) which, as it is with all fiction these days, didn't make it to the Bible. And this scroll has information that could devastate Christianity as a faith. Anything new there, folks? Nope!
And since it's against a religion, there are obviously a whole bunch of bad guys who can't let the world see the scroll. Add to that a fanatic Muslim group that badly wants people to see this scroll and denounce Christianity. So Gil teams up with an Israeli translator, Sabbie Kraim, and goes on a quest for the hidden scroll. How they find it, what they do with it and what does the scroll actually contain forms the rest of the farce..er..story I mean.
The reason I didn't like this book at all is because it sounds very very amateurish. The sentence structures, the descriptions, the flow – everything is amateurish. It's as if they had something called 'A Guide to writing a book like Da Vinci Code' and followed it word for word. The storyline is wafer thin and the authors do nothing to reinforce it and carry it along. I started skipping entire pages in between and I assure you, I didn't miss the story at all. Remember those hyped up movies where a song comes just before the climax scene just for the heck of having a song? Well, most scenes and encounters in this book are like that – they're there because the authors think the reader would expect that particular exchange there. Which, for me, is against the whole point of writing good fiction. If I read what I expect to read, why would I enjoy the book?! I want to read the unexpected. And this book is definitely not on those lines.
So if you see this book on a bookshelf, do yourself a favor and keep moving!
Other-Me has graciously agreed to let me sneak in a post. I just think Other-Me is a perfect dunce who can't even write ABCD, leave alone an entire post. I know I'll pay the price for the previous line, but it's so totally worth it!
When I was a kid…
…I believed that if you ate the seed inside a fruit, a fruit tree would grow out of your ears. I swallowed a jackfruit seed once – my uncle freaked me out completely by describing the consequences.
…I knew nothing about Test Cricket. I remember being confused on which player belonged to which team on the field 'coz all of them wore white! It never occured to me that one team bats and one team bowls, so the ones with the bat belonged to the other team. Umpires wore black trousers, so I was good there.
…I used to eat pastries like eating any normal cake – with my hand. Come to think of it, there was nothing called pastry – it's either plum cake or cream cake. And both fit your mouth. Life was simpler.
…I didn't celebrate Christmas and I didn't believe in Santa Claus. Santa, for me, was our convent school assistant-headmaster with a fake white beard and a fake big belly who had Cadbury Eclairs in his red sack, which he threw out to us kids after the school's Christmas celebrations.
…I used to keep a journal of sorts with my favorite stuff in it. Like Steffi Graf winning the Wimbledon, Sridevi (the actress!), Salman Khan (stop snickering, we all had our moments of insanity), etc. And an occasional poem (very stupid sounding poem in hindsight) and I still remember, a recipe for mashed potatoes. I covered the book in colorful gift-wrap paper and put a cellophane cover on top of that. Then I stuck label and wrote a warning on the first page – 'Do not read' (pesky sibling, need scary warning).
…I told my cousins (children of the aforementioned uncle) the same story about seeds, trees and trees from ears and freaked them out. You should've seen them jump out of their skins when I 'accidentally' gave them a jackfruit seed instead of the fruit. Hah!
…I know what happens in Test Cricket. I even know what 'follow on' means. But I still cannot identify an LBW case without the graphic that actually shows the ball's trajectory till it hits the stumps. Then I join my husband in cursing the umpire for not giving an out. It's all about the cursing, people.
…I eat pastry with a fork, a pastry that's bigger than my palm. And then I spend the next 2 hours worrying about the calories. And then I eat some more pastry to forget the guilt. Tough life!
…I celebrate Christmas and I still don't believe in Santa Claus. I believe in my husband!
…I have a blog with my favorite stuff in it. No Steffi Graf or Salman Khan (dear God, no!). Poems (some stupider than before) and no recipes. I use girly headers on the blog and actually expect people to come and read my blog. I think I grew up.
Everyone was asleep that night, when I placed the ladder against the house right beneath the broken window. Which broken window, you ask? You know which window. The one in the room, the room where no one goes. There was a chilly wind blowing and I'd left my sweater back on my bed. I thought of my bed and how nice it would be to be in there, between the covers, planning about getting into this room rather than standing in the garden and actually trying to get into the room. I climbed the ladder and reached the window after what seemed like an hour, when really it was only 10 minutes.
There's a room in our house where no one goes. Fairly small, with a heavy wooden door that looks centuries old. Maybe if I looked closely enough I might even find characters from an extinct language, the things archaeologists only find in historic ruins or some such places. It's a mystery, this room, that no one goes to. There are cobwebs around the huge iron padlock and no one knows where the key is. Not even Grandpa. He doesn't like talking about the room, it makes him nervous and he starts mumbling something about the weather or the garden. We don't have a garden, you see.
Me: So, you wanted to talk?
Other Me: Well, not particularly..'coz I almost always talk non-stop whether you like it or not!
Me: Hmph. You can say that again.
OM: Well, not particularly..'coz I almost always..
Me: THAT WAS A FIGURE OF SPEECH, YOU ASS!
OM: Heh. Like I didn't know. Ok, so let's get to the point. But before that – what's this new disgusting habit of putting up our 'conversations' out in the open? Ever heard of alter-ego self privileges?
Me: I'm trying to inculcate some manners into you. I'm hoping the thought of public embarassment would knock some sense into that fluff-filled brain of yours.
OM: You know, one would imagine so. But let me tell you, public embarassment never quite had an effect on me.
Me: Well, we'll just have to see that, won't we? Now, what did you want to talk about? I'm a busy person, get it out with soon, will ya?
OM: You remember how you had to write some landmark post on your blog? And you didn't find any ideas? And how I totally wrote it for you?
Me: Hold just one moment! I agree I was out of ideas, but you did not write it for me – you just gave me an idea and I did the whole thing myself.
OM: Whatever. So like I was saying, I wrote it for you.. ah ah, don't say anything and listen to me or this could take another 20 years. You owed me one on that. I wanted to talk about what you'd give me.
Me: Ok, I'm in a good mood so lemme humor you for a bit. I know I'll regret saying this in about 4 seconds, but what do you want?
OM: I want to be dominant for a day.
Me: WHAT THE..?
OM: Watch it! Remember, no swearing on the blog? The turmeric and the coconuts? Remember?
Me: Ok! Ok! I have to calm down. It's not like you mean it. ~brief pause~ Right? Please tell me you're kidding! Please!
OM: I was not kidding.
Me: Was too.
OM: Was too not.
Me: You mean you weren't.
OM: Really? You wanna play this game now? Now? I'm in, if you are, chum.
Me: Listen, you can't be serious about this can you? Dominant? You? For an entire day? O dear God!
OM: HEY! It's not that bad. Try me. You won't regret it.
Me: You mean I won't live to regret it. So, what will happen if I say no?
OM: Hmmm. I knew this wouldn't be easy. If you say no, then I'll have to talk to the others and probably plan a rebellion of sorts and take over your life after a bloody coup. And rule for life. You can kiss your sorry life goodbye then.
Me: ~nervous laugh~ Now you're kidding, right?
OM: O you wish, sweetheart. You wish.
Me: But tell me something. Why would you want to be dominant? I mean, the prospect of all perks with none of the responsibilities seems pretty convenient to me, so why would you want a change now?
OM: That's exactly the point. I want a change. Mujhe change chahiye!
Me: Saying it in Hindi doesn't make it any better, you senseless git! Nope, can't do. You can't be dominant. You'll just ruin me completely. If I wanted to kill myself I'll eat sleeping pills, thank you very much. Dominant, it seems. In your dreams, buster!
OM: ~deep sigh~ Why do you always make things so difficult for yourself, hmmm? Ok, let me make you a deal. How about I'll be dominant only on your blog? Your life isn't that great a deal anyway. What say?
Me: My blog? Why? Why why why? What did I do to you?! Why are you torturing me like this? Can't a poor girl have her own blog without having to fight the injustice perpetrated by traitors like you?! Why?! Dear God, why?!!
OM: ~cough~ Drama queen ~cough~
Me: Ok, I'll agree if you make that 'one post' instead of 'one day'. You can write a guest column. But that's it. Deal?
OM: ~evil grin~ Oh sure! Just the one post. Deal.
And thus one made a deal with oneself to dig one's own grave and be buried 6 feet under, for all eternity. Good luck with guessing who's the "one" and who's the "oneself". I'm going into hiding after the next post on this blog. There's no internet and blogging in Timbuktoo, right?


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I was all set to write a post complaining that, as usual, the Anglophone press never pays enough attention* to the Giro d'Italia but for the saddest of all possible reasons, that won't be the case tomorrow. Wouter Weylandt, pictured above winning the third stage of last year's Giro, died this afternoon after crashing on a descent some 20km from the finish of today's stage in Rapallo. CPR and atrophine injections and the arrival of an air ambulance weren't enough to save the young Belgian. A race designed to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italy's road to unification will now be remembered for something else.
Weylandt is the fourth rider to die during the Giro and the first cyclist to be killed during one of the Grand Tours since Fabio Casartelli crashed in the Pyrenees in 1995. The surprise, alas, is that it doesn't happen more often. Accidents happen and the races are (probably) as safe as can reasonably be expected but that doesn't mean these things become any easier to stomach.
Though cyclists race because they love the sport, it's still true that since so much of cycling's appeal rests upon the monstrous demdands made upon its participants there's a sense that the tifosi are in some sense partially morally culpable for these horrors. That's true even when a cyclist dies following a crash or when, as has been too often the case, in their sleep after, perhaps, misjudging their EPO dosage. In the former, clearly, luck or its absence is the principle protagonist; in the latter cases the rider himself bears the primary responsibility for their actions.
Culpable perhaps puts it too strongly, but the wider cycling fraternity is at least implicated in these tragedies. At the highest level, cycling is a monstrous business. It cannot be separated from suffering since without suffering and sacrifice there can be little glory. No wonder cycling, perhaps more than any other sport, carries so many religious undertones. It's a quest for something epic and something transcendental too. (And without sin there can be no redemption either. As Henru Pelissier, winner of the Tour de France in 1923, said, the Tour "is a Calvary". There are few innocents on the road but the blameless must suffer too.)
That's the bargain - call it Faustian if you will - the protagonists make. By doing so they accept that, by some accounts at least, their life expectancy could be shortened by anything up to 15 years. It is an excessive business and a sport defined by excess. It always has been.
The excess, the absurdity of the suffering demanded, is the point of it all. The riders, if you like, are Prometheus-on-wheels, attacked each day by the route and the expectations of the masses. The organisers are the famous "assassins" of bicycling lore but it's the supporters who connive with and crave this torment. Only the end of the race can offer some respite - which is one more reason why, almost uniquely in sport, even the man who comes last receives the approbation of the mob.
Now there's one more fallen rider to be remembered at the mass for the Convicts of the Road held each December at the Madonna di Ghisallo, high in the hills above Lake Como and the crucial climb in the Giro di Lombardia, the last major bike race of the season. And yet the Giro will go on because it must and because it always has.
*At long last a major publishing house has produced a history of the Giro and Italian cycling. Congratulations to Bloomsbury and John Foot for bringing out (and writing) Pedalare! Pedalare! It is excellent too and should be in every cycling fans' library.
UPDATE: David Miller confirms he will wear the Maglia Rosa tomorrow to honour Weylandt. The rest of his remarks are very fine too.


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How to Refinish Plywood Subflooring
If you prepare it properly, even construction-grade plywood can look attractive when covered with several coats of floor enamel. Sanding plywood with an orbital flooring sander is an effective way to level and smooth it for paint. First, however, you need to carefully prep it by removing staples and glue, making sure it is adequately secured to the joists and filling cracks and joints. When it's time to paint, John Lahey, CEO of Fine Paints of Europe, recommends spreading multiple thin coats. They dry more quickly and wear longer than thick coats.
Remove carpet staples with a mini pry bar or a slot screwdriver, hooking the beveled end of the bar or the head of the screwdriver under each staple and prying it out. The job is tedious, but it's important to remove all the staples, and there is no easy way to do it.
Inspect the entire floor for popped nails or screws. Set popped nails below the surface of the plywood with a nail punch and hammer. If the plywood was installed with screws, use a drill and a No. 2 Phillips bit to sink any heads that are above the surface.
Remove dried glue by sanding the floor with an oscillating flooring sander and 50 grit or coarser sandpaper. If the action of the sander emulsifies the glue and causes it to gum up the sandpaper, an alternative is to soften the glue with water or an appropriate solvent and scrape it off with a floor scraper.
Vacuum the floor, then fill it with latex floor filler. Dilute the pre-mixed filler with water until it is pourable, then spread it over the entire floor with a rubber grouting float. Work it into all the joints, knots and nail holes and let it dry overnight.
Sand the floor with the orbital flooring sander and 80-grit sandpaper. Use a palm sander and the same grit of sandpaper to sand any areas of the floor you can't reach with the flooring sander.
Spread a second application of filler after vacuuming the floor again. The additional application is necessary because the filler shrinks inside larger holes and gaps. Let the filler dry, then sand the floor again with 100-grit sandpaper.
Do a final sanding with 120- or 150-grit sandpaper, vacuuming before and after you run the sander. Wash the plywood with detergent and water to remove all the sanding dust. Let the floor dry completely before continuing.
Prime the floor with a high-quality floor primer to seal the wood and provide better adhesion for your topcoat. If your topcoat is water-based, use either an oil- or water-based primer, but if your topcoat is oil-based, use an oil-based primer.
Apply a thin coat of oil- or water-based floor enamel with a paintbrush or foam applicator. Let it dry, sand it lightly with a pole sander and 150-grit sandpaper and vacuum the floor. Spread as many thin coats in this way as needed to produce a finish you like.
Things Needed
- Mini pry bar or slot screwdriver
- Nail punch
- Hammer
- Drill
- No. 2 Phillips bit
- Orbital floor sander
- Sandpaper
- Vacuum
- Latex floor filler
- Rubber grouting float
- Floor scraper
- Palm sander
- Detergent
- Floor primer
- Paintbrush or foam applicator
- Oil- or water-based floor enamel
- Pole sander
- Cover doors, windows, nearby furniture and fixtures with plastic sheeting as a protection against dust when you are sanding, and wear a dust mask.
- Be sure to reinforce seams with new screws or nails if the edges of the sheets are lifting. Similarly, screw or nail down any areas of the floor that squeak when you walk on them before you sand.
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Matija Vlačić National Museum
If you walk in the old town of Labin, be sure to visit the National Museum dedicated to Matija Vlačić, which is situated in his native home, ie. magnificent palace. The palace was built in the 16th century and to this day has retained its remarkable layout that was designed in the Baroque style. In the Museum you can see the memorial collection made up of three parts. The first part is dedicated to Labin, or homeland, the other is dedicated to notable personalities and cities at the time of Illyricum, and in the third part you can see books of Matija Vlačić.
Category: Old town, Muzeji-galerije-palače,
Old town, Labin 52220
00385 (0)52 852 477
On inquiry: 10:00-13:00h and 17:00-20:00h
The tickets for the Matija Vlačić Museum and the Labin National Museum: 12 HRK (1.6 EUR)
20 min
The Matija Vlačić National Museum is a part of the Labin Museum, so that you can visit both of them for the price of one.
GPS coordinates: 45.08600, 014.12303 (45°05'09.6″N, 014°07'22.9″E)
Address: Old town, Labin 52220
The Matija Vlačić National Museum is located in the old town of Labin (in his native house)
If you are driving with a car, show this translation to the taxi driver:
Molim Vas da me odvezete do starog grada Labina. Hvala!
You must also show to the taxi driver that he must turn on the taximeter:
Molim Vas uključite taksimetar. Hvala!
Additional translation:
Please can you tell me how to find this sight:
Molim Vas da me uputite prema Narodnom muzeju Matija Vlačić koji se nalazi u starom dijelu grada Labina (kuća u kojoj je rođen), u sklopu je Gradskog muzeja tako da možete posjetiti oba za jednu cijenu. Hvala!
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The design of the sixty level high-rise hotel situated in the heart of Hollywood, California was inspired by the glamour and sensuality of the most infamous resident of the Hollywood hotel – Marilyn Monroe. The alluring curvature of the building resembles the voluptuous figure of the '50s Hollywood icon. When viewed from different angles, the building appears to transform into some of Marilyn's famous poses.


text: This is for the Inspiration Challenge, which had some really pretty stuff! I liked the Fern Border outdoor rug, but added a few extras, as usual. The bottom is paper tole, and I used my brand new MS lattice punch! I love punches!! Mom is still here, we go to my DGS's Baptism tonight, and tomorrow is Easter, so busy, busy, busy! See you next week, and Happy Holidays to all, and a big THANKYOU to those of you who sent me cards!!!


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Last month, same day (28th feb), my baba passed away. He fought with Alzhiemer bravely but surrender to God's will. A tall, smiling, hard working Miner with helmet on head and hands on the steering of an open jeep, that's the image of my dad I cherish.
I miss him beyond words, the hurt is like an open wound. I was his first born, baba's little girl. I cherish the past we shared but miss the future we will not have…
Miss you baba, sleep well…
I know He takes only the best…..
The journey was not that easy,
Lights were dim and images very hazy,
World of strangers, all bit crazy,
Was that the reason, to breathe, you felt lazy.
No, you were always a fighter,
Pain, ailments were holding you tighter,
But still you preferred to be life's subscriber,
Baba you were my real Bengal Tiger.
Holding your hand, unaware of His game,
That God is going to call your name,
Maybe you were so tired, so He came,
You closed your eyes, life will never be same.
I long to spend a day with you,
And want to laugh with you on a topic new,
Your address has changed, that's true,
Where to search you, there is no clue.
But deep inside my heart you are with me,
Sleep well, take rest, it's a small plea,
To reach you, my thoughts are the secret key,
He always takes the best, I do agree…..
He always takes the best, I do agree.


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Richard A. Epstein: Where antitrust went wrong
By Richard A. Epstein
Published: August 4 2004 20:45 | Last updated: August 4 2004 20:45
Tom Hazlett's recent lively exposition of the Google wars represents sound economics down to the minibyte of additional storage space. My purpose in this followon column is not to offer additional praise for the curative power of new entry for economic malaise, but to explain briefly how US antitrust law has gone
awry in its Section 2 cases, before, during and even after the cyberspace revolution.
To us libertarian types the antitrust laws face an uphill fight even under the best of circumstances.
The most dangerous threats to market innovation are government restrictions on entry, which are always difficult to erode even over time. Lamentably, state power has, time after time, been put squarely behind one party to the competitive struggle.
We need think only of the various agricultural pricefixing arrangements that are as much of the farm landscape as tractors and trees.
But that policy is a grievous social error. The principle of first possession, which is a fine rule insofar as it assigns ownership rights of a vacant plot of land to the first occupier, is distorted beyond recognition if the first person to tap into a particular market can keep it for himself in perpetuity.
In those cases where there are no patents or copyrights at stake, it makes no economic sense to support a legal regime that gives consumers no more right to determine their business partners than a piece of sod has to decide who should be its owner.
Remember, the logic of exclusivity cuts two ways: after the fact, it is nice to ask the innovator to share its inventions so that all can obtain it at low cost. But this policy of equal access retards the introduction of that innovation in the first place. In this regard, the policy tradeoffs of the antitrust law tend to merge with that of patents. We cannot get a firstbest solution that guarantees both optimal innovation and optimal sharing simultaneously.


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Our Bakeries are a chain of unique bakeries, or rather "places to gather". A fine example of something done well. We have helped them expand to 5 bakeries along the Jurassic Coast with assisting their design of signage, marketing materials and website. Try their soup served in a bread bowl!
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From a timid child to an introvert adolescent and now a much skeptic young lady, has been my tumultuous journey. Some friends, some foes. Some victories, some failures. Some golden memories, some pathetic darks. To sum it all, I am a fan of LIFE !Brought up in a posh residency, i fell in love with the old city . Reason being the rainbow of colors, the music of people, the diversity of faces it portrays. Exuberance of lights and voices leave me spellbound. As a student of Masters in Computer Application, I have a nose for all the tech-stuff. Codes, computations, applications and innovation. My formula to a better life is
Ethical Management of Creativity and Culture.
The perfect segregating line between the right and wrong to intelligently manage eloquence of creativity in all cultures.My flash of culinary skills leaves some dumbfounded. From chinese to mughlai, to international salads, to desi vegetarian, to some melt-in-the-mouth desserts, to … The list is long!
An avid writer, a silent observer, a nature lover, a chef in the making and a social bee.
Yes, that's me.


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In preparation for our Annual St. Stephen Christmas Store Event, we will be collecting the toys on the weekend of December 5-6. If you see popular toys on sale over the next few weeks, please feel free to purchase them and save until that weekend or bring them by the church office.
We will be serving over 160 families this year.
There is a great need for many hands to make this event happen, so please consider signing up to help in the many areas available, by clicking on this link:
Each year, there is a great need within our families for these items. So, we will also, be collecting gently used/in good condition items such as sheets, blankets and towels, gently used jeans of all sizes and jackets for the cooler weather.
Please bring these to the office as well any time during the week.
She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. Proverbs 31:20


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I placed an order for Uniquest 9 on the Squest web site but after sending my CC details - it has been total silence from their end.
All their phone calls go unanswered and likewise no reponse from emails.
I was hoping to do a download fo Uniquest.
Are these guys still around?
Is Soundquest still in business?
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The Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Tourism hosts activities all year long and promotes local and regional events that benefit the businesses and citizens of the region. To submit an event, either click on the link or please contact the chamber office at 540-962-2178.
The Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Tourism hosts and co-sponsors a wide variety of events throughout the year, including networking opportunities, educational events and ribbon cuttings. The Chamber also supports major festivals, concerts and sporting events designed to enhance the quality of life in the region and attract visitors.
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Test your fire prevention IQ with Fire Prevention Games from October 1st - 31st at the Alleghany Highlands Regional Library. Just pick up an entry form each week at the Circulation Desk and solve the game. Put your completed form in the box to enter for a prize drawing each week. • ahrlib.orgFind out more »
The Alleghany Highlands YMCA is hosting Fall Youth Basketball for 4-5 year-olds. Starting September 16, 2019 and ending November 8, 2019. Members - $50 Non Members - $65 Registrations must be filled-out and paid by September 15, 2019 Call 540-962-9622, register online at http://alleghanyhighlandsymca.org, or stop by the Alleghany Highlands YMCA front desk to get…Find out more »
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New Exhibit by Gina Louthian Stanley
New exhibit by Gina Louthian Stanley. Gina plays with fire – and with wax, color and texture. Lately the Roanoke artist has won several awards and had work recognized in several national encaustic exhibits and catalogs… and now she's coming to the Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center to share her work in the Gallery! …Find out more »
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Appalfolks presents: Fall Harvest Jamboree at The Virginia Opry
The Virginia Opry's "Fall Harvest Jamboree" Presented by Appalfolks of America October 5 at 7:00 PM The Virginia Opry's "Fall Harvest Jamboree" will complete its 28th performance season by featuring the Moonshine Express Band, a five-piece band formed by Billy Fury here in the Alleghany Highlands 30 years ago. Crossing County Lines, a four-piece bluegrass…Find out more »


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I illustrated this absolutely lovely, fall appropriate and gratitude inducing story for The Rumpus by Liz Lenz.
This story is just so so wonderful. I can feel the fall sun on my shoulders and see the golden hour light when I read it. It is a joy to read this in contrast to all the emerging not joyful stories about women being disrespected and having their boundaries in the worst cases – violated and in the less worse but still awful instances – simply trampled upon.
I am hopeful that these revelations mean that society is evolving and this behavior will not be tolerated. Women are the givers of life, the makers of humans and stronger than any man in ways no man can even fully comprehend. I have a daughter and I want a better world for her. I am hopeful this better world is slowly emerging.


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Topics in Literature : The Short Novel
The issue of a work's genre inevitably looms larger when that genre is an obscure (or even anomalous one) – like the short novel, or novella. One might just as well imagine a pygmy elephant or miniature mansion. In a way, the contradictory size emphasizes the other qualities of the original thing: its complexity, its form, it movement, all the things that generally go with its enormity. Such a phenomenon begs the question: Can a novel be short and still be a novel? If so, how short? What narrative qualities remain despite variations in length? Is the World of Novella simply a snow-globe version of the World of Novel, or does it actually offer a different system of world-making of its own?
In this course, reading a span of novellas from widely differing authors, cultures, ideologies, and literary moments, we'll consider how the ironic "shortness" of this form in fact emphasizes other generic qualities – the unfurling of actions and consequences in a narrative, the unfolding of an idea or philosophy, explorations of psychology, experiment with voice and narrative perspective.
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Galway 2013 Pride
Pride Week has already started but most activities will go during the weekend.
Monroe's, Roisin Dubh, Bierhaus, The Blue Note and GBar collaborate in the night events but there's much more. To see all the DJ's, times and locations just scroll down.
- Friday at 6 pm Candlelit memorial service. A time to remember all we have loved and lost in Woodquay Park
- Saturday at 11 am Eamonn Duddy Memorial Soccer cup, in the Kingfisher NUI Galway (the university is also a sponsor of the Pride Week)
- Also on Saturday, from Eyre Square at 2: 30 pm the Galway Community Pride Parade
- Sunday at 4 pm, Corrib Princess Pride Cruise (leaving from Woodquay) and the after party from 6 pm in the Pump Lane Marquee. With Dj Tany, Dj Vinny and featuring Linda Loco Lambert
You can check the website for all the details in here.
We also recommend to have a look at the About Us section, explainin the beginning of Galway Pride, started in 1989.
17 Jul
July is my favorite month in Galway; with the Arts Festival everybody is out and the streets bustle with tourists, buskers and artists.
All the business in town try to go a step further and bring us new shows, parties and exhibitions. And this weekend in Dominick Street both Saturday and Sunday we can go to their Street party, an event hosted by Roisin Dubh, Monroes, Bierhaus and Galway's West End.
Bringing the party out means that if you live in the area… forget about sleeping! But it is an opportunity to enjoy Galway in a different way as well (For sure, we are going to see millions of pictures of the event).
This is the programme:
I'm sure both days are going to be mad but, for me, Sunday is more attractive as we can listen (among others) to The Converse All Stars. If you haven't seen them yet they are a rock, blues, soul and funk cover band playing everything from James Brown to Vampire Weekend to Tom Waits to Prince and back to James Brown again.
The party starts at 9, and they will serve food (pig on a spit on Saturday and paella on Sunday) until 11 so I think this weekend we can have it all, the music, the food, the fun.
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Add these flying saucer roadside attractions in Pennsylvania to your itinerary the next time you find yourself road tripping near Pittsburgh.
When it comes to road trips, I've devised a fun formula. I plan my route and then find roadside attractions and stops along the way to enhance my experience.
Let's face it, is it really fun to drive from Point A to Point B without seeing a few things along the way? I don't think so.
I often seek to find stops along the route I travel so I can stretch my legs and see something new without deviating too far from my course.
This past summer, my husband and I traveled to the Outer Banks and, in the process, spotted some roadside attractions that are out of this world!
Flying Saucer Roadside Attractions you won't want to miss!
Playthings, Etc.
Address: 2483 William Flynn Hwy, Butler, PA
Phone Number: 724-285-7529
Website: http://www.playthings-etc.com/
Hours: Monday- Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Our first stop should have been to Playthings, Etc. but unfortunately, I didn't find out about this unique store until we were too far out of the way. My husband humors me and will drive me to nearly every quirky attraction my heart desires to see- he only has one rule. We do not backtrack. Period. So as hard as I tried to convince him to bend his rule this one time, he was steadfast. A visit to the stealth bomber shaped (I know, it's not really a UFO) toy store will wait for another day but I did take a bit of time to learn about the store.
According to the website, this family-owned and operated store features more than 3,000 unique items that range from classic to futuristic toys, for toddlers to adults.
About an hour north of Pittsburgh, this fun toy store claims to be "the world's coolest toy store" and while I've not yet stepped foot inside, there are plenty of 5-star reviews on Google and TripAdvisor that agree. And until I have a chance to return to the area, I'll cast my vote in that direction based solely on the exterior. After all, how could you go wrong with a building like this?
Read the reviews about Playthings, Etc. on TripAdvisor.
A Flying Saucer in Mars
Address: 100 Pittsburgh St, Mars, PA 16046
Website: http://marsborough.com/
About 30 minutes south of Playthings, Etc., you'll find Mars, Pennsylvania where the small town wholly embraces the extraterrestrial name. My husband and I made a quick stop downtown to snap a few photos of the flying saucer that is on display.
The town was originally called Marshall before it was shortened or renamed to Mars, though no one seems to know why. At this point, does it really matter? 2,000 people who live in the small burb seem to have embraced the title as Martians. And they're not the only ones. NASA even held a conference in Mars a couple of years ago and each week tourists are spotted taking photos in front of the UFO.
The flying saucer was made about 20 years ago from two oil tanks and weighs about 2,800 pounds, enough to ensure that no one walks off with the town icon.
A Must Stop for UFO Lovers
Address: 5123 Water Street, Kecksburg, PA
Website: https://kecksburgvfd.com/
Phone: 724-423-9540
Just over an hour southeast of Mars lies the even smaller town of Kecksburg. While Playthings, Etc. and the Flying Saucer in Mars is fun and kitschy, the community of Kecksburg shares a tale full of controversy and possibly a conspiracy. Why? Because on the night of December 9th, 1965 they claim to have seen a ball of light flash across the sky and crash in the nearby woods. Shortly after, the U.S. military arrived, cordoned off the crash site and whisked something away giving rise to what some claim was a UFO landing. You can read the tale here, which I admit is fascinating whether you are a proponent of UFO's and aliens or not.
Eyewitnesses from that night claim the object resembled a large acorn and today, you can see a replica of the object, complete with weird hieroglyphic-like markings near the Volunteer Fire Department. The "Space Acorn" as it is called by Roadside America, was constructed by the TV show Unsolved Mysteries when filming a show about the Kecksburg UFO.
When the filming was over, and the crews were ready to depart, they decided to leave the object behind. The Space Acorn was bolted to the town's barn and forgotten until 2005 when the town decided to capitalize on the 40th anniversary of the crash. Today, the town hosts an annual UFO and Paranormal Festival and sell UFO-themed souvenirs in their gift shop which you'll find at the above address. Just pull up and ring the bell or call ahead.
Are you ready for UFO encounters? I admit the UFO sightings in Pennsylvania on my road trip are as close as I ever want to get to the real thing. If such a thing is out there.
Have you visited any of these flying saucer locations? Do you want to?
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A person's status is a mixture of rank, standing and public view. Though a whisper alone will not topple a Price, the right rumor in the correct ears could make his Sheriff look mighty foolish. Status comes in static (the points on your sheet that reflect your rank) and dynamic (a set of points which can be altered by action or rumor mongering). Dynamic status is ever shifting and
may be influenced by other characters.
Marcel, who has a status of 5 worth 5000 points, wishes to subtley teach a young up and comming neonate a lesson. He choses to speak disdainfully of his victim to the Harpies and the Sheriff and a number of other important individuals in seemingly random, casual conversations. The Prince's displeasure carries a mighty weight and soon
rumors and speculations begin to float about and all eyes turn on the poor neonate with specultion and suspicion.
Your status is taked as dice and rolled against a difficulty of 6. Your opponent's is also rolled, if they have any at all, at the same difficulty. For each success over theirs, you are able to lower their dynamic status by 10%. If, however, they gain more successes,
then you take the penalty as you are found to be a petty liar.
Marcel rolls 5d10 and gains 4 successes, the neonate rolls 2d10 and gets 2 successes. Marcel ends up with a net of 2 successes and lowers the neonates 2000 point rank by 20%. His new dynamic rank is now 1600.
Kindred are somewhat flighty in their immortality, however, and old rumors don't interest them very long. So,
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I've been following Andrew Klavan's video commentary since around "Talking Crap with the President" aired. Klavan's a gifted writer when it comes to making the viewer laugh while teaching some facts. Though I loved watching his videos, I had never read any of his books. Then I saw a tweet about Nightmare City being on sale. I thought I would give it a go. I didn't realize that it was a YA book, but that didn't matter. It was no less gripping and intense than what I would expect from a more mature book. I was impressed. So when Andrew started tweeting about his latest upcoming release, Werewolf Cop, I was intrigued.
I made a mistake when I first started reading this new supernatural crime thriller of his. A mistake because I started reading it right as I was launching my own novel, and those efforts demanded I spend much of my time focused on that, and less time reading. I was annoyed with this because after just two chapters of Werewolf Cop, I was hooked, and I didn't want to stop reading.
Here we are, a month or so later, and I have finished Werewolf Cop. Do I feel the same about it as I did after the first two chapters? Nope. I like it even more.
One of the first things that drew me in with this book was Klavan's elegant, yet simple writing. I must admit a tinge of jealousy coursed through my veins as I read Werewolf Cop—I only hope to be able to write that well someday. When you're reading this book it's very obvious that you are not just reading a police report or blog post recapping some events. However, a casual reader also won't be reaching for a thesaurus every ten minutes either. Klavan does a great job of using words that aren't always common, but common enough that the reader will know what he's saying. And when he uses more obscure words, he does a wonderful job of surrounding it with context that will let you know the definition. Casual and hardcore readers alike will enjoy this book. And while we're on this topic, Klavan's ability to create unique, interesting ways to describe everyday things is fantastic! I know on more than one occasion I stopped and read a description and went "I know I have never heard that kind of description before, but it works so perfectly I can't figure out why no one else had come up with it before." So all in all, the writing quality is superb in Werewolf Cop.
Now to the story. I will admit, I am not really into supernatural stories, especially something along the lines of a werewolf. Not that I have anything against it, just not my usual cup of tea. Nor do I often read police suspense/thriller/mystery novels. Again, just not my normal genre, but I have nothing against it. After reading this book, though, I think I will be checking out some more police stories. If they are half as good as this one, I know I'll enjoy them.
I'm not going to get into the specifics about the story. One, I am always afraid I'll discuss a spoiler that the author didn't want revealed. And secondly, I can just let the blurb on Amazon tell you what it's about. I will say, however, that this story is very unique, and will have you on the edge of your seat more than once. Zach Adams certainly finds himself in some tough situations, but never did it feel like "yeah right, that's unlikely," when he did. Nor did it feel contrived when he—at times—found ways out of those situations. All in all, a great story that will have you turning each page in anticipation.
Characters are a huge part for me when it comes to a successful book. I believe boring, one dimensional characters can destroy a great story, while well written, deep characters can propel a mediocre story into greatness. Well, Werewolf Cop has a great story and great characters, so it's win-win. When I am reading a book, I typically find myself watching the characters from an outside perspective. Sure, I get tense for them in stressful scenarios, or I am sad for them when the scene is pulling at the heart strings, but I am always able to stay pretty detached. With Zach Adams, however, I felt as if I was seeing the world through his eyes. I felt his anxiety, I felt his rage…I felt his regret. I felt the intense desire to control the beast that was consuming him. I felt as if I was Zach Adams. I am not sure that any other book I've read has had me so invested in the main character. Well done, Mr. Klavan!
No book is perfect, however, and while there is little I would critique about Werewolf Cop, I will warn readers who are looking for something more in line with Klavan's YA lineup: It ain't this book. Language in books and movies doesn't really bother me, though I am not a fan of God's name being taken in vain—something this book has a fair bit of. There are some relatively mild sexual scenes (mild in comparison with other books and prime time television), it may not be for everyone in that regard. The book is definitely a mature rating, but I suspect that most people would suspect that based on the title.
At the end of the day, this book is certainly among one of my favorites. I was very excited that Klavan's website says this is book one in a trilogy, and I am eagerly awaiting the next book in the lineup. In the meantime, however, I will be checking out some of Klavan's older books, and hope that they aren't too big of a distraction as I dive into writing my next manuscript.
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2. The Super Bowl
While I don't really care about the teams playing this year, I will still watch. I don't think I have missed one since I was in elementary school. We always used to have a family party on Super Bowl Sunday. Now, I just like to watch for the commercials.
Special one-hour episode after the Super Bowl. I've seen the previews – looks like it will be just the right amount of ridiculous. I can't wait to see the roast of Michael Scott. I also hope there is a little more Jim and Pam interaction. I miss them!
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CHICAGO (May 23, 2019) — In its 34th year of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company today announced AJ Hacker of Rowan County Senior High School as its 2018-19 Gatorade Kentucky Baseball Player of the Year. Hacker is the first Gatorade Kentucky Baseball Player of the Year to be chosen from Rowan County Senior High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Hacker as Kentucky's best high school baseball player. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year award to be announced in May, Hacker joins an elite alumni association of state award-winners in 12 sports, including Derek Jeter (1991-92, Kalamazoo High School, Mich.), Jon Lester (2001-02, Bellarmine Preparatory School, Wash.), David Price (2003-04, Blackman High School, Tenn.), Clayton Kershaw (2005-06, Highland Park High School, Texas), Rick Porcello (2006-2007, Seaton Hall Preparatory School, N.J.) and Kris Bryant (2009-10, Bonanza High School, Nev.). The 6-foot-3, 195-pound senior right-handed pitcher and infielder led the Vikings to a 35-3 record and the District 61 tournament title with the Region 16 tournament set to begin May 25. In capturing District MVP honors, Hacker has compiled a 9-1 record on the mound with one save through 38 games, posting a 0.67 ERA and recording 110 strikeouts in 62.2 innings pitched. Entering regionals, he had surrendered 27 hits and issued 18 walks, holding opponents to a .122 batting average en route to a 0.730 WHIP. He also owned a .446 batting average with eight home runs and 45 RBI, posting an OPS of 1.387. In addition to drawing 10 walks and reaching base 10 times on a hit-by-pitch, he has scored 38 runs. Hacker is a 2019 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper High School First Team All-American, a 2019 Rawlings-Perfect Game AllAmerican and a Mr. Kentucky Baseball candidate. He led Rowan County to the KHSAA state tournament for the first time in 32 years in 2017, and owns a career record of 31-12 with 385 strikeouts in 246.2 innings. Hacker has volunteered locally at a soup kitchen and on behalf of Rowan County Community Christmas, serving and cleaning up after busy holiday meals during winter break. He has also donated his time to the Rowan County Regional Quilt Show three years running, helping the committee set up display racks and later loading them to be transported and stored for the next year. In addition, Hacker has mentored and instructed youth players in association with REPS Baseball. "AJ Hacker has dominated Kentucky high school baseball for several years," said Bath County High School head coach Patrick Armitage. "His love for and dedication to the game are apparent every time he steps onto the field. As a rival coach in his district, I have witnessed AJ's competitiveness, which should translate smoothly to the next level. The sky's the limit for this young man." Hacker has maintained a 3.84 weighted GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play baseball on scholarship at Morehead State University beginning this fall. The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. From the 12 national winners, one male and one female athlete are each named Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year. In all, 607 athletes are honored each year. Hacker joins recent Gatorade Kentucky Baseball Players of the Year Ryan Hawks (2017-18, Warren East High School), Jordon "Jo" Adell (2016- 17, Ballard High School), Jaren Shelby (2015-16, Tates Creek High School), Caleb Bruner (2014-15, Logan County High School) and Kaleb Duckworth (2013-14, Henderson County High School) among the state's list of former award winners. As a part of Gatorade's cause marketing platform "Play it Forward," Hacker also has the opportunity to award a $1,000 grant to a local or national youth sports organization of his choosing. He is also eligible to submit an essay to win one of twelve $10,000 spotlight grants for the organization of choice, which will be announced throughout the year. Since the program's inception in 1985, Gatorade Player of the Year award recipients have won hundreds of professional and college championships, and many have also turned into pillars in their communities, becoming coaches, business owners and educators. To learn more about the Gatorade Player of the Year program, check out past winners or to nominate student-athletes, visit www.Gatorade.com/POY, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GatoradePOY or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Gatorade.
Kylian Mok is a 2020 player from the Netherlands that played for Coach Gast this week.
Congrats to Coach Haggerty and the 12U Blue Team. Watch the Semi-Finals. Below are all of the members of the team.