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Tumblr CEO's mom gushes over billion-dollar baby
NEW YORK -- As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City's Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to drop out altogether to devote more time to his passion for technology.
A few years later, Karp built Tumblr -- the wildly popular blogging forum -- from his tiny childhood bedroom, hunched over his laptop with bags of Tostitos. And on Saturday, the 26-year-old technology wunderkind returned home to inform his mother that, in a game-changing transaction, Yahoo was buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion.
"There were a few tears and lots of hugs, and a lot of excitement," said his mother, Barbara Ackerman. "This is something that he built -- it's his baby -- and it's emotional."
The deal was a transcendent moment for Karp, who created one of the world's busiest websites. It boasts 75 million daily posts and a user base that's loyal, young and hip. While Facebook has morphed into a mainstream social network where grandparents talk golf, Tumblr is still that little corner of the Internet where the cool kids hang out.
True to the company's laid-back, jeans-and-sneakers culture, Karp's wry sense of humor remained intact on Monday morning, when all employees were summoned to a meeting in Tumblr's New York headquarters. Cognizant of media reports that Tumblr was on the verge of a sale, everyone waited with bated breath as Karp kicked off the meeting with a tongue-in-cheek announcement: It was time to formulate a new "dog policy."
"We have gone above and beyond with our dog policy," he told them. "There is now one dog for every five people in the office at Tumblr at any given time. So we are needing to figure out a better bathroom situation."
With just six years of Tumblr's existence under his belt, Karp told The Associated Press that he still considers himself to be a green executive. But he's learning that he can no longer play the same role that he did in the early days, when he spent most of his time writing computer code.
"Now the team that I get to work with writes much better than me," he said.
Today he's the "chief motivator, the guy jumping around every week to make sure the employees are excited about the product we are building and the direction we are headed in," Karp said.
"He doesn't have a pretentious or egocentric bone in his body," said Steve Nelson, the head of The Calhoun School, a private institution Karp attended until the eighth grade. "He doesn't take himself too seriously."
Yahoo said Monday that Karp will remain in control of the service in an effort to retain the same "irreverence, wit and commitment to empower creators."
Tumblr, which will remain based in New York, has a minuscule 175 employees, compared with Yahoo's 11,300.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer showered praise on her new employee, saying Karp possesses a rare combination of computer programming prowess and a sense of aesthetics.
"He will be one the legends of his generation in terms of an entrepreneur who has really changed the way people express themselves," Mayer said.
When he was a little boy, Karp showed an early fascination with electronics and liked to pull toys apart and reassemble them, his mother recalled. By age 14, he liked girls and playing video games like other teenagers, but they never fascinated him as much as the promise of computers.
"It was mostly about figuring out how to make computers do the things that I wanted to see them do," he said.
Though he was enrolled at The Bronx High School of Science, a prestigious New York City public school, attending the school required him to make the long commute to the city's northernmost borough every day. And he found himself wanting more freedom to explore the digital world on his own.
So his parents let him drop out. Instead, Karp embarked on a homeschooling regimen with the help of several tutors, learned to speak Japanese and pursued his digital interests with abandon.
"He needed the time in the day in order to create," said Ackerman, who divorced when her son was a teenager. "And that's what he is. He's a creator."
Just shy of his 18th birthday, Karp boarded a plane to Japan and lived there for several months alone, running technology for the parenting site UrbanBaby. Then he moved back in with his mother, dabbling in various digital startups for several years before alighting on the idea of creating his own blogging platform.
"David would come running through the apartment saying, 'Mom! Mom! There's this and this and this!'" Ackerman said. "And I didn't know what the heck he was talking about. Because it was a whole other language."
Tumblr stands out for a creative layout that enables users to easily share blog posts, photos and video with one another in a mosaic of interlocking information.
Mayer said she knew Karp had to be a good guy even before she met him. She could tell by Tumblr's elegant look and simple tools for creating content.
"With clothes or art or design, you can always tell if the person who made it is nice," Mayer said. "When you use Tumblr, you can tell there are a lot of empathetic people who understand what makes a person feel good, what makes a person feel safe in terms of sharing their work."
But as popular as Tumblr has become, the service remains unprofitable. And the company has had its share of stumbles.
In April, Karp announced in a blog post that Tumblr was laying off its team of journalists and editors assigned to cover the "living, breathing" Tumblr community.
After hundreds of stories and videos, he said, Tumblr's experiment "has run its course for now, and our editorial team will be closing up shop and moving on."
The insensitive handling of the news prompted its fair share of Internet jabs at Karp.
The New Yorker magazine, for example, published a humorous piece called "The Collected Messages of David Karp." It included a would-be Christmas card from the Karp family in 2023, informing David Jr. that there is no Santa Claus.
Advertising has been a missing ingredient because Tumblr, like many online services in their early stages, focused on building a loyal audience before turning its attention to making money. That's why the Yahoo deal is so pivotal for Karp and his small team of creative thinkers.
For now, though, they're basking in the glow of joining forces with an Internet behemoth. As for Karp's mother, she was positively giddy at the prospect of meeting Mayer on Monday night.
"I'll get to talk her ear off about how wonderful David is," Ackerman said. "That's what moms do."


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Whether you are an experienced musician or don't have a musical bone in your body, you can make great music on your iPad and iPhone
Aurora Sound Studio is our pattern based musical sequencing software with both iPad and iPhone versions. By simply choosing a musical scale every note you play is in perfect tune, leaving you to make your own great sounding music.
If you are a more accomplished musician you simply switchAurorato advanced mode and you get full control over the built in instruments and effects, as well as many advanced modes such as the Atomizer and XY Mode which allows you to manipulate sound in real-time. You can create your own instrument from recordings made using the built in microphone. Just think, a full drumkit of you beatboxing into the microphone!
Aurora allows a mixture of pattern based recording and live performance. You can piece together complete compositions or simply improvise a performance. All of which can be captured to a file, for use as a ringtones, or to share with others.
The expression bar in Play Mode allows you to apply pitch bend, vibrato, volume and filter glides and modulation in real time whilst soloing over a sequence. You can even pitch shift drum notes, or even a whole drum layer!
An integrated mixer, combined with the ability to add audio effects and layer automation means that you achieve a sophisticated sound in a fun and user friendly way.
MIDI Out Support allows you to use an external keyboard as a sound source replacing the internal synthesiser engines. This new feature can be used by the sequencer and for live play.
PasteBoard support means you copying of all or part of a songs audio to other applications.Aurora also allows you to copy multi-track audio directly into our multi-track recorder Meteor.
Many great features including…
- Create up to 32 patterns with seamless transitions.
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- Sample your own instruments using the internal microphone.
- Import samples to create new sampler and drum kits patches.
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- Add effects such as echo, reverb, phaser and filters etc.
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- Each layer can have different note lengths (from whole to 1/64th notes).
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- Synth Engine Features Combined into Single Screen
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Kevin Eastman, Rich Woodall, Tyler James, Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, and more appear at Jetpack Comics on Saturday May 4, 2013 for Free Comic Book Day!
Kevin Eastman – Co Creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Writer / Artist IDW TMNT. Owner Heavy Metal
and so much more awesome stuff.
Tyler James – Comix Tribes Red Ten FCBD
Matt Talbot – Cover Artist KABOOM SUMMER BLAST Phantom Variant Edition & Cover Artist Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #22 Phantom Variant Edition
Rich Woodall – Cover Artist Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #22 Phantom Variant
Christopher Golden – Writer the Baltimore series from Dark Horse Comics.
Thomas Sniegoski – Writer Vampirella Strikes from Dynamite Entertainment.
Rich Brunelle & Josh Belanger – Creators & Artists Red Claw & The Fat Squad
The Poison Pixies Roller Derby Team – Come and meet NH's premiere roller derby team in the convention hall!
The Barrington Middle School Comic Book Club
Bob Raymond
Bill Mitchell & Kimball Thorpe – Beanman.
Heidi Brunelle – Debuting a new hand crafted sensation this year at FCBD!
Jennifer Omand – Creator & artist Square Cat Comics!
Jetpack Comics
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Many years ago before JBoss and Sun became BFFs, we ran a mini JBossWorld-like event at the same time and at roughly the same location as JavaOne. This went on for a couple of years and saw some pretty impressive audiences for that period in JBoss history. Well since then we've obviously gone on to bigger and better things, what with JBossWorld, JUDCon and other events. Of course one of those "other events" is JavaOne, where we've been present every year since about 2004/2005. Well this year is no different in that we're attending (we'll have our booth there as usual, with many of us giving talks throughout the days), but it is different in that we are there in strength! Take a look because we're giving at least 20 sessions at JavaOne this year. If this keeps up, maybe they should rename it as JBossOne!
If you're going to be at JavaOne then call by the booth and let us know what you think of our projects and products. If you can, why not go to some of our sessions too as it's a great opportunity to hear about things we've been working on as well as are working on currently?
Update: there may be a few surprise appearances by JBoss people at JavaOne that aren't publicised just yet


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Mucusless Diet Healing System: An Introduction
Physiological Liberation begins and ends with Professor Arnold Ehret's Mucusless Diet Healing System. It contains the most profound rediscovery of the 19th and 20th centuries: that the human body is an "air-gas" engine! It explains how every sick person has a mucus-clogged system and that this mucus comes from undigested, uneliminated, unnatural food substances that are accumulated since childhood. It has proven to be the most successful "compensation-action" and so-called "cure" against every type of disease and illness known to man. By its systematic application thousands of patients that are declared to be incurable by the "medical authorities" could be saved.
The Mucusless Diet consists of all kinds of raw and cooked fruits, starchless vegetables, and cooked or raw, mostly green-leaf vegetables. The Mucusless Diet Healing System is a combination of individually advised long and short-term fasts, menus that progressively change to non-Mucus-Forming Foods, and daily colon irrigation. Using Ehret's "transition diet" any serious practitioner can move away from mucus (disease) forming foods to cleansing, non-mucus forming foods. It is clear that we must stop eating death and start eating life, and the Mucusless Diet Healing System offers the most effective way to accomplish this.
One of the missions of the Breathairean Ensemble is to lovingly spread the knowledge of this system and be an inspiration to all who desire physiological freedom.


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For sale: 100 medium size snails
Species of snails: Helix Aspersa Muller
Those snails are grown for human consumption on my own farm – snails are perfect for feeding to reptile such as snake
, skinks , tegu and monitor lizards….and many more….
For more information or to see more photos from my farm - please see my Facebook page: EscargotsNI
The Helix aspersa muller ( Petit–Gris ) is one of the most famous and important edible snails worldwide. Adults snails are between 15–40 g weight and they shell diameter is about 25–30 mm. Reached sexual maturity in 5-6 months and lay about 80–120 egg.
Snail meat is tasty and easy to digest. It is low in calories and fat but rich in protein, amino acids, calcium, and iron and omega-3 fatty acids. It is nutritional values well as its medicinal properties were notably referred to by Hippocrates, Galen and Pliny. In fact snails comprise one of the most important nutritional elements of the famous Mediterranean diet.
About us
Our farm in specialised in production high quality live food. We love what we are doing and we put the whole heart to deliver to our customers the best possible product. So whether you are feeding reptiles , wild birds, cage birds or any other reptile eating small animal – we are willing to help.
Our Snails
Our snails are free-range and follow the natural life cycle where possible. They are grown indoors and fed a varied diet of fresh vegetables and a specialised feed. We perform laboratory testing to be sure that our snails are always healthy.
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Orange County's bankruptcy in December of 1994 was cataclysmic. One of the wealthiest counties in the country was undone by a $1.6 billion investment loss, sending shock waves through the municipal bond market and spreading panic in the Southern California county's cities, agencies and school districts that had operating funds tied up in the county's investment pool.
In the first six months that followed that event, an interim chief executive officer, along with the county's board of supervisors, tried to settle things down with a plan to pay off the county's debt: The county would borrow money by floating a bond, then pay bondholders with the proceeds of a half-cent increase in local sales taxes. That's when the county's difficult situation turned worse: 61 percent of the voters turned down the proposal. As a result, there was no plan, billions of dollars of debt were left outstanding, and, due to a resignation in the wake of the proposal's defeat, there was no chief executive officer.
Enter Janice M. Mittermeier. Now 58, Mittermeier had worked for the county for most of her adult life, including a stint as chief of the county's audit division. At the time of the bankruptcy, she was happily ensconced as director of John Wayne Airport, a job she'd held for five years. When the board of supervisors asked her to take on the CEO job in 1995, she wasn't exactly thrilled. But "I didn't think it was right to refuse to help," she says. "If there was a way to get out of bankruptcy, I knew I could figure it out and make it happen."
After all, the former auditor was so steeped in county knowledge that she knew all the ins and outs of how the county agencies worked. She also, as one observer put it, "understood the subtleties of dealing with a board of supervisors that wanted tough steps taken without taking the heat for those aggressive measures."
Clearly, raising taxes was not an option. Instead, Mittermeier sat down with the county's financial advisers and attorneys, and devised what she calls a "Robin Hood" plan: With the board of supervisors' approval, agencies with surplus money agreed to turn those funds over to the county and, with state legislative approval, tax revenue slated for several county agencies was diverted to the general fund. The revenues raised backed an $880 million bond that was used to pay vendors and holders of county bonds whose premiums were overdue. Local governments that had suffered losses through the investment pool agreed to wait to be repaid by proceeds from lawsuits that were being filed against various financial advisers and investment banks. Those governments since have recouped between 90 and 95 percent of the amounts due them.
Mittermeier did more than steer the county successfully through its travails. She saw an opportunity to modernize the county government — to reorganize the management structure and put in performance measurement and better systems for making long-range decisions. "My goal," she says, "was not just to fix the immediate problem but to make long-term changes so the county would be stronger than it was before the bankruptcy."
Mittermeier is known to critics and admirers as the sort of determined person who can accomplish a lot with a minimum of public fuss. "She's done a superb job of putting Orange County's house in order," says Mark Baldassare, a California public policy analyst and author of a book on the Orange County debacle.
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Electronic Document Systems Foundation to Host Scholarship Night During GRAPH EXPO 2010
RESTON, VA— July 14, 2010—The Electronic Document Systems Foundation (EDSF) has announced it will hold its first-ever Scholarship Night event during GRAPH EXPO 2010. The EDSF Scholarship Night will take place Tuesday, October 5, from 5:00-9:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, after the GRAPH EXPO exhibit hall closes for the day. GRAPH EXPO 2010, the year's largest graphic communications exhibition and conference in the Americas, will take place October 3-6, 2010, in Chicago's McCormick Place South.
Each year, EDSF provides scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,000 to students studying for careers in the document management and graphic communications industry. Themed "Give Back at GRAPH," the EDSF Scholarship Night is aimed at increasing awareness of the need for industry scholarships, and to encourage greater industry participation in raising funds for EDSF's scholarship program.
"It's hard to imagine a more challenging business environment than what we are currently experiencing," observed Brenda Kai, Executive Director at EDSF. "Despite all the uncertainty, however, there remains a critical need to attract and foster the development of the next generation of business professionals. We are delighted to be coming to GRAPH EXPO to host 'Give Back at GRAPH.' It's a wonderful opportunity to show support for students needing scholarship assistance and to help shape the future generation."
"We are pleased to welcome EDSF's inaugural Scholarship Night at GRAPH EXPO," said Ralph Nappi, President of GASC. "With GRAPH EXPO being the premier event for the graphic communications and document management industry, it is only fitting that this event takes place in tandem with GRAPH EXPO 2010. All of us can remember back to when we were first starting out in our careers, and the amount of support that we received from mentors and industry veterans. The EDSF Scholarship Night provides an ideal opportunity to give back, help mentor the next generation of graphic communications professionals, and support the future of our industry."


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2nd teen hurt in parasailing accident returns to Ind.
Both northern Indiana 17-year-old girls badly hurt in a Florida parasailing crash have returned to their home state as they continue recovering from their injuries.
The family of Sidney Good of Roanoke said she was released Sunday from a Panama City, Fla., hospital and flew to Indianapolis. Good's family said in a statement that was able to stand and walk Saturday - the first time since the July 1 accident.
"She walked just a short distance to a chair where she was able to sit up to eat," the statement said. "Over the past few days she has been talking with us more and memories of the day of the accident are coming back."
Good and friend Alexis Fairchild of Huntington were injured after the rope connecting them to a boat snapped and strong winds slammed them into a condominium building, a power line and then a parked car at Panama City Beach.
Fairchild moved to an Indianapolis rehabilitation hospital last week. She suffered broken bones in the upper part of her spine, a skull fracture and a brain injury.
Good's family said she could face more surgery after undergoing more evaluations in Indianapolis.
"She is not yet ready for a rehabilitation hospital and will not be at the same hospital as Alexis, but we look forward to getting them together again sometime soon," the family said.


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Avalon in the Community
Warrior Gateway
The Warrior Gateway Project (www.warriorgateway.org) is a non-profit program designed to promote easier reintegration into home communities for military personnel. It establishes a single capability that serves as a trusted and reliable resource for the military community to quickly locate service organizations that satisfy their needs, identify academic programs they're interested in and easily find employers seeking their valuable skills, while enabling improvements in the service provider sector through metrics and collaboration.
Warrior Gateway is intended to help eliminate information barriers and information overload. It provides one central location for offering needed resources to the military community, free of charge.
In an effort to continuously enhance its website and the valuable resources it provides, Warrior Gateway commissioned Avalon and its partner, MarkLogic, to host a "Code Bash" to develop new features for integration into the site. Held at Avalon's Washington DC office, the "Bash" was a weekend-long event where a blended team of developers volunteered their time day and night to create new solutions to be rolled into the Warrior Gateway portal.
Some of the new features to come out of the event include a FaceBook log-in and authentication, an image upload capability for service providers, a search widget and email invitations. The development of enhanced features such as these helps users more readily locate service organizations that suit their needs and connect with other members of the military community to draw on the experiences of their fellow servicemen and women and their families.
ManeGait Therapeutic Horsemanship
ManeGait Therapeutic Horsemanship (www.manegait.org), an equestrian center providing equine facilitated therapy and rehabilitation, opened in the summer of 2008 to begin fulfilling its vision of enabling children and adults with disabilities to move beyond their boundaries through the healing power of the horse and the dedication of a professional, caring community.
Located in Avalon's headquarters city of McKinney, TX, ManeGait offers programs that allow for educational interactions with horses for children and adults with physical, mental and emotional disabilities and learning differences. Its dedicated and experienced staff, and beautiful site and facilities, provide a world class experience for the patient while serving as a positive pillar of the community.
Viewing technology as an important aspect of the organization's success, founders Bill (President of Darling Homes) and Priscilla Darling, retained Avalon Consulting to develop a state-of-the-art website to help announce and market the organization's programs; educate people with disabilities, or those connected to people with disabilities, about the positive effects of therapeutic horsemanship; provide a central location for prospective and current students to download information and interact online as a community; serve as a channel for donations and fundraising awareness; and to keep the local and therapeutic riding communities abreast of the organization's strides and successes.
Avalon's services for the design and development of ManeGait's website were entirely donated. In addition, Avalon is providing pro-bono support on an ongoing basis.
Center for Working Families
The Center for Working Families is a religious institution located in Quito, Ecuador, committed to working boys and their families, founded with the objective of creating, developing and strengthening moral values by means of changes in attitudes and behavior, helped by programs of formation and social assistance.
The Center's goal is that the families of the working boys will be united in their Christian commitment, be financially independent, have access to education, health and quality basic services; become agents of change, oriented to the construction of a just society that promotes equal participation and respect for fundamental rights.
The Center for Working Families has been contributing to the social welfare of the Quito community since the early 1960's when Father John Halligan and Sister Miguel Conway founded the Center in an attic and began providing meals, education and health services to 200 shoeshine boys.
Avalon's services for the redesign the Center's public facing website (www.c4wf.org) were entirely donated. The new site strives to better increase awareness of the Center's growing efforts in the local community, promote charitable donations, and encourage volunteer participation by providing a more engaging look and feel, intuitive navigation and comprehensive story.


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I know you think its funny to joke about and with John about his use of the word twit etc
but in my mind you are encouraging a rather sick individual who offends a great many people here and on other sites. The fact that you seem to be the only one any where who carries on with this banter makes me wonder about your judgement. Hence you guys belong together.
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Its LLoyd. Read you on Kroats. Very funny.
You going to attempt to defend Johns statements on the timelines of hydrogen and hybrids? Or are you just as much a chicken as him? I would have said pussy but im not as much as a caveman as John. LOL. Have a great day buddy.


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The national debt has now grown by more than $1 trillion since President Trump took office, climbing from $19.947 trillion to $20.958 trillion. Asked about that increase in the debt and whether Trump has "given up on cutting deficits" or remains concerned about them, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders responded:
"Of course he's still concerned. That's one of the reasons that the very first budget they put forward tried to address some of those concerns. We're continuing to look for ways that we can cut government. I think we've done that in a number of ways through the deregulation process, cutting out a lot of inefficiencies in government, and we're going to continue to do that and continue to push for policies that'll help us reduce that."


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Lionel Central of New Jersey LEGACY Scale H-24-66 TrainMaster Diesel #2401
Product DescriptionThe H-24-66 TrainMaster offered a rugged 2400 horsepower locomotive found in both freight and passenger service. The large locomotives retired steam locomotives and even replaced some double-diesel assignments.
Features LEGACYÖ Control System equipped ¢ able to run in LEGACYÖ Control mode, in TrainMaster« Command Control mode, or in Conventional mode with a standard transformer Odyssey« II Speed Control with On/Off switch LEGACY RailSounds« sound system featuring: -CrewTalkÖ dialog and TowerComÖ announcements, each with different scenarios depending on whether the locomotive is in motion or stopped -Six official railroad speeds with CrewTalk dialog -Eight diesel RPM levels -LEGACYÖ "Real-Time Quilling Horn" control with instant response for realistic signature "quilling" and correctly timed warning signals -Single hit or continuous mechanical bell sounds -Sequence Control: plays the sound effects of an entire trip, including warning sounds and announcements, based on the movement and speed of the locomotive -Current speed and fuel dialog, water filling and coal loading sound effects IR Sensor equipped Dual powerful maintenance-free motors with momentum flywheels Front and rear ElectroCouplersÖ Traction tires Refined Conventional Transformer Control Mode with lower starting speeds Fan-driven smoke unit Adjustable smoke output Directional lighting including LED headlights Marker lights on front and rear Illuminated number boards Lighted cab interior Die-cast metal trucks, pilot, and fuel tank Die-cast metal frame High level of separately applied metal details Positionable die-cast MU steps on front and rear of locomotive Engineer and conductor figures Road Number: 2401
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11 inch Silver Metallic satchel, Asos, H&M, leather satchel, macaroons, Mary x Clarks, The Cambridge Satchel Company, Tower Restaurant Edinburgh
Was mocktailed and fine dined in the beautiful Tower Restaurant by the significant other for Valentine's. I've to say I'm not much of a fine dining person myself, but the Doctor partner wanted to celebrate in a fancy place so of course, I couldn't turn it down!
We went all out, and were so stuffed by the end of the night that dessert was quite difficult to swallow! The food was delicious (you have to try the Tower Venison Wellington), service was great and overall a relaxing ambience.
To us, everyday is Valentine's but it's always nice to go out and celebrate 😀 The significant other and I have been together for more than three years now but it still feels like we only just got together. To many more happy days together!
Dress by ASOS; Kimono cardigan by H&M; Bag by Cambridge Satchel Company; Suede wedges by Mary x Clarks
I've been wearing my 11″ metallic silver satchel to death these days because it's such a great sized handbag/clutch! A lady complimented the bag in the lift after dinner – you can't go wrong with leather satchels 😉
I am currently on my Reading Week (which means no classes, and we're supposed to 'study') at the moment, and away from Newcastle! I'm now spending a few days in Edinburgh (my home away from home) and found a great bargain in Clarks with these amazingly comfortable and sexy suede wedges on sale at £59.99 from £120! Who knew Clarks did sexy and comfortable shoes? I love a good bargain!
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An avalanche has halted an attempt by a retired Marine and amputee to climb the Northeast's highest peak, but if his past comments are any indication, he'll likely try again.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An avalanche has halted an attempt by a retired Marine and amputee to climb the Northeast's highest peak, but if his past comments are any indication, he'll likely try again.
Retired Sgt. Keith Zeier was in the hospital Friday, a day after he and two fellow climbers were injured in an avalanche on Mount Washington. The climb was part of a project called "Ascents of Honor" and was the latest of several grueling challenges the 26-year-old has taken on to raise awareness and money for the families of special operations forces killed or wounded in action.
"In the middle of anything that is difficult, we have the option of quitting, slowing down, or changing course. My life has been about ignoring that option," Zeier wrote last month on the Ascents of Honor blog.
According to an update on the group's Facebook page, Zeier was part of a 12-member crew trying to reach the 6,288-foot summit Thursday evening when a slab avalanche brook loose and swept three climbers to the bottom of Huntington Ravine. Zeier and the other injured climbers were able to slowly make their way to rescuers who assisted them off the mountain, the group said.
"While this is certainly not the outcome we had hoped for, we are thankful that all in our party are safely off the mountain," wrote Thom Pollard, the project's head cameraman.
One of the injured climbers was released from the hospital Friday; the other's condition was not available. Zeier's mother said Friday morning she had not yet spoken to her son but his doctors said his prognosis was promising, and a nurse told her he was resting comfortably in stable condition.
Denise Zeier said the episode brought back memories of her son's injuries in Iraq in 2006. When she heard there had been an avalanche, "I knew. I just knew it was going to be him," she said.
Before his leg was amputated several years ago, Zeier ran several marathons to raise money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, his mother said. Last summer, he climbed Washington's Mount Rainier and was looking forward to Thursday's climb, she said.
"He has a good heart. He'd give you the shirt off his back, and he gets very passionate about things he believes in," she said. "He has no fear. He was in special ops himself, so he has a lot of skills."
Tiffany Benna, public affairs officer for the U.S. Forest Service in New Hampshire, said there was a "moderate avalanche advisory" in effect for Huntington Ravine on Thursday, meaning the likelihood of a naturally-occurring avalanche was nil but a human-triggered avalanche was possible. She said the forest service received the first call about the avalanche at about 5:30 p.m., and the rescue was complete about seven hours later.
Asked whether the climbers should have been scaling the mountain after darkness, Benna said it would depend on their level of expertise and the gear they carried.
"If you're prepared to be in that type of weather and in darkness, it's a hard thing to say 'should' or 'shouldn't have,'" Benna said. "I don't know how they were outfitted — if they had headlamps and gear to do a nighttime trip."
According to the Ascents of Honor website, the group was keenly focused on safety and had assigned one climber to oversee safety decisions ranging from gear choice to navigation. The group plans to produce a film that would inspire viewers to contribute to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation and do whatever they can to help veterans in their communities.
Mount Washington is known for its brutal weather conditions. For decades, it held the distinction as the site of the fastest wind gust ever recorded on Earth, but the 231 mph record set in 1934 was topped by a 253 mph gust on an Australian island in 1996.
Associated Press writer Lynne Tuohy contributed to this report.


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Lady Monarchs Achieve Scholar All-American Status
March 14, 2013
By ODU Athletics
By ODU Athletics
March 14, 2013
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The College Swimming Coaches Association of America announced that the Old Dominion University Women's Swimming and Diving has achieved Scholar All American status for the Fall 2012 semester.
The College Swimming Coaches Association of America presents the Team Scholar All American award to college and university swimming and diving teams who have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
A complete listing of all institutions who have achieved this honor can be found at the CSCAA website (www.csaa.org).
Be sure to follow the Old Dominion Swimming and Diving team on their Twitter name: @ODUSwimDive and also on Facebook at:www.facebook.com/ODUSwimDive.


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It pretty much never gets old to watch kids coming out of their drug-induced haze after medical procedures, and Matt here is no exception. He has just woken up from having surgery on his arm, and the meds are making him a little bit loopy. His adoption of various characters—from confused frat boy all the way to drunken valley girl and back again—are hilarious, but his "I just farted. You know what I'm sayin'?" really tops off the whole experience. If only adults were half this entertaining when high.
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Some of the best names in roots music (and gospel!) will be hitting the stage during the Indie Roots American Standard Time Show, hosted by KEXP's Roadhouse radio host Greg Vandy: The Slide Brothers, The Sumner Brothers, Crow Quill Night Owls and The Sojourners! The show takes place Monday, May 27th on the Fisher Green Stage, from 4:00-7:00pm.
Tune in tonight (Wednesday, April 24) to hear The Sumner Brothers live on Greg's show, The Roadhouse, on 90.3FM in the Seattle area.
Then come see The Sumner Brothers, Country Lips, and Ole Tinder on Friday, April 26 at the Pre-Festival Party at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard!
Country Lips and Ole Tinder will join Ganges River Band and Annie Ford Band at the Festival on Sunday, May 26th on the Fountain Lawn Stage from 6:30 – 9:00 PM as part of the Giddy Up! Country Roots Showcase.
The American Standard Time showcase is sponsored by alt-county authority No Depression. The complete Indie Roots lineup is brought to you by BECU.


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El Rushbo called Hot Air and the boss's website "excellent" on today's show:
RUSH: I knew I was going to do it. I left out some blogger names that I routinely read. One of them is Michelle Malkin, and she's just fabulous and extremely valuable. The American Thinker, which I cite and quote on this program constantly, and Debbie Schlussel— and I'm sure there are more.
No. In fact, Michelle Malkin, she has a column and she's got two blogs. She's got a blog called Hot Air and she's got a personal blog. They're both excellent. She's one of the leading forces in the anti-illegally immigration movement out there in terms of informing people about it with specific details of outrages as they happen across the country wherever, at whatever custom station, port of entry, city, whatever. She's made it her passion. It's the best.


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SYDNEY, Australia - Stocks in Asia were mixed on Tuesday with strong gains in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia.
Chinese stocks were softer however at the close. The focus of attention was the U.S. midterm elections which could see U.S. President Donald Trump's Republican parfty lose control of the House of Representatives.
The Australian All Ordinaries at the close of trading was ahead 53.90 points or 0.91% at 5,958.70.
At the close of trading in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was ahead 248.76 points or 1.14% at 22,147.75.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng reversed earlier losses to finish strongly. At the end of the day it was up 186.57 points or 0.72% at 26,120.96.
The Shanghai Composite was down 6.0742 points or 0.23% at 2,654.35.
In foreign exchange markets there was little movement. The U.S. dollar was a tad stronger against the euro at 1.1404.
The British pound was unchanged at 1.3053 while the Japanese yen edged a little lower to 113.37.
The Swiss franc was quoted at 1.00458, and the Canadian dollar at 1.3107.
The Australian dollar benefitted from an RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) announcement that it was leaving the official interest rate at 1.5%. It had been anticipated there may have been a 25 basis points cut due to falling housing prices and lacklustre inflation figures.
The Australian dollar firmed to 0.7218. The New Zealand dollar was a tad weaker at 0.6656, but still firmly bid.
Overnight on Wall Street, industrial stocks rose on Monday, while technology stocks were under water largely due to a continued sell-off in Apple shares.
The re-introduction Monday of punishing sanctions on Iran boosted demand for energy stocks.
Berkshire Hathaway shot higher after the company on Saturday reported a doubling of its profit for the 30 September 2018 quarter to $6.88 billion, up from $3.44 billion a year earlier.
"The market would've been up a lot more if it wasn't for technology. It seems like people are trying to hedge in case there is a relief rally after the (midterm) elections," Aaron Jett, vice president for global equity research at Bel Air Investment Advisors in Los Angeles told Reuters Thomson
"If the Democrats win, Trump could be more likely to want to get some kind of win, so he might be willing to do more deals with China," he said.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet at the G20 summit in Argentina at the end of this month.
At the close of trading Monday, the Dow Jones industrials were up 190.87 points or 0.76% at 25,461.70.
The Standard and Poor's 500 added 15.25 points or 0.56% to 2,738.31.
The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite dipped 28.14 points or 0.38% to 7,328.85.


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Boehner skeptical of Syrian offer on weapons
House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says he is skeptical of Syria's offer to turn over chemical weapons to international monitors but said President Barack Obama has not yet sold the American people on the need for military.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, the Ohio Republican said he is skeptical of Syria's offer because of, quote, "the actors that are involved." Russia, a longtime Syria ally, is trying to broker an agreement, though Boehner did not mention Russia by name.
Boehner has supported Obama's call to use force against Syria as punishment for allegedly using chemical weapons against civilians, including children.
However, Boehner said other House members oppose Obama's plan because the president has not persuaded the American people it is necessary. Obama is to address the nation Tuesday night.


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Hello and happy Friday to you all.
Here's this weeks Quick Licks guitar lesson, Part 3 in this months solo series.
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JTU and Yokohama receive event award
By Japan Triathlon Union on 04/12/12 at 12:04 pm
The Japan Triathlon Union (JTU) and City of Yokohama recently obtained a certificate of "ISO20121" for its excellent organization and event sustainability management for the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series Yokohama. The award is one of high prestige, as it was given to the 2012 London Olympics. It is the first time ever an event in Japan has received this certificate.
This international standard system is designed to support the event industry with the standardized management system for environmental, economic and social impacts that the event concerned may induce, and addresses improved sustainability throughout the event period.
As a recipient of ISO20121, the World Triathlon Series Yokohama is further expected to transmit its innovative spirit of sport-event management to the world and raise its branding value across the globe.
JTU and Yokohama, under the leadership of Mayor Fumiko Hayashi, received the award for the following reasons:
Efforts for environment:
Cleaning up the sea bottom at Port of Yokohama where the swim course was laid out. The local organizing committee also implemented activities including the "Green Triathlon" that promotes environmental conservation through with environmentally-friendly triathlon events.
Efforts for society:
Organization of the event by developing understanding of WTS races amongst residents and corporations, as well as soliciting support from many citizens, institutions and volunteers in the area. Race organizers developed a crisis management system to ensure the safety of athletes and spectators was the top priority.
Efforts for economy:
The race contributed to the revitalization of the economy in the city due to the large number of spectators and participants, which yielded support from a great number of sponsors.
With files from the Japan Triathlon Union.
Find more details about this event - 2012 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama


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April 29th-May 2nd, 2011
Theme: It's Dangerous to go Alone! Take this!
More Info: Ludum Dare 20 Has Begun! (Keynote), Theme Voting Results.
Loonadriftby ryantouk - Competition Entry
*** Mac versions uploaded! Literally my first Mac program ever, so please report any bugs!
New, post-comp (72 hour) version available:
____ Double-tap to move faster
____ Health rewards for many kills
____ Choose your balloon's color
____ Deaths are more user-friendly (wha?)
____ Minor tweaks
____ Do NOT judge this version for the competition!
Mission Briefing:
Help a displaced balloon survive the dangerous world as long as possible -- for example, by pouring buckets of nails onto camels.
Post your records!
Arrow keys to move.
Control to shoot.
M and S to toggle music and sound.
(Gamepads/joysticks work too!)
I told myself that
(A) I would not make another MSPaint-esque sidescroller
(B) I would attempt a moderately substantial storyline
but I found the concept of a helpless balloon floating around with firearms too irresistable!
Made with PureBasic. Music was generated with an alpha version of my own text-to-music tool!
Downloads and Links
Love the art!
300 ABU. I laughed all the way through it. Great game.
Loved the style, the nice touches (text typing in), sound... heck, there's very little I didn't like.
I thought it was wonderful how the in game objects moved to the beat. I thought the use of the string for the health of the balloon was very inventive! Congrats on a great game!
Haha, that was excellent :D Loved the camels. But I'll be mostly echoing other comments : most of the things in the game were great. The life displayed as the string, the music, the art style... And above all else the totally nonsensical premise :D Well done (also, the Windows version works perfectly with Wine under Linux...)
A balloon with a machine gun was pretty much exactly what I needed this morning.
Excellent work, congrats on finishing!
Good stuff! I loved how things dance on the music beat. The string confused me at first though - I thought you had to avoid getting caught by the cactus dudes or something. Anyway, it's very enjoyable to play. Well done.
Haha, excellent game. Well done.
Simple yet very effective.
I did initially think you had to watch out for your string being snagged on stuff. Good use of it being health.
Madness everywhere ;) Really crazy and thank <insert deity> also plays very nice!
I love the art!
Pretty fun. It's really hard to actually aim the weapons, so most of the time they just get you killed when you try to use them instead of dodging the enemies. The music and the graphics blend pretty well, but the background is terrible. In the beginning I thought those colored rectangles were solid and avoided them, so you should look into improving that.
The flamethrower was a bit disappointing, I expected the enemies to catch on fire and scream horrifically, in contrast with the cartoon kiddie mood :P
I'm a bit torn in the "Innovation" category. You did make a game about a balloon with guns, but on the other hand it was just a little side-scroller like millions of others. I guess you deserve the credit. Also, shame on you for not posting progress!
Brilliant game, well done!!
About 450 ABUs...
Toaster :D! Awesome!!!
STOP into POTS :P...
@Petzi -- Finally some criticism! :)
"It's really hard to actually aim the weapons, so most of the time they just get you killed when you try to use them instead of dodging the enemies." - I agree. Some sort of aiming assistance or indicator would be useful. Otherwise, unless you have one of the better weapons, it's safer to just play defensively.
"the background is terrible" - Bad? Yes. Terrible? Maybe. It was just the quickest background I could implement that gave a sense of movement. Another game I'm working on has the same issue - my friend tested it, and thought the background were objects he could jump on to...
"I expected the enemies to catch on fire and scream horrifically" - Loonadrift 2?
"it was just a little side-scroller like millions of others" - Yep, I know, I resisted it at first but gave in. Not expecting a high Innovation score here...
@everyone -- This was my first competition entry ever (entered the jam once before) and I am surprised by the positive feedback! Thanks to everyone who played!
PS. My personal record is 930.9 ABU - good luck beating that.
Haha! this intire "fun"-world, with the bobbing objects and other assorted nonsense is brilliant.
Great style, good use of humour. Love the random messages and the way the whole game pulses in time to the music. Great stuff!
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L.A. Kings beat Phoenix Coyotes, move to brink of Stanley Cup final
(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - For a team that hadn't trailed in a game since last month, the Los Angeles Kings were awfully good at playing from behind.
For a club that barely made the playoffs this spring, the Kings are on a near-unprecedented rampage through the Western Conference's top seeds.
And for a franchise that has never raised the Stanley Cup, these Kings appear quite ready to play for that singular privilege.
Anze Kopitar scored the tying breakaway goal, Dwight King added the winner early in the third period, and the Kings rolled to the brink of their first Stanley Cup final in 19 years with a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 3 of the conference finals on Thursday night.
Los Angeles is up 3-0 in the series and could wrap up the franchise's second trip to the Cup final in Game 4 on Sunday.
"The biggest thing is we believed in the locker room that we can do it," said Kopitar, the third-leading scorer in the NHL postseason. "Not a lot of guys outside the locker room gave us the chance, I guess, especially (after) barely squeaking in the playoffs."
Jonathan Quick made 18 saves, and the eighth-seeded Kings improved to 11-1 in an undeniably charmed run through the NHL postseason by a franchise with 44 seasons of frustrating, Cup-free history.
When Daymond Langkow beat Quick on a breakaway and celebrated Phoenix's first lead of the series, captain Dustin Brown was curious how his Kings would respond to the first serious adversity they've faced in weeks. Their answer a quick equalizer, followed by a fiery discussion in the locker room between periods told Brown exactly what he expected.
"Phoenix was a lot better tonight, but we found a way to win," Brown said. "That's what it takes this time of year. It's exciting. There's a lot of guys in here that haven't experienced this ... but the thing that's made this work is how we're handling all this. We're up 3-0 again."
Although the Kings trailed for the first time in roughly 18 periods since April 28, they bounced back swiftly before largely controlling the third period. King scored his fourth goal in three games against the Coyotes, who face a deficit only three teams have overcome in NHL playoff history.
King connected 1:47 into the third, beating Mike Smith high to the glove side. The massive rookie scored two goals in the series opener and added the winner in Game 2.
"Everybody is answering the challenge and being better," said King, who has outscored the Coyotes all by himself in the series. "We're playing good, playing consistent. With the way we're going, we're tough to beat right now."
CBSSports.com's Adam Gretz says the Kings are a juggernaut in the postseason despite entering the playoffs as a No. 8 seed.
"What the Kings are doing this postseason is improbable for just about any team, no matter where they finished in the regular season standings. What they're doing as a No. 8 seed is almost unthinkable," Gretz writes. "In the current playoff format only one other eighth seed has ever made the the Stanley Cup Final (the 2005-06 Edmonton Oilers, which ended up losing in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes). The Kings are one win away from becoming the second, and you almost have to think that at this point they're the favorites to win the whole thing."
Smith stopped 26 shots in a standout performance for the third-seeded Coyotes, who must win four straight to reach their first Stanley Cup final in club history.
"None of us planned on being in (a 3-0 hole)," Phoenix captain Shane Doan said. "I don't think it's disbelief, but I think it's disappointed."
In front of a long-suffering crowd gratefully enjoying its unexpected good fortune after decades of disappointment, the Kings dominated the third period in front of Quick. They forechecked relentlessly in the final minutes, forcing Smith to play a long stretch without his goal stick because Phoenix couldn't clear the zone so he could retrieve it.
The crowd soaked in another memorable performance during the best playoff run by this Second Six franchise since Wayne Gretzky and Luc Robitaille led Los Angeles to its only conference title in 1993, while the Coyotes wondered if their own remarkable postseason run has any chance of continuing beyond Sunday.
Los Angeles largely dominated the first two games of the series in Glendale, outshooting the Coyotes 88-51 while winning by a combined 8-2. Phoenix had no more luck than Vancouver or St. Louis against the surprising No. 8 seeds, who finished two points behind the Pacific Division champion Coyotes in the regular season before steamrolling the West's top two teams in a combined nine games.
"We'll take a couple of days here and rest up, and what have we got to lose?" Phoenix coach Dave Tippett asked. "We'll come here and play as hard as we can. We'll give a real honest evaluation of who we are and how we got here."
Phoenix played Game 3 without forward Martin Hanzal, who served a one-game suspension for boarding Brown in Game 3. Doan, who escaped suspension for his own hit, took up the job of agitating Brown, face-washing the Kings' high-scoring captain with his glove during one scrum.
After Smith came up with several stellar saves during a scoreless first period, Keith Yandle slipped a long pass behind Mike Richards to Langkow, who beat Quick between the legs for his first goal of the postseason 1:03 into the second. Los Angeles hadn't trailed since the first period of Game 1 in its second-round series with St. Louis 19 days ago.
Staples Center briefly fell silent, but reached full roar moments later when Brown found Kopitar with a long pass behind the Phoenix defense. The Slovenian star beat Smith with a backhand for his fifth goal of the playoffs.
The teams were even in goals and shots heading to the third period, but King quickly put Los Angeles ahead with the latest impressive play of his incredible first NHL playoff run. Moments after Smith made a spectacular point-blank save on Jarret Stoll, King collected the puck during a delayed penalty and wired a high shot past Smith's glove into the top corner of the net.
"What a shot, and an even better look on his face when he saw where it went," Stoll said.
Tippett didn't love the call that created the delayed penalty.
"If I told you what I really thought (about the officiating), I think it would cost me a lot of money," he said.
NOTES: The game was the first of six playoff contests in four days at Staples Center, where the NBA's Lakers and Clippers will host back-to-back second-round playoff games this weekend. The Tour of California the nation's largest cycling race also finishes outside the arena about 30 minutes before the puck drops on Game 4 Sunday. "We get about 60 hours' rest before our next game, as long as nobody's in that bike ride," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. ... Marc-Antoine Pouliot took Hanzal's spot in the Coyotes' lineup, and enforcer Paul Bissonnette replaced Gilbert Brule. D Adrian Aucoin has missed the entire series with an injury. ... USC QB Matt Barkley and actor Cuba Gooding Jr. attended the game.


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Its not possible to take responsibility for full self; Im a spiritual person, God has to take care of most of it; I have to learn to turn to God and stay out off the rest! I depend on God!
What I need are new thoughts and to concentrate on thoughts; new thoughts, new ways to think, and putting my focus on what makes me feel good, not what makes me feel broken and sad! And that is allot of work!
I have to process as well! As I wake up from the past, I wake up from nothing! I had nothing! As I get more awake I see what happened; its not good! and not what I planned! No one likes to look back at their life and realize they got nowhere and went nowhere because abusers took advantage of them when young; the whole world took advantage of me when young; and the same type of people would do it again now if they could get away with it! I have to concentrate on God and what I want out of life!
Its horrible to see what my so called friends did to me! they were never my friends; and as soon as I can understand this or deal with this, things will go better, I wont expect so much from them! In fact, I still act like they are a " them"; their is no " them"; their is no-one! I was completely alone in a dream world because of childhood! I was neglected out of existence! Their was no existence! I was simply waiting to be thrown away! I was exploited and used and then thrown away; thats are their is! people created me to use me and leave! And when they left, they gathered up their belongings, sold everything and left without a care in the world; I was left with no one! These are truly monsters! After this; no one claims to have known me! and when I went to live with friends; they were no friends; they acted as if they had never met me and were doing me a favor as a foster child in the system! I did not get it at first! Now I get it! they were never friends of mine in the first place and never wanted me around! I had no value to anyone! I did not know; they lied and fooled me! Even my best friend lied and fooled me! He was not my best friend; he was never a friend of mine! certainly his family was never friends of mine! The more I work on this stuff the better; its like getting poison out of my system! I had no idea what was going on! I was sharing my life with psychopaths, watching Television with them, planning as if I was being taken care of! All of it was a front; nothing more! I was with a bunch of losers that no one wanted to be around; they would purposely show up at their relatives homes or events un invited; they would bring me but not tell me we were actually uninvited; it was like going to strangers houses to eat dinner when they didnt want us! I never knew; because no one cared what I knew or didnt know!
I got away with being in the school system when in nursery school, 1st and 2nd grade! after that, things started to break down; no one was watching me or taking care of me or my schooling, I had to; and that did not work; things got harder and harder and more confusing! a small child cant take care of themselves and know what to do! The adults that were suppose to look after me did not exist; in their place were psychopaths using me and exploiting me until the day they leave; and they had planned all this before I was born! They simply had their thrills and left; no different then a rapist having their thrills with someone they took hostage!
Im now understanding that I have to take responsibility for my life; their is no one else to do it! and I have to work with God and learn to trust God for the remainder of my time on earth! So, working with God and the Universe is key to my suvival! no-one else cares!
I have to work with God on where I want to be and who I want to be around! what type of people!
Whats best for me!
Im around recovery people in general; these people dont really know me or care! Its worked to wake up me; I guess thats what it was suppose to do!
Its hard taking responsibility for my life; no one ever has! No one has cared or really cared to know the real me! no one! A girl when young for a few months, that was all! soon, she turned on me and left me; in a sense!
When I force you to have to know me in order to decide if you like me and you leave?! Thats means, theirs nothing their! I shouldn't have to force you to do anything; if you want to like me you can, but you have to know who your with! I mean, Im not an abject just to take care of you! you have to know who I am; give me credit for who I am! Not just use me!
Looking back at women I loved; it seemed like they liked the love but didnt care who was giving it to them! I was like a care giver, when the giving stopped, they moved on! They didnt care who I was! They looked at me like I was a weakling that broke down and they moved on, and wrote me off as a retard! or laughing stock!
So, I have to work with God on who is suppose to be around me! What Im suppose to do with my life! I had my childhood pulled out from under me; inside out! and the people one would call mother/father, they left with no forwarding address; one might say! They were just using me, they didn't care if they ever saw me again! it was all a nightmare! and I would like to wake up from this nightmare!
One problem has been fear! When I was forced to be around these filth day after day after day; after I realized what they were; they had control of my life and dismantled it! dat after day after day, using me and throwing me away, I might as well not even have a name, I was an object!
The community was no different; they took the side of the psychopaths in form and function and spirit! If their is a God in heaven, these scum; this whole community is going to hell! all of them; murder's! and no conscious about it! They take advantage of children because they cant take advantage of adults, the adults wouldn't let them!
So, now, its my work to slowly turn things to God and work with God as to why Im on this planet!
I know several people that are dead; they refused to stay here and killed themselves! intelligent well educated people! They refused to be part of this; instead, they turned back into energy and are out in space universe!
Im not sure why Im here, what God has in mind for me! I would like to get better; take full responsibility for myself and meet better people; be at a better place in life! Be at a better location; believe I can be at a better location and that the universe is on my side!


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Good skills
An impressive share! I've just forwarded this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on this.
And he actually bought mee dinner simply because I discovered it for him…
lol. So let me reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!!
But yeah, thanks for spending time to talk about this topic here on your internet site.
I¦ll immediately grab your rss feed as I can't in finding your e-mail subscription link or e-newsletter service. Do you have any? Please let me know in order that I may just subscribe. Thanks.
(Barter not batter) I would have to add dried beans. Since I'm a chocoholic, Hersheys cocoa & syrup.
I'm a teen. I don't understand. Do you through the bottles on the fire. This went over my head. My parents won't explain it to me. They said learn to ask questions in the comments section. Please help
I would also like to add NEVER TALK ON THE PHONE about anything you don't want the cops to know, because they are listening to the call for panicked people to have someone help them get rid of or hide whatever else that may be there that wasn't found.
Dandy thank you
All I got was a whole bunch of spit all over my fingers & two dogs looking at me curiously. Ah well, practice makes perfect. At least I can also whistle through my teeth 🙂
Dont forget hard beans. Also kept in a airtight container, they'll last 30 years or more. I'm talking about the untouched bean. Never submerged or previously cooked.
Yeah… fucking right. Troll of the most high order of little dicks.
Well holy feck! I too didn't get what was trying to be imparted.
So Lex, next time ask someone who knows nothing about what you've written to read it and see if "they" have comprehended what you've written.
I used to be a printer. Cardinal rule was proof read, proof read, proof read. Then get someone else outside of the printing department to proof read once more for any mistakes.
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Good advice from my father who was a judge in my country. Even if you are as guilty as hell.
Never ever admit to anything and do not volunteer any information.
Just shut your mouth and say nothing
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Do you have anyway of downloading and printing your articles? I am disabled and not on the computer for long times and I like to download and then print to read and put in a notebook of helpful articles
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Looks like fixes will make it into 4.14...campbell wrote: This is a specific bug that only currently occurs in 4.14-RC and has a fix that has just not made it into the Arch repo yet. If you upgrade to 4.13 (the latest actually released kernel) it's fine.
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/li ... 04838.html
Interestingly Jerome has tested these fixes in hs400 mode at 220MB/s read which is very respectable. Im not sure of the make of the emmc.


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Newburgh, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's volleyball team fell 3-0 to St. Joseph's in the Skyline Conference Semifinals this afternoon in Newburgh, N.Y. The Rams finished the season with a 14-23 record, while St. Joe's (19-12) advances to face top-ranked Sage in the Championship game at 4:00 p.m.
Junior outside Sarah Palladino (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) recorded a game-high 18 kills, along with seven digs and two blocks. Freshman setter Megan Pisciotta (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) finished with 22 assists, while sophomore outside Karen Ulysse (West Hempstead, N.Y.) had a game-high 11 digs.
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Aficionados light up Dark Side with 'Star Wars' events, charity (registration required) - The Arizona Republic, 04/22/07
(Scott Chana) dresses as Boba Fett, Darth Vader's right-hand colonel and bounty hunter, and a character LaFortune calls an "intergalactic pimp."
"All the women love him," she said.
'Star Wars' characters part of last-day filing charge (registration required) - The Topeka Capital-Journal, 04/18/07
"Star Wars" bounty hunter Boba Fett shows Robert ... where to drop his tax return Tuesday at the Main Post Office, 424 S. Kansas Ave. The post office requested the 501st Legion, a "Star Wars" costuming organization, to provide tax day entertainment. Photo by Anthony S. Bush.
Lester is more - The Boston Globe, 04/06/07
Darth Vader, a couple of stormtroopers, and Boba Fett helped former AL president Gene Budig throw out the first pitch, the Dark Lord of the Sith taking time to taunt Red Sox fans, reminding them where Johnny Damon's allegiances now lie.
Hooked: Underground Dilettante Goes to LucasArts' GDC Party - SFGate, 03/08/07
Chewbacca, Han and Leia, Boba Fett and friends worked the floor, a Chinese New Year dragon troupe showed up with drummers and dancers, and a half dozen folks won limited edition action figures in the raffle.
And a related note -- a quick reminder that Jeremy Bulloch, Daniel Logan and Temuera Morrison will all be at Celebration 4 in Los Angeles. Any SoCal costumers or fans here, besides me? Or are they all over at...