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A House in the Sky is a memoir about a young woman from Alberta, Canada. She grew up in a small town and always wanted more, always wondered what else there was out in the world. She began to travel and eventually ended up as a war reporter in Somalia. She and a fellow traveler were eventually kidnapped and held hostage for 460 days. 460 days... it boggled my mind when I first read it and it still boggles my mind now. How she managed to survive still astounds me. It is definitely worth a read, and if you are anything like me, you will learn to appreciate all that you have and you will give your loved ones a little extra squeeze when you hug them goodnight.
The other book that I read was called Family Pictures by Jane Green. This book started off a touch slow, and I honestly had no idea what it was really going to be about. Once you get passed part 1, it gets really good. Like don't really want to put it down good. Not in a suspenseful type way, but more in a what will they do now way...
This story is about two families who meet under very odd circumstances and have to learn how to overcome the unthinkable, and find the good in life again. It's a very easy read, but a very heartwarming read too. I recommend it as a great beach read... or Sunday afternoon, cuddle up on the couch, read.
Have you read any good books lately? Next on my list is A Girl on a Train... finally!


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Hi all I'm a boy from Italy. First of all Wishes of Happy New Year to all, this seems a great place.
Now my question: I'm a newbie in database and I need your help. I'm trying to identify in which database language is this db file attached. So I can modify it once I know how. Can you give me a hand?
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Pre-Surgery Hypnosis Script
Is your client due to go to hospital for an operation?
This hypnosis script download can address a fear of surgery and prepare them for a successful outcome.Read More
One of the first men to really discover and put to extensive good use, the power of hypnosis, was an English surgeon named James Esdaile.
His interest in mesmerism (later known as hypnotism) began before the word hypnosis was phrased. In 1845 he went to India and had phenomenal success with mesmerism, copying Mesmer's techniques and applying them diligently. In those days the mortality rate in surgery was around fifty percent (50%). Esdaile reduced this figure to eight percent (8%) by the use of his techniques, and his patients recovered more quickly and easily than the average surgical cases of his day.
Since then there has been a revival in the interest of hypnosis with more scientific studies being undertaken.
Recent news has focused on women in Iran undergoing caesarean sections with hypnosis, men undergoing vasectomies using self hypnosis and tooth extraction with hypnosis - all who felt no pain whatsoever and, more importantly - recovered far quicker than they would have done had they had general anaesthetics.
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Taking a researcher ' s e-Infrastructure to the next level. Nicole Grégoire Internet2 Spring meeting – April 24, 2012. Outline. Community Management @ SURFnet Enlighten Your Research contest Use cases Enlighten Your Research 4. Community Managers Research.
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Create awareness about services created in the Gigaport3 program and new possibilities they offer;
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How to write a testimonial?
Feature - an official document containing the summary report of the performance of human and social activities as well as information on its main strengths and weaknesses.With well-prepared response and resume, the candidate can already count on a profitable position.So, we shall understand how to write a response.
To obtain the characteristics of official forms do not exist, but over time a certain standard of writing is still formed.Feature is written in the third person, it must sign the Chief of Staff and the head of division, in which the number of employees.
certainly characteristics:
- introductory part,
- personal data,
- information on employment,
- rating business and personal qualities,
- final part.
Strict Partitioning should not be, but they should be presented, and one part should flow smoothly into another, it is not necessary to carry out individual titles, such as "Personal Data", "Personality" and so on. D.
Let us examine a little more design rules of each section.
introductory part
This part consists of the name of the document, information about the organization, the name of the employee and his or her position.Information about the company (name, address, contact details) is indicated at the top of the sheet, it is placed under the title of the document - "Characteristics".Next appears the full name of the employee and his position in the above-mentioned organization.
Profile Details
In this part of the year of birth indicates the employee, his education with an indication of the place of study and year of graduation.In addition, this section notes a scientific degree and the rank of the employee, if any.
Information about employment
What information is relevant in this section?First, data on when the employee has been employed in a position, not be amiss to point earlier and places the employee works.Second, information on transitions and promotion of staff, if any, of course, available.Thirdly, we should list the most important results of the employee, for example, the management major project, signing an agreement with a major partner, and so on. D. Well, finally, is appropriate in this section information about how to obtain the employee additional education while in office.
Evaluation of business and personal qualities
In this section, it is important not only to assess the professional skills, but also his moral and ethical qualities.What should be noted in the description of business skills?
- have experience in some form of activity with the indication of the most advantageous skills personnel, in particular - it is worth noting what kinds of activities the employee has achieved the best results;
- knowledge of regulations, their rights and responsibilities, and a desire to develop others;
- ability to properly organize the workflow in time to take the assigned task in time to be effective in an emergency.
In assessing the personal qualities important to note the ability to maintain correct relations with colleagues and with the leadership.Of special note is the ability to build relationships with partners.
In this section, it is important to specify not only the most advantageous side of the employee, but also its shortcomings, but it's worth doing properly.In some parts you write - the employee has a lot of experience, to some - sufficient experience, well, somewhere will have to write - is not enough in-depth knowledge.Feature can not be perfect, and the words "insufficient depth knowledge" will not make it worse, but rather closer to reality.This phrase is unlikely to produce a bad effect on future employers, especially if in the previous sections, you have indicated that an employee is always open to new knowledge.
final part
This section specifies the purpose of drawing up specifications, it is permissible to specify - "Characters are given for the presentation of the place demands."
Next in the lower right corner of the sheet placed the necessary signatures of persons, that is, as we mentioned above, the Chief of Staff and the head of division, in which the number of employees.Signatures should be supported by the official seal of the organization, and, in addition, do not forget to put the date of registration of properties.
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The moments in life that take your breath away hold a place in your heart forever, and my first sighting of the Northern Lights is a moment that I will never forget. I can even tell you the date, time and exactly where I was standing. It was 4.10pm on Saturday 26 January 2013, there was a full moon in the sky, and I had just stepped outside of my hotel in Tromso, Northern Norway.
The lights were feint and to an untrained eye looked little more than cloud but, they were there and that was all that mattered to me. As I walked along the harbourfront of the city the Aurora Borealis strengthened and I could see distinct strands of green above my head. It was a truly magical experience that left me feeling emotional and blessed – I couldn't take my eyes off the sky as the lights waved and danced overhead. No longer would I be jealous of my colleagues who had previously witnessed a display.
To best observe the Northern Lights it is recommended to leave the limits of Tromso and the artificial lights of the city. The darker the sky the better the display and, after my experiences I would say, the more humbled you feel by the event.
On the 26th January, I was lucky enough to join an evening cruise exploring the waters that surround the 'capital of the north'. Armed with a tripod; a camera set at a high ISO (I used ISO 800 – ISO 1250), a slow shutter speed and manual focus; and wrapped in my winter clothes I spent most of my night on the deck of the boat watching the Aurora in awe. I was fascinated by its movement in the sky and by the way the colours intensified and then disappeared. It was almost as if it was playing a game.
Away from the city lights, the display was spectacular and when the lights were not swaying my eyes were drawn to the moonlit mountain peaks. Incredible is the only word for it.
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Are you thinking about Working From Home? Do you want to start a home based business? Read today's post to see the benefits of working from home.
In these day's many people struggle with their jobs and lives constantly looking for the solution to their problems. Now the home based business is very popular and monthly 550.000 people are looking for the "work from home" phrase. It's clear to me that these 550.00 people are struggling with their job, money or time. In today's post, you will see some of the great benefits of working from home.
No matter how old you are or where you live people always have at least 1 problem. Either it's the lack of Time or the lack of Money. Most of the people have these 2 problems at the same time. An average person goes to work from Monday to Friday, works 8-10 hours every day, comebacks to house rests for 2 hours, play with kids for 30 min and goes to sleep.
If you have a family you know what I mean. Most of the people spend more time in their jobs or job-related activities than their family and friends. This "No time" lifestyle is very stressful especially when your job is not your favorite one. Many people say "change the job!" but it only sounds easy, especially when you are living with your partner and it's even more difficult when you have kids. Because you are not guaranteed that you can find a better job soon after you quit your first one.
More than you think the lack of time kills people even more than the lack of money. But the lack of the money is also a dream killer and it's a cause of the lack of time. Because if you had more money you could work less and you could spend more time with your friends and family right? People go to work and earn an average income, just to buy food and pay the bills. If you are happy and satisfied with it, awesome! You should do what makes you happy and satisfied, but if you are not, you got a problem and stressful life.
There are many ways to start working from home and you don't have to quit your job for that yet. The world is changing and thanks to the internet we don't have actual limits of how much we can earn. Of course, it's not only about making additional $5K monthly but it's also about getting your time back.
The good way to start working from home is to keep your job and start making profits online little by little. Some people say "I need the change NOW!" and I know how it feels because I was in that position but it's easier and better to start with small steps. Many people make a mistake of quitting their job before they start to make money online. It's a mistake because you get depressed if you don't get the great results at first, for some people, it's a good kick in the butt to wake up but most of the people struggle badly.
Keep your job work a while to keep money coming to your house and start the home based business. When you generate enough RESIDUAL INCOME your job won't be necessary, it will be just an option which you can choose to stay at your job or just quit it and have more time freedom.
There are many benefits of working from home:
> You have more time for your kids, so you can take them to some awesome places
> You have more time for your partner, so you can build stronger relationship with him or her
> You don't need to ask your boss to take a day off because you or your kid have to go to dentist
> You have enough time to celebrate friend's and kids birthdays
> You are your own boss so you can decide how much money you want to earn
The biggest benefit is that you can start to live the life you want, not the one you are forced to live.
Just imagine for a moment a lifestyle where you wake up in the morning, you take your kids to school, you work in front of your computer for 3 hours with a delicious cup of your favorite coffee and after that, you have 8 hours of a time that you can do anything you want with it. Maybe you could go watch a movie, go to a gym, meet with the friend, go for a date with your partner or just rest in the garden. After that, you pick your kids from the school, eat nice dinner together and before you go to sleep you check emails, send some messages and go to sleep relaxed not worrying about tomorrow.
This is what working from home brings to you if you are committed to change your life. Can you achieve this kind of lifestyle in few days or weeks? No, it takes sometimes but it's totally worth the efforts. You can choose to do efforts for the lifestyle where you don't have to worried about things or the lifestyle of the next 20 years of the struggle with your current job, the lack of the money and time.
Choose Wisely
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Jobs day preview: Happy Friday? - First look - Carper/Warner push on pre-emption - Debt ceiling deniers may want to think twice - Top story: Debt talks resume Sunday
JOBS DAY PREVIEW: HAPPY FRIDAY? - June jobs number out this morning may come in higher than expected following the strong 157K number from ADP and the slight drop in initial jobless claims to 418K, the lowest level since May. A good number would also suggest May's weak 54K was in fact an outlier. ... Moody's Analytics Mark Zandi told M.M. he expects today's figure to show a gain of around 125K. He does not expect the unemployment rate to come down from 9.1 percent: "May over-stated the negative case. Growth slowed and the job market throttled back but technical quirks also played a role ... I think the underlying growth rate is probably around 150K. But it is hard to make progress quickly on the unemployment rate. ...
"You have a lot of [discouraged workers] who are going to come back into the market at some point. And that makes it harder to bring the number down. By spring of next year you will see it coming down one or two tenths of a percent each month. By Election Day we should be just north of eight percent. ... Clearly there are things that could damage the economy again. We seem to get hit once a year by these things. Most pernicious and immediate is the debt ceiling. That could put the kibosh on any kind of recovery if that doesn't go reasonably well."
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ALSO WATCH: AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS - As WSJ's "Ahead of the Tape" notes today, growth in this figure has been terrible, hitting a low of 2 percent last December. As food and gas prices pinch wallets it actually means workers have less money. Top line job growth is huge but to really drive the economy forward people need money to buy stuff beyond necessities. Right now that's not happening. http://on.wsj.com/ofu1I6
ASIA UP/EUROPE RISING - U.S. futures also up on hope for a strong jobs report http://bloom.bg/djxZCA
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE MATTERS - Hamilton Place Strategies will release the latest Job Creators Alliance poll later this morning. Among the findings: "[T]he latest JCA poll measured a significant upswing in concern about unemployment. As gas prices have fallen, the public seems to be shifting their focus back to the employment picture. More than half (52%) of respondents say unemployment is the economic issue that concerns them most, up 15% from May when only 37% listed unemployment as their top concern."
... EVEN IF PLOUFFE SAYS IT DOESN'T - Top Obama advisor David Plouffe, according to Bloomberg: "The average American does not view the economy through the prism of GDP or unemployment rates or even monthly jobs numbers ... People won't vote based on the unemployment rate, they're going to vote based on: 'How do I feel about my own situation? Do I believe the president makes decisions based on me and my family?'"
YES ... BUT - Plouffe's remark is a tautology. Of course people don't base their votes on a single GDP report or job creation figure. But these factors determine how people feel about their personal situations and prospects for the future. One day's numbers don't mean much. The trend in the numbers means everything.
FIRST LOOK - CARPER/WARNER PUSH ON PRE-EMPTION - Sen. Tom Carper (D-Dela.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) plan to send a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner today to underscore the intent behind their amendment to Dodd-Frank that maintained federal pre-emption of state banking laws. The letter from the senators is in response to comments from Treasury General Counsel George Madison sent to the OCC.
From the Carper/Warner letter: "While we understand that the position of the Administration was to eliminate federal preemption for national banks, the fact is that Congress did not accept that position. Our amendment maintaining the Barnett standard passed the Senate by an overwhelming vote of 80 to 18. Both the language of the final law and its legislative history clearly demonstrate that the Barnett standard is maintained, and the Treasury position in this comment process was, in fact, rejected by Congress." Full letter: http://politi.co/ovayf9
MORE CARPER: "As the principal author of the preemption provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act, I remain concerned that the intent of these provisions are being misunderstood. ... These provisions do not create a brand new preemption standard, but instead clarify that the traditional preemption tests, as laid out by the Supreme Court in the Barnett case, continue to apply."
LEVIN QUESTIONS TAX HOLIDAY SUPPORTERS - Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), in his role as Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has sent letters to companies that support a foreign profits tax holiday. The letter includes a questionnaire asking how much cash the companies have on hand in the U.S. and abroad.
REACT - Supporters of reparation are not taking the letters very well. One told M.M.: "Instead of fighting crime and fraud, Mr. Levin is using his perch on the Senate Investigative Committee to mount fishing expeditions intended to intimidate U.S. based job creators whom he disagrees with on a tax policy matter." Full Levin letter: http://politi.co/prsthC
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING - M.M. has been looking forward to "Horrible Bosses" for quite some time. Not because we hate our bosses. In fact we like them very much. But not as much as Jason Bateman and Charlie Day. LATimes Michael Phillps says the movie is "cleverly structured" and "works in spite of its cruder ... instincts." http://lat.ms/pGsR0m
DRIVING THE DAY - Jobs number out at 8:30 a.m. ... President Obama meets with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (presumably to reassure her on Social Security) and then holds regional interviews on the economy beginning at 11:30 a.m. Chances are he will be in a good mood ... House Financial Services subcommittee holds a hearing at 9:30 a.m. on bank examination practices. Hearing prep memo: http://politi.co/pLvfLf
DRIVING THE WEEKEND - Budget talks resume Sunday and may go late into the evening. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is on NBC's "Meet the Press" and CBS' "Face the Nation." Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) will give the GOP response to Geithner on "Face."
DEBT CEILING DENIERS MAY WANT TO THINK TWICE - Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) used her first presidential campaign ad to reiterate her stance that she will not vote to raise the debt ceiling. That might not be so helpful to her constituents. Moody's recently issued a report saying "Aaa-rated states and local governments ... are more likely to be vulnerable to credit pressure" should U.S. debt get downgraded. ... That would drive up borrowing costs for states including Minnesota which is also home to GOP hopeful and former governor Tim Pawlenty who has said Congress should raise the debt limit but also questioned the urgency. ...
Other states that could get hit by a U.S. downgrade (which could come even before a technical default) include North Carolina, where GOP Sen. Jim DeMint has strongly challenged the impact of failing to raise the debt limit by Aug. 2nd. Alaska is also on the list. The state's former governor, Sarah Palin, has accused Geithner of making "false statements" about the debt ceiling. State bond ratings: http://politi.co/oIFBBt Moody's report: http://politi.co/og5SJ0
MURDOCH STORY NOWHERE NEAR OVER - FT's John Gapper: "The chances of [shutting down the News of the World] drawing a line under the criticism that has engulfed [News Corp.] ... are low to non-existent. The first obstacle is that Mr Murdoch's ruthlessness in closing down the News of the World has not been matched by his treatment of [Rebekah] Brooks ... Instead, he has stuck defiantly behind her despite widespread calls for her resignation and disbelief in her ability to be impartial in guiding internal inquiries. The fact that the News of the World will no longer exist by next week does not change that fact." http://on.ft.com/oz7DSt
JPM NEARS TOP DOG STATUS - Reuters' David Henry: "JPMorgan Chase ... is close to vaulting past Bank of America to become the biggest bank in the United States, but it will likely get there in an odd way -- by shrinking less than its rival. Both JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are getting smaller as they shake off the excesses of the years leading up to the financial crisis. ... Bank of America's drop to second would illustrate how former Chief Executive Ken Lewis saddled the bank with bad acquisitions" http://reut.rs/nafJQN
TOP STORY: DEBT TALKS RESUME SUNDAY - POLITICO's David Rogers: "With White House debt talks due to resume Sunday, the next few days will sorely test the mettle of President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner as they try to break free a large-scale deal, held prisoner thus far by the rhetoric of both parties. Boehner's forces appeared shaken Thursday by the skepticism they encountered for even entertaining new tax revenues ... The president meets Friday with ... Pelosi, who didn't hide her displeasure with the notion of Medicare and Social Security savings going to debt reduction ... [Obama] wants the eight House and Senate leaders back Sunday by which point, he said, 'the parties will at least know where each other's bottom lines are and will hopefully be in a position to then start engaging in the hard bargaining that's necessary to get a deal done." http://bit.ly/qrOeCW
BIG HURDLES - WSJ's Carol E. Lee, Janet Hook and Naftali Bendavid on pg. A1: "Such a [$10 trillion/4 year] deal would have to overcome many hurdles to pass a divided Congress in time to clear the way for a vote to raise the government's $14.29 trillion borrowing limit before Aug. 2. ... While lawmakers in both parties cheered the idea of a big deficit-reduction deal, they dug in their heels on several key issues. Liberal Democrats are furious that Mr. Obama has opened the door to significant changes to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, and many Republicans continue to resist tax increases" http://on.wsj.com/oewr88
TALKER: NYT LEAD EDITORIAL SLAMS OBAMA - "Every fresh report of 'progress' on the debt-ceiling talks produces new reasons to feel profoundly uneasy. The talks were misbegotten from the beginning, made necessary only by the irresponsible refusal of Republicans to pay the nation's bills ... Obama had to deal with them to prevent an economic collapse, but he should have sought the most minimal way possible to get out of their headlock ... Instead, he seems to have embraced this illegitimate process — rooted in the false and dangerous premise that the nation's budget problems are entirely a matter of overspending on the needy and not of undertaxing the rich." http://nyti.ms/qTi3wu
OBAMA WOULD VETO SHORT-TERM DEAL - POLITICO's Carrie Budoff Brown, Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan: "Obama told congressional leaders ... he would veto a short-term deficit deal, eliminating an option floated by Senate Republicans to extend the debt limit for only a few months ... The president went further during his private meeting than he had a day earlier in public, when he simply said he opposed a short-term measure. By drawing a harder line, Obama aims to avoid revisiting the debt limit again until after the 2012 elections. ... Obama discussed three options with the congressional leaders: a short-term measure of only a few months, which the president opposes; a deal worth about $2.5 trillion; and a deal that tops $4 trillion." http://bit.ly/nFZRbi
SO THERE IS A PLAN B AFTER ALL - NYT's Mark Landler and Carl Hulse on pg. A1: "[T]op lawmakers and Congressional officials said that they thought a narrow opening existed for a far-reaching agreement ... If an acceptable package cannot be agreed upon, they predicted a fallback plan in the range of $2 trillion or more, based on the earlier negotiations overseen by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. ... Mr. Geithner told the lawmakers the White House did not believe it had the authority, under the Constitution, to continue issuing debt if it reached the debt ceiling. Nobody in the room disputed Mr. Geithner's bleak assessment, the officials said." http://nyti.ms/qMlgl8
QUESTION OF THE DAY? - Does the above NYT line mean we can finally stop talking about the 14th Amendment? Hope so. Because it was pretty much total nonsense from the start. Harvard con law professor Laurence Tribe ably demolishes the 14th amendment chatter in an NYT op-ed today: http://nyti.ms/n0EZ6c
OUCH - WP's Charles Krauthammer: "Obama assailed the lesser mortals who inhabit Congress for not having seriously dealt with a problem he had not dealt with at all, then scolded Congress for being even less responsible than his own children. They apparently get their homework done on time. My compliments. ... But the Republican House did do its homework. It's called a budget. ...
"It passed the House on April 15. The Democratic Senate has produced no budget. Not just this year, but for two years running. As for the schoolmaster in chief, he produced two 2012 budget facsimiles: The first (February) was a farce and the second (April) was empty, dismissed by the CBO as nothing but words untethered to real numbers." http://wapo.st/qTVQK5
DERIVATIVES FIGHT RAGES ON - The Progressive Policy Institute issued a paper yesterday arguing that the Dodd-Frank derivatives reforms could harm traditional end-users. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) jumped on the report as an example of regulatory overreach: "With the unemployment rate above 9 percent, we need the Administration to say, at the very least, they won't impose new regulations that will only make it worse. The paper raises the critical point: regulators are going too far in interpreting Dodd-Frank, and unless changes are made job creation and the economy will suffer."
COUNTER-POINT - Proponents of derivatives reform hit back hard, pointing to an article by MIT's John Parsons: "The [PPI] piece recycles bad arguments made previously by others, and offers absolutely nothing new. For example, to quantify the potential job losses attributable to requiring margin from end-users, the authors repeat the discredited numbers produced earlier this year in a 'study' commissioned by the Business Roundtable ... Although the earlier work has been discredited, if the numbers are recycled through enough other outlets, then they can be naively quoted in future lobbying work." Parsons piece: http://bit.ly/ns62ii PPI study: http://politi.co/qNFxdd
GLOBAL PRESSURE ON DERIVATIVES REFORMS - FT's Tom Braithwaite in New York, Brooke Masters in London and Nikki Tait in Brussels: "The global deal to regulate opaque derivatives markets is under strain, according to officials and bankers, amid increased tensions between countries on the shape of the new regime. ... The new rules are supposed to be in place by the end of next year, but there are increasingly fractious disagreements over the detail and timing. ... Non-US officials and bankers are frustrated at what they see as an implicit threat from Washington that it could demand that the likes of Société Générale and Deutsche Bank follow American rules worldwide if they want to retain access to US markets." http://on.ft.com/nKRKeW
TRANSITIONS: JEFF SMITH LEAVING FED - Per email: "After nearly 8 years with the Federal Reserve, most recently as a New York Fed spokesman, and formerly as a member of the Federal Reserve Board's Public Affairs Office in Washington, DC, I have decided to pursue a new, exciting opportunity in the private sector - effective tomorrow afternoon, July 8. I am very proud to have had the opportunity to serve on behalf of the American public for an institution which I greatly respect during such a critical and historic time for the U.S. economy."
REGULATORS CANT COLLECT - WSJ's Jean Eaglesham on pg. C1: "It is easier for regulators to get their man than it is to get their money. Since late 2005, the [SEC] and [CFTC] have ordered $12.3 billion in penalties for alleged wrongdoing. The total includes fines, the return of ill-gotten profits and repayment of restitution to investors. But more than $4.5 billion hasn't been paid yet, according to the two agencies. The SEC is owed $3.78 billion, while the CFTC hasn't collected $752 million in fines alone.
... 'We need to do better,' Bart Chilton, one of the five commissioners who run the CFTC, said via email in response to questions. SEC spokesman John Nester said the agency's collection efforts continue 'to pay enormous dividends.' Last year, officials 'returned two dollars to harmed investors for every dollar Congress spent on the entire SEC budget.'" http://on.wsj.com/plSWQt
DID PROSECUTORS GO SOFT? - NYT's Gretchen Morgenson and Louise Story on pg. A1: "As the financial storm brewed in the summer of 2008 and institutions feared for their survival, a bit of good news bubbled through large banks and the law firms that defend them. Federal prosecutors officially adopted new guidelines about charging corporations with crimes — a softer approach that, longtime white-collar lawyers and former federal prosecutors say, helps explain the dearth of criminal cases despite a raft of inquiries into the financial crisis ... The guidelines left open a possibility other than guilty or not guilty, giving leniency often if companies investigated and reported their own wrongdoing. ... But this approach, critics maintain, runs the risk of letting companies off too easily." http://nyti.ms/pdp8Re


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The Trail That Was Blazed By A Good Ol Country Boy
I used to dream of the day when I'd have a full route. All my problems would be solved if I could just fill up that daily sheet with names and addresses. So I worked and scratched and clawed trying … Continue reading


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At the beginning of this week's סדרה we find that יעקב 'accidentally' falls asleep in the place of the בית המקדש. While asleep he sees Hashem standing over him. Hashem tells him how is offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and how He will guard him, and not forsake him etc. יעקב wakes up and exclaims[i], "אכן יש ה' במקים הזה ואנכי לא ידעתי .... אין זה כי אם בית אלקים" – "surely Hashem is in this place and I did not know ….. This is none other than the abode of Hashem".
רש"י on the words "and I did not know" brings down the מדרש that says
, "had I known I would not have slept in a holy place like this".
The question that we must ask is, that after having such a revelation, such a "spiritual high" of actually having Hashem speak to you, and being given His word about your destiny. How could יעקב had said that he would not have slept there had he know. He just got given the biggest "הכשר" on the fact that he fell asleep there? Surely if Hashem was unhappy with what he had had done, He would have made some mention of it to him? Or would at least not have given יעקב such a big pat on his back?
I heard two תירוצים to this. The אזנים לתורה answers that the הלכה is that it is אסור to sleep in the בית המקדש. When יעקב woke up, he realized that he had, without realizing, slept in the מקום המקדש. Yes he had a spiritual closeness to Hashem like never before, but he a gone כנגד the הלכה. No amount of הכשרים can justify this. We must always stay away from עבירות, even if the "gain" from the עבירה seems worth it. Its like eating treif and chocking on it, then being rushed to hospital, where they find out you have some other disease that needs treating! You can't say it was right to eat treif, just because good came out of it.
The second answer I heard was that יעקב said, "If this is what happens when I sleep in such a holy place, can you imagine what heights I could have got to if I had stayed up the night in such a place". He berated himself for the missed opportunity of an even greater closeness to Hashem.
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Everton 2-2 Leicester: What have Leicester done less than any Premier League side this season?
Opta's facts and stats from Everton 2-2 Leicester, using Stats Zone...
Leicester City were denied a valuable win in their battle for Premier League survival as an 89th-minute own goal from Matthew Upson ensured Everton salvaged a 2-2 draw at Goodison Park. Two blunders by Tim Howard in a hapless performance were punished dearly, as Leicester responded to Steven Naismith's opener with goals from David Nugent and Esteban Cambiasso.
The Premier League's bottom side looked set to climb within two points of safety as a result, only to suffer late heartbreak as Upson inadvertently diverted a Romelu Lukaku header into his own net. Naismith put Everton in front after 57 minutes with a scuffed finish, but the game then turned on a brace of mistakes from Howard.
The USA keeper spilled a low cross to gift boyhood Everton fan Nugent a 63rd-minute equaliser and failed to deal with Danny Simpson's right-wing delivery in the build-up to Cambiasso's close-range strike seven minutes later.
Lukaku spurned a host of chances for Everton, but the Belgium forward ultimately came good as he met Christian Atsu's cross and saw his diving header brush off Upson to leave Mark Schwarzer with no chance.
- Both Everton and Leicester have scored one first-half goal in their last seven Premier League games.
- Eight of Steven Naismith's last 11 Premier League goals have come at Goodison Park.
- Naismith scored four goals in his first PL season, five in his second and now six in his third campaign.
- Leicester have kept fewer clean sheets than any other team in the top flight this season (four).
- Two of David Nugent's three Premier League goals this season have come on Merseyside.
- Everton have failed to win in five consecutive home PL games for the first time since October – December 2009.
- Leicester have scored more than one goal twice in their last 13 PL games - at Goodison Park and the 2-2 draw at Anfield.
- Leicester have conceded the last two PL own goals – Matthew Upson in this game and Wes Morgan against Manchester United.
- 21 PL games have ended 2-2 this season – there were 17 in the whole of 2013/14.
- Romelu Lukaku had nine shots (including blocks) without scoring – the joint-most in a PL game this season without finding the target (also Graziano Pellè v Stoke).
- Everton have dropped the most points from winning positions this season (17).


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Briscoes coming soon to Rangiora
By the Warehouse in Rangiora recently, there is progress starting of the adjacent Briscoes building. This 2,400 sq metres will comprise a 500sq metre store area and 1900 sq metre retail space. The work is being done by Miles Construction and the build is running to schedule with no unforeseen issues thus far.
The new Briscoes store it planned to be operational by the end of September.
Stage 2 of this development project will see Animates, Super Cheap Autos and Warehouse Stationery coming onto the corner site. These will all be builds of approximately 750 sq metres each and will run parallel to East Belt.
Whilst there are currently final approvals and consents awaiting from Waimakariri District Council, it is hopeful we could start see to work commencing on that area of the site within the next couple of months and possible completion by the end of the year.


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Other How To 's…
Wikis > Other How To 's...
Here are the wiki's that pertain to adding, setting up more complex software in Bodhi, along with other miscellaneous wiki's.
- How do I get Flash working in my browser?
- VirtualBox and Bodhi as Host
- VirtualBox and Bodhi as Guest
- Bodhi's Enlightenment Desktop to Ubuntu 14.04
- Changing Plymouth Bootsplash
- Backup with Remastersys
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For some reason, I do not remember Tom Petty's song "Kings Highway" from when he and the Heartbreakers released it in 1991 on Into the Great Wide Open. I did not buy the album at the time, but I do remember hearing other songs from the album, like "Learning to Fly." Maybe I was out of the loop that year, or maybe it was not played that much on the radio. I only fell in love with "Kings Highway" when a live version was included as a free download when I bought tickets to the Petty Mojo tour. Allmusic.com calls the song a "minor gem," but for me it was like finding a piece of hidden gold in Petty's back catalog.
Like John Mellencamp, Tom Petty is one of those artists who has been making music that I like for decades, but he sort of comes and goes in and out of my life. There are some artists where I buy every CD they make, but for most artists, it depends on the time and what I think of the latest music. I have never heard a Tom Petty album that I do not like, and I own several of his albums. But I have never felt compelled to own everything he has done, and because of that, I suppose, I have missed some great songs like "Kings Highway."
I have tried to figure out geographically which Kings Highway appears in the song. There appears to be highways with that name all around the world, and there is even a Facebook page devoted to all of them. Is he referring to the ancient King's Highway from Egypt to Syria? There is a King's Highway in Jordan, which reminded one blogger of the Petty song. Maybe he is referring to the 1927 British film, King's Highway.
Or, more likely is it one of the King's Highways in the U.S., like the one from Charleston to Boston, or the one in New York state, or the one following the Mississippi River in the South, or one in Pennsylvania or Texas, or one of two in Virginia. Or, most likely, considering he lived in California at the time, it may be the 600-mile El Camino Real in California, which is also called the "King's Highway." Perhaps the California connection is why on a recent tour he and the Heartbreakers opened their 2010 Oakland performance with "Kings Highway" (but he's also used it as an opener elsewhere, like Colorado).
Maybe the apostrophe is a clue. His song is "Kings Highway," without an apostrophe, while some of the highway names are "King's Highway." Several do not have the apostrophe, but the California road does. So, I am back to being puzzled about finding the real Kings Highway. Maybe there is an interview somewhere where he reveals the location.
The song, however, may be less about an actual highway than about a state of mind. In the song, the singer dreams of heading out on the highway with his lover "when the time gets right." In that sense, it is a classic open road song, like Springsteen's "Thunder Road," where the highway provides a hope of escape, freedom, and a new life. While Springsteen's songs in this vein often have a dark undertone, Petty's "Kings Highway" has a happier tone that focuses on the new life more than the escape part of the open road.
Still, "Kings Highway" is not an entirely uplifting song. The singer fears being alone, and doesn't "wanna end up someone that I don't even know." And, unlike other songs of escape, there is no actual escape to the open road of the song, as it ends with the singer still waiting for the day "Good fortune comes our way / And we ride down the Kings Highway." I suspect the characters in the song are still waiting. Perhaps, like me, they are still looking for the location of Kings Highway.
May good fortune come your way and you find your own Kings Highway.
Where do you find Kings Highway? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
{New Home} Pink&Orange
This painting has found a new home with some sweet friends of mine. I have had it for years and hadn't had the heart to let it go until recently. It started out as a blue painting above my bunk during my sophomore year of college, and it morphed into these colors along the way. It's one of those that sort of has sentimental value, so I'm so glad I know it's gone to a good "home."
Posted by Britt@artbybritt at 8:40 AM
Labels: new home
2 comments:
- Brittany said...
I LOVE these colors. Beauty!!
- August 16, 2011 at 3:59 PM
- alex.gennaro said...
We will take good care of it! :)
- August 16, 2011 at 6:19 PM
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This game involves defending your dungeon and treasure against would-be burglars of varying types. It has a simplistic pixel art style and is designed to be a 'quick to play - easy to lose' game involving frustrating, yet enjoyable gameplay. Burglars will attack in progressively faster and more numerous waves with occasional random bonus rounds. Burglars will vary in type and some will be resistant or immune to certain traps. Traps will be bought and placed by the player to defend your dungeon. Once all your treasure has been taken you lose the game. This means your 'health' is also your in game currency, so an element of strategy is needed.
This video shows a demonstration of the 7 traps used to stop burglars from stealing your treasure. The numbers at the top of the screen show the total treasure, and the highest total treasure (score). These burglars add 10 treasure to your total when killed, but when they get to the right hand side they return to the entrance with 100 pieces of your treasure. Burglars that are killed before they escape will drop the treasure stolen and it will return to your total. The numbers you can see upon clicking the trap to activate it is the cool-down before you can use it again.
This video primarily shows the activation of traps. All art is subject to change, and assets and numerical feedback is temporary so I can see that it's working. Multiple animated burglars (which you can see in the last still image I posted) and trap animation to be added.
So here is basically what's been done so far in the last week:
- Pixel art for the burglar and trap on/off assets, as well as the background
- Walking and death animation for one burglar type
- Burglar collisions and duration damage/effects with all 7 current traps
Decisions that I need to make now are:
- Length of waves (the game is supposed to be fairly fast and quick to play)
- Treasure 'return' system. Does treasure return to your total upon death of a burglar, or at the end of the wave? (the latter would make it more challenging which is what I think I'd prefer)
My next devlog won't be this lengthy! Any feedback is welcome! Next time I may talk about a sort of 'accompanying' text based dungeon adventure idea which came to me yesterday - with an emphasis on social/community interaction. Maybe! -oP


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Let me start by saying this: being a Stay At Home Mom (SAHM for when you need to say it fast) has little to do with actually staying at home. I Know!! Weird right? I didn't stay on-the-go this much when I had a full time 9-5 corporate career. I had set hours, days off, sick days, you know a life. Yet this SAHM career. Well let me tell you there are times this mom simply needs a time out.
Just Sayin…
I said it. I admit it. I own it. I'm a stay at home mom you needs a time out from all the stuff that goes with being just that. I remember the first time I saw the commercial that says how Moms don't get a sick day and realized how true that cruel reality was. I mean my little employers don't have someone to cover me but that doesn't mean my work days can't get a but overwhelming at times.
Busy Days…
School days I rise just as early if not earlier than I did when I had an in office job. Most days my 'clock out' time is non-existent. I basically crawl into bed hoping sleep comes quick and the morning comes slow. Summer days seem even longer because I mean why should mom's get a break just because the kids do right? My summer days are filled with non-stop efforts to keep the boredom monsters away for 3 Kiddies who seem to think I run a summer camp instead of a home.
This seemingly endless busy-ness at times has me at my wits end. Literally. Like no really. I have days I can barely piece a thought together. I start forgetting stuff and things. Appointments get missed. Things just don't go according to plan. These are clear signs that I am in need of a time out. Time out from being mom, wife, friend, volunteer, pat member- all of it. I need to just be me and give my brain a bit of recovery time from all that's going on.
My Mom Time Out…
How does a mom have a time out? Well I schedule it of course! My house runs only because of a lot of stickies, post-its and calendars. So when it comes to finding a bit of time for me I finally figured out the only way to make sure I get it is to schedule it in!
I write it on our family calendar as something everyone will think is important enough not to be rescheduled but not realize it's a Mom time out. Why the trickery you ask? Because I'm a mom and if they realize it's not something important to anyone besides me trust me it will be crossed off and replaced by something else. So instead I schedule my time out by keeping it a secret from them and at times from me. I schedule them a bit ahead of time so when it comes around I'm not only surprised but most days – relieved.
Oooh A Time Out!
I actually just realized as I was writing this that I have one scheduled for tomorrow. Its funny how well I know me. I am definitely on the verge of exhaustion. It's been nothing but going here, there and everywhere the past few weeks and I'm ready to call a time out for sure!
You know it's bad when you wake up tired and feel like you need a nap before you even leave the house. Well apparently my past self knew this was coming and gifted me tomorrow to do absolutely nothing between the hours of drop off and pick up.
So what shall I do? Oh the things I do when the Kiddies are away! Watch mindless tv, read endless Facebook feeds, spoil my sweet tooth and take naps like a kindergartener. I resist the urger to work for either myself or anyone else. I focus on the nothing. I empty my head and give my brain time to reboot itself. Due dates, field trips, school projects, grocery lists. I forget it all for at least a few hours.
I admit by the time pick up hour rolls around I'm feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a few more weeks of this life I call motherhood. Still to get it done I think every mom needs a time out every now and then! Don't you??
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Lobster Pot honoured
THE LOBSTER Pot at Carne has been included in a list of 34 Irish pubs in the new Michelin Eating Out in Pubs guide 2014.
Compimenting the pubs included in the guide editor Rebecca Burr said reports of the death of the pub 'have been grossly exaggerated'.
'We now recommend more pubs than ever before and the great news is that they are spread all over Great Britain and Ireland, rather than just being concentrated in a few counties.'
Calling all former employees of Hardobs, Fashion Slacks and Wexman Trousers in Wexford... A reunion of former workers has been organised for this Saturday, November 9 in the Gaelic Bar in Bishopswater at 9 p.m. Everyone is invited along to enjoy a night of reminiscence and music from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
A social night will be held in the Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy on Friday, November 15 at 9 p.m., in aid of the Ferns Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Music will be provided by Theresa and the Stars with special guests Stephen Murphy and Leslie Dunne. Tickets cost €20 at the door or from the Hospitalite Secretary Aine Roche on 087 9767623.
A talk on 'The decline of the Grey Squirrel and the recovery of the Pine Marten in the Midlands' will be given by Dr. Emma Sheehy in the Pump House at Wexford Wildfowl Reserve on Thursday, November 6 at 8 p.m. The event is being hosted by Wexford Naturalist Field Club. Members and non-members are welcome.
The first production meeting for Wexford Light Opera Society's 2014 show 'Sister Act - the Musical' will be held in the Friary Hall in School Street on Thursday, November 14 at 8 p.m.
The West End hit will be discussed in detail by director John Donnelly and musical director Fintan Clancy.
All the parts will be outlined and audition pieces will be available on the night.
New members are welcome to go along.
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Those of you with an interest in performance cars might want to give our Dealer Principal and Founder Jerry Lustig a call. Jerry has successfully campaigned Acura and Honda-based race cars with the Sports Car Club of America for more than 40 years. Currently, Jerry pilots the #24 RSX in the SCCA Majors Series and his son Steven is behind the wheel of the #51 Integra. Both also spend some time behind an E Production class S2000.
Jerry's son Steven Lustig, Vice President of our car dealerships, enters the 2016 season as a major contender to win his first national championship at the 2016 SCCA Runoffs in Mid-Ohio this fall. He is also running professionally in the Trans Am Series in the TA2 class behind the wheel of a 500 hp tube frame Mustang. Check out his Trans Am page here.
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text: Revisiting the Diagnostic Criteria for Muscle DysmorphiaMurray, Stuart B. PhD1; Baghurst, Timothy PhD2Strength & Conditioning Journal: February 2013 - Volume 35 - Issue 1 - p 69–74 doi: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e3182723f24 Article Abstract Author Information SUMMARY MUSCLE DYSMORPHIA (MD) IS A PSYCHIATRIC CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY THE EXTREME PURSUIT OF MUSCULARITY AND SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION IN BODY FAT. ALTHOUGH CURRENT DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA EFFECTIVELY ILLUSTRATE THE BEHAVIORS INVOLVED IN THE PURSUIT OF GREATER LEAN MUSCULARITY, CLINICAL UTILITY IS LIMITED BY THE LACK OF A CLEAR DELINEATION CONCERNING THE DEGREE TO WHICH THESE CHARACTERISTICS ARE PRESENT IN PATHOLOGICAL PRESENTATIONS. THIS ALLOWS FOR CONSIDERABLE VARIATION IN THE POTENTIAL SCOPE OF THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH MD, AND THE POSSIBLE INCLUSION OF NONPATHOLOGICAL MUSCLE-BUILDING ENDEAVORS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO REVIEW THE EFFICACY OF DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN PATHOLOGICAL AND NONPATHOLOGICAL MUSCLE ENHANCING ENDEAVORS. 1The Redleaf Practice, Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2Department of Health and Human Performance, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Figure Stuart B. Murray is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and disorders of body image. Figure Timothy Baghurst is an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Oklahoma State University. © 2013 National Strength and Conditioning Association


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Hi stampers! It's time for a new challenge over on Hand Stamped Sentiments. The challenge this week is to make a Halloween inspired card.
We all know I've been doing that for a while now, huh? :-) I can't believe it's going to be October on Saturday! I have been super busy with work this week and put in over 12 hours on Saturday alone so I was in a bit of a rush to get this card done so I kept it pretty simple. I kept thinking it needed something more but I didn't want or have the time to over-do it:-) I'm hoping to spend some quality time in the stamp room this week! Maybe I can come up with some more stuff like this:
Stamps: Dark & Dreary, netting, midnight musings wheel
Paper: rich razzleberry, lucky limeade, cajun craze, whisper white, basic black
Ink: Versamark, rich razzleberry, lucky limeade, cajun craze
Accessories: clear and black embossing powders, scalloped square duo die, raven lace trim
Lots of emobssing here. I had seen someone use the midnight musings wheel to emboss a background and thought it looked so spooky! So, I embossed it with clear EP and then I sponged over it with some rich razzleberry ink also. The main image was also embossed but with black EP. After letting it cool, I sponged with with all three colors of ink for a spooky sunset. My scalloped edge was from the scalloped square duo die. I had cut a square out to use in a different way but I didn't like the way it worked out! Lots and lots of sponging here too to make it extra spooky!
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Many travelers consider spending the night in a ryokan, or traditional Japanese inn, a must-do experience in Japan. While Japan's reputation as a high-priced country is typically undeserved, a ryokan stay is one expense that has the potential to do some serious damage to your budget. With average prices ranging from ¥7,000-100,000 per person ($70-1000), are ryokan worth the cost?
I booked a night at a family-run ryokan just outside Matsumoto, called Ryokan Seifuso. Many ryokan are small establishments like this one with less than 10 rooms, while others are large 100-room facilities on the scale of a hotel. Like Ryokan Seifuso, most ryokan are found in scenic places outside cities, often in areas famous for their natural hot spring waters. Experiencing a traditional Japanese bath (ofuro) is a big part of the ryokan experience, so many people choose ryokan that are able to source their water from local hot springs, rather than those that use artificially heated water for their baths.
At ¥4200 ($42) per person, Ryokan Seifuso was still a little over our typical accommodation budget, but with many ryokan charging over $1000 per night, this one seemed like a good bargain.
There was a modest-looking sign placed in front of the ryokan, welcoming me and one other guest for the evening. We took off our shoes in entrance, and stepped into the slippers that had been laid out for us. Slippers are worn throughout the ryokan, except on the fragile tatami mats found in the guestrooms. The atmosphere in the ryokan's interior had the same unassuming warmth of a B&B, with decorations more like the kind you'd expect to find in a family home, rather than a sleek hotel. The ryokan is run by an older couple and their daughter, all of whom immediately began overloading us with advice, offering as hand-drawn maps of the local area and free bikes to take out exploring.
Like most ryokan rooms, our room included tatami flooring, futon beds, and a low table with flat zabuton cushions for seating. Most standard ryokan rooms are like this: Very basic, yet amazingly elegant in their simplicity. I was a little skeptical about the futon (since it's basically a mattress spread out on the floor), but it ended up feeling as comfortable as any soft bed. There was a small box containing the supplies for preparing green tea on the table, and beside the table, we found another box with a set of towels and yukata (light, kimono-like robes). Yukata are mainly worn to and from the baths, but it's also appropriate to wear them anywhere inside the ryokan.
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We've visited onsen before, but each time I'm newly surprised by how relaxing it is. Using the baths in the ryokan was even more peaceful because after we were finished, we just slid on our robes and dreamily returned to our warm guestroom.
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Here are a few tips for spending the night in a Japanese ryokan:
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- Like almost all accommodation in Japan, you'll find more options and better prices if you book well in advance of your stay
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Title: If We Kiss
Author: Rachel Vail
Genre: YA Contemporary
Series: If We Kiss (Book 1)
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
Format: Paperback, 288 Pages
ISBN-10: 0060569166 (HarperTeen)
ISBN-13: 978-0060569167 (HarperTeen)
Reviewed by: Michelle
What would happen if we kiss?
Kevin led me quickly around the side of the building, then stopped. I managed not to crash into him. I tried to look calm, cool, unperturbed. I told myself not to laugh, especially not a snorting kind of laugh. "Wha . . . what did . . ."
And then he kissed me.
If We Kiss is the story of Charlotte (Charlie to her friends), who finds herself falling for a boy who is off-limits. Her best friend is in love with him, and her mother and his father are dating. Still, Charlie can't help but wonder, what would happen if we kiss?
Quick & Dirty: A teenage story about a first kiss and the emotional rollercoaster of the kiss thereafter.
Opening Sentence: Kevin Lazarus stopped in front of me in the hall, turned around, and asked me if I was ready for the bio quiz.
Excerpt: Yes
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Rachel Vail's If We Kiss is about a young girl's first kiss and the kisses thereafter. But Vail talks about more than just a kiss. In a young girl's life, it will always be more about the moment than the actual act of kissing and Vail talks about that. If We Kiss is simple and beautiful, bringing me back to the moment of my very own. Of course, Vail's version is a little more complex than mine, and it makes for a great read.
In If We Kiss, Charlie is living life as a freshman girl. Surrounded by a loving mom, a distant dad and extended family, and a small collection of quirky close girlfriends, Charlie is one of the only girls in her circle that hasn't had a first kiss. But one morning, Kevin brought her aside and gave Charlie her first kiss. The emotional ramifications of that first kiss has sent Charlie down a spiraling path. Every action has a reaction, and for Charlie, that single kiss has created a mountain of questions and insecurities.
Charlie was written really well. Vail captured the mind and essence of a freshman girl on the cusp of young love. While her first kiss wasn't exactly what she hoped for, Charlie has torn the scenario apart and overanalyzed it to death. She is realistic and her thoughts are personal. Vail gave her a great voice, fitting for a young freshman girl in high school. And it's not just about the kiss, she also has the typical problems of a girl her age, involving family life, school life, and just life in general. I loved reading her, despite if I thought she was too angsty for me. It was realistic and true to the character.
Kevin is an interesting character. I want to say he is a freshman's version of a bad boy. He has a reputation, or gossip has run wild about who he hangs out with. He is the other side of high school life, but portrayed in a positive light. Kevin has a lot of layers to his character, and I was surprised and pleased at how much I enjoyed reading about him. There's a persona that Vail wants you to perceive, but then she reveals a different side of him that is nice also.
It's not always easy to write about teenage angst or even first kisses. There's something personal and intimate about it, and sometimes it doesn't carry out properly. Vail manages to marry the two together nicely in If We Kiss. There's an emotional involvement, but also a point of self discovery of who the characters are. There's a message of relationship and friendship, but also of respect. The characters grow individually and together, and it was nice to see that progression of growth.
I was connected to the story, for the most part. I didn't always agree with the amount of angst, but that's a personal preference. I enjoyed Charlie's thought process, her emotions, and her actions throughout the book. I was happy that Vail paced the story the way she did. Great story about a girl and her first kiss.
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I do like George, I guess. There's nothing not to like. I feel bad for him, though. He has this idea of me that he likes a whole lot more than he'd ever like the actual, secret, horrible me. He thinks I have values and standards and morals, that I'm "mature," that I'm "deep." But I'm not anymore.
Because the sad fact is, if that really had been Kevin on the phone earlier, calling to ask me out, I would've dumped George in a hot second.
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This is an exciting post for me, because this is my first ever attempt at cake decoration in this way. I've always stuck to buttercream frosting and simple cakes, but this is a special occasion, so I tried my hand at something a little more detailed. The occasion in question is a beautiful baby boy, Mr. Colehill's new little nephew, and I wanted to do something special for the event. However, that is easier said than done because I've never done it before. This has been a week in the making in the evenings after work, starting with designing, making the sugarpaste decorations, baking the cake and finally assembling.
Anyway, here is the final product - The cake is layers of chocolate sponge and victoria sponge, with white chocolate buttercream between each layer. The building blocks are also cake, but the rest of the decorations are made out of sugarpaste.
I'd say this is my proudest achievement to date, I'm really pleased with the way it came out, but of course I'd love to hear ny tips and tricks you may have for cake decorating!!
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- Are Han, Luke, and Leia meant to be equally important?
We would like to thank the fantastic Joe Hogan for creating our album art, and the talented Jen from the Anomaly Podcast for her voice work in our intro and outro. Featuring music by Pharrell (purchase original track here) and The Hit Beat Makers (purchase original track here.)
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