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These are the main and secondary characters who appear in the CLANNAD Anime and Visual Novel.Beware of SPOILERS.
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The Okazaki Family
Tomoya Okazaki
Voiced by: Yuuichi Nakamura & Fuyuka Ōura (JP - anime), Kenji Nojima (JP - movie), David Matranga (EN)The protagonist of the series. Due to his habit of always arriving late to school, skipping classes during the day, and staying out all night, he has been labeled as a delinquent, or a young person who defies authority. Nevertheless, his actions end up changing everyone else's life for the better.
Naoyuki Okazaki
Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka (JP), Chris Hutchison (EN)Tomoya's very emotionally troubled father. They had a falling out when Tomoya was in middle school, when he dislocated Tomoya's right shoulder. To stave off depression, he turned to heavy drinking (daily) and harder drugs (less daily).
Ushio Okazaki
Voiced by: Satomi Koorogi (JP), Luci Christian (EN)The daughter of Nagisa and Tomoya present only in After Story.
Shino Okazaki
Voiced by: Miyoko Aso (JP), Stephanie Wittels (EN)Tomoya's grandmother, whom he meets when he and Ushio go on a road trip.
The Furukawa Family
Nagisa Furukawa
Voiced by: Mai Aizawa (JP - CD drama), Mai Nakahara (JP), Luci Christian (EN)Nagisa is the main heroine of CLANNAD. A shy girl lacking in confidence, she meets Tomoya when she pauses (amid a sea of Cherry Blossoms) at the bottom of the hill, struggling to bring herself to continue on her way to school. Tomoya gives her some encouragement and eventually assists her in her dream of reestablishing the Drama Club.In the anime, and in her route in the visual novel, she later becomes Tomoya's wife and mother to Ushio.
Sanae Furukawa
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (JP), Kara Greenberg (EN)Nagisa's mother, an ex-teacher who runs a bakery alongside her husband, Akio. Sanae is always trying to make new bread with unique properties (i.e. bread with rice crackers inside) although almost none of them turn out to be successful. She is very sensitive and cries easily especially when she is told her bread tastes bad.
Akio Furukawa
Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (JP), Andrew Love (EN)Nagisa's dad. Although he often talks and plays rough, he is kind and sympathetic. His childish side makes it easy for people to befriend him. He used to be an actor, now runs the Furukawa Bakery with his wife Sanae. In his spare time, Akio plays baseball with children in the small park next to the bakery, and indulges in the Gundam fandom.
The Fujibayashi Sisters
Kyou Fujibayashi
Voiced by: Ryō Hirohashi (JP), Shelley Calene-Black (EN)Class Representative of 3-E, Kyou has known both Tomoya and Sunohara since their junior year. As she is known for being overprotective of both Botan and her sister Ryou, she is known for literally throwing the book at Tomoya and Sunohara. She proved to be a very popular character in the anime, resulting in a spinoff episode that showed what would have happened if Tomoya had chosen her route instead of Nagisa's.
Ryou Fujibayashi
Voiced by: Akemi Kanda (JP), Brittney Karbowski (EN)The younger and more timid of the Fujibayashi twins. Is the class representative of her room, but only won it through lottery rather then through actual voting. Is known for telling fortunes of anyone who asks her. Her fortunes are always complex and usually completely off the mark, though she can be eerily accurate at times. Though she is usually wrong, she believes that it would be better for the future not to be already set. She has a crush on Tomoya in the beginning and enlists Kyou's help, or rather, Kyou insists on helping her. Despite her crush, however, she is not one of the Love Interests Tomoya can pursue in the visual novel.
Kotomi Ichinose
Kotomi Ichinose
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (JP), Emily Neves (EN)Kotomi is a strange girl: she has No Social Skills and is fearful and asocial. Generally she is silent. She squirrels herself away in the school library — she is always kneeling on the library floor, reading. Absorbing several pages of abstruse text per minute. Kotomi also likes to go barefoot in the library like it's her own home, almost instinctively removing her shoes and socks during her visits there. However, her footwear-doffing compulsion sometimes extends beyond the walls of the library- along with the urge to snip pages from books with scissors.When Tomoya meets her, he manages to cut through some of her protective layers and socialize with her a bit, but each time he attempts to start up a conversation with her she won't notice him and respond unless he remembers to call her 'Kotomi-chan'. She has a habit of cutting pages from books and newspapers. The polar opposite of Book Dumb, she is among the highest test scorers her year in all of Japan, and her classmates revere from afar as a genius. She has a deep-seated fear of bullies and a mysterious man in a black suit.As it turns out, Kotomi was Tomoya's childhood friend. He has forgotten her, although she has not forgotten him. Her parents, important academics, were always too busy to attend her birthday when she was a child. Before one fateful birthday, they made a promise to attend and give her a teddy bear, but they died in a plane crash before that could happen. The mysterious man in black is actually a friend of her father's, the one who informed her of her parents' death — an association that causes her fear of him years later.Kotomi was too devastated to hear of their death and the prospect of them forgetting her by dying like that without her present and eventually she burnt a catalogue that she thought to be her father's scientific paper (which turns out to be a catalogue for the teddy bear they'd bought her), which started a fire that would likely have burnt down her house, with her in it, were it not for the quick action of that man in black. (Tomoya was there, too, although he forgets about it until near the end of the first season.)After the fire, Kotomi vows to study hard and make amends for her destruction of (what she thinks was) this seminal scientific work, by becoming an important intellectual in her own right. Socializing simply isn't important to her — at least until she meets Tomoya again, when they're high school seniors.Tomoya befriends her and helps her to open up and socialize. Later she discovers that her parents never forgot about her, and the last thing they preserved before their death was Kotomi's present, a teddy bear doll. After this, in the Visual Novel, Kotomi resumes her relationship with Tomoya as his girlfriend. But in the anime, she gets Demoted to Extra.
The Sakagami Siblings
Tomoyo Sakagami
Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (JP-Clannad), Hikaru Isshiki (JP-Tomoyo After), Kaytha Coker (EN)A beautiful delinquent who has attained legendary status as a fighter. Tomoyo at first is a rough, cold-hearted girl who delivers the frustration of her messed up family that almost considered divorcing by fighting and hurting other people. That changed when her little brother Takafumi, in a desperate attempt to fix things up, either threw himself to the river or gets himself into a car crash, ending up crippled and instantly mending the family and softens up Tomoyo. She later hears her brother's wish to see the sakura tree, and made it her mission to preserve those trees. She later attends at Tomoya's school and starts out by driving out some delinquents that threaten the school, and later spends her time not only to become the Student Council President (the only position where she can issue orders to preserve the sakura tree), also kicking Sunohara's butt whenever he pisses her off (and repeatedly). After much hardships of winning the students' hearts and cleans up her delinquent status, she is elected as the Student Council President, and continues to be friends with the ones who help her doing so: Tomoya.Tomoyo proves to be wildly popular that she later gets selected as the protagonist of a special sequel which is the continuation of her visual novel story. Her route also gets animated in an Alternate Universe episode based on her Visual Novel route, whereas she dates Tomoya (whereas other girls don't seem to exist), but both became torn between their status and decided to move on to their own path, breaking up in result. When Tomoya finally graduates, Tomoyo waits for him and they tearfully reunite as lovers.
Takafumi Sakagami
Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura (JP-Clannad Drama CD), Keiko Suzuki (JP-Tomoyo After)Tomoyo's little brother, Takafumi was the one who brought Tomoyo out her "delinquent" phase. Sometime in the past, the Sakagami family was in ruins because of their father's affair. In order to bring the family back together, Takafumi tries to drown himself (in the anime) or throws himself in front of a moving car (in the original materials). Predictably, this helps stop the family feud and Tomoyo begins to change her old ways, but this leaves Takafumi temporarily crippled.His role and backstory is expanded in the Gaiden Game Tomoyo After, as a freeloader in Tomoya's apartment where Takafumi's sister frequents. It is revealed here that before his "accident", Takafumi was the ace of their track team. He had deeply admired his coach, who had a daughter named Kanako. Takafumi and Kanako fell in love and became a couple — however, Takafumi betrayed his coach (who had high hopes for the boy's talent) by willingly throwing himself into an accident and ultimately crippling himself in the process. This leaves the coach distraught and the couple estranged. At the present, Takafumi is presented as a Lazy Bum Gadgeteer Genius who freeloads at Tomoya's apartment and usually ends up roped into the occasional Zany Scheme. Oh, and then his ex Kanako returns to town.
The Ibuki Family
Fuuko Ibuki
Voiced by: Ai Nonaka (JP), Hilary Haag (EN)A rather strange, short girl, who never seems to take classes and is often to be found sitting somewhere quiet carving wooden star shapes. A rumor about her being a ghost is floating about the school, and she has a tendency to force her carvings on any student she meets, requesting that in return they attend her elder sister's wedding and congratulate her.In reality, Fuko is somehow projecting herself into the school from her comatose body, having been unconscious since she was hit by a car after her first day at the school. As the end of her storyline looms, everyone begins to forget about her, losing the ability to see or interact with her, until a last, massive effort allows her to reappear for a brief moment, and congratulate her elder sister herself. Not long beforehand, her sister had revealed to Tomoya that Fuko's body in the hospital had "stopped breathing".In the anime, Kouko meant that Fuko had a low chance of waking up, as her condition had deteriorated. But this has been officially Jossed as of the Grand Finale, where after Tomoya initiates the Reset Button Ending and saves the lives of both Ushio and Nagisa, a light orb is obtained by Fuko and as a result, she wakes up from her coma.
Kouko Ibuki
Voiced by: Yuko Minaguchi (JP), Stephanie Wittels (EN)An art teacher until Nagisa's first senior year. She retired afterwards, and got married to Yuusuke Yoshino.
Yuusuke Yoshino
Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (JP), Illich Guardiola (EN)A former rock star / singer / writer turned electrician.
The Sunohara Siblings
Youhei Sunohara
Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi (JP), Greg Ayres (EN)Tomoya's best buddy and fellow delinquent. Generally a dim but lovable fellow. Makes for a great punching bag. Well, it tends to be kicks, really.
Mei Sunohara
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (JP), Serena Varghese (EN)Youhei Sunohara's little sister.
Minor Characters
Misae Sagara
Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (JP), Elizabeth Bunch (EN)Landlady at the school's student dorm. Has her own mini-route in the game, wherein Tomoya falls in love with her after hanging out in her room whenever he has a chance.
Yukine Miyazawa
Voiced by: Atsuko Enomoto (JP), Maggie Flecknoe (EN)Yukine is a second year student who hangs around in the library's reference room. The anime gives her out of school life an action packed Adaptation Expansion, replacing the reference room romance that makes up her visual novel route.
Button / Botan
Voiced by: Machiko Kawanai (JP), Melissa Davis (EN)Kyou's pet baby boar.
Toshio Koumura
Voiced by: Takeshi Aono (JP), Todd Waite (EN)Senior teacher and one-time advisor of the Drama and Chorus Clubs. Booked the school for Kouko and Yuusuke's wedding. Officiated at Nagisa's "graduation" ceremony.
Katsuki Shima
Voiced by: Romi Park (JP), Shannon Emerick (EN)A boy Misae fell in love with when she was in her freshman year.
Kappei Hiiragi
Voiced by: Ryōko Shiraishi (game only)A young man who is traveling around. His goal in life is to "live like a man."
The Illusionary World
Girl from the Illusionary World
Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (JP), Melissa Davis (EN)She is actually Ushio Okazaki after her death, having lost her memories of her brief life with her father Tomoya. She regains them as she dies in the Illusionary World and she releases the light orbs for Tomoya to use so that he could save Nagisa, herself, and himself from their cursed fate.This is Lampshaded by the first season's Spoiler Opening, with the appearance of the doll, Ushio, and Fuko standing over her which is actually shown in the Grand Finale of After Story in the ending minutes.
Garbage Doll
Voiced by: Akiko Yajima (JP), Shannon Emerick (EN)The doll is actually Tomoya Okazaki after his death, and after losing his memories of his life. When his daughter Ushio — his sole reason for going to the Illusionary World — dies there, he returns to the real world, having released the light orbs. The light orbs allow him to initiate a Time Skip wherein Nagisa survives giving birth to Ushio. After that, they all live happily ever after.
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While some on the Oakland Police Department are pushing to do away with ShotSpotter technology, the City of Richmond says it couldn't do without it.
Police Sergeant's Son Accidentally Shoots Himself At Danville Home
The son of two Oakland police officers was hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in the arm at his Danville home.
Judge Fires Oakland Police Compliance Director
U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson announced in a report on Wednesday that he was removing Thomas C. Frazier from his post as compliance director.
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An Oakland police spokeswoman said Wednesday that there are many unknowns about what was reported to be a carjacking and kidnapping at the Lincoln Square Shopping Center on Tuesday afternoon.
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A rookie Oakland police officer was arrested last weekend for allegedly brandishing a gun in a San Francisco restaurant to impress a woman, San Francisco police said Friday.
Oakland Police Department Survey Says Low Morale Plagues Force
An internal survey at the Oakland Police Department finds officers on the force are feeling stressed out and unappreciated, but the results have yet to be discussed internally within the department.
14-Year-Old Boy Accused Of Killing Sister Surrenders To Oakland Police
The 14-year-old Oakland boy suspected in the fatal shooting of his 17-year-old sister last week, turned himself in to police while accompanied by family members.
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An independent monitor appointed to review court-ordered reforms for the Oakland Police Department says the agency is falling behind in its efforts.
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Synonym for "awesome".
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A person who toils mindlessly at the same mundane endeavors as their forefathers without ever seeking to alter their course or advance their processes in anyway. (from HBO's Fraggle Rock, Dozers perpetually built and rebuilt structures for the Fraggles to devour)
The dozers can't seem to grasp the idea because it wasn't listed in the manual.
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1. a bulldozer
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Latin America is on a roll, which is unusual for a region that is more accustomed to bankruptcy, coups, and economic meltdowns. From Mexico in the north to Argentina in the south, Latin America is basking in growth and prosperity. Malls are packed, new cars are rolling off lots, and shiny new apartment buildings are shooting up. Even more remarkable, governments – with a few exceptions – have resisted the temptation to splurge, as they always have done when times are good. Instead, they have avoided trade deficits and paid down their debts. Serial debtors like Brazil and Mexico have no significant foreign debt left to speak of.
So why are Latin American analysts getting worried? And should companies looking to do business in Latin America be thinking twice?
Guillermo Perry, the World Bank's chief economist for Latin America, said at a recent conference at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, that the picture of robust financial health is misleading. Stripping out the effects of high commodity prices, low interest rates, and other transitory data from government finances shows that Latin America is as fiscally irresponsible as ever.
Few Latin American governments have used the boom times to cut taxes, encourage investment, or improve the quality of public services, especially education. Instead they have increased public spending.
Waste, inefficiency, and corruption have gone up too. Were global commodity prices to slip, Latin American government finances would lurch into the red.
Violence and unrest usually rises whenever Latin American economies slump. In 2001, police shot protestors rioting in downtown Buenos Aires when the economy began a spectacular meltdown. In 1989, Venezuelan police killed over 300 people in Caracas when the government cut spending because oil prices fell.
Today, Venezuelans are spending their oil bonanza as if it will never end and this makes them the most vulnerable to trouble. Other countries are ramping up spending too. Brazil's public sector is hiring more bureaucrats instead of trying to rid itself of red tape and encourage private investment.
Latin America's prosperity is tied to growth in China and India, which have become its fastest-growing new export markets for oil, soybeans, beef, and minerals. Politicians and business leaders avoid – in public, anyway – even thinking about the risk that trouble in Asia or on Wall Street could trigger a crisis in Latin America.
Speakers at the conference complained that instead of saving and working hard, Latin America is just partying, and paying for all the fun by mortgaging its future. Meanwhile, social inequality, insufficient private investment and migration are undermining Latin America's long-term growth prospects.
George Gray, a Bolivian economist who spoke at the event, pointed out that governments and voters cannot wait 70 years for long-term development policies to deliver fruit. Poverty needs to be addressed now. But he says that even a country as poor as his can move ahead if politicians adopt the right policies. These include adding value to basic commodity goods, exploiting market niches, such as ecotourism and demand for organic produce, and cutting the cost of doing business in Bolivia.
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Strawberry Music Festival 2014
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September 11th-14th, 2014
A resounding THANK YOU goes out to all who attended and participated in the Fall 2014 Strawberry Music Festival! The Strawberry Way was in full force at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, and the spirit of this amazing community could be easily felt. We could not be more grateful to the Fall 2013 ticket holders that waited patiently for us to provide this festival and refunds. Working with the staff at the Nevada County Fairgrounds has been a pleasure, and we are grateful to them and the greater community for such a gracious reception. We intend to do whatever it takes to keep this tradition alive for the next generation of Strawberry Kids; so stay tuned for information regarding the 2015 Festival Season.
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You Can Do More Than You Think as a Survivor of TBI! by William Jarvis, Ed.D.
William Jarvis found that moving his home became an analogy for moving forward with his life and not allowing his TBI to limit his future. It's been 14 years since his brain injury and he still deals with fatigue – both cognitive and physical fatigue. But he has found strategies that recharge him and help him accomplish what he needs to do during the day. While many survivors focus on the challenges and limitations, Jarvis suggests that engagement with life – not the past – is the key to moving forward. Moving his home became an analogy for moving forward with his life.


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"Top Chef" Recaps: Episode 4.6 "Tailgating"
At this point Tom has had enough and finally makes the
rambling stop.
Tom: But this challenge was not about that. This
challenge was simple food to the masses.
Ryan, mercifully, has almost no reply. Thank heavens for
small miracles.
Then it's Mark's turn to get sacked. Tom didn't like the
soup's rough texture. Mark didn't strain it because he didn't feel like it. But
the food wasn't even the biggest problem. Tom takes him to task for messy
presentation, cooking area and personal appearance.
Apparently he tasted the soup with a spoon, put the spoon
right back in the soup and then served the judges with the same spoon. Note to self:
Find out where Mark works. Never eat there.
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Least Valuable Player — After their sound thumping,
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Awaiting her fate, Nikki seems more concerned about having
to endure another of Ryan's rambles than having to pack up her knives. She
commiserates with Stephanie.
Nikki: Ryan is so long-winded. Have you ever been up
there with him? He, like, doesn't shut up.
Finally Mark's food and hygiene gets reviewed.
Tom: It was so unsanitary I felt like walking away
from that table.
But who has to pack his/her knives and go? Ryan.
The schmooze loses. But not before getting in one last
schmooze when he thanks the judges for the opportunity, saying "all of you
are great" and shakes their hands. Afterward he says the experience made
him realize he's not "the s—." Well, duh.
The response from his fellow cheftestants to his departure?
Let's just say it wasn't the four-hankie
tearjerker that was Zoi's departure.
OK, fine, they all do eventually come give him a hug.
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Ready For Love Lyrics - India.Arie
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I am ready for love
Why are you hiding from me
I'd quickly give my freedom
To be held in your captivity
I am ready for love
All of the joy and the pain
And all the time that it takes
Just to stay in your good grace
Lately I've been thinking
Maybe you're not ready for me
Maybe you think I need to learn maturity
They say watch what you ask for
Cause you might receive
But if you ask me tomorrow
I'll say the same thing
I am ready for love
Would you please lend me your ear?
I promise I won't complain
I just need you to acknowledge I am here
If you give me half a chance
I'll prove this to you
I will be patient, kind, faithful and true
To a man who loves music
A man who loves art
Respects the spirit world
And thinks with his heart
I am ready for love
If you'll take me in your hands
I will learn what you teach
And do the best that I can
I am ready for love
Here with an offering of
My voice
My Eyes
My soul
My mind
Tell me what is enough
To prove I am ready for love
I am ready
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Mera Gana ...Meri he Dhun..." hoga" Frhaa ka Dance .....Chahiye ek chance | Reviewer: vinay shankar | 7/24/11
song writter here from BILASPUR {H.P}
m working here as a song writter ...
i have my Own sweet & said songs in Hindi n Punjabi
m from small TOWN / VILLAGE
so can u give me the chance...
baaki aapko mail kr ke nahi bta sakta ???
New Age Sade. | Reviewer: Maureen | 6/26/11
This woman's voice and soul are absolutely intoxicating. I am ready for love is very very powerful, her voice absolutely haunting. As far as I am concerned she is a very modern Sade, but with significantly more depth, if that is possible. I wish the very best to her and that her looming sucesss does not spoil her strengths. Best of luck to you gal!
My plea | Reviewer: breanna | 3/2/11
I am tired of hurt and pain. I jus want some1 to give me what I want to give to them. this song honestly brings me to tears but i love it. i want something real. if men only KNEW all the things a woman goes through an what we really want, maybe so many women wouldn't hafta sing this at night.
I WANT to be ready | Reviewer: Co2x | 2/12/11
The first time I heard this song I had to play it again because it was as if I, myself sat down and pen it. I have been in love with my ex for over 20 years and we have gone back and forth, been in other relationships, a marriage, deployment.... yet something keeps bringin up back together..... I know in my heart I will love this man untilt the day I die BUT does he love me that same way? I have began to ignore his calls because I can't stand to hear his voice knowing how I feel and the whole situation........So I say this.... I am ready for love, to move on to find someone that loves me the same way but I am so afraid.... to let myself go, to be open up, naked,to be hurt, or be loved again.... I want to be ready so bad but am I? Will I ever be?
I am ready for and he is finaaly here! | Reviewer: Joy Martin | 1/8/11
I have been searching my whole life for the right man to come along in my life, and by the Grace of God he's finally here...This song is such an inspiration to me and my man that I love so dearly...When we are married this is going to be our song at our wedding
Faithfully Ready for Love | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/27/10
This song is so many things to me. It represents my passion, my longing, and my readiness for love! I would dedicate this song to God as a songful prayer. When you love as deeply, and sincerely as I do, this song illustrates the inner workings of your heart. Hands down this is a soulful prayer to my maker for Him to unite me with the mate He has for me.
India | Reviewer: Shay | 12/7/09
I really feel that she wrote this song from the bottom of her heart in this is how she feels. You can't write no song better then this. I've tried to but I can't to her. This is every woman's national athom in the end. I first heard this song when my bff teyana song it in our contest at school she actually made me cry because this is how she feel also.
Touched My Heart | Reviewer: Daisy Puerto Rico | 10/21/09
I had been single and Praying for the past 3 years for a Godly man. By the Grace of our Creator I met a Special man by the name of Richard from Texas me in California. Later, discover we are seriously in Love with each other having the Lord as our Foundation. He dedicated this song to me as we spoke on the Phone one night and I became "Speechless". I shead tears of Love, Admiration and Inspiration for Richard. I was able to see deeper than my eyes could see and hear deeper than my ears could hear what Richard was telling me through this Song. I thank him for opening his heart to me and letting me in it.
For those praying for a Husband or a Wife don't give up. Be faithful to the Lord and honor his Word and God will grant you all the desires of your heart according to his richness in Glory. Matthew 6:33 says, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you".
For those who are heartbroken, crushed and hopeless don't give up on yourselves. There are moments we don't understand in life why the Worst things happen to us. We end up alone for years but what we don't see is that our Emotions, Mind, Heart and Soul are being restored and lifted. We forget that Love is a "Decision". So why not include God in our plans for that special Someone? Tell him exactly what you want and wait on his time not yours.
When we do things according to his Word then you will see his Glory manifest before your eyes. Then, this song will certainly encourage you to move on with a different view of what Love Truely means.
I now understand the Man I longed and prayed for years asked me to Marry him. I said, "Yes". What he doesn't know is since he loves to hear me sing I will sing "Ready For Love" to him in our Ceremony. We give God all the Glory and Honor for People like Rudy Diaz that wrote this song and India for such a beautiful talent to live what she sings and people like us are blessed with this type of lyrics.
I Love You Richard!
shhh... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/13/09
This helped me through my rough time as well... but instead of waiting for someone who doesn't love me back, i think of the lyrics to God. I am ready for love now, and with God's grace, I will love again.
My review | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/27/09
This song helped me through the time of my life when i thought i was gonna die. My girlfriend of 3 years which i loved and still do broke up with me at dinner when i was gonna ask her to marry me. She told me she was in love with someone else so acted like it was fine as i didn't ask her yet.She said she couldn't wait on me to give myself to her completely because she desperately wants to be my wife and i won't ask her, so she found someone else.I get emotional just thinking about and i won't forget. I saw her and told her and she cried
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Patrick Maroon scored two goals, John Gibson made 36 saves in his second NHL start, and the Anaheim Ducks clinched their second straight Pacific Division title with a 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night.
Corey Perry scored his 43rd goal as the Ducks finished off the second-place Sharks with a three-goal third period to earn the first back-to-back division titles in franchise history.
Matt Beleskey also scored for the Ducks as they pushed one point ahead of St. Louis for the overall lead in the Western Conference, although the Blues have a game in hand.
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The Actor Vivek Oberoi will be playing a villain role in Rakesh Roshan's film Krrish 3. "When they called me and made me read the script, I read the role and was blown off. I want to play it right and it is all the hard work and effort that is paying off. I wanted to bring to life India's first super-villain, it was good fun," Says Mr Oberoi.
Oberoi feels highly enlightened and lucky working with Rakesh Roshan and Hrithik. They help Vivek in boosting his energy level and to be confident with his act."When you get that kind of encouragement from your co-star, from somebody who is doing so well , it's a great atmosphere on the set. There is no insecurity, no negativity. It's a great set to be on," said Vivek, who was recently ousted from "Shootout at Wadala".
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Yams vs. Sweet potatoes
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- Gennaveeve May 18, 2012 07:59 AM
This may be silly, but it makes me nuts when stores put those orange yams on their shelves and call them sweet potatoes. They are two different root vegetables and I wish they would get it right. Plus, it is almost impossible to get real sweet potatoes at the grocery store. Is this a peeve for anyone else??
Not a peeve for me, but I think you have it backwards. "Yams" are really a variety of sweet potato. I cannot find "real yams' except at ethnic grocery stores, but both light and dark sweet potatoes are at most supermarkets. The darker/reddish ones are labeled yams, but are a variety of sweet potato.
I thought the same as you did until I did some research. The orange "yams" you see are in fact a type of sweet potato. To continue on with what Alan48 said, real yams are pretty big and you won't find them in standard "Anglo" stores. But in my store you can always find the pale, light yellow fleshed one that you are calling a "real" sweet potato.
re: escondido123
Thank you both! I love those jersey sweets!
re: sueatmo
They are sweet potatoes - Ipomoea batatas
Same goes for the purple (Okinawa) ones, and the white and red ones sold in Korean markets.
There are a lot more cultivars that the 2 that are common in US markets
Japanese 'mountain yam' is something quite different.
Depending on the store, grocers here in L.A. will differentiate between sweet potato varieties by referring to the dark red ones as "Garnet Yams" or "Garnet Sweet Potatoes". As escondido123 says, they are not true yams at all. I have found a kind of true yam, the football-sized white-fleshed ones, at some Latino markets, especially ones catering largely to Cubans. You need a good, heavy-bladed knife to cut them into cooking-sized chunks, but they're delicious and very sweet.
Actually, they're both sweet potatoes. For example, if you looked at a can of yams, the fine print on the label will state they're sweet potates. "YAM.... sweet potato".
The Yam refers to a brand name/cultivar of a sweet potato grown in Louisiana.
A Navel orange is still an orange, but a special cultivar of an orange.
re: dave_c
Hi. Just for the sake of sharing information: Sweet potatoes are of the dicot class. Yams belong to the monocot class. They are two distinct plants/vegetables and not just a cultivar. Here in the U.S., they started calling the orange variety of sweet potato yams to distinguish them from the pale sweet potatoes. However, they're not true yams. The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires that the label "yam" always be accompanied by "sweetpotato."
re: sunshine842
The "yam" (sweet potato) is interchangeable with the regular sweet potato, but the true yam is not. It is much more fiberous, and as pointed out above, a different plant.
re: hubbagrubba
describes the true yam (at least the most common African variety) as being dry and starchy.
To recap, the yam and the sweet potato are completely different animals. They do not look alike or taste alike and are not interchangeable. All "yams" found in traditional US grocery stores are actually sweet potatoes (of which there are many colors/varieties). As said already here, you can sometimes finds real yams in ethnic stores and they are very large, and are white and starchy inside.
re: sandylc
Here in Chile, I wish I could find ANY yam or sweet potato that is yellow/orange in color. There is a vegetable called camote, which has white flesh, and is a sweet potato I suppose, but is not a very integral sort of vegetable to the local cuisine. Some special shops that sell Peruvian products sell yams/sweet potatoes (per explanations I guess they are sweet potatoes). In the US, you have such incredible variety, even in the "regular" supermarkets. Don't knock it.
re: Wawsanham
Chilean food is quite interesting to me. I'm wondering in what part of Chile you live, if you care to say. I hope to visit Chile someday.
Many here in U.S. (Virginia) do like the 'typical' saturated-color-of-yellow, almost a bright darkish yellow sweet potato but I find it so mushy when even baked. You don't have to press a fork into it very hard to mash it, even after baking, which usually takes half the time as another variety.
In the local supermarkets here, there are 'maybe' two choices of sweet potatoes, usually one. We do go to an ethnic market where we can purchase many different yams, and they even have frozen prepped yams.
The grass is always greener :-))
re: Rella
I live in Santiago (the capital and biggest city). Yes, I like Chilean food a lot. I know of many Americans, in particular, who don't care for most of it too much mostly because they are expecting something, or want something, with stronger, perhaps bolder and spicier flavors. I suppose Chilean food could be refered to as wholesome or hearty in general.
re: Wawsanham
No knocking it here. I love sweet potatoes! I love the variety available to me here. Just trying to emphasize that they are NOT yams, despite the determination of many to call them that.
re: sandylc
Seems that half the posts in this thread make the point that a yam is not a true yam. But the distinction is rather academic. Most of us have to live with the American produce names, where sweet potatoes and garnet yams are side by side. The true yam, if the store carries it at all, is in a tropical root vegetable section, with yuca and jicama.
We could also make a big deal about the fact that the sweet potato is NOT a potato.
re: paulj
Not only is a "yam" not a "true" yam, it isn't one at all. I have never called sweet potatoes yams and never will.
"We could also make a big deal about the fact that the sweet potato is NOT a potato."
Good point! Then we could go after people from Ohio, etc., who call green bell peppers "mangoes". There's a fun one!
re: sandylc
Good points. I was also under the impression that it has to do with regionalism/dialect. Some regions say "yam" for what is called "sweet potato" in another place. This happens with a lot of words, esp. foods.
re: Wawsanham
and having lived in several regions of the US, I agree with you.
re: Wawsanham
Thank goodness somebody understands the problem-- it's a language issue!
Different things go by the name "yam" in different parts of the English-speaking world. People who call some type of sweet potato a yam (in areas where this is the custom) are not mistaken, just using the language the way it is spoken in their area.
For even more confusion, in India (and possibly other areas) there is a big veg which is round-- about the size of a large dinner plate-- and several inches thick, which is called a "yam". Do a Google image search on "elephant foot yam" to see what they look like.
re: sandylc
Yep, born in Ohio - my relatives still refer to green bell peppers as mangoes. I've posted about this before, so that's all I'm adding here :-))
re: charles_sills
Gee, I think my reply got lost.
I was born about 80 miles south of Wheeling, across the river from Parkersburg, WV, in a town south of Marietta, Ohio, Belpre, Ohio.
I can't recall the chowhound thread that we discussed this previously, but there were others in the vicinity and Indiana.
re: charles_sills
mango pepper - an old, and somewhat regional, name
re: paulj
I have thought in my family's case, it might have been a family 'thang' carried over from ancestorial ships a few centuries previous, as some immigrants tend to not venture too far inland/west; but it is probably no greater reason than there are many immigrants into the same area that created the name and it just caught on for many.
It's colorful to me, in that when I do use them, I do think of the ancestors. I'm a genealogist a heart.
re: Wawsanham
I wonder if the sweet orange variety(s) is even that common in Peru, the country of origin of this species. Maybe it is a variety that was developed in the USA to suit American tastes and recipes. Many in the USA can only fix the candied Thanksgiving dish.
Japanese and Korean varieties tend to be drier, and more savory than sweet, and seem to be more suited to use in tempura.
re: paulj
I have had what is refered to as a "Peruvian yam/sweet potato" (camote peruano) in Chile. It tasted like the sweet potato/yam sold in "regular" supermarkets in the US that has an orange colored flesh. At least as far as my memory serves me (I lived in the US until 1991). Sweet food from Peru would not surprise me as they do have some very sweet dishes.
re: Wawsanham
article, in Spanish, on camote in Peru.
It says that there are more than 2000 varieties in Peru. It doesn't say how are many grown commercially.
It's not very well known in Ecuador (e.g. cookbooks, blogs) even though there are native varieties
Another Spanish word for it is 'batata'
claims that the more tropical varieties are sweeter.
As usual FoodTimeLine has the fullest discussion of terminology and history.
Under the topic of Sweet Potato Pie it discusses the movement of the Caribbean 'batata' to the Spanish 'patata' (with some Quechua 'papa' thrown in) to the English 'potato'. The English at one time distinguished between the 'Spanish potato' ('sweet') and 'Virginia potato' (white, or Irish).
The overlap with the African yam, occurred originally in Africa itself, where the New World import was called by the same name as their native yam, and then later in the USA 1930s with a marketing campaign.
Confused? Read the link and become more so.


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Kathina 2014 Celebration at Wolverhampton Buddha Vihara
Kathina will be celebrated at Wolverhampton Buddha Vihara on Sunday 26th October 2014
All are Welcome
Tribute to the Late Siddarth Rattu
It is with great sadness that after a short illness and courageous battle with an illness that the son of the Late Nanak Chand Rattu, Siddarth Rattu has passed away.
Siddarth Rattu visited the Wolverhampton Buddha Vihara on a number of occasions, and along with his father and family, was responsible for preserving important personal effects of Dr B. R. Ambedkar.
Siddarth brought with him on every visit some of Dr Ambedkar's possessions, these included:
- His Ink Pen.
- Rare photo's.
- Graduation gown.
- His walking stick.
- Copies of his handwriting.
- His Indian Parliament Security Pass.
- Round table conference photographs.
- Degree and doctorate certificates
The Dr Ambedkar Memorial Committee are very grateful to the Late Nanak Chand Rattu (personal secretary of Dr B. R. Ambedkar) and the Late Siddarth Rattu as well as his family for entrusting them with these historically important personal effects of Dr B. R Ambedkar.
These personal effects are on display in the Dr Ambedkar meuseum which is on the site of the Wolverhampton Buddha Vihara. These personal effects have been taken to Italy for people to see there, they have been displayed in Bedford at a Dr Ambedkar remembrance function. There has been a request by supporters of the Dr Ambedkar's mission to take these personal effects to Canada for them to see.
Members and supporters of the Dr Ambedkar Memorial Committee walking around the temple 3 times (led by Venerable Dhammanag):
Members and supporters of the Dr Ambedkar Memorial Committee in the Shrine Room:
Venerable Dhammanag addressing the congregation and giving a Dhamma Talk
Kathina Celebration November 2010
Pictures of the Kathina Celebration in November 2010, enjoyed by many members and supporters of the Wolverhampton Buddha Vihara
More members and Supporters walking around the temple before the ceremony starts:
Robe offering ceremony in the hall:
Dhamma Chakka Pravatan Day – 12th July 2014
Pictures from Dhamma Chakka Pravatan Day on Saturday 12th July 2014
Buddhists at Wolverhampton Buddha Vihara celebrate the anniversary of the Buddha giving his first sermon and thus setting in motion the Wheel of Dhamma. On this day the Sangha was created as the first five monks were taught Dhamma and ordained as monks.
45 Years on and still going strong…..
The Dr Ambedkar Memorial Committee was 45 years old on 19th July 2014, many members and supporters gathered the celebrate it's 45th anniversary after receiving a blessing from the monks.
Kathina Celebration November 2013
Pictures of the Kathina Celebration in November 2013, enjoyed by over 150 members and supporters of the Wolverhampton Buddha Vihara
Buddha Jayanti 2013 Special Broadcast Programmes – Venus TV (SKY Channel 805)
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Dr Ambedkar 122nd Birth Anniversary Special Broadcast Programme – Venus TV (SKY Channel 805)
Dr Ambedkar 122nd Birth Anniversary – 14 April 2013:
Special Programme Response to Bodh Gaya Bomb Attacks – 7-7-2013
Please see special programme broadcast in response to the Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, Terrorist bombings on 7-7-2013
For Buddhists the world over this one of the most highly venerated shrines, this is after all where the Buddha attained Enlightened over 2600 years ago.
Vesak Day Blessings – What is Vesak Day?
What is Vesak Day?
The day of Vesak or Baisakha Puja is the day of worshiping or merit making for Buddhists all over the world. On this sacred day Buddhist commemorate three great events, the birth of the Buddha, his Enlightenment and his Mahaparinibbana or passing away on same day of full moon day of this month. Buddha's main teachings is not to do any evil, cultivate good things and purify one's own mind. However, the core foundation of Buddhist teachings is called Four Noble Truths (Catu ariya sacca) :
1) The fact that unhappiness exists (dukkha)
2) The cause of that unhappiness (samudaya)
3) The fact that unhappiness may cease (nirodha)
4) The Way leading to the cessation of unhappiness (magga).
These Four Noble Truths are the foundation of all the teachings of the Buddha. The Way to end suffering is following the Middle Way. In his second sermon, the Buddha taught something unique: that Impermanence is a fact; that the experience of suffering is our reaction; suffering which we can reduce only if we develop selflessness / egolessness(non-soul identity) which the Buddha termed anatta.
In November 1998 all the buddhist countries such as Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Nepal, India etc. proposed agenda for 'International recognition of the day of Vesak' to the United Nations. On 15th Dec. 1999 the UN's General assembly adopted the resolution for the international recognition of the day of Vesak (Buddha Jayanti). Since, UN celebrates this day every year at its head office in New York and other regional centres all over the world.
Presently, not only the buddhist but other faiths also celebrate this day with great joy by practicing moral ways and purifies the mind, which is the way (buddhamarga) to achieve real happiness and peace within.
On this auspicious day of Vesak Day every human being should take an oath to cultivate good, purify the mind for real happiness and peace and thus pay homage to the Buddha by practicing it. May this holy day bring you good thoughts and good deeds always.
Bhavatu Sabba Mangalam
May you be happy and peaceful.
Venerable Sujano


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Alix Parks examines Winks, an American crow recovering from a pox. Parks' home rehabilitation center includes a trauma center and supply depot in her former garage and an 80-foot aviary she added to the side of her house for larger birds.
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Sunday, 23 December 2012
Desert Island Christmas cards 3
16 comments:
- SYLVIA-ANNE said...
Beautiful cards Brenda. A great idea to take some crafty stash with you - I always get crafting withdrawal symptoms on holiday!
Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas, and a joyful New Year.
Hugs, Sylvia xx
- 23 December 2012 09:10
- SYLVIA-ANNE said...
Beautiful cards Brenda. A great idea to take some crafty stash with you - I always get crafting withdrawal symptoms on holiday!
Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas, and a joyful New Year.
Hugs, Sylvia xx
- 23 December 2012 09:11
- Buttons said...
For someone who packed so light crafting wise you came up with some beautiful cards. Lovely focal images on each one. Hope all is well at M&S. Hugs, Jenny x
- 23 December 2012 09:55
- Kathyk said...
What a delightful vintage feel to your vacation makes and I LOVE how compact you made your travel stash!
Seasons Greetings to you, your family and your followers
- 23 December 2012 10:43
- butterfly said...
Fantastic cards by any measure, but when you consider the size of your craft kit - wow!! Love the one with the torn paper and tickets, and the hot pink Father Christmas is fabulous!!
Have a wonderful Christmas... see you on the other side!
Alison xx
- 23 December 2012 11:08
- Martina2801 said...
Gorgeous card, dear Brenda!
Thank you so much for the lovely greetings.
I wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas and a few nice days!
I look forward to more of your beautiful creations in 2013!
Love and hugs
MARTINA oxo
- 23 December 2012 15:53
- clare said...
great vintage xmas cards. well done on getting your craft kit so compact! have a good xmas. x
- 23 December 2012 16:37
- Mrs.B said...
Hi Brenda, What fabulous holiday makes, love them all, and from such a small stash bag.
Have a wonderful Christmas.
Avril xx
- 23 December 2012 17:34
- Redanne said...
The cards are absolutely gorgeous considering how little you took away with you. Like you I like the red and pink together and love the Father Christmas too. Have a wonderful Christmas. Anne x
- 23 December 2012 18:07
- Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...
Lovely cards Brenda, beautiful details. Have a fabulous Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year. Tracy x
- 23 December 2012 18:14
- Lucy Edmondson said...
Beautiful cards, Brenda. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas day,
Lucy x
- 23 December 2012 20:06
- Meggymay said...
Wonderful cards, you did a grand job packing so much into a small space..
Hope you have a Happy Christmas and a peaceful, healthy New Year.
Yvonne xx
- 23 December 2012 20:59
- coldwaters2 said...
Hi Brenda I have to tell you that these are so beautiful of course I love the vintage style also the wonderful colours and designs super, super cards. Brenda I want to thank you for your lovely e card and I want to wish you and your family all the best for the holidays.
lorraine x
- 23 December 2012 21:10
- Lynn Stevens said...
My gosh Brenda you've been one busy Elf making these cards this year. Each one so special in its own way.
Wishing you a Wonderful Christmas. Hugs Lynn
- 24 December 2012 02:11
- Anita Houston said...
All of these are fabulous! I really love the pink background Santa! I wish you the merriest Christmas ever!!!
- 24 December 2012 02:44
- Ephemera said...
Hi Brenda, these are real vintage beauties. Love the designs and perfect finishing touches. Have a fantastic Christmas, thanks for your support and inspiration over this last year. xx
- 24 December 2012 08:06


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INDIANAPOLIS – Aqua Indiana won its bid for a jury to decide how much Fort Wayne should pay for its 2002 takeover of the utility's northern system.
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the utility is entitled to a full rehearing of the matter, and that includes a request to trial by jury. It reversed the local court and Indiana Court of Appeals.
The city had argued Aqua Indiana was allowed only a limited review by a judge on the price and can't offer new evidence to counter city appraisals, while Aqua Indiana said the review should include a full evidentiary hearing before a jury.
This is the second time the state's highest court has stepped into the decade-old debate.
In 2007, the Supreme Court upheld the city's takeover of Aqua Indiana north. While that settled the legal dispute over the city's authority to declare eminent domain and take over the utility, the price the city must pay is still in dispute.
The city, through its Board of Public Works, said the company should get about $17 million.
The appellate court had ruled no jury trial was allowed, and the judge was limited to reviewing evidence already provided to the Board of Public Works.
The reason the utility is pushing for a full review is that Aqua Indiana didn't submit its own appraisal at the time to the board. It merely filed a written brief alleging what was wrong with the city's estimate of worth.
Aqua Indiana President Tom Bruns praised the decision but said the company hopes to avoid the jury trial that the Supreme Court said the firm has a right to.
We continue to hope to reach an agreement with the city of Fort Wayne that would include the Aboite Township area and a settlement on the north price, as well, Bruns said. We're happy with the decision. It confirms what we thought all along.
City officials said they are evaluating the decision but won't back down from their efforts to acquire Aqua's water utilities.
The decision made by the Supreme Court is about the procedure of review, not the value of the Aqua North Utility, City Utilities Director Kumar Menon said. While the Supreme Court decision brings some finality to this issue, (City Utilities) and Aqua Indiana are continuing negotiations for a fair settlement for the purchase of the North and the Southwest systems.
Aqua Indiana attorneys argued the statute specifically allows for a de novo review – a Latin term meaning from the beginning or beginning again – and that it means just that, the process gets to start over.
The conclusion of the case is considered vital as the city tries to acquire Aqua Indiana's southwest utility because the method used to determine the value of each utility has been a major sticking point in negotiations.
Though it wasn't entered as evidence, Aqua officials have said their north system was worth about $40 million, more than double the $17 million the city claimed. They say their southwest system is worth about $60 million; the city contends it is worth a fraction of that.
Dan Stockman of The Journal Gazette contributed to this story.