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November 14, 2012
So it looks like Rigid Rotor did pretty well in the latest competition, placing in the top three of every category entered. I ended up submitting five beers: Dephaser Amber (American Amber, 1st place), Red-Shifted Amber (American Amber, 2nd place), The Alpha Imperial IPA (Imperial IPA, 3rd place), Conduction Stout (American Stout, 2nd place), and Old Insulator (Old Ale, 2nd place). I think I've placed every time I've entered Dephaser and the Alpha now. All of the other recipes are new to competitions and have only been brewed once or twice before, so having them place was a pleasant surprise. Now onto holiday brewing…
Brewing for Novembeerfest
October 4, 2012
Novembeerfest is quickly approaching. This is one of the longest running homebrew competitions in Washington, and is being held on Nov. 5th. Each brewer is allowed up to 10 entries. I won't get 10 beers done by then, but hopefully I'll have 6 or so. I've already brewed my Amber, Old Ale, and a slightly modified version of the White House Honey Porter using fresh homegrown Chinook hops. Hopefully I'll get to make the American Stout, Imperial IPA, Blonde, and American Brown in a marathon brewing session this weekend.
Holiday Mix Pack, Homebrew Club Holiday Meeting, and some IPA's
December 23, 2011
The time for brewing this years holiday beers has come and gone, it's all been packaged and sent out, and the kegs have all been emptied. I had quite the spread this year with everything listed on the fact sheet below:
I brought a bunch of these to the holiday party at my office and the favorites were Total Internal Reflection along with the imperial golden ale that I've named Modulation. This is the imperial cream ale I wrote about in my last post. I've changed the name of my own hypothetical style to reflect this beer's awesome golden color and delicious flavor. I'm really surprised how good it was and how much everyone enjoyed it. I will definitely add this one to the rotation. It took a few weeks for the flavors to really meld together but once they did it was incredible. The aroma is quite pleasantly fruity from the British ale yeast (Wyeast 1098) and you get a low to moderate corn aroma as well that just says, "Drink me." The flavor is a gentle, sweet maltiness with moderate hop flavor provided by simcoe. There is a clean, soft bitterness that rides under the malt. This is very easy to drink, and at ~8% ABV it's dangerous!
I also attended the North Seattle Homebrew club's holiday meeting, held at Fremont Brewing. I brought a bottle of 2011 Abyss for the Wit Elephant (sic) and ended up with "Extreme Brewing" by Sam Calagione. I had a bomber of Heretic Brewing Company's Evil Cousin IIPA, but that was stolen. Lots of incredible homebrew was poured and a good time was had by all. I had a pumpkin beer that actually tasted like roasted pumpkin, not spices. I had a barrel aged quad, a brett saison, some Evil Cousin, English IPA, Wit, all-Citra IIPA, several imperial stouts, and some amber. Got to geek out with some great folks as well. Looking forward to the next meeting.
I am brewing this week and next in anticipation for the GEBL IPA bracket contest. So far I have two new brews in primaries, the Gradient American IPA, and Black Hole Cascadian Dark Ale. I'll post the recipes later. Black Hole was interesting. I used a pound of Carafa II mixed into the mash just before lautering. The first bit of wort I pulled off was just like a dark red pale ale from the 1/4 lb. of chocolate malt, but as the sparge continued the wort got progressively darker and I finally ended up with a black wort. Hopefully I'll get a nice hop flavor and aroma without much roastiness. The chocolate was added so that if you really want to look for some roast it's there, but you won't get it unless you're looking for it.
I don't like to haphazardly throw things together, whether it be beer, science, backpacking equipment, or building a new bike. But I'll be the first to admit sometimes a little experimentation goes a long way. To this end the last couple of brews have been experiments indeed. The first is Modulation, an imperial cream ale I brewed last weekend. Kind of an oxymoron, but that's also what makes it so intriguing. Take two seemingly disparate ideas and meld them together. I took my cream ale recipe, jacked up the base malt and flaked corn, added a little caramel malt to round out the flavor, and added a bunch more awesome NW hops. I also fermented with some yeast harvested from the last batch of Omega (Wyeast 1098), which turned out to be a bit more like a porter, but more on that later. Here's the recipe:
|Imperial Cream Ale
All Grain
|Date: 11/16/2011
Batch Size:
5.25 gal
Chemical Craig
Boil Size: 6.90 gal
|Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min
|Equipment: Rigid Rotor
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0
|Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00
|Taste Notes:
Beer Profile
Est Original
|Measured Original Gravity:
Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
|Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.23 %
|Actual Alcohol by Vol: 9.56 %
Bitterness: 41.9 IBU
|Calories: 376 cal/pint
Est Color: 6.2 SRM
Mash Profile
Mash Name:
Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
|Total Grain Weight:
17.00 lb
Sparge Water:
3.67 gal
|Grain Temperature:
Sparge Temperature:
Adjust Temp for Equipment:
|Mash PH:
|Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
|Ferment cool.
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It's still fermenting so ignore the measured final gravity and abv numbers. I'm really anxious to see how this turned out.
Aside from the imperial cream ale I also brewed my house amber and IPA last weekend. The IPA was dry hopped in the primary today with 1 oz. cascade, 0.5 oz. Simcoe, 1.25 oz. Amarillo, and 1 oz. centennial. I rarely take beer out of the primary if it's not going directly into a keg. Beer needs a good two weeks or so contact time with the yeast to really clean up and for the yeast to do their job properly. Autolysis isn't really a problem unless you have a seriously high gravity beer sitting in the primary for a month or two, furthermore the extra contact time will clean up a lot of off flavors. I like to dry hop in the primary. It doesn't get much easier, I've never had a problem with infection or off flavors (probably more of a chance of both of these when dry hopping in a secondary), and adding the fresh hops while there is still a little active fermentation will scrub a lot of the oxygen in the hops. It should be ready in about a week or so.
Homebrew Club Meeting
November 17, 2011
Went to a meeting of the North Seattle Homebrew Club tonight and had a great time geeking out and trying some great homemade beers. Seems like a really nice group of folks who love good beer, my kind of people. The experience level ranged from nearly first-time extract brewers to burgeoning pro brewers. Everyone brought something to sample and when it was their turn they passed the bottle around, letting each person take their 1 oz. pour while the brewer talked about the beer in question giving the recipes and any other tidbits about it. There was quite a variety and everything was of high quality. There were several Saison's, one was 4% abv and was brewed to grow up some Wyeast 3724, one was a prime example of the style and included some acidulated malt for extra sharpness, and one was more of a spice beer that used a saison base. It had fenugreek, coriander, and caramelized sugar and was absolutely delicious. I wonder how it would be with a touch of Rauch malt.
There was a mild SMASH (single malt, single hop) brewed with Crystal hops and a highly kilned Greek base grain (Ashburne Mild Malt, 5.3L), fermented with (I think) either Scottish or Irish ale yeast. It was delicious with a wonderful heavily toasted biscuty aroma and a nice clean, light malt flavor. One could definitely enjoy a lot of this. There was a round of pumpkin beers, all of which used pumpkins and spices in a different way, and all of which were really good.
All in all it was a great night of beer geekery with some really nice, like-minded people. If you have a homebrew club in your area you should definitely check it out.
Omega Oatmeal Stout
November 9, 2011
The weather is getting colder, the leaves have nearly all fallen down, and daylight savings is gone for the year. That means it's time for a batch of Omega. I left out the black malt this year to reduce the ashiness and bumped up the roasted barley and Maris Otter for a bit more malty sweetness and roastiness. The original gravity is 1.057 and it's now happily fermenting away at 66F with Wyeast 1098 British Ale yeast. Here's part of a brew day video, in HD no less:
Old Insulator Imperial ESB
November 7, 2011
Kegged the latest batch of Insulator tonight. I originally formulated this recipe as an olde ale, and the last time I brewed it, it fit the style nicely. This time around, though, I lowered the original gravity (from 1.092 to 1.081) and fermented a few degrees warmer to kick up the ester production. The result is a beer that is lower in alcohol (8.9% vs 7.4%), a bit drier, and a much more lively presence.
The aroma is of fruit, leather, and tobacco, while the flavor is distinctly English with a solid malt backbone and a strong bitterness that lingers just long enough. I'm thinking this is more of an Imperial ESB rather than an olde ale. What's the difference you may ask? I don't think this newest version would cellar as long as an olde ale due to its lower alcohol content, and it is decidedly more fruity and drinkable. It's really not like any beer I've had before, straddling the line between ESB/olde ale/IPA/IIPA. This is a great beer for the lover of Americanized ales who wants to try an English beer, but with an American kick.
Hop Harvest
November 3, 2011
The 2011 hop harvest is done and the breweries have gotten their share, leaving the rest for the little guys. I just got my orders from hops direct and fresh hops. I still have quite a bit of high alpha hops from last year including calypso, bravo, and super galena, though I think I've done a good job of depleting the super galena after brewing the last single-hop IIPA. This latest order is a lot of flavor/aroma hops, American in variety, and still pretty high alpha. I got a pound each of:
Here is the unboxing if you're interested in that sort of thing:
My attempt at an android application
November 2, 2011
As a theoretical scientist I do my fair share of programming, including some work on commercial software, so I'm no stranger to writing programs. Most of my programming is algorithmic in nature and is fairly low-level, not requiring any sort of SDK or interfacing with anyone else's code. I write the lion's share of my code myself starting from scratch. Given my experience I thought creating a simple android application would be a breeze. I don't think I could've been more wrong.
First, I had to learn JAVA. My language of choice is C++ so it wasn't too much of a stretch, but the syntax, structure, and complete lack of useful documentation was a big pain. Then I had to learn SQL and worry about layouts etc… Writing scientific programs is a much more fundamental undertaking. I started trying to write a beer recipe creator app but quickly found myself in over my head. I then backtracked and started with a much more simple app to keep track of the beer in my cellar. This is a much more manageable task to learn the ropes. It's still in the works and needs to be polished, and I have a few more things I'd like to implement, but as of now it's fully functional. It doesn't do much more than keep a database of the beers you have in your collection, but it works.
Here are some screenshots. This is the main screen with a few beers in the list, showing the brewery, the particular beer, year, and how many you have:
A long click will delete the particular beer, while a simple click will bring up more info on that particular beer as shown here:
As you can see you also have the option of attaching a picture of the bottle from your phone's gallery. You can edit the information from this screen by hitting the menu button, and then the "edit beer" icon. The following screen opens for the beer shown above:
This screen is the same one used to add new beers to your list from the main screen.
That's about it at the moment, but I have a few more things to put in. I'd like to enable multiple lists, tasting notes, ratings, etc… If you'd like to test it out for me, you can download it here.
Long overdue update…
November 1, 2011
Wow, it's been way too long. I'm going to try to keep this thing updated regularly. In the last year and a half a lot of beer has been made and consumed, awards have been won, and a good time was had by all. Among some of the more notable events was my wedding last September. I was lucky enough to have Pinelands brewing from NJ ship their 1 BBL. kettle and some equipment out here to brew an extract pale ale for the event, some of which was aged on oak chips. Here's a video of the brew session:
I also brewed 5 gal. batches of my imperial IPA, and a porter:
Much to my surprise the IIPA was the first to go, by a wide margin. I thought it would just be me and my groomsmen drinking this stuff, but this is the NW after all. We love our hops here.
Following my wedding I nailed down some of my flagship recipes including the Omega Oatmeal Stout, Supercritical Saison, Gamma Ray IPA, Revival Double Red, and Dephaser Amber. I brewed some new concoctions including Evaporation (a Smoked Imperial Brown) Total Internal Reflection (Oak-barrel-aged Imperial Stout, aged in a 5 gal. oak barrel with dried licorice root), and a coffee-infused version of Heavy Deavy Skull Crusher barleywine. Surprisingly one of my favorite new recipes is a cream ale, the Superradiant summer ale. It is an incredibly crisp, refreshing, drinkable, crafted version of shitty American macro beer. It's what everyone should drink on the trail, river, or backyard in the summer.
In addition to my own I brewed for Steve and Jocelyn's wedding, friends of mine who enjoy good beer. A few months prior to the wedding I set up a tasting panel with 8 or so beers to choose from. They ended up going with an Amber, Cream, Imperial IPA, and a Saison. I was really excited about serving the Saison, but wasn't sure how it would be received since it can conceived as a more difficult style to appreciate. Boy was I wrong. People absolutely loved it. It was the crowd favorite, followed closely by the IIPA and then the amber. I would have predicted the exact opposite preferences, but this gives me hope in people's beer drinking habits. Maybe some people have just never been exposed to good beer and don't know what it can be. Hopefully I've created at least one beer fan from this. I couldn't believe people were opting for the more flavorful options of the Saison and IIPA over the cream and amber, but I can't say I'm completely surprised as I consider them to be better beers. I guess people are more willing to take risks when they don't have to pay for it!
As of now, I've got a keg of Simple Pole Pumpkin ale and a fermenter each of Old Insular Winter Warmer, and a new single hop IIPA, SSH. I had a bunch of Super Galena hops (13.3%) left over from last year that needed to be used up before I get this year's harvest in the mail, so I figured a nice big IIPA would burn through most of them. I ended up with an OG of 1.082 and 5 oz. of hops for about 90 IBU's. I'm calling it SSH (Super galena Single Hop), with an oblique reference to the linux command.
Stay tuned for results and let me know if you're in the Seattle area and would like to try any of my beers.


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So the same person who complained about the stimulus yet kept his state afloat because of the stimulus money is now asking for federal tax dollars to help with wildfires. If Perry had his way, there would be even fewer federal tax dollars. Where does he think this money is going to come from? It always seems to be the states that complain the most about taxes who are always grumbling for more tax dollars. It's not that their requests are unreasonable, but when they make it their mission to attack the system and then come forward with hands out, then there's a big issue. What a complete fraud.
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Hope you all had an enjoyable and Happy Christmas, our day started rather strange.....
This was out of the window at 8.30 am and I thought the world was about to end but it was only sea mist across the harbour.
All packed and presents opened we drove to Chiefland a town 40 miles away to our Christmas Dinner, it was after midday but you can see by the car park or car lot most of the locals were at home. Added to this most businesses in the area were for shut for the day, back to normal tomorrow.
Undeterred and knowing they were open, in we went in and had a lovely meal, Sue felt a bit out of place in her headgear. Remember we are in the States and most people were at home, love the sign and the reversed "N".
Even though it was Christmas people were still out and about at the Manatees State Park. Remember the last time we went it rained so we thought we would return in the sunshine. It was like an ordinary day except the boat ride was not operating so we got a refund.
We walked down the boardwalk as if it was an ordinary day, such colour everywhere.
The place was absolutely stunning as we soaked up the nature around us and the sunshine, the temperature was about 85 deg F.
There were squirrels, birds and this lone Egret standing on the far bank waiting for a photograph.
Mid afternoon we walked back to the car and decided to return to Cedar Key after a last look at the strange Cypress Knees sprouting up everywhere.
This is the wetland just before our Motel, a beautiful spot on a bridge.
As we drove on I stopped to get this shot of not just one Egret but a family of them.
Back to the Motel and a beer and another go at a sunset, this one had a cloud just before the sun set but afterwards the sky just lit up. We are so lucky to be able to witness this spectacular sight, what a fantastic end to a wonderful day.
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If you drive by U.S highway 192 in Kissimmee you will notice a 600 foot tall zip line and a four story rope course towering along the road. The AMPventure zip line, sponsored by the Pepsi Cola, is one of the most visible changes at Old Town in the past month. The 25 year old theme park and shopping center in Kissimmee has been undergoing major changes, starting with a new owner. Brothers Entertainment Management group recently bought the property and is investing two million dollars to create a new vision for Old Town. "There are many changes happening and many are on their way" says the Sales and Marketing Director at Old Town, Don Rousseau. According to Rousseau, their strategy is to first attract the locals while their new marketing campaign reels in national customers.
Sue Heally has been a manager at The Pearl Factory shop in Old Town for ten years. "Unlike other attractions in Kissimmee, like Disney, we are affordable. People have already spent a lot of money paying for Disney tickets and parking and this is a complimentary venue where people can walk around at their own leisure!" Heally says.
Old Town's game plan is affordability. They expect to draw a new crowd from this tourist area near Walt Disney World by differentiating themselves, not only with their new attractions but also with lower prices. For example, the attraction's zip line costs $10 and its rope course is six dollars. During the month of October Old Town also plans to bring in some of the Halloween Horror Night crowd with their new event, Old Town Halloween, completely free of charge.
An employee at the Black Mineral Market shop says that the changes since the new management arrived last month are clearly visible by the new trees and flowers throughout the property. Girl Scouts from across the state have lend a hand to Old Town by planting flowers and laying down mulch, as part of their "Forever Green" project to help improve the environment.
Some of their new attractions and events include: pirate shows, night muscle-car cruises, church fellowship days and Latin nights.
Next month a new attraction will be added to the park by transforming a giant grass field into a drive in movie cinema. People will get to park their cars and watch flicks like old times. "My parents used to take me to drive-ins and it was a big thing! Hopefully I will get to relive those moments again here at Old Town" Heally says.
Ticket sales for Old Town rides have significantly increased since the new additions last month. "It's been great! Probably one of the best summers we have had. We have a great new vision for old town" said Rousseau. Old Town's operating hours are Sunday through Thursday from 10am to 11pm. Fridays and Saturdays Old Town opens at 10 am until midnight.


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I'm an undergraduate at the University of Washington, where I'm studying computer science and linguistics. I work on research with Noah Smith as a member of Noah's ARK. I'm also a research intern at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), where I work part-time with the excellent AllenNLP team. My research interests are in natural language processing and machine learning.
Outside of work I enjoy contributing to open source. Beyond computer-related things, I spend a lot of time bouldering and try to make time for hiking and camping as well.
Thanks to the support of my research mentors, I was fortunate to begin working on research early in my undergraduate career. I'm happy to help ambitious undergraduate students interested in NLP or machine learning (especially those at UW) get started with research---please get in touch!
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During summer 2018, I did another research internship at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), where I worked with Matt Gardner and Noah Smith.
During summer 2017, I was a research intern in the USC/Information Sciences Institute natural language group. I worked with Kevin Knight and Jonathan May on low-resource neural machine translation and language-independent translation of out-of-vocabulary words.
During winter 2017, I was a research intern at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), where I worked with Matt Gardner on transfer learning for neural reading comprehension models.
During the summer of 2016, I participated in the Google Summer of Code, and I worked with the scikit-learn project.
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Tarleton State University Animal Sciences department serves the Texas beef industry by engaging in teaching and research that enhances the quality of life for Texans through opportunities to advance in efficient management, productivity, environmental sustainability and product quality.
Because cattle are raised in all counties of Texas and Texas is the largest beef producing state in the union, the beef industry has a large impact on the state's economy. Thus, our teaching and research is aimed at student participation (experiential learning), economic focus and science based management practices that prepares them to work in the cattle industry.
Since a 1,000-pound market steer only yields approximately 425 pounds of beef in the freezer or on the retail counter, efficiency is the name of the game. At the same time, of the carcass, 95+ percent is either used as meat or recovered as byproducts, both edible and inedible. Byproducts are used to make a wide variety of goods including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and clothing. Many of the TSU graduate embrace a multitude yet a variety of paths for their careers.
The Tarleton Beef Cattle program endeavors to conduct applied beef cattle research and hands-on teaching that benefits beef cattle producers and ultimately the consumers. The TSU Agricultural Center is visited by tour groups from all over the world. Undergraduate students are exposed to the daily routine involved in the management of a commercial cow-calf and purebred operation. Students are able to participate in class and lab settings, through part-time employment or by assisting with undergraduate or graduate research endeavors.
Again, the teaching focus strives for excellence in hands-on teaching. The herd has both spring and fall calving programs. Purebred calves are born in the spring - primarily January and February. The primary purebred animals are Angus while the commercial/crossbred cattle are Angus, Simmental, Hereford and Maine Anjou crosses. The fall born calves are designated as the commercial herd and are born mostly in late September to early November each year. Angus Breeding Goals: 1. Maximum performance with acceptable birth weights 2. Productive functional cattle that are structurally sound 3. Adequate/moderate frame size 4. Provide animals for teaching, research and service activities such as judging contests. The surplus (both purebred and commercial) spring and fall born calves are retained and used for teaching classes and contests. The TSU Agricultural Center facility serves as a teaching laboratory for several Animal Sciences courses including introductory animal science, beef production, reproductive physiology, livestock evaluation, and special problems. The cattle are used in 8+ undergraduate and two to four graduate classes, judging contests, and other beef promotions and educational training purposes.
The modern working facilities provide students with many opportunities to gain hands-on experience. The beef production class participates in calving out the cow herd as well as maintaining health programs of the cow herd. The program also supports programs targeting youth and adults interested in the beef cattle industry and is the site for many 4-H and FFA activities throughout the year.
The cow herd consists of approximately 25 to 30 registered Angus and 35-40 commercial cows. The cattle are maintained in pastures along with the horse, sheep/goat and swine programs that encompass 700 acres near campus and 1200 acres ten miles east of Stephenville,Texas, at the Hunewell Ranch. The pasture program is primarily coastal bermudagrass. Some of the pastures are seeded with a small grain for winter forage. These pastures vary in size from 5 acres to 30 acres and are grazed on a rotational basis. Artificial Insemination is used in both purebred and commercial cows for a 60 day calving season. Yet, cleanup bulls are used for a short period of time at the end of the breeding period.


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On my way to hear the Brentano Quartet and Dawn Upshaw at Bard's Lázló-Bitó Building this past Thursday night, I listened in the car to a well-regarded recording of Mozart's Quartet No. 19 in C major, nicknamed "Dissonance." I was annoyed by the thinness of the violins, which at times screeched, as well as the inconsistent dynamics in the recording. But that is why one attends a live concert: to escape meddling sound engineers, hear the warmth of instruments, feel the electricity of spontaneity, note the subtle unity of the players, enjoy the company.
I had last heard this quartet played by The Emerson Quartet, which presented a warmer and more intensely intimate emotional arc. I thought that I had understood this quartet as rooted in the emotions of Mozart's daily life for the first time. The interpretation offered by The Brentano Quartet was thrilling, yet more abstract, deeply ironic, phrased with more tentative and delicate fragility, detached from time and history. This was a Rubik-cube puzzle that resisted solution and interpretation, a floating shape, a changing, elusive hologram. The analytic program notes provided by The Brentano Quartet were eloquent, detailed, and more brilliant than anything I could write, yet the notes were heavy with contemporary metaphors, trendy baggage from a different historical period.
Nina Lee on cello laid down a marvelous foundation for other strings to soar. On violin Mark Steinberg dominated the airy peak with pure tone. Serena Canin on violin glowed with spontaneous intensity. On viola Misha Amory secured a solid middle ground to unite the sound of violins and cello. The performance was exciting, fascinating, stimulating.
Dawn Upshaw sang "Il Tramonto" (a Romantic Gothic Shelley poem, "The Sunset," about a dead lover in Italian translation). Shelley's smooth blank verse appeared more dramatic in rhyming Italian with irregular lines. Shelley's gentle voice became more passionate—Upshaw registered that passion with visceral drama.
After a short break The Brentano Quartet interlarded five Franz Schubert waltzes, written when the composer was sixteen, with Six Bagatelles by Anton Webern. The point was to hint the similarity of the two Viennese schools with the rhythms of dance. We were to hear Webern's minimalist gestures and moods as minimalist dance. This was an interesting proposition, yet I was unable to keep my footing in two different dimensions at the same time.
Arnold Schoenberg's Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 10 kept me on my toes. The second movement was astonishing, a new musical world to inhabit. A new revelation: unusual magical sounds. Even comic irony elbowed into the second movement. The third movement sets a poem by Stefan George (1868-1933), "Litany," a religious poem of despair that concludes with hope. Upshaw conveyed desperate brusqueness desiring joy with powerful voice. Likewise, the fourth movement was a setting for another George poem, "Transcendence," which created the drama of a more evanescent and humble quest for religious fulfillment. I preferred this poem and its setting to the previous poem and music. Upshaw conjured an Otherworld to which we may all aspire.


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Benny Jean
That Damn Neighbor, Ian Hecox (possibly)
Carl Wayne (2006-2007), Adam Swine (2008), Ian Hecox (2009-2013)
His pet flamingo, celery
People stealing his flamingo, That Damn Neighbor
Benny Jean is the main protagonist of the "That Damn Neighbor" series.
He is obsessed with his "pet" lawn flamingo, which that damn Neighbor often steals. This is what caused the Neighbor and Benny Jean to be on such bad terms. Benny Jean will often go to extreme measures to keep his flamingo, such as invading the Neighbor's house or breaking out of jail. Benny Jean has been arrested twice, in That Damn Yard Sale and in That Damn Prison Break. He was in parole for a long time, perhaps several years since the cop arrested him in That Damn Prison Break and said that he's going away for a long time. He and his best friend Cletus broke into the Neighbor's house and tried to take Benny Jean's "pet" flamingo but Benny Jean got caught and put back in Tallahassee jail. Benny Jean was released out of jail with That Damn Neighbor back in That Damn Punishment. His punishment was to make YouTube videos to support the environment or else he will go back to jail with That Damn Neighbor. Benny kept hallucinating That Damn Neighbor was interfering with his video to upload to get suggestions on how to support the environment. However, That Damn Neighbor was not interfering with his video making and later on, when Cletus ran to his bed feeling abused after Benny slapped him, That Damn Neighbor was lying with Cletus on his bed. In That Damn Shower, YouTube member pukipwner suggested, "Have a shower using shampoo and soap..... in 30 seconds. Wearing a speedo." Benny took a shower in 30 seconds that was very cold, then That Damn Neighbor stole his clothes. Benny ran to chase him while That Damn Neighbor got away riding on a truck. Cletus screamed when he saw That Damn Neighbor's face on Benny's speedo, which Benny said his crotch feels weird in. In That Damn Rap Music, the selected suggestion was YouTube member AndrewLeonardi who typed, "You guys should make a Music Video about the process of planting trees or flowers". Benny and Cletus were doing rap music with the lyrics, "Help the Earth, Plant Some Trees" but That Damn Neighbor kept messing around with them by playing Mexican fiesta music and stealing Benny's flamingo again. That Damn Trash Pile was uploaded where Benny Jean made a trash pile to make a house for his flamingo. But instead the Neighbour lives in the trash pile, this video however is not currently on YouTube and instead is on the Smosh website.
He made a cameo in Boxman's Girlfriend with Cletus.
He made a cameo in Holy Crap! 2 Billion Views!, when he laughed at George Zazz.
In Food Battle 2007, Anthony suggested that his and Ian's favorite foods (pink frosted sprinkled donuts and celery) be used as bait for catching people. Ian had failed while Anthony successfully lured Benny Jean who had chased the celery for a period of time before catching it and eating it.
Benny Jean also made a cameo appearence in Food Battle 2008. He is shown when Ian needs to ditch the donut that is about to explode. Ian is about to put it on his flamingo, but he stops after Benny Jean yells, "No! Not my damn pet flamingo!"
- Despite only having slapped That Damn Neighbor once and being accused of traumatizing him speechless, he was put into a Maximum Security prison as said by the cop in That Damn Prison Break. However it might not have been maximum security since he easily escaped from it.
- His name makes a reference to the Michael Jackson hit "Billie Jean".
- It is unknown what Benny Jean's favorite food is, but it is highly possibly that it is celery, due to the fact that he wouldn't stop chasing it until he got it in the fishing for people challenge in Food Battle 2007.
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Baby Plaything
It's a shame that most babies don't realize how entertaining they are. I'm in Minnesota taking care of my sister and her husband while they attend to the baby. The baby is just now starting to look at his surroundings. It's still firmly in the "cry, eat, and poop" phase. However, the baby has provided us with endless amusement.
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My Nephew, Lorenz: One Week Old
Is this the most flattering picture in the first week of Lorenz' life? No. Is it accurate in that Sis' eyes are closed, Mark looks exhausted, and Lorenz is barely holding off a crying jag with a look of "if you don't feed me in five minutes, I'm having a meltdown"? Yes! Zoom into the photo to get the full effect. I was in Minnesota to capture some moments in Lorenz's first and second week.
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Places We Have Been
In 2013, my nephew Lorenz gave me a homemade book of some of the travels that we had been on together.
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Sis & Lorenz Visit NYC
I just said goodbye to Sis and Lorenz. David was kind enough to use his miles to purchase tickets for Sis and Lorenz for a little winter visit. Looking back on it, it's hard to believe that it was just over two days. I'm surprised Lorenz' head didn't burst after all the activities we threw his way.
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My cruelty knows no bounds...
I posted this photo as an experiment. Does my mother ever visit my site? My hope is that she starts hearing "nice photo" from her brothers and sisters before she finds this. It is a good photo of Lorenz. And just to help her out, I bumped the date up to something more recent.
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Christmas in Ithaca
This year, Sis and I are both in New York, so we got to spend Christmas together. She came down for Thanksgiving, so we decided it would be appropriate if we came up for Christmas.
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My Nephew, Lorenz & A Trip to California
Lorenz and Sis recently went to Yuba City, California for Aunt Beth's 50th Birthday party. I believe that most everyone of the Everett clan was there, so it was a chance for Lorenz to see what he's in store for him. And also for Sis to see her relatives and probably get teased for being short. Unfortunately, I wasn't there, so I don't have the full scoop. But Mom sent me these pictures of Lorenz. And the other big unfortunate is that there is a great picture of Lorenz with a huge smile, but the photo came out blurry.
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The Baby Invasion of '06!
In August of 2006, my sister, Christine, came to New York for a conference with my five month old nephew, Lorenz. We got him to ourselves over the weekend, so we hired a baby-sitter: the sitter of a friend of ours, Rhonda. And to add to the excitement, Gogo and Oz's breeder came to town on Saturday with her husband and their 8 month old baby, Ian. It was to be known as...
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What the hell?!??! And Oh My GOD!!!!!
Isle of Dogs Movie
We're at the Holiday Inn Express in the Delhi Airport for our last night. The only beer in the lounge is a Bosnian beer called "Happy By Thursday." India never ceases to surprise me.
At the Jain Temple in Ranakpur, there is a statue of the founder's mother riding an elephant. Anyone that crawls under the elephant is said to have good luck the rest of their life. I got about halfway through when I realized I was much bigger than the average Indian person that this was designed for and started lizard-crawling my way out. Sis shouted "Lorenz! Take a picture!" So now I'm lucky.
We went to a Vishnu temple on Monday and I stepped into some green dye powder somewhere. It's Friday and I still have green speckles on my feet.
My mustache was born in Rajasthan 7 years ago. Yesterday it got a Rajasthani trim and I've had a slew of compliments on it since. I guess I need to come back more frequently for mustache trims.
Tacky Bathroom Selfie
Our hotel in Deogarh is like the Indian version of the hotel in The Shining. Every time I try to get anywhere, I feel like Shelley Duvall at the end, constantly trying to find the way out. I was navigating the MC Escher like hallways trying to find the way to the first floor when I ran into Sis and Lorenz. They said "We're trying to find our way back to our room."
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The 2017 Hyundai Equus is a compelling option for people who don't want to break the bank on a luxury sedan purchase. It generously provides an extremely quiet cabin, a feature galore, comfortable seats, and an expansive backseat space. Its date of release should be expected in the Spring of next year.
Many took the announcements made by Hyundai to bring the Equus to the U.S a couple of years ago cautiously. Many wondered how a luxury sedan long associated with SUV's and economical sedans could build a car worthy of being uttered with the same glory as some of the best luxury sedans and coupes such as the German titans – BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Surprisingly, the resounding response was a YES!
This, despite nationwide skepticism was attributed to the Equus' exceptional feature content, remarkable serene ride, solid engineering, an indulgent comfortable ride, and an affordable price tag. Seven years later, the same storyline holds water. The Equus offers an exemplary performance in almost all faces of its construction.
Creamy leather, soft-touch plastics, quality synthetic suede, a 17-speaker Lexicon sound system with a great sound, a surround-view parking camera, ventilated front seats, wood trimmed parts, and a power rear shade all dignify the unpretentious sheet metal.
Not all is glittery though. The suspension system, for instance, lacks sophistication; lacking additional engine options; no option for an AWD system; and disappointing braking distances. Then again, this is the closer you will get to owning a luxury full-size sedan in terms of pricing. Some of its alternatives to consider before bowing to the Equus include the 2017 Cadillac XTS, the 2017 Kia K900, and the 2017 Lexus LS.
Trims Available – Hyundai Equus
The Hyundai Equus for 2017 is a full-size luxury sedan offered in only two trims: Signature and Ultimate trims.
2017 Hyundai Equus Exterior Review & Interior Concept
The Signature trim's list of standard features and equipment includes a sunroof, keyless ignition and entry, a rearview camera, rear parking sensors, LED foglights, 19-inch alloy wheels, bi-xenon adaptive headlights, an adjustable air suspension system, and auto-dimming and power-folding exterior mirrors.
Inside, you get power-reclining and heated rear seats, a 10-way passenger adjustability, leather upholstery, automatic climate control (tri-zone), an auto-dimming rearview mirror, a heated power tilt and telescopic steering wheel, ventilated and heated power front seats, a leather upholstery, rear seat controls, and a power rear sunshade. Much of the design is actually similar to the Hyundai Sonata in some ways.
Additionally, the trim offers electronic features such as a navigation system, a lane-departure warning system, adaptive cruise control, Hyundai's Blue Link telematics system, a blind-spot monitoring system, satellite and HD radio, a 17-speaker Lexicon premium sound system, a 9.2" central display, Bluetooth phone connectivity, a USB audio interface, a six-speaker sound system, and a real-time traffic information system.
The top-of-the-range 2017 Hyundai Equus Ultimate offers rear seat power lumbar adjustment, dual-screen entertainment system, rear vanity mirrors, ventilated rear seats, a full LCD instrument panel, a power actuated soft-close doors, surround-view cameras, and a heads-up display.
Interior wise, the Equus offers comfortable seats that offer an appealing coziness regardless of the prevailing weather conditions. The air-conditioning available offers an invigorating breeze as it is designed to circulate cooled or heated air via the perforated leather upholstered fabric. Backseat passengers will enjoy copious amounts of space particularly when the outboard seats are folded.
2017 Hyundai Equus Engine Specs
Under the hood of the 2017 Hyundai Equus is a 5.0L V8 engine behemoth rated at a whopping 429 hp and 376 lbs. ft. of torque. This power is routed to the rear wheels via the eight-speed automatic transmission system.
Test drives conducted on the RWD resulted in a 0-60 mpg acceleration which achieved the segment-average 5.6 seconds.
According to preliminary EPA ratings, we should expect the vehicle to return 23/15/18 mpg on the highway/city/combined.
Some exterior colors to expect include Caspian Black, Manhattan Brown, Parisian Gray, Santiago Silver, and Casablanca White.
Safety features include pre-collision warning system, a blind-spot monitor, rear parking sensors, traction and stability control, antilock disc brakes, rear-cross traffic alert, adaptive cruise control, and lane-departure warning system.
- Wheelbase: 9 ft. 11.9 in. (119.9 in.)
- Length: 16 ft. 11.1 in. (203.1 in.)
- Width: 6 ft. 2.4 in. (74.4 in.)
- Passenger volume: 109.3 ft³
- Cargo volume: 16.7 cu.ft.
- Curb weight: 4553 lbs.
- Top Speed: 157 mph
- 0-60: 6.1 sec
- MPG: 16/24 (city/highway)
- Available Exterior Colors: Casablanca White, Caspian Black, Manhattan Brown, Parisian Gray, Santiago Silver…
- Towing Capacity: N/A
Date Of Release 2017 Hyundai Equus Price Estimate
Its date of release should be expected in the Spring of next year. As for its price, a base MSRP starting from $61,500 is likely when it goes for sale.
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Soft tissue sarcomas account for about 1% of all malignant tumours. The cause of these tumours is not known, although they may be associated with previous radiotherapy, some toxins, and very rarely may be hereditary. They can affect any age group, although are more common in the middle-aged and elderly, and less common in younger age groups. There are many different histological subtypes of soft tissue sarcomas, although the commonest include liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour. Nearly 60% of soft tissue sarcomas arise in the arms or legs, 20% in the trunk, 5% in the head and neck, and 15 - 20% in the abdomen or internal organs. The commonest sarcoma arising from the gut is gastrointestinal stromal tumour. The signs and symptoms of sarcomas vary according to where they develop, but often the first sign is of a lump in an arm or leg. Worrying features that might indicate a sarcoma include size greater than 5cm, a lump that is increasing in size, and pain.
Newly diagnosed soft tissue sarcomas are usually treated with surgery, sometimes with radiotherapy given either before or after surgery. Chemotherapy may also be used to treat localised tumours, although less commonly. For advanced tumours that have spread around the body, chemotherapy is usually the most important part of treatment, although radiotherapy may also be helpful.


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The " globes" were die cut from patterned cardstock and then I added the similar Scrapmatts chipboards called Bubbles over it the make this " round around world". The circled chipboard was heat embossed with Stampendous mix of embossing powder and got this white/brown vintage look.
The Bon Voyage sentiment is Scrapmatts Assorted words and were covered with copper embossing powder.
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July 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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EDF is to increase its energy prices for the second time this year, adding 70 pounds ($92.53) to a typical annual bill for 1.3 million households. The French energy supplier blamed rising wholesale gas and electricity costs for the 6 percent increase to its standard tariff, which will take effect on Aug. 31 and push up a typical bill to 1,228 pounds a year. bit.ly/2Ky7daJ
A long period of low interest rates will create dangerous vulnerabilities in the financial system and could set the scene for another market crisis, the Bank for International Settlements has said. bit.ly/2KMGsyK
The Guardian
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, one of the world's biggest oil and gas companies, has backed calls for the UK to bring forward its 2040 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales. bit.ly/2KJqrcP
Ryanair Holdings Plc cabin crew from four European countries will go on strike this month, in an escalation of the airline's labour dispute that is likely to cause severe disruption to flights to popular holiday destinations. bit.ly/2KSHwBe
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Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is pushing ahead with plans to move design approval for large jet engines out of the UK, becoming the latest iconic British brand to press for Brexit clarity as the Cabinet readies for a crunch meeting at Chequers. bit.ly/2KKkhcf
The Bank of England has asked City firms to show how they plan to cope in the event of an IT crisis following the recent meltdowns at TSB and Visa. bit.ly/2KMMKhO
Sky News
A new body that would police the directors of major companies and have powers to recommend that they be "struck off" should be established to help rebuild public trust in business, the bosses' union has told MPs. Sky News has obtained a submission drawn up by the Institute of Directors in response to a report by two parliamentary select committees about the collapse of Carillion. bit.ly/2KAno7w
WPP Group has been working on a takeover of the digital agency MediaMonks since last November, according to lawyers for the FTSE-100 company who claim that a rival bid led by Martin Sorrell is "unlawful." bit.ly/2KA6XrV
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JPMorgan Chase & Co has asked "several dozen" staff to move from the UK to elsewhere in continental Europe as it begins preparations for Brexit, with some relocations to take place by the end of this year. ind.pn/2KzUrZ7 ($1 = 0.7565 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)


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Slavery among the indigenous peoples of the Americas
Slavery among the indigenous peoples of the Americas took many forms throughout North and South America. Slavery was a common institution among various Pre-Columbian indigenous peoples of the Americas; however, chattel slavery was introduced only after European and African contact. Indigenous peoples owned indigenous slaves, and after contact, owned African slaves.[1] An international indigenous American slave trade was active beginning in the late 15th century into the 19th century. Although slavery is illegal throughout the Americas, some Indigenous peoples are still enslaved today.[2]
Indigenous enslavement of indigenous peoples
In Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica the most common forms of slavery were those of prisoners of war and debtors. People unable to pay back a debt could be sentenced to work as a slave to the person owed until the debt was worked off. Slavery was not usually hereditary; children of slaves were born free.
Most victims of human sacrifice were prisoners of war or slaves.[3]
First Nations of Canada routinely captured slaves from neighboring tribes. Slave-owning tribes were Muscogee Creek of Georgia, the Pawnee and Klamath, the Caribs of Dominica, the Tupinambá of Brazil, and some fishing societies, such as the Yurok, that lived along the coast from what is now Alaska to California.[4] The Haida, Nuu-chah-nulth, Tlingit, Coast Tsimshian and some other tribes who lived along the Pacific Northwest Coast were traditionally known as fierce warriors and slave-traders, raiding as far as California and also among neighboring people, particularly the Coast Salish groups. Slavery was hereditary, with new slaves generally being prisoners of war or captured for the purpose of trade and status. Among some Pacific Northwest tribes about a quarter of the population were slaves.[5][6][7]
European enslavement of indigenous people
The encomienda system was an agreement between the Council of the Indies and the Spanish crown to exchange education and protection from warring tribes for the use of the land owned by the caciques, lords, or encomenderos and the promise of seasonal labour.[8] Intermittently, the colonists needed to purge these anaborios (native mercenaries). From the earliest days on the Caribbean islands they settled, the Spanish encomenderos precipitated many revolts and hostilities, both Native American and Spanish in origin, through their harsh treatment. One of the first localities for intensive use of encomienda was the gold mines of Hispaniola. The caciques arbitrarily set wages.[9]
After the arrival of the Portuguese in Brazil, the Native Americans started to trade their prisoners, instead of using them as slaves or food, in exchange for goods. But the enslavement of Europeans could also occur as happened with Hans Staden who, after being set free, wrote a book about the habits of the Native Americans.
Native American slavery was also practiced by the English in the Carolinas who sold Native American captives into slavery locally and on the English plantations in the Caribbean.[10] One of the first tribes that specialized in slave raids and trade with Carolina was the Westo, followed by many others including the Yamasee, Chickasaw, and Creek. Historian Alan Gallay estimates the number of Native Americans in southeast America sold in the British slave trade from 1670-1715 as between 24,000 and 51,000. He also notes that during this period more slaves (Native American, African, or otherwise) were exported from Charles Town than imported.[11]
Many Native American tribes did enslave small numbers of captives and in the southwestern United States, and some were sold to local Hispanic residents. In at least one instance in the San Luis Valley of Colorado a female household slave continued[12] in her status long after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Slavery of Native Americans was organized in colonial and Mexican California through Franciscan missions, theoretically entitled to ten years of Native labor, but in practice maintaining them in perpetual servitude, until their charge was revoked in the mid-1830s. Following the 1848 American invasion, Native Californians were enslaved in the new state from statehood in 1850 to 1867.[13] Slavery required the posting of a bond by the slave holder and enslavement occurred through raids and a four-month servitude imposed as a punishment for Native American "vagrancy".[14]
The citizens of New France received slaves as gifts from their allies among First Nations peoples. Many of these slaves were prisoners taken in raids against the villages of the Fox nation, a tribe that was an ancient rival of the Miami people and their Algonquian allies.[15] Native or ("panis", likely a corruption of Pawnee) slaves were much easier to obtain and thus more numerous than African slaves in New France, but were less valued. The average native slave died at 18, and the average African slave died at 25.[16] In 1790, the abolition movement was gaining credence in Canada; there was an incident involving a slave woman being violently abused by her slave owner on her way to being sold in the United States.[5] The Act Against Slavery of 1793 legislated the gradual abolition of slavery: no slaves could be imported; slaves already in the province would remain enslaved until death, no new slaves could be brought into Upper Canada, and children born to female slaves would be slaves but must be freed at age 25.[5] The Act remained in force until 1833 when the British Parliament's Slavery Abolition Act finally abolished slavery in all parts of the British Empire.[17] Historian Marcel Trudel has discovered 4,092 recorded slaves throughout Canadian history, of which 2,692 were aboriginal people, owned mostly by the French, and 1,400 blacks owned mostly by the British, together owned by about 1,400 masters.[5] Trudel also noted 31 marriages took place between French colonists and aboriginal slaves.[5]
See also
- ↑ McLoughlin, William G. (1974-01-01). "Red Indians, Black Slavery and White Racism: America's Slaveholding Indians". American Quarterly. 26 (4): 367–385. doi:10.2307/2711653. JSTOR 2711653.
- ↑ "Sexual Slavery Within Latin America." Libertad Latina: Indigenous & Latina Women & Children's Human Rights News from the Americas. (retrieved 14 June 2011)
- ↑ "Human sacrifice", Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
- ↑ "Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Cooper, Afua. The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal,(Toronto:HarperPerennial, 2006)'
- ↑ "UH - Digital History". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ "Civilization.ca - Haida - Haida villages - Warfare". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ Anghiera Pietro Martire D'. De Orbe Novo, the Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera. p. 181. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ↑ Anghiera Pietro Martire D'. De Orbe Novo, the Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera. p. 182. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ↑ "Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ Gallay, Alan (2002). The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South 1670-1717. Yale University Press. pp. 298–301. ISBN 0-300-10193-7.
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- ↑ Castillo, Edward D. (1998). Short Overview of California Indian History", California Native American Heritage Commission.
- ↑ Beasley, Delilah L. (1918). "Slavery in California," The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 3, No. 1. (Jan.), pp. 33-44.
- ↑ Brett Rushforth, "Slavery, the Fox Wars, and the Limits of Alliance" William and Mary Quarterly, 63 (January 2005), No.1, para. 32. Rushforth confuses the two Vincennes explorers. François-Marie was 12 years old during the First Fox War.
- ↑ Cooper, Afua (2006). The Hanging of Angélique. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-200553-0.
- ↑ "Slavery Abolition Act 1833; Section LXIV". 1833-08-28. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
Further reading
- Brown, Harry J.; Hans Staden Among the Tupinambas
- Gallay, Alan; Forgotten Story of Indian Slavery (2003).
- "English Trade in Deerskins and Indian Slaves", New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Carocci, Max; Written Out of History: Contemporary Native American Narratives of Enslavement (2009)
External links
- http://patrickminges.info/afram/ - Website, Aframerindian Slave Narratives


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Skin the head and neck of the bird, pluck the feathers, and truss it by bringing the beak of the bird under the wing, and fastening the pinion to the thigh; twist the legs at the knuckles and press the feet upon the thigh. Put a piece of bread under each bird to catch the drippings, baste with butter, dredge with flour, and roast fifteen or twenty minutes with a sharp fire. When done, cut the bread in diamond shape, each piece large enough to stand one bird upon, place them aslant on your dish, and serve with gravy enough to moisten the bread; serve some in the dish and some in the tureen; garnish with slices of lemon. Roast from twenty to twenty-five minutes.
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Do you have those days, or weeks, or months where you remind yourself of something you need to get done, but then the days seem to fly by and you never get to it?
Well it's been that way for about four months here! It's not that there hasn't been anything going on worth documenting, it's just that it seems that there is always something going on, or that it's so nice when there is nothing going on I just don't seem to get it all done.
So here are the highlights and I plan to start working on all the details. (Can you have a New Year's Resolution in August?)
- I ran a second half marathon in March.
- I baked a lot after that.
- My kiddos finished their Freshman year of high school.
- I went to Mexico.
- My family went to Orlando.
- I had a little surgery.
- I started training for Marathon #5!
- School has started again and after a slow few months on the baking front things are picking up again.
It looks so small when you list it all like that, but it has been a fun, stressful, busy few months.
I will start working on the details!


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- Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and all we can think about is what food we're going to eat way too much of.
- While you may expect celebrities to dine in luxury, their Thanksgiving dinners actually look a lot like our own.
- Gigi Hadid, Nicki Minaj, and more stars reveal their favorite Thanksgiving dish.
With frozen turkeys and pumpkin pies slowly creeping their way into our grocery stores, you don't need another reminder that Thanksgiving is coming. And though the holiday is filled with tons of family fun and fall activities, let's face it: What we're really excited for is the food.
MORE: 20 Chic Thanksgiving Decor DIYs That Don't Look Tacky
And as much as we'd like to imagine celebrity Thanksgiving dinners consisting of gold-crusted turkeys and five-star meals, their holidays don't look too different than ours. Whether you're an A-lister or a mere plebe like us, the way to a person's heart is through their stomach, and Thanksgiving is the best way to get right in there. If you think you love Thanksgiving food, wait until you hear from stars like Gigi Hadid, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Nicki Minaj who are the real Thanksgiving stans. Check out 27 celebrities' favorite Thanksgiving dishes, ahead.
"I like to cook it all! I like turkey; I like stuffing; I like candied yams-I like it all!" ( InStyle)
"It depends on if it's an American Thanksgiving, then I'd love some collard greens, some mac and cheese, stuffing and turkey. But if it's a Trini[dadian] Thanksgiving, then I want the same thing I always want, which is curry chicken, roti, oxtails. The same old thing that we always eat." ( The Boom Box)
"I'm Cuban! We don't follow the rules. I like turkey." ("The X Factor")
"My dad does really good stuffing and all of the meat, and my mom is the best for buttered carrots and cranberry Jell-O, or whatever you call it." ( Harper's Bazaar)
"It would probably be my Mama T's [Beyoncé's mom, Tina Lawson], she makes truffle macaroni and cheese that's pretty sensational." ("Access Hollywood")
"On Thanksgiving we always just have a big feast. Stuffing is my favorite food in the world! I actually have been known to go buy stuffing and make it in the middle of summer." ( Us Weekly)
"Tofurkey. It's a faux turkey that my parents always made for me because I've always been a vegetarian. It's awesome. It's so great. You'll have to try it!" ( InStyle)
"My mom started a tradition where she makes these amazing pumpkin bars—almost like a pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting, but it's not too spicy. In my family we travel so much and we're constantly living in hotels, so my daughter and I have been in the living room of the hotel with powdered sugar going everywhere making this to keep up the tradition. They're really gooey and moist." ("Access Hollywood")
"I'm a massive mashed potatoes fan, through and through. I think that's the hero. If there are no mashed potatoes at your Thanksgiving, what are you doing?" ( Hip Hollywood)
"Eating my husband's corn bread stuffing!" ( Good Housekeeping)
"My mom makes this crazy cucumber salad." ("Extra")
"I love the dressing. They call it stuffing. I love my mom's dressing, and I love it with sweet potato pie. Dressing and sweet potato pie together. It's good! Trust me, I have the strangest taste buds in town and if I say it's good to me, it's gon' be good to all! It may have to just be my mom's though, my mom's sweet potato pie and dressing. I don't know that it works for everybody but my mom's sweet potato pie and dressing together? It's amazing!" ( The Boom Box)
"I have been making my garlic mashed potatoes for about 10 years. And everyone loves them because I put real butter in it and whip it up with some milk. I'm telling my secret. I can't tell my secret." ( Hip Hollywood)
"I am a greens freak. That's me. I get everything at first and then I go back for the greens because grandma's greens—there's nothing better than grandma's greens." ( Global Grind TV)
"Everything! My mom's the best!" ( HollywoodLife)
Parker's favorite is pumpkin pie from New York's Little Pie Company. She's been ordering them for "10 or 15" years" and typically orders so many that her family "can't fit them anywhere."
"We put them on the floor of the laundry room or in the back of a minivan where it's cold. We put them outside because they don't fit in the fridge, and we eat the pies for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. My daughter, Tabitha, goes crazy for them." ( People)
"My favorite thing is my mom's mashed potatoes. They're obscene. There's butter, evaporated milk, cream cheese, something called whipping cream...Ob. Scene. We usually have between 20-30 peeps for Thanksgiving so mom makes a lot to satisfy all tastes: Turkey, baked chicken, ham, crab-stuffed red snapper (Dad only eats fish on the big holidays—I have no explanation for it). One year a cousin brought some random dude. They were so late, we were starving by the time we finally sat down to eat. The random dude insisted on saying grace. He prayed for about 7 minutes and then proceeded to eat the entire tray of Red Snapper. Ever since then, my mom prepares two red snappers so my dad isn't forced to choke someone out at Thanksgiving." ( Paper)
"Sweet potatoes with gravy. I love a flavor combination so sweet potatoes with gravy, a bite of turkey, and a little bit of cranberry." ( Yahoo)
"Stuffing! We have this incredible, really old recipe in my family that makes me come home no matter where I am. I'll eat stuffing past the point where it's comfortable just because it so tastes so good." ( InStyle)
"My mom's candied yams...She's like a gourmet chef, so she's amazing. She has these little mini marshmallows that are roasted on the top that are so good. And you know what the key is about a turkey? Deep-frying it. It's so yummy. It's the way to go." ( InStyle)
"We always make my Grandmother Exie's sweet potato pudding with marshmallows roasted on top. It is sweet and gooey and hardly even counts as a vegetable by the time we're through but it is our family's big-time, forever tradition." ( Modern Mom)
"Because I'm Vietnamese, we like to incorporate Asian dishes into it. We make turkey dumplings. We make turkey and duck spring rolls. We have a lot of Asian food along with a lot of American dishes because the kids are American." ( Hip Hollywood)
"I love them all! Why only choose one? OK, if I have to, it's stuffing." ( InStyle)
"Stuffing with gravy on it." ( InStyle)
"I've been making barbecued turkey. You buy a barbecued turkey-it's precooked and barbecued and it's just delicious. You can stuff it with a more exotic, sweet stuffing with the barbecued turkey." ( InStyle)
"I love the stuffing. More, more, more!" ( InStyle)
"Usually at home I do a baked macaroni and cheese and I'm going to do actually the two dishes that I won with on a show. It was broccoli and chicken mixed. The second one was a shredded steak empanadas." ( Hip Hollywood)


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Derry 4-06, Tyrone 1-16
A late Conor McAliskey free secured Tyrone the early season bragging rights after an absorbing McKenna Cup victory over 14-man Derry at Owenbeg on Sunday.
A controversial second yellow card for Oak Leaf full forward Emmett McGuckin proved decisive in a game in which was in the balance right until the final whistle.
McGuckin was already on a yellow card for a first half clash with Tyrone full back Padraig Hampsey when he was dragged to the floor by half-time substitute Cathal McCarron only seven minutes after the restart. Despite appearing to signal his innocence by holding his hands in the air as he lay on the floor, Down referee punished both players with a yellow card and McGuckin was off.
Tyrone took advantage of the extra man to control the remainder of the game but Derry frustrations were only compounded when McCarron later dragged Mark Lynch down to concede a second penalty of the game and incredibly escape a second booking.
Both sides made changes from their opening Section A ties and for both Damian Barton and Mickey Harte there were plenty of positives to take.
Yet, the real mystery concerning the first half was how Tyrone managed to end the first 35 minutes only two points adrift after a very disjointed opening 25 minutes in which Derry threatened to run away with the game. The Red Hand cause wasn't helped by a needless black card for Justin McMahon after 16 minutes following his sustain complaints over a free awarded when Benny Heron was fouled by Aidan McCrory.
McMahon was replaced by Mattie Donnelly and if anything the reshuffle helped Tyrone get a foothold in a game that looked to be going away from them.
Barton's team looked very impressive in the opening stages, Dungiven's Conor Murphy drifting dangerously between the lines and causing havoc in a Tyrone defence that couldn't work out who was marking him.
Mark Lynch got the scoreboard off and running with an fourth minute free but in contrast Tyrone's shooting was rushed and wide. Derry's ability to build from the back with the short kick-out was the catalyst for a number of superb Oak Leaf moves and, for the second week in succession, McGuckin and Ryan Bell were more than a handful in the full forward line.
The home cause was helped no end by Heron's opening goal on 13 minutes. A superb Murphy ball in to Chrissy Bradley was spilled by the Slaughtneil forward but the ball broke perfectly for Heron's supporting run and the Ballinascreen man slipped a lovely first time finish under Tyrone keeper Michael O'Neill despite the attempts of Padraig Hampsey to clear off the line.
Derry continued to dominate with points from Mark Craig, Lynch (free) and Bell building a healthy 1-04 to 0-1 point before Derry hit their second goal from the penalty sport on 22 minutes.
Ciaran McFaul's brilliant low pass into McGucking was broken down but the big Magherafelt forward won the race to the ball just ahead of O'Neill who brought him down. For the second week running, Bell's sent his emphatic spot kick into the top corner and Derry led by nine.
It looked ominous but Tyrone regrouped, McAliskey and Darren McCurry grabbing points before Patrick Quinn's superb 30th minute shot to the Derry net signalled a real shift in momentum at 2-04 to 1-03 and by the interval they had brought that back to a one point game with further points from McAliskey and Johnny Monroe.
The second half began with a lovely Bell point but as soon as McGuckin saw red, Tyrone were in the ascendency. They looked to be heading to a comfortable victory after building a 1-11 to 2-05 lead by the 46th minute but Bell's second penalty brought Derry right back into the game and the Oak Leaf's defended superbly.
Had McCarron received a second yellow after that award, as the Owenbeg certainly thought he should, an interesting game may have taken a different path but with the extra man , Tyrone always looked to have slightly more in the tank.
A fourth Derry goal from the excellent Mark Craig, following up his own initial shot to poke home, had Derry briefly in front but the home side eventually ran out of legs as Tyrone put themselves in pole position to qualify although Damian Barton will have seen more than enough to encourage him as he takes his side forward.
Derry: Thomas Mallon; Ryan Ferris, Dermot McBride, Oisin Duffy; Danny Heavron, Chrissy McKaigue, Mark Craig (1-1); Emmet Bradley, Mark Lynch (0-2, 2f); Ciaran McFaul, Christopher Bradley (0-1), Benny Heron (1-0); Emmett McGuckin, Ryan Bell (2-2, 2pen), Conor Murphy. (Subs) Karl McKaigue for O Duffy, 44mins; Enda Lynn for B Heron, 45mins; James Kielt for C Murphy, 52mins; Conor McAtamney for E Bradley, 56mins; Shane Mulgrew for C Bradley, 63mins; Peter Quinn for R Ferris, 65mins.
Tyrone: Michael O'Neill; Aidan McCrory, Padraig Hampsey, Jonathan Monroe (0-1); Conor Clarke, Justin McMahon, Niall Sludden (0-1); Padraig McNulty, Richard Donnelly (0-4); David Mulgrew (0-1), Peter Harte (0-1), Kieran McGreary; Darren McCurry (0-1), Conor McAliskey (0-5, 5f), Patrick Quinn (1-0). (Subs) Mark Bradley (0-1, 1f) for C Clarke, H/T; Cathal McCarron for P Hampsey, H/T; Sean Cavangh (0-1) for P Quinn, 41mins; Ronan O'Neill for C K McGreary, 51mins; Cathal McShane for J Monroe, 72mins.
Black Card: Justin McMahon replaced by Mattie Donnelly, 17mins.
Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)


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Whether you are a beginner or an experienced database programmer, this book has something for you. If you only get one book on mySQL then get this one because it has everything you need.
My Rating:
It is not often that you find a technical book that has the depth of coverage and logical structure that can be found in this one.
For the newcomer to mySQL databases it introduces the basic SQL (Structured Query language - pronounced "sequel") commands and demonstrates how to use them. It even covers some of the basics of how to design your database although detailed information on how to "normalize" a database is missing.
For those who already have some basic SQL knowledge the book also covers the more advanced areas such as how to manage users and privileges, backup/recovery, and database tuning. By applying this information you can make even the largest database secure with fast response times.
As an added bonus the book also demonstrates the correct way to use mySQL with either PHP or PERL and even includes a complete working example script that shows exactly how it all fits together.
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Latest edition: Santos J. Arce: A Queer, TransCore, Pop, Punk, Bass PlayerTweet
Episode Details
Original tape date: September 6, 2017.
First aired: January 30, 2018.
Santos J. Arce is a Brooklyn TransCore/Pop/Punk bass player in the band Trashy, who supports the Transgender community with his music and organizational skills, helping to unite the world of Punk Rock music. Merlin's People Like Me! producer Merlin B. Fahey II invited Santos to talk about his early life, his transformation from a "tiny little kid" learning to play a Quatro, to the musical rebel he has become – revealing the man he is today.
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I have been wanting to lose weight and remove that excess fats and this 2013, i vow to myself that I would never take my health and my body for granted. If there is one New year resolution I have made, that is to make myself healthy and beautiful not just for myself but also for my family.
Last year was a hectic year for me but even though i'm too stress, my body becomes more bigger because of the unhealthy food choices and most of my time was spent sitting in front of my computer. Although, i get a chance to run and do some walking, I feel that's not enough to lose weight. I wanted to enroll and try to lose weight in a nearby gym but when I went there, i have seen so many men that I felt awkward and could not stay for long. I have learned that one of the latest and fabulous way to become more sexier and get that perfect curves every woman desires.
Well, it's great news for all those wishing to have that beautiful curves, because Curves, a 30 minutes fitness center and the world's No. 1 Fitness Franchise especially created for women is now in the Philippines.
They offer aerobic exercises for losing weight and strengthened our body while making it fit and more sexier. Now, you can Zumba your way to a fabulous you. Check this detailed information about their healthy program;
CURVES, The World's # 1 Fitness Franchise,
Now in the Philippines!
"No makeup, no men, and no mirrors."
The unofficial motto of Curves may sound so simple, but since the first women-only gym was opened in Harlingen, Texas in 1992, it has grown by leaps and bounds.
Just look at the figures: 10,000 clubs in over 70 countries serving more than four million (4M) members. What took McDonald's 25 years, and Subway 26 years to do — that is, open 7,000 locations — Curves did in just less than a decade.
One accolade after another came Curves' way:
- The fastest-growing franchise in history
- The world's largest fitness franchise
- No. 1 fitness franchise
- New York Times bestseller (Curves, Permanent Results without Permanent Dieting.)
Curves founders Gary and Diane Heavin who are committed veterans of the fitness and advertising industries, are considered the innovators of the express fitness phenomenon that has made exercise available to over four million (4M) women the world over.
What is CURVES all about, and what does it stand for?
Curves is about fitness, health, and moving away from disease; gaining strength and losing weight; reaching your goals in a community of support and encouragement; and strengthening Women.
With its scientifically proven exercise and diet programs, Curves is the only "one-stop shop" where women can lose weight, gain muscle strength and aerobic capacity, and raise metabolism for good.
The Heavins share a passion for and commitment to women's health and fitness. Their innovative, 30-minute fitness concept – which works every major muscle group — combines strength training and sustains cardiovascular activity through safe and effective hydraulic resistance.
Curves also has a revolutionary diet program that's based in science and has been proven in numerous and ongoing university research studies to raise metabolism and end the need for perpetual dieting.
The club proved to be an overnight success, as it gave women a supportive and comfortable atmosphere in which to work out.
When their second club was also immediately successful, the Heavins knew that they had tapped into a market that wasn't being served by traditional gyms and that they could help millions of women worldwide.
However, they knew they couldn't do it alone. They needed to find passionate people who were interested in helping the women in their communities and teach them how to run Curves.
They began making plans to franchise the business and the first independently owned and operated Curves opened in Paris, Texas, in 1995.
Curves caught on like wildfire and opened clubs at an astronomical rate, sometimes more than doubling its number of locations from year to year. This was all done by word of mouth until Curves launched its award-winning national advertising campaign in 2003.
With such unprecedented success, it made sense to branch out globally, and so the Heavins took their vision for an effective and affordable workout international.
And the good news is, CURVES, The World's # 1 Fitness Franchise, is now in the Philippines! It is located at the 2/F of Serendra, McKinley Parkway, Bonifacio Global City (fronting Market! Market!) in Taguig, Metro Manila and is open from 7 a.m. till till 12:30 p.m., and from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 7 a.m. till 12:30 p.m.,and from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Fridays and 8:00 a.m. till 1:00 pm on Saturdays.
With thousands of locations worldwide, Curves is the world's largest fitness franchise. Many clubs now also offer new Curves® Circuit with Zumba Fitness®, the only 30-minute class that mixes the moves of Zumba® with the proven strength training of Curves for a wildly effective workout. Curves® Circuit with Zumba Fitness® is at 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m on Mondays to Wednesdays. For more information, please visit: www.curves.com.au.
For inquiries, call 828-02-08/ Globe: (0917) 8708870/ Smart: (0920) 9499851/ Sun: (0922) 8170353 or log on to www.curves.com.au.
Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/curvesphilippines
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CurvesBGC
Zumba Fitness is now making waves not just here in our country but all over the world and I'm looking forward to try those moves to make myself more healthy and fit this 2013.
"Curves is a fitness facility specially designed for women featuring a 30-minute workout and weight management program that is fast, fun and safe. Curves works because it gives you a complete cardio and strength-training workout where you can burn up to 500 calories every time.
The circuit is made up of resistance machines that work every major muscle group, two muscles at a time. And with a circuit coach to teach and motivate, you're sure to reach your fitness goals in no time. Whether you want to lose weight and inches, gain energy or tone up, the Curves circuit will work for you."
Now, here's the best part, I was invited by Curves Circuit to try their Zumba Fitness, since I'm miles away from Manila (too bad) I could not make it. But here's the best part, they allowed to make one of my readers to try this out.curves circuit zumba fitness – image from buyanihan.com
So, what's in store for you?
- One lucky reader will get a chance to have one month membership. That means, you get a chance to achieve that curves and sexy body you have been wishing and wanting to have.
Like us on Facebook – Fitness Fashion & Freebies
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Share this on facebook – Zumba your way to a Fabulous Curves via @curves philippines & @FitnessFashionandFreebies (tag three of your friends) @friend1, @friend2, @friend3 (don't forget to tag us)
Tweet this post – Click the tweet this button found on the beginning of this post.
On the comment section , tell us your healthy resolution for this year, include your facebook and twitter profile and your e-mail address.
This giveaway will run from January 9 – 23, 2013 . One lucky participant would receive a one month membership at Curves Circuit Fitness Center. Giveaway is open to all Philippine residents.
Disclosure: This blog is not responsible for the shipment of gift certificate, nor was compensated. Facebook and Twitter is no way associated with this giveaway. You must be 18 years old to enter. No purchase necessary. For more questions regarding this event, feel free to contact me.


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Tickets for the 93rd East-West Shrine Game® are now on sale through Tickets.com. All game tickets are $15 and general admission, first come first served seating (price does not include service fees). Tickets are not required for children under the age of 2. Tickets can also be purchased on game day at the Tropicana Field Box Offices. Military and first responders can contact the game office direct, at 813-281-8686, for a special discount ticket offer of $6 each, advance sale.
The 93rd East-West Shrine Game will be played on Saturday, January 20, 2018, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Kick-off is at 3 p.m. (EST).
The East-West Shrine Game is a showcase for up-and-coming NFL talent as national media and scouts from every professional team spend the week in St. Petersburg to review the players. More than 90 players from last year's game were invited to NFL training camps and more than 70 made NFL rosters. Any given season there are about 300 East-West alumni on NFL rosters. More than 74 alumni have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, having showcased their talents on the East-West gridiron before launching their professional careers.
"This is the 93rd game, making it the longest running college all-star game in the country," said Harold Richardson, executive director of the game. "This is our seventh year in Tampa Bay and community support for the game has grown here each year. This is a great family event that supports Shriners Hospitals for Children®."
More than just a game, since 1925, the East-West Shrine Game has helped raise money and awareness for Shriners Hospitals for Children, a health care system with 22 locations dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs for medical professionals. Children up to age 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the families' ability to pay.
The game will be broadcast live on NFL Network and on local and international radio platforms by the East-West Shrine Game Radio Network, SiriusXM, and Tunein.
For additional information, visit shrinegame.com.
About Shriners Hospitals for Children
Shriners Hospitals for Children is changing lives every day through innovative pediatric specialty care, world-class research and outstanding medical education. The 22 locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico provide excellent care for children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate.


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If you have a Snapt VM image from before 2014-04-08 then yes! The OpenSSL library that was shipping with OpenSuse during that time was vulnerable. You can either get the latest VM image from downloads.snapt.net or follow the patching instructions available on the Snapt Community vulnerability notice.
If you are running your own OS with Snapt loaded on please read the vulnerability notice as well, it will help you too decide if you are at risk.


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Author: Liz Coley
Pages: 352 pages
Format acquired: Paperback (ARC)
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Publication date: March 19th 2013
Source: Received from publisher for an honest review (Thanks, Christine!)
Pre-order the book: Amazon / Barnes and Noble
Reminiscent of the Elizabeth Smart case, Pretty Girl-13 is a disturbing and powerful psychological mystery about a girl who must piece together the story of her kidnapping and captivity.
Angie Chapman was thirteen years old when she ventured into the woods alone on a Girl Scouts camping trip. Now she's returned home…only to find that it's three years later and she's sixteen-or at least that's what everyone tells her.
What happened to the past three years of her life?
Angie doesn't know.
But there are people who do-people who could tell Angie every detail of her forgotten time, if only they weren't locked inside her mind. With a tremendous amount of courage, Angie embarks on a journey to discover the fragments of her personality, otherwise known as her "alters." As she unearths more and more about her past, she discovers a terrifying secret and must decide: When you remember things you wish you could forget, do you destroy the parts of yourself that are responsible?
Liz Coley's alarming and fascinating psychological mystery is a disturbing-and ultimately empowering-page-turner about accepting our whole selves, and the healing power of courage, hope, and love.
(Image and summary taken from Goodreads)
This book too me out of my reading plateau. I had stopped reading for a while because none of the books I had were interesting enough to read beyond chapter 5. I though Pretty Girl-13 was going to be one of them, but boy was I wrong!! From the very moment I turned to page 1 and started reading, I was hooked. I couldn't even put the book down to answer the phone or go to the loo. I just sat there, getting lost in the story as 3 1/2 hours ticked by. Yes, this was one of Those books.
The book starts off with in a camping site in the forest. Our lead, Angie is then taken by a stranger and a little voice inside tells her to hide. The next scene comes with Angie in front of her house, carrying a bag of unfamiliar clothes 3 years later. I don't know why, but this story is not something you can talk about without spoiling it. The gist of it is that Angie's mind created alter-egos so that she would be able to bear and cope the abuse she got while she was held captive by the strange man. It was her mind's defense mechanism to cushion the blows that would definitely traumatize her were they (the alter egos) not there.
Some people may think that the part where Angie's mom was mentioned to be pregnant was a complete waste of time and shouldn't have been in there and did nothing for the plot, I'd like to think differently. For Angie, being lost for 3 years seemed impossible to her, but it still happened. And when her parents, friends and everything around her has changed, she craved the normalcy of her old life back. Something she now can't have, and that baby is one of the constantly present reminders why. Because even when she tries to act like everything is normal and she didn't go missing for 3 years, she still did. And that baby proves to her that things HAVE changed and that people have learned to go on without her. How would do you think you feel like if you were kidnapped and forgotten about?
This book may either strongly grip you or make you think its a joke. There are no lukewarm sides to this. I feel like it's another creative, more intricate version of Living Dead Girl. In LDG, though, she was fully aware and had a presence if mind during the entire ordeal with her abductor. Here, Pretty Girl-13 shows us that not all of us can just suck it up and still be strong in the end. (SPOILER-ish: She DID stay strong in the end. You go, Angie!) PG-13 shows us an alter situation that may or may not happen to anyone. In my heart, though. I loved how this book was a new, fresh idea that would stick with me forever. The only thing I can say is that if you love reading mystery or altering POVs, than you should definitely give this book a try.


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text: Dorothy is a 99-year-old nun who has just decided she wants to find a man and get married on her 100th birthday next week. Enlisting the help of her madcap friends at the rest home, and a teenage girl who has come to interview her for a class project, Dorothy is determined to complete her bucket list and have the wedding of the century! Hilarious, madcap humour to tickle your funny-bone and stir your heart.


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Megumi was just a timid high school girl trying to cope with life until the day a magic ribbon came into her life and a new hero was born!
She makes a good decoy
February 21st, 2014, 5:05 pm
Author's Comments:
Reply Lord T Hawkeye, February 21st, 2014, 5:05 pm
Looks like Dolly's off the hook. ^^
Reply Advertisement, May 19th, 2019, 1:49 am
User's Comments:
Reply SCARFACE424242, February 21st, 2014, 6:42 pm
Nice thinking The Simpson style cover-ups were a nice touch
Reply a1993 (Guest), February 22nd, 2014, 3:17 am
Reply HyperMan (Guest), February 26th, 2014, 7:36 am
I see this backfiring somehow. Either with Devalix melting in the water, or her taking a different personality.
Reply d2501 (Guest), February 26th, 2014, 11:23 am
curses Cursed steam and water ripples. MOVE ASIDE!
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