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This section of the book is from the "Wild Flowers Worth Knowing" book, by Neltje Blanchan. Also available from Amazon: Wild Flowers Worth Knowing
DOGWOOD FAMILY - Cornaceae: Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Flowers--(Apparently) large, white or pinkish, the four conspicuous parts simulating petals, notched at the top, being really bracts of an involucre below the true flowers, clustered in the centre, which are very small, greenish yellow, 4-parted, perfect. Stem: A large shrub or small tree, wood hard, bark rough. Leaves: Opposite oval, entire-edged, petioled, paler underneath. Fruit: Clusters of egg-shaped scarlet berries, tipped with the persistent calyx.
Preferred Habitat--Woodlands, rocky thickets, wooded roadsides.
Flowering Season--April-June.
Distribution--Maine to Florida, west to Ontario and Texas.
Has Nature's garden a more decorative ornament than the Flowering
Dogwood, whose spreading flattened branches whiten the woodland
borders in May as if an untimely snowstorm had come down upon them,
and in autumn paint the landscape with glorious crimson, scarlet, and
gold, dulled by comparison only with the clusters of vivid red berries
among the foliage? Little wonder that nurserymen sell enormous numbers
of these small trees to be planted on lawns. The horrors of pompous
monuments, urns, busts, shafts, angels, lambs, and long-drawn-out
eulogies in stone in many a cemetery are mercifully concealed in part
by these boughs, laden with blossoms of heavenly purity.
"Let dead names be eternized in dead stone,
But living names by living shafts be known.
Plant thou a tree whose leaves shall sing
Thy deeds and thee each fresh, recurrent spring."
When the Massachusetts farmers think they hear the first brown
thrasher in April advising them to plant their Indian corn,
reassuringly calling, "Drop it, drop it--cover it up, cover it
up--pull it up, pull it up, pull it up" (Thoreau), they look to the
dogwood flowers to confirm the thrasher's advice before taking it.
The Low or Dwarf Cornel, or Bunchberry (C. canadensis), whose scaly stem does its best to attain a height of nine inches, bears a whorl of from four to six oval, pointed, smooth leaves at the summit. From the midst of this whorl comes a cluster of minute greenish florets, encircled by four to six large, showy, white petal-like bracts, quite like a small edition of the Flowering Dogwood blossom. Tight clusters of round berries, that are lifted upward on a gradually lengthened peduncle after the flowers fade (May-July), brighten with vivid touches of scarlet, shadowy, mossy places in cool, rich woods, where the dwarf cornels, with the partridge vine, twin flower, gold thread, and fern, form the most charming of carpets.
Even more abundant is the Silky Cornel, Kinnikinnick, or Swamp Dogwood (C. Amomum) found in low, wet ground, and beside streams, from Nebraska to the Atlantic Ocean, south to Florida and north to New Brunswick. Its dull, reddish twigs, oval or oblong leaves, rounded at the base, but tapering to a point at the apex, and usually silky-downy with fine, brownish hairs underneath (to prevent the pores from clogging with vapors arising from its damp habitat); its rather compact, flat clusters of white flowers from May to July, and its bluish berries are its distinguishing features. The Indians loved to smoke its bark for its alleged tonic effect.
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After I get injectable fillers in my face, how should I take care of this area afterwards? Do I use antibiotic creams or any special lotions? Do you provide these or do I have to buy them?
There is really no need to for any aftercare for filler injections. A temporary use of cold packs may help to prevent bruising and swelling.

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Princess Margaret is the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. She is portrayed by actress Vanessa Kirby.
Based on Her Royal Highness the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the Crown tells the story of a young woman in love, whose life is complicated and ultimately devastated by the early loss of her father, which splits her family as her sister chooses to honour the history of the Crown of England rather than love for the people in her life.
Margaret is vivacious, intelligent, talented and arguably the soul of the Royal Family. She has an undeniable spirit that informs everything she does, which is wholehearted in all accounts of her life. She enjoys parties, dancing, living life and has a flair for entertainment.
Margaret adores her father, and vice versa. They seem to share a mutual love for life and all its riches. Her father provides the heart of their equation, who guides Margaret's free-spirited character, while she inspires her father with her talent, passion and fiery nature.
Margaret knows Peter from a very young age through his work for the Royal Family and, in spite of his marriage, they fall in love and carry on an affair until Peter divorces and they wish to get married. In spite of their age difference, their passion for each other and the joy their relationship brings their lives is evident and both are committed to one another.


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A huge thank you to our sponsors, homeowner-hosts, neighbor volunteers, tour goers and our House Tour Committee for making the WBNA House Tour: Courts & Cottages a great success.
Over 400 people enjoyed our 3rd annual House Tour celebration. Some of these guests had never stepped foot on the west side, and were pleasantly surprised to have finally found us. The WBNA House Tour not only showcases the west side's preserved Victorian architecture. It brings tourism to and awareness about our special neighborhood, which in turn helps support our local businesses. It is also WBNA's largest fundraiser which supports the work of our organization.
Above: 2016 House Tour
This year's House Tour featured the original eco-friendly "tiny houses" – Victorian cottages and smaller homes in the Broadway Armory Historic District. This special selection of homes highlighted green elements like solar panels, environmentally conscious renovations, gardens and rain barrels, and urban beekeeping and raising of chickens.
A third of the houses are owned by architects or interior designers, which gave visitors a special look into the creative minds of designer-owned homes and the solutions they found to transforming smaller spaces into stellar spaces.
Above: House Tour Preview Party at the Nicholas A. Denner House
Our House Tour Preview Party was also a great time, as was our free House Tour teaser event West Side Revitalized, a show-and-tell of over 35 years of revitalization in the Armory District that included before and after photos of some of our neighborhood's favorite haunts and houses.
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What is Hubpages - Write Articles, Build Links, Drive Traffic, Earn Income
How I started on Hubpages
Before I started writing on Hubpages, I spent hours researching about Hubpages, if you landed on this page, you are like I was 8 months ago when I was looking for the hubpages scam. I had worked quite hard on building a website for my husband who owns a small private dental office.
One morning, I received a phone call from a large search engine optimization company (SEO), they wanted me to hire them to manage my online presence for $800 month. Their service included updating my business listings such as google places and drive traffic to my website, they explained to me that the more clicks to my site, the more my site will rank on the search engines. Their services would include 2 articles a week on hubpages. The fee was more than I expected to pay and I decided to check this thing out for myself.
I opened an account the first day I visited Hubpages because it's free and it would allow me to post links within each article to a particular website. I wrote my first dental article on how to choose a good dentist and I linked related subject matters to my husband's website. Each article allows for 2 links to one specific website "URL". I continued writing dental related articles, I made sure and discussed issues that were relevant and important to the general public, answered questions and provided ideas that would only be known by someone from within the industry.
I had plenty to write about but in order to get new fresh ideas, I visited articles written by others, some were good, some were bad, and hubpages allows you to vote on them, while I was visiting other articles, other writers were visiting mine, I was quite excited when I received the first comment from someone that found my article helpful.
Building links to my dental website really helped drive traffic to important subject matters within our website pages, it really boosted our ranking on google places, we maintain the first page position at all times, the information is always fresh and interesting within the website and it relates to the links coming in from Hubpages, this is considered "organic", something Google and other search engines love to see. I was quite satisfied at this point and couldn't ask for more, until I started noticing other writers have links to Amazon, Ebay and Google ads that show up on their articles, I read a few articles about this subject and found that you could actually earn some money from these links within the articles, how cool is that, drive traffic to your website and earn extra money, it sounds too good to be true, I figured, it's not costing me anything but time, and I'm already writing articles, I'll test this thing out.
The excitment of earning the first dime
I visited the earnings section under "my account" on Hubpages and realized that Hubpages makes it so easy to setup the various affiliate programs, this allows you as the writer to become an affiliate of not just some fly by night company but you're talking the big guns, Google, Amazon and Ebay, the user friendly interface allows you to configure an account with each one including their own Hubpages Ad Program.
How Brilliant, we as writers provide Hubpages fresh content, which intern gives Google relevant areas to post their advertising, but Hubpages isn't selfish, they share the profit. As an article writer, any earnings from Amazon, Ebay or the Hubpages Ad Program is 100% yours to keep. The Google Analytics tool allows Google to crawl each article you write and allow it to be more visible when people are searching.
My goal when I started this whole thing was to just build links, when i first saw $.10 of earnings in my account I must've jumped out of my seat, my husband thought I was nuts, "I've never seen you so excited about a dime", but it is quite exciting to see yourself rewarded for good work, besides the hubpages community is very supportive, a lot of traffic comes from web searches but many of the visitors to the articles are from within hubpages. As I wrote more articles and diversified the subjects I write about, I've seen my earnings increase. I am not quiting my day job anytime soon, but it's deffinately rewarding to be able to earn extra income 24/7, while we sleep, the web and web searches do not.
What do you need to start on hubpages
Anyone that loves to write can join Hubpages, all you have to do is sign up. Don't wait like I did, setup your affiliate accounts right away:
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- Amazon (allows you to place advertisements from Amazon and earn 100%)
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- Hubpages Ad Program (allows you to earn 100% of the earnings)
- Google Analytics (allows google to crawl or index your articles for more views and you monitor the traffic)
Hubpages has a wonderful learning center for new beginners, as a platform Hubpages is quite user friendly, they make it easy by providing all the tools necessary to publish articles, setup accounts and earn income.
General Rules I follow in writing my articles
Although Hubpages provides all the tools, you must put those tools to work, I will list general rules I personally follow when writing articles:
- I choose to write articles I'm passionate about, passion stands out even in writing
- I choose keyword rich titles that would be used for searches regarding the subject I'm writing about.
- I make sure my article is tagged properly, those tags are your golden goose, but make sure and stay within limits, remember the term "more is less". Use tags for things discussed specifically in your article.
- I always add an Amazon and an Ebay link for a few items relating to my article
- I always end each article exactly how it began, Google loves to see a complete story, try to fit the title as the last paragraph in the article
- I make sure and spell check each article and read it to see if it makes sense. A well written article will thrive, a reader will loose interest if you don't use proper grammar or spelling
- I use photographs relating to the subject and capture the audience when they visit my articles
- I visit, read and comment on other articles, if you support the community, you will also be supported.
- After I publish each hub, I make sure and share it with my friends and family via email, Facebook, I also submit each article to Reddit, StumbleUpon and Digg. All you need to do is click on the Share button below your article. This will help drive traffic to your article, which will drive traffic to your website and to the links that earn you money.
The choices are limitless, I've written articles about How to properly brush your teeth, since I'm a mother of triplets, I enjoy writing about subjects relating to everyday experiences such as my article what to expect when you're expecting multiples and recipes for odd dishes such as Hummus. Most importantly enjoy what you do and you will succeed.
I have come to truly enjoy writing, sharing and earning on Hubpages. Remember, there's no cost involved in setting up an account, so go ahead and try it for yourself, whether you're looking to just write articles, build links, drive traffic to your website or earn extra money. Hubpages allows you to do them all in one user friendly interface. Good Luck!
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Thanks @ Pascale for writing such a cool informative article about hubpages. I have experienced many of the same experiences, that you've stated here excluding that scam part where some outside company is trying to mislead you into the SEO trap.
I found hubpages on my own, because I'm dedicated to web discovery as a professional web developer & web research expert.
Joining hubpages has definitely changed my entire outlook on web success, and I continue to write with pure joy knowing my content will finally count, because of all the dedicated authors here who are so wiling to take the time to share.
This one is surely getting voted up, oh and thanks for checking out my hub as well.
Actually I share the same goal as you, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to achieve it. I think I am doing something wrong because everyone praises hubpages so much.
Hi, I just joined hubpages too and I found your article very helpful. So thank you very much.
It's funny that you mentioned Wordpress. I had three blogs up and running there and hardly had any traffic. I have been on Hubpages a few days and already had more traffic in those few days than I ever did on Wordpress in a month - and that's with multiple entries.
Oh, nice introduction to Hubpages, by the way.
Great article, very inspirational. I started too to build links to a couple of blogs I began writing just recently. It is a very fun and supportive community here and I have learned more from people here, from articles such as yours than anywhere else on how to be successful with SEO and just writing online in general. Thanks!


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International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Volume 2012, Article ID 731526, 13 pages
Structure and Pathology of Tau Protein in Alzheimer Disease
1Laboratory of Biochemistry and Brain Pathophysiology and AD Center, Prague Psychiatric Center, Ústavní 91, 181 03 Prague 8, Czech Republic
2Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Ruská 87, 100 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic
3Department of Cell Biology, Center of Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute, Avenue Instituto Politecnico Nacional 2508, 07360 Mexico City, DF, Mexico
4Department of Neurology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Faculty Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Charles University in Prague, Šrobárova 50, 100 34 Prague 10, Czech Republic
Received 19 January 2012; Revised 28 March 2012; Accepted 29 March 2012
Academic Editor: David Blum
Copyright © 2012 Michala Kolarova et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. In connection with the global trend of prolonging human life and the increasing number of elderly in the population, the AD becomes one of the most serious health and socioeconomic problems of the present. Tau protein promotes assembly and stabilizes microtubules, which contributes to the proper function of neuron. Alterations in the amount or the structure of tau protein can affect its role as a stabilizer of microtubules as well as some of the processes in which it is implicated. The molecular mechanisms governing tau aggregation are mainly represented by several posttranslational modifications that alter its structure and conformational state. Hence, abnormal phosphorylation and truncation of tau protein have gained attention as key mechanisms that become tau protein in a pathological entity. Evidences about the clinicopathological significance of phosphorylated and truncated tau have been documented during the progression of AD as well as their capacity to exert cytotoxicity when expressed in cell and animal models. This paper describes the normal structure and function of tau protein and its major alterations during its pathological aggregation in AD.


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#TuesdayTease Into The Fire/
In case you missed the dancing and shouting over on Facebook this weekend, I finished Into The Fire!! I'm reading through it now and making sure it's perfect, then I'll be sending it over to my editor.
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- It's a standalone. So NO cliffhangers here!
- Although it's based off a character you meet in another series, you do NOT have to read that first to enjoy this story
- West and Jules (From The Wreckage series) do make appearances
- It spans several years so it's considered a young adult/new adult crossover
- It's a PG-13 read
- When complete it will be roughly 90,000 words. That's 20k more than any of the From The Wreckage books
- This is Dani's story. Her life. Her destination...
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Tigers beat the Wisconsin Eau Claire "Blugolds" 9-1 tonight, but that's not why I'm here...
After the first period, the lights were turned off and a smoke machine started near the Zamboni door. Spot lights fly around, music starts playing and the siren begins to wail as Stu drives onto the ice in a brand new Zamboni sporting a shiny black finish and orange lettering with FLAME details around the fender and wheel wells, and CHROME WHEELS! This thing looks like a monster straight out of the A-Team. KICK-ASS!!! It even has Stu's name painted near the back on the sides. I wish I had my camera tonight. Oh man...
As Stu entered the rink and began doing donuts with the new Zamboni in front of a roaring crowd, a 10-foot blimp was launched into the air. Black with an orange and white tiger head on the front, it was flown around the inside of the rink between periods by remote control. It's a very sleek design using just 3 fans, two of them that can be angled up, straight or down for propulsion, climbing or diving. All those controls PLUS a camera fit inside a unit on the bottom of the blimp no bigger than a shoe. Behind the corner crew they set up a TV that was picking up the signal transmitted from the cam. That was so cool. :)
Tomorrow night we get to slap those "Blugolds" around again. What the heck is a Blugold anyway? Well, tomorrow I'll definitely bring my camera and get some cool shots of the new Zamboni, and the blimp if they do that again too. :)
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I was trying to make a hockey joke. Your voice, wasn't at full strength, so it must have been short handed. That would make the opposite of your voice, aka silence, be on the power play.
Obviously, this point was missed. Oh well.
Obviously, this point was missed. Oh well.


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Not sure which idiot is stupider, Mark Ramiro, 30, who was arrested for shooting his friend, or Darnell Mitchell, 28, who just stood there and let himself be shot. They were "testing" a bullet proof vest, while a third friend recorded it on video.
In the video Mitchell brags that he is about to take a "deuce deuce in the chest" — a shot from a .22-caliber bullet — but Ramiro is such a lousy shot, in addition to being terminally stupid, that he missed the vest and killed his friend.
How stupid is that?


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Mastermind Group Wanted
I've been going through a personal renaissance of sorts lately, and I am happy with the progress I am making. I've been focusing on my health, blogging regularly, working on my Kwota.io project, and am finally getting my podcast up and running again. After listening to Napoleon Hill's Outwitting the Devil I had the revelation that I have not done enough to ensure my environment reinforces the good habits and desire for achievement that I am once again grasping at. That being said, I am looking for either an existing mastermind group to join, or a few people who would be interested in starting a mastermind.
If you are not familiar with the concept of a mastermind group I would suggest taking a look at Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. I think it was Hill that first coined the phrase, though the concept has been around for quite some time. Here is a link to a video that describes the concept at a very high level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAm1Ktv9e4E. Probably one of the best examples of the kind of thing I am looking for is found with the Entreprogrammers podcast.
I am looking for 2 or 3 people who are software developers, like myself, who have entrepreneurial desires that would like to meet up online at least once a month to discuss progress made, bounce ideas off each other, and hold each other accountable. Ideally, these people should taking action some action towards an entrepreneurial endeavour by either developing a product or creating content regularly (blogging, podcasts, ebooks, etc). They should also be just starting out on their journey.
If you are interested or know of a group I can join please contact me.
I am really not all that sure of how to go about finding or setting one of these up so I thought I would just start with a simple blog post expressing my desire. If you have any tips on how I might find one please let me know in the comments below.
Note: I am not looking for a paid mastermind group or anything like that. I am just looking for average software developers who are looking to help each other work towards some entrepreneurial goals.


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[A.B. Gant Land Locator, 1868]
Description: A horse-drawn wagon stands near a two-story building. The second floor is the A.B. Gant Land Locator Times Office, and the first floor is a store for Drugs and Medicines. In 1868 it was the biggest land office west of Fort Worth.
Date: unknown
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Ingredients (serves 8)
For the Bread
- 250g strong white bread flour
- 5g salt
- 5g sugar
- 5g fast-action yeast
- 50ml milk
- 120ml warm water
- 30g butter, softened
For the filling
- 50–60g grated Cheddar cheese
- 1–2 tbsp Marmite, warmed slightly in the microwave
Essential equipment
450g/1lb loaf tin Rolling pin
To make the bread, place all the ingredients in a bowl and squeeze together for a minute or so. Turn out on to the worktop and knead for 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic – or use a freestanding electric mixer fitted with a dough hook for 5–7 minutes. Place into a clean, oiled bowl, coat the dough in oil, then cover the bowl with cling film and leave to rise for 1 hour.
When the dough has doubled in size, remove from the bowl on to the worktop. Roll the dough out into a rectangle that is the same width as your loaf tin's length. Using a pastry brush, paint the Marmite over the dough, then sprinkle over as much grated cheese as needed to cover the surface. Roll up tightly and place in the loaf tin. Allow to rise for 45 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 210°C/200°C fan/Gas 7.
When the loaf has risen, bake for 25–30 minutes, or until the base sounds hollow when the loaf is tipped out and gently tapped.


text: We have, and will obtain our fair share of cement Air Jordans this year (January?s ?White Cement? Air Jordan 3 & the ?Black Cement? Air Jordan 3 later this year). However, we can also fix our eyes on another classic cement printed Air Jordan at the top of 2012. We have now learned that the Air Jordan 4 White/Black-Cement Grey will return in February of 2012. This release makes perfect sense seeing that next year marks the 23rd anniversary of MJ?s fourth signature model. Originally released in 1989, the Air Jordan 4 White/Black Cement Grey has only retroed once (1999), just one year after MJ?s retirement. Besides this retro, expect to see other Air Jordan 4 colorways in 2012. Will this be a definite purchase for you next year?


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My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.
I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister,—Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first fancies regarding what they were like were unreasonably derived from their tombstones. The shape of the letters on my father's, gave me an odd idea that he was a square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair. From the character and turn of the inscription, "Also Georgiana Wife of the Above," I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged in a neat row beside their grave, and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers of mine,—who gave up trying to get a living, exceedingly early in that universal struggle,—I am indebted for a belief I religiously entertained that they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence.
Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dikes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip.
"Hold your noise!" cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the side of the church porch. "Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat!"
A fearful man, all in coarse grey, with a great iron on his leg. A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. A man who had been soaked in water, and smothered in mud, and lamed by stones, and cut by flints, and stung by nettles, and torn by briars; who limped, and shivered, and glared, and growled; and whose teeth chattered in his head as he seized me by the chin.
"Oh! Don't cut my throat, sir," I pleaded in terror. "Pray don't do it, sir."
"Tell us your name!" said the man. "Quick!"
"Pip, sir."
"Once more," said the man, staring at me. "Give it mouth!"
"Pip. Pip, sir."
"Show us where you live," said the man. "Pint out the place!"
I pointed to where our village lay, on the flat in-shore among the alder-trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church.
The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets. There was nothing in them but a piece of bread. When the church came to itself,—for he was so sudden and strong that he made it go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple under my feet,—when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling while he ate the bread ravenously.
"You young dog," said the man, licking his lips, "what fat cheeks you ha' got."
I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized for my years, and not strong.
"Darn me if I couldn't eat em," said the man, with a threatening shake of his head, "and if I han't half a mind to't!"
I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn't, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.
"Now lookee here!" said the man. "Where's your mother?"
"There, sir!" said I.
He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder.
"There, sir!" I timidly explained. "Also Georgiana. That's my mother."
"Oh!" said he, coming back. "And is that your father alonger your mother?"
"Yes, sir," said I; "him too; late of this parish."
"Ha!" he muttered then, considering. "Who d'ye live with,—supposin' you're kindly let to live, which I han't made up my mind about?"
"My sister, sir,—Mrs. Joe Gargery,—wife of Joe Gargery, the blacksmith, sir."
"Blacksmith, eh?" said he. And looked down at his leg.
After darkly looking at his leg and me several times, he came closer to my tombstone, took me by both arms, and tilted me back as far as he could hold me; so that his eyes looked most powerfully down into mine, and mine looked most helplessly up into his.
"Now lookee here," he said, "the question being whether you're to be let to live. You know what a file is?"
"Yes, sir."
"And you know what wittles is?"
"Yes, sir."
After each question he tilted me over a little more, so as to give me a greater sense of helplessness and danger.
"You get me a file." He tilted me again. "And you get me wittles." He tilted me again. "You bring 'em both to me." He tilted me again. "Or I'll have your heart and liver out." He tilted me again.
I was dreadfully frightened, and so giddy that I clung to him with both hands, and said, "If you would kindly please to let me keep upright, sir, perhaps I shouldn't be sick, and perhaps I could attend more."
He gave me a most tremendous dip and roll, so that the church jumped over its own weathercock. Then, he held me by the arms, in an upright position on the top of the stone, and went on in these fearful :—
"You bring me, to-morrow morning early, that file and them wittles. You bring the lot to me, at that old Battery over yonder. You do it, and you never dare to say a word or dare to make a sign concerning your having seen such a person as me, or any person sumever, and you shall be let to live. You fail, or you go from my words in any partickler, no matter how small it is, and your heart and your liver shall be tore out, roasted, and ate. Now, I ain't alone, as you may think I am. There's a young man hid with me, in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. That young man hears the words I speak. That young man has a secret way pecooliar to himself, of getting at a boy, and at his heart, and at his liver. It is in wain for a boy to attempt to hide himself from that young man. A boy may lock his door, may be warm in bed, may tuck himself up, may draw the clothes over his head, may think himself comfortable and safe, but that young man will softly creep and creep his way to him and tear him open. I am a keeping that young man from harming of you at the present moment, with great difficulty. I find it wery hard to hold that young man off of your inside. Now, what do you say?"
I said that I would get him the file, and I would get him what broken bits of food I could, and I would come to him at the Battery, early in the morning.
"Say Lord strike you dead if you don't!" said the man.
I said so, and he took me down.
"Now," he pursued, "you remember what you've undertook, and you remember that young man, and you get home!"
"Goo-good night, sir," I faltered.
"Much of that!" said he, glancing about him over the cold wet flat. "I wish I was a frog. Or a eel!"
At the same time, he hugged his shuddering body in both his arms,—clasping himself, as if to hold himself together,—and limped towards the low church wall. As I saw him go, picking his way among the nettles, and among the brambles that bound the green mounds, he looked in my young eyes as if he were eluding the hands of the dead people, stretching up cautiously out of their graves, to get a twist upon his ankle and pull him in.
When he came to the low church wall, he got over it, like a man whose legs were numbed and stiff, and then turned round to look for me. When I saw him turning, I set my face towards home, and made the best use of my legs. But presently I looked over my shoulder, and saw him going on again towards the river, still hugging himself in both arms, and picking his way with his sore feet among the great stones dropped into the marshes here and there, for stepping-places when the rains were heavy or the tide was in.
The marshes were just a long black horizontal line then, as I stopped to look after him; and the river was just another horizontal line, not nearly so broad nor yet so black; and the sky was just a row of long angry red lines and dense black lines intermixed. On the edge of the river I could faintly make out the only two black things in all the prospect that seemed to be standing upright; one of these was the beacon by which the sailors steered,—like an unhooped cask upon a pole,—an ugly thing when you were near it; the other, a gibbet, with some chains hanging to it which had once held a pirate. The man was limping on towards this latter, as if he were the pirate come to life, and come down, and going back to hook himself up again. It gave me a terrible turn when I thought so; and as I saw the cattle lifting their heads to gaze after him, I wondered whether they thought so too. I looked all round for the horrible young man, and could see no signs of him. But now I was frightened again, and ran home without stopping.
We could take the title of this work in different senses: that people have great expectations for others' success (does anyone think Pip will succeed?), that people have great hopes and dreams for themselves (as certainly Pip does, for better or worse), but also, in a more material sense, "great expectations" can mean "prospects of a large inheritance." From the opening that does not seem to apply to Pip—one little irony of the first chapter that unravels in strange ways.
Charles Dickens' great bildungsroman was serialized from December 1, 1860 until August 3, 1861 in his own magazine, All the Year Round (see a scan of the original issue here). Written at the height of the novelist's powers, the novel was almost universally praised and was considered Dickens's "most compactly perfect," by the critic and playwright George Bernard Shaw.
Manuscript photograph courtesy
This first chapter is brilliant and sudden, full of unanswered questions and dynamics that will remain till the very end of the book. Our narrator looks back to a very dreary Christmas Eve in the graveyard, where he is a "bundle of tears" in a chaotic and dark world, jolted into a life-changing series of events by a "terrible voice" crying, "Hold your noise!" The genesis of a frightening and beautiful world.
If the title points us toward great hopes and dreams, and prospects of inheritance, we certainly start from just about the lowest possible point.
One might draw some interesting connections to sonnet 21 of Sidney's *Astrophel and Stella" sequence, which includes the phrase "that friendly foe, great expectation," and other points of connection (and difference…);


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Have you ever wandered why doves are chosen for wedding ceremonies? the reason is because doves court, mate and stay loyal to one another throughout their lives. Doves also represent Peace, Love, Innocence, Devotion and Purity, all the things a marriage should be. Inspired by nature I have designed these doves with love and care in all its details. They are available now in my etsy store
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Mar 12, 2015
Easter Bunnies
To celebrate Easter I just uploaded my first short motion picture called A JOY TO GIVE on YouTube where my little bunny is the star. If you love paper crafts and have an electronic cutting machine such as the silhouette or the cricut at home you can download the little bunny template at my etsy store. It is fun and easy to make, just cut and fold, glue is not required. Fill them with candy and share with your loved ones!
Feb 1, 2015
I was checking old work kept in a forgotten memory stick and I found this single-line drawing I made in 2008 using Adobe Illustrator pen tool. I thought it was nice to share it for Valentine's Day.
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Neue Schule, manufacturing company of the Official Bit of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), is excited to introduce its new Vice President of Business Development, Stephanie Brown-Beamer. A professional dressage rider and trainer, and a true believer in Neue Schule's bits, Brown-Beamer is thrilled to join the team behind this innovative company. "I can only train so many horses in my lifetime, but this way I can reach out to more horses and know they're getting a fair chance through Neue Schule bits," she said. Brown-Beamer has always followed a philosophy very similar to that of Neue Schule— giving the horse the best opportunity possible by setting them up for success.
After graduating college, Brown-Beamer traveled to Utah where she worked for a Bicycle component company. "Before I started training professionally, I wanted to have a "real job" after college," said Brown-Beamer— but it didn't take her long to pursue her passion. After working for a cowboy starting young horses and working with problem horses out west, Brown-Beamer took a job with a dressage trainer. She's been riding dressage ever since.
"After moving back to Long Island two years ago with its small dressage community, meeting Mette was like a breath of fresh air. We have a very similar philosophy," said Brown-Beamer, explaining her instantaneous connection with Mette Larsen, president and founder of Metlar Premium Performance Saddlery, the U.S. and Canadian distributor of Neue Schule bits. Brown-Beamer has always put her horses first. "I just want to set the horse up for success so that they are happy to do their jobs and be my partner," she explained. Whether it be with her own horses or her clients' horses, Brown-Beamer has always been good at creating a partnership. This is why Neue Schule's philosophy was such an obvious match for Brown-Beamer. "Neue Schule gives horses the opportunity to do their work and not be so fixated on their mouths," said Brown-Beamer.
Neue Schule focuses its manufacturing technique on three significant factors – warmth, softness, and connection. Designing products on these fundamental components allows for optimal comfort and communication with the horse while under saddle. Neue Schule produces these revolutionary bits for several disciplines, including hunters, jumpers, and dressage.
Brown-Beamer has rooted respect and trust for Neue Schule, with the experiences to support it. Just over a year ago, Brown-Beamer took on a new client – a jumper. "The horse was not happy physically or mentally. I brought my dressage background to get his body right, looking at the whole horse to get his basics established," said Brown-Beamer. She moved the horse into Neue Schule's Universal bit. "The client who is a very accomplished jumper wasn't too keen on jumping him any longer. But after helping the horse's body get right, gaining more rideability with solid basics, and getting him into this bit, I now teach her on a very consistent basis and they're going to show some Grand Prix's this winter," said Brown-Beamer. She also recently began working with a "super flashy" but resistant hunter mare, which she put in the Neue Schule Verbindend bit. Since this bit switch, the mare is like "a different horse," said Brown-Beamer. "Her rider said, 'She's not thinking about her mouth anymore and can focus on the work at hand.' After these kinds of experiences, there's no way I couldn't be involved with Neue Schule," said Brown-Beamer.
To learn more about Neue Schule Bits— the Official Bit of the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) — visit www.NeueSchuleBitsUS.com or call 631-252-5574.
Photo: Dressage professional, Stephanie Brown-Beamer, is appointed Vice President of Business Development for Neue Schule Bits USA Photo courtesy of Stephanie Brown-Beamer).


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My Sister's Milkbyscouries©
Mom and I were both stunned when we finally heard Sophie was pregnant. After just one year at the University of Illinois she was coming home to have her first baby, a husband or boyfriend nowhere in sight.
She had left our modest home on the South Side of Chicago in September 2003, a full 4 year scholarship to their School of Applied Science in hand. She had always been a success, straight A's in high school, valedictorian of her class, All-State softball player, volunteer with the United Way, President of the Student Council etc., etc. The kind of person you'd love to hate, jealous of her successes. But she was popular. And beautiful! All through high school the boys had chased her and somehow she had dated many of them without becoming very serious with any of them and without angering or hurting anyone. There were probably ten or fifteen guys who graduated from Daley Senior High with their date or dates with Sis being among their happiest memories.
I was only eleven months younger than her, one year behind in school, smart but a nerd, uncomfortable socially and Sis was my hero. She had always been kind to me, and just the reflections of her popularity had allowed me to enjoy myself at school. Dad had left when I was five, Sis six; just walked out one day and never had been heard from since. He had been in his final year of Dentistry when he had met the beautiful, eighteen year old Eva Warinski, seducing, marrying and impregnating her, all within three months. Seven years later he left, going to California with his Dental Assistant and all the cash he could amass quickly.
Mom struggled. At the time Sophie and I had no idea how badly off we were, how Mom had to fight to get through the tough times. What saved her was two things; one, she had studied at night school over the six years of her marriage and had got her teaching certificate just three months before Dad left; and two, Grandpa Brown, Dad's father had supported us and helped us financially after Dad fled. With Dad gone and Mom working, Sis and I had become best friends, unquestionably supporting each other always.
While Sophie had waltzed through high school socially, I had struggled, almost totally unaware of sexual desire until I was struck late in my junior year, my previously repressed testosterone levels now suddenly surging wildly through my young body. Having ignored women outside Mom and Sis until then, I was completely unprepared to compete for their affections, both gawky and shy in any approaches I tried. It was only a couple of days before she was to leave for Champagne that Sophie sat me down one day for a man-to-man talk, as she laughingly called it.
"Ritchie, what's up with you and girls anyway," she started one afternoon.
"What do you mean?" I asked, the blush already spreading across my cheeks.
"Christ, you're eighteen, good looking, smart and have a good body. Even some of my friends got the hots for you. You never go out on dates; you're not gay are you?"
"Are you nuts? Of course not," I protested angrily. "I never was interested in it; I mean sex, until the last few months. Christ, now I'm going crazy. I want to jump on every girl at school I see. It's all I've thought about for weeks. I'm useless though, every time I go to talk to a girl I totally lose it, I act like an idiot. I may have to become a priest," I finished.
"Yeah, Ritchie the priest! Get real. But I don't understand, you talk to Mom and I with no problem, and when my friends come over you talk to them, they all really like you. Cripes, the other day Gina and Jill both told me they thought you were really sexy."
"They did?" I asked dumfounded.
"Yeah. And Gina just broke up with her boyfriend. Why don't you ask her out before she leaves for school?"
"She's older than me. She'd never want to go out with me. Besides, I get nervous, I don't know what to say and I'd end up sounding like a total loser."
"I can't believe it! Sophie Warinski, Miss Personality, has a dork brother. I don't think so! Have you looked in the mirror lately? Everyone's saying it 'Richard Warinski, he's so hot'. I could get you ten dates in five minutes," she finished laughing.
"Have you ever done it?" I asked suddenly.
"Yes," she said grinning, immediately understanding my question, "with three different guys."
"God, I've never even kissed a girl. Did you like it?"
"Yes, don't ever tell anyone, but I loved it! It's the best thing in the world. Geeze, why didn't you tell me your problem before, now I've only got two days to fix you up before I leave for school?"
She all of a sudden sat down in my lap and gave me a quick kiss on the lips. "Ugh, what are you doing?" I screeched.
"I just wanted to give you your first real kiss," she giggled.
"You're my sister, that doesn't count. In fact, I think it's illegal," I ended.
"Shut up and pay attention! Somebody's got to teach you; I don't want you going out totally unprepared, you'll make an ass of yourself and embarrass the whole Warinski family. I can just see the headline in the school paper, 'Sophie didn't teach her loser brother to kiss properly, he bites three girls by mistake'."
"Ha, ha, ha," I started, but she cut me off by planting her mouth forcefully on mine, and then restlessly moved her moist lips over mine. "Christ," I yelled, pulling back from the first touching of our tongues.
"So, you do like it! A little practice and all those junior ladies are going to be wetting their panties for you Bro."
"They're seniors now sis," I mumbled, almost too stunned to speak, my body reacting wildly to her kiss. Our mouths quickly joined again, long passionate kisses followed in turn by light pecks, Sophie all the while making comments, encouraging and leading. Minutes later we pushed apart, both of us excited by our actions, knowing we had slipped perilously close to forbidden territory.
"I think you can handle the kissing now," she finally panted, "What else don't you know about girls, about sex?"
"Theoretically I know it all, but practically I don't know fuck-all," I answered laughing. "Can I see your breasts, your nipples," I asked mischievously, suddenly brave, not expecting anything but to be told to screw off.
As she sat on my lap facing me, she quickly lifted her tank top over her head, her perfect, ruby-tipped tits unexpectedly exposed, jiggling slowly inches from my chest, from my suddenly nervous hands. "Touch them Ritchie," she insisted excitedly, then taking my hand she guided it slowly over the velvet hills, topped by their excited little buds. "No, Ritchie, not like that, don't hurt me; yes, yes, that's better, oh yes, just like that, again Ritchie, oh please, yes kiss them, more, uh ummmm, oh fuck, I love the feel of your lips sucking me. God, yesssss, I wish I was full of milk and you were drinking from my body, oh baby, it feels so good. Oh suck me Ritchie, suck me hard baby brother," she moaned.
Finally pulling away, I gasped, "I love your breasts Sophie, God, you're so beautiful, so fucking hot. I've always wanted to touch you, always; I dream of you at night, shit, I get hard thinking of you."
Lightly moving one hand across the front of my shorts, she whispered, "Do you masturbate?"
"C'mon Sophie, that's private."
"Not to your sister, it isn't. Lets have it, I want all the details," she insisted, softly caressing. "Let me see it anyway, I want to make sure you're not deformed or something."
"No fucking way," I protested, but at the same time was secretly pleased and excited. I knew immediately that I wanted her to see my penis, to touch it, to hold it. Pretending to argue, I finally undid the top button and lowered my zipper slowly, allowing my hardness to jump into view.
"He's not bad for an eighteen year old," Soph said grinning, but I had seen in her eyes when he first popped out both surprise and desire, and I easily sensed her hunger for him. "Can I touch him?" she asked casually, "I'll be the first women to hold him."
I almost fainted when her fingers first touched me, softly moving from my pubic hair to his now scarlet head, her nails trailing lightly over the surface. "Jesus, Sophie," I wailed, the inevitable pressure building fast in my balls. Her grip tightened and she milked my straining shaft, her hands moving in long hard strokes until at last I exploded, my cum leaping outwards from my body, most landing on her arms and shirt. For seconds we both sat stunned, both understanding our relationship was forever changed, knowing this moment would always be in our minds.
"Well," she eventually sputtered, "I think you're going to be OK with girls next year. Everything seems to work just perfect." And then we both broke out laughing, relieved that we were still able to communicate, that we both saw some humor in the situation.
Two days later Mom and Sophie packed the car and were ready to set out for the drive to Champagne. Before hopping into the car, Soph hugged me, gave me a sisterly kiss and then whispered in my ear that she had left me a present and hoped I liked it. Going back into the house I didn't see anything for me in either my room or Sophie's and wondered if she had been making fun of me. Twenty minutes later the doorbell rang, and when I opened it I found Sophie's best friend Gina smiling on the porch. "Present for Mr. Ritchie Warinski," she sang, opening her overcoat to reveal her naked, nubile, young body.
For the two and a half days Mom was away, Gina taught me everything she knew and then we both taught each other some new things we didn't know we knew. I was now a man, and even though very sad to see Gina leave for school a week later, I knew she and Sophie had prepared me for my senior year, at last I was ready for my sweet little classmates.
During the fall term everyone noticed; I was no longer the shy, nerdy, thin but relatively attractive guy; I had morphed into a friendly and confident man, suddenly chased by various girls. Mom became aware of my new popularity and being worried, sat me down one day in mid November, wanting to make sure I knew which end was up. "I probably should have talked to you before," she started, "but you didn't seem too interested in sex and I've put it off. I just want to let you know what's right and wrong, and what's safe etc.," she continued, clearly not relishing have to explain the facts of life to her son.
"I pretty much know all about it Mom," I responded, as embarrassed as her, "Sophie sort of gave me a talk, a little course, before she left."
"Good, I hoped that would work."
"You two set me up?" I asked.
"No, no. We were just both a little worried about you, your not dating, you know."
"It's okay Mom. She actually really helped me."
"Do you understand about Aids, about diseases, about getting a girl pregnant? One of these days you're going to sleep with a woman, do you want to know anything?" As she asked these questions, she noticed my sudden blushing, so demanded quickly, "Are you still a virgin? Have you slept with a girl already?"
After much cajoling she finally got the story of Sophie's present, about my days in the arms of Gina.
"That little slut," she began, but then laughingly added, "Sophie, I never should have trusted her with my worries. I should have known she'd set up something like that. And so how did you like it?"
"I'm definitely not gay Mom! But now Gina's gone. I'm dating lots, but it's not that easy sleeping with a girl these days," I complained.
"You'll manage," she said grinning, while mussing my hair. "But don't get a girl pregnant or I'll kill you," she warned, while slapping a twelve pack of condoms into my palm.
"Mum! Geeze!" I blurted, more than a little surprised by her actions. "What are these anyway?" I asked slyly, clearly ready to embarrass her a little more.
"I think that's enough for tonight son," she ended firmly, not prepared to take any more sass from me.
Christmas came and luckily Gina came home and was still interested in her high school senior. She benefited from my almost four months of sexual abstinence; we seemed to fuck non-stop for the ten days she was home. Sophie, of course, was also home and although she seemed somewhat withdrawn, Mom and I missed the signals she was sending us. It was not until the second week of March, when Sophie was home for Spring Break, that the shit hit the proverbial fan.
I woke up about three in the morning of Sophie's second night home, loud yelling voices rousing me from a deep sleep. Worried, I hurried to pull a pair of white boxers over my naked form, and then rushed toward the sound, which seemed to be coming from Mom's room. Just as I arrived at the door I recognized the voices as Mom's and Sophia's, clearly the two were arguing fiercely. My hand on the doorknob, I hesitated, surprised the two were arguing, they had never raised their voices to each other in my memory. And then I heard Mom wail, "You stupid cow, what the hell were you thinking, are thinking now? Do you want to ruin your Goddamn life? You can't have a baby now!"
As I heard the last line, I tumbled through the door, staggered by her words. Standing open mouthed, looking from one to the other, Mom lashed out, saying to me, "God what the hell do you want?" before sinking back on her bed sobbing.
"Mom, what's wrong? Don't cry Mom," I begged, helpless before her tears, the first I had ever seen her shed.
"Your idiot sister has decided to ruin her life, that's all," Mom gasped, "She's decided to drop out of school and have a fatherless baby."
Sitting next to her on the bed and drawing her head to my chest, I whispered in her ear, "Mom, mom it's okay, don't worry, we'll fix it, everything's going to work out." While I stroked her hair I extended my other arm to Sis, and after gently pulling her down next to me, I asked, "Is it true? You're going to have a baby? When? How? I'm going to be an uncle? Excellent!"
Nodding, Soph curled up in my arm facing her Mother, and soon the three of us were hugging each other ferociously, the angry words forgotten in our love for each other. Finally I stood and gently escorted Sophie to her room, telling her as we walked that I'd go back and talk to Mom but that I expected the full story the next morning.
"Thanks Ritchie, for everything, you're a great brother." Smiling, she leaned over and gave me a long, tongue filled, unsisterly kiss and added, "And you look pretty sexy in your white boxers, very, very sexy. Gina wrote me a long letter about you two, you know." As her door shut, I stood bemused in the hall, the memories of her body, her lush breasts echoing in my brain.
I found Mom lying on her side on her bed, crying silently, her body shaking convulsively. Lying next her and wrapping my arms around her, I softly talked, trying to convince her that all would turn out well.
"Oh Ritchie, I just want her to do well, better than I did. I love you two so much. She's so smart, she just can't quit school, there are so many things she can do with her life."
"She's not quitting school Mom, I promise you that. And what are you talking about, you've done incredibly well. We'll talk tomorrow." I held her in my arms until her sobs subsided, and after ten more minutes, I felt her breathing drift into the slow cadence of sleep. As she slept, her thin, short nightgown the only separation between her back and my bare chest, her rear end fitting against my groin, I felt a sexual stirring, a feeling I had never felt before for my mother was suddenly aroused.
Unable to fall asleep, I moved my hands, softly exploring and caressing her breasts, breasts larger and heavier than her daughter's. Slipping my fingers under the soft cloth, I teased her nipples lightly, nipples which quickly rose to my touch. Slipping my penis through the hole in my shorts, I rubbed the firm shaft up the crack in her ass, a finger exploring her already damp pussy, an unbelievable hunger driving me forward. Only a loud groan from Mom as she shifted her body in sleep brought me back to an awareness of where I was and who I was with. Moving rapidly away from her I realized suddenly how close I had come to driving my big shaft deep into the channel that had borne me.
Until I finally fell asleep, I lay next to her, one of my arms and legs just lightly touching her, my hand gently stroking my meat. When I woke up the next morning, alone in her bed, I wondered what she had thought waking next to her son, his large cock flapping outside his shorts, evidence of my ejaculation on the front of my shorts and my bare stomach.
The three of us spent the next two days talking, discussing various possible plans for Sophie's pregnancy and schooling. She was adamant that she was going to have her daughter (tests at school in Champagne had confirmed the baby's sex), and that she was going to raise her. She apparently had gotten pregnant in early October and was now five months gone, her child due about mid-July. She wouldn't tell us who the father was, just saying he was a good looking, smart junior, a one night stand, a man she had no interest in seeing again. Her line to the two of us that, "He was a great fuck but that's all," stopped any further discussion, both Mom and I recognizing that the father wasn't going to be a part of the solution.
We finally agreed that Sophie would finish her year at the U of Illinois (something she said she'd have no trouble doing – her last exams were early May), and then come home for the birth. After a couple of phone calls we found that her State Scholarship was transferable within state, and so it was decided she'd transfer to the University of Chicago for next year and live at home with Mom. I insisted I'd stay home too; while I had planned to go East for school and already had acceptances to Penn and Dartmouth, I had also applied to and been early accepted to Northwestern.
"I don't want you staying home because of me," Sophie had stated. "I know you want to go East; you shouldn't live at home when you're at University." Mom had agreed with Sophie, insisting that the two of them could handle it by themselves.
"I'm staying!" I told them, and they understood instantly from my tone and manner that the issue was decided. It was great fun the rest of the week Sophie was home, the big decision had been made and now we had a million small things to discuss and plan. I felt an incredible joy putting my hand or cheek against her stomach, knowing a new family member would be soon here. The last night of her stay, as the three of us sat around the den, laughing and talking, enjoying our closeness, our love, Sophie, grinning, blurted out, "Mom, it certainly took an extreme measure to finally get my breasts as big as yours."
And in a way it was true. Sis had had perfect tits, medium size, upraised and pointed, but they had been a good cup size smaller than Mom's rounder, fuller but still firm orbs. Now, with her pregnancy, Soph was overflowing from the top bought for her pre pregnancy size. "I can't wait to feel her sucking my milk, growing from the food I provide her," she gushed. "How long did you suckle me Mom?" she asked.
"Seven months," Mom answered, smiling happily as she relieved the memory.
"What about me?" I asked innocently.
Blushing, clearly embarrassed by the question, Mom said, "Only three weeks," and as she continued, explaining the reason why she wasn't able to suckle me long, I tuned out, crushed by her response.
Finally I sputtered, "But Christ Mom, I needed that milk... I might have gotten sick or not grown right, that's probably why I developed sexually late...., maybe I'm not as smart as I could have been..."
As I continued to mutter, the two women started to laugh, thinking I was joking, not comprehending how strangely Mom's confession had affected me. "You look like you did all right honey," Mom started, mussing my hair as she talked. "Eighteen years old, 6' 2", one-eighty, scholarship student, the girls love you, what else could you want?" After not being able to lighten my mood for some minutes they eventually realized I was somehow inexplicably hurt by the admission. Grinning, Sophie said, "Alright little brother, if you're so upset by not getting your mommies milk, I promise you I'll give you some of mine. When does my milk start flowing anyway Mom?"


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It was sad parting with 2015 and saying hello to another year. Maybe 2015 has washed away, but it still remains embedded deep within the sea of thoughts and experiences as one of my best years of my life. It was a momentous year of achievements and goals career wise and one that I will look back on fondly. I called it my "getting savvy" year. There are a lot of things in life that I am brave about; new challenges, meeting new people, new experiences, but I have this insane fear about getting lost and not knowing my way around. Having had to travel at my new job incessantly made me brave about finding my way about places. I think every year brings a series of highs and lows. That's just life. You can't always expect to be happy just as you cannot always expect to be sad. However, what made me the most disappointed about 2015 is as much as I have grown as a person and become more "savvy", there were people who just did not understand me or care to understand me. Those are the ones I lost. I learned that being above board and giving advice sometimes does not help. Many don't want to hear the truth. The truth is a hard thing to swallow even if you want to give the best kind of advice as a friend. I lost many from being overly honest. No more delivering advice, even if asked for it I will dole it out carefully.
I think 2016 will be for me a "fixit" year. As 2015 was my "get savvy" year, 2016 is definitely trying to adjust my way of thinking and living. What do I mean by this ? It means living a more healthier life in general, eating right, exercising, and getting my health back on track. Without your health you really don't have anything. Sometimes I feel like I am taking parts of myself out just to get rid of the health issues instead of tackling the root cause. Maybe it's time for a maintenance checkup. I can't get a 2016 shiny model of myself all updated and sparkling. I just have to refurbish the old model. I will go into hell (surely I am not making it to heaven with all my sins) and the devil will turn me out since I am missing so many pieces to myself. I also need to see why I am always losing people in my life even when I try to do the right thing and be a good friend. It doesn't make sense to me. I wonder…. what am I doing wrong? I suppose this will be the year to be introspective, creative and generally fix things that went wrong in 2015, but that does not mean I won't keep going on my "savvy" track. And I apologize for not writing much. I have been supremely busy with work but writing has and always will be my passion in life. Thanks to those who keep coming back to see if I am awake.


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Spaces by Jacflash has transformed this old rental home from a neglected, drab space into a luxuriously, ornate and cozy dwelling. These are the 5 key features that make this room oh-so-special.
1.Wall Moulding - In our previous blog post on DIY wall moulding,we touched on how wall moulding and wainscotting can dramatically change a bland space into an architecturally appealing room. We decided to frame the back wall with this moulding which pairs perfectly with the freshly white painted brick.
2. Fur - We decided to add some faux fur to give the space a cozy and luxurious vibe.
3. Organic elements - A quick way to liven up a space is by using organic elements. We incorporated a birds of paradise plant, tiny cactus, beautiful roses and an orchid. We also incorporated stacked wood into our bookshelf under our monochromatic library of books.
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How to: Reserve a Seat
Reserve a Seat returns this year to RSA Conference! You'll continue to have the ability to enroll in your chosen sessions prior to the Conference. We strongly recommend reserving a seat as early as possible—it's the best way to help ensure your best Conference experience.
In addition, we've continued the more robust functionality on the Sessions & Events page, including:
- Powerful browse and search features
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Everything has been designed to help you find relevant sessions faster…easily organize your itinerary...and make sure you get to attend the sessions you want.
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Reserving a seat prior to Conference helps ensure that you will be able to attend your preferred sessions. Reserving your seat in a session is easy. Most sessions listed on the Sessions & Events page have a Reserve a Seat button displayed under the session title.
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Nate Berg is a freelance reporter and a former staff writer for CityLab. He lives in Los Angeles.
Foreclosed homes tend to be problems for cities. They sit there, empty, unkempt, just asking for someone to break in. What they need and what governments at basically every level want is someone to buy them. Own them. Love them. Live in them.
So when a foreclosed property gets sold, the problem's solved, right? Well, not exactly. According to a new study published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, property sales don't lead to solutions because often the people buying foreclosed properties from banks are also investors looking to resell the property. But these predominantly small-time investors typically have fewer resources to spend on maintaining their homes as they sit on the market and wait for new buyers.
"A lot of them are being sold to an investor and staying vacant," says Dan Immergluck, an urban planning professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the author of the study. "You have the same problem as before."
Immergluck's study focuses on Atlanta and Fulton County, looking specifically at what happened after a foreclosed property was sold. Immergluck analyzed all the property transfers recorded in Fulton County between January 2005 and April 2009, and by searching through the names of the entities buying properties he's been able to determine that a large amount of foreclosures were bought up by small-time investors a handful at a time.
Of the 78,000 property sales in his study period, Immergluck's report shows that more than 21,000 were foreclosures, often referred to as real-estate-owned or REO properties. Immergluck estimates that in each of the years of his study, small investors were responsible for between 39.4 percent and 43.6 percent of all REO sales.
The amount of REO sales also skyrocketed in 2008 with the implementation of the 2008 Housing and Economic Recovery Act and its Neighborhood Stabilization Program, which put $3.9 billion into the hands of local and state governments to help lenders clear REOs from their then-overloaded portfolios of foreclosures. As a result, 7,700 REO sales were recorded in Fulton County, more than a third of all REOs tracked in the study. But as Immergluck explains, the Neighborhood Stabilization Program vastly decreased what banks and lenders were willing to accept for their foreclosures, which allowed smaller investors to snatch up property at low prices. About 30 percent of the REO sales in 2008 sold for less than $30,000. This lowered the barrier to entry of homeownership, but also put homes needing maintenance in the hands of individual investors or small firms.
"It may actually be better for a bank to own these homes because it might be easier to force them to take care of them than small-time investors with fewer resources," Immergluck says.
As a result, many of the vacant and foreclosed homes in Fulton County have simply shifted from one investor-owner – often major banks – to another, smaller investor-owner. This has left the same homes sitting empty on the same streets. Immergluck's study only captured the story in Fulton County up to April 2009 but he says the situation is largely the same today. Many vacant houses, but fewer bank "For Sale" signs.
"If you just drive through the neighborhoods you see it going on. The windows are still boarded up," Immergluck says.
The Neighborhood Stabilization Program didn't anticipate this happening. Immergluck says the program was crafted under the assumption that banks were having trouble selling their REOs. But in reality the banks were always able to sell REOs. The Neighborhood Stabilization Program merely expanded their ability to do so.
"They need to turn that on its head," says Immergluck. The focus should be on getting homes occupied or demolished, he says, rather than letting them sit on the market indefinitely. He argues that this study should convince cities that they need to take the lead.
"The sooner they gear up their tax foreclosure process and land banking process, the sooner they can clean things up and reduce the blight these homes create," Immergluck says.
Land banking has been successfully adopted in various cities, including Cleveland, Baltimore and Atlanta, though Immergluck says Atlanta's program didn't really have any teeth until recently. As cities acquire foreclosures and gradually sell them off, they can fund the further acquisition of other problem properties – or pay for their demolition.
But is there a danger in cities buying up and bearing the financial brunt of all these foreclosed homes?
"What's the alternative? I don't see an alternative. If it's abandoned, what do you do?" asks Immergluck. "There's a cost to not intervening."
Square co-founder Jack Dorsey is expanding the company's presence in St. Louis and demolishing vacant buildings on the city's north side.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to revise the "disparate impact" rule, which could fundamentally reshape federal fair housing enforcement.
New studies find cities most vulnerable to climate change disasters—heat waves, flooding, rising seas, drought—are the least prepared.
Warren Logan, a Bay Area transportation planner, has new ideas about how to truly engage diverse communities in city planning. Hint: It starts with listening.
The company promoted its TV show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with a day of throwback 1959-style prices in Los Angeles. What could go wrong?


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Ever wonder if that route you run every day is the most efficient? Looking back, it all started when you found a map, grabbed your highlighter, marked it up and Voilà! From that day forth, your agency's routes were set in stone and they've been traveled over and over and over again ever since. You know that route like the back of your hand and of course its the most efficient because after all, you came up with it!
Well now with GIS tools such as ArcGIS Network Analyst for optimizing routes with the Vehicle Routing Problem Solver you may find that your old highlighted map is costing you lots of money in wasted fuel, time, and equipment ware. This post will take a brief look at the process optimizing routes for solid waste and recycle collection.
Step 1. Obtain point features for pickup locations
Step 2. Generate Orders for Routing (condense if needed)
Step 3. Model Existing Collection Routes
Step 4. Adjust Orders (pickup locations)
Step 5. Evaluate Various Scenarios and Select Optimized Routes
Step 6. Using the Results
ArcGIS Network Analyst can generate turn-by-turn directions with detailed information on stops and estimated arrival and departure times. This information can be distributed to the drivers or entered into a GPS guidance applications such as Navigator for ArcGIS which will soon allow users to utilize their own pre-defined routes from ArcGIS Desktop or Online.


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ProduSpa Wet Dry Razor
I have been looking for a wet dry razor for awhile now, I am getting tired of having to purchase razor blades, and having to by new razors all the time. Razor blades are more expensive then a actual razor these days. So, instead of buying razor blades I just buy a new razor. So, I been checking into getting a portable razor where I can shave either in or out of the shower. So, when I can across the ProduSpa wet dry razor at a discount price for a review ,I thought to myself why not , what will it hurt.
This razor is small and compact and easy to pack up if you have to travel. It takes 2 AAA batteries which are not included,There is a safety cap covering the razor blade part itself so you dont accidentally cut your self or if it accidentally turned on you don't injure yourself.
You can adjust the head vertically to skin and you want it close to the skin to get the hair. To remove the hair you want to pull it the opposite direction to remove the unwanted hair.
You can use this all over the body to remove hair, I used it to remove hair from the bikini line, under arms and legs. I liked that it glided smoothly across the places I wanted the hair gone. Unlike a regular razor when I shave behind the legs I always nip myself, with the electric razor I had no worries about cutting myself.
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"The stock market is in a free fall, and making new lows!" That is the popular opinion. Congress' approval rating is plunging, along with Obama's ratings, as the debt debate attempts to move forward. Greece is about to drive Europe off a cliff, the Fed is running out of silver bullets, and many analysts are downgrading the economy, fearful of a double-dip recession.
Yet, the shouting is certainly overshadowing the whispers of more positive questions arising in the background such as "Why is the price of gold plunging?", "Why did the S&P 500 NOT make a lower low from that August 8th low?", "Why are growth stocks outperforming value stocks?", etc. And in the midst of last week's decline, these weren't the only "what ifs" that arose.
But now, for the first time, the ticking time bombs that were being totally swept under the rug for 20 years have a deadline of Thanksgiving. Nobody is giving the Super Committee of highly partisan politicians any hope of finding a solution that either MUST be implemented, or everything gets cut - on both sides of the aisle. It clears the head, and it sensitizes negotiations.
And now, the stock market is setting the stage, just as it did last summer before the mid-term elections were sneaking up. We cited a few weeks ago, as the market was rallying, that we thought we would witness a market that resembled that of 2010. We noted the reverse head-and-shoulders pattern from last year, and as the market has been stronger than the correction pattern of last year, we have not seen a lower "head" on the S&P 500, which you can see in the chart below. So the thought process is the same, intense weakness and many non-confirmations.
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I cannot say that we won't see a lower low, but I would be very surprised if we see higher fear, as we have been mentioning, or more net new lows in the underlying stocks.
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