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You did not have to leave the hotel if you wanted some down time. The restaurant there was very good and offered all three meals plus bar. The dock was nice and we were right on the water. |
The place was well cared for and the staff helpful and friendly. The concept of cottages off the dock was lovely and we enjoyed staying away from the lodge. |
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We enjoyed the great hospitality and the personal service from the Vice President, Randy! He helped us get a kayak when there weren't any to rent. |
The room was really nice with a fireplace and great walk in shower. Everything was SUPER clean. They have an insure restaurant with great food too. Overall stay was excellent! |
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Everyone was soooo helpful. The owner, employees, down to the housekeeping staff were fabulous. We had a wonderful stay. |
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Our room....we stayed in the lodge (there are several different accommodation possibilities). The fireplace was nice, and the view out the windows was beautiful. |
The people there are very friendly and helpful. The restaurant has good dinners, and the half-portion selections were an excellent value. |
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Very clean, nicely finished, close to everything. |
Front desk staff not very friendly. Rooms very dark, only 3 lamps, could not read in room. Sitting area faced away from TV, with no table, no table lamp or floor lamp for reading. Inquired about stronger lighting was told they only stock 60 watt bulbs. Property is gorgeous with gorgeous views, but would not go back unless lighting situation was improved and staff seemed like they cared. |
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H&M Peppermint Fusion
I fell in love with H&M Peppermint Fusion after seeing Lacquerized's beautiful pics, and I was so happy when my friend asked me to join her when she was going to the city last week. City means big malls which means H&M, and luckily I got my grubby paws on this periwinkle beauty.
Peppermint Fusion is a periwinkle blue with ice blue shimmer, very pretty and unique. The shimmer is of the shy, "hidden" type, but when it peeks out, it's beautiful. If this had the label Chanel instead of H&M, I'm sure it would be sold out everywhere.
The formula is really nice, the polish is kinda thick, but not gummy or gluey thick. It's almost creamy, if you know what I mean. Incredibly easy to apply, and it's opaque in three thin coats.
Because of the blue shimmer, I don't have any dupes of H&M Peppermint Fusion, but I thought it would be interesting to see how the base color compares to some other periwinkles I have. Here's a comparison with Orly Snowcone and China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le.
Definitely unique and a very pretty polish! Oh, and these pics are taken after a day of intense wood chopping and misc forest-y activities. Don't you think the wear is impressive? Not a chip in sight!
What's your favorite polish with hidden shimmer?
Posted on August 4, 2011, in H&M and tagged blue, H&M, nailpolish, periwinkle, shimmer. Bookmark the permalink. 22 Comments.
Nice pictures! I've worn this polish last week and at that day we went on an outdoor trip with colleagues and I haven't had a single crack or chip afterwards! It's really beautiful! Just don't understand why it's called periwinkle because I can't relate the German meaning to nailpolish?! Help please :)
I love PF! One off the best HM lacquers I would say
I got this recently as well and I tried getting some photos of it… BUT my stupid camera dont pick up the right color so if I were to flash it… it would be the most inaccurate swatch ever :( Siigh… but you picked up the color so well, such pretty photos :D And I was sure to grab me 2 of these, just because, as you wrote.. If it had Chanel on the label if would surely be sold out ;)
wow, den var jo utrolig fin! hver gang jeg ser den i butikken blir jeg litt skeptisk til shimmeret, men nå tror jeg at jeg har ombestemt med :)
That shimmer is great. The periwinkle color is so pretty! I wish I had an H&M near me!
It´s a beautiful colour!!
This is such a pretty color! Thanks for the comparison :D
I've looked at this in the shop but somehow missed the shimmer, this must be remedied…lovely!
(btw I think periwinkle in this case refers to the flower, not an animal =) )


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America's first memorial to the war dead of Vietnam is 25 years old this fall. It has kept the memory of South Boston's fallen heroes alive for all those years. From Friday, September 15, to Sunday September 17, a weekend of observances will mark the Anniversary.
It is perhaps symbolic that the 25th Anniversary of the South Boston Vietnam Memorial will be observed on the last weekend of summer, just before the equinox brings in the fall season. And a full weekend it will be.
There is a Welcome Reception on Friday evening, September 15, at Anthony's Pier 4, beginning at 6 p.m. The reception recognizes and honors speakers who have participated in South Boston's annual remembrance ceremonies at the Memorial since its dedication in 1981. At least a dozen of them will return to South Boston that evening for the affair (see below for ticket contacts).
On Saturday, everyone in South Boston is invited to gather at the Vietnam Memorial in Medal of Honor Park from 6 until 11 p.m. Fireworks will cap off the evening. There'll be a tent open to attendees at a modest fee, with music by "The Echos"" and the Linehan Brothers, Billy and Richie.
A Memorial Mass is planned for Sunday in St. Brigid's Church at 10:30 a.m. After that, the Vietnam Memorial will be formally rededicated in Medal of Honor Park. Refreshments will follow.
As you know, the Vietnam Memorial in Medal of Honor Park was the first memorial to those who died in that war. It predated the memorial in Washington, D.C., by more than a decade. It was designed and built during those years when recognizing military service in Vietnam wasn't "politically correct". The Memorial became the focal point of the Medal of Honor Society meeting in 2001, which resulted in M Street Park being renamed "Medal of Honor Park".
The weekend from Friday, September 15, to Sunday, September 17, will be filled with emotions. There will be sadness and sorrow at the loss of 25 of South Boston's best. It will also celebrate their memories, and the patriotic spirit that motivated them. Most of all, it will be a time for remembrance as summer fades into fall.
The South Boston Vietnam Committee consists of George Egan, Tom Lyons, and Jerry Turner. For information and tickets, contact Claire Lyons (617-269-2454) or Shelly Procida (617-269-0231).
A quiet moment at the South Boston Vietnam Memorial
in Medal of Honor Park, as the Memorial's 25th Anniversary approaches.


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Ming (Frances) Kuo is a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she directs the multidisciplinary Landscape and Human Health Laboratory. Her background is in cognitive psychology and environmental psychology, with degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (M.A.) and the University of Michigan (Ph.D.). Dr. Kuo is a nationally and internationally recognized scientist examining the impacts of the urban forest on human health. Her research focuses on how "green space" supports healthy human functioning, in both individuals and communities. Starting in 1993, she led a series of studies on the impacts of green spaces on human functioning in inner city Chicago, for which she and her collaborators received the Environmental Design Research Association's Achievement Award.
Dr. Kuo's work is reaching policymakers at the highest levels and academics and practitioners in many different fields. Dr. Kuo's work has been presented on Capitol Hill, and she regularly gives invited testimony to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture's National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council. She recently served as a consultant to the CDC in developing a national research agenda on community design and health, and to the U.S.D.A. in developing their national research and technology transfer agenda in urban forestry for the next decade. Dr. Kuo has given keynote and invited talks to a number of national and international organizations, including the Society of American Forests, Society of Municipal Arborists, International Horticultural Congress, Environmental Design Research Association, American Community Gardening Association, National Arbor Day Foundation, and the International Society for Urban Health.
Dr. Kuo's work is having an impact on environmental policy nationally and internationally. Within the U.S., Dr. Kuo's work was instrumental in a $10 million tree planting in Chicago -- the largest in the City's history -- and in transforming the face of the city's public housing. Her work was used to successfully argue for new municipal tree ordinances in over two dozen communities in New England and was integral to the adoption of an urban forestry resolution at the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Internationally, agencies and individuals in Wales, Canada, the Netherlands, and the Caribbean have used Dr. Kuo's findings to argue for the preservation and expansion of urban green space.
Currently, Dr. Kuo is working with the American Society of Landscape Architects and the LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center on the Sustainable Sites Initiative -- a LEED-style credit system for recognizing sustainable landscapes.


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Six hours must be earned by completing an NAHB University of Housing course that is at least six hours in length. The remaining six hours may be earned by completing an additional NAHB University of Housing course, taking state or local seminars, NAHB national seminars or college courses related to the building industry. The continuing education requirement may be completed by either attending or teaching the required education. Certified Graduate Associate (CGA) The Certified Graduate is a professional designation that covers a variety of home building industry subjects. The CGA designation program provides the opportunity to learn the homebuilding business from the best resource possible?builders and remodelers. The CGA designation is earned by completing three required and three elective courses. The courses are the same that builders and remodelers take for their designation programs. 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Floe Lake, Kootenay National Park (David Gluns photo)
There are hundreds of hiking trails in British Columbia, and they are located in spectacular natural settings.
After all, BC has more than 850 parks and protected areas along with year-round resorts. Every type of excursion is available, from short walks on well-marked nature trails to thigh-burning multi-day wilderness backpacking trips.
The best-known trail in British Columbia is the internationally acclaimed West Coast Trail on southern Vancouver Island. Hikers come from all over the world for this challenging 75km/47mi coastal route, known for both its beauty and physically demanding nature.
Soft sandy beaches, rainforests, and the sound of the Pacific Ocean await hikers along the Vancouver Island coast. Tide pools burst with marine life at Botanical Beach along the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail, while the remote broad sandy beaches of Northern BC's Naikoon Provincial Park stretch for approximately 100km/60mi. The Sunshine Coast Trail provides hikers with ocean views and the cool environment of old-growth forest.
See vivid red, yellow, orange-tinted volcanic mountains from the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast's aptly-named Rainbow Range trail. Towering grey cliff walls are found along the Rockwall Trail (in Kootenay National Park), and craggy pointed peaks dusted with snow greet visitors to Mount Robson's Berg Lake Trail.
The cities of Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler have quick access to quiet forests and great hiking and walking trails. Try the easy Galloping Goose Trail from Victoria, the myriad trails in Cypress Provincial Park near Vancouver, or the scenic Lost Lake Trail in Whistler.
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Vancouver Island: Mountains, meadows, rivers, beaches and the famous West Coast Trail.
Victoria: Year-round hiking in BC's capital city.
Vancouver, Coast & Mountains: Plenty of variety here, from short walks in the woods to back-country treks.
Vancouver: Explore three local mountains, or hike through Stanley Park or Pacific Spirit Regional Park.
Whistler: A world-class, four-season destination. Gondola access to alpine ridges as well as quiet trails.
Thompson Okanagan: Berg Lake Trail is a must-do for spectacular views of Mount Robson.
Kootenay Rockies: An alpine lover's dream. Glaciers, lakes, wildflowers and epic peaks. National parks also offer short, easy interpretive trails.
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast: Historic trails along the old Gold Rush Trail make nice day trips, while large parks offer rocky terrain and rolling grasslands.
Northern BC: Waterfalls, volcanic features, and wildlife. Perfect for those seeking a true back-country experience.
Many BC resorts have summer hiking opportunities, which range from family-friendly destinations with ocean-to-alpine views to massive verticals in the Rockies.
Alpine colours are typically quite brilliant, with seasonal bright wildflowers, golden larch trees, turquoise lakes or white glaciers. Tackle the elevation using the tried-and-true method of hiking up in a sturdy pair of boots, or look into easier access with the help of heli-hiking operators or ski resort lifts that remain open in summer.
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We offer some of the best wilderness adventures in British Columbia. Hiking, canoe, river rafting, & kayaking trips for beginners & experienced adventurers. Trips range from 6 to 12 days. In business since 1988.
Hikes include the West Coast Trail, Canada's top-rated hiking trip, & the historic Chilkoot Trail where we follow in the footsteps of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rushers. Sea kayaking tours on Vancouver Island include the Orcas of Johnstone Strait, & the sea otters of Nuchatlitz. Our canoe adventure is to the world famous Bowron Lakes, Canada's quintessential lake canoe experience. Our Tatshenshini River rafting in Northern BC is rated #1 in the world by National Geographic.
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Get off the beaten path & go where no one else can. CMH Summer Adventures offers 3-6 day lodge-based guided hiking, walking & ambling adventures in the rarely-visited ranges of the Canadian Rockies of eastern British Columbia. Based from luxurious remote mountain lodges, daily helicopter flights take you to otherwise inaccessible alpine lakes, mountain ridges & ancient glaciers to explore at your own pace in the company of professional mountain guides.
Come for the mountaineering, via ferrate, walking tours or zip lining while enjoying the trademark hospitality of CMH - Canada's oldest adventure tourism company.
We specialize in adventures for both the novice and the experienced. Coastal Bliss Adventures specializes in active multi - day, and day tours. The famous West Coast Trail is our flagship hiking tour. We also offer shorter or less demanding hiking tours of equal beauty and interest. Our kayaking destinations include the picturesque Gulf Islands, the beautiful Broken Group Islands, and Johnstone Strait, orca capital of British Columbia. Whales and other wildlife are common sightings on all of our Vancouver Island tours. We run both scheduled and custom adventures. Our guides are professional, friendly, and well certified in first aid and food safe. We have your vacation safety and experience as our top priority. Making your adventure vacation exceptional is our business.
Unforgettable wilderness and wildlife experiences in Wells Gray Park. We'll open your eyes to the secrets of one of the largest tracts of wilderness in southern BC. Founded by biologist Dr Gy Ovenden, Discover Wells Gray offers interpretive and adventure guided hikes and nature tours to suit all ages and abilities in varied landscapes from river gorges to alpine peaks. We lead small groups that allow us to provide personalized interpretation and close contact with nature. Half, short and full day trips include guide, snacks or lunch and 4WD transport.
At Fresh Adventures we strive to provide the best possible adventure tours year round in Western Canada. Our British Columbia and Alberta ski tours help visitors enjoy the highlights of several of the best skiing areas in the world. If you prefer sun and relaxation come on our Vancouver Island camping adventure to experience the gorgeous scenery of Vancouver Island while hiking, camping, and spotting whales on ocean cruises. If you crave a little more excitement try our British Columbia rafting tour, spending 8 days touring the coastal mountains, rafting 5 legendary rivers and camping. Our exceptional guides take care of all the details, from driving to cooking to selecting the best hikes and attractions for you. Do something FRESH this year!
Irie Adventure Tours specializes in guiding hiking and ski trips. Offering 2 signature guided trips: The West Coast Trail (summer) and The RCR Trifecta (winter); Irie Adventure Tours is your #1 choice for any of your adventure needs across the province of BC. Irie Adventure Tours can also create custom trips and charter transportation to suit the needs of any small group, family or company .
With offices located in both Vancouver and Kimberley, Irie Adventure Tours offers top of the line vehicles as well as fully certified, experienced and knowledgeable guides to show you all the activities, sights and beauty that BC has to offer.
For a truly unique and amazing experience come and see the BC we see!
Walking & hiking in our pristine wilderness & old growth forest relaxes & renews the spirit & provides excitement for the body & mind. Explore the wonders of Island Lake with a Discovery Walk, Adventure Hike or Privately Guided Trip.
Kicking Horse is known for spectacular summer adventure and kids under 12 are free. Visit our Grizzly Bear Refuge, home to Boo, our resident grizzly - a conservation, education and research centre, and Canada's largest enclosed and protected grizzly habitat. Challenge the downhill mountain bike trails in the bike park and hike the alpine mountain paths on weekly Rambler's Hikes. Enjoy lunch with a one of a kind view at Eagle's Eye Restaurant. Mountain biking, horseback riding, river rafting, hiking, dining, sightseeing, interpretive bear programs, - it's not 'what to do?', it's 'what to do first!'
Located in the Canadian Rockies between Banff & Yoho National Parks, Mistaya is an eco-friendly wilderness adventure destination. The secluded, cosy lodge is surrounded by a panorama of pristine peaks, glaciers & alpine meadows. Come relax in the beauty & peace; it's an artist & photographer's paradise. Or participate in activities such as hiking, skiing, snowshoeing & mountaineering at all levels. Certified guides will lead you on informative hikes while the cook prepares a wonderful meal. Helicopter access only.
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Carhartt® R38 Bib Overalls Cotton Duck w/ Quilt Lining
Quilt-lined Carhartt® bib overalls have full-length chest and leg zippers
These heavy-duty Carhartt® bib overalls have a mid-weight red quilt lining from chest to cuff. Firm-hand, 12-oz. 100% ring-spun cotton duck construction. Two top zipper pockets, double knee and metal rivets at stress points. Right- and left-side hammer loop and ruler pocket. Chest zipper has a wind flap with snap closure at waistband and top of bib. Leg zippers open to the waist and have a protective wind flap. Carhartt R38. Specify Men's even waist size, inseam and color from the selection box above. See drop down for sizes and colors currently available.
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These bibs are not bulky - light weight
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Perfect fit, not bulky, lots of pockets
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Silly question!!!!! I am going to wear the coveralls in cold weather.I like the long zippers on the side of the leg. The extreme stiffness is not what I would prefer. However it is tolerable.
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The government has said it is "not aware" of a Civil Service Commission (CSC) request to cease recruiting for any position higher than the role of assistant director until 2013, despite reports in local media to the contrary.
President's Office Media Secretary Masood Imad said he had not been made aware of any requests to amend government recruitment practice and would need to clarify the matter, and referred Minivan News to the CSC.
Minivan News was awaiting confirmation at time of press both from Masood and CSC President Mohamed Fahmy Hassan over whether an official request had been made to curb government offices hiring senior civil servants.
However, local media, citing an an named government source, speculated that the reported CSC request was linked to "financial difficulties" currently facing the state.
The government official told the Sun Online news service that despite the need for new employees within the Finance Ministry, the recruitment process for such roles had been halted in line with the CSC's request.
Earlier this week, Minister of Finance and Treasury Abdulla Jihad claimed the government was currently unprepared to meet its recurrent expenditure – including salaries – for the final three months of 2012 without a US$25 million loan promised by the Indian government.
While unable to confirm if the reported CSC request was linked to Finance Ministry fears over insufficient funding for state wages, key economic figures within the government of President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan have maintained that more drastic budget cuts are required to balance expenditure.
Despite government commitments to cut departmental budgets by 15 percent in 2012, Jihad told Minivan News last month that even with financial assistance promised from China and India, further cuts would need to be made to state salaries over the next year to deal with deficit concerns.
Jihad and Economic Development Minister Mohamed Ahmed were not responding to calls at the time of press.
CSC President Fahmy said in September 2012 that as no request had so far been made by the government to reduce the size and budget of civil society organisations, it did not have concerns about potential job cuts.
"Our mandate is to provide human resources to the government. As long as there is no effect on the salaries or number of civil servants, we will not seek to intervene in the policy of government," he said.
With state income lower and expenditure higher than predicted, this year's budget deficit had been forecast to reach MVR6billion (US$389 million), equivalent to around 28 percent of real GDP.
Despite this deficit, President Waheed has been campaigning this week in Faafu and Dhaalu Atolls, reportedly to reassure the public that the economy was running smoothly, whilst criticising those who he claimed sought to weaken it.
Waheed is also reported as having said that he would not resort to borrowing from foreign governments in order to finance government activities.
"I will not try to run the government by securing huge loans from foreign parties. We are trying to spend from what we earn", he was reported to have told the people of Nilandhoo.
"The Maldivian economy is fine. Don't listen to whatever people say. We don't have to [worry] about the Maldivian economy being in a slump," he was quoted as saying during a rally in Meedhoo.
US$25 million in funding from India was agreed upon last month as part of the $US100 million standby credit facility signed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in November 2011.
Unpaid bills
However, despite president Waheed's reassurances, a number of state owned institutions have this month faced disconnection from the capital's power grid as bills amounting to around MVR 150million (US$9.7million) were said to be owed to the State Electricity Company (STELCO).
Responding to blaming of his ministry, Jihad told Sun that the finances were simply not there, pointing to the adoption of spending policies of the previous administration.
"We are not receiving foreign aid as was included in the budget. How can we spend more than we receive? That's why those bills are unpaid. We can't spend money we don't have," he told the paper.
Former Minister of Economic Development Mahmood Razee has previously told Minivan News that this increased expenditure in the face of a pre-existing deficit represented the government "ignoring reality."
"If they don't get the loan, they will have to cut travel expenses, stop certain programs – take drastic measures or get another loan," said Razee, claiming that the only alternative would be to sell treasury bills.
Following reports in August that the government was attempting to raise funds through the sale of treasury bills, former Finance Minister Ahmed Inaz said that this would not address the concerns of the IMF, prolonging economic uncertainty.
China has also made large commitments towards the Maldives' economic development in recent months, although Razee said he believed that current changes within the Chinese government in the upcoming month made this an inopportune time to look there for additional financial aid.
In August, the current Finance Ministry announced its own austerity measures intended to wipe over MVR2.2billion (US$143 million) from this year's budget deficit though few of these propositions have as yet been followed through.
6 Comments on "Government "not aware" of request to temporarily halt hiring of senior civil servants"
Jangiya Nazim on Tue, 30th Oct 2012 7:57 PM
As I understand former Finance Minister Inaz ran a good redundency program which made about 1100 civil servants and also in his budget speech made a commitment that new staffs will not be hired across State except a defined staffs for Police and MNDF (only 50) and Local councils. But new government nor the Nasheed's government was fully supportive of these types of reform as its not very jellying to political favours for MP's and corrupt politicians.
MissIndia NewDelhi on Wed, 31st Oct 2012 1:24 AM
Oh Dear………..now you cannot afford to pay salaries to civil servants without asking for soft loans from the Indians yet again………loans paid for by cow worshipping kafirs like me.
I wish the Indian government would refrain from handing out my taxes to a bunch of drug addicts who do not share our traditions and values. We have nothing in common with you primitive and intolerant islanders.
It seems your arab friends, your chinese friends and even your allah have abandoned you in your hour of need.
A word of advice:
Embrace secularism and prosper like us Indians……..embrace wahabi islam and go down the plug hole like your sunni brothers in Pakistan.
Dhivehi Hanguraama on Wed, 31st Oct 2012 8:57 AM
Yet Pakistan is more prosperous than India and is not overflowing with defecating cows and their drooling throngs of worshippers.
Why would we want to emulate the Indian heathers rather than our brethren in faith?
Barbarian on Wed, 31st Oct 2012 11:02 AM
This loan is haraam. Our national asset is married to a Bangladeshi. the whole country is bankrupt…
MissIndia NewDelhi on Wed, 31st Oct 2012 11:36 AM
Why is your president not travelling to Saudi Arabia or Pakistan or Malaysia or Indonesia in search of cash to pay your salaries?
Why is it always up to us cow worshippers to bail you out financially?
I would prefer our government to assist nations that share our traditions and values……like Nepal and Bhutan….. and not assist a bunch of drug addicted losers who think they are the epicentre of the goddam universe.
Very soon you will be shooting little girls in the head just because they want to go to school!!
We secular Indians have so much to teach you primitive islanders.
Kutti the Lawyer Nasheed on Wed, 31st Oct 2012 3:15 PM
@ MissIndia New Dlehi: because you have been 'raping' Maldives.. you now need to pay back .. lucky that;s in loans.. and Smelly high commissioner Mullay is knee deep in cow shit with his corruption too..


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Rob is surprisingly candid about the 'absolute terror' he felt when returning to the public eye to greet fans — check out his revealing new words about pain that only K-Stew can cause!
Robert Pattinson had his heart broken after Kristen Stewart cheated, but his fans always have supported him. Surprisingly, Rob admits that he was nervous to face his admirers for the first time at the Cosmopolis premiere red carpet in New York City on August 13!
Rob, 26, spoke to Reuters about his anxiety seeing fans for the first time after Kristen, 22, was caught cheating.
"I felt fear, absolute terror," he said. "It's great – I didn't expect it from the first 'Twilight' movie, I never expected my life to be like this and so it's kind of weird to have lasted. And for people to come to movies that I'm really like proud of and I didn't really think anyone's going to see, I mean it's like, it's kind of amazing."
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mr.robert,its okay for you to have an advice to your friends,,but stil dont forget that its your heart to decide on what you fell for ms. kristen….if you still love her then give at least a second chance in your life to love her back but dont let yourself to be dumb again. and for ms.kristen,,,,,i hope its a lesson for you,,,you know ,your very lucky for having a guy whose faithfully loving you……
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people have to stop being nasty about him he aint playing the sypmathy cards he is really haert broken why do you think he moved out so nothing will remind him of her. and btw they were a real couple on the roof of the cannes festival kissing hugging being them selves protecting each other that is a real couple


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Listen to Lay It Down, the latest track from Freddie Gibbs. The cut dropped on Thursday, June 20th, 2013. Freddie Gibbs's future brightens with every new release, and Lay It Down certainly isn't an exception. It's a fitting addition to a solid catalogue that Freddie Gibbs has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're excited to hear more.
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I have a Yashika FX-2 that I bought back in the 70's. I would like to upgrade the body to a digital form and I'm not sure which ones I can buy. I have several different lenses and I really don't want to re-buy them for a new camera.
edit Yes I'm slow, answers are being researched. I haven't done anything with the camera for more than 10 years so I'm very rusty on the lingo.
Yashica/Contax mount lenses will mount cleanly on Canon DSLRs (in all-manual mode, of course) with a glassless mount converter if you want to stick with a traditional SLR form factor due to Canon's short flange-to-film distance and large throat. Use on other DSLR mounts will mean either loss of infinity focus or an optical conversion group. Mounting the lenses on a mirrorless camera (μ4/3, etc.) is mechanically easy, and mounts should be available, though not all cameras will work well with a manual mechanical lens. |
I use Contax lenses. I have try them on different Canon body but they all have metering problem when stepping down (see this question How can I work around metering issues with adapted lenses on a Canon DSLR?) Glass free adapter conversion to Nikon or Sony is not possible. On the other hand I'm using them happily with a Olympus E620 (ok this body is not very good above 400ISO but I can deal with it) and a fotodiox ring with dandelion chips. Of course I do step down metering. You can have a look at my gallery http://www.dubath.net/Photos/index.php?/category/5 where all but few images are taken using the Contax 50mm1.7 /60mm macro/80mm 1.4/135mm 2.8 Another solution is to switch to mirorless. You will find plenty of adapter ring allowing to mount your lenses on more or less all the body brand. Last but not least if you do not want to keep compatibility with your Yashica body there is a more radical solution: replace the mount you can find references here http://www.leitax.com/ |


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Yahoo - The Tigers are 60 point underdogs to Miami on Saturday, the third time they've been on the wrong side of a 60 point (or more) point spread since 2012.
Last season, Savannah State opened against Oklahoma State and the line on that game was a whopping 65.5 points before kickoff. Oklahoma State covered easily, 84-0. So the following week, Savannah State was even a bigger underdog against Florida State.
That line opened at 70 points and went down to a meager 65 by kickoff. But Savannah State covered this time, only losing to Florida State 55-0. The line against Miami Saturday opened at 55, but quickly shot up to 60 points.
I have a question. Do the Savannah State players like being trotted out as perennial doormats for powerhouse D1 programs to flatten year after year? Do they mind being the big story once or twice a season when they practically set records for most lopsided lines ever? Oklahoma State. FSU. Now Miami. All like 60+ lines. FSU was 70 I believe. Got to be kind of humiliating right? I mean I get that the school makes a shit ton of money. I know they made over a million bucks for just showing up to those 3 games. But it's not like the players see a cent of it? Do they just like getting to see themselves on TV or something? Playing in a cool stadium and seeing all the pageantry for once? Just seems like as a competitor with any sort of pride whatsoever it might be kind of depressing getting fucking steamrolled every year.
Oh well, whatever keeps fresh jerseys on your back and weights in the weight room I guess.


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Indian-Spiced Chicken and Spinach
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The flavor of this dish is rich, fragrant and mellow, not hot. You can make the sauce ahead of time and simmer the chicken in it just before serving.
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- 2 tablespoon(s) cooking oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tablespoon(s) chopped fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon(s) ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon(s) ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) paprika
- 1.50 teaspoon(s) salt
- 2 jalapeño peppers, seeds and ribs removed, minced
- 1/2 cup(s) canned crushed tomatoes, drained
- 1/2 cup(s) heavy cream
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1.50 cup(s) water
- 2 ounce(s) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/3 pounds in all), cut into 3 pieces each
- In a large frying pan, heat the oil over moderately low heat. Add the onion and cook until starting to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes longer. Stir in the cumin, coriander, turmeric, paprika, and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Cook until the spices are fragrant, about 1 minute, and then stir in the jalapeños and tomatoes. Add the cream, cinnamon stick, and water. Squeeze the spinach to remove excess liquid and add the spinach to the pan. Bring to a simmer. Cover the pan, reduce the heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the chicken and the remaining 1/2 teaspoons salt, cover, and simmer the stew until just done, about 10 minutes. Remove the cinnamon stick before serving.
- Menu Suggestion: Indian basmati rice would be an ideal accompaniment here, but plain white rice will work well, too.
- Wine Recommendation: An off-dry chenin blanc from California or a chenin-blanc-based French Vouvray (look for a demi-sec) will be lovely with the aromatic cream sauce. The acidity of these wines and their melon and apricot notes are perfect foils for the exotic stew.
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Sorry, This Rooftop Is Occupied
Reindeer pause,
Out jumps good ol' Santa Claus...
With all the rooftop beekeeping underway throughout the world, Santa may have some serious issues to consider tonight.
The "ho, ho, ho" may turn into a "ho, ho, ouch!"
What if Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer trips over a bee hive on a rooftop? Honey bees are rather grumpy this time of year, you know. The queen bee, clustered inside the warmth of the hive, surrounded by worker bees, is not likely to issue a royal pardon. Guard bees will buzz out to defend their hive.
And they won't be just "pollen" Santa's leg.
Before jolly ol' Saint Nicholas can say "On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, on Vixen, on Comet, on Cupid, on Donner, and on Blitzen," the Big Guy in the Red Suit (not an appropriate color for beekeepers) isn't feeling so good. Neither are the eight reindeer and the Red-Nosed One (now the Red-Nosed-Bulbous-One-That-Got-Stung-by-a-Bee.)
Indeed, this may prompt scientists to issue a white paper on "Santa Claus and the Pitfalls of Rooftop Beekeeping."
So, Santa, it might be a good idea to leave the red outfit at the North Pole tonight and don a professional bee suit with a zippered domed hood and leather gloves.
Might also be a good idea, too, to tuck a smoker in your sleigh.
The San Francisco Chronicle engages in rooftop beekeeping and maintains two colonies and a fruit and vegetable garden. Journalists Deb Wandell and Meredith May are the beekeepers. Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and Queen Turner, head of the beekeeping Section, Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana, inspected the hives last June. From left are Turner, Wandell and Mussen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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text: I'd respect the artist if it were actually an original idea, but it's not even quasi original. Creating cardboard guns is a HOBBY shared by many people. Just check out all the YouTube videos from which Farooq LEARNED to make them. While it may be argued that all art is derivative, the so-called artist's blatant biting is hard to swallow...even for Miami. Notice how he never mentions the fact that he learned how to make his "art" from the videos of hobby enthusiasts. When did a hobby shared by mainly adolescent boys become art? Next items on Farooq's list: go-karts and airplanes.


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GAR: Automating Entire OS Builds
Suppose you want to perform a configure step, but there is no actual program or script associated with that step. For example, you could conceivably want to run a series of shell commands to create a configuration file. Simply pick a file associated with the configure step (or ``none'' if there isn't one) and set your CONFIGURE_SCRIPTS to that. Then write a configure- rule to handle that file (or ``configure-none'' if you used ``none'').
For example, look at the way the traceroute package (Gavron's Traceroute) performs its build step. There was no Makefile, so the maintainer had to provide a method for the compilation commands to be run semi-manually. So the BUILD_SCRIPTS is set to the .c file, and a build- rule for that file is created:
BUILD_SCRIPTS = $(WORKSRC)/traceroute.c build-$(WORKSRC)/traceroute.c: mkdir -p $(COOKIEDIR)/build-$(WORKSRC) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(WORKSRC)/traceroute \ $(WORKSRC)/traceroute.c -lresolv -lm $(MAKECOOKIE) include ../../gar.mk
This is in fact similar to the way that the default rules are defined in the GAR libraries. For example, here is how the library handles Makefiles as BUILD_SCRIPTS:
build-%/Makefile: mkdir -p $(COOKIEDIR)/build-$* $(BUILD_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $* $(BUILD_ARGS)In make, the % is a wildcard (matching) character when used in the name of a rule, and the $* variable holds whatever it matched. This means that if we told the system to build using work/robotfindskitten-1.0/Makefile, then $* would be set to work/robotfindskitten-1.0 when this rule is run.
The GAR library takes advantage of many of the advanced features of GNU make and is written with the strengths of make in mind. This has been advantageous for a number of reasons. Namely, the size of the GAR library files is a few hundred lines. The BSD Ports libraries are written more like shell scripts and weigh in at several thousand lines.
In addition, the pattern-and-rule handling of package-specific build features fits the realm of make nicely. Also, make has facilities that help avoid redundant behavior. If a package has been installed, running make install will cause it to quickly run through the seven steps, verifying that it had already performed them. To force a package to rebuild from scratch, the make clean target is provided.
GAR provides many features that are not present in most binary package systems, such as dpkg or RPM. This makes user customization of compiles much easier and allows you to rebuild your whole system with whatever optimization flags you choose. The software GAR builds can all be put in /usr/local, for example. The software can also be installed to a scratch directory or secondary volume for later packaging into a complete OS image.
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A moment ago Id been enthralled by this place, fascinated by how different and fresh it was, hanging on every word of these peoples everyday lives. When I realized my next task was to ram a piece of metal into eight different people until they were all dead, part of me thought, sadly, Oh yeah. Videogames.Tom Francis said this of Bioshock Infinite in the cover story of the February issue of PC Gamer UK. It's reassuring then, that when he asked Ken Levine about it, he said that it's "something that they attempt to confront at some point". Join me as I ponder the current state of game mechanics in the mainstream and wonder about the evolution of new types of games in the future.
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A year ago, or maybe two, the internet was outraged. That happens quite a lot, but this time, I was outraged, too.
The reason for my anger: pink lego. In an attempt to win over girls, the masterminds at Lego had come up with a not-so-new concept - Lego, but with a distinct Barbie flavour. It was called Lego Friends, and featured sweet-looking Lego girls in pink and purple houses, driving pink and purple cars to the beauty salon and the pet shop.
Yuck, right? As if girls didn't have enough pink things pushed at them already - and what was wrong with good old traditional multi-coloured Lego?
Yes. True. It was fairly yucky. But a year or so later, I have a daughter who loves Lego - pink included - and I'm beginning to see the error of my ways.
What I'm asking myself now is: where was the outrage when the first truly boyish Lego was created? Where were the complaints about Lego knights and castles? Or later, Star Wars Lego? Why was there no fury when Lego Pirates, Lego Ninjago or Lego Lord of The Rings appeared on the shelves? All of these were fairly heavy on the weapons and masculine shades of grey, green and brown, but nobody seemed to feel that boys were being stereotyped and unfairly treated.
It also seems quite clear that it was, in fact, the girls who were being unfairly treated. If they wanted to play with Lego, they could stick with the plain old kind, which can be a bit limiting, or they could opt for Ninjago or Pirates. Not great, really.
No. I have decided that as sweet and saccarine as Lego Friends are (and you, my loyal readers, know how I feel about sugar), I actually don't mind. My children have a huge box of Lego which they play with every single day. Mostly, it's Lego of the plain, multi-coloured variety. This, they use to create homes and habitats for an assortment of little Lego Friends critters. The squirrel, the cat, the turtle, the rabbit and the two poodles look faintly ridiculous in their pink and purple bows, but there's no limit to the amount of weird and wonderful things my children build for them.
I suppose that's what Lego should be about. Even if it's pink.
Hello again. I want to make sure I write down a few things that I have discovered during this sugar-free month, because if I don't I will forget them.
When I say things, I actually mean recipes. I want to tell you about a few recipes that I have found. These biscuit/treat recipes are particularly pleasant because a) they don't contain any refined sugar, b) they don't contain any real sugar subsititutes, such as agave or xylitol, because that would be cheating and c) they are really, truly delicious, and they don't taste like a compromise.
Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies Actually, the original recipe does contain some sugar, because you're supposed to add chocolate chips. But if you make your own chocolate chips using really dark, good-quality chocolate, and use a lot less than in the recipe, there's really very little to worry about. Alternatively, you can use a few spoons of cocoa powder instead, which gives a great chocolate hit but contains no sugar at all.
These biscuits - they're more like oaty, banana-y little nuggets - were not a hit with my children, but I loved them. They are particularly good frozen, so I keep a bag in the freezer when I feel like a sweet treat with my afternoon coffee. Perfect.
Carrot Oatmeal Cookies These superbly tasty little darlings are actually like real cookies, but contain healthy things like carrots and oatmeal. They're sweetened with maple syrup, and so lovely that even my daughter was happy to have them in her lunchbox.
Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries and Bananas This isn't actually a treat at all, it's a very healthy breakfast option, but it's so insanely good that I will include it anyway. This is actually my new favourite recipe and if I could, I would make it every day. Honestly.
I made a whole batch (serves 6 generously, they claim, but that is a LIE!) on Saturday morning, and managed to polish off slightly less than half. The rest I hid at the back of the fridge. On Sunday morning, I had it cold for breakfast, and it was even more delicious, but I managed to eat slightly less. Which was a good thing as it meant there was enough for lunch too, when I finished it off completely. The whole thing lasted, let's see, 27 hours. Nobody else had any. Oops.
Try it. It is my intention to try other versions, too - just Google baked oatmeal - but I am finding it hard to tear myself away from the banana version.
Next time, kale salads. No, really.
PS: I know, there's oatmeal in everything. But that has to be a good thing, right?
I am on something of a health food kick at the moment. Actually, I am hoping it's not so much a kick as a leap into a brand new lifestyle that will last forever and ever, amen. We will see.
I've always eaten fairly healthily, I think. The kiddies wolf down their own body weight in tomatoes, avocados and fruit each week, and we're not big consumers of biscuits or crisps or any of those traditional Big Bads. We never have fizzy drinks at home, and ice cream and sweets are reserved for Saturdays and special occasions.
Still, I kept reading about sugar. Hidden sugar, specifically. And how very bad it is for you - in particular I kept coming across the phrase "sugar feeds cancer" (having looked into it, it's obviously not as simple as that, but there is something to it). Oh, and there are are the well-established links to diabetes, heart disease and obesity.That doesn't sound great, does it?
Then I thought about a typical day. Too often, ceral would come first (for the kids - I don't like cereal). It's no secret that even the supposedly healthy cereals usually contain as much as 20% sugar. For lunch, bread, usually pita bread , wraps, bagels or a sourdough loaf - all baked with white flour. Dessert: a sugary fruit yoghurt. Dinner: pasta, made from white flour, followed by another sweet yoghurt.
If you consider the fact that white flour is (more or less) converted to sugar when you eat it, that kind of diet adds up to a considerable amount. Please don't get me wring - we still ate very healthily, most of the time. I just helt that there was room for improvement.
So, I set out to improve things. It was quite simple, really. No white bread. No white pasta. No products with added sugar. No sugar. No artificial sweeteners.
Instead, we have brown bread, sometimes bought, sometimes baked at home. Brown pasta. Brown rice. Maple syrup. Honey. And approximately seven kilos of porridge oats each week.
Now, this is MY thing, so I'm not being super strict about imposing it on everyone else. I've compromised slightly with the kidlets. They have porridge every weekday morning (cooked porridge, or a kind of bircher musli with grated apple and berries), but they're allowed cereal at the weekend. They eat brown bread and pasta, without too many complaints. They have been gracious enough to sample all my attempts at sugar free baking and been quite complimentary about most of them. But I still let them have ice cream, and sweets on a Saturday, because, well, they're kids. I don't want to be That Mother.
I've been doing this for a month now, and so far, so good. I intend to write more about it soon - especially about the baking.
One final word. I'm not doing this to lose weight. In fact, with all my experimental baking, I'm probably eating more cake and biscuits than before, even if they're sweetened with dates and bananas rather than actual white sugar. But more about that next time.
I finished reading Dr Sleep four days ago. Since then, I have spent quite a lot of time trying to work out what I actually thought of it. This, as it turns out, is not easy.
Here are a handful of the many things I said to Dave about it:
"It's not The Shining, not even close."
"It's amazingly tense."
"It's too disturbing. I don't like it when he goes all Black House and child abuse-y."
"Please stop talking to me so I can read."
"It's not The Shining, but it's very, very good."
"I wish it felt more like Stephen King and less like early Dean Koontz."
"Do we have to watch [one of my favourite programmes ever] The Wire tonight? Can't we just sit here and read?"
As you can see, very conflicted. Trust me, I wanted to love it. I wanted to rave about it. If it was by any other author, I probably would have done. I certainly enjoyed it - I must have done, since I managed to finish it in five days (no easy feat nowadays).
For Stephen King, though, it just didn't quite live up to my expectations. It was a reasonable story, very well told. But after books like Under the Dome and 11/22/63, I felt slightly cheated. Both of a unique storyline - which King usually delivers - and of groundbreaking levels of tension.
This, I don't know. It's sad, but I feel a bit 'meh' about it. I would have been thrilled to discover it when I was 14. But now...meh.
Reading through what I've written, I can see I'm not doing it justice. It is good. It's very tense. I will probably read it again, at some point. But I had hoped it would shoot up to the top of my personal King list, and instead, it's not even close.
The Shining was the first Stephen King book I ever read. I was twelve years old, and it was the start of a long, rewarding relationship with horror, and with Mr King.
(My dentist is also called Stephen King. I don't mean him, here. At all.)
Today, 36 years after the first book, the sequel was published. Dr Sleep is already waiting on my Kindle.
I am ridiculously excited.
When we were eleven, my best friend and I spent a summer spying on a neighbour's daughter. We were young, and bored, and generally spent a lot of time keeping an eye on people who had no idea that we were watching and judging their slightest move. It gave us a strange sense of power and superiority - pretty much everything we witnessed seemed to confirm that grownups were absurd to the point of stupid.
The daughter in question was Old. Maybe 19, possibly even 22. Ancient. She was troubled, too, we had heard; the youngest, wildest daughter of a tired-looking couple three houses down the road from me. Her boyfriend, well, he was even more troubled. Older than her, and skinnier, with long, greasy hair, we were convinced that he was a Drug Addict.
Apparently, Romeo and Juliet were not welcome in her parents' house, because they had moved into the woods at the end of our street. The summer of 1987 was mild, and the mosquitoes were clearly no match for young love. They had pitched up an orange tent in the middle of some dense fir trees, and seemed to spend all their time hanging out there, just the two of them. Occasionally, though, they ventured into town for supplies/drugs.
Sometimes, we'd see them walking down the street, away from their camp. That was the only encouragement we needed - a few minutes later, we'd be there, creeping around the orange tent, looking for signs of illicit narcotics and/or condoms.
Mostly, I remember finding blankets. I guess the nights were cold, after all, because there were always blankets and tired-looking sleeping bags strewn across the dry, dusty ground.
I don't think we were wrong to assume they were drug addicts, either, because there were quite a few pill bottles lying around, too. More than you would expect with say, paracetamol or antihistamines.
Anyway. That was a long time ago.
Just how long became clear when my lovely friend and I walked into the same woods a few weeks ago. We looked at the trees, the same trees that we remembered as incredibly dense - we used to have to push our way into the little clearing where the tent was, being careful not to let the heavy branches spring back and whip the person behind in the face.
The same trees, but they weren't dense at all. "Huh", we said, looking at each other. "They must have been clearing the woods, cutting down some of the trees. The dark, claustrophobic and vaguely threatening space that we remembered was now just a lot of, well, trees.
Then we realised. The trees, they had simply grown. A lot. Trees tend to do that, over - gulp - 26 years. The low, sweeping branches were still there, but now they were ten metres off the ground. At our height, all you could see were smooth, straight trunks.
Momentarily, we were shaken by our discovery. Then we moved on. Some things, you just don't want to dwell on.
(I suppose I shouldn't really have returned to blogging just before leaving the country for two weeks - not sensible. I actually started writing this post almost a month ago. Obviously, it's more than worth the wait. Yes?)
Ha. There's another sad headline for you. But although today's subject is tearful, it is not sad. Today, I am going to talk about tears that you choose to shed. Tears that you return to. Relish. Cherish. Enjoy. Today, I am going to talk about books, films and TV programs that make you cry. Well, that make ME cry at any rate. (Fictional books and programs, I hasten to add. I have neither the inclination nor the energy to discuss anything else.)
I wouldn't say that I'm attracted to tear jerkers, as such. I don't go looking for things that make me weep, I'm no masochist when it comes to film and literature. Drama, certainly. Tension and thrills, yes, and to a certain extent, mild tragedy. (Comedy is trickier - it's hard to make me laugh unless you're Steve Farrell or Larry David. But I might discuss that some other time.)
Nevertheless, there have been a few occasions in my past when fiction has reduced me to a sobbing, red-eyed wreck. Times where I have cried so hard I've carried on after the book was finished, or the TV turned off. Like I said, this isn't something I go looking for, so it has only happened a total of four times, as far as I can remember. On the surface, they have nothing at all in common. Quite the opposite, in fact.
One. The first time this happened, the offender was an ancient book in the school library. I was probably around nine years old, and the book was approximately 80 years older. In Swedish, the book was called Sju Syskon ("Seven Siblings"), and until I Googled it a few minutes ago, I could have sworn it was set in England. Had I read the original, however, I would have known better.
This Australian children's classic by Ethel Turner is now a blur in the distant corners of my mind, but one moment stands out in perfect clarity. (Probably because I kept grabbing the book whenever we went to the library to read that passage over and over - maybe I do have masochistic tendences after all?) There is an awful, terrible moment where poor, brave Judy throws herself between a falling tree and her sweet, chubby toddler brother, saves him, and promptly dies of a broken back.
How I cried. The horror. The sadness. The bravery. Also, the fact that I had a young brother made it all too easy to picture. The tree was obviously the large maple outside my grandparents' house, which was clearly just waiting to fall over and kill someone. (I did, in fact, fall out of it and hurt my own back a few years later - spooky, yes? Yes.).
Two. The year was 1997, the location was the Kirion Mall Cinema in Kiryat Bialik, Israel. The film: Titanic. Oh dear. I was overcome by veritable floods of tears - all very biblical, really. Leonardo loved Kate, Kate loved Leonardo, and then - although this should really not have come as a surprise -Leonardo drowned. In the icy water! While she was watching!
Honestly, I created my own small version of the Atlantic ocean that night. Dave swore never to take me to the cinema again. (He did, though.)
Three. Fast forward another couple of years and I was a happy fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I was not alone in this, of course, and I would actually wager that I was fairly low down on the scale of fandom. I frequently missed episodes, and it didn't bother me much. One very sad evening, however, I watched an episode called Becoming, part 2.
In this episode, the heroine has to kill her beloved (vampire) hero in order to save the world. You know, like you do, when you have to. Here's a picture. Here's a transcipt of the entire episode, if you're keen. If not, here's the best/most tragic bit.
"She nods reassuringly, and he closes his eyes. She tries hard not to start crying, and kisses him again gently. She steps back, draws back her sword and thrusts it into his chest. His eyes whip open in surprise and pain, and a bright light emanates from the sword. She steps away from him. He reaches out to her and looks down at the sword thrust completely through him. He looks at her imploringly, completely bewildered by this turn of events. She can only stare at the sword protruding from his chest, and slowly steps further back."
I know, I know. But even though I should now say something mean and demeaning about this, I can't, because it just made me cry again.
I don't believe it.
Moving swiftly on. Sob.
Four. Is a very recent one, and the reason I am writing this post. It's a book that is so tremendously sad that I've had to wipe my eyes even while recommending it to friends, several weeks after finishing it.
The book, Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman, is the tale of a couple who live a very isolated life on an Australian lighthouse island, and are unable to have children. I don't want to give too much away (read it!), but at the end of the book, they have to say goodbye to a three-year-old girl that they have raised as their own.
C-r-aaaaa-ck-k-k-k-k. My heart broke. The capillaries in my eyes burst. My nose was drained of snot. My brain slushed out of my ears and onto my pillow. I shrivelled up into a little raisin of sadness and just lay there, wailing at the horror of children who are separated from their mothers. My husband swore he'd never let me read anything ever again.
It was not pretty.
The book, however, was pretty amazing. Read it, if you have any desire at all to turn into a raisin of sadness.
Having written it all down, two things are blindingly obvious.
1. I must avoid all books and films with an Australian and/or marine theme.
2. It would appear - shocking as it is - that the things that make me the most sad are those that are the most relevant to me at the time. Wow. If anybody actually read this blog, they would surely be astounded by this level of self-insight. No, honestly, look : a) I have a young brother: I am moved by the deaths of young brothers, b) I am young and in love: I actually care about the fates of on-screen lovers, and finally c) I have a three year old child: I find the thought of three-year-old children being taken away from their mothers upsetting.
I have really stumbled onto something earth-shattering here. I'd better go now, before anyone else finds out.
Thanks, folks!
OK. That was a longer hiatus than I had anticipated.
I think there are two main reasons for my absence.
One: This turned into the Kelev death blog, for a while. It served a purpose. Then, it served as a reminder.
Two: I blogged extensively, elsewhere, when I was on holiday. When the holiday was over, I was sad. Blogging made me sad. At least, blogging without stunning photos of sand dunes and laughing children made me sad.
That sounds like an awful lot of sadness. It wasn't, really. But it did keep me away.
I thought I should come back now.
We will see how it goes.
1. I keep trying to write a post about my transformation into a ninja, and failing. I am fairly clear on what I want to say, but however hard I try, it sounds ridiculous. Not good-ridiculous, just...silly. And dull.
So: OK, no, not a ninja. But I have taken a couple of self-defense lessons with someone called Grand Master Angelo. Pretty TMNT, if you ask me.
It was just the two lessons, then I was declared lethal. Well, not lethal, but capable of inflicting serious pain if needed. It was a good feeling. Also, who knew hitting people was so much fun?
2. My children are becoming increasingly picky when it comes to food. At dinner time, you will often hear the words "I want my pasta withooooouuuut sauce" wailed from two different directions.
Pasta without sauce, I keep telling them, is just flour. They don't seem to care.
In an effort to shake things up a little, I have ordered a meat grinder. If that doesn't scare them into compliance, nothing will.
(Alternatively, I can make all kinds of mince. They like mince.)
3. Our garden is finished. It looks, quite frankly, amazing. There is no mud. There is only beauty and clean, clean grass and even cleaner paving slabs. The children love it. I love it. The tadpoles in the plastic tank in the corner would love it, but they only get to admire it through a haze of wet grass and tadpole manure.
We are, as they say, very happy. Even the tadpoles.
4. Kelev's remains are in a little wooden box on my desk. I don't know what to say about that. I would just like to point out that it seems to hurt more with time, not less.
I miss him.
5. We are going on holiday in 38 days. I cannot wait. Actually, I am torn between being ridiculously excited, and petrified that chicken pox volcanic ash attack of the killer tomatoes something is going to get in the way.
I am sure it will be fine.
Did you click on the link? Did you see the map? Did you think, wow, how amazing to be on a really, really thin strip of land in the middle of the Atlantic? Or, bloody hell, that place would be obliterated in a tsunami?
Don't answer that please.
My computer died. It started making this strange sound one evening - imagine running a rough pebble over a cheese grater - and the following morning, it was dead. Not surprising, really, given the cheese grater sound effects.
There was no sentimental attachment. My computer was just a tool, and a big, clunky one at that. I still have my collection of iPads, so I am not feeling too deprived. But the one thing it was good for was writing. iPads are useless for typing anything more than "me too!" or possibly "I bloody hate this stupid cold weather OMG OMG OMG".
So clearly, a replacement is needed. I am tempted by a laptop. My very own laptop, new and beautiful, not just one of Dave's hand-me-downs. I like the idea of being able to write in the kitchen, or when I'm on holiday, or anywhere at all really. I am just not sure if typing on a laptop is as satisfyingly solid as on a real, proper, old-fashioned sweaty grey plastic keyboard.
Which is why I am writing this post. I have borrowed Dave's MacBook Air to see if I might possibly get used to writing on it. So far, it seems ok. I will try a more demanding post in a day or two. I have to tell you all about my recent transformation into a ninja.
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Your changing tax life: Owning a home
Congratulations, you've just taken another step up the American dream ladder and are a homeowner. Along with the joy of painting, plumbing and yard work, you'll now have an added dimension to your taxes.
The good news is that you can deduct many home-related expenses. These advantages apply to any type of residence -- mobile home, single-family, townhouse, condominium, or cooperative apartment.
The bad news is that to take full tax advantage of your home, you need to itemize your deductions on Schedule A. You're not living on "EZ" Street anymore; you've moved to the 1040 Long Form.
What expenses can you deduct as a homeowner? The major ones are reflected in your house payment, which you probably are making to a bank. When you got the loan, you learned that the check you send in each month pays for a lot more than just the structure. Each January, your lender will send you a statement, usually Form 1098, detailing just how your payments were allocated.
Mortgage interest If that annual statement were presented as a pie, you'd see that the actual paying down of your loan principal is the smallest slice. And the biggest piece is the interest your lender collects. That's why it's going to take you 30 years to own your home, but during that time you'll be able to use the interest paid on that to reduce your tax bill.
Mortgage interest is one of the last remaining personal interest deductions that our tax laws allow, so use it. You enter the amount your lender reports to you on line 10 of Form 1040, Schedule A.
Points Also mentioned on this part of Schedule A are points. A point is a percentage of your loan amount and is a one-time fee paid to obtain a loan or reduce the loan rate. Points also are called loan origination fees, maximum loan charges, loan discount or discount points.
The IRS lets you deduct points in the year you paid them if:
Points may be listed on the 1098 form you get from the bank. But more likely you'll have to dig out the documents you received when you closed on the house to find the amount you paid.
Using taxes to reduce taxes The other major deduction in connection with your home is your property taxes.
If your house payment includes an escrow amount for payment of taxes, the annual information you get from the bank is a good way to check that those property taxes were paid. You certainly want to ensure that the state or local tax collector doesn't come looking for you. But you also want to keep tract of this amount so that you can include it as a deduction on Schedule A.
These taxes will be an annual deduction as long as you own your home. But if this is your first tax year in your house, dig out that settlement sheet given to you when you closed the deal. You will find additional tax payment information there. When the property was transferred from the seller to you, the year's tax payments were divided so that each of you paid the taxes for that portion of the tax year during which you owned the home. Your share of these taxes is fully deductible.
A word of caution: if your settlement statement shows any money you paid into an escrow account for future taxes, this amount is not deductible. You can only deduct the taxes when your lender actually pays them from the escrow account to the property tax collector.
For example, you buy your house on July 1. Your property taxes are due on Jan. 1 each year. When you closed, the seller had already paid the year's taxes of $1,000 in full so you reimburse the seller half of his annual tax payment since you are the owner for the last six months of the year. Your $500 reimbursement to the seller is shown on your settlement documents.
The closing document also shows you prepaid another $500 to the lender as escrow for the coming year's taxes due next Jan. 1. The $500 you reimbursed the seller at closing is deductible on this year's tax return, but the $500 held in escrow is not deductible until it is paid the next year.
Home equity loans Personal interest is no longer deductible -- unless it's the interest you pay on a home equity loan. However, there is a restriction on the amount of these loans for which the interest is deductible.
The IRS limits the home equity debt for which you can deduct interest to the smaller of:
For example, you bought your home in five years ago, your mortgage balance is $95,000 and the house's fair value is $110,000. To pay for your daughter's college tuition and buy her a car so she can get to school, you take out a home equity loan of $42,000. In this case, your interest deduction would is limited to $15,000. This is the smaller of the $100,000 limit or $15,000 -- the amount that your home's fair market value of $110,000 exceeds the existing mortgage debt of $95,000.
The IRS considers the interest on the $27,000 of the loan that is over the home equity debt limit ($42,000 - $15,000) as nondeductible personal interest. So while you generally can get some tax benefit here, you need to keep in mind what your loan deductibility limits are when you consider a home equity loan.
When you sell When you decide to move up to a bigger home, you'll be able to avoid some taxes on the profit you make. Tax law now allows you to exclude up to $250,000 of gain you make on the sale or exchange of property. Married taxpayers filing a joint return can exclude up to $500,000.
You can only take this exclusion every two years. And the IRS requires that you have owned and lived in the house as your principal residence for at least two of the five years before you sold it.
If you must sell before you meet the IRS ownership and residency requirements, you can still get a partial exclusion on any profit. To qualify for prorated tax relief, your home's sale must be because of a change in the your health, employment or unforeseen circumstances.
What's not deductible With all the possible tax deductions you can get from your house, there are still a few things for which you have to bear the full cost.
You've probably noticed that a portion of your house payment goes into escrow so your bank can pay your property insurance bill. Unfortunately, that insurance fee is not tax-deductible. Neither are FHA mortgage insurance premiums, homeowner association fees, any additional principal payments you make, maid service costs, depreciation of your home or your utility charges.
So even though you still have to pay the electric bill and hire the kid down the street to mow the lawn, it's a small price to pay to have your own place and get all the tax breaks that come with it.
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Mack came to me on Purina dog chow, I since have switched him to Blue Buffalo Freedom grain free.
To be honest, I always heard BB was really good food, other was for stars on the ratings article, and I had never heard of the 6 star foods and thought everyone mail ordered them.
Then I noticed blue wilderness is on the 6 star list, it is at the petstore, and is less than five dollars more than the BB Freedom. I didn't realize that blue wilderness is actually make by blue buffalo as well.
So here is much question, how different are the ingredients in wilderness vs freedom? Wilderness has a label that says 100% grain free...is freedom not really grain free?
If Mack allergies don't improve by winter, I may switch him to the salmon wilderness bc freedom is chicken based, so that's what started his whole thing....
I guess I don't understand why the "top selling high quality" dog food company would make a significantly higher quality food than the other....wilderness come later? I thought freedom was pretty new, atleast their website made it seem that way.
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What's the difference between the two that makes one 4 star and he other 6 star?
And will I notice a big difference in Mack?
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