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The 87th annual Academy Awards took place this past Sunday and we've complied a list of our top 5 dresses from the evening.
5. Dakota Johnson wearing a red Saint Laurent column dress
4. Lupita Nyong'o wearing a custom Calvin Klein Collection gown
3. Anna Kendrick wearing Thakoon
2. Jennifer Lopez wearing Elie Saab
1. Reese Witherspoon wearing a custom Tom Ford gown
Agree? Disagree? Let us know in the comments who made your list!
The Fancy Girl
Beauty Tips
2015 Oscars Best Dressed
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DIY Beauty Recipes
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Here are some of our favorite DIY beauty recipes for you to try!
For oily skin that tends to breakout try this Banana Honey Face Mask:
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 tsp of honey
- 10 drops of lemon juice
- In a small bowl, smash the banana and honey together
- Combine lemon juice and mix well
- Apply mask to face and leave on for 15 minutes
- Rise off with warm washcloth
For dry skin try this Avocado Orange Juice Face Mask:
- 3 tbsp avocado
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 50 milliliters orange juice
- A few drops of essential oil, such as Chamomile
- Mix ingredients together in a small bowl
- Apply mask to face and leave on for 30 min
- Rise off with a warm washcloth
Perfect Look for Valentine's Day!
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Looking for the perfect look for Valentine's Day? This look is sure to impress! Follow the step-by-step guide to find out how to achieve the perfect smokey eye!
Step 1: Apply Primer all over eyelid from lash to eyebrow.
Step 2: Apply highlight shadow from inside corner of the eye and under the eyebrow.
Step 3: Apply Black Eyeshadow to outside corner of the eye.
Pro Tip: Start by making a sideways V and then blend in circular motions into the crease.
Step 4: Apply Silver Eyeshadow all over lid and in crease, blending with Black Eyeshadow.
The Fancy Face Cosmetics Smokey Eye Palette is on sale now for a limited time for only $39.95 and comes complete with the three eyeshadows listed above, Pre-Game Primer, Kiss of Peach Blush and Red Lipstain. Click here to shop now.
Happy Valentine's Day!
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Make Your Own Nailpolish!
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Ever find yourself stuck and unable to find just the perfect nail color? Well you're in luck! Below are a few quick steps to make your very own custom nail polish!
Pick an eyeshadow
Create the best custom nail polish by turning to your makeup bag to find the perfect shade!
Crush the eyeshadow
Crush the eyeshadow of your choosing into a fine powder. Remember to crush it up completely or else it will look chunky when you paint it on.
Pro tip: put the eyeshadow in a sandwich baggie and use a rolling pin to crush the pressed shadow into a fine powder. This will reduce mess.
Make your own funnel
Using a piece of paper and some tape, roll the paper to create your own funnel.
Pour eyeshadow into clear nail polish
Pour your crushed up eyeshadow through the funnel and into your favorite clear nail polish.
Pro tip: sometimes the eyeshadow will get a little jammed up while funneling through, use a tooth pick to help it along.
Give it a little sparkle
Add some sparkle to your nail polish by adding a little glitter in with your eyeshadow-nail polish concoction.
Shake it up!
Put the cap on (very important!) and shake up your new custom nail polish like you're dancing around your room to Taylor Swift. Ok, maybe that's just me. Shake it up until it's evenly mixed and then apply!
Once you make your own DIY nail polish, take a picture of it and tag us @ShopFancyFace and use #FancyFaceCosmetics so we can see!
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Skincare Tips For Winter
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Follow these five tips to keep your skin nice and hydrated this winter.
Shorten Your Shower Time
Long, hot showers can dry out your skin. Try to keep your showers under 10 minutes so you don't lose moisture in your skin.
Remove dead skin cells by gently exfoliating.
Slip Gloves On
After moisturizing with your favorite lotion, slip cotton gloves on to help your skin absorb the moisture leaving you with super soft hands.
Add a Little Honey
Make your own hydrating scrub at home with honey and sugar. The honey reduces inflammation and the sugar helps with circulation. This is great for drier patches of skin like your elbows.
Don't Forget The Sunscreen!
Sunscreen in the winter seems silly, right? WRONG! Just because it's cold out doesn't mean the sun can't damage your skin. Remember to apply sunscreen daily. I like to use a moisturizer with an SPF already built in.
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The Lazy Girl's Guide to Getting Fancy Fast!
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We all have those mornings where we just do not feel like getting up and starting the day, let alone putting on makeup. You can hardly even open your eyes enough to put on the eyeliner, and you're feeling a little lazy and unmotivated – but you don't want to completely forgo makeup altogether. In case you're in that boat today or want to bookmark this page because this sounds all too familiar, here are some minimalistic makeup tips that will maintain your makeup routine without requiring you to go full out at 8 a.m.
BB Cream as Cover-up:
The overall application of cover-up can be the longest part of the makeup routine. From moisturizer, to concealer, to powder foundation, it's no wonder we want to skip out on our makeup. To sum up this part of process, use a BB Cream. It'll work as a moisturizer while applying a light layer of coverage. It also adds a healthy glow to give you a nice fresh-faced look.
Try: Fancy Face Cosmetics' BB Cream
Strategic Contour
Applying bronzer in key areas can make all the difference in very little time. Just a swift sweep of the bronzer brush over your temples, along the sides of your face and right under the cheekbones is all it takes. Top your cheekbones with a lighter "shimmery" shade ans apply a pink or coral blush to the apples of your cheeks. This will immediately strengthen your bone structure without the need to completely contour.
Try: Fancy Face Cosmetics' 10 color Blush Powder Palette
Easy smokey eye
On a lazy morning, a smokey eye is exactly the look you would opt out of. With all the different eyeshadow shades and eyeliner tricks, creating this look is too excessive. It doesn't have to be though. You can create a simple daytime smoky eye by simply applying brown gel eyeliner on the top and bottom lash line. Then just use a smudging brush to create the hazy/smokey effect.
Try: Fancy Face Cosmetics' Waterproof Gel Eyeliner
Eyelash Curler
Typically a step women tend to skip, curling your eyelashes takes all of a few seconds but makes all the difference. It opens up your eyes without the need to wrestle with fake eyelashes. All it does is simply enhance what is already there to make you look more awake and ready to start the day.
Bottom Lash Mascara
We love how eyeliner outlines and shapes our eyes. However, it does take a certain technique that we aren't always up for in the early morning. To get the same eye-shaping effect, apply a quick layer of mascara on the bottom lashes. You already have the mascara brush out for your top lashes, what's a quick swipe of the bottom ones?
Try: Fancy Face Cosmetics' LashOUT! Mascara
Bold Lip
If you're going to go bare everywhere else on your face, commit to a bold lip. It'll act almost as a distraction for the lack of other makeup. A girl with a bright colored lip immediately looks put together and ready to rock her day.
Try: Fancy Face Cosmetics' 10 Color Lip Palette
Summer Lipstick Ideas to Try Now!
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We find ourselves reaching for the bold lipstick during the summer more than any other time of year, and it's not hard to see why. A bright lip look is the ultimate grab-and-go makeup—no fussing with multiple brushes or worrying about blending. Basically, you can just slap it on and forget about it. You can bet that these stand-out summertime lipstick ideas will be inspiring us in the lazy, hazy dog days to come.
10 Must Have Makeup Brushes
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Deciding which makeup brushes to add to your collection can be daunting at best, especially for someone who is just starting out. Trying to decide which brushes you need can be overwhelming, however, having the correct brushes can make a big difference in your makeup application. Here's my list of the top 10 makeup brushes every girl should own. Let's get started with the eye brushes!
Eye Shader Brush:
This brush is used for packing color on the lid. You can also use the tip of the brush to smudge color under the lash line, or to create a defined line in the crease.
Stiff Dome Brush:
This brush is great for feathering out color to create a smokey eye, or blending out the crease. The bristles are stiff, making it easy to move the eye shadow where you want it.
Pencil Brush:
This pencil-like brush is perfect for precision shading on the lid, in the crease of the eye, or along the lash line. This brush can also be used for smudging liner along the lash line, or darkening the outer-v for a dramatic look.
Soft Dome Brush:
This dome shaped brush has very soft bristles that make it ideal for blending out any harsh lines below the brow bone. This brush can also be used for blending out concealer under the eye to help hide dark circles and bags.
Bent Liner Brush:
Designed specifically for applying gel eyeliner, this brush has a bent head that lays perfectly on the top of the lashes, and glides with ease. The pointed tip helps create a fool proof line that will have even the beginners pulling off a stunning cat eye.
Dual Ended Brow Brush:
With this brush, you get double for your money! This dual ended brush has a spoolie on one end allowing you to brush through your brows. The other end has an angled brush which is ideal for effortlessly filling in your brows.
Angled Contour Brush:
There are many of these on the market today in a various array of shapes and sizes. With this particular angled contour brush, you can swipe the brush downward diagonally from your cheekbone, and in one fluid motion achieve a flawless application.
Cheek Highlighter Brush:
The cheek highlighter brush is completely optional, but the feathery, soft bristles give a very nice finish to any product used with it. This brush is very easy to use when applying a highlighter to the top of the cheekbones. You can also use the cheek highlighter brush with cream blushes to stipple the blush onto the cheeks.
Foundation Stippling Brush:
The foundation stippling brush is perfect for those of you who love a full coverage look to your foundation. The large flat head is specifically made for the foundation to be stippled onto the face. This technique assures there are no streaks in the foundation, resulting in a flawless look to the skin.
Flat Foundation Brush:
The flat foundation brush is optional. This brush is best used to apply highlighter to the top of the cheekbones. At times this brush can leave streaks in your foundation, so be careful when using it.
Beauty Blender:
Technically, this isn't really a brush, but it is a great tool! The egg-shaped design makes it ideal for getting under the eye and in other small areas you can easily miss with a brush. This is also used to achieve an overall airbrush finish to your foundation.
So there you have it, my top 10 makeup brushes! As a beginner looking to start your collection, or as a makeup guru looking to expand, these brushes are great for everyone. Check out are new Pro Brush Sets, that are specifically designed to include every brush you'll need for a face that's oh-so-Fancy.
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How To Find The Most Flattering Makeup Colors For You
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Discovering makeup colors that look good on us can sometimes feel like a disappointing shot in the dark. How many times have you selected a lipstick or eyeshadow based on what you thought was pretty and what your eye was drawn to, only to find that it didn't do you any favors? There are a few variables that affect how colors look on us, and fortunately, there are also a few foolproof tips and tricks to determining the right colors for you.
Lip Color
The most flattering neutral or natural-but-better lipstick should mimic a more pigmented shade of your natural lip color, so you'll be able to get some good clues just by taking a closer look at your own coloring. Peeking at the inside of your lip may not be something one generally does in public, but it's an easy way to find the best color for you. You can also match your shade to your flushed fingers—(gently!) pinch the tip of your finger or thumb and hold so that blood gathers in the area. It's weird, but the resulting color is guaranteed to look great on you.
Eye Makeup
We generally turn to the color wheel to find the most flattering hues on each eye color. It's basic color theory, just like we learned in elementary school: Colors on opposite sides of the spectrum complement one another. The best way to draw attention to blue eyes is with warm, rusty reddish and orange shades, including bronze. Green and hazel eyes look gorgeous with anything in the purple family. Brown eyes are neutral, so they do best with similar earthy shades like metallic taupe, shimmery champagne and olive green, as well as true, balanced blues from powder to cobalt.
If you've only ever been matched for foundation by makeup artists and sales associates, it's entirely possible to go through life having no idea what your "undertone" is. Like wearing the wrong bra size, makeup that caters to the wrong undertone will have you looking subtly off without being glaringly obvious, which is why it's easy to fail to identify the issue. The easiest way to tell your undertone is by looking at the underside of your arm or wrist. If the color of your veins leans green, your undertone is warm. If they look decidedly blue, you're probably cool. If you have a strong preference toward gold over silver or vice versa, and strong feelings about which one looks better on you, there's a good chance that you're warm if you prefer gold and cool if you prefer silver. Regardless of your hair or eye color, your undertone is also a great way to predict which makeup shades will work on you and which won't. Warm tones are suited to peachy hues, orange, coral, and orange-leaning reds, while cool tones look best with rosy hues, blues and greens, purples and violets, and blue-based reds. And if you're neutral, which means your skin leans beige rather than blue or yellow, you're likely to be able to pull off nearly anything Stay Fancy!
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Dear Bomber Jackets, I'm over you.
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Just because we won't get to experience warm weather for another few months (if we're lucky) doesn't mean we can't wear Spring fashion right now. Don't believe me?
Don't get me wrong, I love Sweet Home Chicago, but this weather is making me CRAZY. It's getting to that point where I can't stand to put on another black or grey sweater. And if I use the term "I'll just throw a bomber over it" one more time, I'm probably going to snap. Do you feel me on this one? So I thought I'd do some "[browser] window shopping" (my attempt to search/stalk e-commerce sites without buying anything…not easy) to see if I can find any Spring things that are appropriate for the current weather. Hey, it might be nice to wear some florals and pastels right about now. Don't you think?
There's something about wearing lighter and brighter colors that just makes me happy. I think it has to do with my iced coffee mentality. I only drink it when it's warm out, I'm happier when it's warm out therefore iced coffee makes me happy. Same goes for colors and clothes. It's simple, really.
So it's time to blast Pharrell's Happy put on your favorite hat (FYI Pharrell's has its own Twitter) and get yourself some Spring-looking things to lighten up your Winter wardrobe...and I guess you could "throw a bomber over the dresses", if you really had to... (eye roll)
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Government spending, Obamacare become game of political 'chicken' (+video)
"I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count – the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position," tweeted Sen. Bob Corker (R) of Tennessee. (The "Harvard or Princeton" gibe was aimed at double Ivy Leaguer Senator Cruz.)
A government shutdown, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) says, could make things "quite dicey for the Republican Party."
The best thing to do, other well-known Republicans say, is to grudgingly accept Obamacare and move on. Holding that view are New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who says that shutting down the government would violate the public trust.
"The best way to fight it is in the 2014 elections," Governor Walker said Friday in an Associated Press interview.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, hosting a state Republican conference on Mackinac Island where Walker, Governor Jindal, and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky are set to appear, said a shutdown "reflects poorly on the national political culture."
Another Republican governor – Brian Sandoval of Nevada – gave the GOP's weekly radio address Saturday.
As governors often do, he said it's "no accident" that Republican governors lead states with thriving economies.
"We reduce government, balance budgets, and keep taxes as low as possible," he said. "Can you just imagine what our economy would look like today if Washington would just take that approach?"
More pointedly, he addressed the fractious situation back East.

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The Gorilla Guard, named Morgan, stood up tall from hunched state, in the hopes of seeming more imposing. Now that he was separate from the girl and her chemical he could once again fall prey to his own emotions. Morgan began an assault on the buffer between himself and the girl. The glass window was built to withstand attacks, however it was more often the prisoner who attacked not the guard. The gorilla attempted to unnerve the young girl. Unfortunately, Lilac was well aware of the glass and the safety of her cage from any danger on the other side. This enraged Morgan further, the gorilla had proven himself to be an idiot in his own eyes. He let out a large roar and gave one last pound on the glass. It was like attacking a brick wall, useless, and also caused him quite a bit of pain to do so. The guard grabbed at his belt, reaching for his keychain. He unlocked the cell door and threw it open. Morgan however, in his state of pure anger forgot about the aroma that soon quickly overtook him once more due to the size of the cell. The man calmed down. The smell of flowers dispersed out of the cell further. He growled and slowly closed the door. "You harmed my friends, You should be in cell, you are problem." He sighed, he knew that there was no way that he could cause the girl harm without her, in turn giving each bit of pain back. "I make sure you stay"


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View Poll Results: Your Favorite Gundam Series is? | |||
Mobile Suit Gundam | 28 | 5.58% | |
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam | 61 | 12.15% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ | 6 | 1.20% | |
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam | 11 | 2.19% | |
Mobile Fighter G Gundam | 13 | 2.59% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | 62 | 12.35% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam X | 21 | 4.18% | |
'∀' Turn A Gundam | 55 | 10.96% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED | 144 | 28.69% | |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny | 38 | 7.57% | |
Other (Explain) | 63 | 12.55% | |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Europe - The Netherlands
Age: 25
A Hollywood version of Gundam will be a lot more like 00 than anything else. It will definitely wil have some 0079 in it, but don't expect anything more than that, it won't work. The Origin project is most definitely not a Hollywood movie.
In my opinion The 08th MS Team would be a great source material for a Gundam movie, but again, unlikely.
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And there shouldn't be any...Turn A Gundam, despite its appearance, is clearly the strongest to date, lol. An artificial black hole for a reactor (providing far greater power than any sort of nuclear reactors), an I-Field capable of blocking conventional weapons, including nukes, and beam weapons, teleportation for itself and its beam fire, the Moonlight Butterfly capable of covering everything from Earth to Jupiter at full power and able to turn all other tech to sand, its nanomachines able to regenerate itself and even the pilot albeit slowly, and so on. Basically, a MS made for interstellar warfare on its own (due to the appearance of the Turn X). No other Gundam comes close to such a title.
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Though, I really doubt on CE or even AD MS being able to conduct interstellar warfare "on their own". Even they needed the support of a few ships and other MS and such.
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Going by the PV I can identify: Taurus (black), Zoloat, Gazu L and R, Knight Gundam, Gyan, Eagil, Lumber Gundam, Harry's Sumo (I don't remember it being that fast), Dijeh, what I think is Blue Destiny, Beargguy (D'AW!), Shokew, a red version of Wing Gundam, and Freedom Gundam. I also think that Strike kitbash or whatever it is called is launched from the Argama. Wow, they left out movie and OVA stuff except for Gunpla Builders.I am also surprised nothing from 00 or Age showed up.
2013-07-02, 13:47 | Link #452 | |
Beargguy > all lol
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After watching the PV, it doesn't look like there is any real story going on here.. Just a bunch of cool mecha fights, and a few original characters and mecha who I guess string the different stories together. Not sure what to think of the main mecha.. It's basically Strike + Freedom's wings and shoulders. It looks like a Okawara design as well, and that is even more disappointing. The guy didn't do any big project since Destiny, so I was hopping that when he came back he would return with some interesting ideas and concepts. One thing I already hate in what I just saw are the graphic designs. At this point I hate hexagons and the color blue/emerald. Since 00 all graphical work is done by the same guy and he is creating the same uninspired sh*t over and over again. If you saw a montage of all the infographic designs from 00, Age and now this, you won't be able to tell the diference.. I think he is even using the same font, it's that bad.
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Okay, so me and my brother are gonna watch Gundam. ALL. THE. WAY. FROM. THE. BEGINNING! I have watched 00, Wing, and G. 00 being my favorite by far. G being pretty good. Wing I don't remember hardly anything, BUUUUUUUTTT I'm gonna re-watch them to.
So, my questions: -Which series are better in dub or sub? - What are the series I can watch out of order? - What is the best series in the Gundam franchise? Can I watch it without watching the others? |
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2.) Any of the alternate universe Gundam series' can be watched in any order as there's no direct continuity between them. Obvious exceptions being Gundam Wing Endless Waltz following Wing, Gundam SEED Destiny being the sequel to Gundam SEED and, of course, Season 2 of Gundam 00 being after Season 1, lol. But if you're watching from the very beginning, in terms of in-universe order... Mobile Suit Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (still not complete yet though) Mobile Suit Gundam F91 Mobile Suit Victory Gundam ...with alternate universe, there's always release order... Mobile Fighter G Gundam New Mobile Report: Gundam Wing New Mobile Report: Gundam Wing Endless Waltz After War Gundam X Turn A Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 1 Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 2 Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 3.) Very, very debatable between groups of people. Some say the first Mobile Suit Gundam, some say Zeta Gundam, some say Unicorn, others say Wing, SEED, SEED Destiny, or 00, and so on.
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It isn't going to stop me from trying the rest of the franchise if it turns out bad :/. I'll just put it as a higher priority is all. |
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Alaskan Educators Need Help With Their Dual Language Program, They Turn To PSJA
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 1:52pm
PHARR - Many schools in the Valley have dual language programs, where students learn in both English and Spanish. These programs are offered for many reasons.
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MemoriesIt is said that we should move on from the past,and that we should look towards the futureIt is said that the past should be forgotten,Left behindBut for The Gone the past is the only thing for them to offerThe memories,the goodand the bad,are all we have left.
EverLet me hold your hand and never let goLet me kiss your lips and feel your breath on my neckLet me embrace you and forever feel your warmthLet me love you and never have to part with youEver
Eagle EyeI watched.I sat backand watched.I watchedas you robbed with ease,like you had done a million times before.I watchedas youpulled,pushed,twisted,manipulatedyour new find,warping it completelyout of shape.I watchedwhile you playedwith your distorted possession.I watchedas you held my tortured heart in the airand just let it fall.I watchedas it shatteredon the floor in front of me.I just sat backand watched.
Naivei remember when i was little girl,and iDreamedof becoming a grown up.how tired i was of beingYoung,and how ready i was toLeapinto the uncertainty that wasAdulthood.i thought i was so prepared toJumpstraight into itand do soGracefully.and perhaps, if i hadn't beensoNaive,soEager,i wouldn't be eatingMud.
Disappearing ActTo disappear... would be so nice.
My SecretI sit herescrubbingscrubbingscrubbingat the horrifying ebony skinBut it stays dark,too dark to be accepted by the good peopletoo dark to be accepted by the people that could love metoo dark to be accepted by anybodyI throw the rough, soapy sponge on the floorI'll never be like thembut I'd give anything everythingI kneel down on the floor and prayI pray to look like snow, instead of terrible, disgusting mudI pray to go outside, and not be given dirty looksI pray to go to sleep, and wake up a white womanI get up and grab a paintbrush, and slowly spread the white paintGod, my family would be ashamedthe only people that love me, would despise me insteadso let's keep this our little secret
Remember MeWhen I die,remember who I was,not who I could have been
Untitledthe hands moveslowlymuchtooslowlythe facestares at memocks mewith its quiet voiceslowlyeversoslowlytelling mei'm wasting my timetelling metime is wasting mewaitingalways waitingtime never on my sidewaitingalways waitingthere'stoo much time,with no timeat all
My MaskI paintMy maskCarefully .Intricately sweepingThe paintAcross myFace.NotOver doing it,But notUnder doing it.Hiding behindThe decorationsIsn't that bad,It just takesA lotOut of me.
The Children of SocietyThe Children of SocietyTwo of them had a daddy,Who tended to help out his wife,By always standing by her,To violently ruin her life.One of them loved his mommy,Even past her death.But hated that she left him,In his sisters' cruel hands.And to his daddy's hollow head.One loved her daddy,And her mommy too.But loving them gets harder,When they don't love you.And they don't care who you fuck with,And don't care who fucks you.Of one the story is unknown,No one knows,If he'll ever tell.And one just has so many,It's become a literal hell.A genius, a brilliant boy,Covered in a bloody alloy.One of them cared,For her family.But those she looked up to most,Thought she would make a perfect toy,And used it until it broke.Some murderers, some violent.All loving alcohol and drugs.Some criminals, some dealing.Some beating up others,For their monthly bucks.Some call us deranged,Some call us insane.Most of us refuse to whine.It's no excuse,But I think all of us,Are
Behind an Angels SmileA part of me wants to curl up and cryTired of trying so hard to please those all aroundI just want to lie here and not feel anymoreTo go within myself like I have beforeBlending in with the shadows until youcant see me anymoreOpening my heart to those like I didwas a big mistakeAll it has brought me was heartache and painA since of loss that I havent felt in a whileSpiteful and wicked tongues have hurt memore than I will ever let you knowWords have cut through my heart like a knifemaking it bleed once again.Causing silent crystal tears to shed from my eyesAnother part of me wants to scream and yellTo push back and hurt those who have wounded meWiping the tears from my eyes, they flare once again withhells red furyRage is flowing through me and I cant turn it offYet honestly I dont want to, I love the feel of itA section of my heart has turned black and as cold as iceCausing something dark and beautiful to arise inside me yet againRising up
MirrorWho am I?Who are you?Deep down, who is anyone, really?People talk about finding their true identity, finding themselves, but in reality, we just find the disguise that we're most comfortable with. The person we find easiest to act.Shakespeare once said "All The World's A Stage"And he was 100% right.The whole world is a set, which we play on. We act out life without ever truly living.Now, I don't know what living is,Or how to find "yourself"But I do know that the only way we could ever discover our identityIs if we lived completely isolatedWithout ever interacting with civilisationEver.If we never knew friendsOr loveIf we had never been influenced by society.If you had never even laid eyes on another human beingOnly then, can you find out what you are.Call me pessimistic, or anything equivalent,But "who we are"Is simply a reflection of who we were raised to be.
The Greatest ArtistThe artist I'm about to speak of,Has the most Glorious name... ...GodGod creates, not a moving picture,But a living thing.Not a photo,That shows only one frame.Not a painting,With fine detail.Not a sculpture,That cannot move.Not a robot,That doesn't have feelings.He creates human beings with......life.
Believe the TruthSome say that He was just a man,Some say that He was not God.This was in His perfect plan To test whose faith was strong or flawed.Through His blood salvation bought Some say this is untrue.Whether they believe or not,He died for me, He died for you.So as your days draw close to death,Your body flees from youth...Will you deny with all your breath,Or will you believe the truth?
Silent HeartLight eyes,Blonde hair,Friendly and gentle--That was Ben,and we loved him.Tired eyes,No hair,Tubes attached to his body--That was Ben,and we loved him.Closed eyes,Silent heart,Forever asleep.That was Ben, too--and we love him.
When I'm GoneNow that I'm gone from your lifeWho will be there to purge it of the strife?Who will wipe your tears awayOn the nights when you never want to see the light of dayWho will run their hands through your hairAnd ask questions any normal man would never dareWho will wait for you throughout every day and nightJust to see the smile form upon your lips at the first lightWho will wash away all of the rainAnd clear your life of all the painWhen I'm gone--what will happen when you don't have me?Whose shoulder will the tears fall upon when you want no one to seeWho will love you with all of their soul and heartNow that you have forced me to partWhat will you do when there are no stars in the skyAnd you're screaming at the world begging the question, why?Why does all the pressure have to fall upon you?I'm sorry I can no longer be there tooWho will cover your head when the stars cryAnd you beg for the world to let you dieWho will sit by your side when you need someone?Who will b
OpheliaOphelia,I feel you, girl.It doesn't make any sense to me either.They called us crazy'cause on summer days, wePretended you were PrincessSynaesthesia.And we burned opium and feminine incenseTo remember that time we forgot our own names.And you let me kiss all the scars,On your thighs and your arms,And the ones on your knees were the worst.They said never get in bedWith a Bedouin boy,'cause either he drops anchor or he doesn't,And either way you get crushed.You don't mind being crushed.Because when you're that roadkill,That pocket of emptiness inside you is gone.This was where I had to cut the rope,And sail the sandAnd tell you with my sincerest regrets.I can plug the leak,But I can't fill that holeAnd you really shouldn't ask me to.Celebrate that void.
DistanceWe are separatedfrom Lifeand Death.How far apart are we?If you're up there,Then I'm down here.But simply look down.Do you see all that space between us?That's how much I love you.
Bulimia NervosaI want to be beautifulSo beauty let me shineI'll attain what I wantby giving back, all that which now is mineTo be thin is to be prettyto be fat is so grotesqueI wont eat or I'll regurgitateand soon I'll look my bestI'm so tired of feeling uglyI'm so tired of being teasedI'm so tired of everyoneand everyone is tired of meIf I was thin I would be happyand I would grin, I wouldn't cryfor then, I might not,yes I Finally might not be so very shyfor my fallacies constrain meMy inadequacies showthat no man on earth alive and wellwould ever want to knowAn overweight, plain girl like me.
AddictionI need to stop -- Physically:I'm bound to barf up my intestinesMy lungs, rubbed with sandpaperRibcage shaken and achin'But that inevitable smileProves my body wrong.This makes me happyfor now,Right?I need to stop -- Mentally:Every spare minuteMy mind is bleachedBy thick, mucus-likethoughts, loosely dripping outof my ruminant brain.Smothering my head,Melting my mind. butwhat else is there to think about?Nothing else makes me feel this kind of glad.Nothing else makes my mind tingleLike an itchy nose, dust stuck to its wallsIt makes me happy,And I liked that...But I'm getting carried away,Like an unused tissue in the windExcept an unused tissueis clean, light, and untouchedunlike my tainted,poisoned brain.Addiction is fun until it's too late.
Haiku :)And now we're broken.But remember me as thegirl who made you smile.


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Tender chicken, green onion, salsa, and Cheddar cheese are sandwiched in flour tortillas that are grilled until golden and delicious.
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Calories | 762 |
Total Fat | 41g |
Saturated Fat | -- |
Cholesterol | -- |
Sodium | 1852mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 62g |
Dietary Fiber | 3g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 34g |
Calcium | -- |
Serves: 4
Yields: 4 servings (4 wedges each)
Total Time: 17 min
Prep Time: 10 min
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- 8 (8-inch) flour tortillas
- 8 ounce(s) shredded Cheddar cheese (about 2 cups)
- 1 jar(s) (16 ounces) Pace® Chunky Salsa
- 1 cup(s) diced cooked chicken
- 4 medium green onions, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- Vegetable oil
- 1 container(s) (8 ounces) sour cream
- Top each of 4 tortillas with 1/2 cup cheese, 1/4 cup salsa, 1/4 cup chicken, and 2 tablespoons green onions. Brush the edges of the tortillas with water. Top with the remaining tortillas and press the edges to seal.
- Lightly oil the grill rack and heat the grill to medium. Brush the tops of the quesadillas with oil. Place the quesadillas oil-side down on the grill rack. Brush the other side of the quesadillas with oil. Grill the quesadillas for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted, turning the quesadillas over once during grilling. Remove the quesadillas from the grill and let them stand for 2 minutes.
- Cut each quesadilla into 4 wedges. Serve with the remaining salsa and sour cream.
- Tip: Quesadillas are an easy way to turn leftover meat and shredded cheese into a whole new meal. You can even combine different varieties of shredded cheese to make the 2 cups needed in this recipe.
- Serving Suggestion: Serve with Spanish-style rice and fresh carrot sticks. For dessert, serve fresh apple slices with prepared caramel sauce.
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Another question for you Wazzu07, how do you discern the difference at the kill site? Cougar kills are eaten in place, and coyote kills are strewn and scattered?
There was another study in years gone by where cougars were targeting mature bighorn rams. A couple of cats were collared and that was their primary target.
I am no expert, but I suspect it was due to the horns creating more blind spots, etc.
I use to guide for cougar and there was a biologist doing a study in the area I hunted. Big mature toms were killing 2 sometimes 3 deer per week.
Black bears and grizzlies do a lot of damage to the fawn/calf moose and elk in the spring. There have been cases where they suspected that 40 to 50% of the moose calves were being taken by bears.
In wilderness areas with no bear or wolf control and where access is very difficult for hunters to have much of an impact, moose calf survival rates are very low. Consequently recruitment is low. A late fall count would show only 25% had survived. In these areas the bull/ cow ratios are also way higher, often 1:1 or 1:2 as opposed to 1: 20 or so in heavily hunted areas.
My son was out on a local ranch this past weekend for some kind of religious deal that was going on. He took a walk after dark and on his way back said he got this strange feeling. So he stopped and looked around with his light and about 30' behind him was a cougar. He said he threw rocks at it and yelled and it left.
Sometimes it's very difficult to tell what killed a deer. I almost always find the carcass after the birds/ coyotes and my key indicator is tracks and location. If the carcass was stuffed up under a rock or brush and has since been dragged out by scavengers i figure its a cougar kill.
When they're fresh it's easy to discern who the culprit was. Coyotes generally kill from the hind and cats kill with a crushing bite.
I don't think bears kill many adult deer in our area. It's mostly shrub steppe country and prime for cats, but the bears have trouble sneaking around. I wouldn't know a bear kill if i found one.
Wild/ loose dogs ate tough on the deer also. In the midwest (iowa) we saved afew deer from dogs. They tear them to pieces and return home to eat their kibble!
It is easy to discern a cougar kill from coyote or bear when it is relatively fresh. If you were to look at the neck and nasal area of a deer or elk kill and saw puncture wounds around this area it would most likely be a cougar. Coyotes like suggested above do not really have a specific area of kill, but will go for the limbs trying to bring the animal down and they would then bite repeatedly to kill it. A cougar will consume what it wants and then cover up the rest to conceal the smell and hide it from other predators. If you find a carcass that is out in the woods look for a "latrine" which is where a cougar, just like a house cat will go to the bathroom and cover up its scat, this is a good indicator that the cougar was in the area. Cougars are not necessarily scavengers, but if given the opportunity they would most likely scavenage.
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I found 2 cougar kills in March a day apart and 30 miles apart......I found the tracks and drag marks....Definately Cougar....one in Lincoln Co. and another in Stevens....on Sat and one Sun.....got a coyote tonight....350 yds with the new .300 Win Mag......180 Noslers not so good for yote huntin
Cougars and scavenging.
Like all carnivores, I believe they will scavenge when they need to. However, from what I have seen over the years and from the info I have obtained from some area biologists I dealt with in the past, they prefer fresh kills.
Where prey is plentiful these cats will feed on a deer kill for one or two days and then leave and kill again. They do not seem to care for tainted meat and will leave it and kill again. I think the old and infirm cats who have more difficulty taking down deer and the young and inexperienced who also have difficulty are more likely to scavenge.
If cougar could be relied upon to scavenge, hunters would have started baiting them many years ago...............such is not the case and that is because it is a very iffy proposition.
Good point about the hunting/baiting. I've always heard that they're not fond of old meat also.
I don't remember where I heard this...I'm sure somone will want to ask where and who came up with it, but the logic is hard to argue.
Since we have pretty much stopped killing ravens/crows/magpies/eagles the cougar kills have become more scavenged because there are more birds to find their cache. As soon as the birds find it, the coyotes are on it and the cougars are out a meal. So they kill another deer and hide it until it's found by the scavengers. Since there are far more scavengers than their used to be, the cougars (paramount predator in most areas) are killing more deer to keep fresh meat...it makes sense and is a perfect example that people can never change just one thing in nature.
It is kind of funny how different states laws affect other states. Ie Since hound hunting in washington has been banned, The cougar population in the northwest corner of washington state has exploded. The last tranplanting of caribou done was in northeast washington along the idaho border. In 2 weeks all but one cariobu was eaten by cougars. Now in idaho alot of the caribou recovery area has been blocked to snowmobiles. Greenie lawsuit. Now sleds haven't shown any harm to the caribou, but the predators have shown harm to the caribou.
I have seen one cougar in the daytime and it was quite an expierence. Personally let wahsington hunters hunt cougars with dogs.
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It's still unclear exactly when the finished version of Windows 8 will be available, but short of any glitches during the Consumer Preview rollout and feedback, we should see plenty of new Windows 8 devices this fall.
Microsoft is betting big that Windows 8 and its new Metro interface will help it bounce back in tablets to compete with Apple's iPad and the growing number of Android devices.
Don Norman, the well known design expert, says a new approach was overdue. Norman is a former Apple executive who later did consulting work for Microsoft related to its early Windows Tablet PC efforts.
"Microsoft got complacement. They were a dominant player in everything and they lost it. They were out early with tablets, but they were horrible," says Norman, co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group consulting firm. Norman says the big mistake Microsoft made with tablets and its its software for smartphones was that it tried to squeeze the desktop PC, specifically Windows, into those small devices.
But Norman says Windows 8 shows Microsoft has evolved as a company that's more open to new ideas and approaches that are far more innovative than Apple's other big competitor, Google's Android.
"You look at Android and the iPhone and it's really the same thing. It's not just that it's a ripoff, people do that all the time, but the real problem is that it shows a lack of creativity," says Norman.
By contrast, Norman says Microsoft looked at how people interact with different form factors and how gesture interfaces work without copying Apple. "That's what so brilliant," he said.
"I have criticized the gesture interfaces on Android and Apple which can be confusing because you don't know whether to swipe left or right, up or down, or double tap or triple tap," said Norman. "Android at least has menus; Apple doesn't seem to believe in menus anymore."
Metro and tiles an innovative advance
As for Metro and its use of tiles, Norman says it does a better job than either Android or Apple's iOS at giving users more information. "Metro shows, if you are going to swipe, a little bit of what will be up there so you have hints of what direction to move. The previews in the tiles are brilliant because sometimes you get enough information that you don't have to open them — you can get see the weather on a weather tile or a stock price on a stock tile right there."
Analyst Jack Gold agrees Metro is innovative, but says the clock is ticking and Microsoft can't afford any delays in WIndows 8's release, especially with Apple apparently set to release the iPad 3 next month.
"I think of Metro as old hat now, it's been out over a year if you look at what's under the covers in Windows Phone 7," says Gold, principal analyst with J.Gold & Associates.
"Microsoft took a big game with Windows Phone 7, some love it, some hate it, it's really very different than either the iPhone or Android with its use of tiles," he said. "Now we're going to see what people think of Windows 8."
Part of that experience he says will be using a new generation of Ultrabooks coming later this year that offer both conventional keyboard/mouse and touchscreen interfaces, as well as new Windows 8-powered tablets that also offer input with a stylus for drawing and applications that require more precision.
Gold says another area of distinction from Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 that will likely carryover to Windows 8 is the emphasis on helping people stay connected on their device to friends and colleagues on social networks like Facebook.
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THE row between Japan and China over five islets that lie between them resurfaced again on September 11th when the Japanese government agreed to pay ¥2 billion ($26m) to buy, from their private owner, the three it does not already own. China reacted with outrage, and sent two patrol vessels to waters near what the Japanese call the Senkaku islands, and the Chinese call the Diaoyu.
Japan hopes this is more sound than fury. Yoshihiko Noda, the prime minister, may have bought the islands not to stir up troubled waters, but because he felt it was better than putting them into the hands of Shintaro Ishihara, governor of Tokyo and a crusty, China-baiting nationalist. In April Mr Ishihara launched a campaign for the Tokyo metropolitan government to buy them.
China may not see it Mr Noda's way. Part of the problem is that, while much of the region resents what it sees as Chinese maritime expansion, China is troubled by Japan's own maritime scope. Although the two nations have, by some estimates, roughly the same amount of coastline, Japan, an archipelago, claims an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 4.5m square km (2.8m square miles), five times more than China.
A recent paper by Gavan McCormack of the Australian National University argues that since the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea was ratified in 1982, Japan, thanks partly to a colonial legacy, has done better out of it than China. In EEZ terms, the latter ranks somewhere between the Maldives and Somalia as a maritime power.
Japan takes its EEZs seriously. The Tokyo metropolitan government, amazingly, has jurisdiction over islands and atolls stretching deep into the Pacific. It reaches as far as Okinotorishima (literally "remote bird island"), almost 2,000km (1,250 miles) from the capital—roughly the distance from London to Reykjavik. Essentially two islets on an atoll, the territory shrinks at high tide so that "one is about the size of a double bed and the other a small room," as Mr McCormack puts it. Since 1987, he says, Tokyo has spent $600m trying to stop the reef from disappearing. Under international law Japan's claim that Okinotorishima counts as an island (thus permitting an EEZ stretching out in a 200-miles radius) is shaky, to put it mildly.
Given the potential territorial and resource benefits, neither country's hysteria over the Senkaku seems quite so outlandish. Mr Noda's government may try to soothe the issue by pledging to keep Japanese from setting foot on them. Yet the islands may soon loom large again. A general election in Japan is due. And the chief opposition hopeful as next prime minister is none other than Nobuteru Ishihara, the crusty governor's son.


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Canon Mirrorless next week?
I received an email this AM stating that Canon will announce the Canon QL-D1 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Professional soccer is coming to Colorado Springs.
The Gazette reports that a United Soccer Leagues PRO men's team owned by Ragain Sports will start playing in the city in March 2015. Nicholas Ragain told the newspaper that the team doesn't have a name yet.
More details about the Colorado Springs team could be released at an official announcement planned for Thursday afternoon. The team could play in a new stadium proposed for the city's downtown.
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Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge is hoping his nightmare start to the new season is now behind him and has targeted an extended run in the first team.
The Blues and England left-back has not made a Premier League appearance this season after suffering a serious hip injury on the eve of the new campaign.
The 27-year-old was sent for surgery during the pre-season tour to America and has made his comeback only recently in Champions League and Carling Cup games.
Bridge also picked up a red card on a reserve team outing which delayed his league comeback still further, but in the absence of Ashley Cole through injury, the former Southampton defender is looking to dislodge makeshift left-back Paulo Ferreira from manager Avram Grant's plans.
"I'm fighting with Paulo at the moment, and he has played well at left-back," he said.
"It's been disappointing being suspended, but I'm hoping I can play the next game.
"It's my most frustrating start to a season, definitely. I was having problems at the end of last season and didn't really find out what it was until the beginning of this, which is a bit disappointing.
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While supporters of public funding for political campaigns in this state may have noble goals, New York realistically does not have the money to enact such a plan.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democrats who control the Assembly and share control of the state Senate have worked for two years to create a voluntary system of public funding of election campaigns for state offices.
We were opposed to the idea when Cuomo mentioned it a couple months ago. There is no evidence such a system would stop the potentially corrosive effects of money in state politics. More importantly, a state that has trouble cutting its budget probably shouldn't be adding an additional expense that's not needed.
Now that a bill has been released with details of the plan, we remain opposed to it.
Cuomo revealed a bill Tuesday that would use public funds to provide $6 for every $1 a candidate raises.
The idea is to limit the influence of wealthy special interests while opening politics to more people who aren't independently wealthy or dependent on donors and party bosses.
However, there's no reason to expect much will change. Special interests and party bosses can influence campaigns by doing more than donating money or raising funds for a candidate.
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German autobahn services company Autobahn Tank & Rast recently deployed more than 3,000 digital signage screens at its service facilities along the german highways.
Digital signage and advertising management solutions provider Scala announced the installation by what it called "the leading provider of restaurant, hotel, retail and fuel services on the German Autobahn," and that the installation was carried out by Scala partner ISS Intelligent Service Solutions GmbH. Also, Scala Partner SEEN MEDIA now manages the network, consisting of 980 Scala Players, the company said.
"The management team of Tank & Rast made a crucial decision by incorporating digital communication in their remodeling plan from the start," said Helge Haarig, sales manager DACH at Scala.
A study of the Association for Consumer Research indicated the effectiveness of the advertising messages on the screens of Tank & Rast, the company said. The study showed that customers were inclined to purchase the displayed product versus what they had in mind originally.
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Winnie Graham loaned me a book recently with the comment, "Here's a book you will enjoy about our local area." The book was "All Roads Lead Me Back to You" written by Kennedy Foster. After reading the book, I called my friend, Pat Yenney, and said, "I just read a book that reminds me of you."
The novel tells the story of Alice Andison who lives alone on a working ranch in the Palouse hills above Waitsburg. One night during a blizzard she finds an illegal Mexican ranch hand, Domingo Roque, who has lost his horse and is half-frozen in the snow. Alice needs help on the ranch and Domingo needs a job. The story's plot revolves around how these two very different people come to understand and help each other. The impact of immigration policy on workers and their employers, the problems of finding someone to inherit the family farm, and the prejudices and misunderstandings between cultures are all woven into the story. The readers learn in detail the hard work involved in running a ranch as you follow Alice and Domingo through two years of daily chores. You can also practice your Spanish, as dialogue between Alice and Domingo is often a mix of English and Spanish.
The book was written by local resident Jan Foster, who teaches English in the Transitional Studies program at Walla Walla Community College. Jan is also a member of the City Planning Commission and is a founding member of the non-profit group Friends of the Farm Labor Homes. I arranged an interview with Jan to learn how such a busy person had time to write a book.
Jan said she she started writing the book in 1996 by jotting ideas down in a notebook. In 2000 she started putting the ideas together. However, it wasn't until 2002 when her husband took a sabbatical to Aberdeen, Scotland, for winter semester that she had the time to write. She wrote the first draft in 4 ¬Ω months in long hand on a legal pad working from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. each day. After they returned home, it took her two months to rewrite the first draft on the computer.
Jan explained that the first step in getting a book published is to send out a letter of query to find an agent who will try to sell your book to a publisher. Jan received 47 letters of rejection before she found an agent. Jan noted that author Craig Lesley was an invaluable help in revising her query letter to agents and advising her on her novel. Lesley suggested she needed to find an agent who understood horses and recommended agent Janet Reid, who worked in New York but was originally from Bend, Ore. It took 2 ¬Ω years for Janet Reid to sell the novel after agreeing to represent it.
Jan's book was published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon and Schuster, and was released in August of 2009. There was an initial printing of 10,000 copies of her book, and 7,800 have been sold at last count in early December.
Her pen name, Kennedy Foster, is her maiden name plus married name. She felt she had a better chance of getting published with a gender neutral name and wouldn't be as easily characterized as a romance or "chick lit" author.
Jan said her characters are composites of people she has known. She said she develops the characters first and then the situations.
Jan said she has almost finished her second novel, which is set in our local area with many of the same characters including Alice, Domingo, the Weston family and JoNelle Jussum. Her project this summer will be to finish the book.
Jan advises writers who are trying to get published, "Don't give up, have faith, and don't let rejections get you down. Publishing mechanics are changing, and self-publishing is becoming a viable option if you aren't picked up by a major publisher or agent. Get editorial help, but have faith in your work. If someone offers criticism, listen carefully, but don't make changes if you don't agree with their advice. If you think it's good, it's good."
To learn more about her book, "All Roads Lead Me Back to You," visit her Web site at kennedyfoster.com.
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The UNDP Uganda Country Office is comprised of a Programme team under the leadership of the Country Director a.i, Ms. Almaz Gebru; while the implementation of these activities is made possible through the support and facilitation of an Operations team headed by the Deputy Country Director in charge of Operations, Mr. Safiou Esso Ouro-Doni.
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October 31, 2014
It was 2009 and I finally decided to get my GED. It's important to know that I dropped out of middle school and I didn't learn anything while I was there. The only math problem I learned was two groups of black people plus two opposite neighborhoods equals violence and no education. So when I practiced for my GED I knew nothing but basic elementary stuff. Still I taught myself to multiple and with the help of my mom and brother I learned division. That's all I knew when I got to GPLC.
Ms. Anita was my teacher and she taught me everything I know about math. We started out with decimals then worked our way up to Geometry. The math was tough and confusing, but what was more confusing than the math was trying to figure out how Ms. Anita made learning it so easy. Not only would she explain it the whole class on the board, she would also sit with her students one on one and make sure we all understood the work before she moved on. Ms. Anita is a great teacher, but even a greater person, and the time I spend in her class is something that I'll never forget.
After Ms. Anita's class I would go to Rachel's class for reading and writing. There was two things I liked about Rachel's class. One it was fun, and two there was no math. Rachel would sometimes start class off by letting us write essays, afterwards she would go over the essay and correct it for you and show you what you did wrong. When we did reading we would take turns reading out loud, then go over the answers together. Rachel did what a lot of teachers struggle to do or just chose not to do. She made learning fun and she made me look forward to going to school each day. I was told that my score of 710 in the reading section of the GED test was one of the highest scores in the country and almost a perfect score. That wouldn't have been possible without Rachel.
GPLC isn't just two teachers. The way I feel about my two teachers is the way other GPLC students feel about their one, two, or three teachers or tutor. GPLC is filled with great wonderful, amazing people from the teachers in class to Ms. Gail at the front desk. My advice to people thinking about going to GPLC is to trust and believe in these people because the second you walk through that door, they believe in you. Thank you GPLC!
October 3, 2014
I've volunteered for about 8 years. The students learn a lot and so do the volunteers. My time with GPLC is always among the highlights of my week.
September 11, 2013
I've been a GPLC volunteer for 7 years, working with both Adult Basic Education and ESL students. I enjoy watching ABE learners discover that literacy is the path to an understanding and appreciation of a much larger world. Students find themselves working at the polls on Election Day, watching and understanding TV shows they would have ignored before coming to GPLC, knowing they can make good choices at the grocery store because they understand food labels, reading "for fun" -- in short, expanding their lives. With ESL students, I enjoy interpreting American culture and watching them discover that the American dream is for them. Being a GPLC volunteer is a good way to "give back", make new friends and have fun.
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September 25, 2014
I'm excited about GPLC and how they are doing great things in the community. Their organization has helped several people such as myself. Their staff were very helpful, respectful, and caring. I hope only the best for Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. You really are an amazing non profit organization.
September 11, 2014
I attend classes at GPLC and I love it! They are really helping me to achieve my goal in obtaining my GED. I hope to have it before the end of this year. I want to attend the graduation celebration that I hear about so often. Sadly, I was not able to attend their 10th graduation event last Friday, at Macy's due to another commitment. But I'm excited to hear they celebrate their students. You are number one GPLC in serving adults!
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September 10, 2014
On Friday, September 5, 2014 I attened the graduation celebration which was the 10th annual GED grauation for The Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council and it was the nicest graduation I have been to. Everyone was so very happy and the graduates were over willmed with joy and love. This was my first time going to this event and I am so very glad I went. Everyone did a great job. (GPLC, GOOD LOOKING OUT.)
September 3, 2014
I was fortunate to be able to take the 2013 GED tests and pass it at GPLC! I will attend the graduation on September 5. I'll dawn my cap and gown proudly. I'm happy I did it! Now I am in nursing school. WOW!
There is now the 2014 version which I heard is so different and much harder. Thank you GPLC staff, you are a GREAT organization!
August 25, 2014
I cannot speak highly enough of GPLC. While I lived in Pittsburgh, I volunteered as an ESL tutor, and it was a wonderful experience. The training I received when beginning, plus having a mentor tutor and a great supervisor helped me feel at ease going into my first session. The tips and extra materials GPLC provided me for my classes were immensely helpful. I also loved that there was assessment of each student, so that I knew what to focus on, and also whether or not my students were progressing.
On a whole other level, I just loved working with my students—they were extremely dedicated to learning English, and it encouraged me to be as equally dedicated to teaching them. I would recommend volunteering through GPLC to anyone interested.
August 22, 2014
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council's downtown center continues to do great things in helping people like me enhance on their skills that were dormant for so long. I started the program recently and I'm enjoying learning. I was referred by a friend and she said I would not be dissappointed and I'm not. They have an excellent team. To you the staff at GPLC, I say thank you.
August 22, 2014
I think GPLC is a very helpful program I have been here for 3 months and caught up on a lot of things I forgot when I was in high school. Your can really achieve your goals by coming here and going threw the process of this program.
August 22, 2014
I called GPLC this year.. I want a better future for myself.. I have 2 kids and I want them to know no matter how old or hard things are you can always make a better life and future for yourself.. I like my teacher she helps me out a lot and she makes understand things a lot better.. so I think is a best place for people to go to better themselves im glad I came here..
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Welcome to Frette, the leading provider of luxury linens to the finest hotels and homes worldwide.
We would like to share with you our company's history and accomplishments from the inception of the company in 1860 to the launch of this website. Our presence has grown worldwide during the past century and a half with stores from Milan to New York to Hong Kong.
We continue to maintain our trademark quality while continuing our leadership in providing style and comfort to our individual and hospitality clientele.
On 1st December, Frette, Payre & Chaboud is established by Jean Baptiste Edmond Frette, Alexandre Payre and Charles Chaboud. The company aims to manufacture and distribute home linens from its base in Grenoble, France.
Two plants are established near Monza with production of luxury fabrics on jacquard looms concentrated in Concorezzo, where the company is still based today.
The firm opens its first retail shop in via Manzoni, Milan, in the building where it still operates today.
The company becomes E. Frette & C. Based in Monza, it is now 100% Italian. The founding partners are Giuseppe Maggi, Carlo Antonietti and Edmond Frette.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Italy commissions Frette to produce the linen for the Ministry and all Embassies worldwide, beginning a tradition which continues to this day.
Frette becomes Official Purveyors to the Italian Royal Family. In the coming years over 500 noble European dynasties commission exclusive tailor-made linens from Frette. Each set is personalised with the families' woven crest.
Frette wins the first of many gold medals at the National Exhibition in Milan. The winning product is La Vega, a jacquard linen picture based on the painting by Francesco Lietti, portraying the ship which first circumnavigated Europe and reached the Arctic in a joint Italian-Swedish scientific expedition.
Frette creates the Tablecloth of the "Holy Virgin" for the altar of St. Peter's in Rome. Based on a drawing by the French painter Meurillion, this XIX century tablecloth is reproduced in 2000 for the papal celebrations at the Vatican.
Frette starts supplying the Royal Danieli Hotel in Venice, to be followed by the Hotel Belle Venise and other leading hotels in succeeding years. These included the Ritz in Paris, the Savoy in London, the Plaza in New York and the Peninsula in Hong Kong.
Frette perfects and patents the Albert Gagedois method of textile bleaching - the first step in developing the unique white, soft and shiny finish for which the company is to become renowned.
Frette signs a new supply contract with Società di Navigazione Generale, the managing company behind many of Europe's most prestigious cruiser liners. Frette table linen also dresses the banqueting rooms of the Titanic, and is still used today on the Orient Express train.
The first Frette boutique opens in Bond Street, London.
Frette Inc. is established in the United States.
The Asian expansion begins with the establishment of the Hong Kong subsidiary. Today, there are 25 Asia-based Frette boutiques.
Almost exactly one century after the creation of the first homewear collection, Frette introduces Frette To Wear.
Frette introduces Luxury and Warm, the new collections of home accessories in silk, brocades, precious furs and cashmere - complementing the company's long-established jacquards.
Frette launches its first Limited Edition, Lucia, winning the Best in Bedding Design nomination from Elle Deco, China.
Frette opens its first online boutique for the United States.
Frette is acquired by JH Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on investments in consumer products and services companies.
Frette launches Edmond Frette - a new line designed to be more relaxed than its' parent collection. The first Edmond stores open in London and Milan.
Frette celebrates its' anniversary: 150 years of unforgettable patterns, textures, fabrics and jacquards. To mark this event, the House launches a special limited edition: 150 Anniversario.


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ASTON VILLA v Sunderland: Gerard Houllier to stick with the XI that drew with the champions
Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier has no fresh injury concerns ahead of the home Barclays Premier League clash with Sunderland Wednesday evening. Houllier is considering whether to keep faith with the side which earned an impressive 3-3 draw with champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Sunday's hero: Ciaran Clark (r) headed an injury time equaliser against Chelsea Youngster Ciaran Clark is likely to keep his place at left-back in place of the axed England defender Stephen Warnock after scoring a last-gasp equaliser. Midfielder Fabian Delph and right-back Luke Young are still sidelined with knee problems. Villa (provisional squad): Friedel, Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Clark, Downing, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Ashley Young, Agbonlahor, Heskey, Marshall, Albrighton, Pires, Delfouneso, Bannan, Lichaj, Herd, Hogg, Warnock. CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THE MIDWEEK BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM NEWS Explore more:People: Fabian Delph, Ashley Young, Gerard Houllier, Luke Young Places: United Kingdom
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