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Persons convicted of certain crimes, including drug use, and those who violate U.S. immigration law are inadmissible to the United States. They must obtain a waiver of their ineligibility to enter the United States. At the present time, U.S. law states that any foreign national of any country, not just Bermuda, who has committed an excludable offense under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act remains permanently ineligible to enter the United States. There is currently no provision in U.S. law to overcome this ineligibility due to the issuance of a "Certificate of Rehabilitation" or any other such document.
However, individuals with ineligibilities are able to apply for waivers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the U.S. Consulate. If approved by DHS, individuals may be granted visas for travel to the United States.
All applicants must:
- Follow the instructions on the "How to Apply" page. Please note: waiver interviews are conducted on Wednesdays only.
- Provide proof of employment. All applicants must provide a current letter of employment. Non-Bermudians must also provide proof of legal residence in Bermuda (i.e. work permit, spousal letter, etc). If you are self-employed please provide 3 months of bank statements.
- At the time of the interview, present a police certificate from any other jurisdiction in which you have resided for more than six months in the past ten years. If the offense occurred outside of Bermuda, the applicant is required to obtain the police certificate from that jurisdiction.
- Obtain a Bermuda Conviction Report.
a) If you are a first time applicant for a waiver, or have not had a waiver issued since before 2006, you must obtain your Bermuda Conviction Record from the Bermuda Police Service (BPS). To do so, bring your appointment confirmation page and a color photocopy of the passport page showing your picture to the to the Criminal Records Office building at 10 Headquarters Hill, Prospect Devonshire, DV 02. The BPS charges $100, payable by cash or cheque only, for this service. For the proper form and further instructions on obtaining this record, please visit the Bermuda Police Service website by clicking here. Please present all document(s) in the sealed envelope to the Consulate at the time of your interview.
b) If you have had a previous waiver granted, on or after 2006, you do not need to obtain another Bermuda Police Certificate. You may obtain your updated conviction record from the Magistrate Court in the Dame Lois Browne Evans Building, 8 Court Street, Hamilton, HM 12. Take the elevator to the 3rd Floor via the security check point to the Traffic, Criminal & Parking Office. The court charges $10.00 for this service. Effective immediately, the Magistrate Court is now taking 21 days to process conviction records. For expedited service, you may pay the Court $100.00 and receive the records in 48 hours. Please do not book an appointment until you have your updated conviction record in your possession. Please present all documents in the sealed envelope to the Consulate at the time of your interview. Their office hours are 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Note: At the time of the interview, the applicant will be expected to pay the $160 NIV application fee in cash. The fee is non-refundable, even if the waiver is not approved. If the consular officer recommends the waiver for approval following the interview, the Consulate forwards the application to DHS, which makes the final decision on all waivers. Please note that the entire waiver process is taking 6 months, so plan accordingly. Please do not contact the Consulate or US Customs and Border Protection inquiring about the status of the waiver request except in case of an emergency need to travel.
Once DHS has made its decision, the Consulate will notify the applicant either by phone or by e-mail. If the application has been approved, the applicant will be instructed to drop off their passport on Tuesdays or Fridays between 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. for visa printing. If your passport is dropped off on a Tuesday, your pickup day is the following Tuesday between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. If your passport is dropped off on a Friday, your pickup day is the following Friday between 11: a.m. and 12 p.m. excepting US & Bermuda holidays.
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Winter Haven, FL -- It got a little dicey in the ninth but the Beloit College Baseball team held on for a 6-5 win over Gwynedd Mercy College of Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon to even their Spring Trip record at 2-2.
GMC scored three times in the top of the ninth to cut a 6-2 Beloit lead down to 6-5 and had the tying run in scoring position when Dalton Deckert got a groundball out to second baseman Evan Mascitti to earn his first save.
The Bucs jumped on top in the second when Drew Oswald opened the inning with a triple to right and scored on Jake Majeski's single to left. The Griffins matched that run in the top of the third before Beloit busted the game open with a four-run bottom of the third.
Jake Tresemer doubled with one out followed by walks to Mike Ross and Sean Little. Oswald got hit by a pitch to drive in the lead run and then Rick Chernik grounded out to second to drive in the second run of the inning. Emory Nelms capped it with a two-run single to score Little and Oswald, putting the Bucs up 5-1.
That lead held until Gwynedd Mercy got a run in the seventh to make it 5-2. The Buccaneers got their four-run cushion back in the eighth in what proved to be an important RBI groundout by Ross to plate Mike Kovach, who had doubled.
Dan Edwards, who came on in the fifth in relief of Grant Henricksen and got the win, gave up a walk and a single to start the ninth, bringing in Deckert. The Griffins got three runs across and had men on first and second, and running on the pitch, with two out when Deckert coaxed the routine grounder to end it.
Henricksen gave up one run on five hits with three strikeouts in his four innings of work. Edwards went four-plus innings and was charged with two runs on five hits. He struck out two.
Tresemer had his third straight three-hit game, including two doubles, while Kovach also had three hits. Oswald had two hits, including the triple.
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April 25, 2012
Supreme Court justices took a dim view of the Obama administration's claim that it can stop Arizona from enforcing immigration laws, telling government lawyers during oral argument Wednesday that the state appears to want to push federal officials, not conflict with them.
The court was hearing arguments on Arizona's immigration crackdown law, which requires police to check the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally, and would also write new state penalties for illegal immigrants who try to apply for jobs.
The Obama administration has sued, arguing that those provisions conflict with the federal government's role in setting immigration policy, but justices on both sides of the aisle struggled to understand that argument.
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Anne Kostalas is not your average Brit. She has been winter camping, she's cruised the Saguenay Fjord and hunted bears in the Abitibi. Since she made the move from across the pond to Montreal, Kostalas has been on the move, visiting the vast geography Quebec has to offer. And she's blogged along the way. Her blog called Dear England, Love Canada is a collection of those experiences. It's a light-hearted story of her own adaption to the winter and an effort to lure her fellow countrymen to visit La Belle Province. This week, Kostalas is snowshoeing at Mont Orford, where she's staying at one of the park's new nature cabins.Quebec AM's Eastern Tonwships reporter Sarah Rogers took a walk with Kostalas.


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To The Minister For Social And Family Affairs, Mary Coughlan, T.D.
Cuirim tuairisc maidir le gníomhartha na hOifige Achomhairc Leasa Shóisialaigh i 2003 faoi bhreith de réir fhorálacha Ailt 254(1) den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Comhdlúthú). 1993.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 254(1) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993, I submit the report of the Social Welfare Appeals Office for 2003.
Cyril Havelin
Chief Appeals Officer
April 2004
Good progress was made by the Appeals Office in 2003. We had a full cadre of Appeals Officers throughout the year, and, thankfully, no major time losses. We were, therefore, able to make good progress in improving turnaround times and reducing the number of appeals on hands.
A good work performance is obviously very satisfying from a managerial point of view. However, I, and all the staff of this office, are very aware that at the core of our business the focus must be on the service we provide at an individual level to each of the many thousands of appellants each year. Our main challenge is in trying to ensure that each person who avails of his or her right to appeal is treated fairly, gets a good opportunity to put their view forward and receives the best decision we can make on their case.
This report tries to give some general idea as to how we conducted our overall business last year. Hopefully, through commentary, statistics and case examples we can give a reasonable flavour of what we did during 2003. What is not so easily conveyed is the respect with which we treat each appeal and the concern we have to ensure that the law is correctly applied in each and every case. In many instances appellants do not get the decision for which they hoped. Notwithstanding that, we can at least assure everyone who calls on our services that we try very hard to "get it right", everytime.
In this report I do not propose to go into detail on how the system works - I hope the case commentaries will give a reasonable idea of what appellants may experience when they avail of the appeals system. Anyone wishing to get information on the functions, rules and procedures of the office can do so via the Department of Social and Family Affairs website, www.welfare.ie, which hosts the relevant appeals information. There is also a comprehensive booklet which can be obtained from the Social Welfare Appeals Office.
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Please help us to process your application quickly by bringing in your completed forms as soon as possible. Please do not post these, but call in and see us at the surgery.
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Camillus Without question, the gap in girls basketball between Cicero-North Syracuse and West Genesee, so large when they met last winter in the Carrier Dome for the Section III Class AA championship, has closed.
But it's still there, and the Northstars, led by Hannah Nichols and Sarah Bowles, turned back the Wildcats' challenge Tuesday night in Camillus, pulling away late to prevail 66-50.
The hot shooting of Nichols and her teammates helped give C-NS a 21-point first-half lead. WG nearly erased all of it before the Northstars displayed its depth and resilience in the homestretch.
With so much attention given to C-NS's senior trio of Bowles, Abbey Timpano and Cara Gannett, the rest of the roster gets overshadowed at times, but not on this night.
Nichols, almost by herself, pushed the Northstars in front, hitting on 12 of her team's first 14 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. Bowles chimed in with a pair of baskets in the final minute of the first quarter to stretch C-NS's lead to 20-9.
And it got more lopsided in the second period, WG falling behind 31-10 midway through that frame, the contest starting to resemble so many others for C-NS in its recent championship run.
Except that this time, the Wildcats fought back. Outside shots from Vicki Graveline and Jackie Pardee launched WG on a 14-6 run to close the half, which made it 37-24 at the break.
It didn't stop there, either. Back-to-back 3-pointers from Melissa Fumano and Courtney Shoults launched a 10-0 run in the third period that cut C-NS's edge to 41-38. At the same time, the Wildcats' defensive pressure caused the Northstars to rush shots and turn the ball over.
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I'm making this the Summer of Cancer Prevention.I'm gonna be wearing an OR Sun Runner cap, long sleeves, and some sun gloves in place of sunscreen. Can I wear regular running shorts while hiking, or do I really need long pants to ensure I won't burn?Experiences?
For short hikes shorts are fine (time is dependent on altitude, tree cover, and how quickly you burn) for longer hikes you need long pants. I use convertible pants. If it gets hot I zip off the legs. Unfortunately I burn very easily so later in the day start to burn.
Edited by Surf on 05/05/2013 17:00:52 MDT.
If you are already going to be wearing sun gloves, then it would make sense to wear pants.I think that sun gloves are excessive and unnecessary unless it's 120 degrees and you are hiking in the Sahara.
Years ago, I used to backpack while wearing shorts. But then I needed something for sun protection, mosquito protection, and maybe for a slight bit of warmth underneath rain pants.I used some ultra-thin men's pajama bottoms that were made out of cotton thinner than a handkerchief.--B.G.--
to add on to what Bob said, scrub pants (medical uniform) are super light, thin, dry fast, and cheap.
I throw on pants and call it good. I hate wearing sunscreen and always forget to reapply.
For years I've been using Neutrogena sunblock.Last year Consumer reports tested sunblocks and rated Neutrogena #1 for UV A and UV B protection.
Although I don't worry about burning, I wear lightweight Craghoppers NosiLife Lite trousers when hiking. They keep me cleaner and protect me from brush. I also like the Columbia Tamiami long sleeve fishing shirts for sun protection. They work for me out here in the west but don't think I'd be as comfortable in a humid climate.
Pants. I simply don't hike in shorts. Hate having to apply sunblock to such a large area. Eric Neutrogena has some nasty stuff in it - check for the best rated sunblocks on EWG's website which have the least nasty additives. I'll check the one my wife and I use when I get a chance.
Pants designed for sun like the RailRyder Ecomesh and other brands.I have come to the point that I wear sun pants all the time for sun and bug protection.The Ecomesh are also lighter than most convertible hiking pants, but I bet less durable.I disturbed a hornets nest last year, the one time that I wore shorts. They only stung my exposed legs.
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I have read where people with HepB are more suseptible to get HIV. Is this due to the fact they may have a decreased immune system or is it due to the fact they may partake in riskier behaviors?
Also, if it is due to a decreased immune system, would the same be true for an inactive carrier?
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It is because of shared risk factors. HBV and HIV are both basically sexually transmitted diseases. HBV does not affect the immune system, however I am becoming increasingly convinced that HCV may indeed affect the immune system. DTD
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Tyrese Apologizes For 'Fat' And 'Nasty' Comments
Tyrese sure learned a lesson after dishing out insensitive comments about overweight people being "fat" and "nasty." The R&B singer was forced to issue an (maybe too late) apology.
He took to Twitter to admit that he is a work in progress and asked for his fans to forgive him for his "poorly executed" words, but he stands by his belief that overweight people are that size because of their own poor eating habits.
Read his e-pology at VIBE Vixen.


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COVINGTON -- The Newton boys basketball team will see what it's truly made of as it heads to four camps following three weeks of intense practices.
"I'm curious to see if we're as fast as I think we are," Newton head coach Rick Rasmussen said. "Can we be as good as I think we can be and how will we do when the going gets tough? We're interested to find out what we look like against other people. I'm curious to see who steps up in the games. I've got about 15 guys that have a chance to be on our varsity team."
Newton starts its summer tour at Mercer on Saturday before playing a four-day camp starting on Monday at Monroe Area. From there, the team will head to Athens to compete at the University of Georgia camp before closing it out at Georgia College and State University.
"I think the team is very versatile and they really get after it," Rasmussen said. "Even though we're not particularly tall, we're very physical. I have one guy, Donovan Grubb; he's only 6-2 but he's a power guy. He can bang inside and do the dirty work. He's a really physical player. There are a couple guys that are learning the game that are 6-3, 6-4. They're not quite ready to really contribute a lot but they have height. It's just a matter of getting them some experience. Whether or not that height will be in the rotation still remains to be seen."
Over the past three weeks, Rasmussen and his staff have been helping the inexperienced players learn their system as well as help the new players and the experienced players find that team chemistry and get to know their teammates.
The Rams began their summer practice with six players returning from last year's team, including three starters. Hoping to return to their starting positions are D.J. Hill, Taylor Hawkins and Jalen Glover.
"The other three returners are backup point guard, who's a senior, Caylen Gooch," Rasmussen said. "Then there's Brandon Lybrand; he's a senior and a forward/center, and forward Tarik Rogers -- and he'll be a junior. Of those six, we have four seniors and two juniors. We have a good nucleus of six guys who really know what we're doing. Those six guys are hungry and they have great attitudes. We're really happy about those six players."
Rasmussen is also excited about some of the rising freshmen at the camp. Darvin Jones, a guard, was one of the leading scorers at the middle school level last year and is fighting for a starting role on the varsity team.
"He was at Veterans and averaged about 20 points a game," Rasmussen said of Jones. "He reminds me a lot of Derrick Henry. I haven't had a freshman in the rotation since Jamon Hawkins. We're really excited he's here."
With the lack of height that has plagued Newton over the past few seasons, Rasmussen is excited about his future with 6-foot, 3-inch freshman Josh Tukes. Even though he'll be a starter on the freshman team and probably won't see any playing time on the varsity level, Rasmussen is excited about what he will bring to the table by the time he's a senior.
"He's in the 90-percentile according to the doctor in his growth. By the time he's a senior he could be 6-7 or 6-8," Rasmussen said. "I don't know how much varsity playing time he'll get, but what a future he'll have. He's coachable and works hard.
"There are a lot of kids that were in the JV that are ready to play as juniors. I think the team is pretty deep and we're excited. I'm really excited about the attitudes of these guys. Everybody is buying in (to the system), working extremely hard and their attitudes have been great. The guys that are role players are young. They're a hard-working group and are very competitive."
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Both the Legacy and the Impreza systems delivered significant results, which, at press time, were yet to be confirmed by subsequent tests in other facilities. During the California tests, exhaust systems were found to have a larger impact on increasing horsepower than the intakes. Also, the heat shields make major contributions to maintaining a flow of cooler intake air, which results in improved engine performance.
Added benefits of these SPT intake and exhaust systems go beyond improved performance. The parts are covered by the Limited Warranty for Genuine Subaru Replacement Parts and Accessories. This warranty begins on the day the part is purchased and lasts for one year, regardless of mileage, or for the period of coverage remaining for the part under the Subaru New Car Limited Warranties, whichever is longer. See your Subaru dealer for details.
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Some materials used in houses are more resistant to moisture, water, flooding, and mold than other materials. Selecting materials that are more suited for contact with floodwaters or water for three days or more without significant damage is important in areas where flooding occurs and hurricanes are possible.
Choose materials based on location, their compatibility with other types of materials, and on how the total components or systems (wall, floor) drain and dry. Although some materials resist floodwater and moisture damage, they may also inhibit drying. Resistance to moisture combined with the ability of the total component to dry is an important consideration.
The following is a partial listing of materials that may resist water and flooding. Before making a selection, consult with the manufacturer about the item's purpose. This listing is not an endorsement of any one product or material. Other materials may be suitable. Check building code requirements.
• Concrete materials such as concrete tile, pre-cast concrete, or latex or bituminous formed-in-place can be colored, polished, and sealed.
• Non-porous stone, slate, or cast stone with waterproof mortar.
• Clay tile, quarry tile, terrazzo, or ceramic tile.
• Rubber sheets or tiles.
• Naturally decay-resistant wood subflooring (redwood, cedar, some oaks, bald cypress) or steel for structural members. However, wood can warp. Unless the finished flooring is removed immediately to allow the subfloor to dry, it may become damaged and moldy.
• Solid plastic lumber (may inhibit drying).
• Waterproof mortar or adhesives (may inhibit drying of the subfloor).
• Mastic or silicone, epoxy, or polyurethane formed-in-place.
• Steel with waterproof applications (coated to resist corrosion); steel studs, beams, and sill plates.
• Solid naturally decay-resistant wood for structural components.
• Cement board.
• Brick.
• Cast stone with waterproof mortar.
• Structural glazed clay tile.
• Ceramic veneer or ceramic wall tile - mortar set, porcelain.
• Concrete.
• Glass blocks or glass panels (may break).
• Plaster with metal lath.
• Natural solid or veneer stone with waterproof grout.
• Artificial non-absorbent solid or veneer stone with waterproof grout.
• Corrosion-resistant metal, metal clad, and vinyl window frames; solid wood window frames in good condition may survive well but are subject to swelling and warping. Interior metal or fiberglass doors. Use impact resistant glass.
• Corrosion-resistant metal exterior doors.
• Rubber mold epoxy polyamide adhesive or latex hydraulic cement.
• Exterior fiber-cement, vinyl, or aluminum siding, brick, or concrete. Lap siding generally permits drying. Brick must be installed correctly and drainage provided so that water and moisture vapor behind the brick can drain and dry. Reinforced poured concrete is strong and has fewer seams than concrete block. Seams may allow water entry.
• Sheathings must be able to dry. Plywood sheathing is strong although it may dry slowly. Oriented strand board (OSB) may swell.
If wallboard must be used, use non paperfaced gypsum wallboard, water resistant fiber-reinforced gypsum wallboard or panels, or cement board. These products may provide more resistance to moisture and mold than regular dry wall faced with paper. Research has indicated that quick-setting joint compound and fiberglass tape may withstand water and flood events better than regular drywall joint compound and paper tape.
Coverings and coatings should allow drying in at least one direction so that interior wall and floor systems can quickly drain and dry. More testing of components or wall systems in actual flood situations and on individual materials is needed.
Moisture-Resistant Paint, Coatings, and Coverings
• Latex paint will allow moisture in an inner wall or structure behind the surfaces to move through the paint and dry. However, the paint may discolor, blister, and peel.
• Polyester epoxy or other water-resistant coatings are made for specific applications. These may not allow areas such as a wall cavity to dry rapidly and, although easier to clean, may also blister and peel. Although water-resistant strong coatings, oil or alkyd-based paints and enamels may inhibit drying. Read labels for caution and safety warnings.
• Ceramic tile, although resistant to flooding, may inhibit drying of other components.
• Vinyl wall coverings and other plastic-coated paper, paper, and paneling may inhibit wall component drying and may peel and blister. Research (Livengood & Aglan, 2003) has indicated these types of coverings peel and blister.
Coverings and coatings should allow drying in at least one direction so that interior walls and floor systems can quickly drain and dry. More testing on components or wall systems in actual flood situations and on individual materials is needed.
Furnishings, if used and allowed in an area that may flood, should be light weight and easy to move to a higher level if necessary. Some furnishings may be damaged if they move or float in water. Wave action and debris also can damage furniture. Adhesives used in the furniture construction must resist water. Consider these types of furnishings for areas that may flood:
• Metal cabinets and furnishings with rust/corrosion resistant finishes.
• Most plastics.
• Some bamboo or rattan furniture (resists water damage but is subject to mold).
• Concrete and cement.
• Reinforced glass.
• Natural or artificial non-absorbent stone.
Laminated surfaces may separate. Cellulose based furnishings such as paper, cotton, linen, and wood serve as a food source for mold. Built-in furnishings and cabinets may inhibit the draining and drying of the walls behind them, and the surfaces above and below. Built-ins should be opened up and removed to allow the walls to drain and dry.
• Foam or closed-cell rigid insulation, including extruded polystyrene or polyisocyanurate, is not damaged by water and resists surface mold growth. This kind of insulation generally allows the wall and floor systems to drain and dry.
• Fiberglass insulation resists water damage and surface mold growth. However, the insulation may trap and hold water and slow drying time of wall and floor systems. Fiberglass insulation usually has to be removed.
• Consider foam-filled metal or foam-filled fiberglass exterior doors. Exterior solid wood or wood panel doors may swell and warp and need several finish coats to protect the surface but may withstand the water better than wood laminated doors.
• Use corrosion-resistant hinges and galvanized or stainless steel nails.
• Mortar and adhesives should resist water.
Even with water-resistant materials, some damage may occur if a home is flooded. Clean up is necessary and painting and repairs may be needed.
When materials such as tile and plywood are used together, drying time may be reduced. However, water may be trapped behind and under surface materials. Before selecting material combinations for walls and floors, consider length of drying time if water were to be trapped inside the combinations, or in the wall or floor systems. The combination should allow drying in at least one direction. Consider the following questions before you make a final decision. Which way can water drain and dry out? Will the surface material have to be removed from the combination to allow drying? Is the surface material easy to remove to allow drying time? (FEMA Homeowners Guide to Retrofitting.)
Cushman, T. (2006, July/August). Low Country Rx: Wet Floodproofing. Coastal Contractor.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. Build with Flood-Resistant Materials.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. Protecting Your Business from Flooding.
Livengood, S. & Aglan, Heshmat. (2003, Jan/Feb.) After the Flood. Home Energy. pp. 12-16.
Wendt, R. and Alan, H. (2006). Rebuilding Your Flood-Damaged Home. Home Energy pp. 20-26.
York, B. (2006). Safety Measures for Stormy Windows. Home Energy. p. 37.
Zoeller, W. (2006). Designing and Building Hurricane-Resistant Homes. Home Energy. pp. 12-16. or CARB
Portions of this information are based on the "Protect Your Home From Flood" by the Institute for Business and Homes Safety and on FEMA Technical Bulletin 2-93 Flood-Resistant Materials Requirements for Buildings Located in Special Flood Hazard Areas. Call 1-800-480-2520 to request the FEMA bulletin.


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Fragrance reviews are silly, but sometimes, fragrance marketing is even sillier. What do "playful pastimes" and "nostalgia" really smell like? So from now on, we'll be crowdsourcing our own fragrance reviews. Read on to find out what our office thought about the latest sample to land on our desk. This week, we're sniffing "Nicole" by Nicole Richie.
Fragrance: Nicole by Nicole Richie, $55-69.
What Nicole Richie thinks it smells like: "Layered with scents inspired by Nicole's childhood memories, Nicole is a feminine, sensual scent composed of creamy golden ambers and highlighted with flecks of fruit and flower petals. The fragrance opens with notes of succulent blackberry and Seville orange, moves into a heart of golden amber, Moroccan rose, lily of the valley and papyrus, and settles into a warm, creamy blend of sensual cashmere woods, sandalwood, sugared patchouli and vanilla absolute. A fragrance for every woman and any occasion, Nicole conjures those special moments that result in a lifetime of memories."
What we think it smells like:
- Fruity, but with a bit of a musky, masculine side. I'd imagine a very pretty boy wearing this.
- Pastries. I picture croissants.
- Very tasteful. I kind of want to turn this into a blanket.
- Home during the holidays before the annoying extended family has arrived.
- Baby powder. It's polite.
- Powder and a mix of flowers.
- The inside of a Sephora.
- Jasmine petal cotton candy.
- New car smell but sweeter.
- Spicy, a little bit cinnamon-ish.
- Your relatives at a funeral.
- Not a funeral, but grandmas.
- Vanilla-y, generic perfume.
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The Office of Investment Affairs (IFD/OIA) develops and carries out U.S. policy on international investment matters, in cooperation with other agencies. Strategic goals are to:
- protect U.S. investment abroad;
- promote market-based investment standards;
- encourage other countries to adopt policies that create sound investment regimes.
The Office pursues these goals by:
- negotiating investment treaties and agreements;
- leading investment work in multilateral forums;
- providing guidance to U.S. Embassies and consulates to help U.S. investors seeking assistance in investment-related disputes.
Foreign investment is vital to economic growth around the globe. Investment creates good jobs, increases productivity, and raises living standards in the United States and in other countries. We encourage nondiscriminatory, open, and market-oriented environments for U.S. investment overseas though the negotiation of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and investment chapters in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). BITs and FTA investment chapters protect U.S. investors and investments abroad and gain greater access for U.S. investors in foreign markets. The Department of State co-chairs the negotiation of U.S. BITs with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and serves on USTR-led delegations in the negotiation of FTA investment chapters. We monitor investment elements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The Office of Investment Affairs also coordinates preparation by U.S. embassies abroad of annual Investment Climate Statements.
EB leads USG engagement in multilateral fora to encourage open investment policy, restrain protectionist impulses, and advance U.S. views on investment rules. The two principal multilateral venues are the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the G8 Heiligendamm Dialogue Process (HDP). EB led successful efforts through the OECD Investment Committee's 2006-2009 Freedom of Investment Project to showcase growing investment protectionism and develop best practices for addressing national security concerns associated with foreign investment. In 2008 the project also produced best practices for recipient country treatment of investment from sovereign wealth funds, a ministerial declaration on open investment and the avoidance of protectionism, and a new surveillance mechanism for tracking and subjecting to peer review potential protectionist measures. In four meetings since the 2007 G-8 Summit, the HDP Investment Working Group brought together the G8 and China, Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa to address the importance of investment agreements as a complement to sound development policy, issues of coherence among thousands of bilateral investment treaties, the balance between protection of investor rights and the legitimate need for governments to regulate and promote development. The Working Group called for the avoidance of protectionism before the November 2008 G-20 statement.
We work closely with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a U.S. government agency that supports U.S. investors overseas with specialized insurance and finance programs. We coordinate with other State Department bureaus to ensure OPIC's activities are consistent with our overall foreign policy aims.
Business groups, labor unions and non-governmental organizations are focusing public attention on globalization and international organizations where trade and investment policy is negotiated or coordinated. The Office of Investment Affairs helps lead international work to develop and strengthen investment policy by engaging actively at multilateral organizations, including:
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD);
- World Trade Organization (WTO);
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum; and
- UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Multilateral cooperation encourages transparency and investment liberalization to facilitate increased investment flows.
The Office also serves as the U.S. National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The OECD Guidelines are non-binding recommendations on responsible corporate behavior from governments to their multinational corporations, covering topics like labor relations, environmental policy, corporate disclosure and combating bribery.
Along with the Commercial and Business Affairs Office (CBA) and the Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes (L/CID), the Office of Investment Affairs is a point of contact within the State Department for assistance to U.S. companies involved in investment disputes, expropriation cases, or other claims against foreign governments. We also work with the Department of Commerce to collate investment climate information for prospective overseas investors. OIA coordinates with the Departments of Commerce and Justice to address alleged incidents of bribery of foreign public officials (by foreign-based corporations) that adversely affect the opportunity for U.S. companies to compete on a transparent and level playing field for international tenders and contracts.
The Office assesses national security implications of selected proposed mergers and acquisitions of U.S. companies by foreign companies, working with other U.S. agencies to make recommendations to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
OIA conducts regular outreach sessions to exchange views with business groups, labor unions, and non-governmental organizations interested in U.S. investment policy, U.S. investment treaties, the fight against bribery and corruption, and corporate responsibility.
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Children's book author to speak at CLU
Local resident's bilingual titles have won many awards
Friday, June 8, 2012
(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – June 8, 2012) The public is invited to hear award-winning author Amada Irma Pérez of Ventura speak from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. Thursday, June 21, at California Lutheran University.
The free public presentation in Preus-Brandt Forum is part of a literacy workshop for kindergarten through 12th-grade educators being presented by the California Reading and Literature Project at CLU.
Pérez wrote "My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito," "My Diary from Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá" and "Nana's Big Surprise/Nana ¡Que sorpresa!" The books, all published by Children's Book Press, have received many honors including the American Library Association's Pura Belpré Honor Award, Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award and the International Latino Book Award. Her stories are beloved for their humorous details and universal themes of family support, love and friendship.
Her most recent book, published in 2011, is "My Handy Writing Book: A New, Fun & Easy Way to Write Stories." She wrote it to help students write better narratives. Pérez speaks at conferences, festivals, libraries and schools.
She had been a classroom teacher for kindergarten through graduate-level students for more than 25 years when she wrote her first story, "My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito," while participating in the Southwest Writing Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The program director and her fellow writers encouraged her to publish it.
The forum is located south of Olsen Road between Mountclef Boulevard and Campus Drive on the Thousand Oaks campus.
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I've heard Democrat voting described as wanting "the freedom to fail." I think that's an interesting turn of phrase "the freedom to fail." From what I've been able to glean, it means the freedom to try all kinds of interesting and bold new ideas without having to worry about starving if they don't work out. We have that already, it's called childhood…or maybe even college. Once you become an adult, taking responsibility for feeding yourself is part of the package? Isn't it?
We have a safety net in our society which is meant to keep people from starving to death if they find themselves in rough water. I don't know anyone who has an issue with it. The problem I see is that what was meant to be a trampoline has become a comfy hammock. There are people who are trying to use it to jump back into their lives, but it's too cushy to get any bounce, and the other folks are settling in there and calling for more stuff. It's not supposed to be a vacation!
People demonized Mitt Romney when he talked about the 47% who receive government handouts. It was one of the most honest things I ever heard a politician say, and I was disappointed when he backed away from it. It is human nature to begin taking for granted the people who voluntarily step in to help. Most people have had the experience of stepping into the gap to "temporarily" help someone else, but when we try to stop "helping" they get frustrated and angry that we quit. The same thing happens with the government, we have only to look at the riots in Greece to know that this is true. When you try to wean people, even the able bodied, off of free stuff they get angry. Could the solution be to just stop offering the free stuff in the first place?
There comes a sense of entitlement with the idea that things should be "fair." I don't know who the liar is who started the "we need it to be fair" cr*p, but I'd like to smack them. The idea of "fair" gives other people the impression that they have a right to the things we have worked to earn. It is not my responsibility to pay for your "Obama-phone", but heaven help me if I try to stop paying for it.
It's like taking my kids to the toy store and listening to them squeal with delight at all of the things I could buy them, but it's as if my children brought along the force of the Federal Government to force me to buy all those things whether I want to or not.
Didn't de Tocqueville say something about how the American Republic would last until the Congress discovered that it could bribe the people with other people's money? We're there. Half of the country voted on Tuesday to keep living off of the half that doesn't want to be subsidized. My only question is…What happens when the 50% of earners decide to quit?


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INFORMS Podcast Series Features Chris Dellarocas on Double Marginalization in Performance-Based Advertising
Professor and Chair of Information Systems Chrysanthos Dellarocas explores an unexpected consequence of online pay-per-action systems (PPAs), such as the pay-per-click model. More
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Mommie Dearest, Brothers Grimm: Thinking about Cleveland's House of Horrors
Ariel Castro's crime is the stuff of the grislier fairy tales. Which invites the question: Just where did those fairy tales come from?
May 21, 2013 - 7:00 am
The Shubert. The Apollo. Carnegie Hall.
So the "Snapple Theater Center" doesn't provoke the same reverent awe as do the names of those famous New York City landmarks, but hey, a gig's a gig, right?
Maybe Christina Crawford inherited more of her adoptive mother's trooper spirit than she'd care to admit.
It's so easy to imagine Joan Crawford growling, "Snapple, crapple! The show must go on!"
And so it does: the longrunning "Mommie Dearest" franchise, one angry daughter's single claim to fame — first a blockbuster 1977 memoir, then a cult movie — is back in a rather downmarket iteration: A Conversation with Christina Crawford: Live and Onstage in Surviving Mommie Dearest.
Or rather, was. The show's very brief run at the Snapple overlapped Mother's Day.
After more than 30 years of telling all, what possible secrets could Christina Crawford have left to reveal about her infamous mom?
Well, now she's claiming (sort of) that Joan Crawford murdered her husband Alfred Steele, the Pepsi CEO whose position the widow snatched for herself after his death.
Here's Faye Dunaway reenacting the power grab in the aforementioned cult flick, Mommie Dearest (1981):
I like to think that's how it happened.
I hate to think the other stuff is true, though.
Like how Joan Crawford would give Christina's lavish Christmas presents away to orphans after the LIFE magazine holiday photo-ops were over.
(Although I do share the actress's purported aversion to wire hangers, one exaggerated by the child Christina's imagination. Having once blogged off hand that I hoped one day to replace all my wire hangers with padded ones, a longtime reader shipped me a huge cardboard box of the latter –all sorbet pastel silk and bows — after his grandmother's death.)
Anyway, these old movie stars mean a lot to me.
My mother was named after Joan Crawford, because my grandmother — who so closely resembled Crawford's lifelong rival, Bette Davis, that she won look-alike contests — whiled away her pregnancy compulsively watching Crawford films.
Amusingly, my mother was blessed with very thick eyebrows, which we jokingly attributed to all those "shop girl" late shows.
This was especially funny because my grandmother had plucked all hers off in an attempt to better replicate Davis's early look, and they never grew back.
I got the "Joan" eyebrows too, but the Bette Davis face.
I really wish my grandmother had been a bigger fan of, say, Elizabeth Taylor…
My mother and I also shared similar birthmarks. Not somehow-alluring Liz Taylor moles, either.
When I complained about them, which I did from about age five onwards, my mother used to chirp:
But just think: if someone ever kills you, I can use it to identify your body.
If you ever got kidnapped, I'd hope they'd find your body right away because then at least I'd know you weren't being tortured in a basement.
But then she'd reassure me that nobody would want to kidnap me anyhow, because we weren't rich, like the Hearsts.
Because that's why I worried so much: the Patty Hearst kidnapping was such a huge deal when I was a child.
So was the Chowchilla incident, when a schoolbus was hijacked and all the kids were hidden underground.
When I got older, I wondered why my mother had child abduction on the brain.
I'd assumed the whole kidnapping thing was a uniquely 1970s phenomenon, like hitchiking and hijacking.
Had weird scary things happened to children when she was growing up, too?
"I can't tell you how many times I have been told in person and with letters that reading the book made people realize for the first time that they weren't alone," Crawford continued. When the exposé was published, she didn't expect to become a poster child. But the book broke open certain taboos about the travails of the rich and famous, she says. "If there was abuse, it was seen as being part of the lower socioeconomic and racial strata. And the rest of the world was in complete denial."
– Christina Crawford, The New Yorker, May 10, 2013
Christina is now the same age her adopted mother was when she died.
The thing Christina Crawford is too polite to mention is that she's never seen a nickel of the film's almost forty million dollars in receipts and with a production budget of five million, that's a lot of nickels. When asked why she isn't participating in the profits, she lets out a long, but not especially bitter laugh. "If I knew that," she replies, "I would be a nice wealthy lady. It has to do with the way Hollywood keeps their accounting and it's a minor sore spot, but there's nothing I can do about it at the moment."
The Hollywood shuffle is an ironic echo of Joan Crawford Steele's last will and testament, which, after hashing out payments to her other adoptive daughters, housekeeping staff, and various charities, finally gets around to its tenth point buried just above Crawford's final wish to be cremated. "It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina," the will reads, "for reasons which are well known to them." This final shakedown in effect sets up the financial parameters in which the memoir Mommie Dearest was born.
It's pointed out that adapting an author's property without paying a royalty cannot be above board, but Crawford says it's not a point she's litigating. "I know it isn't," she replies. "It's just one of those anomalies of Hollywood. Things, as they say in the song, are not what they seem."
Paramount Studios has also licensed a limited edition "Mommie Dearest" collectible doll, the kind that's not meant for children.
It's due out this summer, and comes complete with a little wire hanger.
Presumably Christina Crawford won't be getting any royalties from that, either.
It's impossible to imagine her mother letting Hollywood get away with such an arrangment, and hard to understand why Christina doesn't sue.
It's also hard for many to understand how three women can be kidnapped and held against their will for ten years.
Shortly before Mother's Day this year, the world awoke to news reports of "the Cleveland house of horrors."
Why didn't those women try harder to escape?
Why didn't anyone notice what was going on?
All these real-life crimes wear the trappings of fairy tales, the Brothers Grimm.
If the past is a "more innocent time," where did those violent children's stories come from?
(Noted one fellow: "Germany was quite obviously headed down a terrible road much earlier than is often supposed…")
I don't have children. Do they still learn these fairy tales?
For generations, the theories of concentration camp survivor turned child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim were conventional wisdom:
Bettelheim analyzed fairy tales in terms of Freudian psychology in The Uses of Enchantment (1976). He discussed the emotional and symbolic importance of fairy tales for children, including traditional tales at one time considered too dark, such as those collected and published by the Brothers Grimm. Bettelheim suggested that traditional fairy tales, with the darkness of abandonment, death, witches, and injuries, allowed children to grapple with their fears in remote, symbolic terms (…) [and] would better prepare them for their own futures.
It was only after his suicide that former students complained that nothing had quite prepared them for Bruno Bettelheim:
There are indications that at least the local psychiatric community knew exactly what was going on, and did nothing. Chicago analysts scathingly referred to the doctor as "Beno Brutalheim." (…)
"I suspect that the main reason why it's so hard to talk about the Bettelheim tragedy is this: in one way or another, he induced all of us to act in ways that we feel sick to think about now. This includes kids, parents, staff members, students and faculty at the University of Chicago, colleagues, and so forth."
Just before my mother died a painful, too-young death from cancer a few years ago, she timidly asked me if "anything bad" had ever happened to me.
I knew just who and what she was talking about.
I said no. I lied.
Mother's Day always falls right after my birthday, and my mother's.
It is not my favorite day.
This year, I thought about the three girls — now women — freed from their Cleveland dungeon.
Two rushed into the arms of their families, and slept in rooms that reportedly hadn't been touched since the day they disappeared. Sorbet pastel teddy bear shrines, inside their homes, and out.
For their families, this year's was the best Mother's Day ever.
One of the women, though, is refusing to see her parents.
I wondered what girl I'd have been.
Anyway, also just before Mother's Day this year, I had to have one of those troublesome birthmarks removed. Cancer runs in the family and all.
And no great personal mythology crisis ensued, a bit to my surprise.
I barely felt a thing.


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Two-Run Home Run Breaks 1-1 Deadlock in Final Frame
FREDERICK, MD – Steven Souza Jr. broke a 1-1 deadlock in the top of the ninth inning with a two-run home run to down the Keys in the final frame as Frederick fell 3-1 to the Potomac Nationals in front of 6,169 fans at Harry Grove Stadium.
The Keys were unable to rally in the bottom of the ninth, falling in defeat to Potomac to even up the series as their record falls to 16-19 in the second half of the year.
Relief pitcher David Walters, who gave up the home run to Souza Jr., is charged with the loss as he falls to 2-6 on the year with a 3.80 ERA.
Keys starting pitcher Tim Berry and the Nationals' Robert Gilliam were entwined in a pitcher's duel with each pitcher only surrendering one run before they exited.
In fact, the Keys struck early against Gilliam, scoring in the first inning when Jeremy Nowak singled with runners on first and second to put the Keys on top 1-0.
Unfortunately for Frederick, Gilliam put the clamps on their offense the rest of the way as he gave up no runs thereafter.
Yet the Keys' Berry was just as good, not giving up a run until his last inning of work. Overall, he struck out seven and walked just one while giving up five hits through 5 2/3 innings.
It wasn't until the sixth inning that Potomac was able to score on Berry and they did so with two outs. After Ricky Hague singled, David Freitas followed that up with a double, which allowed Hague to score all the way from first to tie the score at one.
The score would stay tied until Souza Jr. came to the plate in the ninth inning against Walters. His two-run blast over the center field wall would be the difference and send the Keys home in defeat.
Frederick will try and take the rubber match tomorrow on Christmas in July Night when RHP Tyler Wilson (5-4, 3.58 ERA) takes the mound against LHP Matt Grace (6-9, 5.51 ERA).
First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 PM and live coverage starts at 3:40 PM on 1450-AM The Source.


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Illinois on Wednesday joined a number of US states that are fighting to keep prying employers from asking for workers' passwords on social networking sites such as Facebook.
The law, which protects both current employees and prospective hires, decrees that Illinois employers who ask for login data can be fined $200 and up as of January 1.
The new law (here's the text, and here's the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act that it amends) is known as the Facebook bill.
The bill makes it illegal for employers to ask for login information "or to demand access to it in any manner."
This will only protect private posts, mind you.
There's nothing barring employers from asking for workers' social networking user names, thus leaving them free to check out employees' public postings, get into a snit, and fire their unprofessional and/or debauched butts.
A recent case in point was when Robert J. Sumien, an emergency medical technician, was fired for posting a comment on Facebook about giving a "boot to the head" to unruly patients.
(Sumien sued, claiming that he misunderstood Facebook's settings, and thereby didn't know his employer could read his postings. The court did not sympathize.)
Bear in mind that employers' interests in workers' social networking selves is climbing ever skyward.
According to Gartner's predictions, by 2015, 60 percent of employers are likely to be eavesdropping on our social media selves to make sure our e-blabbing isn't poking security holes into their outfits.
This growth in employer surveillance has seen a corresponding indignation on the part of workers, has interested the media, and has motivated some lawmakers to push legislation similar to that of Illinois.
To wit: Maryland has a similar law, while Connecticut, New York, California, Washington, Delaware and New Jersey are all considering bans.
Meanwhile, two U.S. senators - Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Charles Schumer of New York - have asked the US Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to look into whether US law already prohibits employers from demanding Facebook passwords from job applicants.
The senators' letters of inquiry have been posted online.
The upshot: you can still be as law-spurning, drunken and/or unprofessional as you want on Facebook and other sites, but at least for now, you have a chance to keep that behavior out of employers' sight - if you work in Illinois or Maryland, that is.
Of course, if you're one of the estimated 13 million US Facebook users who don't use and/or are oblivious to the site's privacy controls, the new law means zilch.
Sophos readers tend to not need any of the following advice, but we all have acquaintances, friends and/or family who do.
So for them:
Here's Facebook's privacy page.
And here's what to tell the privacy-settings challenged:
If you've set Facebook privacy to only show your posts to friends, bear in mind that when you comment on other people's posts, your words are subject to those friends' privacy settings.
They're also viewable to their friends.
Be careful!
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1. Women's Leadership in Higher Education Administration: Career Choices and Opportunities
Sunday, 3 January, 8:30–11:30 a.m., Commonwealth, Sheraton
Program arranged by the MLA Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Presiding: Carol T. Christ, Smith Coll.; Joan Hinde Stewart, Hamilton Coll.; Judith S. White, Higher Education Resource Services
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This workshop encourages women at all career stages to consider leadership roles at the department level and in higher administration. Topics include the changing environment for higher education, preparation for administrative positions, leadership values, career mapping, reframing academic service, working with search consultants, negotiation strategies, department chairing, and balancing work and life. Preregistration required.
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Good accommodations The rooms and common areas are functional and pleasant enough, and the staff are helpful. The hostel is also well located with access to several metro lines. My only complaints are that the bathrooms left something to be desired in the way of daily cleaning and hand soap, and the lockers are so small and difficult to open and close. — Eugenia, age 25, Chile (2014-02-12)
Great! This hostel is awesome! Very comfortable accommodations, clean, breakfast ok, great staff (they gave us free champagne for New Year's Eve!). — Raquel, Brazil (2012-05-10)
Not as advertised I was expecting a lot more from V&S, according to their website and their reviews on several guides. Despite the ever friendly staff (Fernando and all the girls that work the day-shift were great), the hostel is boiling hot, even when you pay for A/C (which is only turned on during the night). Also in a very shady area of town, specially if you arrive late or go out for a snack after midnight. I also overheard several people with booking problems that simply decided to move to another hostel. Maybe I'd stay there again in the winter, but never again during the summer! — Lucas, Brazilian (2010-01-11)
I loved this hostel and stayed here around two weeks total. The rooms are kept immaculately clean by a very friendly maid. This hostel also has the best showers I've ever found in South America. The staff is excellent and friendly and the common area is a nice place to hang out. I felt extremely comfortable and safe here and would recommend this place to anyone. — Anonymous (2005-07-08)
Hey, this hostel is the best! You have to stay here if you are in Buenos Aires. The people are really nice, and the place is super clean, safe, and relaxing. — Marco (2005-04-08)
For me this place was the best experience in Argentina. Excellent STAFF. It has a nice breakfast (including cakes). I recommend this place. — Anonymous (2005-02-17)
The friendliest hostel in Buenos!!! Carolina and especially Natalia are the nicest people and always helped me with whatever problem I had!!! — Jason Stray (2005-01-13)
This is a very nice hostel, clean, in the middle of the Microcentro (downtown). The staff were nice when I was there. — JP (2005-01-03)


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November 20, 2012
Star Features
Ginal get ketch
Propa propa respek to all a mi Tambareen Fambily linky-linky an all a mi Mix Up massive. An bless up to all Ragashanti in di Mawnin listeners. Straight blessings an protection.
On to di mix up:
Ginal get Ketch
A bredda an a girl a deal an tings a gwaan good. Di bredda get a work out port an did haffi spen most a him time outa di area. Wen him gaan di B staat to draw fi a nex yute who har man know too. Da yute deh goh mek har man know weh she up to an di two a dem decide fi gwaan play along wid har games. Soh di two man dem jus gwaan run di ting same way, di man who she deh wid jus gwaan run it wen him fahwud fram work, an di oda yute rinse har wen him gaan a work - an di two man dem cool wid di arrangement.
All dis time di B tink a she a run di two man dem head. She de deh a tink seh har playa-playa skills dem tun up an dat di two man dem nuh know say she a do di tings dem wid both a dem.
Tings reach a point weh di two man dem decide say a time fi surprise har. Di plan was dat one fi move to har fi a sort out, an dat afta him done, di oda one woulda come een right away a tek fi him sort out as usual - which would be their way of revealing to her dat dem know weh she a do long time.
Soh pon di planned night she an har man goh a one shed an she de deh a dash out har sinting wicked. Dem a gwaan an a gwaan an a gwaan. Di oda bredda did outside inna di dark a wait back a one tree.
Anyways, she an di man did a tek one helleva long time wid dem doings. It cause di one outside weh a wait fi get impatient, an him staat fling stone pon di house top fi signal to di girl man say fi done now so dat him can go een.
Di girl hear di stone dem a drop all bout pon di shed weh she a sort out wid har man an ketch har fraid.
One important ting to note here was dat about two weeks before dis a gwaan, a different yute did dead suddenly inna di community.
Anyways, back to di mix up. Soh di B staat ketch har fraid an insist say she waan goh outside fi see wa a gwaan. She walk outa di shed an wen she reach outside di yute weh a hide slide back a di tree fi continue hide fram har. She mussi see likkle movements an staat move to di tree an a look good fi see if she see smaddy. Di yute continue to a position himself fi she nuh see him. But she keep on a walk closer n closer to di tree, an a ben har neck inna di darkness deh fi see if she really did see supm a move. Wen she get close to di tree di yute realise say she a goh eventually see him - soh him step out!! Wen him step out di gyal frighten nuh faleetee!! She staat bawl out loud an a scream pon di top a har lungs!! She tun roun an run weh fasta dan Shellyan Fraser, a scream loud loud an run goh dung a har muma an relatives an tell dem say she jus see duppy an dat di di duppy did a move to har.
By di nex mawnin di girl an har muma fly goh dung a one obeah man fi him tell dem a wa really gwaan wid weh she see di night before. Di obeahman work him guzum an end up a tell dem say a di bredda weh did dead few weeks before did a move to har. Den di obeahman come up wid a bag a foolishniss fi she do fi keep weh di duppy. Eventually di obeahman mek di girl a walk roun wid har head, neck an face well wrap up wid all kind stinking guzumites an obeah oil. All a di stinking tings dem weh she have on was supposedly fi keep weh di duppy fram har.
Well, as people always say, belief kill an belief cure.
But me did a wonda say since she did a sort out wen she hear di stone dem a drop all bout pon di shed, does dat mean she did tink say di duppy did want some a di daggerring?? Lol
See unu Thursday.
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