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I couldn't go to sleep so I picked one with America XD
"Jones likes me
" you said not believing it. Alfred Jones was an All American boy. You were just a chubby girl who was into anime, games, movies, music, world history, and cooking. Some would freak out on her if this was true like the head cheerleader. She'd make your life worst then it is now. You would say hell is a paradise after she's through with you.
"Really ______! He likes you! You are the girl next door to him. He says you're perfect." Lilli said smiling she was so cute she was one weakness to you.
"But I don't know him and don't tell me things about him. It will make me feel creepy." If learned anything about people it was by talking to them and your friends knew this and took it as a chance. "Then go talk to him or we will." Elizabeth said as you groaned.
"What should I ask him if he wants to hang out and play video games?"
"YES!!!!" it seemed you got it right you turned to see Alfred laughing with his buddies everyone called them the 'Allies'. "What if he has foot-"
"That ended a week ago ____~ You have to talk to him or I will." Elizabeth said as you sighed
'Saved by the bell.' You thought and stood up. "Maybe another time. Lilli are we still good to hang out?"
Lilli nodded. "Yes. See you after school ____I need to go and remind Big Brother." She said before walking away.
-Time Skip bought to you by
..who are you Canada: I'm Canada-
The school day finally ended. You were glad because if was Friday and you mom and dad were away for the next two weeks. Now you can play games and watch anime to your little heart's content. "_____!" You turn to see Lilli. "Hey are you ready to go?"
"Sorry ____ Big Brother and I have to go home be-"
"Say no one more you better go find Vash I don't think he wants to be kept waiting then." With that Lilli was gone and you were alone. You thought about going and buying some games and movies. Then later order a pizza or get a burger. Now that you think about it, the last time you had one was a long time ago you mom wouldn't mind. Heck you won't mess up the kitchen. "Games and movies
.homework can wait." You say as you head to the game store.
"Hey Chubby going to buy games? You're such a dork no wonder you're so fat!'
You stop if you kept walking it would only get worst you hated this. You tried everything to lose weight but your body didn't like it was fine with how you were and are. The insults were about it come at you again but instead someone else spoke.
"That's not cool dude. I play video games all the time but you don't make fun of me." You looked up to see Alfred the kids looked at him and just turned and walked away not wanting to look bad or me made a fool of.
"Dude you okay?"
"You know what they said is bullshit. You're so not fat. You're cute and cuddly."
You blushed and looked down. "Thanks
.Your Alfred right?" you asked.
With his signature laugh he nodded. "That's me the hero! So what are you doing by yourself where are you friends?"
"Oh they all had something to do so I'm just going to play games, watch movies, and eat a burger for the first time in a while?"
"How long?"
"Hmm two months maybe more."
You looked at him and see his face change to a state of horror. "Dude that's too long! We need to get you that burger stat!" he said.
"You don't have to worry I'll most likely stop somewhere and order one before heading home. But I need to see if they have a copy of black ops for me since they gave away mine my mistake
." You said. Alerd seem to be drooling.
"You okay?"
"Dude can I hang out with you? It will be totally awesome man! If they don't have your game we can watch movies and anime and just chill!"
Somehow you didn't mind hanging out with him since you knew Elizabeth must have made up that he liked you. "Sure why not? My folk don't care if I have people over while they're gone just no wild parties."
-Another time skip thanks to Canada! Canada: You remembered I'm here!-
After yelling at the manger for selling your copy of black ops again you spent a hour buying movies on 'sale' well Alfred bought most of them for you and you went to McDollals he ordered 50 double cheese burgers you told him not to worry about fries or drink because you had soda and can make fries for him. He smiled and agreed and when you. After 15 minutes the fries were cooked and you warm up the burgers that Alfred didn't eat. You started with a romantic comedy and laughter and food well you almost died laughing at Alfred not understanding the mood of the moive. But moving on to more movies you look at Alfred. "Hey when do you need to be home? I don't want you to be in tro-" Alfred place a figure on your lips. "Easy babe after the movie I'll call my brother and see when I should start walking home." You didn't argue and went back to watching the movie with him and soon you cuddled close to him and fell asleep.
Alfred smiled and pulled out his cell phone." Hey Iggy
..hey hey
I'm not coming home to tonight. I have someone I don't want to leave alone."
After a while you wake up to find Alfred was still here and he was fast asleep but she was in his lap with his arms around her.
You looked at him he said your name? Why?
"Mmm your amazing ____.....and you're so soft."
You had no idea what to do until you felt soft lips on your cheek. You look to see Alfred wide awake with a smile. "____ I know you don't know much about me but you're so amazing and beautiful will you be my girlfriend?"
You were shocked a hot guy like him wanted you to be his girlfriend. "But why me? I
.I'm not skinny and not that-" before you could finish Alfred kissed you on the lips and pushed you down on the couch. Breaking the kiss he leaves soft kisses on your neck. "You ____ are sexy. Skinny girls are fine but I don't want a skinny girl I like a girl with meat on her bones since she's more fun and great when it comes to cuddling." He said with a smiled. "So will you me my girl?"
After a moment you thought about it you learned more about him then you knew maybe being his girl wouldn't be but what you needed. You nod. "I'd love too."
"Good now let me show you how beautiful you are."
With that let's say you both didn't go to bed until early the next morning, and you know why he said your cute and cuddly.
So was it good? I know I might have to edit things but let me know if I should keep writing! And I think I spelled Alfred's name wrong due to the fact I'm ready to pass out
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When I read "All American Boy" I for some reason started singing Sk8ter boi by Avril Lavigine.
Yeah! We had alone time-
Hey, where are my parents...my dad is France. *looks out window* AHH BLOODY FROG!!
Hey, where are my parents...my dad is France. *looks out window* AHH BLOODY FROG!!
*A small tear comes out my eye" "I feel so loved"
That was cute
Wonderful job I loved it!
Admin: It was awesome!
Pennsylvania: Definitaly keep writing!!
2p Pennsylvania: .. yeah, what the other two said..
Pennsylvania: Definitaly keep writing!!
2p Pennsylvania: .. yeah, what the other two said..
Admin: *too inncoecnt to get the last part* sooo we played video games till the next morning???
Pennsylvania: uhhhhh sure!! thats totally what that means
2p Pennsylvania: your too damn innocecnt Admin...
Pennsylvania: uhhhhh sure!! thats totally what that means
2p Pennsylvania: your too damn innocecnt Admin...
I'm sorry but this was me until reading this over again...
Me: Soooo they watched movies until morning?
2p Atlantis: No-
Atlantis: Don't tell her!
Me: Don't tell me what?
Me: Soooo they watched movies until morning?
2p Atlantis: No-
Atlantis: Don't tell her!
Me: Don't tell me what?
This is the best ever!! I don't really get made fun of at school, but I get called a pillow and a stuffed animal... I seem to be the only person out of all of my friends that think it's a compliment.
Oh my gosh no wonder my friend's call me America's twin! This is me!
the thing is... this describes me perfectly!^_^ I'm cubby, love video games, movies, burgers, pizza, movies, and most of all... ANIME!!!
Also everyone says I'm cuddly... when I had a sleep over with my friends, they used me as a pillow since we didn't have enough for all of us. uncomfortable for me but warm and cuddly for them. really good story! I luv it!
I was thinking the same thing about myself!
Will you be my friend please!!!
Amen, amigo!
This describes the things I like to do. I'm chubby and I love it. Make more please. Its really cute.
*looks at Canada and starts to bake* Y-y-you...t-t-thought..t-that I-I would ff-ff-forget you?
I love it!
i'm like a teddy bear~
Awesomeness is all I can say
So cute
The Intro link isn't working. It's coming up as 404: Page not found.
AMERICA!! Y U NO REAL!! TT_TT *goes into emo corner* Anyways great story ^_^~!
I loved it !
This is well written and very adorable! A few mistakes in there, but other Thant that I loved it! Keep at it, you're doing great.


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I don't know what debate you were watching, but I didn't see Biden cut back on his smirks, sneers, and smiles halfway through. He continued with that all the way to the end and practically ignored his "friend" Ryan when he sincerely thanked him for the debate. He came off as very smug and disrespectful. So, that said, I think he DID nullify anything positive he may have accomplished.
5 Takeaways from the Vice-Presidential Debate
The Vice-Presidential debate was a lot more fun than the first Presidential one. Both candidates came out swinging and got in some good punches. Ryan was good on Afghanistan, on Obama as a speaker not a doer, and on the basic premise of the Republican campaign, that the economy isn't getting better fast enough. Biden was good on just about everything, once he got over his Gore-like tendency to create a sideshow of smiles, groans and eye-rolls when Ryan was talking.
The pundits mostly said that it was a draw, or that Biden had a slight edge, but once again I have a contrarian view. Here's what really happened. Biden took over the debate. He dominated both Ryan and the moderator almost from the start. If the Vice President can be criticized, it's because taking over a debate as forcefully as he did involves risks. You can come across as too forceful, or as not being fair to your opponent. Biden risked both those outcomes, but no doubt he was coached that he had to counteract the weak impression the President gave in his first debate. In any case, dominate he did, and in 2 particular ways.
Biden spoke from his heart. Calculated or not, Biden's display of anger beginning about halfway through gave his performance an authenticity that Ryan's lacked. An old pro like Biden may well be able to call up anger on cue, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that we saw a real emotion, coming consistently through in both words and body language. And that means we were able to get the measure of the man and believe him to be real.
Ryan's more calculated, buttoned-down performance did not serve him well. Because we got no similar display of emotion from Ryan, he came across as a technocrat with not as much skin in the game. So we don't know that we can trust him. Trust and credibility are the two qualities audiences look for from debates like this. Most candidates prepare far too much data, as did both Romney and Obama, and the result is that, while they may impress us as credible, we don't trust them.
Ryan's voice was higher and more nasal. In all presidential contests since we have recordings, the deeper-voiced, more resonant candidate has won. Biden had the better voice by far, and Ryan's comparatively whiny, nasal voice did not sound like a leader's or inspire trust.
Biden sat taller than Ryan. It's not fair, but it's reality. One of the ways that people establish dominance is by being the tallest person in the room. Biden sat taller in his chair, and Ryan ducked his head, giving an unmistakable pecking order to the debate. Biden was in charge; Ryan played second fiddle.
Biden's facial performance risked sabotaging the rest of his good work. Biden's grinning, moaning, and eye-rolling risked looking childish and unfair to his opponent. Had he continued throughout the debate, all the rest of his advantages would have been nullified. But fortunately for the Democrats, when Joe started to get angry, he focused, and cut back on the side-show antics. If he could ever discipline himself to sit with quiet dignity while the other candidate spoke, he could be a very forceful debater indeed. His lack of discipline continues to be a problem.
Both candidates spoke more clearly and forcefully than either of the two presidential candidates. I'm sure that's in part because they're not the main act, but nonetheless credit is due to both for debating strongly and well under the incredible glare of the television lights and an audience of millions.
Quite frankly, I've really enjoyed the reaction I got to my earlier blog post on weasel words. Hopefully, you'll find this follow up useful. Obviously, we absolutely have to be on guard against these fundamentally useless filler words in our speaking and writing. Having said that, sometimes you need to weasel-word just a bit. Basically, that's because we're all human, and don't always want to stand behind what we say. But if you think about it, at this point in time, we really need to speed up our communications and make them literally more efficient.
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I agree with you about Biden's "sideshow". Early on I even saw him mouthing 'Not True' to the camera or to the moderator (hard to tell which) which Ryan was speaking and I thought 'How rude!' But you say he needs more discipline to "sit with quiet dignity", yet doesn't that goes against the passion you admire in him?
Hi, Dave —
Thanks for your comment, sir! We can agree to disagree. It may be a matter of degree, but I was watching him carefully, and cut back he did.
Hi, Susan —
Yes, you're getting at exactly the tension I saw in him — passion leading to interruptions, and that undercuts the good that the passion does. We're all human, aren't we?
This is one of the best analyses of the VP debate I've seen. I started off troubled by Biden's tics — I was actually yelling "stop smiling" at the screen — but by the end, I thought he was in control and quite powerful. Ryan came across as competent, for sure, but also wonky and a tad untrustworthy.
One thing I have to wonder — with all the coaching these guys get, how do they still end up making these basic mistakes like interrupting, slumping in chairs, not looking at opponent, etc. — is this just human nature trumping all coaching?
Hi, Warren —
Thanks for your comment. I've signed up for your blog, "a more beautiful question" which looks really interesting.
The answer to your question is bad coaching, and the ego of certain politicians, combine to create an imperfect monster:-)
To follow up with what Warren said, yes, it's amazing that with all the coaching these guys must receive, they still behave as they do during their debates and speeches. That said, it begs the question: was Biden coached to act that way (to counteract Obamas's anemic perforance)?). If not, and it's just Biden being "human," as Nick says, then I just can't find that acceptable. I mean, here's the Vice President of the United States on national television squirming in his chair like a two year old! Granted, Ryan's performance was mediocre at best, but at least he remained dignified and respectful.
Hi, Dave —
I think there's little doubt that Biden was coached to be aggressive, but how he interpreted those instructions probably came out in the moment. Remember, until you've sat under TV lights with 50 million people watching, you don't know what pressure is. Both of these guys have a right to their humanity, in both the good and bad ways it comes out. And I didn't find Ryan's fake smile either dignified or respectful. I thought it looked insincere.
But these things are tribal, Dave! If you're inclined to the Republican tribe, the studies show, you prefer restraint and respond to "glass half empty" approaches. If you're Democratic, you prefer less restraint and respond to "glass half full" approaches. We don't see these debates in the same way because we come in with different sets of blinders.


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Saturday and against No. 20 Tennessee next week.
DeWayne Reed led the Tigers (12-14, 3-8) with 22 points before
fouling out with 19.2 seconds remaining. Tay Waller added 13 for
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It's as bad as the grown ups in freaking print pajama pants in public.
I am anti-only diaper in public and I have no a/c.
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Jacob, Brandon, Ryan, Katelyn, Nathan, Joshua and Emily. Arrived 2-19-12. 8 pounds 11oz.
The girls in highschool wear pj pants all the time and it bugs the crap outta me.
I have a neighbor guy that wears thm all.the.time. He's like 50-something. I used to see him out every morning, staining his fence, wearing pj pants. I see him going to the mailbox wearing a button down shirt...and pj pants. WTH??
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Jacob, Brandon, Ryan, Katelyn, Nathan, Joshua and Emily. Arrived 2-19-12. 8 pounds 11oz.
We try to teach our kids modesty and manners. My 3yo is always stripping his pants off, but pants are a must if we leave the house! Also,if they are in bathing suits and it's dinner time, we tell them to put on a shirt before coming to the table.
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Jacob, Brandon, Ryan, Katelyn, Nathan, Joshua and Emily. Arrived 2-19-12. 8 pounds 11oz.
Maybe and just go with me a minute, maybe that baby had a blowout of epic proportions. And as mommy rooted around the diaper bag for the back-up onesie she desperately tried to recall if she had, with all of her planning to be prepared, remembered to change the onesie to the new, correct size and upon finding the wrinkled, crumpled onesie in the very bottom of the diaper bag she discovered that she had indeed forgotten to change the onesie she had packed for the correct size and it was in fact two sizes too small.
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I wear a shirt and panties in public all of the time..
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Because it has been over 100 degrees for 3 weeks straight and we are going down to the fountain in the historic distric to play. Geesh
I don't think it makes anyone a bad mom...I just don't do it. But that is not saying I would never do it if there were a blow out or something. But then I am also that mom who ALWAYS has a onesie on under the babies clothes (Except high summer).
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A Field Kitchen
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|Depicts three soldiers wearing tin (protective) helmets and waterproof capes attending a field kitchen (travelling field cooker) in a wet, war-damaged landscape. With the field kitchen, the forepart or limber carries rations, fuel and equipment, while the body or rear limber has a stove with four boiler compartments and tall stove chimney (which can be lowered to go under bridges or when not in use). The food can be cooked while moving or kept hot for long periods. H.Septimus Power was an official war artist, attached to the 1st Division, A.I.F. from September 1917 until March 1920. He was in France between September to December 1917 and agian in August 1918. He was subsequently commissioned to work for the Australian War Memorial until 1938. This is one of five works lent to the Australian Government on long term loan for an exhibition at Australia House in London. The work was not originally acquired under the official war art scheme, but was presented to the Commonwealth Government in 1960 by the residents of London, and from there to Australia, as part of the property of the Prime Minister's Department, before becoming part of the National Gallery of Australia's collections during the 1980s.


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Hello, but don't know why. I think subdomain proxies are proxy too.:)
We were just getting too much spam from afraid.org, so we had to ban them.
OK I see, but for famous co.cc or similar free sub-domain services, I cann't submit those sub-domain based proxies due to *.co.cc can only be submit once. Just don't want to buy too much domains for my proxy networks. So... LOL:D
I understand completely. Unfortunately, I don't yet have a better way to block these goons.
Eventually it appears that the proxy list will have to incorporate member accounts with usernames and passwords.
Either that or we will have to charge a submission fee to discourage spammers.
Better sell featured links than... you can get 100$ per month per link... so :D
I kinda like the user idea.. only verified users can submit sites... but that will probably give you much work to check all unverified submissions...
I saw they are accepted again, example this site : http://proxylist.chickenkiller.com/ , which is not a proxy.
Didn't solved the problem because afraid.org subdomains are there, one parked, another spamming :
Yep. The RegEx underneath the whole banning system is broken. I've escalated this to development.
Hope to be solved soon because the subdomains still there using domains from afraid.org :
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The Urban Youth Corps summer jobs program will be beautifying New Jersey highways and urban gateways for the second consecutive year, according to New Jersey's Christie Administration.
The summer jobs program, which was revived last year after several years of dormancy, will create employment opportunities for hundreds of young adults who will develop essential employment skills while designing and carrying out roadway enhancement projects.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) says it anticipates awarding 12 grants of up to $32,000 each, as it did last year, according to a press release from the agency.
Grant proposals should target areas near state roads that are chronically plagued by litter, graffiti, overgrown vegetation or other aesthetic issues, according to the NJDOT. Grant applications can be obtained online [1] and are due March 8, 2013.
Each federally funded grant will support stipends for about 10 young adults ages 16 to 25 years old and a supervisor, as well as equipment and supplies.
Since its launch in the summer of 2010, "Clean Up New Jersey [2]" has included dozens of concentrated highway cleanup efforts by NJDOT's workforce of nearly 500 maintenance and operations workers. During these efforts, all maintenance needs along a selected segment of highway are addressed, including litter pick-up, mowing, vegetation trimming, guiderail repair, and graffiti eradication.
Other components of the initiative include litter pick-up and grass trimming by Department of Corrections inmates, wildflower plantings and a revived Adopt-A-Highway program [3]. The summer Urban Youth Corps program is a crucial element to the campaign.
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Eastern Female High School at 249 Aisquith Street has been a Baltimore City Landmark since 1976 and was declared one of Baltimore's "architectural gems" in a March 8, 2002 Baltimore Sun editorial. The school is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has appeared on the Register's travel itinerary of historic sites in Baltimore. The building was renovated and converted into apartments in the 1970s. Baltimore City transferred the building to Sojourner-Douglass College in 2004. It continues to stand boarded up and vacant.
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The New York Jets may make a change for change's sake. It is one of the worst thing that an NFL team can do in this day and age. They panic and make a rash decision based on the poor play of one player or on the desires of the fans. Generally speaking, the say when a coach or general manager listens to the fans, he will soon be sitting with them.
But what if it is the owner making all of the calls as to player personnel? He can't be fired, so whatever he says goes.
Regardless of how ridiculous that move may be.
I have never been a supporter of Mark Sanchez as the Jets' starting quarterback. I thought he was highly overrated coming out of USC, and my feelings have not changed one bit after watching him struggle on offense in New York.
Actually, that may be a lie. I actually think less of him as a starting quarterback today than I did when he was drafted. he cannot move the chains, makes too many poor decisions, and is grossly overpaid.
Unfortunately for the Jets, I happen to think even less of his back up.
Jets owner Woody Johnson has reportedly been pushing for New York to start Tim Tebow sooner rather than later. And more often than not, what the owner wants, the owner gets. If Johnson tells Rex Ryan to bench Sanchez in favor of Tebow, consider it a done deal. While we do not know how close this is to becoming a reality, the rumors continue to run rampant.
Johnson was once a strong supporter of Sanchez, but he has seemed to waver on that support a bit as of late. And while Sanchez may feel secure in his starting role as Jets' quarterback, he may be a bit in denial.
"I don't feel threatened to lose my job at all," Sanchez said. "It's no different, whether it's Tim or Mark [Brunell] or Kellen [Clemens]. It doesn't change. I'm really not worried at all."
I know that wrong is an absolute, but I still must say this.
Sanchez could not be more wrong.
It is an entirely different situation with Tebow. It always is when it comes to the quarterback who has a cult-like following. Last time I checked, not too many fans rallied around Brunell or Clemens to start a football game. That is not the case with Tebow.
I am not saying that the Jets' struggles on offense are all the fault of Sanchez. The wide receiving corps is a bit depleted, and they were never all that great in the first place. Shonn Greene has once again struggled on the ground, and the team has had to play from behind more often than not. Not all of that is Sanchez's fault, but it does not bode well for him going forward either.
A Monday Night Football game against the Houston Texans will not make things any easier, but Sanchez says he is not worried.
Again, denial.
"It's another opportunity," said Sanchez. "Nobody expects it to work. Nobody expects it to go right. Nobody expects us to win. That's fine. I've been in situations like this before. I'm confident I can handle it, and there's only one way in my mind to go about it — and that's really to attack it."
So far, the only thing that seems to be under attack is the play of Sanchez for the Jets this season.
Don't expect things to change any time soon.
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Holi: Why we should all celebrate the festival of colour
This week thousands of people across India celebrated Holi, the festival of colour. Holi is also a celebration of the start of spring and involves people throwing coloured powder and water at each other. There is a sense of merriment and inclusion to the whole event. Everyone and anyone is welcome to take part and the divisions of age or gender or social status fall away.
As we leave winter behind, perhaps we too should be celebrating the end of seasonal affectative disorder and scraping ice off windscreens and long nights. Frankly, seeing snowdrops and daffodils and blossoms on trees just doesn't cut it anymore.
We lament rubbish British weather, so why not embrace spring with explosions of colour? Let's all actively bid farewell to winter for another year and even if it rains we can hold an umbrella in one hand while we throw powder and paint with the other. Or we could hold it in a warehouse or even the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern and turn it into an interactive art installation at the same time. We need to celebrate the fun of spring and the promise of summer that comes after it.
There are some Holi festivals held in Britain but we need more. We need Holi to remind us that it won't always be this dark and that the cold won't last forever. We should all get involved and douse each other in colour. We go paintballing regardless of weather conditions, so why not hold a Holi festival? It's the less painful, less competitive and messier version – it's probably cheaper as well. Either way, let's put winter back in the attic with the Christmas decorations.
Richmond-upon-Thames Council is holding Holi celebrations this weekend. For more details visit www.richmond.gov.uk/holi
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NORTH PROVIDENCE - The North Providence Union Free Public Library announces the following children's summer programs.
Baby & Me: for ages 3 to 23 months, this 20-minute program is filled with simple stories, nursery rhymes, music, knee bounces, tickles and fingerplays. Fridays at 10:30 am., July 11-Aug. 8.
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Durrell describes his childhood on the Greek island of Corfu, with his interesting family. As he was often left to his own devices all day long, he spent his time prowling the island observing myriad insects and small animals, catching them when he could. He brought home a wide variety of small creatures- turtles, birds, fish, lizards and so on- continually upsetting his family when they found scorpions in the matchbox or snakes in the bathtub. Finally they realized he wasn't going to abandon his interests, and gave him a room of his own to dedicate to his nature studies and growing collection. He was also blessed to have a series of personal tutors who recognized and shared, each in their own way, his passion for nature. Aside from the descriptions of animals and his minor adventures with his dogs finding, watching and catching things, there's also plenty of hilarious stories about incidents in his family. It's a delightful book, one of the best Durrell I've read so far... The animals and descriptions of the countryside definitely stand out to me. His observations of male tortoises wrestling during the mating season and of a large preying mantis battling with a gecko on his bedroom ceiling were the best parts of the book.
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I enjoyed this book very much. The family stories are really funny. The imagery in the writing is exceptional and worth the time on their own.
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Usually when I read or watch television, I don't tend to laugh out loud, even if I find something humorous. There are the exceptions that make me chuckle once, but never again, like Friends or Bossypants. Not that these aren't funny, but I don't need to verbally express my appreciation of the jokes I've seen, heard, read before.
And then there are the rare works that get me EVERY time, like Seinfeld and My Family and Other Animals. Try as I might, I cannot stop laughing.
Oh boy, do I love this book. I love it to pieces. Idyllic, witty, visual, quirky, and, of course, hilarious, Gerald Durrell's memoir of his family's time on Corfu will put a smile on my face whenever I open it. It won't matter if I am 22 or 102; I will laugh, I will guffaw, I will snort, I will hoot with mirth and happiness.
And for that, this incredible little book has my eternal devotion and respect.
I have a theory that people happiest in their careers are doing whatever obsessed them at age 11. This book provides supporting evidence. The Durrell family (mother, three sons and one daughter) moved to the Greek island of Corfu when the future naturalist was 10, and while My Family is something of a caricature, Other Animals are many and varied, patiently and meticulously observed, and affectionately and humorously portrayed.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0142004413, Paperback)As a self-described "champion of small uglies," English writer Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) devoted his life to writing and the preservation of wildlife, from the Mauritius pink pigeon to the Rodriques fruit bat. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the Greek island of Corfu, but ended up as a delightful account of his family's experiences that were, according to him, "rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas."
As a 10-year-old boy, Gerry left England for Corfu with "all those items that I thought necessary to relieve the tedium of a long journey: four books on natural history, a butterfly net, a dog, and a jam-jar full of caterpillars all in imminent danger of turning into chrysalids." Durrell's descriptions of his family and its many eccentric hangers-on (he stresses that "all the anecdotes about the island and the islanders are absolutely true") are highly entertaining, as is the procession of toads, scorpions, geckos, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, the puppies Widdle and Puke, and the Magenpies. This is a lovely book.
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Masahiro Iwamoto, research scientist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and associate professor of pediatric orthopedics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was awarded an MDA research grant totaling $405,000 over a period of three years to study new ways to reduce muscle degeneration.
Ayan Banerjee, a postdoctoral researcher in biochemistry at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., was awarded an MDA development grant totaling $180,000 over a period of three years to study the protein defects that cause oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD).
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In 1986, MDA-supported scientists identified the gene that, when defective, causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Since then, researchers have forged ahead to isolate and characterize genes involved in almost all the neuromuscular disorders in MDA's program, including those responsible for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). These discoveries have enabled scientists to understand variations among different forms of the diseases and have helped doctors to provide more accurate diagnoses.
The gene that's defective in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) was discovered in 1998. It carries instructions for a polyadenylate binding protein (PABPN1) that's normally present in the cell nucleus.
Researchers suspect that in OPMD, the presence of extra amino acids in the protein made from a defective PABPN1 gene causes the PABPN1 protein to clump together in the muscle cell nuclei, perhaps interfering with cell function.
In diagnosing any form of muscular dystrophy, a doctor usually begins by taking a patient and family history and performing a physical examination. Much can be learned from these, including the pattern of weakness. The history and physical go a long way toward making the diagnosis, even before any complicated diagnostic tests are done.
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That gave me the idea to take it a step or two further. I've reworked the particle emitters to create a more festive effect :-)
I hope you like it! This is the first of a number of Christmas images that I have planned for the next month or so, in addition to working on some new space scenes.
In other news, version 2.1 of the iOS app is nearly ready for release. This next version will add (among other things) better error reporting and the ability to download any image size (rather than just mobile versions). It should be a fun month ahead!
Cyber Monday!As some of you may already know, I have stopped offering discounts on Memberships. I was starting to feel like a carnival barker screaming out "30% off, no 40% off! Save Big Money!!". If you've been wanting one of the many excellent products are available featuring my artwork however, now is a great time to buy :-)
Zazzle:Save 65% off Posters and Wrapped Canvas prints using the coupon code "ZMONDAYSALES".
Society6:Everything is 20% off from 1PM PST to Midnight PST 11/30. All of my tshirts will be $6 off on Tuesday Dec 1st and all "Home Decor" (Duvet Covers, Shower Curtains, Etc) will be 20% off on Wednesday.
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Murals Your Way:Cover an entire wall with my artwork for 40% off (until 11/30).
"Winter Cliffs"
There are canvas and poster versions available too! I rendered this one for single-screen first and the multiscreen version is rendering now on Bucephalus.
"Winter Revelation"
I know a lot of you aren't nearly ready for winter yet (I know I'm not) but, as the Starks have said, it's coming. My first snowy render of the year is the winter version of "Autumn Revelation". I was pretty happy with the cloud setup in the autumn version, but managed to tweak them a bit so they wouldn't look exactly the same (since this pic is supposed to be a whole new season). The evergreens have kept their needles but the colorful trees have dropped their leaves.
A couple of new additions to the gallery to mention this morning...
"Autumn Revelation"There are many advantages to being a 2D artist over a 3D artist. One of the major ones (that makes me jealous) is that there is really no limit to how complex your scenes/objects can be because you only have to draw one side of them. Setting up complex scenes in 3D requires a bit more work, but one advantage of 3D art is that once that work is done I am able to move my camera/lights around the scene and capture different views almost like Ansel Adams hiking through his own personal Yosemite.
That's what I've done with "Autumn Revelation". I've moved the camera closer to the shore and I've replaced the reddish tones in the atmosphere with blusish ones. I've also added some foreground mist and shorted the evergreen trees by half. I previewed my render to the folks in the Private Facebook Group and they almost unanimously demanded that it have a gallery spot of its own.
I hope you enjoy it! Multiscreen users check back in a day or so as I created this one (on my single-screen Bucephalus workstation) as a single-screen wallpaper first. Old habits die hard...
Check out the rest of my Autumn Collection here!
"A Sincere Pumpkin Patch" was my homage to Charles Schultz's classic. Of course part of the magic of the "The Great Pumpkin" is that he exists only in Linus' imagination. I thought it would be fun to render at least one "flight of fancy" that might have occured while he sat his vigil in the pumpkin-patch. Here is one such vision...
The jack-o-lantern was modeled using Zbrush (though most of the details ended up getting glared out). The vines were modeled using e-on's wonderful Plant Factory. Yes, I know it's a little over-the-top but Halloween only comes once per year.
Not sure if I will add more "tricks of the imagination". Let me know what you think!
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"A Sincere Pumpkin Patch"
I've had this idea for a long time, but I didn't have a good way to make the necessary vines until I started using the Plant Factory. This piece is a nod to my favorite Halloween story growing up. I was a huge Peanuts fan and I still like to watch the "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" with my kids every Halloween.
I thought about visualizing "The Great Pumpkin" itself, but decided it fit better with Schultz's theme of innocent faith to let the viewer wait and wonder. Let me know what you think in the comments!
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"Ghostlight Woods"
Here's how it looks on Shadowfax...
Stay tuned in the days ahead as I work a bit more on this one.
Here's a triptych version of my latest render. I've linked to the largest version so you can scale it down according to your needs.
I have two new renders brewing so watch for a new post very soon!
I've added a new version of "Autumn Cliffs" this morning. The new version has a dedicated single-screen version which shows more sky and water than I was able to show in the multiscreens. I've also toned down the red and added more green to the mix. Let me know what you think of the update in the comments!
The first version will remain available in the Pickle Jar!
I've put together a page with information about the new DB iOS App that debuted in the App Store last Friday. If you have already downloaded the app (it's FREE!) please let me know what features you would like to see added!
The basic idea was to take the techniques that I used to create "Red and Gold" and some of my more complex Vue d'Esprit tree objects and go the next step by using my Plant Factory to create even more detailed branches. I will leave it up to you to decide if I've made any improvements on the technique.
The background was created using World Machine and my work on that part of the scene ultimately lead to the "Autumn Cliffs" render that I posted earlier this week. They are, in fact, different mountains but the same techniques were used.
Will I do any more Autumn scenes this year? Maybe. Next I want to create some scary looking trees for Halloween...
My iOS app is finally available!
We will certainly be adding more features when Jeff returns from his 2-week family trip so please let me know which features are most important to you and what we can improve on!
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Cannes guests bid up to $255,656 at Haiti auction
CANNES, France (AP) -- Guests at Cannes have bid up to (EURO)200,000 ($255,656) at a Haiti fundraiser for items including a Bono-autographed guitar as the film festival's glitzy, global spotlight turned to charity.
It was the first time the French Riviera festival has attracted attention for a cause not connected with a movie.
Actor Sean Penn, director Paul Haggis and model Petra Nemcova brought their individual charities together for a black-tie dinner Friday evening to benefit their organizations and renew attention to the Caribbean country. Designer Giorgio Armani co-hosted the gala.
Penn earlier in the day tried to turn the conversation to Haiti, hosting a fundraiser for the earthquake-ravaged and poverty-stricken country.
"A film festival is not simply about films, ever," Penn said. "This isn't a film, what we're doing now. It's not a film when we stand outside and we take pictures for magazines. What it all has to do with is an expression and a shared experience."
Penn, a Cannes veteran of numerous films— including last year's Palme d'Or winner, "The Tree of Life," posed for photographers ahead of a press conference, and appeared ill at ease with the celebrity-fawning that often comes along with the festival.
He compared the importance of raising money for Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake in 2010, to finding money for serious films.
"Do we stand by and wait for the studio to release the funds to make a great film or do we jump start that and show how those things can work and cut through it with fundraisers like we're going to do now?" asked the actor.
The night wrapped with a star-studded auction that included the chance to spend time with Lady Gaga, grab lunch with Nemcova or a take a three-day trip to Haiti with Penn.
Guests included actor-comedians Chris Rock and Ben Stiller — at Cannes to plug the latest installment of animated trilogy Madagascar — musicians Lyle Lovett and Sean "Diddy" Combs, Scottish actors Gerard Butler and Ewan McGregor, German actress Diane Kruger, and Jessica Chastain — starring in the John Hillcoat directed "Lawless," while also offering her voice to "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted."
"Why am I asking you here tonight? Why do I ask your attention at this late hour when you have other parties to go to?" asked Penn. "Because once upon a time I was ashamed of myself, more than I am today — as I think you should be."
When tickets to the Golden Globes weren't garnering a large enough bid, director Haggis tried to sweeten the deal by throwing in a date with Butler.
"Who's up for putting in some extra money just so I don't make a fool of myself up here? I'll pay you back, I promise," begged the Scottish actor, who was eventually let off the hook by a bidder who offered (EURO)100,000 for the tickets.
VIP tickets to a U2 concert and the autographed guitar from the U2 lead singer sold for (EURO)200,000.
AP's Nicole Evatt contributed to this report.
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