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Category: illuminated lifestyle
Redefine your feminine leadership.
12 SPOTS. 5 DAYS.

Universes of possibility.

in La Lumière, South France
Your time has come to rise
as a feminine leader.
From June 7th to 11th we are gathering an exclusive group of visionary women to open a sacred symposium of new feminine power. Together we articulate and co-create feminine leadership. We seed our own permaculture to synergize money and real embodied spiritualty.
Are you a leader with a new idea, a souldream, a mother, a boss, an entrepreneur, female, male or divine? We need you.
my INVITATION is for you.
: Get initiated into Shakti powers of this Universe and learn how to bring them into your leadership: Durga, Lakshmi, Kali in rituals for daily life.
: Tell us about your life dream and present your visionary work.
Meet other visionary leaders.
: Receive inspiration for your personal wholeness and wellness in the 100% organic Nature Spa and cooking classes. We care for you, lavishly.
: We will reframe patterns of leadership in sacred conversations.
I will guide you through these days. I offer my sacred communication to the world of spirits to ferry answers about new patterns of time and soul presence.
We begin our experience together online, when you will receive a sacred journey workbook and it will continue 14 days after you leave to integrate your new leadership into your life.
This program is yours.
The cost: 3000 Euros
For more information please click here.
Bring your best friend
We think BFF-ship is divine. We invite you to dive into feminine leadership with her by your side. You know who we mean: she who is there when you cry, when you are lost and when you triumph. We believe women friends must raise each other up, and in honor of that we offer a twin set.
4.500 Euro for both of you. That's 2250 Euro apiece, a 750 Euro discount.
This offer is open through May 1st.
Read here about the creative, the inspirational, and the sensual experience that's waiting for you.
To sweeten the pot, I will offer you personalized spiritual readings that inform your leadership style and awareness. (All readings are completely optional, only if you wish.)
I'm offering a reading to identify and describe…
Who are your power animals?
: For your leadership
: For your wisdom
: For your feminine power
Which 3 past incarnations most influence your leadership today?
What Goddess accompanies you in your current life situation? How can you contact her more deeply to lead?
The feminine leader initiated:
timely and crucial.
We must do better. Our world is masculine-dominated in terms of money, leadership, the steep gaps between rich and poor, between the sustainable and destructive. No longer can we rely on safety nets to catch us. The crisis of the world is everywhere, but it opens fields of possibilities.
What is the missing link to turn this world around?
The feminine voice of leadership. She has not yet evolved in her power to create change. That's where we come in, together.
What can you expect?
This is where spiritual leaders and business mavens gather to give birth to new visions of feminine leadership. We ignite a sacred communication about nurturing the baby roots of empowerment. Together. We want to spark impactful change, not by fighting the status quo but by building parallel worlds.
You want to reconnect with yourself and the right people?
You want more spirituality and creativity for your soul?
: Is it mine?
: Is it my time?
Yes. We are so looking forward to seeing you.
For more information and for booking your place please click here.
When I started to wonder about the visibility of what we think and feel, I began to see – but mostly smell – myself and others (this is sometimes how I perceive energies). Though invisible to most, I saw thoughts coming out like bubbles from the solar plexus, or cloudy blue impregnable castles around the front chakra, or golden peaceful streams of Buddha-like emanations.
I became curious and playful.
What if…
What if I start to follow my thoughts and spy on what they look like?
Thoughts can be golden honey running down your body like an orgasm.
Thoughts can be sharp knives, cutting and puncturing.
Thoughts can go retrograde and push us around like thunderbirds.
Or thoughts can pull down energies till everything just sucks.
What we think has sound; the waves reach beyond distance.
What we think is perfumed with soul. The scent of thoughts can be like fresh heaven, fertile earth or the stink of disconnection.
What we think colors our orientation.
What we think creates thought-fabrics with patterns and shapes, like a second skin in our astral aura ornamented with personal tattoos. These are powerful symbols.
Thoughts are powerful vibrations we send out into this world.
What if…
What if we use thoughts as potions?
We send thoughts out into the world like an armed dragon, riding upon the waves of chaos and through color explosions amid the greyish collective clouds of sad energies.
How to turn your thoughts into beautiful blossoms.
Make potions for a better life.
Find yourself in a delirium of soul-awakening scents, pulling them down. Let their color orient your life. Sniff around for the fragrance of the way you want your thoughts to make you feel.
for the
What is the perfume and the color? Dive into the fairyland of hibiscus summer nights, heavy oriental Indian summer evenings, fresh drizzling grassland and ask the kingdom of beyond for a Remedy that make you feel good, successful, abundant.
Feel around for the sensuously pervasive experience of conjuring up the burning, earthy, airy and liquid thoughts leading to a great creation. Choose thoughts that roll with your desired state for goal setting.
Start the movement with me.
My money thoughts smell like pollen tickling my nose, freshly fallen from the fragranced sari of Lakshmi.
My money thoughts smell like roses and amber. Breathe in, break the barriers. Go free.
My spiritual thoughts smell like premium red Bordeaux wine, filled with red obsession.
My perseverance thoughts smell like pineapple and cinnamon: warm, exotic and exquisite.
My spiritual normcore (normal + hardcore) thoughts smell like woods, roots, rinds and fresh pine needles. My toes sink into the texture.
My enlightening thoughts smell like uplifting citrus and euphoric clary sage.
My loving thoughts smell like a clove + cinnamon + cardamom orgasm on my palate.
My paradoxical thoughts smell like crystallized water, clearing my brain.
My contradictory thoughts smell like geranium. I want to be seduced.
"A gourmet mind protects from the poison of dark thoughts."
Now tell me, beloved.
: I want my thoughts to feel like…
I must say I am indignant. Now that the New Age community has learned all the spiritual vocabulary, some people think they can throw it around carelessly.
So tweets like:
"May Karma take care of it," shock me. Really.
"Karma is a bitch. She might kick you in the ass instead."
Name-calling or blaming the Gods of the law of Karma is the worst thing to do: you're opening a new threat with Karma. It will immediately "fire back." Moreover, you need to consider if perhaps your own Karma plan is activated. And…
: Ask deeper
Why is this my life?
How did I attract this?
Why did I create it?
You made the call first.
Everything in your life is made by you.
You created it on a level you may have forgotten. Our obliviousness is a blessing and curse.
We are not powerless victims; we are powerful creators of our destiny.
Which we can change in one instant with the right enlightening insight.
One slip into the ocean of the divine is enough to dissolve burdens of our souls.
Look, Karma is the law of reaction.
What we seed, we will harvest.
Once in India I was told a story that made the Law of Karma so transparent for me:
In Tibet they say, "If you walk by a beggar and look at him with pity you risk being a beggar in your next life."
What is the teaching?
First: Karma is not a punishment.
Karma is the glue that holds the universe together. It creates gravity that holds us on earth and makes sure the sun rises each and every day.
Second: What we think is what we create.
So our thoughts are seeds.
A good dharma is to just follow all your thoughts through the day and ask yourself: Where will you lead me?
Third: Most do not remember their former lives, and they do not understand their implications for today.
We all have a story older than this life.
"There is no saint without a past. There is no sinner without a future." – Babaji
So I wonder,
before we curse others with subtle judgment or even cursing Karma…
… we should remember
In the end it is all about how much we are willing to love.
In the end it is all about how much we are willing to grant generosity.
In the end it is all about how much we are in the bliss of gratitude.
In this period we are embryonic. Cocooning our souls in warming spheres. "Let me know you," the secret whispers. We have a feeling of breaking apart. But we are falling into completion.
9 months from now.
The greening of society, the promising new world, our rebirth into light is to come. Like expectant parents, we now modify our lives and the world. We should now select our worn-out dreams and offer them to the seas of forgiveness. We should hold steady the images of dreams still unfulfilled for a coming green wash of visual correction. And the dreams still to come are spots of light that have an umbilical cord. Encapsulated, loved.
Three days ago I broke apart. My sciatic nerve flushed the pain into my head and my bones. Three sleepless nights and deeper questions.
I know we are all phoenixes. We are made of fire and we burn into ashes and rise into our sacred inner landscapes. My nesting instinct must trust itself even more. When I try to sleep my body whispers: "I will not hurt you anymore. I am giving birth to a new femininity."
A 9-month pregnancy of our world and us.
We will correct our society. We will transform and rise. Layer by layer.
Like caterpillars
We cocoon
We must dissolve and nearly destroy ourselves.
We will raise our light for this world to come.
Shining iridescent
Sensorial embodies' imagination.
It's marked. From now.
This week
"Non-healed wants finally can be allowed to heal.
It may now heal without breaking first.
If we do resist healing now, it must break to heal afterwards." Agni
Let us be gentle with each other. Our wings are still soft and vulnerable.
Feel deep enough
"We have the courage to face the reality of time
and allow us to feel deeply enough
that it transforms our future." Chris Jordan
In my world, and according to my cosmic understanding and living, there is no waste. To each question, problem or search, there is one solution, answer or remedy. It fits like the right top on the pot and the correct screw into its winding.
You are looking for an A to a burning Q?
You need to optimize your spiritual search machine.
You need to spirit Google.
The secret is the filter
you use to tap into the right level.
Ask yourself first:
: Can I solve it within myself? Level A
: Is the solution in the spiritual world? Level B
: Is another person the keeper of my answer? Level C
: Is mother earth the voice of my search? Level D
: Does nature hold my solution? Level E
Trust your sacred heartbeat: it drums when you hit the Jackpot.
And mark with an OM where applicable following your inner trust of knowing.
If your answer is on Level A:
You will find your solution within.
You need to go deeper; ask which chakra level provides the answer.
Dive inside into the corresponding chakra landscape, and receive. Send your Q out into the color and set it free to flow back to you.
(You do not know what chakras are? I can help. Leave a note below.)
If your answer is on Level B:
You will find your grace in your prayer.
Pray for a soulful insight.
For advanced spiritual questioners:
Identify which spiritual experts are your team:
God, Archangels or Angels, Ascended Masters, Fairies and Devas.
They are all connected, so if you hit the wrong mailbox they will lovingly forward your request to the mavens of what you need to know.
For example
One of my Fengshui Clients prayed to Archangel Michael. One day while watching TV I had a clear image that her house was charged with divorce energy of separation. I hesitated to write her; she is a celebrity. I did it anyway. She answered immediately and asked me to help her. As Archangel Michael got the demand on his desk, he knew I was the expert in this field and I would notice and respond to his request.
If your answer is on Level C:
Ask yourself, who is the expert who can help me find the right answer?
Get help. Pay for value exchange and honor how much the time and money your consultant and expert saved you.
If your answer is on Level D:
Lay yourself down on the soil of our Mother in nature, full body extended. Breathe with her. Let her warm energy weave into your body. Let her heart drum pulse your cells. Fill her with your love and grace and make your request, devoted and respectfully. Then do not be surprised how quickly she responds. Most humans keep her under serious underemployment.
If your answer is on Level E:
Fairies, Devas and nature are full of spirits. They helped manifest plant empires and minerals full of remedies. You were advised to address them? Dare to do it, and give them their due respect. Ask what they want from you. (They love presents and often ask me for black tea and rose petals. A friend of mine is always asked for sugar.) Ask where they want it, where the vortex is. Then ask for your solution. It may come in the form of a plant petal, a healing crystal or energies streaming towards you holding your A. It's worth trying, my best advice comes from this world of magic.
So now go. Pose your Q.
Mark your level. Let it go. Receive fully.
And then come back and share your results in the comments below.
Wild love forever
Beyond all she does,
all she desires,
all she hopes,
she wants to express herself.
If she is stopped, she dies.
Each attempt to master her fails.
If she will not be found, she skids.
Rescued by design
The luxury of her soul
We can continue tirelessly along with all the names of she who made history.
She was called to her vocation, came as a creator of life.
She puts in all her concentration, all her soul, all her life.
After all this is the answer:
she puts in her endless time
for a rendezvous with her dream.
We wish her a year of highest creation.
Because creating her dream is as noble as founding a religion.
Dare your success.
Let your dreams rise from the dead.
To places where we are fully nourished.
Let's dream.
Express yourself,
and embellish your pages.
(Walking the initiation path in shopping malls and ashrams, with champagne and feminism.)
My letter to this world.
… remember
your life began within a woman. We all were nestled in the womb. Life is always within a Mother. But women are more than mothers: wives, companions, sisters, friends, bitches, witches, princesses, fairies, mothers of culture and wonderful girls, creative fire priestesses, artists, girl warriors, marvels, igniters, women on fire, crones, goddesses and angels (feel encouraged to add your fantasy here, and dare to live it). Each woman is one of a kind!
Dear you, visions of a worldwide revolution make me write and teach. I craft with my fingers and hopes, faithfully offering a space for the future I want to belong to; meanwhile bees make a rural exodus and masses of people protest denial.
My prayer is clear. I raise a fierce feminine voice in a world that is ignorant of creation, in which we witness ruthless exploitation of nature, religious wars and politics without ethics. I want to start a new conversation of leadership. I will contribute my sacred voice; it lives inborn and is each woman's birthright.
I do not want to change the world, but I must admit I like the end of the road. To find a way out of the crises we must nurture new ideas and make new moves.
Women today have a mission.
So do men, but our world lives in an old pattern of male domination. The feminine has been forgotten and role models of feminine leadership are now needed to take their seats in writing a new history of humanity together with men. Women have strong values and we need to use them to balance the end of the road of unnatural economics, politics and society.
The gospel of feminine leadership
Visions for the future.
10 years ago I spoke at big women's conferences about my future vision, the rebirth of entrepreneurial women breaking the glass ceiling. Creating new space kills the status quo; the one who fights against the establishment is a single representative of the vast other side.
And today all over the world women create their own businesses; even secretaries have reinvented themselves as virtual assistants. The trend: Be your own boss, and create success on your own terms. Even more: Soulgoals for what we want most.
When I travel the word I know, women have different conditions in different countries, but whatever the circumstances are, women rise for freedom.
The feminine awakens and with her an energy-shifting change takes place that will shift our horizons in every part of life. "Beauty is the mother of all. For the sisterhood of God's wild sisters."
Add the sacred feminine
The female sources rise to cooperate with the masculine.
The feminine knows how to create with invincible power.
Transformation is past. Today we expand with evolution.
The goddess always has a niche to resurrect.
You are the world revolution.
Knitwork with the stream of creation.
Criss-cross the unbelievable.
Holy stream of light bumping your heartbeat
loudly to awaken universes.
You are the animating,
feeding power of life, the supreme light
in every being in every thing in every human.
We call you universe,
we call you Shakti,
we call you GreatMother.
The temple is your expression of completed contemplation.
Your sacred pattern weaves.
In your stream I have my place, my name.
You are unchangeable. Mandala.
Let me touch your texture with my fingertips.
Changeable quintessential.
Each moment was just born.
My mission is to bestow upon myself fulfillment.
I set my right intentions.
There will be stumbling blocks on my way.
Keep me alert.
Pave my way.
How my Mum inspired and changed my life forever.
I was 16 and my heart was broken. (It had to be cracked open in order to receive the initiation of life.) My Mum said, "When this boy leaves it is because someone far better for you is coming. This is life; anyone who does not match with your highest aim has to move on in order to find his own life and his right resonances. He opens the space for the right people to come in and surround you, to love you. God always wants the best for you and everyone. When something does not work out, it is because he has a better plan provided for you."
Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.
– Thomas S. Monson
My Mum was right.
When I trust my life more than my pain and disappointment, things evolve most beautifully
: the man I love, the people I work with, the team I create with.
I must admit I have a childish heart. When people set me up or betray me, my heart is like a little puppy. My puppy heart swallows hard and I remember what Mum said. Head up and go.
And still: each and every time I begin by compromising for less than I truly require, I end up in dead ends. It's like God pokes me with a soft finger saying: You are igniting another line of complications. And so it was when I refused to listen, creating a chain of complication to create more complications, on and on.
Because we only know what we know
it's about listening to our soul
and what we want to improve.
We have been taught to live in positions of scarcity that obfuscate our thoughts, all in order to fit in. We swim in a sea of conformity builders, and we fear being alone. So we bow to a minor art.
Never compromise your culture.
If we want to create a contemporary cultural revolution, a common sacred energy flow for all people, we have to make strong decisions, all the while asking for our heart's weigh-in and always with the aim of making our lives more happy.
: What do I really want to create?
: How do I want it?
: What do I love?
: How do I love it?
We must decide to fertilize our real relationships, our state of grace, and our cultures of quality – and not to compromise them.
First: Always stand for your own. Be joy.
So when we do flirt with compromises? We settle for less when we are afraid to stand for our own.
Instead, create your own festivals of life and bazaars of freedom; build new agreements and sacred structures that support you to be free, to be creation, essential innovation.
You will create a sustainable and profitable world only when you stand on your own sacred ground. There you have magic to give and to make … more magic.
Second: Always provide the sacred space
for others to find their path of true joy.
Networked webs of ideas and thoughts will never match the freedom provided by the clarity of the universal flow. And we are always free to step out when we cannot feel our clarity, our truth, or ourselves anymore.
Our heart needs to be cracked a million times until it's totally free.
So we will leave our partners who cannot see us anymore. We will be betrayed and left alone. We will be disappointed, saddened and set up.
But we must grant their freedom and pray with love for the others to return to their sacred heart, to place where they feel their essence again and can heal.
We are responsible for each other's highest aim.
I set them free.
My puppy heart sighs.
I listen to him.
"You will never be alone. Give up all worlds you do not belong to. Return to freedom.
I have a better plan for you…"
A circle to break your heaven free
Sitting here thinking about 2014, I know something for sure.
Something is created around us.
It's bigger and more beautiful than we've ever imagined.
I want more heaven in life in 2014.
Stay open.
Do not try to put what was created in heaven into shapes and words prematurely.
It will not express the visions dreamt in awe.
We want to feel ourselves totally free and holy.
We want to feel ourselves. Naked. Full.
While I was in Taiwan the question most frequently asked of me was: What heaven do I come from? And I started to realize that in order to access and resonate with our desire to feel our heaven, we have to first create a circle of healing.
My approach to reaching the beauty created for us:
I've decided to follow a circle of healing this year, and I walk upon a 5-step mandala to break my heaven free. The steps are in specific order to raise the inner bar, and to ritualize the process when needed.
What will I do to feel my heaven deeply?
Step one: Breakout space
: Letting go. Shake off all that is not me.
Step two: Shape and shift
: Laughter. Affix a halo to my belly laugh.
Step three: Go for the gold
: Consciously choose quiet times. Build refuges for the other side of my soul; the free and holy introvert holds still and chats with God.
Step four: Fresh start
: Rise above the problems. Foster the balance between male and female, challenge the courage and pain. There is so much great and good stuff happening in this world.
Step five: Dearly loved
: Feel safe. Know I am deeply desired, always.
May 2014 be heaven on Earth for you.
Hopefully we meet somewhere we have never been.
Thanks to my friend Mara Eickermann. You inspired me to write this.
In her book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing, palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware records the most common regrets of the dying.
: I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself,
not the life others expected of me.
: I wish I didn't work so hard.
: I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
: I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
: I wish that I had let myself be happier.
The message: get it done before regrets get you. This woke me up.
We are often discouraged from thinking or talking about death. But believe that the skin between life and death is thin and tender. On the other side there is eternity and home, a subtle light without want. God's voice intones everywhere. We are driven by a personal relationship with Him and Her: in our lightbody we know about it all, even if our minds do not remember.
Do not fear endings. Death is the other face of passion.
For me, the other side is part of my existence. I have been there. "Two weeks later and you would be dead," said the surgeon after bringing me back from the edge of death. I was 18, and I had seen the other side. Since then I live differently. I want to be able to die any day saying: "I have done all I wanted. I am totally full."
I want to life every day like my last. The presence of that conviction is beauty to my bold soul.
Preparing for death clarifies my life and what I really want to achieve. In the face of death everything gains new meaning.
Digest the feast of life.
The map for 2014
Before I make my yearly plans I do my most powerful ritual, "Before I die I want to…" I was first inspired by Candy Chang, who placed huge black chalkboards in neglected public spaces with the same question for people to answer anonymously.
I calibrated the exercise a bit and do this for myself at each year's end. The darkness of the winter is my realm. For me death is a part of life, so I plan as if the next year will be my last.
Certainly I keep dreams for decades in my pocket but I do not plan for more than one with a schedule. The rest of my dreams float free of timetables and give me hope to live long enough to fulfill them; they are the endorphins of my soul goals.
Only two tips
: 3 things to fulfill in one year is enough.
Narrow your list down to the hopes that come from the deepest part of your soul. Go one layer deeper, then another layer deeper, then one more layer. Less is more; fewer means you're serious.
I aim for one achievement of my life dedicated to each of my holy trinity: Braham the eternal but not understandable, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva, the creator and destroyer. May the divinity eat the fruits of my life. My reward is the scent of their contentment.
: Leave space for unexpected.
God is crazy with love; he will never bore you. Once you walk the way of bliss, creation answers with joy. So make space for possibility beyond bargaining; the genius of all. Let the planned be spoiled by the joy.
and one rule:
: My last shirt will have no pockets.
I want to do things I can carry on to eternity, just tons of memories of heavy love.
My list
Tell me, my dear friend. Write it down for us.
Before I die I want to do these 3 things…
Wild love


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1 Park near Preston, Washington
Fall City, Washington 2.32 miles NE
Issaquah, Washington 6.15 miles NW
Carnation, Washington 8.64 miles N
North Bend, Washington 8.83 miles SE
Maple Valley, Washington 10.53 miles SW
Preston, Washington (map) | (425) 222-7910
Sites: 51 | Latest Rate: $45.00 | 36 Reviews
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Jul 2015 - $45.00
We needed a place to stay outside of Seattle on our way home. Being that it was the Sunday after the 4th we didn't figure we'd find anything. But low and behold they had a early departure. We arrived late, they left all the information needed on the office door. It's not cheap but I wanted full hook up's since we were low on water. Getting into the site was a bit of a challenge. Some of the sites are located on the side of a hill, trying to back into this site proved to be a challenge at 1AM. I almost gave up, but eventually made it.
I found they only offer 20amp or 50amp plug-ins, I've never bothered to carry a 50-30amp dog-bone. So we stuck with the 20amp, happy we didn't need A/C. Water pressure here was weak at best.
The site itself was nothing special, room for a couple chairs, no fire pit and you're looking right into the next site. It was all asphalt and clean though. The area is heavily treed and even with the Freeway close by it was quiet. I'd gather many that stay here are with them for extended periods, the larger sites look to be occupied by full timers. - Y-Guy
Jul 2015 - $40.00
This is a very nice park. Well kept and the staff are friendly enough. The park is a little tight but not horrid. Mostly permanent residents but it appears the sites were well kept.
We would stay here again. - Steve & Terri
Jun 2015 - $36.00
This park requires cash or check no credit cards. It is a compact park with not so level pull throughs and not very dog friendly. There are very few pull thrus and not very level, we had to use blocks for our motorhome. The well water pressure was poor. There was an area designated as a pet walk where the path was chipped wood through the forest of trees and signs everywhere saying do not walk your pet on the lawns. Fortunately we found a nature trail nearby for decent walks with our dog. The park was well maintained and the coy pond lovely. It was a good location to explore the Seattle and Issaquah areas. - Tony Connie and Rusty

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Super-Skinny is Out: 10 Celebs Moms Prove Muscles Are In! (Photos)TheMommyologist
Remember when the whole "waif" look was all the rage among celebrities? There were quite a few women in Hollywood who really looked like they could use a few good meals not too long ago. Thankfully, the super-skinny trend seems to be fading away in La-La land in favor of a lean, muscular look!
Plenty of celeb moms are showing off their toned physiques with pride, proving that a more athletic looking body can still be pretty and feminine.
It's no secret that lean muscle burns more fat and calories, and celebrity moms know that the more they workout, the better they look and feel while working the red carpet!
This photo of Heidi Klum was taken in New York City. Supermodels are typically rail-thin, but Heidi showed off some pretty toned biceps! It looks like Heidi has been putting some extra effort into her workouts.
To see more photos of celeb moms showing off their muscles, take a look at our slide show below.
Jennifer Garner 1 of 10Jennifer's arms always look so toned, probably from carrying her kids!
Gwen Stefani 2 of 10Gwen showed off her rock-hard abs in France.
Courteney Cox 3 of 10Courteney has some serious calf muscles!
Brooke Shields 4 of 10Brooke has always maintained an athletic look.
Katie Holmes 5 of 10Katie debuted her six-pack in Miami.
Jennifer Lopez 6 of 10Jennifer's quads are amazing!
Denise Richards 7 of 10Denise credits Pilates for her long, lean muscles.
Amy Adams 8 of 10Amy looks toned and extremely fit.
Lisa Rinna 9 of 10Lisa is rock-hard all over!
Jennie Garth 10 of 10Check out Jennie's great gams!


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ACC, you little nutcase you. XD
And.... WELCOME BA~CK!
Welcoming Party
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Hold a welcome-back party for Icha, complete with drinking games. Get him smashed on root beer, if possible, in order to gain the edge in the duel. XD
And wouldn't you know it, just when NiGHTS gets banned....
hmm... well, I'd comment on the Restless monsters and the revamped demons but... THERE ARE WAY TOO FREAKING MANY TO COMMENT ON AT ONCE. 0.o
So instead, I'll just post a revamp of my own favorite fake set, a little at a time. :3
Yoko Yokai
Atk 1900/ Def 1000
Once during your main phase, you can tribute this face up monster to send the top card of your opponent's deck to the graveyard. If that card is a monster, inflict damage to your opponent's life points equal to the original Atk or Def of that monster, whichever is higher.
Yokai Mountain
Field Spell
Once per turn, you can special summon a "Yokai" monster from your graveyard that was tributed for its own effect during your last turn. A monster summoned in this way cannot be tributed on the turn it was summoned. While you control this card, both players must play with their decks upside-down and draw from the bottom of their decks, and show each other their hands. When this card would be destroyed, you can destroy a face-up "Yokai" monster you control instead.
Yokai Karasu
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Atk 1400/ Def 1600
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GINI DP 4: Inequality Decompositions
We show how classic source-decomposition and subgroup-decomposition meth ods can be reconciled with regression methodology used in the recent liter ature. We also highlight some pitfalls that arise from uncritical use of the regression approach. The LIS database is used to compare the approaches using an analysis of the changing contributions to inequality in the United States and Finland. JEL Classification: D6
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CHICAGO — Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano was suspended for six games by Major League Baseball on Thursday, a day after his tirade during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Zambrano said he won't appeal the penalty, which included a fine. Barring rainouts, he is eligible to return next Thursday and start that night at Atlanta.
"Well, you know, I think I'm a pretty good judge of when you make a mistake, when you do something wrong, you have to pay for it," Zambrano said. "I don't have a problem with that. I know that I did something that disrespected MLB. I apologize like I did yesterday, and let's move on."
Chicago manager Lou Piniella said the penalty was reasonable. "He just took it too far," Piniella said.
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Glavine, trying to come back from arm surgery at age 43, pitched five scoreless innings for AAA Gwinnett, Ga., on Thursday in a 10-6 International League victory over Indianapolis. "It's been a long time since I won a game in the minors, and I hope it's the last one," said Glavine, who was promoted to the Braves during the 1987 season.
Glavine allowed six hits but induced three double plays.
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• Tom Hicks is willing to give up control of baseball's Texas Rangers if the right deal comes along, but he intends to keep the NHL's Dallas Stars. Hicks said in late March that he was seeking minority investors to purchase up to 49 percent in each club. About a week later, the holding company that owns the teams, Hicks Sports Group, defaulted on about $525 million in loans. Hicks said he intentionally made the move to help negotiate with banks.
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Blogs Home - Tags - #ibmscgs urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries 3 2015-11-16T08:09:50-05:00 IBM Connections - Blogs urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-0a433281-0305-4580-b28b-c705370c8a71 Five Things That We're Looking Forward to at the Smarter Commerce Global Summit Orlando Jacqi Levy firstname.lastname@example.com 270003E0DF active Comment Entries application/atom+xml;type=entry Likes 2012-08-16T11:12:37-04:00 2012-08-16T11:14:13-04:00

The 2012 IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit - Orlando, which takes place this year on September 5 - 7 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, is just around the corner. We can feel the excitement building, so in the spirit of continuing that momentum, we thought we'd rattle off a few of the Business Partner-centric happenings that we're most looking forward to at the Smarter Commerce Global Summit - Orlando. Here are our top five:

#5 - Free Certification Testing
Free Professional and Mastery Certification examinations will be offered to IBM Business Partners attending the conference. If you're interested in achieving Software Value Incentive (SVI) certification to earn additional rewards or to becoming Sofware Value Plus-authorized to resell Smarter Commerce products, this is a great opportunity to sit for required exams within the Authorized Portfolio. The first exam is free, and additional exams will be available at discounted rates. Testing will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis within the open hours of the Certification Testing Center. Check out this flyer for the Fee Schedule, Testing Center hours, and more details.

#4 - The Business Partner Cafe
The Business Partner Cafe is a breakout area just for IBM Business Partners. Located right off the Smarter Commerce Showcase, it will house informal meeting spaces where you can connect with your IBM team to build future plans or conduct one-on-one meetings with clients. There will also be IBM Business Partner program experts standing by in the Cafe to discuss technical enablement, benefits, the recent announcements on co-marketing changes, sales and lead generation tools and more. If you have any questions related to your relationship with IBM that you need answered, this is the place to go. See the Business Partner Preview Guide for a detailed list of the experts that will at the Cafe, as well as Cafe hours.

#3 - The Social Media Lounge

The social media lounge is going to be a fun breakout area where you can meet and network with social media experts, watch live interviews, participate in live Twitter chats, or just take a break. This will be a great place to recharge your wireless devices and get off your feet for a moment (don't miss the comfortable seating!), but make sure you also take advantage of the experts that will be on hand. If you want to learn more about how you can leverage social media in your marketing efforts, or even if you just want get a better understanding of everything social at the Smarter Commerce Global Summit, they can answer all of your questions.

#2 - The Business Partner Forum

Ok, maybe we're a bit biased, but we have to give the Business Partner Forum a spot in our top five. The Business Partner Forum, which takes place on Wednesday, September 5, starts off at 11:45 a.m. in Pacific A & B, with the General Session. During the General Session, IBM executives will walk you through the lessons learned in the rapid movement of the Smarter Commerce initiative from infancy to maturity. Some of your colleagues will share their success stories, and you'll also get the latest Smarter Commerce channel and product updates. Following the lunch at 2:15 p.m., there will also be two concurrent breakout sessions; one focused on competitive insights, adjacent market opportunities and sales enablement (Southern 3), and an ISV leadership session (Oceanic 2). Make sure you add these into your SmartSite agenda!

#1 - Business Partner Reception

This grabs the number one spot because, well, who doesn't enjoy a good party? Enjoy some food and drinks with your fellow IBM Business Partners on Tuesday, September 4 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Cabana Bar.

What are you most looking forward to at the Smarter Commerce Global Summit - Orlando?

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ISVs are key players in the success of IBM's Smarter Commerce strategy. We really mean this, so to back this up, we've added a special breakout session to the Smarter Commerce Global Summit Business Partner Forum.

One of the key topics of this session will be to talk about the details of the Smarter Commerce Validation Program, a technical program that allows you to validate your Smarter Commerce solution on one of the IBM Industry Frameworks. The session will also cover the IBM Referral Program, as well as a wide view of the IBM Smarter Commerce portfolio. There will also be featured IBM Business Partner guest speakers who will share their insights and best practices on teaming with IBM. You'll come away from the session with an understanding of the steps required to gain new solutions skills in Smarter Commerce, while at the same time, developing relationships with new line of business players.

This is just one of the many great reasons to attend the Smarter Commerce Global Summit Business Partner Forum. Here's a peek at some of the other great sessions that are on the agenda:

Sales Track: How to make more money with Smarter Commerce
Learn the strategy and thought process behind the products and solutions IBM has acquired to fully realize the Smarter Commerce value proposition. You will gain a sales-focused understanding of the end-user business processes of Buy, Market, Sell and Service using customer implementations as proof points. The Smarter Commerce channel team will introduce new IBM investments in the channel to increase your share of wallet in key customer accounts.

Technical Track: Sneak peek into the Smarter Commerce product roadmap
Refresh your knowledge of the IBM product solution offerings within each Smarter Commerce category and understand the technical work already completed to successfully integrate these products. Learn the strategy and thought process behind the products and solutions that a Smarter Commerce vision drives. The Smarter Commerce channel team will introduce new IBM investments in the channel and the IBM vision for integration and interoperability in the future.

At the Business Partner Forum, you'll also have an opportunity to hear from a number of IBM executives, including Mike Rhodin, Steve Cowley, and Melinda Matthews about Smarter Commerce channel strategy and priorities, effective selling techniques and more.

We hope to see you there! For more information about the Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid, visit my previous post: Everything IBM Business Partners Need to Know About the Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid 2012. You can also visit PartnerWorld to download marketing assets, such as client invite templates, that will get your customers excited about the Smarter Commerce Global Summit too.

 ISVs are key players in the success of IBM's Smarter Commerce strategy. We really mean this, so to back this up, we've added a special breakout session to the Smarter Commerce Global Summit Business Partner Forum . One of the key topics of... 0 0 8186 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-1a43336b-9402-4e06-82a7-48a81bd835f8 IBM Business Partner Blog 2016-05-16T13:38:04-04:00 urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-1d842767-e2c0-40da-b23c-6d3577bf30c3 Everything IBM Business Partners Need to Know About the Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid 2012 Jacqi Levy firstname.lastname@example.com 270003E0DF active Comment Entries application/atom+xml;type=entry Likes 2012-03-27T08:47:25-04:00 2012-03-27T08:48:27-04:00

Get to know your customers. If you don't, someone else will.

I love this new tagline for the 2012 Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid. I think it provides a very clear statement for why our mutual customers will find value in the conference. The Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid, which takes place this coming May 22-24, promises to provide insight and resources to help them understand today's customers and effectively connect with them in an ever-changing landscape, which includes mobile, social, ecommerce, customer experience, analytics and more.

But I also think it answers some questions as to why IBM Business Partners should consider attending. As the largest event of its kind in Europe, The Smarter Commerce Global Summit is an incredible opportunity to learn about what your customers needs are. In addition, it's also a chance to experience the latest in new technology, best practices, industry perspectives and visionary thinking surrounding smart commerce today.

If you're considering attending, here's everything you'll need to know as an IBM Business Partner about the Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid (SCGS):

Registration

The early bird rate for SCGS has been extended through April 14, 2012. Register now to take advantage of €300 off the standard rate, and be sure to tell any current or potential clients your inviting about this  deadline as well. Registration will be open up until the day of the event, and IBM will even accept walk-in registrations, but it's best to register before April 14 in order to secure the most preferential pricing.

Agenda
This 3-day conference is divided into two tracks: a Business Leadership Track geared towards line of business, and a Practitioner track geared towards technical and IT. For each of these tracks, you'll find sessions on each stage of the commerce value chain (buy, market, sell & service), as well as sessions geared towards best practices in specific industries. For a more detailed look at the SCGS agenda and session details, visit the conference website.

Smarter Commerce Business Partner Forum

The main SCGS agenda begins at 1:00 p.m. on March 22, but for those who don't mind starting their day a little bit earlier, there is a half-day Business Partner Forum featuring topics exclusively for IBM Business Partners. The Forum will feature top IBM Software executives who will reveal valuable insights and effective techniques, as well as how you can work more closely with IBM to sell Smarter Commerce. You'll also hear from colleagues and clients on how Smarter Commerce helped them connect with their customers, and our intention is that you'll walk away from the breakout sessions with knowledge on new IBM investments in the channel to help you fine tune growth strategies and increase your share of wallet in key customer accounts.

Executive Meeting Center

The Executive Meeting Center will provide you with a chance to meet with IBM executives one-on-one in a private setting, where you can discuss topics specific to your business. Over 50 executives will be participating, so reach out to your Channel Sales Rep to schedule a meeting.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship packages have been designed to offer IBM Business Partners select visibility and presence throughout the event. By positioning your organization as a key Smarter Commerce Business Partner, you'll have even more opportunities to engage with clients, prospects, and IBM executives. There are a wide range of sponsorship packages available, so check out the full list on the conference site.

Marketing Innovation Summit

The Marketing Innovation Summit, which is happening in conjunction with SCGS, brings together top marketing professionals for four days of learning, networking, and exploring best practices. The Summit provides an opportunity to learn about the latest advances in Enterprise Marketing Management and also gain a deeper understanding of the Smarter Commerce approach to customer-focused business. It promises to provide a great opportunity to talk to your clients about how they can increase their marketing effectiveness and become more productive by leveraging customer data to improve marketing returns.

Networking
There will be many opportunities to network throughout the conference, but you can get started early by joining the conversation about Smarter Commerce via social media. The Smarter Commerce Social Media Aggregator is a great place to go to get an overview of the conversation. To participate, just use hashtags #smartercommerce or #ibmscgs in your tweets, or register to include your blog posts, videos, pictures and more.

Looking forward to seeing you at the Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid 2012!

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- MexicoHousingFunding via Kubo.financiero
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Maria Dolores G. was one of the women who started this group. She is currently the group's treasurer. Maria is 37 years old, married, and has two children: one son and one daughter. She did not attend school.
Maria is a housewife who also sells tortillas and raises chickens. She started her home with one room maD. from blocks and asbestos sheets. She is requesting this loan to invest in buying corn to make tortillas and chickens to raise, and to improve her home. She is very happy to have the opportunity that she is being offered. Maria has a lot of goals for her business and her family. She tells us that she would like to invest in her business so that she can then save and buy a gas 'comal' (special hotplate for cooking tortillas) since the one she has right now runs on firewood and it is difficult to go and look for firewood to cook her tortillas with. Maria plans to use her loan to grow her business even more so that she can make more income and improve her family's quality of life as well as her own.
Additional Information
About CrediComunThis loan is administered by CrediComun, a Kiva Field Partner since February 2010. CrediComun is dedicated to providing loans to groups of women in rural areas in Mexico, and is beginning to lend to individuals as well. One of its newest branch offices is in Ciudad Neza, a poor suburb on the outskirts of Mexico City. CrediComun has grown rapidly since its inception in 2005, with 37 branch offices and over 350 employees, and was ranked the 12th best microfinance institution in Latin America in 2010 according to the Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX).
For more information on CrediComun, please visit its partner page. If you would like to support CrediComun and its borrowers, please visit its lending team.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 5 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Mar 9, 2011
- Listed
- Apr 2, 2011
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Ilkka Heilä is from Turku, Finland and born in 1956. Heilä created 'B. Virtanen', the unfortunate "Donald Duck" of office clerks, for a comics competition in 1989. This was organized by Bullspress and Newspaper Uusi Suomi. Heilä's creation became second. Ilkka Heilä's interest in comics was awakened already in the age of 11 years. Heilä worked in a post-office for several years before starting to work as a professional comics artist. His work obviously helped in creating 'B. Virtanen', whose head is kicked in emotionally every day, either at work by his boss or at home by his wife or his hooligan son. 'B. Virtanen' is published in Finland by the publishing firm Arktinen Banaani. There is also a large merchandise line, which are sold by the firm Cupika Ky, like mugs and office equipment.
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Midlife Malaise and the Poetry of Tupac
Jenny Schwartz's '41-derful' and 'Holler if Ya Hear Me' in This Week's On Stage
The Wild Project
195 E. 3rd St.
(866) 811-4111
Performances begin Friday
Written and directed by Jenny Schwartz, this Clubbed Thumb production's excellent cast includes Annie McNamara (Elevator Repair Service), Paul Thureen (the Debate Society), and Nathan Lee Graham, star of last year's "Hit the Wall." Ms. Schwartz is an increasingly sought-after playwright whose recent works include "Somewhere Fun," "God's Ear" and "Cause for Alarm." "41-derful" is centered around two disgruntled co-workers, a politician's epic meltdown and the malaise that can settle in during early middle age.
'The Killer'
Theatre for a New Audience at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
262 Ashland Pl., Brooklyn
(866) 811-4111
Opens Sunday
Darko Tresnjak ("A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder") directs Michael Feingold's new translation of Eugène Ionesco's 1957 absurdist drama, last produced off-Broadway in 1960. Mr. Tresnjak has described the play as a "symphony for actors," and in this production he's working with virtuosos. Michael Shannon, thanks to roles in "Revolutionary Road" and on "Boardwalk Empire," is no longer hidden gem of the theater world. But he's not the only draw to the show, which also stars Paul Sparks, Robert Stanton and Kristine Nielsen, whose performance in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" was a highlight of the 2012/13 seasons.
St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery
131 E. 10th St.
(866) 811-4111
Opens Friday
The much loved East Village black box experimental theater, Incubator Arts Project, is closing in July. But before it does, playwright Julia Jarcho will return there with a world premiere about a pair of women in the 1930s who drift away from social norms. Inspired by the writings of Jane Bowles, the production features Kate Benson, Rebecca Lingafelter, Jenny Seastone Stern and Ben Williams. Ms. Jarcho's last piece at the venue, "Grimly Handsome," won the 2013 Obie award for Best New American Play. For the past seven years, Ms. Jarcho has directed her own work, but this time, Alice Reagan takes on that role.
'Holler if Ya Hear Me'
Palace Theatre
1564 Broadway, (877) 250-2929
Previews begin Monday
A biography of the late Tupac Shakur is not told in the world premiere of this musical, but his lyrics and music have been used to launch a story about a man released from prison who is trying to turn his life around. This trick of dramaturgy is not a new one: The long-running "Mamma Mia!," for instance, is not about the band, neither was the short-lived Patty Griffin musical, "10 Million Miles," about Ms. Griffin. For "Holler," the traditional proscenium theater has been reconfigured stadium style. Poet Saul Williams, who starred in the 1998 film "Slam," leads a cast featuring Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins, Christopher Jackson and Saycon Sengbloh. Director Kenny Leon has had a string of Broadway successes over the past five years including "The Mountaintop," starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett; "Fences" starring Denzel Washington; and the current revival of "A Raisin in the Sun."


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Plenty of fun-filled activities this month
April may be the best of all the months.
There's cool stuff going on all over the place.
After all, spring tripped across the calendar just a few days ago, bringing some spring showers this week.
And, of course, there were the Fool's Day possibilities for the unwitting — I am faintly amused by the alarmist cry: "Oh, my gosh, the faucets are gushing dihydrogen monoxide." As the late, great Yankees manager Casey Stengel used to say: You could look it up.
Grace, my Australian cattle dog puppy, who has just lost her puppy teeth, doesn't appear to get the joke. When I explain it, she looks at me as if I were saying, "Blah, blah, blah, Grace … blah." to steal from the old Gary Larson line.
My canine charge is, however, doing well with "leave it" and "stay" and her latest joke on me, I think, was to discover that chewing the edges of the door mat to shreds was simply the best.
The beginning of the month, whose name traces to the Latin verb "aperire" meaning "to open" as in the flowers open, also means Opening Day, a sacred time for many.
Unfortunately, the two teams I care most about are off to a tough start. The Padres have a win against two losses before Friday's games; the K.C. Royals two losses.
My childhood loyalty to Stan Musial and the St. Louis Cardinals faded with my boyhood, replaced by admiration for an old-school baller who came up to the Bigs while I was in college: George Brett. The hard-playing third baseman spent his whole career with the Royals and was famous for the pine tar bat dust-up with Yankees manager Billy Martin back in 1983.
Being a college student in Lincoln, Neb., in the 1970s, Kansas City was a logical place for cash-strapped kids to find adventure. A gang of us would periodically make the five-hour drive to K.C. for barbecue and baseball. And, without money for a motel, we would sleep in the car parked at the lot of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church on Blue Ridge Boulevard.
I recall the priest stopping at our car doors at dawn on a Sunday morning and saying, "Of course, you boys are coming to Mass."
"Yes, Father," we replied. Even though only one of us, Tom, was Catholic and only he knew when to stand, sit or kneel, we complied.
The month of April also brings out other good things.
The month is Jazz Appreciation Month, Autism Awareness Month and National Poetry Month. Buddha's birthday is considered to be April 8. Patriots' Day is April 21 ("Remember Lexington and Concord!" ought to be the cry), and Arbor Day April 25. Of course, the next week is Holy Week, bookending Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday on April 20.
A friend is running the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21 — I pray for a safe run for her and the others.
My favorite, though, is more local: the Bark at the Beach event is April 12 at the Cuvier Club in La Jolla to raise money for Labs and More Rescue
(labsandmore.org). These are the folks who saved Grace and allowed me to adopt her.
Cruisin' Grand began its weekly appearance on Friday nights in Escondido this month and will run into October. For the equine-minded, the National Horse Show opens at the Del Mar Fair Grounds on April 17. And the Butterfly Jungle opens today at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park east of Escondido and runs through April 27.
Fallbrook's Avocado Festival celebrates the community and its favorite fruit April 13. The Encinitas Street Fair is April 26 and 27.


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The bell tower of Sveti Lovre is the tallest monument in Trogir and it gives an unobstructed bird's eye view on the whole city. The entrance fee is 5kn. We did not climb on top but we definitely should have done it. Next time, may be !
The bell tower was built much later than the cathedral itself. Matej Gojkoviċ built the first level in 1422 in early Gothic. The same Matej Gojkoviċ most probably built also the second level in Flamboyant gothic. Trifun Bokaniċ built the top level between 1592 and 1610 in mannerist Renaissance style. On the four corners of the roof stand the statues of the four Evangelists by A. Vittoria, 16th century (close-up on the second photo).
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MORENO VALLEY: Attempted home invasion ends in 4 arrests
Four men were arrested on suspicion of trying to break into an elderly Moreno Valley woman's home, according to a sheriff's official.
The 70-year-old victim called police at 9:27 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 from a home in the 22000 block of Scotia Lane, according to a sheriff's press release.
She reported four men were trying to break into the house and one had a handgun and was pointing it toward her. She tried to scare them away by telling them she called the police, but they persisted, the release states.
When deputies arrived, the suspects ran away. Officials set up a perimeter, combed the neighborhood and found the suspects hiding in nearby backyards.
Investigators also found a handgun that matched the victim's description and other incriminating evidence the would-be robbers apparently tried to get rid off in neighboring yards, the release states.
Alfonzo Butler, 21, Lavonte Crumb, 20, and Stevie Crumb, 22, all from San Bernardino, and Marian Parker, 20, of Victorville, were booked into the Riverside County Jail on suspicion of attempted home invasion robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime. Their bail was set at an elevated $1 million because the victim is elderly.
Anybody with information was asked to call sheriff's Deputy Grotefend at 951-486-6816.
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