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As the draft approaches, the word on the street continues to be that the Raiders will pick receiver
Troy Williamson Darrius Heyward-Bey with the seventh overall pick in the draft.
The logic is simple. Al Davis loves speed. DHB has it.
And, really, Davis has been looking (in vain) for the next Cliff Branch ever since Branch retired.
They'd be better off targeting the next Fred Biletnikoff, in our view. Or maybe the next Tim Brown.
The Search For The Next Cliff Branch Continues
As the draft approaches, the word on the street continues to be that the Raiders will pick receiver
erikw89 says: Apr 25, 2009 12:13 PM
How about targeting a new owner and a qualified GM?
Celsior says: Apr 25, 2009 12:14 PM
Oakland needs the next Tim Brown more. Jeremy Macklin has enough speed. The Raiders should draft this playmaking wideout at #7.
ParkerFly says: Apr 25, 2009 12:16 PM
You would think Davis would figure out that his speedy draft picks aren't panning out. But no, he thinks it's the coaches fault.
FCSquid says: Apr 25, 2009 12:20 PM
… and the cycle of futility continues for Oakland. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
mrussie says: Apr 25, 2009 12:20 PM
it makes sense for dhb to go to the raiders at #7, that's the same spot the vikes picked troy williamson
tonyinmd says: Apr 25, 2009 12:21 PM
I'm a MD fan and I love DHB…I would like for my Ravens to take a shot at him.
But come on…#7 overall? WAY too high…I feel sorry for all Oakland fans who have to wait for Al Davis to move on to the afterlife before they will have a competent front office.
Sonny says: Apr 25, 2009 12:25 PM
The word on the street may work with another team but has little worth with regards to the Raiders. Many that work in the Raiders offices have no idea on what they are going to do and that is the way the Raiders like it.
My take is the Raiders will go for a big man in round one DT/DE or OT and pick up a WR later. We will know soon. I love your site and visit more then any other regarding the NFL, keep up the good work.
toonsterwu says: Apr 25, 2009 12:26 PM
Lance Zierlein should get a lot of credit. He broke this about a month or so ago. The Raiders are better off going with the next Tim Brown – Maclin.
GR365 says: Apr 25, 2009 12:27 PM
I wouldn't rule out Harvin either….
jeremyb91 says: Apr 25, 2009 12:30 PM
Every year all these analysts have the Raiders taking the fastest athlete in the draft, but show me one time in the last 20 years Al has taken the fastest athlete with his 1st pick?
Not once. He does loves speed and tends to gamble on these players after the 4th round.
If that were the case he would've drafted RB Chris Johnson over Darren Mcfadden last year.
Speedy picks that have panned out recently: Trevor Scott & Chaz Schilens, two players picked last year in the last two rounds.
Everyone talks about the speed because Al Davis is the reason the NFL has speed all over it. He changed the game in the '60s and '70s with the various speedy players he brought in and until he's in the grave these rumors will always circulate.
INVAIDUH says: Apr 25, 2009 12:34 PM
They said Nnamdi was a reach too. Nobody knows for sure.
It's not as easy as rocket science.
mpoles says: Apr 25, 2009 12:35 PM
I hope not, and I hope jeremyb91 is right (what he says makes sense though). Al loves speed, but at skill positions, he loves big-name playmakers too – Crabtree, Maclin and Harvin tick that box, DH-B doesn't.
Oh, and I wouldn't rule out Harvin either. Take away the off-the-field (mostly non-football) issues, and he is the second best player in this draft after Curry.
INVAIDUH says: Apr 25, 2009 12:44 PM
Nothing beats a reciever with "Catastrophic knee injury" in his Bio.
EskinSux says: Apr 25, 2009 12:44 PM
The word on the street………HA HA……..You mean you have ESPN on?
mil mascaras says: Apr 25, 2009 12:44 PM
DHB???? yeah right. Davis decides to tip his hand just this once…to sponge face square head florio no less. Al Davis decided to share his innermost secrets with mike florio, the owner of a 20 dollar blog on the internet…this is the real story, not who davis wants to draft.
if indeed the raiders leaked something about DHB its because the team wants other teams to think just that so that don't leap frog the raiders and get the target player the raiders really want.
sorry sponge face, i don't buy it.
Ghost2thePost says: Apr 25, 2009 12:55 PM
Better chance of Al and young Lance watching the draft together than taking DHB at 7. The Pick is Smith, Crabtree if he's gone.
JSpicoli says: Apr 25, 2009 1:04 PM
I'm going on the record and saythat Florio is merely another hooked fish. No way it is DHB. Florios completly skewed, east coast knowledge/view of the Raiders is comical.
crister says: Apr 25, 2009 1:33 PM
james jett anyone?
YoungAmerican says: Apr 25, 2009 1:40 PM
It's almost as absurd as the notion the Raiders will take Maclin because of his return skills
Honestly, anyone who buys into this simply doesn't pay attention. It's a shame that many people write off the Raiders because of their last few years of terrible luck in the draft, and a lot of failed free agency moves. Every franchise (even the great ones) has hit a wall at some point. And the rebuilding process is always trial and error.
They don't need a return man. Johnnie Lee Higgins and Justin Miller are a dangerous return duo – they proved that last season. And if any of the "draft gurus" who think the Raiders are retarded for DHB were paying any attention, they'd know the Raiders don't need a "pure speed" receiver. Again, JLH fits that mold, and 2nd-year player Chaz Schilens has plenty of speed as well.
They need a possession receiver to help them convert those all-too-frequent third and long situations, and help them put points on the board when they get in the red zone. They need a WR who demands attention from defensive back, so Higgins sees more single coverage and can get deep.
But this DHB connection is pure nonsense, perpetuated by people who obviously aren't paying too close of attention, and are content to peg Al Davis as a guy who only pays attention to 40 times.
raideralexander says: Apr 25, 2009 2:50 PM
Yes … Davis loves speed … so why did he take JaMarcus over Calvin … idiot.
goots says: Apr 25, 2009 6:24 PM
I think it's a great pick, my man "mr. cable" knows what he's doing the silver n black is coming back look out folks!!!!!!!!!!


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Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
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Integration of race, culture and assessment; Racial identity and health outcomes; Racial and cultural factors in education; Test fairness in educational and occupational testing; Race, culture and trauma; Intersections of multiple identities
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Helms, J.E. (2015). Taking action against racism in a post-racism era: The origins and almost demise of an idea. The Counseling Psychologist, 43, 138-145.
Helms, J.E. (2014). An examination of the evidence in culturally adapted evidence-based or empirically supported intervention. Transcultural Psychiatry, 00, 1-27. Published online prior to the print version. doi: 10.1177/1363461514563642
Helms, J.E., (2014). A review of White racial identity theory: The sociopolitical implications of studying White racial identity in psychology. In S. Cooper & K. Ratele (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th International Congress of Psychology (pp. 12-27). London and New York: Psychology Press.
Helms, J.E., & Mereish, E.H. (2013). How racial-group comparisons create misinformation in depression research: Using racial identity theory to conceptualize health disparities. In L. Gomez & N. Lopez(Eds.), Mapping "Race": Critical Approaches to Health Disparities Research. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
Helms, J.E. & Ford, D.Y., (2012). Testing and Assessing African Americans: "Unbiased" Tests are Still Unfair, The Journal of Negro Education, Summer Issue, 81, 186-189.
Helms, J.E., (2012). A Legacy of Eugenics Underlies Racial-Group Comparisons in Intelligence Testing. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 5, 176-179.
Helms, J.E., Nicolas, G., & Green, C.E. (2012). Racism and Ethnoviolence as Trauma: Enhancing Professional and Research Training. Traumatology, 18, 65-74.
Helms, J.E. (2010). Cultural Bias in Psychological Testing. In I.B. Weiner and W.E. Craighead (Eds.) The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, 4th Ed., Vol. 1, 443-445, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
Jernigan, M.M., Green, C.E., Helms, J.E., Gualdron-Murhib, L.G., & Henze, K. (2010). An Examination of People of Color Supervision Dyads: Racial Identity Matters as Much as Race. Training & Education in Professional Psychology, 4, 62-73.
Helms, J.E., (2009). Defense of tests prevents objective consideration of validity and fairness. American Psychologist, 64, 283-284.
Helms, J.E. (2008). A Race Is a Nice Thing to Have: A Guide to Being A White Person or Understanding the White Persons in your life (Second Edition). Hanover, MA: Microtraining Associates.
Helms, J.E. (2016, June). Visiting Scholar, Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership and Education at Fielding Graduate University, Summer Session, Public Forum, "Current Issues of Diversity and Inclusion on American College Campuses: Implications and Opportunities for Fielding." Fielding Graduate University, Chicago, IL.
Helms, J.E. (2016, June). Invited Talk, "Building and Leveraging Partnerships across Campus," 2016 Diversity and Inclusion Summit, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Helms, J.E. (2016, May). Invited Talk, "Inclusion, Diversity, and Cultural Sensitivity in Our Schools," Middlesex Partnership for Youth Conference, Nashoba Valley Technical High School, Westford, MA.
Helms, J.E. (2016, May). Keynote speaker, "White Racial Identity," Annual Pastoral Care Conference, Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
Helms, J.E. (2016, April). Invited Talk, "Using White Racial Identity Theory to Avoid Re-Victimizing Survivors of Racial Trauma," California Psychological Association Convention, Irvine, CA.
Helms, J.E. (2016, February). Invited Talk, "Having a Conversation about Racial Trauma," Lunch and Learn Lecture Series, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Helms, J.E. (2014, June). Plenary speaker: Identity and Trauma. Danielsen Institute, Boston University, Boston, MA.
Helms, J.E. (2012, July). Key note speaker: Review of White racial identity. International Congress of Psychology, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Crock Pot Stroganoff
READY IN: 8hrs 20mins
Recipe by Diana Adcock
Another great crock pot recipe-Very tasty
Top Review by KellyS
The people that I made dinner for enjoyed this. I do not care for stroganoff. I coated the beef and once I poured the broth in, it all disappeared. I should have cut the onions smaller and the mushrooms. I bought presliced and they were too large for my taste.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 1⁄2 lbs beef round steak
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Coleman's dry mustard or 1⁄2 teaspoon Keen's dry mustard
- 2 medium onions, cut into 16 wedges each
- 1 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can condensed beef broth
- 1⁄4 cup dry white wine
- 1 1⁄2 cups sour cream
- 1⁄4 cup flour
Directions See How It's Made
- Trim fat from steak and cut meat into strips about 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide.
- Combine 1/2 cup flour with the salt, pepper and dry mustard; toss with steak strips to coat.
- Place seasoned strips in the crock pot, stir in the onion wedges and mushrooms.
- Add broth and wine; stir well.
- Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
- Before serving combine sour cream with the 1/4 cup flour, stir into the crock pot.
- Serve stroganoff over egg noodles.


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AN: So here's the second chapter. If you use your imagination I'm sure it could be extended but I really did try hard to keep it short. xD Thanks again to Pikinanou for this idea. :)
I don't own One Piece.
To Nami's extreme enjoyment, and Paulie's frustration, their chase lasted for one hour and twenty four minutes…Ending thirty six minutes before the deadline.
At 5:12 p.m. Nami allowed herself to drop from the roof top she had been sprinting across…Her lungs were starting to burn like crazy but she still had time…And if Paulie thought he could beat her he was going to be very disappointed.
The shallow canal was like a water slide, and though she wasn't crazy about the idea of getting all wet, if he wanted to catch her he was going to have to do it too.
This was the part she hadn't been looking forward too…She hadn't been able to practice and she was only going to get one shot at it…Even as she shot down the slide the thief shifted her weight to the right…A little more…
Nami grunted in pain as she caught the nearly insignificant ledge she had been aiming for…It had damn near jerked her arm out of it's socket!! But she didn't have time for that right now. Gasping the petite woman hauled herself back out of the water and began sprinting again…She didn't have to look behind her to know that her pursuer had missed that small ledge and she grinned. Though…knowing him…
Yep, a rope had been thrown back up and latched on to something so the blond could continue the chase…making her grin widen. She might be soaking wet, out of breath, and nearing exhaustion, but when was the last time she had had this much fun?
Unfortunately for Nami the water that was now dripping down her legs put her game to an end. Unable to stop herself as her sandals slipped she tucked her arms against her body and rolled…but she had definitely done something to her ankle.
Swearing for the first time since she had begun the chase, the pirate forced herself to get back up and run…She had done worst things to herself and been fine…
She had lost eight precious seconds…Seconds that she had been counting on having after tricking him down the water slide, and now she wasn't going to be able to get them back…In addition to her ankle she had no more time gaining tricks to play on the carpenter. She crossed a stone bridge that arced across several buildings, giving the pedestrians on it a beautiful air view of the city. Only a few more feet and she'd make it…
Hearing the violent swearing behind her she realized she wasn't going to have time to reach the next part of her escape route…If she didn't act now he'd catch her.
Biting down on her lip the copper haired woman threw herself off the side, gasping in pain as she hit her ankle again, and barely catching the lamp post that had caught her attention…She knew there was the high probability that Paulie would catch her…but she'd make him work for it.
She slid down the pole to the next street, landing on her bad foot and nearly swearing again…Instead she kept it inside as she began running again…Unfortunately she didn't know where she was, and had no time to study her map…
She glanced backwards but the blond hadn't dropped to the street yet…
Okay…so he was angry that she had robbed him, (even though she had warned him in advanced) and he was angry that he had been forced to chase her literally halfway across the city, but now he was beyond angry…
Slowly but surely the shipwright had become impressed with the petite pirate's elaborate plan…She was always one step ahead, and if he started falling behind she would wait for him to catch up…He knew she must have been enjoying herself…
It had been on the last bridge, he had made it out of the water just in time to see her roll back to her feet, having slipped in the water that was dripping off her body. (Which was not something he wanted…well, should to be thinking about… ) And though she was running again immediately he could see the limp.
It was one thing to tease him mercilessly…It was something else to get herself hurt.
Snarling the blond had chased her across the bridge, catching her fleeting glance, and then watching in horror as she had jumped. He had reached the same spot only a few seconds later to see her biting her lip in pain as she landed on the street below.
Things had gone on for more than long enough…!
Cursing again he dropped his soaking wet cigar on the pavement.
She obviously had to ditch her plan…which gave him the advantage. Instead of descending as she had the carpenter sprinted the rest of the way down the stone bridge, watching the pirate as she ran one level below him. He saw her look back for him and smiled grimly.
Oh when he caught her…
Her unfamiliarity with the area, coupled with her hurt leg meant he pulled ahead of her…A few steps, then feet at a time…There was another lap post coming up and he steeled himself before jumping at it.
Allowing himself to slide, as he had seen her doing, and then hitting the street before her he didn't hesitate in charging forward. Nami's eyes widened as she saw him and she tried to skid to a halt, hampered by her sandals on the cobblestone, and slipped again. He was to her before she could get up again.
"You…!!" The blond was gasping…She had tried to get up after her second fall but he had reached her by then and she knew the chase was over…
Since she couldn't escape anymore Nami allowed herself to sink back to the cobblestones that had just tripped her up, shaking with exhaustion…That had been some chase…
Paulie was panting heavily, slumped on the street, with one hand on her arm to stop her from trying to get away…Like there was any hope of that now…
No, instead the thief allowed herself to fall against the carpenter's shoulder, and began laughing weakly. "That…." She gasped again for breath. "That was so much fun…"
Paulie glared at her, but he was too exhausted to begin yelling just yet. Smiling cheerfully Nami pulled the stolen goggles off of her head and handed them to him…Then giggled when he immediately put them back on, with a grumpy look on his face.
The thief leaned her head on her companion's shoulder, ignoring his small sputtering of embarrassment, as she also panted for air. Knowing it wasn't a wise idea, but unable to stop herself, she looked up at him through her coppery lashes and said coyly, "Still think I'm clumsy, Paulie?"
He began swearing again and she laughed breathlessly. Oh, he was just too much fun! But his anger, when he let it out, was not directed at the trouble she had just caused him.
"Yes you're damn clumsy!!" He snapped. "I saw you trip, and now you've done something to your ankle…" In spite of his furious words the carpenter's hands were gentle as he touched the injury, which had begun to swell. "And what the hell was with jumping off the bridge!! You could have been killed!"
Nami was finally able to take in a deep, relaxing breath. "It's okay…" She murmured but the blond began swearing again and cut her off.
"It is not fucking okay!! You're clumsy and reckless and…"
But she had also begun glaring. "I am not! If I was clumsy than how was I able to steal those, huh?" She rolled slightly so she was kneeling before him and pointed up at the goggles that had caused him so much trouble today. "You even knew it was coming and I still got them! I am not clumsy!!"
Paulie glared back at her, willing all his anger into it, with no apparent effect. "Damn it Nami!! You wouldn't have hurt yourself if you weren't always doing these reckless things…!"
Hands on her hips the copper haired woman leaned towards him, ignoring the shivers she got from the wind rushing over her cold, wet body.
"Recklessness is what Luffy does…If I had been reckless you would have caught me ages ago!!" Then she smirked. "I'll bet you don't even know when I stole them from you, huh?"
Not wanting to admit the point the blond glowered and grabbed her arm again. "You are…" But what she was he didn't end up saying. As he had begun chastising her again the petite woman had attempted to get up. Off balanced by his hand on her arm, and the slippery cobblestone under her feet she fell forward again, right onto the confused shipwright.
…Or more specifically onto his lips…
There's barely any chance at all that something like it could really happen…but barely any chance and no chance at all are two different things, so the poor man found himself on his back on the cold street, the pirate on top of him, her lips glued to his.
What is one suppose to do in a situation like that?
For a few second neither of them moved. But then the thief gave a tiny squeak of surprise and jumped off of him, her face a rosy red.
The blond rolled onto his feet, giving her a stunned look, while she avoided his gaze.
Hands shaking she tried again to get up, this time slipping back to fall on her butt, and she winced. "Er…" Since she couldn't get up…and even if she could she probably wouldn't have been able to walk…he did the only thing he could, reaching one hand down to her.
She took it, still carefully not looking into his eyes, and neither of them spoke for several moments. But finally, freezing cold and embarrassed beyond belief, Nami spoke. "Sorry…I, um…I tripped." Well obviously he knew that but she had to say something!
"Uh…yeah…It's no problem…"
There was another moment of awkward silence before the shipwright nodded at her. "I…I'll help you, so let's go back…"
Unable to do anything but agree she nodded, allowing him to pick her up, and take her back to the headquarters.
They didn't speak again as they made their way to dock no.1. It was 5:52 when they got there…Though the results of their bet was the furthest thing from their minds.
The Strawhat pirates, as well as the two other foremen, were in the shipyards when they returned. Sanji became fired up when he saw her ankle but she told them it was her fault, and that she had slipped.
Lulu looked back and forth between them. (He had set her on a table so their doctor could wrap her ankle) "I see you got your goggles back Paulie…" The older man said mildly, met by the shipwright's usual round of insults…Which seemed very forced.
Nami had been studying the ground intently ever since he had set her on the table…She was really distracted by what had just happened but…There was something else she had to do before she could focus on anything else.
"Sanji-kun?" She motioned for the cook to move closer. "Can you do me a favor?" Happy to be of assistance he twirled towards her, shouting, "Of course Nami-san! Anything you want me to do I'd do for you!!"
The lovely thief motioned him closer again so she could whisper in his ear…The love struck smile on his face was replaced by a look of confusion but she fluttered her eyelashes and he agreed.
At 5:59 Chopper had finished wrapping her injury and was looking at her sympathetically. "Does it hurt Nami?" She gave him a distracted smile but her eyes drifted back to the carpenter who had just confused her so much…She tried to focus on the thought of him getting what he deserved, without much success.
Robin had sat next to her, watching the two try to watch each other without the other noticing. There was definitely something happening…
At the first chime of six Sanji leaned towards the carpenter. "Oi…can I borrow your lighter for a moment?" When the other blond looked at him the cook motioned to his unlit cigarette, and Paulie began searching his coat pockets.
At the fifth chime of six his face reflected his confusion…He couldn't find the damn thing anywhere!
And on the final chime of the hour Nami allowed a victorious little grin onto her face. "Oh Paulie…" She had been waiting for this for hours…
Not wanting to look at her again but knowing it would be suspicious if he didn't the blond managed to throw a glare over at her table, hoping the others didn't notice his anger wasn't genuine…then stopped, blinking in shock.
The copper haired woman was holding his lighter in between her two fingers. "Looking for this?" He stared at her, unable to understand what had just happened. "I never said your goggles were the item I was going to steal…" She fluttered her eyelashes, enjoying the absolute confusion on his face. "That's 500 beri I believe you owe me."
The shipwright's mouth dropped open and all he could do was stammer at her in a stunned way. Even the laughter of those around him couldn't make him look away from her.
"What…? How…? When…?"
She smiled then, a slow smile that made him shiver, and looked at him through her lashes in that extremely sexy way he liked… 'Argh! No, I don't like it…!'
"I think you know when." She purred…He couldn't help it, he began choking again, blushing a bright red, while the others glanced back and forth between them. The navigator's smile changed back to normal, to his great relief, and she looked at her companions.
"Can I have a minute guys?" Her nakama agreed, Sanji very reluctantly, and she turned to the two other carpenters. "Please?" She smiled at them flirtatiously and both men blushed slightly. "Uh…Sure thing Nami-san…" Lulu coughed in embarrassment and looked away. Grabbing the towering man with him they also left the two at the table, in the shadow of an incomplete ship.
She studied him for a moment before patting a spot on the table beside her. "Come sit down so I don't have to shout at you all the way over there…"
Reluctantly he did so, feeling the near perpetual blush that plagued him when Nami was around creeping up his neck.
"You know Paulie…" She pursed her lips and he looked down at the ground. Man, this was not good…
"You might not have believed me earlier when I said I was a thief but I think you've changed your mind by now, right?" She looked at him but he refused to take the bait. "What's your point?" He asked her in a grumpy voice.
He heard her little giggle before she continued. "A professional like me knows when to take advantage of a situation…"
Cautiously he looked at her. The copper haired woman was looking straight ahead, her own cheeks flushing, though he didn't know why. "You asked me how I got this…" She held up his lighter again but when he moved to take it she pulled it back out of his reach. "Just a second, I'm explaining something…" She sounded exasperated.
"You asked me how I got this…" She repeated. "Well…It might have been on accident but I know when to take advantage of a situation so…"
He grunted in annoyance. "Just say what the hell you mean!"
He heard her sigh. "Impatient…" She murmured. "Alright…this is the point."
Unprepared for her movement the shipwright suddenly found his lap full of the beautiful woman, who was smirking at him sexily. Before he could speak, before he could even move she leaned in so their noses were touching.
"I didn't create the situation…but I liked where it was going." Again she was practically purring at him and he gulped. Very slowly and deliberately he felt Nami's hand slid up against his chest…He wasn't sure why he didn't throw her off…maybe he was paralyzed by shock.
Feeling the pirate's warm breath against his mouth he felt his hands shaking. "Are you paying attention Paulie?" She murmured and he almost groaned.
He was sure she had noticed that he was paying attention!!
Then there was a sudden pressure against the top right pocket in his jacket and she pulled back, smirking smugly. "And now you have your lighter back."
He blinked…She had not done all that just to…just to…The shipwright found himself gulping again but this time he was a little angry.
Nami was still giving him a smug look. "Well?" She asked in a teasing voice. "Nothing to say…?" She fluttered her eyelashes at him, her hands now resting on his forearms.
"You…!" He wasn't sure what to say. "That's it…!" He muttered.
Before she could react he had grabbed her around the waist with one hand, the other slipping into her hair so he could pull her down. "That is it!!" He said again before kissing her firmly.
She responded easily and they kissed for a few moments before he let her go, feeling dazed.
"Well, there's the reaction I was looking for…"
He hated how smug she sounded but there wasn't much he could do about it at the moment and she knew it. She leaned into him again, ignoring the burning blush on his face. "Paulie…"
He gulped…Damn it! She shouldn't sound so sexy!!
"You still owe me 500 beri."
Laughing cheekily at his frustration she pulled herself off of his lap, using his arm to balance herself. "I might consider lowering your debt…But I'll warn you…It'll cost you much more in the long run." She winked at him while he tried to regain some semblance of dignity.
"Why would I do that then?!" Feeling grumpy at her, well…mostly at her teasing…the shipwright stood so he could look down at the pirate. Nami smiled up at him again and then lifted her arms in a "You have to carry me because I still can't walk" motion. Annoyed he picked her up again, gentle despite his frustration.
"Well instead of paying me 500 beri…you could give me triple that in kisses." She laughed as he choked again. "Or we could go double to nothing tomorrow…"
He carried her towards the building, shaking his head but refusing to answer. "Oh, I thought you liked gambling?" She asked innocently.
"I will drop you…" He threatened, though she knew he wouldn't really. They entered the building and he took her to the Strawhat's apartment, where her nakama had returned to.
Before he could put her back down and escape she called out to them. "Hey guys! Don't you think Paulie and I should run double to nothing tomorrow?" She bat her lashes and Sanji agreed immediately. "Whatever you want Nami-san!!"
Luffy shrugged with a grin. "Do it Paulie! You might be able to win!" Then he laughed carelessly. Robin had also smiled. "I agree, you have a better chance at winning tomorrow than you did today…"
Chopper pumped his fist into the air. "Nami'll still beat you!!" He cheered. Zoro didn't comment and the shipwright shook his head. It was probably a good thing that they didn't understand what she had meant by that.
He set her at the Strawhat's table and tried to stand again but she caught his jacket. "Hey! You owe me!" She grinned up at him. "So which is it gonna be Paulie?"
Clenching his teeth as his face reddened again he glared at her...Nami was really asking for it…The shipwright forced his embarrassment away and leaned down again until he was next to her ear.
"I'll pay you triple but Nami…I'm going to make you regret this."
He had the satisfaction of hearing her startled gasp and seeing her wide eyes before he made it to the door. Grinning now he waved goodbye to them all and left the apartment whistling.
"What did he say to you Nami-san?" The navigator looked over at the cook who was glaring at the closed door. "Do you need me to kick his ass?"
She grinned.
"No, no, Sanji-kun. It's okay. Paulie's just being a sore loser."
Feeling immensely pleased with herself the copper haired woman gave them all a bright smile as she stood up.
"Eh? Nami-san…You're foot…?"
She shrugged easily at the blond's confusion. "I never said I couldn't walk Sanji-kun…"
She heard Robin's low chuckle and winked at the dark haired woman before making an excuse to go into their shared room. She had plans to make, and a shipwright to catch. Still smiling privately the pirate sat down to calculate an "interest rate" for him…She couldn't wait to see his face tomorrow…
AN: See what I mean? It could keep going on so I had to cut it off somewhere, lol. Again, I hope you guys enjoyed this one, it was pretty fun to write. And thanks to Pikinanou for the plot. (Can you tell I liked the idea? No? I really liked the idea. :P) Please review and let me know what you think!


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Three years ago (a few months after I arrived in the UAE), I first posted about the locations of Asian Grocery Stores in Dubai and had also created a MAP: Asian Grocery Stores in Dubai that marked all the stores that I knew of:
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Last month, I decided to revisit the stores in International City to make sure that they were still there and enlisted the help of a friend who, unlike me, can speak Mandarin (thus able to communicate with the shop assistants) and read Chinese (further able to identify un-identifiable Chinese food items).
My friend took me to the new Phoenix store (as opposed to the old Phoenix – both located relatively close to each other). At first glance, the new Phoenix appeared to be a reincarnation of another shop that I had visited in 2008 called Le Jia Jia. Thinking that they were one and the same, we didn't bother to look for Le Jia Jia. But when I returned home and pulled up my old 2008 photo of Le Jia Jia and the 2011 photo of the new Phoenix, I can clearly see that the two are not the same!
I will just have to make another trek to International city to check out what Le Jia Jia has to offer. Let's hope it won't take me another 3 years to do so 😉
On this recent trip last month, my friend LL and I visited three Chinese grocery stores: the new Phoenix, the old Phoenix, and Wen Zhou. I took a few photos of what the shops had to offer but apologies for the low quality of the photos – my camera ran out of batteries and I had to resort to my iPhone cam.
Our first stop was the new Phoenix Supermarket. OMG. Why had I not come here sooner?!
Many of the food items that I regularly bring back from NYC to Dubai could be found in this store. Things such as Chinese pork sausages, rice noodles, egg noodles, marinades and sauces. They had many, many – oh! so many – things that made a Chinese-food-deprived girl like me quite happy. I could even have bought a vacuum-packed Peking duck (see lower-right of photo below) and black-feathered chickens. They even have packaged jellyfish – sound weird to a lot of you, I know, but yum to me!
The vegetable and fruit section had some lovely garlic chives (top-left in photo below) that can only be found in specialty markets like this and the Thai groceries. Garlic chives are so versatile and are just great in dumplings, Vietnamese Spring rolls, stir-fries, for soup garnishes, and many other things. Raw or cooked, the mild garlicky taste of these chives are just wonderful and can't be substituted properly by anything else. Regular chives? No way.
A bundle of garlic chives cost about 7 or 8 dhs – I lost the receipt so I can't remember exactly. I love these chives so much I bought all the ones you see below. Haha – just kidding! I only bought one bunch and that lasted me, no lie this time, a month of careful rationing. Yeah, I don't know how they lasted so long in my vegetable drawer but I don't ask these kind of questions. I just eat.
I also picked up a packet of salted eggs and a packet of century eggs. I have no idea what I will do with them but once I figure it out I will post the recipes and photos.
Last but not least we visited Wen Zhou Supermarket which had many food items similar in selection to the new Phoenix.
Worth a visit as well. I can't read Chinese so didn't know what many of the things were but I can tell you that the photo below contains pork sausages (great for fried rice!), seaweed, and an assortment of fishballs and meatballs – all Chinese style of course.
My son, Wee Scotch, decided to surreptitiously help with the shopping by throwing items into the cart when I wasn't looking. Upon arriving home, I found mystery items like beef jerky, preserved vegetables, and candy in my shopping bag – at least they were things I liked and could use. He could have thrown in something like pigs ears or stinky tofu – then I would have been totally confounded.
One thing that I will continue to transport from NYC would be dried Chinese mushrooms. The quality that I saw in the stores here in Dubai still leave much to be desired.
Please see my Google Map for locations to these three markets.
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The landmark footbridge of the Sanxiantai (三仙台) scenic area on the coast of Taitung County will be closed for renovations for three and half months, starting on June 1, the Tourism Bureau said Monday.
The fine for a Taitung local surnamed Hsieh and four others who were involved in the theft of NT$880,000 (US$29,000) worth of cinnamomum kanehirae logs, photographed here on Thursday, May 4, is out. All together the fine for the five-member party exceeds NT$43 million, with two members in particular receiving individual fines of nearly NT$10 million.
This photo capturing the natural green flash phenomenon in Taitung has been featured on the U.K.'s renowned "Atmospheric Optics" website. The photo, picked as the site's "Optic Picture of the Day," was displayed to numerous photography lovers worldwide. The picture was taken by Hualien-based physician Chen Jr-Shiung (陳志雄), who said he took the photo with an iPhone.
In this undated photo supplied by a local village warden, a wild pangolin nestles in a farmer's field in Taitung. After a local discovered the pangolin, curious neighbors quickly gathered to watch it dig a shelter to hide in.
The Taitung District Prosecutors Office successfully broke into the "rats' den" and recovered a 3-meter long stout camphor tree log valued at over NT$1 million. Hsieh and the five other suspects in the case have been arrested under charges of theft, Monday, Feb. 20.
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Firecrackers explode around a person playing the local God of Wealth, Handan, in Taitung County in this undated file photo. The local tradition to "bomb God Handan" will be performed on three consecutive days starting today. The origins of the tradition can no longer be verified, but locals claim that the act was to show the bravery of Handan and to repel evil spirits.
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A Taiwanese fishing boat captain was severely injured and two crew members sustained minor injuries on Saturday after their boat caught fire and exploded at Xingang Fishing Port (新港漁港) in eastern Taiwan's Taitung County, apparently while refueling.
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Home › Forums › General Forums › General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion › Best June/ July Backpacking?
Apr 13, 2006 at 11:58 pm #1218322
I have some free time in June and July. Where do you think the best July backpacking in Western US is from a weather and bugs standpoint? Southwest seems hot, monsoony, Rockies and Northwest still snowy, then buggy.
Clearly there's a sucking it up factor that's gonna have to come into play here. :-)Apr 14, 2006 at 1:39 am #1354822
Don't hold me to this one (as I have no personal experience there myself), but I've heard northern California is wonderful for backpacking and would most likely be nice at that time of the year. I imagine even a little farther north into Oregon would probably be suitable for what you're looking for.
-Dave:)Apr 14, 2006 at 6:55 am #1354830
Ken HelwigBPL Member
@kennyhel77Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA
N. California is a fine place to be in June or July. BUT, this year might prove to be difficult getting into the backcountry until mid July. Record rain and snowfall should make this summer an interesting one.Apr 14, 2006 at 12:41 pm #1354853
Do the record rain and snowfall's you describe apply to most all of the Northwest as well? I'm most curious about how the conditions have been in Washington (Mt. Rainier National Park) this winter. Thanks,
-Dave:)Apr 14, 2006 at 1:07 pm #1354854
Ken, are you thinking Trinity's/Marbles? Or Lost Coast?
I second Dave's question, anyone up in Washington that can report on snow in the Olympics and Cascades?Apr 14, 2006 at 1:43 pm #1354855
Bob BankheadBPL Member
@wandering_bobLocale: Oregon, USA
See the PCT Postholer
The North Cascades look to be about 100% of April 01 normal, but we've got three daysd of heavy precipitation headed in. Mount Hood is expecting another 2-3 feet this weekend.
Wandering BobApr 14, 2006 at 2:54 pm #1354860
Ken HelwigBPL Member
@kennyhel77Locale: Scotts Valley CA via San Jose, CA
can't speak for The Cascades, but The Lost Coast should be fine. It rains alot more there in the summer than The Sierra's. I was mainly commenting on the Sierra's for this June and July. All coastal mountains withing California will be fine at that time.Apr 16, 2006 at 9:45 pm #1354959
Steve CainMember
@hoosierdaddyLocale: Western Washington
Too many Washington snow depth variables to list individually, but generally it's been a banner snow year! Here's a couple of sites to get you started:
http://www.localsnow.org/aval1.htmApr 18, 2006 at 8:59 am #1355041
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
Here's a good Forest Service link for trail conditions from I-90 north to the Glacier Peak area in Washington:
You might as well go to the road conditions page too:
There are many roads and trails in the Glacier Peak area that have been flood damaged since 2003 and the really juicy looking trails have been cut off with washed out access roads and bridges. It might make an interesting study to see how the reduced access has effected flora and fauna in those areas. I guess the war in Iraq has caused fewer appropriations for road repairs. Those rivers are coming straight off the glaciers and are cold and swift– not easily forded in August, let alone April. I'm wondering if a 16′ extension ladder could get me past the first humps– hide it in the brush for the return trip :)Apr 18, 2006 at 10:07 am #1355045
Thanks for the links folks, very useful. For you PNW folks, what do you think the snow pack means for bugs? My memories of Olympics are fairly bug-free, whereas I did a late July trip in the Cascades that had small black biting flies at levels I never want to see again….Apr 18, 2006 at 11:11 am #1355048
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
USUALLY black flies are associated with fast running water– the nymphs need the oxygen. We once camped at Little Qualicum Falls on Vancouver Island, where the river runs down through some beautiful rock formations, and the black flies were taking chunks out of us– which caused me to read up on them. So if you encounter black flies along the way, don't camp next to a fast moving stream or waterfall.
I've always thought it was the severity of the winter that influenced bug population (or one variable anyway). This winter was mild AND wet, so I would expect some pests.
A breeze is the best help for bugs– if you are in a nice little protected bowl next to a lake, y'all gonna get CHEWED on!Apr 18, 2006 at 11:16 am #1355049
Dale, that's a good nugget. Supporting your theory, we were by a fast stream most of the way.
My tolerance for bugs is really minimal…wish I was from Minnesota and had hard skin.Apr 18, 2006 at 4:26 pm #1355071
Great links guys. Thanks a lot,
-Dave:)Apr 18, 2006 at 4:44 pm #1355073
Tom KirchnerBPL Member
@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
From the day hikes I've been doing this winter/spring in the "near" Cascades(out as far as Mailbox/Tenerife along the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River), it looks like trails will be pretty slow going further back in the interior until at least July. For those of you interested in the Glacier Peak area, an excellent local source is the Darrington Ranger Station. They usually know the condition of access roads like the Suiattle River Rd, as well trail conditions in the Glacier Peak Wilderness area.Apr 18, 2006 at 5:20 pm #1355074
David BonnMember
@david_bonnLocale: North Cascades
For early season hikes in Washington, there are really two strategies: go low or go east. The eastern slopes of the cascades typically melt out a couple of weeks earlier than the western slopes. All other things being equal (and with a couple of notable exceptions) most of the high country on the east side of the Cascades is quite accessible by early July. This year might be a little different, but if May and early June are mild I would expect things to be pretty clear.
My favorite trips on the high east side is either the Summer Blossom/Chelan Summit trip to Stehekin (3 to 7 days and you need a car shuttle and a car that can handle a wicked bad road) or the High Pasayten section of the Boundary Trail (from around Spanish Camp to Horseshoe Basin) — once again it helps to have a friend for the car shuttle and a nice bad-road vehicle.
Going low can work too. Any of the big river valleys provide nice early-season walks. As well as the aforementioned Suiattle River (the trip to The Great Fill is awesome if you can make it — the upper miles of the trail are just gone now) you can go to Big and Little Beaver Creek (although probably a boat ride on Ross Lake is required to make the trip feasible in a 3 1/2 day weekend) or East Bank Trail on the opposite shore of Ross Lake — best when the lake is full pool which usually happens around the third week of June.Apr 19, 2006 at 11:42 am #1355132
larry savageMember
@pyeyoLocale: pacific northwest
The north shore of lake chelan,lakeshore trail is available, you'll have to take the ferry to prince creek and return on it from stehekin. A lot of the tucannon/wenaha wilderness in se washington, juniper dunes, hell's canyon…you're going to see a lot of snow in the cascades,north cascades, olympics, selkirks..so I agree with David go east or go to the middle cascades.good luck.Jun 22, 2007 at 9:24 am #1393063
Audrey LemekMember
Mount Rainier was pummeled this past winter. Go to either wta.org (washington trails association) or Mount Rainiers site directly. Many roads were washed out, the WTA website has a really cool feature that you can check road conditions. To date still many trails and roads have not been fixed (throughout Washington).Jun 22, 2007 at 9:26 am #1393064
Audrey LemekMember
In Washington state –early July you're still going to hit snow, so fewer bugs
I've been through CA. in June- Lots of snow up high, excessive bugs in the valleys.Jun 23, 2007 at 12:13 am #1393159
Jason BrinkmanBPL Member
@jbrinkmanboiLocale: Idaho
Idaho was especially dry this winter (opposite of the coastal ranges). I've been hiking at over 10k elevation for over a month already. Everything will be open by July here.Jun 24, 2007 at 6:22 pm #1393286
Denis HazlewoodBPL Member
@redleaderLocale: Luxury-Light Luke on the Llano Azul
I just got back from a week on the Lost Coast. Fantastic!
Looking south to Shelter Cove from Miller Flat. Lost Coast June 6, 2007
Setting up camp at Gitchell Creek on the Lost Coast. June 7, 2007
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Surgeries for stubborn fat? (Photos)
I've lost a lot of weight but my stomach and thighs are getting no where. It's very embarrassing got me and I absolutely hate it. Is there a certain procedure that can help?
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What to do about stubborn fat areas of the thighs and stomach?
From your photos, you not only have some extra fat of your abdomen and inner thighs but also loose skin. You would be best served by procedures that lift and tighten such as a tummy tuck and/or inner thigh lift. Liposuction alone will not tighten loose skin. Discuss with your plastic surgeon and good luck.
VASER Hi Definition Liposuction / Body Contouring with Fat Grafting with or without Tummy Tuck
You really need a combination of liposuction and skin removal. I suggest seeing an expert for treatment options. A VASER contouring expert is going to give you fat removal and skin tightening. Best, Dr. Emer.
Web reference: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa6C2fuS-AgOnvBjr6_VSQg
Weight loss surgery, what to do?
Thank you for your question. Congratulations on your weight loss. You look to be a great candidate for a tummy tuck with liposuction to your flanks and also a thigh lift. Your problem appears to be your loose skin. Liposuction alone will only give you more loose hanging skin. I think it would be best for you to have a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon in order to get an exam and have a of your options laid out for you. Consultations are generally complimentary and very informative.
Best of luck,
Dr. Hisham Seify
Best of luck,
Dr. Hisham Seify
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Weight loss surgery - what to deo?
Thank you for asking about your weight loss result.
- Congratulations on your weight loss - that is excellent.
- Your photos suggest that a tummy tuck with flank liposuction will greatly improve your tummy
- An exam is needed to see if you need a lower body lift (tummy tuck extended to the back.)
- For your legs, you need a thigh lift -
- Both procedures will include some liposuction but your chief problem is actually not 'stubborn fat' but skin that is loose, now that the fat beneath it is gone.
Stubborn fat
Your most complete change will be with liposuction/tummy tuck and possibly even an inner thigh lift. The sequencing/timing/combining decision should be discussed and made with your surgeon.
Abdominoplasty and thigh lift
Thank you for the question and photos. Congratulations on your weight loss!It appears from the photos you are an excellent candidate for an abdominoplasty because you have excess skin and fat. The procedure will remove the extra skin and tighten your abdominal muscles and can be combined with liposuction of the sides for better contouring. As for the thighs it appears you have excess skin so a thigh lift is recommended.Please seek a board certified plastic surgeon who can examine you and give you specific advice based on your needs. Best of luck!Dr. Khuthaila
Web reference: Http://www.drkhuthaila.com
Surgeries for stubborn fat
Thank you for your question. Based on the picture Full tummy tuck and lipo will give optimal results. For thighs may be medial thigh lift will help. Please consult with a board certified PS for evaluation
Stubborn fat?
It looks like you have two issues some subcutaneous fat, and loose skin. You might benefit from select liposuction and an abdominoplasty. Best to be seen in person.
Web reference: https://stevenwallachmd.com/body-procedures/liposuction/
Abdominoplasty and possible thigh lift
Thanks for the question and photos.
It appears that you would look substantially better with an abdominoplasty with liposuction of your sides and lower back. the inner thighs wound not do well with liposuction as you already have some excess skin. Might require a medial thigh lift. You need to research the scars involved with these before considering it.
Best of luck.
Dr. T
Thanks for the question and photos.
It appears that you would look substantially better with an abdominoplasty with liposuction of your sides and lower back. the inner thighs wound not do well with liposuction as you already have some excess skin. Might require a medial thigh lift. You need to research the scars involved with these before considering it.
Best of luck.
Dr. T
Tummy tuck
Hello and thank you for your question. The best advice will depend on your medical history and age. Based only on your photograph, you are a great candidate for a tummy tuck with liposuction. This can be done through a low and short incision, all completely below the bikini line. Your muscles can also be plicated resulting in a flat abdomen. You may be a candidate for a thigh lift also. Make sure you specifically look at before and after pictures of real patients who have had this surgery performed by your surgeon and evaluate their results. The most important aspect is to find a surgeon you are comfortable with. I recommend that you seek consultation with a qualified board-certified plastic surgeon who can evaluate you in person.
Best wishes and good luck.
Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon
Best wishes and good luck.
Richard G. Reish, M.D.
Harvard-trained plastic surgeon
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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The popular skip of Canada's women's curling team at February's Vancouver Games found herself without a sponsor at the start of this season. She began an advertising blitz with billboards on major routes around Calgary.
The billboards included a photo of Bernard and teammates Susan O'Connor, Carolyn McRorie and Corie Morris with the message "SPONSORS WANTED ... Hurry Hard!"
They paid off in a big way. Bernard picked up two major sponsors: Dairy Queen and an Alberta car dealership.
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$target = 1; Target the first instance #include <IE.au3> $oIE = _IEAttach("Dashboard - Zapier") $count = 0; $tags = _IETagNameGetCollection($oIE, "div") For $tag in $tags $class_value = $tag.GetAttribute("class") If $class_value = "open-menu" Then $count += 1 if $count = $target Then MsgBox(0, "Instance: ", $count) ; $tag.fireEvent("onmousedown") ; _IEAction($tag, "click") ; $tag.fireEvent("onmouseup") ; Or this but not working ; $tag.Click EndIf EndIf Next I also tried to do it using FF.au3
$target = 1; Target the first instance #Include <Array.au3> #Include <FF.au3> $count = 0; If _FFConnect(Default, Default, 3000) Then $aArray = _FFXPath( "//div[@class='open-menu']", "", 7 ) ; _ArrayDisplay($aArray) For $tag in $aArray $count += 1 if $count = $target Then MsgBox(0, "Instance: ", $count) _FFClick($tag) EndIf Next EndIf Error: _FFClick ==> No match: $sElement: [number]
Could some help me how to click such buttons on such kind of a dynamic page?
By Gowrisankar
Hello everyone,
When I launch a URL and the webpage takes more time to load (say more than 1 minute), I want the URL to be relaunched.
I used _IELoadWait(). But the control doesn't get pass through the _IELoadWait() command, since the webpage takes more time to load.
I searched some of the older posts related to this topic. But I couldn't work them out.
Please guide me.
By elbhiri
i have two files a.au3 and b.au3 the both contains the same code which is :
#include <IE.au3> #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> Global $myUrl = "https://www.autoitscript.com" RegWrite('HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main','SessionMerging','REG_DWORD','00000000') ShellExecute ("iexplore.exe", " -nosessionmerging about:blank") WinWait ("Blank Page") Global $oIE = _IEAttach ("about:blank", "url") _IELoadWait ($oIE) _IENavigate ($oIE, $myUrl) when i launch the both files in the same time two blank windows are opens.
what im waiting for is that every window navigate to the link but what happen is the first and the second file navigate the url to the same window and the seconde window stay about:blank
i think the problem happen because i try to open the same url in both windows
so i need i way to navigate to the same url from two different windows
Thanks in advance
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I have a page with several hundred
s, and each
 has several hundred child
s, each with their own children
when I use _IETagNameGetCollection($ie, "div", 0) I get them all, but I need to find a way to get say the 3rd child of the 5th child of the second top level

I have not yet been able to find anything along this line
Is there any way to determine if an element is a child, parent, sibling?
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In May 1923, encouraged by Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway travelled to Spain from Paris to witness his first bullfights. He was immediately enthralled. Just weeks after returning to the French capital in mid-June, he headed back to Spain with his wife, Hadley, for the annual fiesta of San Fermín in Pamplona. In a letter of 18 July to his first world war comrade Bill Horne, Hemingway wrote: "It's a great tragedy – and the most beautiful thing I've ever seen and takes more guts and skill and guts again than anything possibly could. It's just like having a ringside seat at the war with nothing going to happen to you." When their son was born in October, they named him John Hadley Nicanor Hemingway in honor of matador Nicanor Villalta.
The next summer, flush with enthusiasm, Hemingway rounded up a gang of friends to join him and Hadley for the 1924 fiesta. The group included John Dos Passos and popular humorist Donald Ogden Stewart, who had published three satirical books and contributed to Vanity Fair and other magazines. Stewart would serve as a partial model for Jake Barnes's witty friend Bill Gorton in Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises (or Fiesta).
In his 1975 memoir, By a Stroke of Luck!, Stewart recalled the adventures of that week in Pamplona, particularly one morning when he had succumbed to Hemingway's challenge to participate in the daily amateur event, open to the public, "when the Pamplonian youth perform as amateur toreros against three or four non-lethal small bulls whose horns are padded to prevent any serious accidents". When a hospitable Spaniard handed him a red cape, one of the animals charged and, Stewart recalled, "My glasses flew in one direction and my cape in another, and I was tossed into the air amid a great gleeful shout from the spectators." Knocked to the ground, Stewart lost his fear and got angry, charging after the animal, calling it a "stupid son-of-a-bitch". After being tossed again, he picked himself up, and when Hemingway clapped him on the back, "I felt as though I had scored a winning touchdown," Stewart recalled. The discovery that a couple of his ribs were fractured could not spoil "that last frenzied night of drinking and dancing". Stewart called it "a memorable week, a male festival, a glorified college reunion".
Hemingway related the tale in various tones of voice with various selections of detail in postcards and letters to friends such as Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas, Sylvia Beach and Ezra Pound (comically emphasising the injuries and heroics – "Don got so he could walk up and throw sand in the bull's eyes and almost make him miss him with the cape," he told Stein and Toklas on 13 July) and to his mother (assuring her in a letter of 18 July that in the amateur fight "the bulls wear leather guards on their horns so they cannot kill you and it is really only about as rough as foot ball").
Embellished accounts soon appeared in the press. On 29 July 1924 the Chicago Tribune ran a front-page story headlined, "Bull Gores 2 Yanks Acting as Toreadores" – featuring Hemingway's picture and reporting that while Stewart was in the process of being gored, "Hemingway rushed to rescue his comrade and was also gored. He was saved from death only because the bull's horns were bandaged." Only Hemingway's hometown paper, Oak Leaves, of Oak Park, Illinois, expressed a somewhat sceptical view of the reported incident in an article headlined "Hooked by Spanish Bull, Oak Park Man and Group of Wits Horn Into Iberian Festival and Are Injured". In the local paper, the Chicago Tribune News Service report is prefaced by these comments: "The editor of Oak Leaves, examining the published report, and knowing something of journalists at home and abroad, is inclined to the opinion that a good story was fashioned from a minor incident by some of his friends and that Mr. Hemingway is not badly injured and moreover we believe there is no occasion for anxiety among his friends or kinsmen."
Perhaps encouraged by the public attention and liking the taste of celebrity, Hemingway – in 1924 still a virtually unknown writer outside the milieu of the Left Bank literati – wrote about the incident himself in a humorous vein and aimed for publication in the prestigious Vanity Fair. "My Life in the Bull Ring with Donald Ogden Stewart" is madcap comedy, rife with slapstick action, silly non-sequiturs, verbal misunderstandings, and multilingual wordplay – the kind of "crazy humour" that was Stewart's own hallmark. When the crowd in the bull ring chants, "We want Don Stewart," the narrator assumes that "they had confused his first name with a Spanish title and taking Stewart for a fellow countryman were attempting to make a national hero of him." Absurdly, the story is narrated by a matador named Hemingway who speaks like an Englishman (or an American's notion of an Englishman), using expressions such as "I say old chap" and "that was hardly cricket", and whose handkerchief was a gift from the Queen Mother.
Hemingway enclosed the five-page typescript story with a letter of around 15 December 1924 to Vanity Fair editor Frank Crowninshield, in the hope it would be published in the magazine. It was not. In his rejection letter of 22 January 1925, Crowninshield wrote: "We have been trying for a long time to think of some way of using material like this, but have never been able to use material of this sort. I am therefore returning it with our regret that we cannot use it, clever and amusing as it undoubtedly is."
While no one would claim it to be a great lost work of modern literature, Hemingway's unpublished bull ring story is a piece of high-spirited nonsense significant for showing one of his less familiar facets – his hearty, sometimes silly, sense of humour. The incident that inspired it has significance in itself. Biographer Kenneth Lynn observed that "it was not until the appearance of the Tribune piece that the press began to puff him up with any degree of regularity". The 1924 bull ring incident continued to be related and embellished by journalists and critics over the next several years, and marked a major step in the metamorphosis of the mythical macho figure that sometimes threatens to cloud our view of Hemingway the writer.


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The dollar weakened versus its major peers, approaching a three-month low reached last week, before a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that may offer hints on the path of U.S. interest-rate increases.
The U.S. currency dropped against most of its Group-of-10 counterparts as investors awaited Yellen's address to the annual Jackson Hole symposium amid uncertainty about how quickly the Fed plans to tighten monetary policy. Futures indicate the probability of a dollar-boosting rate hike this year at 55 percent -- up from 36 percent at the start of the month.
Investors are hoping for some description of economic conditions in Yellen's first public comments since June, yet the formal topic of the speech -- "The Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Toolkit" -- implies a technical focus on the challenges facing the central bank in an era of tepid growth and slow inflation. Fed Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said Friday that U.S. rates should only rise gradually to avoid destabilizing the rest of the world.
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The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.3 percent as of 8:54 a.m. in New York, reducing its weekly advance to 0.1 percent. The greenback lost 0.2 percent to $1.1304 and declined 0.3 percent to 100.20 yen.
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The central bank should raise rates "patiently and gradually and cautiously," Kaplan said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Jackson Hole on Thursday, citing the "potentially destabilizing effects on the rest of the world."
Fed Bank of Kansas City President Esther George repeated her case that higher rates are warranted with the U.S. nearing full employment and inflation rising toward the central bank's target. Top officials including New York Fed chief William Dudley and John Williams of the San Francisco Fed have signaled recently that a rate increase may be on the table in coming months.
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USD/JPY 93.33 - 23 April 2010
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Dollar renewed rising against the Yen on Thursday, in converse with the Interbank sentiment at nearly -12%. Yesterday the currency couple climbed from 92.74 to 93.61, closing the day at 93.47. Break above the nearest 93.61 resistance and yesterday's peak would support further bullish outlook. The medium term trend is now back to bullish as the upward channel on the 1 hour chart is looking good. Immediate support is yesterday's bottom at 92.74, and consistent break bellow it could strengthen the Yen further towards next target 91.60. There are no major economic events for Japan today, except for already passed All industry index at 4:30 GMT. Quotes are moving just above the 20 and 50 EMA on the 1 hour chart, indicating slim bullish pressure. The value of the RSI indicator is positive and declining, MACD is positive and calm, while CCI is neutral and calm on the 1 hour chart, giving overall light long signals.Technical resistance levels: 93.61 94.17 95.00Technical support levels: 92.74 91.60 90.71
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