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Abyss in the Mist
A pulp sci-fi story where a colourful hero journeys between the stars to have a swashbuckling adventure on a hostile, exotic alien planet to rescue a beautiful, scantily-clad, large-breasted woman who has been carried off by a bug-eyed monster.
Flight to freedom
A huge tree sprouted towards the azure sky to his left hand side. Climbing up and shimmying along the swaying branches Tanner narrowed his eyes to scan the scene before him. The jungle steamed with lush exotic flora in the early morning, an eruption of birds lifted skyward in the distance, the sound reaching his keen ears a millisecond later. Twisting his head he tried to make out the space port, their ultimate destination. He could just about see the vague outline of buildings and the reflective shimmers of the rocket ships. Shifting his body weight around he turned looking back towards the still smoking twisted hull of his crashed ship. He started to call to his co-pilot below. Before he could speak, his friend barked upwards:
"Commander Tanner!" the call was demanding. "You need to get down here quickly. Something's moving towards us, and fast!"
The "something" entered the clearing as Tanner's boots hit the undergrowth with a thud. The massive vicious beast clawed up huge lumps of earth as it bounded towards the two men, its broad cavernous mouth opened to show chains of flashing daggers. Across its arching back jade plates protruded cruelly upwards; the tail was a thrashing nightmare of barbed spines.
Tanner dodged and bounded away as it stormed towards him, the jaws cracking the space he had vacated only a split-second before. Realising its quarry was gone, the monster skidded to an abrupt halt and swiveled its grotesque skull around, spittle drooling ichor-like from the edge of its jaws; membrane flicked back and forth over the repulsive obsidian eyes riveted into the side of its head as it looked for its prey.
Despite its colossal size its swiftness was extraordinary, its agile nimble body rotated at an almost unnatural angle, the tail swaying to one side to counterbalance the turn slicing effortlessly through nearby foliage.
Tanner friend, John King, leapt clear at the last second, his body spinning as he came to rest, twisting him off-balance. He struggled into the undergrowth in a desperate attempt to provide some cover. The cruel barbs from the foliage protruded outwards clawing and ripping at his clothing like as he laboured to stand upright. Tanner thrust his hand into his jacket and pulled out his battered, seared handgun. Jerking it upwards he levelled it at the creature and pulled the trigger. A bloodshot inferno gushed from the nozzle, a thread like spear of fire of agitated atoms surged forward to penetrate the monsters side, breaching the skin and detonating in surge of destruction.
Injured, the beast raised its terrible head, jaws yawning, whirling to arc its tail in Tanner's general direction. He hurdled the tail as it carved its way through the air towards him, but it smashed off his leg and he tumbled, twisting, pitching, lurching, sensing the next blow which would end his life, crushing his skull like it was nothing. Lying in the dirt, Tanner somehow managed to lurch round and aim his pistol. In unison King darted at the animal, carrying a heavy rock in his bloodied hands. The rock was a futile, almost useless weapon, but it may just provide a fleeting diversion, a distraction to benefit his comrade.
A thudding sound like wet leather hitting concrete reverberated through the air as the rock boomed off the reptilian cranium.
Once more the nightmare raised itself. Tanner unleashed a gout of flame as the soft sickly buttery abdomen presented itself.
A dreadful stain vomited over the skin of the monster, blisters erupted in a millisecond only to erupt outwards discharging themselves and then collapsing rapidly into searing, smoking caverns which once held living tissue. A vicious mess of vermillion gore shot towards the still echoing source of the gunshot, tracing a ghastly red trail back to the source of its doom. Tanner followed-up the first shot with another, then another and still another. Blood heaved in all directions and ripped veins spewed a cascade of death.
The monster was perishing, its insides spilling onto the earth, the heart ruined, but it was still posed a real danger. As King turned, with one last surge of life of, it roared forward thrashing with its condemned reflex action, destruction spun around it as the jungle absorbed the last few moments of its life: bushes were trampled, trees were scarred where it clawed at the trunks, and deep gouges were pulled out of the ground.
And it shrieked, a dreadful pathetic piercing wail which climbed and lingered, hovering. Then a sudden stillness descended as the creature gave a one last twitch before remaining motionless.
Tanner turned towards King:
"Time to get off this planet, old friend and fast!"


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Full sized HTPC case
Subject: Systems | August 13, 2007 - 02:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Thermaltake Mozart IP adds some new functionality to the Mozart HTPC series, including an integrated iPod dock. Even with the design being mostly focused on looks, which they do very well, there is enough space inside the case for a full ATX motherboard. techPowerUp liked the solid construction of this case, as well as Thermaltake's decision to make the Media Lab display optional, for those who want a different LCD display panel.
Not yours!!!
Subject: Editorial | August 13, 2007 - 01:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
SCO's lawsuit against Novell has hit a huge speed bump. A major part of their case was based on the claim that SCO owned UNIX and UnixWare, a claim that those who have been working with UNIX since it's inception have been saying is fallacious, from the very beginning of this legal battle. The judge has agreed with them, UNIX and all associated copyrights belong to Novell. SCO nows owes quite a bit of money to Novell as a result of the ruling and will hopefully mean that SCO will shut up about Linux ...
Passively aggressive graphics power
Subject: Graphics Cards | August 13, 2007 - 12:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
[H]ard|OCP has reviewed two silent 8600's from Gigabyte, an 8600GT and an 8600GTS. The GT features Silent-Pipe II, which we have seen on other passively cooled graphics cards, but the Silent-Pipe III on the GTS model is a first, and much larger than it's predecessor, and both come with a copy of Supreme Commander.
Test drive SkyDrive
Subject: General Tech | August 13, 2007 - 12:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
With the addition of the label Windows Live to all their online services, like Hotmail, Microsoft is offering several new services. TechReviewSource reviews the beta of Windows Live SkyDrive, 500MB of free online storage that will eventually be offered to all Windows Live members. Sneak a peek at it, and volunteer to try out the beta by following the link at the end of the review.
The KODE5 Revolution Returns with Cooler Master, Gigabyte and Corsair
Subject: Shows and Expos | August 13, 2007 - 11:36 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
(Undisclosed Location) - August 10, 2007 - In February of 2006, a revolution was announced. It was a revolution that would bring gamers to the forefront, giving them a stage from which to display their skills to the world. The KODE5 Global Gaming Revolution brought gamers from 16 countries to one final battle that would take place in Beijing, China. On that faithful day in September, six gamers emerged victorious, besting their adversaries, and proving to the world their claim as the world's best gamers.
Things to do instead of going to the beach
Subject: General Tech | August 10, 2007 - 05:24 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
It is a good idea to restart your PC every once and a while if you are running Windows, it will fix a surprising number of different problems ...
Mid-range, mid-sized tower roundup
Subject: Cases and Cooling | August 10, 2007 - 03:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The ASUS Vento 7700, Cooler Master's ITower 930, Gigabyte's 3DAurora 570 and Poseidon are all up for review at X-bit Labs. These cases are aimed at the mainstream, lacking some of the features the high end cases offer, but offering more style and extras than the plain cases many volu
Coming to terms with DDR3
Subject: Motherboards | August 10, 2007 - 01:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The ASUS Blitz Extreme is almost a clone of the Blitz Formula, the difference lying in the memory controller. The Blitz Extreme is the DDR3 version of the P35 based board, giving early adopters the ability to use the new type of memory. Find out if [H]ard|OCP found it to be a better choice than the Formula.
Competing with themselves
Subject: Processors | August 10, 2007 - 12:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The E6300 was released last year as the low end of the C2D processor scale, and it looks like it's on it's way out. The newly introduced E2160 runs at 1800MHz with a 200MHz FSB and a 1MB L2 cache, putting it in the same territory as the E6300. You can see what kind of an effect the lower FSB and smaller cache have on performance at Madshrimps, as well as a look at it's overclocking ability.
ATI's driver can crack your kernel
Subject: General Tech | August 10, 2007 - 12:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Beware of Vista drivers bearing a purple pill, says this story on [H]ard|OCP. AMD/ATI's drivers open up a vulnerability in Vista which could allow unsigned programs to be installed silently if they are piggybacked into the installation program. The creator of the tool that allows this posted it to his site for just over an hour, under the assumption that the vulnerability had been patched. When he discovered it wasn't, he pulled it.
"Apparently an unpatched flaw in an ATI driver al
Now that's optical storage
Subject: Storage | August 9, 2007 - 06:24 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
How does femtosecond seek times on a hard drive sound? It may not actually hit those speeds anytime soon, but switching to using polarized light to flip bits on a hard drive is certainly going to increase HDD speeds by a lot. Read how they did what was previously thought impossible at Physics World.
Not just a shiny box
Subject: Cases and Cooling | August 9, 2007 - 02:25 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Ultra X3 1000watt Modular Power Supply has a claims to deliver a full kilowatt of energy efficient power. PCApex hooked this PSU up to several systems to see how well Ultra could deliver on this promise, and the PSU held between 80-85%. While multiple 12V rails are missing, delivering 70A to the one rail it does offer will not leave your 8800 starving for power.
Luddites, or the enlightened?
Subject: Mobile | August 9, 2007 - 01:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
This may seem a little blasphemous, but Tech ARP has questioned the usefulness of PDAs! They tested a dedicated PDA against the old analog style personal organizer. Paper versus digital meet in a battle for supremacy. Before anyone points out that the paper organizer can't make phone calls it needs to be pointed out that the test is against a true PDA, not the multi-function PDA smart phones that have become available fairly recently.
The new face of Anti-Aliasing
Subject: Graphics Cards | August 9, 2007 - 12:02 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Brand new in ATI's Catalyst 7.7 driver is a new type of Coverage Sample Anti-Aliasing, called Edge Sampling. Multi Sample Anti-Aliasing is starting to show it's age, as gamers are looking for better detail for their high resolution ~20" (or more) monitors. Elite Bastards gives you a look at the difference this new type of AA brings to games, and the performance hit your HD 2x00XT series card takes to use it.
Feel the indifference
Subject: General Tech | August 9, 2007 - 11:44 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
It looks like the only big thing to come out of the upcoming DX10.1 release that will be available in Vista SP1, is the sound. As Ryan mentioned in last weeks podcast, DX10.1 should fix the problems created in Vista when Microsoft changed the way Direct Sound worked, which negatively effects any DSP or surround effects created via EAX.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Prices $1.5 Billion of 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012
Subject: General Tech | August 9, 2007 - 11:15 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - August 9, 2007 --Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:
AMD) today announced the pricing of $1.5 billion aggregate principal
amount of 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 in a private placement
to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
AMD Announces Broad Software Ecosystem Support for Industry's First x86 Native Quad-Core Solution
Subject: Systems | August 9, 2007 - 11:12 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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A nice start to a silent finish
Subject: Cases and Cooling | August 8, 2007 - 05:17 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Gigabyte's Triton 180 is a low priced case with high priced features, like 120mm fans, extra HDD space and a tool-less design. Unfortunately it is missing the one feature that many high end cases offer, and that you can easily get used to, a removable motherboard tray. Still, HotHardware found this case to be well constructed and definitely a good buy.
[H]ard|OCP falls in love with RAM all over again
Subject: Memory | August 8, 2007 - 02:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
After years of DDR2 domination, with a 1 or 2% increase in system performance was worth mentioning, DDR3 has emerged and seems to have a lot of room left for improvement as the technology matures. [H]ard|OCP has written their first RAM review in quite a long time, covering the new Corsair Dominator 2GHz @ 10-10-10-24. They find themselves quite interested in this new type of RAM, but not so much the price.
"We showcase the future of DDR3 using Corsair's next generation DDR3 memory t
Tiny, but not tinny
Subject: General Tech | August 8, 2007 - 01:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Samsung's K5 4GB MP3 player comes with a few surprises, something that is not easy to do when everyone and their company mascot has an MP3 player to sell you. A touchscreen and OLED display add expected functionality to this MP3 player, and the FM radio is a nice touch as well. What really caught BCCHardware's attention was the built in speaker.
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"A Single Swing of Your Sword"Mature
Agamemnon smiled at the ancient king of Thessaly with his snow white beard and wrinkled face he looked like he would be better placed in a funeral pior rather than at the front of an army. And it was a sizable force he had to give him that. Spearmen, archers, light and heavy infantry and twelve chariots. My army could crush them like an ant. Agamemnon thought as the they stared at each other in a cold silence, Manarcus always had been a thorn in his side over the years, never rousing his men to fight for Agamemnon, always secretly supporting the other kings of Greece. But now Manarcus was the last king standing between him and complete and total control over the whole of Greece, his dream of a unified Greece was so close he could taste it. Hear all those men bowing down to him! The Great Agamemnon the King of Kings, he could see it now.
But the swirl of dust brought him back into the soon to be battlefield with the harsh mid day sun burning down onto the parched dry land. Above their heads a flock of crows circled on thermals cawing noisily. 'The crows are gathering,' Agamemnon finally said pointing his golden sceptre straight up into the air. 'They sense a feast.'
'Take your army off my land Agamemnon and I will let you and your dog's live.' said Manarcus boldly.
'Bold words from an old man,' he laughed. 'I like your land! And your men, and your crown.'
'Agamemnon when are you going to stop? You can't have the whole world!' Agamemnon laughed again interrupting the old kings rambling. 'It's too big and too wild for one man to hold. Even the Gods don't have that much power.' he said with a shake of his head causing his crystalline beard to wobble from side to side.
'The Gods have not stopped me yet Manarcus,' he smiled. 'We outnumber you three to one you have no cavalry and we have the high ground,' Manarcus's face faltered when he heard the truth. 'Surrender and pledge your fealty to me and we will leave, it is that simple.'
'Never!' he spat moving back to his chariot.
'I do not wish to kill so many of my future soldiers. How about we settle this the old way,' turning at his words Manarcus raised an eyebrow. 'A smaller feast for the crows but it will let us all go home that much sooner.' for a short time the wind was the only thing that gave itself voice between them. 'Your best fighter against my best,'
'If my man wins,' Manarcus interrupted suddenly but Agamemnon let it pass. 'You will leave? Without bloodshed.'
'We will leave, very much...shamed.' Come on you old fool take the bait...take it...
'Very well.' Turning to leave Agamemnon smiled in victory his head already swimming with possible champions before Manarcus's voice bellowed across the sand,
'HERODOTUS!' a vast cheer shot from his army as they banged their spears against their shields. Turning Agamemnon just had time to see the biggest man he had ever seen break from the army practically throwing three men to the ground to get out to the front. Tall, broad as a door with muscles bulging with pent up rage every champion in his head disappeared. There was only one man who could kill this Titan, and he was back at camp sleeping. 'Do you care to name your Hero great king?' the old fool smiled with such smugness Agamemnon wanted nothing more than to beat his head in with his own sceptre! Breathing deep he tried to focus himself. Not call out he'd lose face and look a craven...
'Allow me a moment to deliberate with my fellow kings. I have so many possible champions in my army it is often hard to decide between them.' With that he jumped into the chariot and the driver lashed the black stallions back towards his forces. There must be someone else...there must.
'Achilles is the only one my King,' spoke Alexania when he dismounted the chariot.
'Achilles is as likely to spear me as he is him!' roared Agamemnon gabbing a finger at the titan across the dusty no-mans-land.
'We have many other champions, but only Achilles can guarantee us certain victory.' Spoke wise old Eutropius his own white beard more trimmed than Manarcus's and his brown eyes forever assessing the situation and it's possible outcomes. 'If another champion falls we must leave and,'
'NO!' he roared swinging his sceptre about wildly. 'I want this land! Greece is within my reach!'
'Then we need Achilles,' said Eutropius slowly. Sighing Agamemnon looked to the heavens seeing if the Gods had given him any other form of answer. None came.
'Of all the Warlords in all of Greece...I hate him the most.' he sighed again. 'Send for him...quickly!'
Charon rowed slowly through the glassy black surface of the water in his bone barge, cowled head covering his withered un-dead skin, his paddles barely cutting ripples through the strange black water. Achilles held the two coins in his hand ready to pay the boatman, it was his time...
'My Lord?' squeaked a soft voice. Firing out from his bed Achilles grabbed the tiny boy back the scruff of his collar making him jump in fear.
'Never sneak up on a sleeping warrior.' he said tiredly releasing him and resting his head back onto the soft animal furs. The nameless naked girl snoring gently next to him.
'Forgive me sir...King Agamemnon requires you.' the small dark haired boy said softly.
'Tell the King I'll see him in the morning...'
'My Lord...It is morning.' groaning Achilles knew where this was going. Springing from his bed he dressed in his armour, his greaves, vambraces, chest plate. 'Are the stories about you true?' the tiny lad asked as he passed him his shield and spears to hold while he sheathed his swords in their sheaths in the shield just below the wooden struts he looped his arm through. The golden blades flashing in the sun that poured in through the tent doorway. 'They say you killed a thousand men in one battle, that you sacked Menopalis single handed! They say your mother is an immortal goddess! They say you can't be killed.' the last sentence was a whisper as he tried to follow Achilles out the tent whilst carrying his shield that was almost as big as he was.
'I wouldn't be bothering with the shield then would I?' jumping onto his horse he placed his helmet on his head and reached down for his shield and spear.
'But...the man you're fighting...he's the biggest man I've ever seen. The soldiers say he's the son of Atlas!' Achilles had to smile, the tiny child message runners always heard the best gossip about camp. 'I wouldn't want to fight him.' he said shyly.
'When our bones are dust and our souls old men in the underworld...only our names will remain. And that reason alone, is why no one will remember your name.' he said to the small boy before kicking his horse into a gallop. The battlefield was soon approaching and Agamemnon's forces began to chant his name loudly as they parted for him, screaming down the small corridor they had carved for him Achilles revelled in that chant. 'Achilles! Achilles! Achilles!' Reaching the forefront his eyes first found his opponent, he was big. But Ajax was bigger. He's over confident too. The Thessalan only wore a slashed chiton down to his knees, grieves, vambraces and a pauldron on his right shoulder to protect that portion of his neck. Aside from that he was just flesh, muscled flesh, but still flesh. This is what Agamemnon called me here for.
'It's about time!' Agamemnon bellowed as the chanting sadly stopped and Achilles dismounted. 'I should have you whipped for such tardiness now get out there!' Staring at the fat, greedy coward of a king Achilles turned to begin making his way back through the armies ranks.
'Achilles, Achilles wait!' said Eutropius jogging towards him. The old general turned king was a smart warrior and even smarter politician, if he didn't respect him so much Achilles would have kept walking, but he stopped in his tracks. 'Look at these men Achilles, sons, fathers, husbands, uncles, cousins all! You could save hundreds of them with just a single swing of your sword.'
'He commands me to stay in camp and when he needs me he scolds me for not being at his side holding his hand!' he said angrily.
'I know. But he knows it as much as we do that you are the only one who can defeat this man.' pausing the wind whistled over the silent field of dust as Achilles stared at Agamemnon's soldiers. They were so young...too young. Spinning he moved over to Agamemnon.
'Imagine a king who kills his enemies himself, wouldn't that be a pretty sight.' Tossing his spear into his free hand Achilles broke into a jog, not stopping to hear the fat kings answer. His half naked opponent turned to his forces and rallied them with a huge scream, battering his own two spears against his huge long-shield. Quickening his pace as the man turned Achilles felt the thrill of battle course through his veins, livening his muscles, prickling his skin. With a mighty roar the huge man hurled his first of three spears. Flicking his shield in front of him the huge shudder of the spear digging into the plated wood sent a harsh jarring sensation up his shoulder. But did not slow him. Dropping his spear Achilles pulled on both sword handles before discarding his unbalanced shield into the dust, it was no use to him with a spear sticking through it.
Tossing the golden blades into the air he caught them both in each hand breaking into a sprint. Another mighty bellow shot through the thundering of his footsteps as the Thessalan threw his two remaining spears at once. Jumping into the air Achilles twisted until his body lay horizontal in the air, spinning so close to one of the spears he could have sliced it in half if he wanted too. Twisting again he landed on his feet. Sprinting at full speed the Thessalan drew his sword and when they were just feet apart swung. Dropping to the ground quickly Achilles felt the sword slice through the horse hair crest of his golden helm. Skidding along the sand he passed clean under his legs, and as he went, sliced both legs to the bone. Screaming in pain the massive man spun as he dropped with the momentum of the attack, his legs no longer able to hold his weight. As he crashed to his knees Achilles jumped to his feet and spun. Blocking the Thessalan's blade, cutting down with the second sword he parted hand from wrist with a spurt of blood. Before he even had time to scream in pain Achilles had sliced his shield arm off from the shoulder and opened his throat.
Spilling great volumes of crimson blood onto the dry earth. Agamemnon's forces cheered loudly as he turned to face the Thessalan force. 'DOES NO OTHER WISH TO FIGHT ME!' he bellowed parting his arms in challenge. They stared at him with blank, terrified faces. 'IS THERE NO OTHER!' Silence. Not even the wind answered his challenge. A man with a frost white beard and bright blue eyes approached him, due to his armour and the sceptre in his hands, Achilles judged him to be the king of his army.
'Who are you?' he whispered, face etched in shock.
'Achilles.' the answer was simple as he gave the king a sideways look.
'I will...I will remember. Tell your King he has my allegiance.' Achilles laughed dryly.
'He's not my king, tell him yourself.' he said, walking away.


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Body, Mind, Joy
A Workshop in Integrated Practice for Everyone
Saturday & Sunday, January 16 & 17, 2016
Nothing is more fun than to be completely alert to your own lively wholeness. From head to toe, with body, mind, heart, and soul, you do everything in your life by using the whole of yourself. In this workshop we'll play a series of clever games to help you realize and fulfill your wholeness.
When? Saturday & Sunday, January 16 & 17, 2016. From 3 to 8 PM both days.
Where? Studio Campus, 12bis rue Froment. Métro: Bréguet-Sabin (line 5).
For Whom: Anyone interested in skills of observation, creativity, mindfulness, and adaptability. Limited to 8 participants. Past participants have included artists, musicians, writers, health professionals, public speakers, and creative individuals.
How Much: €300.
Please email me for more information or to register. (Interested in taking only part of the workshop? We may be able to arrange it for you.)
1. Reaction (Hand Game). We'll study a simple children's game that triggers interesting patterns of over-reaction, strong emotions, and bodily disconnection. This allows you to understand that nothing is ever purely physical or purely mental, and that body and mind are indeed inseparable.
2. Decision (Balance Game). We'll follow it with a somewhat less simple game that triggers even more interesting patterns. The games involve losing your balance without losing your head, or, to put it differently, letting go of uncontrollable elements and directing those elements that you can, indeed, control. The games give you practical ways of considering the body-mind connection and the choices you have at your disposal when you react to any situation.
3. Actor, Receptor, Witness (Twirl Game). We all play three roles in every moment of our lives. As actors (that is, agents of action) we move, speak, push and pull, make decisions, and otherwise engage in any number of activities animated by our goals and desires. As receptors we use our senses to listen, smell, touch, get pushed and pulled, and react emotionally to other people. As witnesses we observe everything going on around us, analyzing, synthesizing, describing, explaining, and understanding the world in which we live. In this workshop we'll study these three roles in practice.
4. Work on Yourself ("Here, Now" Game). In everything that you do, there exists a goal or task seemingly outside yourself (a sink full of dirty dishes for you to wash, for instance) and thoughts and energies seemingly inside yourself (your awareness of your own intentions, gestures, feelings, emotions, and sensations as you wash the dishes). It's possible for you to be task-oriented or self-oriented, or to place yourself in a flexible point in between the two. In this workshop we'll study the back-and-forth travel from task to self, using a variety of exercises and activities.


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"Ah," she added, in the hope that she was sounding knowing. For all she wondered, he might have gained an extra dinner guest and had popped out to accommodate. A dinner-for-one packet said nothing about the amount of people being served the dinner.
The man eyed her. He had rounded eyes that fell into shallow wrinkles at the corners. "You're wondering if this is for me alone, or whether it's one of a pair of dinner packets."
"Um, yes," she said, blushing, arranging the packet in her basket so that the man wouldn't see the face she pulled awkwardly.
Luckily, he chuckled again. "I'm Keith. Eating alone."
"Andrea," she replied, taking the hand that had extended, having shifted her basket back to her left arm. "Also eating alone, though with something more substantial than microwave meals."
"Oh, you disapprove?" He said it in a less-than-meaningful voice, but still it irritated her.
Andrea smiled, an uncomfortable feeling surging up within her. She nudged the basket in what she hoped with a meaningful way and turned to go.
"Hey, wait!" called Keith.
Andrea turned back to the smile that was tugging at Keith's lips. He looked like he was trying to keep himself from appearing a maniac. Not that he did, but Andrea could see why he might think so. He had, after all, spontaneously helped her. She would, Andrea assented to herself, been fine on her own.
He thrust a small card into her hand from a pack that he had unearthed from one of the pockets of his jacket. A corner pricked into her palm, but she held onto the object for a little longer, urging herself not to look so desperate.
"In case you need anything else reaching for."
It took a second for Keith to cringe beetroot red, the colour splashing out from his ears. They both knew what he had meant to say, but Andrea dug her feet into the ground nevertheless.
"If you ever need help reaching something and you don't have a ladder handy...." he added. "Well, just give me a call."
It was Andrea's turn to laugh, if only a little. If that was a pick-up line, it was a bit feeble. Besides, it seemed an impossibility that Keith was trying to pick her up. He was smart enough to know to choose a better-looking woman.
Still, Andrea didn't let that knowledge disappoint her. She was fine for the time-being.
Their eyes met again and Keith smiled for a moment, before rubbing a hand across one of his eyes.
"Tired? Sorry, that's none of my business." Andrea blushed to herself once more.
She took the moment as right to look down at the card, feeling the strands of her hair that curled down to cover her face fall exactly. For once, the curls worked their curtain service well.
Blue printed ink pointed out the name of 'KEITH MALONE,' and his telephone number was dolled in the same font beneath, along with what Andrea assumed were points typical of all employees: the words 'Lansdale Bank' caught her eye.
Without quite knowing what had gone through her mind, Andrea narrowed her eyes at the name. A bank employee. They were said to be despicable. She should have shrugged it off, but she was instantly torn two directions; it was wrong to judge someone by their work, but the bank didn't sound like an entirely stimulating place for a person to exist. At least the office work of the Lansdale Psychiatric Clinic involved picking up the strands of hypotheses of the mind.
She should really ask Keith about it.
Footsteps took her by surprise, and she looked up to see Keith Malone heading in the direction from which he had come.
As she watched him walk away, Andrea felt a little twinge of disappointment. She strolled the aisles the other way – thinking to pick up some washing powder now that she was already at the shops – and there it was again: nothing more than a twinge pulling at her heartstring. There could be no denying, however, that she had been affected by Keith's strange attire, by his festooned goatee and expression-filled hair. He played the fool too well.
Andrea almost found herself in a fit of giggles as she described him to herself. They must have been walking parallel paths, for there he stood, as if he had dallied instead of going straight to the checkout. Now, when she scanned her two items through, Keith was at the doorway. When their eyes met again, he gave a small smile and walked out of the shop.
"He's a good customer," remarked a middle-aged woman who was evidently meant to be checking the self-service tills.
Andrea jumped, giving the woman a small glance. "Oh?"
"Comes here every Wednesday evening and buys for a whole week. Must be a local man, though I've only come to know him for about a year's worth."
"I might see him around here, then. Do you know him well?"
Andrea's till beeped and she leapt back from it. The red light flashed impudently at her.
"You buy chicken often, don't you?" the woman said, shuffling over. She swiped her passcard, tapped the screen and then jerked her thumb in its direction. "You ordered two of the same. You only meant to buy this one, right?"
Andrea rubbed her forehead. "Yeah. You're right: I mainly buy my chicken in more bulk. Besides, I don't deal with the self-service often." She tried to chuckle once again.
"Next," the woman called down to the line of people milling until a checkout opened.
Bundling her packet under one arm and clutching the basket (it didn't occur until a minute later than the logical course of action should have been to carry them together), Andrea shoved a fiver in the attendant's direction, muttering "keep the change." She staggered over to the side and almost flumped down into a seat whilst she sorted herself out. Hair behind ears and eyes blinked back into focus, Andrea walked out.
She laughed, tossing her hair in what remained of the sunlight. It was all a bit ridiculous. A man in the supermarket giving her his business card? He was a little too audacious.
Yet, Andrea couldn't admit that she had admired his assistance when no one else had offered to help her. From the flat shoes she had noticed he wore – Clark's or some other generic make – to the white of his crumpled shirt, he had been nicely simple. Even the dark goatee could be dismissible for the while. He was a bit weird, though. She shrugged. Everyone had their secrets.
She nodded to herself and tucked the shopping into the back seat, before shuffling back into the driver's. She pushed away a pile of old papers in the passenger seat as she thought. Maybe changed was imminent.
And, as she drove, there was a surprisingly renewed vigour in her movements. She may have had no new job, but Andrea had always stood by the idea that friends were more important than money. It was always nice when anyone noticed her in a positive light.
Andrea started humming.


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The Changing Skyline of Beijing
"The city planner Edmund Bacon once described Beijing as "possibly the greatest single work of man on the face of the earth." When he was there, in the nineteen-thirties, you could still see that the city, from the walls surrounding it to the emperor's Forbidden City at its heart, was conceived as a totality-a work of monumental geometry, symmetrical and precise. Even the hutongs, the warrenlike neighborhoods of small courtyard houses set along alleyways, which made up the bulk of the city's urban fabric, were as essential to Beijing as the temples and the imperial compound, which has the same intricate mixture of courtyards and lanes. Bejing was all of a piece.
It couldn't last forever, and it didn't. Mao Zedong tried to change Beijing into an industrial and governmental center, putting up factories and ponderous administrative buildings. But now Mao's Beijing is nearly as much a part of the past as the Forbidden City. The factories are being pushed to the outskirts, and in their place the city has developed a skyline. It isn't like the height-obsessed skyline of Shanghai, or the tight, congested skyline of Hong Kong. In Beijing, the towers are sprinkled all over the place. Most of them are mediocre, and some are ridiculous-a few have pagodalike crowns, to satisfy a former mayor who insisted that new buildings appear Chinese-but a handful are among the most compelling buildings going up anywhere in the world. In Beijing, the latest trend is architecture that will force the world to pay attention, and the result is a striking, unmistakably twenty-first-century city, combining explosive, relentless development with a fondness for the avant-garde."


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Natural Unnatural: Part Four
A few hours later at Annabelle's house, the girls were standing in Annabelle's kitchen getting glasses of coke.
Clover took a sip of hers and set it on the counter. "I'm going to go play your piano."
Annabelle nodded as Clover walked into the next room. There was the beautiful sound of a piano lid being pushed up and then music followed. Annabelle smiled. She knew Clover would play something familiar and then change it around and all her own flair to it until it was completely different. Annabelle turned around and faced the sink. She heard something tap on the glass door by the sink. Annabelle looked and saw Michael and Daniel standing outside. Annabelle stifled a scream.
Cover jumped up and ran back in the kitchen. "What is it?"
She followed Annabelle's line of sight and saw the two vampires standing out on Annabelle's deck.
"Please let us in. We can explain everything," Daniel said through the glass.
Clover put her hands on her hips and gave the vampires what Annabelle called her "do as I say or die" look. "Only if you promise not to bite us anymore."
"Agreed," Michael said.
Daniel nodded in agreement. Annabelle opened the sliding glass door and let them in. Michael and Daniel looked at the floor.
"Sit." Annabelle pointed to the white chairs at the kitchen table.
Michael and Daniel sat down. Annabelle and Clover sat down on the other side of the table.
Clover gave each vampire an icy stare in turn. "So start explaining."
Michael looked down. "There's only one way we can really explain this."
Annabelle looked at Daniel. "And what's that?"
Daniel looked away. "You know those myths where languages and memories are learned and seen through a kiss?"
Clover laughed. "So you bite us and now you want to kiss us? How stupid do you think we are?"
Michael looked at Clover, sadness in his eyes. "It's the only way to explain everything."
Clover looked at Annabelle.
Annabelle shrugged. "Fine. But we decide who goes first."
Daniel smiled at her gratefully. "Agreed."
Annabelle looked at Clover. "Who wants to kiss a vampire first?"
Clover shrugged. "You do it."
Annabelle shook her head. "Not a chance. You."
Clover looked at Annabelle. "You,"
Daniel looked at Michael and shrugged. There was a blur and suddenly they were standing in front of the girl they'd bitten.
Michael looked into Clover's gold-brown eyes. "This will explain everything."
He pressed his lips against hers.
Daniel looked into Annabelle's grey eyes. "I wish our first kiss wasn't tainted with anger."
He pressed his lips against hers. An electric shock ran through all four. Visons flew through the girls' heads. Michael and Daniel walking down the street, someone coming out of nowhere and biting them both. The boys laying in coffins, at their own funeral. The boys waking up with fangs and a thirst for blood. A century of memories ran through the girls' minds. Michael's hand went behind Clover's head and pressed her closer as he deepened the kiss. Daniel wrapped an arm around Annabelle's waist as he deepened the kiss. The memories stopped, but the vampires's lips stayed pressed against the girls'. Michael pulled back first. His lips seperated from Clover's slowly. His eyes still closed, he brushed his lips across the bridge of her nose. Daniel pulled back from Annabelle. The girls looked at the vampire in front of them, and then looked at each other, stunned. They turned and looked back at the vampires. Michael and Daniel laughed.
Michael looked at Daniel. "They handled that better than I thought they would."
Daniel nodded and looked longingly at Annabelle's lips. "You're right."
Michael looked at the girls. "So now do you understand?"
The girls nodded.
Daniel smiled. "This makes it a lot easier."
A door opened on the other side of the house.
Clover looked at Annabelle. "Your mom…"
Annabelle looked at Daniel and Michael. "You've got to go hide. She can't know you're here."
There was a blur and both vampires were gone.
Annabelle's mom groggily walked in the kitchen. "Girls, it's getting late. Either keep it down or go to bed."
Clover and Annabelle nodded. Annabelle's mom nodded and walked back to her room. Clover and Annabelle heaved a sigh of relief.
Clover looked around. "So where did they go?"
"Right here."
Clover whirled around and saw Michael and Daniel standing behind her.
Annabelle looked at Daniel. "Where were you hiding?"
Daniel shrugged. "I was in the pantry."
"And I was under the couch," Michael said, looking at Clover.
Clover looked at Michael. "You fit under a couch?"
Michael nodded. "One of the advantages of being a vampire."
Clover laughed.
Annabelle didn't take her eyes off of Daniel. "So can vampires shrink?"
Daniel laughed. "No. Michael is just very flexible."
Clover smiled and looked at Michael out of the corner of her eye. "How flexible do you have to be to fit under a couch?"
Michael smiled and wrapped his arm around her waist. "That's for me to know and you to maybe find out one day."
Clover bit her lip, smiled, and looked down.
Annabelle blinked. "Stay here. Clover and I need to get pillows and blankets."
The vampires nodded. Clover pulled on Michael's hand, trying to get him to let go. Annabelle slowly turned away from Daniel and started walking out of the kitchen. Clover pulled on Michael's hand again. He finally let go and Clover followed Annabelle to her room. They were walking past Annabelle's brother's room. The door opened and JP walked out.
He stared at the girls groggily. "What's going on?"
Annabelle gave her brother "the look." "What do you mean?"
JP rolled his eyes. "I heard voices."
Clover put her hand on her hip. "Dude, it was us."
JP shook his head. "I heard more voices than just you two."
Annabelle shrugged. "TV."
JP looked hard at his sister. "I'm going to check."
Annabelle gave Clover the "oh no" look as JP walked out to the living room. Both girls held their breath while he was gone. The wood floor creaked as JP walked back to his room.
He looked at Annabelle. "Turn the TV down, okay?"
Annabelle nodded. JP shut the door. Annabelle looked at Clover and heaved a sigh of relief. They continued on to Annabelle's room. When they walked into Annabelle's room, Daniel and Michael were sitting on Annabelle's bed. Daniel had Annabelle's chocolate brown pillow and her old blanket she slept with every night. Michael was holding Clover's lime-green pillow and her teddy bear.
Clover smiled and walked to Michael. "So you hid and grabbed my bear while you did?"
Michael smiled and handed the bear to Clover. Clover smiled and looked down.
Daniel picked Annabelle up and carried her to the living room with Michael and Clover following close behind. When they got into the living room, Daniel gently set Annabelle down on the floor and sat down next to her. Annabelle tired, like always, leaned against Daniel with his arm around her. Clover sat on the other air mattress and Michael sat down next to her and intertwined his fingers with hers. Clover blushed and looked down.
"So, yesterday you bit us and we're still human. Why? Are you like a half breed like Renneseme?" Annabelle asked with a confused tone.
Daniel looked at Michael and laughed. "So you guys believe in those kinds of vampires."
Clover and Annabelle gave each other a confused look and Daniel and Michael laughed harder.
"We don't sparkle, were not pale, we do not have special powers, we don't have aversions to crufixes, garlic has no effect on us, wooden stakes will kill and guns can hurt but wood works better, but don't get any ideas. Also, we are not venemous. What does Stephanie Meyer think we are, snakes?" Michael said.
"You still didn't answer my question," Annabelle said to both vampires.
"It's because to turn a person into a vampire you have to use the venom of the flower, Toxicun Lamia. It's Latin for toxic vampire. Every vampire is given some when they are turned.' Both vampires pulled a chain out from underneath their shirts. On the end was a little black bottle. "When you're changing a person, you bite them and then put a drop of the flower's venom into the bite. It's painless. We're still not sure where she got the fire through the body thing," Michael explained.
Annabelle and Clover stared at the boys with wide eyes trying to sort out what they just heard.
Clover exhaled, not knowing she'd been holding her breath. Annabelle did the same.
"Then why are you still here, and us still human?" Clover questioned. Annabelle nodded in agreement with her friend's question.
Daniel cleared his throut and both girls look at him as he started to explain.
"As a vampire, we only have one true love. There is a distinct taste of your true love's blood and when you taste it, you just know. When you realize that the blood you just tasted is your true love, you're supposed to turn them into a vampire right then." Daniel paused.
Michael started to talk. "Yesterday, we both found what many look for theire entire lives. Other vampires find their love and take them then. We decided not to."
"Why are we different then others?" Annabelle asked, very concerned.
Daniel put one finger underneath Annabelle's chin and made her look him in the eyes.
"Anna, it's because in the one second I knew you were my love and I would do anything for you." Daniel paused, "You are only fifteen and have a family and a life to live. I love you so much I am willing to wait for you." Annabelle blinked and swallowed loudly but never lost Daniel's gaze.
Clover looked up at Michael, "Is it true?"
Michael nodded. "Every word."
"So I'm still a little confused about your life and who you are. Can you explain again?" Annabelle asked, lightning up the atmosphere like always. "I also want to know about when you were little, your family, when you were older, about your personality, what you like." Daniel rolled his eyes, picked Annabelle up and was out the window and in the old willow tree over the creek behind her house before Annabelle could even blink.
"So that part is true, you are super fast and have amazing senses. I just wonder if they have done you justice on your kissing." Annabelle said playfuly.
Daniel chuckled and leaned in and began telling Annabelle about his entire life.


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The 18-year-old has starred in the first team at Anfield this season and has
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He made his England debut against Sweden last month and with his contract on
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Chapter 1
I can still clearly remember waking up and thinking the day felt wrong. The smell wasn't quite the same. I know that you can't smell days, that's simply just plain old irrational, but still I could. The rays hitting my face that morning weren't quite the same either. They didn't have the same temperature or brightness. It was just different and wrong. I felt a slight chill travel down my spine. It was very unpleasant. I got out of my bed, whcih was a relief. It was an aweful wooden bed with a thin matress and a wooly, scratchy blanket.
My dress was hanging on a chair. It was such a horrible, grey thing, which I hated, along with the tight, tiny, black flats, which I was forced to wear. Every morning I got up took on my clothes and braided my hair. Same routine every day, never ending just going on indefinatly. I would wrap two, black bows around the braids. And this day was no exception. I dragged myself into the kitchen. My little sister and brother were both sitting at the table eating breakfast. My sister wore the same clothing as I did. My brother wore grey trousers, a white shirt and black shoes. I sat down next to my sister and began eating.
My brother turned on the radio. The only news were those of war. More people were killed, what a surprise. My dad and two elder brothers were out fighting and I just couldn't save them. I was a fourteen year old girl, which meant I was powerless. My mom waltzed into the kitchen. She wore the same blue, cotton dress as usual. Another sleepless night. I could still remember how tired she looked that morning. She had big bags under her eyes and she continueously jawned.


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I need to understand why.
Crossdressing FAQs for Wives
by Laura Amato
Q) OK so why does he crossdress? Aren't I enough woman for him?
A) First of all this is not your fault. In fact it really has nothing to do with you, though it will affect you. This has been with him for a lot longer than he's been with you.
Q) So when did he start dressing up?
A) He probably started dressing as a child or in his teens. In a very few cases it can start later.
Q) Why did he start?
A) Probably out of a sense of childlike curiosity. With some, their sisters or a baby sitter may have dressed them up as girls either for fun or punishment. With some it is purely a fantasy. Dressing can relieve the stress involved in living up to the perceived male role model as a tough, problem solver. The slightest deviation from
this role may lead to a feeling of temporary inadequacy. Pretending to be a girl gives a release from male peer pressures. When the dressing is completed the CD feels much calmer and more able to face his role.
Q) Is there sex involved?
A) Yes In the beginning especially as a teenager experimenting with self gratification. Probably less as a crossdresser grows older to being nonexistent by middle age.
Q) We're very close. Why didn't he tell me before we were married?
A) Crossdressing often times slows down as one grows into their twenties. Diminishing to partial dressing or stopping completely in what is called Purging. New loves and relationships make dressing quickly fade into the background and stop completely making the CD even think they are cured. This is most likely when you met.
Q) Why did his dressing come back?
A) In the mid twenties and later socioeconomic pressures start to surface. Children, a mortgage, 2 cars, and education worries can contribute. Probably the biggest factor though is his job. Career matters at work intensify as peers are promoted even including him. Pressures of family life and loosing the newness of a relationship all
contribute. Don't forget that socially at least most men feels the buck stops with them and they often take complete responsibility for many problems.
As the stress builds up he remembers that crossdressing always relieved pressure in the past. Why not now? He dresses and it works, the stress is relieved and so is he.
Q) Is he Gay?
A) No, not usually. They are men at all other times when they are not dressed.
Q) Does he take hormones and want to change his sex?
A) In almost all cases no. In very few instances do men advance unless they are latent Transsexuals. That warrants an entire different set of FAQ's.
Q) Can I make him stop?
A) This is probably the worst thing you can do. Forcing him to stop and purge his feminine side could have disastrous consequences. Most likely he would binge later on with the crossdressing urge even stronger. Besides his pressure will still be there.
Q) So what can I do?
A) Plenty. Compromise is the key from BOTH parties. After all you are hurt and probably shocked. This is a lot to absorb. Realize that neither of you is to blame.
He is terrified right now of loosing you or that you'll tell someone.
Reassure him of your love. You are going to need to give him some time to allow him to spend time at his hobby behind closed doors. Remember, it is a stress reliever for him. If you don't want him to touch your clothing tell him so. He needs to respect that but you will need to help him get his own things. Catalogs work for most if you don't want to shop with him.
He may want to join a crossdressers club where he can dress freely. You should find a support group where you can talk to other wives with your same problem. If you've found a bitter group you are in the wrong place. You need understanding, not militancy.
Q) What do I gain if I let him crossdress?
A) You actually both have much to gain. After so many years in the closet he is finally free to be himself. Benefits are less stress, better health, New found creativity, thoughtfullness and appreciation.
Q) What about my rights?
A) Fortunately there are guidlines for both Wives and Crossdressers. It is called the Bill of Rights for Wives and Crossdressers. Remember these are guidlines. They can be added to or subtracted from. Everything is negotiable.
Q) Ok I've let him be himself now all he wants to do is Crossdress.
A) Many crossdressers are compulsive by nature. Finally free to be himslef new crossdressers often become like kids in a candy store. You may have to nudge him back to reality. Simply state that you miss the man you love. Tell him you'd like to see that man a little more often. If he has trouble have him see a psychiatrist about anti-compulsion prescription drugs.
Q) What are our chances?
A) Very Good actually. It is rare for a marriage to end because of crossdressing. This of course not the case if your husband is really Transsexual
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Located in the heart of Southampton, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Stoneham Golf Club, Southampton City Golf Course, and University of Southampton. Southampton Maritime Museum and Woodmill Outdoor Activities Centre are also within 6 mi (10 km).
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, an indoor pool, and a fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and a sauna are onsite.
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool, Best Western Chilworth Manor Hotel provides a sauna and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. This business-friendly hotel also offers 24-hour room service, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and a porter/bellhop. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Best Western Chilworth Manor Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 97
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- Meeting rooms 11
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Steam room
- Indoor pool
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (24 hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
Where to Eat
The Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in regional cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Chilworth Arms - This restaurant serves light fare only.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center.
Children under 17 years old are not allowed in the health club without adult supervision. Guests under 17 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golf driving range on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Please note that children aged 17 years and under are only permitted to use the property's swimming pool between 11 AM - 1 PM on weekends and bank holidays. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: GBP 14.25 per person (approximately)
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
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Mornings are a madcap time for many of us. We wake up in a haze—often after hitting snooze a few times. Then we rush around to get ready and out the door so we can officially start the day. Before we know it, hours have slipped by without us accomplishing anything beyond downing a cup of coffee, dashing off a few emails, and dishing with our coworkers around the water cooler. By the time the workday wraps up, we're so exhausted and defeated that any motivation to accomplish something in the evening has vanished.
But according to time management expert Laura Vanderkam, mornings hold the key to taking control of our schedules. If we use them wisely, we can build habits that will allow us to lead happier, more productive lives.
Drawing on real-life anecdotes and scientific research that shows why the early hours of the day are so important, Vanderkam reveals how successful people use mornings to help them accomplish things that are often impossible to take care of later in the day. While many of us are still in bed, these folks are scoring daily victories to improve their health, careers, and personal lives without sacrificing their sanity. For instance, former PepsiCo chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund would rise at 5:00 a.m., run four miles, pray, and eat breakfast with his family before heading to work to run a Fortune 500 company.
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast is a fun, practical guide that will inspire you to rethink your morning routine and jump-start your life before the day has even begun.
©2012 Laura Vanderkam. (P)2012 Gildan Media LLC
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"Little Power House of information"
Lots of to the point information without filler.
The book is very short, less than 2 hours. Everything in the book was informative and interesting.
Top book under 2 hours I've listened to so far.
"Seems obvious, but it wasn't..."
Yes! I absolutely would. It is read in a tone that is easy to understand, follow, and feels like the author speaks from experience. She teaches you to not only make-over your mornings to find that time, but also makes it seem very possible, no matter how busy you are.
The list of what you can do with your time was the most memorable as it gave ideas of ways to use your time in the mornings in ways you may not think of.
There isn't a particular scene that was my favorite, however I really enjoyed the success stories of individuals that have made over their mornings and have integrated the tools into their lives successfully.
It's important to make healthy choices and changes in your life for yourself first. If you don't have a daily ritual that you look forward to, you won't be as productive.
"Motivating Book!"
It's up there with Eat to Live
I liked how clearly the author read and how she delivered her points simply
I enjoyed her stories of people who wake up early to accomplish things before breakfast.
Short read with invaluable information!
"Love the book"
This is a quick book. It's only about one hour. I was actually looking for someone to convince me to wake up early in the morning and exercise. This book did that well by explaining tons of examples of senior executives and what they do in the early morning. Now I wake up early, write for about an hour and exercise for half an hour. Thank you Laura
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"Common sense is not so common."
I know what you're thinking - why should I read this book? Isn't it common sense to get up early and get a jump on the day? Yes, but common sense is not always so common. This book rang true for me in two significant ways:
1) Morning hours are the quietest. If you don't want to be interrupted, do it before everyone else gets up.
2) If you decide NOT to do it before everyone else gets up, don't be surprised when you can't do it later because those interruptions are flowing in.
Overall, I found this book helpful. Not because it taught me something new, but because it reminded me of important truths that, when followed, will enrich my life. Who doesn't want a richer life? Invest 1 hour and 4 minutes. You'll be glad you did.
"Time Management How To"
Get the most important tasks done first thing in the morning. I liked her repeated mentions of using that time for prayer. Short listen with some repetition, worth listening to. Looking forward to more from this author.
"Just get up early and exercise"
No big revelations here. If you're not a morning person, you're out of luck.
probably not.
The narrator was good, just not much to work with.
There were a few good tips about getting organized.
"boring. uninformative. unoriginal."
This book might be enjoyable for people who have never understood basic concepts such as getting up in the morning and exercising before work. The reader/author spoke so slowly that I couldn't even stand it for my entire drive to work this morning. I would be able to stick it out if I was gaining any new information whatsoever, but I wasn't. In the evening after work is a hectic time when you're tired and don't feel like doing anything?? No way!
I will probably re-listen to Tina Fey's "Bossypants" because she taught me more about success than this book could even dream of. And she was joking most of the time.
If the reader had any inflection or excitement in her voice. I kept thinking it might get better and maybe there was some valuable information coming up, but I doubt if there was nothing worth hearing in the first 20 minutes, the rest of it would have disappointed as well.
The joke about looking forward to a mason jar full of wine at the end of a long day gave me a chuckle.
Save a few dollars and look for a podcast on this topic or read a blog. Nothing worth paying for here.
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"Very Disappointing"
The book was superficial and not very insightful. It was as if the author summarized every self-organization self-help book ever written and then published the summary as her own original thoughts.
She was fine.
The narrator has a pleasant voice.
"Overly basic; poorly narrated."
Someone who has small children and who has never ever considered the notion that getting up earlier means you get more done.There were several good suggestions about priorities for parents of young children, and perhaps young parents would glean more.
The narration was horrendous. It sounded like it should have been a children's book. The first few minutes were so bad I almost stopped listening. The content was also incredibly elementary. People do a lot early. Not a new concept. Some of the research and studies were interesting, but they would be more tolerated if read in their original outputs.
Inflection and emphasis would be more appropriate for children as an audience. Incredibly slow in the sentence to sentence transitions. Had to speed up my Audible narrator speed to 2x just to get the content to what I would call normal. There is a reason authors are not narrators by trade, and this just does not work at all. The author sounded sleepy, and there was no passion at all in her tone. The nature of this content should be narrated by someone who is energetic and enthusiastic, not lilting and sing-song.
Frustration, impatience, and much eye-rolling.
If someone truly has never considered the notion that go-getters and winners get up earlier than others and make choices to accomplish big tasks early, this would be a good introduction to the topic.
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College Possible is making college admission and success possible for low-income students through an intensive curriculum of coaching and support.
College Possible currently serves high school students in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Omaha, Nebraska; Portland, Oregon; Philadelphia, PA and Chicago, IL. College Possible serves college students on over 250 college campuses across the United States.
Mr. Jim McCorkell
College Possible, college admission, low-income, college access, K-12 education, after-school programming, mentoring, financial aid, ACT, college prep, college success
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540 Fairview Ave. North Suite 304
Saint Paul, MN 55104 USA
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This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
How does this organization make a difference?
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College Possible is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to making college graduation possible for capable, low-income students. We serve low-income students who have college potential but lack the tools necessary to access and succeed in college. Through near-peer coaching by AmeriCorps service members who are recent college graduates, we provide students with information and support they typically cannot get from counseling centers, parents or community networks.
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College Possible
College Possible's theory of change rests on the premise that the academic, social and financial barriers to college access and success that low-income students face are mostly identifiable and predictable. Through near-peer coaching by recent college graduates, we provide students with information and support they typically cannot get from counseling centers, parents or community networks. College Possible raises awareness of college opportunities and provides intensive support for low-income students beginning their junior and senior years of high school and continuing through college graduation. During their junior and senior years, students commit to participating in college fairs, college campus visits and two-hour afterschool sessions twice each week. Each high school student has the opportunity to receive a total of 320 hours of direct service over the course of two years. After high school, College Possible continues to serve students throughout their college career as they work toward graduation and workforce entry.
Program long term success
College Possible was founded in Minneapolis-St. Paul 15 years ago. The organization has spent 15 years refining and replication a program model that produces positive results among low-income students. During those 15 years, College Possible has expanded to five other cities: Milwaukee, WI; Omaha, NE; Portland, OR; Philadelphia, PA; and Chicago, IL. As a result, we have created a program that guarantees that a College Possible student is two times more likely to attend a four-year institution, five times more likely to graduate and ten times more likely to earn a degree.
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Cited in a U.S. Congressional Advisory Committee report (http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/acsfa/earlyoftenreport.pdf) for using results to guide programmatic decision making, College Possible does just that in managing performance. An online database system tracking results against all organizational benchmarks is shared organization-wide and allows for real time sharing of best practices. A highly energetic organizational culture encourages steady focus on doing whatever it takes to help students earn college admission and graduation. In addition to internal tracking, several external evaluations conducted by independent, third-party groups have verified our results. The Wilder Foundation conducted a two-year external evaluation of College Possible's program certifying the results as unmatched by other programs. In 2009, ICF International completed a second independent verification of College Possible's unmatched program results. In 2005, Minnesota business leader Peter Heegaard produced a "social return on investment" analysis that indicated that an investment in College Possible yields a 333 percent return to society over a student's lifetime.
Program success examples
In the College Possible Class of 2015,
1) 98% of seniors earned admission to college
2) 1,266 (84%) students enrolled in college in the fall semester following high school graduation, compared to an average of 51% first-year fall enrollment for low-income students nationally (National Center for Education Statistics, 2013)
3) 78% of the Class of 2014 who enrolled in fall 2014 returned for their sophomore year in the fall of 2015, exceeding the national average of 67% for all students, regardless of income background. (ACT, 2012)
4) 57% of College Possible students who enrolled in a four-year school graduated from college in six years or less, compared to an average of 11% for low-income students across the country (Pell Institute, 2011).
Population(s) Served
Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General
Youth/Adolescents only (14 - 19 years)
Self-reported by organization
Five powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
College Possible currently serves high school students in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Omaha, Nebraska; Portland, Oregon; Philadelphia, PA and Chicago, IL. College Possible serves college students on over 250 college campuses across the United States.
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Mr. Jim McCorkell
Jim leads strategic organizational development, builds relationships with national partners and champions the organization's commitment to creating more college graduates. In 1999, Jim received a Master's of Public Administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government where he studied nonprofit management, strategic organizational development and the relationship between race, poverty and gender. He also received a B.A. from Carleton College with honors in 1990 and an M.A. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995.
Jim's founded College Possible because of his own experience. His parents did not graduate from high school—though they ultimately earned G.E.D.s—and he experienced first-hand the disadvantage of attempting to navigate the admissions and financial aid process as a low-income student.
Jim worked previously with City Year where he managed the organization's strategic development. He also worked on U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone's reelection campaign in 1995-96 as Deputy Finance Director and managed former U.S. Attorney David Lillehaug's statewide campaign for Minnesota Attorney General in 1998.
Jim previously served on the board of directors for the National Association of College Admissions Counseling and currently serves on the board of Youth Frontiers and the steering committee of Voices for Service. He has also served on the board of directors for the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and the Girl Scouts – St. Croix Valley.
Ashoka Fellow, 2006
40 under 40, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, 2006
Community Luminary Award, General Electric, 2007
Harmony with Hope Award, Elfenworks Foundation, 2011
Alumni Achievement Award, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, 2012
Carleton College Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement, 2015
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