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Social Disorganization Theory
Is chronic disorganization a disease or lifestyle?
Another cause: The pace of change in today's world is accelerating, and it is hard for people who were barely organized to begin with to keep up! more gadgets and devices, more channels of communication, more legal concerns, more venues for self expression and more choices in just about everything. Good systems make it possible to bring order out of chaos. Life used to be simplerold systems may not be enough. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Disorganization (Definition)
Disorganization is a symptom in which a person is disorganized (mixed up, messy) in thoughts, speech, or activities. Causes may include anxiety, depression, stress, medicine effects, dementia, ...Read more
Difference between hoarding vs. Chronic disorganization (cd)?
Might look similar: Someone who "hoards" things can never throw them away. You find piles of newspapers and magazines that might be from years ago, stacked up so that there's hardly room to move in the place. Every surface is covered with items. It can be a type of obsessive anxiety disorder. "cd" is a variant of normal, problematic at times -- but they do discard things no longer being used, without huge anxiety. ...Read more
Which mental illnesses can cause severe disorganization that interferes with someone's life?
Several: Add/adhd, chronic pain, depression, and dementia can all lead to severe disorganization that interferes with a person's life. There is clutter around, and they may try to organize it but don't have the energy or time. Compulsive hoarding can look a little similar, but is an anxiety disorder leading to compulsive buying or bringing unneeded items into the home -- which they then can't throw away. ...Read more
I have a constant feeling of disorganization, or something is not right, that is part of my mood disorder right?
Suggests mood disord: Loss of focus is one of the most common manifestations of depression. This does not mean you have it, but see your doctor and discuss! ...Read more
Is messiness and disorganization of one's home symptoms of adult add?
Yes. However:: Differential diagnosis includes being lazy, being busy, having kids, having houseguests, recent tornadoes, recent earthquakes, and impending deadlines. ...Read more
How common is it for messiness and disorganization of one's home, to be symptoms of adult add?
It is pretty common: However it can also be a symptom of ocd . Many people do not realize that some people keep piles of things as part of ocd. It's the opposite of neat cleanly habits of ocd. ...Read more
Adult add - chronic disorganization - are there treatments with drugs?
ADULT ADHD YES: Adult adhd can and is treated with medicines just like adhd in children. Most of the medicines are the same, if not all. ...Read more
How to deal with stress, disorganization with lack of motivation?
Get help: You'll learn better and faster how to deal with specific stresses if you find people to help you who know it themselves. Same with disorganization. Organization is about using systems. Find someone with systems and let them teach you. As to motivation, that's about desire and fear. Figure out what you do and don't want, when it comes to running your life, and you may find the motivation you ne. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What else can cause disorganization inability to focus and complete tasks besides adhd. I have no hyperactivity.?
Many things: What you describe is more of a symptom than a diagnosis. Add without hyperactivity is common in adults, but there are many other reasons for disorganization and attention problems (e.g. Depression). I would find a psychiatrist you can trust and discuss your symptoms in detail. He/she will ask you questions about your mood, sleep pattern, etc to determine if medication may be helpful. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
How can my son get a job given his disorganization, a lack of attention, and restlessness?
He may have ADD & ?: Needs to see a doctor and perhaps a therapist to dissect whether he has a neuropsychiatric issue, or just bad habits! ...Read more
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Even though lichen can survive very adverse conditions, the current Mars cannot support even the hardiest of lichen. Although the temperatures in the tropical regions would be high enough to support lichen to some extent, there is nearly no water, so any lichen planted on Mars would quickly die. Although the water problem could be solved by artificial irrigation, there is not enough carbon dioxide currently in the atmosphere to make enough oxygen for human life.
Partial terraformation is the name given to the first stages of terraforming that raise the temperature of Mars so that carbon dioxide and water are released from the ice caps and regolith. Only a small man-made rise in temperature is needed, because of a phenomenon called positive-feedback greenhousing. Once the average temperature of Mars is raised by just 4 K, the carbon dioxide contained in the southern ice cap will sublime. Since carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, the extra carbon dioxide will raise the temperature further, releasing even more carbon dioxide from the regolith, which raises the temperature even further.
Estimates from terraforming scientists state that once the above process has completed itself, the temperature will be high enough to melt some of the underground permafrost, mainly in the tropical regions. Since water vapor is also a greenhouse gas, another positive-feedback process starts itself, creating enough water to support the lichen. Depending on the technology used, partial terraformation could take anywhere from 20 to 10,000 years.
As said before, lichen are extremely hardy. They can grow, reproduce and photosynthesize in tempertatures as low as 249 K, and can hibernate in extreme cold, allowing themselves to survive temperatures as low as 173 K. Lichen can grow on rocks as well as Martian soil. They also form a water reserve, so if there is a shortage of water, they hibernate and tap off the reserve at a very low rate. This allows the lichen to survive the occasional drought. It is not known for certain whether lichen are radiation-resistant plants, but since a partially terraformed Mars would have a relatively thick atmosphere and an adequate ozone layer formed by the carbon dioxide, radiation would not be too much of a problem after a while, except during solar storms. Another less obvious advantage of lichen is that, unlike most other plants, they have no oxygen requirement and a very low nitrogen requirement, shortening the effective partial terraformation length.
The main disadvantage of lichen is that they grow and reproduce very slowly. It would take a very long time for the lichen to cover the planet. Genetic engineering could probably speed up the growth and reproduction rate, making lichen much more feasible, although they would only prosper in conditions well suited to them if such engineering were done. There are trade-offs to everything. The second disadvantage is not exclusive to lichen, but rather to all plants. Plants (lichen included) are somewhat inefficient. Even the most efficient plant (sugar cane) can only convert 3.5% of the Sun's energy into sugar and oxygen. Because of this, it will take a very long time to convert the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into oxygen. Black chlorophyll can theorectically increase the efficiency, but it is unclear how this can be applied.
If all goes well, the Martian atmosphere will become breathable a few millenia after partial terraformation. If the calculation turns out to be flawed, and there is little useable water on Mars, the lichen can start out using an artificial irrigation system that would utilize the small amount of water in the atmosphere. Then, the sugar produced can be dissociated to recycle the water used. However, this would result in an extremely low production rate, causing the oxygenation stage to last much longer.
Lichen is certainly not the quickest way to go, but it is certainly the easiest, cheapest, and the most technologically feasible. So whenever you see some lichen, just remember that what seems like an insignifigant organism might someday help to achieve one of the most grandiose goals of science fiction.

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In the here-and-there of the corridors, plazas and back passages of Westminster a drama is starting to throb. There's going to be excitement immediately Parliament resumes. It's the election of the Speaker. Or as many have assumed, the re-election of the Speaker.
This is a very grand office with vast accommodation, pay, pension, status and after-career benefits on the international circuit. And as each MP can be described as "the concentrated wisdom of their constituency", so the Speaker is the concentrated wisdom of the House. That's a big job.
On Parliament's first day, Big Ben will strike the half hour. The house will be packed. The benches stacked. MPs standing six-deep at the bar. The hubbub bubbles away. Through the public crush, contradictory moods wash to and fro – nothing ever happens in Parliament for just one reason. The air of anticipation is very intense.
The House is focusing on one thing, one chair, one office, one vote to hold or fold the most senior officer of the House of Commons.
One dissenting voice may or may not be enough to trigger that election. It depends. The Father of the House ascends to the Speaker's chair. In this case it is Sir Peter Tapsell. His Rs go to Ws. It is a momentary sadness that he can't call Huw Irranca to voice the motion. Forget I said that. This is a constitutional moment. He calls to the suddenly still chamber – and puts the Motion to re-elect the sitting Speaker.
If someone calls "Object!" he is entitled to ignore it as a rogue, stray, maverick nuisance. He is there, in a fine phrase from another era, "to collect the voice of the House". Then again, he might take the view that one call is enough.
In an Aesop's Fable irony, John Bercow has over the years treated Peter Tapsell in such a way as to make one objection enough. Without going into the details, Bercow used the old shire horse to show what a moderniser he was, and to palliate himself with the Labour Party. And now Tapsell stands with the Bill of Execution in his hand.
Anyway, rumour has it that there are at least three MPs who will call "Object!" And then there will be a vote.
Interestingly, this vote will be in public. In a very recent decision, all votes for all committees and for the election of the Speaker were to be made by secret ballot. The single exception – the re-election of the Speaker – was kept public by virtue of (it is said) a clever arrangement between Bercow and the then Leader of the House, Harriet Harman. A public vote was less likely to go against a sitting Speaker, they reasoned. That is now to be tested.
So, the House divides. Were the decision to be made on the virtues or vices of the individual, he might win (people don't like to humiliate worthy but unsuitable office holders). However, there will be another proposition on offer.
As a demonstration of coalition values, co-operation and generosity, what about a Liberal Speaker?
Isn't it their turn anyway? After 80-odd years? Isn't it time for a Liberal Speaker?
But who could that be?
Well, there is Ming. Looks like a Speaker. Clever. Stately. Steady. Got a wife with twinkling ankles. We all like Sally Bercow because she's a straight shooter. But Elspeth Campbell is an adornment to the constitution.
Who knows how it will turn out? It's House business, all up to them. We watch with fascination.
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I wasn't aware it is DA only.
This is a discussion on New Pistol - PPQ within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Just got a new PPQ. Since this is my first striker fired pistol, I'm not sure what to expect. The included target says it was ...
Just got a new PPQ. Since this is my first striker fired pistol, I'm not sure what to expect. The included target says it was shot at 15 meters. I hope I am that accurate.
One thing I noticed, in looking over it, is that although it is DA only, there is really no "second strike" ability. Is this common in striker fired guns?
I am very excited about getting out to the range with my new PPQ, but will not be able to get out til Tuesday. I will try to post a range report later.
"If you make something idiot proof, someone will make a better idiot."
- Anon
Congratulations!! I believe you are really going to enjoy the PPQ. Excuse me while I do the celebratory new gun dance in honor of your new acquisition.
The only thing keeping me from buying one is the lack of available magazines. M1 & M2 aren't compatible . The PPX in same caliber not only has higher capacity, but wont fit the PPQ. The Walther i think i really could live with is the P99 (AS trigger). I would expect the PPQ to be an excellent shooting firearm. many of the Walther fans (Walther Forum) Believe it to be a Glock Killer. I just don't see it that way.
Guns like Glock aren't really double action. The striker is partially "cocked" during the cycling of the slide. I'm not sure but I assume the PPQ works the same way.
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Smooth, light 5.6 lb trigger pull for all shots. Short .4" trigger travel and .1" trigger reset for fast, accurate second shots.
Nothing like that new gun smell...
'Cept maybe the smell of cordite and burnt gunpowder..., and maybe Hopes #9..., and maybe napalm, and we all know what that smells like...
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In the Owner's Manual, Walther says "striker fired semi-automatic pistol with constant trigger pull."
On Gallery of Guns they call it "Double Action."
I thought "double action" and "constant trigger pull" meant DAO.
"If you make something idiot proof, someone will make a better idiot."
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1- All guns are always loaded.
2- Never point the gun at anything you are not willing to destroy.
3- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target (and you have made the decision to shoot).
4- Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.
* The 5th amendment rule : Smell your gun can cause Excessive Happy Disorder Syndrome.
Actually to be clear, Glocks are DAO and "partially cocked" when a round is chambered, becoming fully cocked as a function of pulling the trigger before the striker is released. The "double" action is the full cocking of the striker, and it's subsequent release on that model of firearm (DAO.)
The PPQ on the other hand, is "SAO" and is fully cocked at all times when a round is chambered. This is why the trigger is lighter, and has a much shorter reset by comparison to a Glock. The PPQ is "SAO" because the trigger only performs one action: releasing the striker, since the striker is fully cocked already when the round is chambered. The PPQ does not have second-strike capability, but does anyone really need that anymore? I haven't seen much of any reports of hang-fires on modern firearms with modern ammunition. If that feature is vital to you however, the P99AS does offer this.
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Dude! Thats a bad ass gun. I love mine and it's my best shooter next to my STI. Actually, may be on the same accuracy level as far as what I'm capable of.
I friggin love my PPQ and I'm sure you will too.
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The PPQ is on my short list of non-HK handguns that I really want. They're not even all that expensive. Great looking gun! Congrats.
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How in flying pasta monsters name can i disable to ability for a client to reopen a ticket by email.
I'm getting so tired of closing a ticekt and getting it reopened because someone wants to reply and say "Thanks" or because they reply about something unrelated.
Tired of it. On the plus side, I add 5 minutes of time each time i have to do it.
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Nov 17, 2010 at 2:15 UTC
I hear ya! I ended up adding the following line to precede my closing statement:
Do Not Reply to this message unless your issue persists.
Unfortunately there is no such capability in SW at this time.
Nov 17, 2010 at 2:20 UTC
Do you just manually type that in or is there a way to automate that?
Nov 17, 2010 at 2:21 UTC
Actually I've been meaning to do it all along, however, it's time to modify the template. Here's a related thread:
edit: I'm a little bummed, I followed the instructions in the tut but it stopped e-mail altogether:
{%if event == 'ticket-closed'%}My customer message here.{%endif%}
Oct 28, 2011 at 11:37 UTC
I agree that there should be a way to disable re-opening tickets via e-mail. It doesn't help to "mute" them, etc. - I simply don't want closed items reappearing beause someone responded to the wrong ticket and/or wanted thank me.


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Bhatkal Light House, built in the year 1891, is a notable attraction of Bhatkal and should be visited if time permits. This structure is located to the south of the entrance of Bhatkal River, atop a hill, just adjacent to the remains of Bhatkal Fort. It used to be a white stone masonry tower that was converted into a light house when a flashing light and a storm warning signal mast were fitted here in the year 1936. Therefore, now it has a double wick lamp placed within lantern as well as a stone masonry column. During 1956-1958, a new lighthouse tower with attached auxiliary light cabin and fog signal baffle wall were positioned on the hill. On 21st March 1998, metal halide lamp replaced the main source of light from this lighthouse.
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text: Mademoiselle Armour e-mail: email@example.com voice mail: (262) 369-3611 ext. 3617 Course Goals Develop proficiency of ACTFL (American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages) Standards: Novice (French I and II) Intermediate (French III and IV) Beginning Advanced (AP French) Course Goals (continued) Proficiency developed using the 4 skill areas: Speaking Listening Reading Writing Skills will be developed in thematic units that emphasize culture of France and the French speaking world Grading (French III and IV) A 90-100% B 80-89% C 70-79% D 60-69% Speaking 15% Listening 25% Reading 15% Writing 15% Grammar acquisition 15% Vocabulary acquisition 15% Students and parents will be able to understand strength and practice weakness skill areas F 0-59% Grading (French I and II) A 90-100% B 80-89% C 70-79% D 60-69% Speaking 15% Listening 20% Reading 20% Writing 15% Culture 10% Grammar acquisition10% Vocabulary Acquistion 10% Students and parents will be able to understand strength and practice weakness skill areas F 0-59% Skyward grade access PLEASE CHECK SKYWARD ON A REGULAR BASIS!! Grades and assignments will be updated regularly. Grade printouts will not be given in class. Homework *Daily assignments will be posted on Google Classroom *Homework is assigned daily. *It is expected that all homework be attempted and completed. *A 20 minute after school detention will be assigned after 3 missing assignments within a 2 week period *Daily review and practice is very important! Make-up Work All tests, quizzes and assessments are to be taken on the scheduled day unless arrangements have been made ahead of time. Any work that was due on the day of the absence is to be turned in when the student returns to school. Students have 1 day to make up missed homework assignments. French in Action quizzes will normally be given on Fridays (2nd semester levels I and III). One low episode will be dropped per quarter. If a student misses more than 1 episode per quarter, they must make it up with me after school or receive a 0 for the quiz. Attendance New material is presented every day so it is important that students attend class regularly! A Saturday detention will be assigned after the fourth tardy. Materials to be brought to class every day Textbook—should be covered at all times! French I—Discovering French Bleu French II----Discovering French Blanc French III and French IV—Discovering French Rouge AP French—Allons au-delà 3 ring binder with loose-leaf paper OR A 70 page notebook just for French Discovering French Workbook (I, II, III, and IV) Folder 1 dry erase marker Pens and pencils *French I and II students need an additional composition notebook to be left in the classroom for a journal *Advanced students may want to invest in a good French dictionnary of 70,000 or more entries (I like Larousse or Webster's New World) Use of French The class will be conducted in French! Students of French III and higher (French II second semester) will be expected to use French at all times while in the classroom! Getting Extra Help It is important to get help right away if a concept is not well understood instead of waiting for assessment time. Make an appointment with me in class, by e-mail or phone. I am available at North during 2nd hour, 8th hour at South and after school every day at South. Extra practice activities are available on my Quia web pages. There are links to these sites on my AHS home page! Classroom Expectations Be appropriate, be respectful, be responsible NO gum, food or beverage of any kind Be respectful and courteous of all others; listen when others are talking Bring materials to class every day Be on time—in your seat when the bell rings Clean up after yourself Students are expected to use technology repsonsibly and only when needed Technology Expectations Students will use laptops primarily for occasional short research assignments in the classroom Students are expected to stay on website determined by Mademoiselle and follow all other classroom instructions for laptop use You may use an online dictionary to look up individual words but not to translate larger chunks of language Questions? The syllabus for this class is posted on my page of Arrowhead's website www.arrowheadschools.org Questions about specific assignments can be answered by looking at Skyward Extra practice activities can be accessed by the links on my page of the Arrowhead website French Club *French Club activities are available to any French students *Approximately 1 activity per month *Tentative date for the Chicago trip: Friday, December 4th Look for information in class Concours oral at AHS Arrowhead will be hosting the state finals for the French Pronunciation Contest Tentative date: Saturday, May 14th, 2016 Save the date! Help needed!


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mmmmm sample from cookies so that i could try a few what-cha teas before i make a purchase. This one IS quite lovely as others have said. It's malty and almost sweet but not quite. I didn't get overly cocoa notes from this one, but there is a sense of that coming through in the background. Overall, i really nice cup of tea! thanks cookies!
JoonSusanna sent this one my way and since my cupboard is going to explode when things get here this month, i figure i better get a move on some of my smaller quantity/sample size teas. no one seems to be certain if this tea is the right listing or the other. as a general rule, this tea is less a tea for me than it is a tea for me but i don't dislike it. after a couple steepings this morning to see if later steeps changed enough for me, i can say that this DOES have a sweet potatoe like flavour to it…there's a mineral note in here that is what i'm not agreeing with. it's sweet and just slightly malty. over all a decent cup….makes me want to try more teas from this company. thanks joon!
Working from home this morning because i haven't been able to sleep well since we got back from vacation. So i'm exausted. The plus to that, is that since my other half is working nights this week, we'll have a bit of time together to start putting the house back together lol my mother will be up in a week? and our spare bedroom currently has all our office things in it.
the other upside so this, is that my other half got up early to make banana bread, so it would be warm from the oven first thing in the morning. So a slice of that and a cup of this, and i was off to a great start this morning. Still meh about this tea, so the last of it is off to cavo so that she can give this one a try.
This is another tea that MIssB sent to the group – only about 6? more to go for me to try so that i can bundle the packages up. I would love this a lot more if it didn't have licorice in it. I don't actually mind licorice, but ever now and then i can't take the sweetness that it add to things. the ginger is nice and i enjoy the lemon. with a little honey this is better, as it takes the edge off the licorice sweetness that i am not digging. thanks again MissB!
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tea this evening while i try and relax. I enjoyed this a lot more off the sample that missB sent me – the box i bought, i'm not enjoying as much. it's tasty but not as tasty. I may want to add a bit of vanilla powder next time and see if that smoothes things out a little more.
Another tea from today…this + cacao made for a delicious treat as outside of work went from sunny to completely white and back again in a manner of 15 mins haha While i enjoy this tea, i prefer the regular version, though i had picked this one up to get me through not having the regular version haha
you know….i bought this tea after i received a sample from dexter (at least i'm pretty sure it was dex)..which means i enjoyed it. And for whatever reason, it's never the tea i reach for, but then when i DO have it, i'm always almost surprised by how much i enjoy it lol. Go figure. but i do really enjoy this and i am quite happy to have been having it. I'm just not sure i should restock it, if it's never something i seem to reach for lol


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His term of office has seen major innovation and expansion at Cambridge and a period where Cambridge has topped league tables and drawn investment from the international business community.
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It is a great honour that the University of Cambridge has chosen me to be its Vice-Chancellor and to follow in the footsteps of a heritage of eminent Vice-Chancellors, including Professor Sir Alec Broers, Dame Rosemary Murray and Sir David Williams.
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Oxford is one of the greatest universities in the world. It has played a distinguished part in the history of our country and our continent, and has much to contribute to our success and our well-being as a civilised community in the future.
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Sir Colin Lucas has been Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 1997. He is the first Oxford Vice-Chancellor to serve for seven years, following the extension of his original four-year term of office, which has enabled him to see through a wide-ranging reform of the University's system of governance
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Write your Senator & Congressman Tell them we want Illegals OUT NOW! go to WWW.numbersusa.com its free to fax..<quoted text>
When will someone stand up and shout the truth ? Enough is Enough with this illegal immigration.We have no idea who these people are who cross our borders.Often they are fleeing their homeland because they are wanted.How many more innocent people have to die before we wake up and demand a drastic change to protect our families ?
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There are 30 comments on the Mid-Hudson News story from Jun 29, 2006, titled Murder in Rockland County. In it, Mid-Hudson News reports that:Police in Rockland County have charged a man with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a girl, who was reported missing on June 13.
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#25 Jan 29, 2007
there was baby few months old kidnap in fort myers fl. were i live .as of today there is no clue
#26 May 6, 2007
i went to school wit ryan in grandview and svhs and he never seemsed to be the type and all i have to say he is exzactly where he needs to be n Jail
#27 Oct 9, 2007
It would have been the perfect crime, but it was only his second degree. Around his third or fourth, I'm sure his technique will improve.
#28 Mar 13, 2008
this was very hard for the family to go through...he will never get what he deserves...
#29 Mar 13, 2008
even i still suffer from the day that karesse was found...she just spent the weekend at my house...i dreampt her 2 days after her funeral and she thanked me and said now i am ok
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#31 Aug 18, 2008
I was doing a research paper about victims of violence when I came across Karesse's story.Her story is especially horrific and heartbreaking.I saw her beautiful myspace page, and she no longer was a case I was writing. She was a real person.I felt such a powerful connection to a life lost.I will never forget the impact she made in my heart through a simple college paper. May Karesse Ebron R.I.P and may God protect and keep her family.
#32 Aug 22, 2008
I hope every thing gets beeter from here me and her had beef but we always worked it out I hope he gets what is coming to him the sad part is i knew him too.I hope she is in better place where her and her child can be happy I love her and miss her grealty.To her mother keep your head up and she will watch over you always
Love Kelz
#33 Sep 17, 2008
It's been a couple of years since I heard about this poor girls' murder, and I still think of her wondering why Ryan would do this. I actually went to high school with Ryan Ross & even spoke to him occasionally through the halls (we were never close just associates) but he never appeared to be so distructive. Sometimes you just never know. When I heard of the story I worked at a check cashing place. A co-worker of mine & I looked up "Kiki's" account & found that the week before she went missing she cashed a check & her photo looked like she was very worried compared to previous photos. When we looked at Ryan's photo during the weeks "Kiki" was missing he smiled!!! SMILED !! in his photos. WHY??? How could he have been so calm , as everyone who cared about her went frantic looking for her. What was he thinking? He should of just been a dead beat dad if he didn't want the child he also made. Why Ryan? To the family I don't know you or "Kiki" but I'm so sorry for your loss and I hope God helps you heal your hearts.
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The champagne was on ice, the music by Puddle of Mudd and Metallica thundering loud and hard. This was America's Party, a live show from Las Vegas on Fox (NWS ), and it looked like a standard televised New Year's Eve bash.
However, this show, like so many others this year, included a new wireless component. A stream of text messages flowed across the bottom of the screen. Tens of thousands of viewers across America were sending these messages from AT&T Wireless cell phones, and waiting anxiously for their jokes, put-downs, or love notes to scroll across. "We had 25 marriage proposals that night," says Are Traasdahl, executive vice-president for sales at TeleNor Mobile InterActive, the technology provider for the service.
A Fox New Year's Eve show featuring Puddle of Mudd asked viewers to send in text messages. The resulting onslaught included 25 marriage proposals
Peck out a note or cast a vote on your cell phone. It's a global rage. Text messages are key features on Survivor and American Idol, and they're a growing part of a monster-size business. Callers will send an estimated 548 billion text messages this year, according to industry trade group, GSM Assn. That's about 100 for every man, woman, and child on the planet.
Each one costs between a penny and a dime to send, adding up to a worldwide revenue stream that's expected to reach $27 billion this year. And as phones over the next two years handle more color pictures, video, and hi-fi sound, a flow of more expensive multimedia messages should drive more growth.
Short messages are a bonanza for wireless carriers, but one that's now reaping only a fraction of its potential. Why? The marketing side of the text-messaging business is just now getting started. The 1.3 billion cell phones in the world give marketers a possible person-to-person link with consumers everywhere.
The potential is there to harness the cell phone to the vast databases of user profiles -- the dossiers that supermarkets, retailers, and mail-order companies have created on their customers. A phone marketer with this data could use short messages to deliver millions of personalized pitches and ads, some of them tailored to the user's whereabouts and the time of day.
So far, however technical challenges and privacy concerns have kept many marketers from venturing into customers' pockets and purses. It's a sensitive business. Anything resembling mobile spam could provoke an angry backlash against marketers.
However, marketers do have a way in. It's as simple as knocking and saying "please." Now, throughout the mobile world, that's precisely what marketers are starting to do. They're devising strategies to win customers' permission to receive text ads on the phone. The pitch often involves offering the customer an enticement, from free text messages to weather updates, in exchange for information about the user -- and permission to come calling.
"You give something to get something," says Neville Street, CEO of InphoMatch, a Chantilly (Va.) company that processes message traffic for phone companies. "You give your information, I give you something in return."
Companies that succeed in signing up large numbers of consumers will be able to target them as never before -- giving them a big leg up on their rivals. For now, U.S. marketers are wooing customers with simple text-based offerings, such as daily jokes, diet tips, and astrology readings. But the spread of color screens, stereo speakers, and video applications in phones opens the door to splashier offerings. In more advanced mobile markets, like South Korea's, advertisers win customers by offering video clips, including movie previews or sports highlights.
Surprising numbers of phone users, say marketers, actually welcome ads and sponsored messages on their phones. According to a survey by Enpocket, a London-based mobile-marketing company, customers aged 16 to 25 actually want their phone to beep with a message an average of 6 to 10 times a day. "Our biggest complaint from teens is that they don't get enough messages," says Jonathan Linner, CEO of Enpocket. "Every time your phone beeps, it shows you're popular."
It's not just kids who want more missives on their phones. Consider one Enpocket campaign for a beauty-care company in Britain that Enpocket declined to name. The company sent to an undisclosed number of women a message promising to give them customized hair-care advice if they responded to 10 text messages over the following 10 days.
Each day, a message would arrive with a question. Is your hair dry? Is it fine? Is it thin or full? Fully 90% of the women responded to all 10 questions. In return, they got shampoo advice. And the beauty-care company had valuable data to build personalized profiles for further campaigns.
In another marketing move, Warner Brothers (TWX ) used Enpocket to send messages to a group of women, aged 17 to 35, and offered to give their partners a helpful Valentine's Day nudge. The women had signed up to receive text ads and updates from several women's magazines. The message that arrived on Feb. 1 asked them to send the name and number of their Valentine. In return, the studio would pass along their request to be taken to the Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant romantic comedy, Two Week's Notice, on Valentine's Day.
So how about the people who might have wanted to send a sponsored Valentine message -- but weren't interested in seeing that movie? They didn't respond. The point with these promotions is to hit a large audience with a specific pitch, something they can respond to with a yes or a no. Conceivably, Warner Bros. could have sent a menu of movies to choose from. But that, say marketers, would likely be too complicated, and discourage customers from responding at all.
In time, with the right demographic information, Warner will refine its targeting so that it can reach the right people with the right movie. Enpocket declines to provide numbers on the messages sent or responses. But according to its follow-up research, 41% of the people who responded were taken to the movie.
Cell-phone companies are figuring out how to use text messages to give young customers a feeling of privilege. Cingular Wireless sends messages inviting fans to exclusive local encounters with stars such as hip-hop performer Ludacris. "If you've got a Cingular phone, you use it as an entry to meet and greet," says David B. Garver, Cingular's director of marketing. He says the prospect of an Atlanta get-together with In Sync's J.C. Chasez had young Cingular subscribers camping out all night.
What does Cingular get out of this? Promotions generate a flurry of text mail, as customers resend the message to their friends. The more phone traffic, the more revenue Cingular can rake in. More important, those messages spread word about the benefits of Cingular membership, and they amount to a viral marketing campaign for the carrier.
Garver says many adults fail to understand the phenomenon text messaging is becoming. Sure, the U.S., which had $1 billion of text traffic last year, is still dwarfed by the $16 billion European market. But led by teens, text messaging in the U.S. is growing fast. Garver estimates that his 16-year-old daughter sends 1,000 messages a month. And that forced him to upgrade the family cell-phone subscription.
Lots of companies use text messaging to give their customers a voice. Every evening at 9 on WDRQ radio in Detroit, the station plays a new song and asks listeners to weigh in with text messages. H stands for hit, M for miss. Each week, says program director Alex Tear, participation rises. Hits, of course, get increased play time. "It gives listeners a chance to mold their own radio station," he says.
Like many companies venturing into the text market, WDRQ hasn't yet begun sorting their voters into databases for future promotions. This is true of the TV networks as well. "ABC and the others can start to get a much better understanding of their customers," says TeleNor's Traasdahl. "They haven't used it for anything yet but area codes."
That stands to reason. The new forms of digital marketing make it a cinch to send messages by the millions. But as bulk e-mailers have learned, making sense of the return traffic is much trickier, even for companies that have a one-to-one relationship with customers. It requires natural-language software that can process and sort through an avalanche of mail and messages. For now, broadcasters are happy to have a simple feedback from customers -- usually just a thumbs-up, thumbs down -- and to pocket their share of the text-messaging revenue.
However, the options are near limitless. Just imagine the possibilities from the marriage proposals at Fox's New Year's Eve bash. A savvy wireless marketer could have sent promotions to those phones for long-stem roses, diamond rings, honeymoons in Maui. And they would have reached consumers in a state of ardor -- every marketer's dream. With transaction services available through the phone, already common in much of Europe and Asia, the suitors could even click to buy.
Opportunities for cross-promotions abound but are unlikely to take off on a big scale until more sophisticated multimedia messaging supplants today's simple texts. The reason is economics. Say the Boston Red Sox teams up with Verizon Wireless in a promotion to get fans to vote for their favorite player on an ESPN telecast. Today, those three companies would have to divvy up the text revenues, which average only 3 cents to 10 cents apiece in the U.S. But within two years, say analysts, multimedia messages, complete with color video and music, might fetch 25 cents each, or more.
The key is to have a big enough pie," says InPhomatch's Street. "If there's enough money in it, all sorts of businesses can grow."
And they will. The winners will be companies that build up piles of cell-phone numbers whose owners opt-in for advertising. But they'll be leaning heavily on software companies to help them digest all the mail and on ad companies equipped with demographers to help them target their pitch.
Spammers? They'll be around, though less free to wreak havoc on mobile networks, which are owned and controlled by phone companies. But that doesn't mean lots of these ads won't feel like spam. An entire new marketing world is opening up. And with each day, look for more of these mobile marketers to be knocking eagerly, asking for access to your cell phone.
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|Prinzhorn Dance School
Prinz, left, with Horn, right
|Background information
|Portsmouth / Reading, UK
|Alternative, post-punk
|Years active
|DFA Records
|Official website
|Suzi Horn (vocals, bass)
Tobin Prinz (vocals, guitar)
Chris Boseley (guitar, live only)
Prinzhorn Dance School consists of two artists, Tobin Prinz and Suzi Horn.
They have taken their name from Dr Hans Prinzhorn, who collected art by mentally ill patients under his care.[1]
In 2006 Prinz and Horn signed a recording contract with the New York record label DFA Records.[2] Their debut release for the label was a self recorded and self produced 7-inch single featuring the tracks "You Are The Space Invader" and "Eat, Sleep".
Live performances[edit]
They have thus far completed UK and European tour dates. The debut album was toured with a three-piece line-up (with the addition of a drummer). However, in August 2008 they headlined the Experimental Circle Tent at Offset Festival bringing the event to a close as a 2-piece (using a specially modified shared drumkit), the first time they have performed without a separate drummer. They retained this live formation for recent shows in Luxembourg, Istanbul, Bucharest and Lausanne.
Recycling clause[edit]
Negotiations with EMI (who licensed the debut album in the UK) were protracted while the band insisted upon the inclusion of special recycling clauses, ensuring that all their record sleeves, CD sleeves and promotional material be produced using recycled materials. All releases to date have used recycled paperstock.[citation needed]
In popular media[edit]
In 2008 their song "You Are The Space Invader" was used as the soundtrack to the HBO Cinemax trailer.[citation needed]
In 2007 The Sunday Telegraph included Prinzhorn Dance School's debut album in a "best 120 albums of all time" list.[3]
In 2010 a poster of the Prinzhorn Dance School album can been seen in the movie Greenberg. DFA Records boss James Murphy was responsible for the soundtrack.
- Prinzhorn Dance School (DFA Records, 2007)
- Clay Class (DFA, 2012)
- Home Economics (DFA, 2015)
- "You Are The Space Invader"/"Eat, Sleep" (original recording - image on white sleeve) - 7" single (DFA Records · 2006)
- "Up! Up! Up!"/"Hamworthy Sports and Leisure Centre" - 7" single (DFA Records · 2007)
- "Crackerjack Docker" - (DFA Records · 2007)
- "You Are The Space Invader" (album version - image on black sleeve) - 7" / 12" / CD single (DFA Records · 2007)
- "Seed, Crop, Harvest" - (DFA Records · 2010)
- "Split 7" with the Brian James Gang - (DFA records . 2013)
- ^ Heather Phares, Prinzhorn Dance School Biography, All Music Guide
- ^ PRINZHORN DANCE SCHOOL: Fact Magazine
- ^ 120 Essential Pop Albums, The Telegraph, 13 Jan 2008


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"Thank God! Kurt? Are you still with us?" Pete had calmed down a bit now.
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"I'm so sorry, Kurt. I've got my shit together now. I honestly don't mind about... you know..." He couldn't say the word.
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Fifth-Year Senior Defensive Lineman Grant Bowman
On last year's loss serving as motivation ... "You don't really want to look back to last year. That will just get you stuck. The main thing is that we are in our Big Ten schedule now and we are playing a very good team on the road. Obviously we are thinking about last year and what happened and we don't want it to happen again. Mainly we are just focused on what we have to do to get prepared for this team."
On Iowa's run and pass games ... "There are things you can do against both. I do not think they are just a team that can run. They are pretty balanced. It is always a tough team to defend when you have to do both. You can tell when you watch them play, they are very well coached, especially on the offensive line. Even though they lost a lot of good guys last year, they still have some great players up there. You can just tell the way that they play that they have some great coaching and take a lot of pride in what they do. They are always tough to play against."
On Iowa's quarterback ... "I do not think we have played against a guy that weighs this much. I think he almost weighs 260 pounds or something. A lot of times quarterbacks go down easy when you try to tackle them, but you know if you get near him you have to really wrap up. Losing a sack is a pretty big deal. It can really demoralize you to have someone in your grasp and lose them. It is not something you have to think about or prepare for too much. You just have to make sure that you get him to the ground."
On if Iowa may be desperate after losing to Michigan State ... "They are not desperate. I know that no matter when we play an Iowa team how tough they are and that they are always going to give us a great effort. I do not know if this will give them more motivation, but I would not be surprised if it did. But you know they are going to play tough no matter what is going on. They are a solid team all around, they do not make many mistakes and they do not lose the game. You have to beat them and that makes it tough."
On his impressions on Iowa running back Fred Russell ... "He is quick. In the scheme they run, they do zone blocking, which gives him the opportunity to make different cuts depending on what he sees. On any given play, there is no predetermined place to run. There are three or four places where he can take the ball or cut it back. The type of quickness he has really lends itself well to his scheme. It is tough because with a small back like that, if you are not defending where you are supposed to defend, he can squeeze through without even seeing him. What he does fits real well with their system and he is a great back."
On what the defense has been doing differently from the first three games ... "Each game is different in its own right. I think the first three games were against a lot different opponents and a lot of different types of games. Obviously the scores were very different when you look at it from that perspective. When we look at ourselves in terms of how we play, I do not think it is as different as the scores have been. Yeah, you would like to win every game by 30 to 40 points, but you are not going to do that in a competitive league and you sure are not going to do that in a tough game like this. I do not think we are doing anything different, it is what the opponents are doing."
On if motivation will be a problem against Iowa ... "I do not thing so at all. We have the motivation of going on the road and getting a win on the road. We are playing against a tremendous team that beat us last year. We are playing for a Big Ten championship. I do not think there is any chance of us not being prepared for a game of this caliber. Hopefully that won't happen for any game."
On the progression of Larry Harrison and Gabe Watson ... "It is tough to play defensive line as a young guy because there is a lot of technique involved in the position. There are a lot of things you do that are unnatural. The way you get in your stance and have to bring up your hands and things like that. It is tough, but they have done a decent job at it, but there are things that they can do better. Gabe is a guy that has a lot of size and is very talented. That is the main issue because it is tough to come in and play in your first few years, because you have not had the experience to learn the technique yet. It really is tough to do that down in and down out and focus on that. They are coming along and I think they are both guys that are team motivated and want to play for the other guys around them, which will always keep them improving."
Sophomore Wide Receiver Steve Breaston
On what he saw on film from the Indiana game ... "I feel that I didn't block well on the field. When I watched tape it confirmed it. I didn't block well. I made a mistake on a couple routes. I didn't feel I played all that good of a game."
On how many blocks he made in high school ... "I didn't throw that many but I played on kickoff return so I made some when I was on off return."
On if he looks forward to going on the road and the challenges that brings ... "You look forward to the challenge. It's different when you're playing away because everyone is cheering against you. That's why you prepare all week and work hard in practice. You just take that to wherever you go, whether you're at home or on the road."
On how he is working to improve as a wide receiver ... "They put me in at receiver and I feel good about it. I'm just trying to work hard every day. They're putting me in more roles and I have to do it for the team. I feel good about it, but I feel that the other receivers have to do their job the same as me. We have a bunch of types of receivers."
On the functioning of the offense over the last two weeks compared to the first three ... "Turnovers are going to happen. Poor plays are going to happen sometimes. Every week is a new week. Every week is a new team. We just have to go out to practice and work hard at correcting our mistakes and be ready to play next week."
On if he feels better prepared after his decision to redshirt as a freshman ... "Yes, I'm happy I redshirted. I'm happy the coaches redshirted me. It helped me out a lot to learn. I had to learn how to run routes and I had to learn the plays. I also got to watch a great bunch of receivers on the field. I got to watch Ron Bellamy, Braylon Edwards and Tyrece Butler. I was happy when Jason Avant played last year. His work ethic during practice and everything else is great. He goes all out. Watching him and Carl Tabb -- I came in with a great bunch of young receivers -- has really helped me learn a lot."
On moving into a starting role being awkward ... "It's not awkward. Any given week somebody could be in there. You just have to be ready to play. I'm fortunate enough to be in there right now. I know for sure that if I went down with an injury Tyrece Butler or Calvin Bell would be right in there to pick me up and we'd never miss a beat."
On how the other receivers have helped his development ... "They've taught me route techniques and how to get off of the line during jams. They've been playing the position their whole lives. They've helped me out a lot."
On who the leader of the receivers is ... "We don't have a leader. I'd have to say the seniors -- Calvin Bell, Tyrece Butler or Jermaine Gonzales. They're basically the leaders of the group. They've been to a lot of places and been in a lot of situations. They have a lot of knowledge about the game that the younger receivers don't have. We learn a lot from them."
On the communication issues that take place on the road due to crowd noise ... "I think I feel more comfortable. Oregon was a loud place to play at and it prepared me a lot for road games. It was different type of environment and it prepared me for a lot of road games in the future."
Fifth-Year Senior Linebacker Carl Diggs
On facing Iowa's offense ... "The biggest thing for the linebackers is that we all have a gap to maintain. If we can get to our gaps we will be in position to control the play."
On last year's loss to Iowa ... "They took it to us last year. They wore us down and took advantage of us. It was kind of hard to deal with. We don't want any team to come in here and push us around but that's what happened. This is a new team and a different year so we can only look ahead to this game."
On Iowa running back Fred Russell ... "They are a zone team and he's a great zone running back. He makes a lot of good cuts so he presents a challenge. Again, if you can't control the gaps, he will break a big run on you."
On the performance of the defense heading into the Iowa game ... "I feel like we are playing at a high level right now, we just need to make sure we maintain that for four quarters throughout a game. Indiana was able to come out after halftime and we didn't play at a high level and missed a lot of tackles. We need to play a full game against Iowa. Any time you play a road game, you need to bring your best, but especially against Iowa."
On Iowa's formula for success ... "If you look at them right now, they are playing good defense, they have a great special teams unit so they are doing everything it takes to set the tempo. They go out and control things from the start; that's why I call them the bullies of the Big Ten."
On how to game-plan against Iowa ... "They like to run the ball, they are going to run the ball at least 40 times a game. They try to control the game and let their defense win it for them. I think the game will be won between the tackles this week. You have to pay attention to their cutback runs as well."
On playing in Iowa City ... "It's a very tough place to play. The fans are going to be rowdy, it's going to be a hostile environment, we have to be ready from the get-go. Especially in Iowa, the crowd is right on your back so you need to be extra focused on what you need to do to win the game. This week is very important to us. This will set the tone for the rest of the season."
Fifth-Year Senior Offensive Tackle Tony Pape
On this week's game ... "This is a huge game for us and a huge game for them. The Big Ten race is on and everyone is still in it."
On what to expect from Iowa ... "They line up and just challenge you. It's no surprise what they are going to do, you just have to go out there and play harder than they do is what they are saying to you. This is a Big Ten game and this is what it's all about. Playing great defense and running the ball is what both teams try to do. This is definitely a Big Ten game for a Big Ten title."
On the offensive line's point of emphasis ... "We are putting a huge emphasis these next few weeks on getting the first down. We are going to try to get that, get things rolling, and establish momentum. That is our main goal as an offensive line."
On practicing to eliminate mistakes during the game ... "It's watching film, doing drills, doing the little things correct. We try to take the right steps, recognize the defense before we line up, and know what we are going to do before the defensive linemen can hurt the play. I think we know that we are in the race for this Big Ten championship, and for us to get there we have to focus on the details. We know that and are ready and prepared for that."
On the unique challenge of Iowa's defense ... "You don't see many teams like this anymore, it's different and it's a challenge. You see a lot of defenses now with a lot of blitzing. Iowa will give you some of that but it's not a scheme thing, it's more of a case of us vs. them. It's fun for an offensive lineman because the game is going to come down to the offensive line and running the ball. It's a great challenge for us."
Fifth-Year Senior Offensive Lineman Dave Pearson
On last year's Iowa game ... "We had a tough loss last year. Our offense didn't get the job done. We are looking to improve this week and work out some of the mistakes we made last year and figure out a way to go in there and get a victory."
On what Iowa's defense did last year ... "It wasn't anything specific they did. They don't run a whole lot of different things, but they do what they do very well. It's a fistfight when you go in and play Iowa and that is what we are prepared to do this year."
On the running game ... "The last two weeks we haven't run the ball the way we feel we are capable of. We plan on improving on that this week. There are a lot of things that go into that. Our offensive line has to work together as a unit to create the holes and Chris (Perry) needs to make the cuts. I think that we are capable of doing it, putting all the pieces together in one game and getting the job done."
On having two consecutive Big Ten Conference road games ... "Right now we are just focused on Iowa. I am sure it is going to be difficult to play two games on the road, but it's something that we have done before and this team is mature enough to handle it. Iowa City is a tough place to play, but I am sure we will be ready to go in there and play well."
On the game plan for Iowa ... "I think we are going to go in with the intent on running the ball this year. We are just going to play tough this year and that is what it is going to come down to."
On facing Iowa after last year's loss ... "It is a challenge for us. We got called out a little bit by them here last year and any time you lose to a team you want to go into the next game and put a solid performance up and take the game to them. I think the whole team wants to go in there and prove to everybody that we are a tough team and show what we are capable of doing."
On the highs and lows of college football ... "Emotion plays a big part in college football; it is a game of emotion. You have to go out ready to play and you have to be excited to play every time. You have to come out focused and ready to play each week or anything can happen to you."
On playing in Iowa's loud stadium ... "It was definitely a good warmup to play in Oregon and deal with that. So I think the team has figured out exactly what we need to do. Iowa is a very loud place to play, so we have to be really focused to play in a stadium like that. Oregon was very loud and that gave us a good idea of what to expect. We have to prove that we can win on the road; that is something we haven't done yet this year."
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The Rider
A renowned adventurer is hired to slay a dragon plaguing the land. To find the beast he ventures into the desert, while an assassin with a vendetta against him rides on his tail.
It was dusk. By then, not a solitary ray from Devywar shone through the clouded Ptaerok or struck the eastern steppes of Anum. A chill met the summer air, and frost formed along the edges of the Annen Strays.
Yet on the eastern steppes north of his home, Hasim spotted a bronze mare in the fading light. Her four-beat however slow, was deliberate and had an even pace as she marched toward his stead. A rider in the reigns. Hasim continued to watch as the sunlight dwindled and the rider came increasingly near. Hasim slowly filled with unease.
Soon the moonlight brimmed, but the rider was no clearer to see. The robes were a pale grey, and a hood obscured its face. Hasim was about to ask if the traveller needed a bed for the night but changed his mind, and kept silent out of fear.
"Boor," said the rider at last, referring to Hasim. Hasim hadn't expected a woman, for the armour under the robes made her appear deceptively larger.
The rider asked suspiciously in a thickly foreign accent, "Might I… take lodge here to-night?"
Hasim nodded, but remained tight-lipped. The rider dismounted and lead her horse to a stable before following Hasim.
Inside, Hasim's hut was warm. A welcome change from the cool air blowing, despite the season. The hearth was at the centre. A large stewing pot hung over the pyre, and smoke and steam rose up through the smokehole above.
Hasim's guest stood before the fire, and suddenly proceeded to strip; making herself at home. She slid off her outer robe, a fur liner and the leather armour. Now that the woman was disarmed, Hasim felt more composed and even aroused.
Out of curiousity, Hasim watched the rider sit in a cross-legged stance. She stuck out her palms face down so that they hovered inches above her knees, and she tilted back her head revealing her face and physique. Eyes closed, she inhaled deeply fiery fume.
Her person was beautiful to behold and fraught with mystery. Her youthful skin was taut, and as raven as her hair. Her hair looked never-cut, and billowed down to the small of her back. Her bare back— bare body looked thin and delicate to the touch. Yet navel to nape she was covered in scars, and they scoured deep.
Upon closer inspection Hasim saw that among the scars of thousands of lashes, lacerations and punctures were self-inflicted wounds. Raised markings of a meticulous design. Had he been a wise man, he would have known the shape her brandings made.
Abruptly the woman gasped for air, and her eyes shot open taking Hasim far aback. Her brown eyes were wide and searching, and her bosom was quickly heaving.
When she had regained her breath she closed her eyes once more and began chanting. Quickly, words unknown to Hasim came flowing from her supple lips, making them undecipherable even to one fluent in the language. She continued for several minutes until once again she was out of breath. Until there was nothing left to say; when she had achieved illumination.
What was most frightening however was how lithe the woman was, for she rose vertically using only her toes. Simultaneously, Hasim fell backward in fear when the rider produced a silver falcata, and pressed it against his chin.
Hasim panted frantically. The sword in the face, and the naked girl holding it made Hasim as horrified as could be.
Returning to the common speech, the rider began to interrogate Hasim. Accusing him as if he had committed treason. "Boor, you helped a man! Three men in fact!"
"Yes!" Hasim answered truthfully, daring not to deny it.
"One of the men, he was a Hawk yes?"
"Yes!" Tears began to stream from Hasim's eyes.
"Was it the Jackal?"
"The what?"
"The Jackal!" replied the rider more loudly. At the same time she dug the blade into Hasim's skin so as to draw blood. It made the man weep uncontrollably, yet he did answer in between frightened sobs, "Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Even after the woman pulled her weapon away Hasim continued to cry and repeat his answer. He curled into a fœtal position, and the rider put her clothes back on.
"Please don't kill me," Hasim begged.
"I won't kill you, boor. Just tell me which way he went."
"South! He carried on south!"
The rider sheathed her sword and left without further mention.


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monkfish had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit42 ontwerpen ingezonden door11 freelance designers.
I'm starting a new professional Internet consulting business called "TheWebCoach.biz". I need a professional looking logo for the brand.
MUST say "professional", not trendy. Type and an icon is what I want. The icon should show image of "coaching", no, not a ref blowing a whistle. Something? Not sure. Go crazy and have fun with this. Must be something you'd see on a consultant's card.
http://shoutwire.com/ - love these colors here
Maybe for the icon use some type of imagery for the web. Not sure what.
I want a logo designed in Photoshop at high resolution 300 dpi deliverable.
The business is a professional coaching firm for businesses and brands who need me to help them be successful online. I'll teach and consult them how to make money online and get more publicity.
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The Iraqi cabinet has finally approved a hard-fought security pact with the US under which all American troops are to withdraw from Iraq in three years, putting an end to the US-led occupation of Iraq that has defined America's relations with the rest of the world since the 2003 invasion.
However, the security arrangement, which was negotiated for months, must still be ratified by the fractured Iraqi parliament today, and only then will it clear its final hurdle. The deal with the US raises expectations that Britain is on the point of agreeing a similar pact on the withdrawal of its 4,100 troops from southern Iraq.
"The total withdrawal will be completed by 31 December 2011. This is not governed by circumstances on the ground. This date is specific and final," said Ali al-Dabbagh, an Iraqi cabinet spokesman, after the meeting at which nine cabinet members failed to turn up.
Iraq's national security adviser was quoted as saying on Friday that British troops would leave by the end of next year. But the Ministry of Defence insisted yesterday there were "no further announcements" on troop levels after the Prime Minister set out the Government's position in July. Gordon Brown said then that he would expect a "further fundamental change of mission in the first months of 2009" after British soldiers moved from a combat role to "overwatch".
But Britain, like Washington, is keen to conclude its "status of forces" agreement with the Iraqi government before the end of next month, when the current UN mandate conferring international legality on the foreign military presence expires.
Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Iraq last Friday, the British ambassador, Sir John Sawers, hinted that a pullout could be close. He noted that at present British forces were focused on two remaining commitments, training and mentoring the 14th Division of the Iraqi army, and preparing Basra airport for transfer to Iraqi control. "We remain on course to fulfil these tasks in the coming months, following which our military mission will change fundamentally, to a normal bilateral defence relationship, of the kind we have with other friends and partners in the region," Sir John said.
The White House welcomed the Iraqi cabinet approval – a boost for President-elect Barack Obama who has promised to begin withdrawing US soldiers as soon as he takes office in January – as an "important and positive step".
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May I add please, that when you take the cutting of the plumeria...let it
harden off. If you don't, it will rot for sure. You can keep a plumeria
cutting for days or weeks even, if not longer before planting.
I personally have never heard of cutting off a bloom stalk that is
on a cutting, David. May I ask the reasoning behind this??? I have heard
this on other plants, but never a plumeria. I have seen several
bloom, and root nicely despite having bloomed. I have had cuttings that
right away, then didn't bloom again for a couple years, but did fine.
On a personal note, Andrea, I would take the larger plumeria. Would take
while to grow the cutting back up to a nice size, and if it rots you have
nothing. I'd take the large one, they are super easy to overwinter, if
aren't the evergreen type...I have friends in cold winter regions that
just wrap
the thing in burlap and shove it under a bed or in the basement.
If you do plan on leaving the larger plumeria, make several cuttings
you move, that way you have it fairly well rooted or can take more if
don't work.
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I have a couple of Plumeria that I have been growing for a few years now.
Take the cutting, sink it deep enough so that it stands on it's own.
it in once and then don't water again until you see leaves. If the
produces flowers before leaves you should cut the flower stalk off.
Plumeria have very fine roots and overwatering the cutting will rot it
before it has a chance to root.
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Lovells have steered BAA's £546.6m sale of World Duty Free Europe Ltd (WDF) to Autogrill.
Freshfields represented BAA, which is selling WDF as part of its ongoing non-core asset disposal programme. WDF will enter into a 12-year concession agreement for the operation of duty free stores at BAA's seven UK airports.
WDF has 65 stores and annual sales of around £300m. The Freshfields team was led by corporate partner Laurie McFadden and included IP partner Richard Lister. The team worked closely with BAA general counsel Robert Herga.
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England escaped from Wales with a draw last night. It was heart- stopping, heroic, at times quite beyond belief and will go down as one of the greatest of all rearguard actions in the Ashes or any other sporting contest.
To achieve the most improbable of results the last-wicket pair of Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar, to whom bats may as well be pieces of cheese, had to negotiate 69 balls as Australia homed remorselessly in on victory. But their last-ditch resistance would have been hopeless without a quite stunning piece of defensive batting by Paul Collingwood, who lasted for almost six hours and repelled all that Australia could throw at him, which was a considerable amount.
At most points throughout the last day – as at most on the four days before it – Australia seemed certain to take a 1-0 lead in their quest to retain the Ashes. England had begun the day at 20 for 2 and by lunch were 102 for 5. If Australia bowled well and straight for the most part, their opponents were undone by a lack of application and poor judgement.
But somehow Anderson and Panesar stood their ground. Inspired by Collingwood they played in a measured fashion against the second new ball and when the spinners came on they were steadier still against the turning ball. Men crowded round the bat but the pair seemed utterly nerveless. Perhaps the Australia captain, Ricky Ponting, might have retained faith with his pacemen with the ball still new and hard, but he was also fully aware that the minutes were ticking by and that the last-wicket so-called rabbits might be vulnerable against a turning ball. He was wrong.
Towards the end, with the clock refusing to tick round fast enough and Australia desperately trying to cram in more overs, England sent out emissaries to offer advice, or water, or treatment. It was actually no more than a time-wasting measure and Anderson, not wishing for his concentration to be disturbed, sent them away.
If this looked inappropriate, in the England dressing room they presumably took the view that they did not wish to have come so far only to be denied. That they did get so far was almost solely because of Collingwood's sterling qualities.
It needed someone with his attributes to provide the belief that England could somehow salvage something. The idea of going behind in the series and having to pitch up in three days' time at Lord's, where Australia have not lost since 1934, was enough to fill all their followers with despair.
Collingwood had spoken the previous night of the need for heroes and he lived up to every single part of his rallying cry. It was a position custom-built for his brand of doggedness and toughness. He played straight and cautiously, never once taking unnecessary risks. It took him 32 balls after lunch to score a run and he knew that if he did not survive all was up for England.
Would that his colleagues had shown such stoicism under fire. Almost all England's batsmen, if not architects of their own downfall, had a helping hand in the design.
When straight bats were needed, they displayed crooked ones; when calm heads were required, they demonstrated muddled thinking. It was merely an extension of the cricket that had been played throughout five days. Australia knew what an Ashes series required and England did not.
Two wickets down overnight, it took only until the fourth over for England to lose their third on the fifth morning after heavy overnight rain cleared an hour before the start. It was their best batsman, Kevin Pietersen, and at that moment Australia must have let the thought seep into their consciousness that they would win the game.
Pietersen had played a risky drive wide of short extra cover to the third ball of Ben Hilfenhaus's and then to the next fatally decided late to withdraw his bat and shoulder arms. His off stump went tumbling and so, from England's point of view, did much else beside.
Shortly after, it grew worse when England's captain, Andrew Strauss, having cut Nathan Hauritz for one four, essayed the shot again to the next ball, saw it bounce a little more and edged behind. Papers were being prepared for the inquest on English cricket. Perhaps the least adequate stroke was played by Matt Prior, cutting against Hauritz's spin and caught at slip. The coroner was put on stand-by. Collingwood was not about to panic. He is not a student of cricket history but others who remember were already invoking Trevor Bailey at Lord's against Australia in 1953.
For 90 minutes, Andrew Flintoff checked his natural instincts and kept Collingwood company. He played fearsomely straight and desperation began to give way to the faint stirrings of hope. But suddenly Flintoff jabbed at Mitchell Johnson with the ball angled across him, confirmed with Ponting that his second slip catch was clean and walked off.
Crucial stands followed between Collingwood and Stuart Broad and Collingwood and Graeme Swann. Always Collingwood. Broad kept out 46 balls before he too played from his crease across the line and was leg before. Swann provided a different kind of resistance. He was palpably afraid of the short ball and three times in an over from Peter Siddle he was hit on the body. It seemed only a matter of time and when the new ball was taken it was possible to fear for Swann's welfare so easily was he ducking into the ball.
But he survived for 67 balls and 81 minutes before he attempted a pull against the persevering Hilfenhaus, Australia's best bowler. He was leg before. The opening statements about England's demise were being written.
But Johnson was wasting the new ball and Australia were showing signs of fatigue. With 12 overs left, the worst thing possible happened to England. Collingwood, brave, hard Collingwood, pushed at a short, wide one from the returning Siddle. From the 245 balls he faced it was one of maybe half a dozen when he played a shot of which he was not fully in control. It flew off a thick outside edge to Mike Hussey at gully and at the second attempt he held it. Collingwood sank to his knees.
He recognised what everybody on the ground also knew. England were about to go behind in the Ashes. But along came Anderson and Panesar, Jimmy and Monty as they will always be known on our dreams, and showed the stuff that was needed. The right stuff.
Sophia Gardens: Scoreboard
England won the toss
England Second Innings
*A J Strauss c Haddin b Hauritz......... 17
77 mins, 54 balls, 1 four
A N Cook lbw b Johnson......... 6
19 mins, 12 balls, 1 four
R S Bopara lbw b Hilfenhaus......... 1
5 mins, 3 balls
K P Pietersen b Hilfenhaus......... 8
23 mins, 24 balls
P D Collingwood c Hussey b Siddle......... 74
343 mins, 245 balls, 6 fours
+M J Prior c Clarke b Hauritz......... 14
40 mins, 32 balls, 1 four
A Flintoff c Ponting b Johnson......... 26
90 mins, 71 balls, 3 fours
S C J Broad lbw b Hauritz......... 14
68 mins, 47 balls, 1 four
G P Swann lbw b Hilfenhaus......... 31
83 mins, 63 balls, 4 fours
J M Anderson not out......... 21
71 mins, 53 balls, 3 fours
M S Panesar not out......... 7
40 mins, 35 balls, 1 four
Extras (b 9, lb 9, w 4, nb 11)......... 33
Total (9 wkts, 434 min, 105 overs)......... 252
Fall: 1-13 (Cook), 2-17 (Bopara), 3-31 (Pietersen), 4-46 (Strauss), 5-70 (Prior), 6-127 (Flintoff), 7-159 (Broad), 8-221 (Swann), 9-233 (Collingwood).
Bowling: Johnson 22-4-44-2 (nb1,w4) (4-0-11-1, 4-1 5-0, 8-3-11-1, 6-0-17-0), Hilfenhaus 15-3-47-3 (nb5) (3-0-9-1, 3-0-13-1, 5-2-14-0, 4-1-11-1), Siddle 18-2-51-1 (nb2) (1-0-4-0, 6-1-17-0, 7-0-18-0, 4-1-12-1), Hauritz 37-12-63-3 (nb3) (12-3-26-2, 16-4-31-1, 9-5-6-0), Clarke 3-0-8-0 (one spell), North 7-4-14-0 (1-0-4-0, 4-3-5-0 2-1-5-0), Katich 3-0-7-0 (one spell).
Progress: Fourth day: Close 20-2. Lunch: 102-5. Tea: 169-7 (Collingwood 55, Swann 4) 71 overs. 200 in 334 mins, 80 overs. New ball taken after 80.4 overs at 200-7. 250 in 422 mins, 101.2 overs. Innings closed 6.42pm.
Collingwood 50: 232 mins, 167 balls.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and B R Doctrove (WI).
Man of the match: R T Ponting.
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South Shore Blazers seek national glory
The South Shore United Blazers are a small, 501(c)(3) non-profit soccer club based out of Brockton. They have been around for many years and the teams are composed primarily of local Brockton kids from families with limited resources. They are an outlier in the world of top Massachusetts club soccer which is dominated by large, cash-rich clubs who have first rate facilities, high profile coaches and can recruit the top players from all over the state. Not surprisingly the largest, richest clubs are historically the most successful and it is rare that a smaller club can compete with them.
Enter the SSU Blazers U14 boys team.
In a true Cinderella Story, these boys have upset the odds over and over again to reach the finals of a National Club soccer tournament, The Presidents Cup which will take place in Auburndale Florida from July 10-14th (http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/presidentscup/ ). To earn this right, they have been on a long and convoluted road over many months that first involved winning the right to represent Massachusetts at a Regional tournament. After that success, they fought it out with 9 of the best teams in the North Eastern US over Memorial Day weekend and amazingly they won the whole tournament earning the right to represent the region in the National finals in Florida. Across all of the age groups including both boys and girls, they are the only team from Massachusetts to complete this outstanding achievement.
Unfortunately, this club has very limited resources. The coaching staff led by Nolan Napier charges a fraction of the fees charged by other clubs and in numerous cases the financial situation of the players' families means that Nolan and other club coaches and parents help subsidize the players so that the club can survive on a day to day basis. This is the spirit of the SSU Blazers. Everybody does what they can to support the development of these kids into great soccer players but most importantly, into fine young men. In order to represent the state and region in Florida, the club will need to raise significant funds.
Coaches and parents will continue to do everything they possibly can but in order to fund travel, lodging, local transportation for all of the kids we will need to rely on the generosity of many other people and organizations. Your sponsorship will enable these boys to complete their journey and compete for a National title that they have earned. This truly is the opportunity of a lifetime for many kids who will never see such an opportunity again.