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Can you point me in the direction of some solid black leggings? I need them for doing my walk first thing every morning. I'm a 14/16 and did have two ancient pairs from M&S, which were fine but disintegrated, and alternatives from Long Tall Sally (because I am tall as well as large) are made of rather feeble material, which doesn't bode well, for the future and are rather cold for tramping about. Got to be flexible as well as strong. Washable for sure.
Lucy, London SW18
Ah, the quest for the simple legging, once a staple but now, despite the 1980s revival, still difficult to find. Marks and Spencer (020 7268 1234, www.marks-and-spencer.com) still does ankle-length leggings that are robust, stretchy and washable; though they might not have had them in when last you looked, they are in store now. They come in sizes 8-20 and in three leg lengths (I'm very pleased to see more things come in varying leg lengths, at last, it seems, manufacturers are realising not all of us are 5ft 5in). In black only, they cost £20 and the style number is T58/7113, lest you have problems finding them - or should you wish to order them on-line.
Bhs (020 7262 3288) also has some nice thick leggings, style 6120, sizes 10-20; they come, in seven colours including black. No varying leg lengths so I hope they'll be long enough for you.
I have a treasured 1930s evening dress inherited from my grandmother. The other day I took it out of the wardrobe for an airing to find that since I last wore it it has become covered in silvery-grey marks. What are they? Is it mildew? Moth? Nothing else in the wardrobe is affected. I am desperate to restore it but have no idea how to do so. The dress is made from a sort of stretchy, bias-cut precursor to jersey (crepe de chine?) and is heavily sequinned around the neckline, so I have never had it dry-cleaned. Can you help?
Amelia Fairney, South London
I can't be certain of what caused these marks. They sound like age marks, which I appreciate is non-specific, but sometimes old garments can be put away looking fine and then what were invisible marks seem to ripen and oxidise and become all too horribly visible. Here are a few things you can do to restore your precious dress to something of its former glory.
The UK Institute of Conservation (020 7721 8246) has a database of restorers and conservators. If you send a cheque for £7.50 (made payable to "UK IC"), to 109 The Chandlery, 50 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7QY, the Institute will send you a list of the five workshops nearest to you that can help, plus their costs. (You need to include a brief note explaining what your problem is, as each restorer/conservator will have a different specialism, ie tapestries, shoes, fashion etc).
The wonderful Victoria and Albert Museum holds a free surgery on the first Tuesday of every month so you're just in time for the next one. Just ring the Textile Conservation department on 020 7942 2000 and ask for an appointment - it's a free service. A textile conservator will see your dress and be able to offer advice as to what's happened to it and what you can do.
If/when you decide to get it cleaned and the IC or V&A haven't suggested anyone else (but do see what they say first) then consider going to see Peter at Upstage Theatrical Dry Cleaners (020 7609 9119, based in London N7). He loves dealing with 1930s dresses and says he'd welcome the chance to see if he can restore this one. He can collect the dress if you can't get to him, give an assessment, try to clean it if you approve and deliver it back. Do let me know what happens!
Can you solve the mystery of the disappearing front-fastening bra? Now that Gossard has stopped making its marvellous Glossies - there's nothing on the market like them. Fitters tell me that older women in particular (I'm one of these) ask for front-fastening bras, underwired and with seamless cups, and are either shown horrible sports bras or are told to 'do it up at the front first and twist it round'. This isn't easy for arthritic joints or frozen shoulders. I don't want anything frilly, lacy or padded, just a comfortable garment that I can put on without turning myself into a contortionist.
Paddy Eaton, Kent
Front-loaders are becoming increasingly difficult to find, which I appreciate is annoying for older women who like them for their ease of entry. But the good news is that Gossard hasn't stopped making Glossies just yet, although they it will start phasing them out at the beginning of next year - despite the fact that they are bestsellers (I don't understand it either). They will be replaced next spring with Slinkies, which will be back-fastening. In the meantime, Glossies are still on sale for a few more months, so Paddy, and anyone else who likes seamless front-fastening bras, you have been warned: stock up on Glossies while you still can. Now. Price £18, in black, champagne, sahara and white, sizes 34A-38C; call 01525 859760 if you have problems finding them or you can buy them online from: www.figleaves.com
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The earnings gap between graduates and non-graduates is closing, shows research into the labour market. But graduates are still far ahead in the salary stakes.
It was feared that increasing the number of people going to university might flood the jobs market with graduates and erode the financial returns of having a degree. But the latest figures from the Department for Education and Skills show that graduates are still heavily advantaged. On average, a degree holder earns 43% more per hour than someone with A-levels alone.
This earnings advantage represents a sharp fall since 2001, when graduates were on average paid an extra 51%. And it also updates the earnings gap of 59% in the last annual survey from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The earnings figures, drawn from the labour force survey last autumn, show a workforce which is rewarded financially for each extra set of qualifications from GCSE through to degree. Or, looked at another way, it's a workforce penalised for each set of qualifications it fails to get.
Youngsters who get the basic benchmark of five good GCSEs earn £9.41 per hour, compared to £7.65 for those without qualifications. A-level holders earn more with £10.50 per hour. But the biggest step in this earnings ladder is between degree holders and A-levels, with the average graduate earning £14.97 per hour.
The survey also casts doubt on the idea that young people would be better off getting a trade than getting a degree. It shows that people who have been through a trade apprenticeship earn about the same as those employees with A-levels - and considerably less than graduates.
The number of graduates in the working population is now about 8m, up by 1.4m people in the past six years and representing 30% of people in work. Degree holders now account for more than 80% in "professional occupations".
The Association of Graduate Recruiters is forecasting a 14% increase in graduate jobs, with starting salaries rising accordingly. This followed a 15% increase in demand for graduates last year.
At the other end of the scale there are about 4m in the workforce without any qualifications. These workers earn on average less than half the hourly rate of graduates. And they are much more likely to become unemployed. Even with the current buoyant employment levels, manufacturing jobs fell by 93,000 in the three months to January.
Education secretary Ruth Kelly, launching a strategy on workforce skills this week, suggested a deepening problem for those without skills and qualifications. She quoted research that claimed by 2012, two-thirds of all jobs would be for employees with A-levels or degrees.
Richard Wilson, head of business policy at the Institute of Directors, says the trend towards an increasing number of graduates was "irreversible". Employers would continue to use qualifications as a way of "screening" applicants, he said, and that getting a degree was likely to remain a worthwhile investment for the workplace.
The Confederation of British Industry believes more young people would benefit by going into higher education, - with anything between 40% and 70% getting degrees. With such a potential growth in graduate numbers - and the continued fall in unskilled jobs - a CBI spokesperson pointed to the serious problems for those people leaving school without qualifications or basic skills.

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Another Failure - Monday, July 27th, 8:08pm
As I stare at the light being produced by my laptop, I groan, as I realise another Protagonize story has failed me.
It's not that I got into a story only to find out that the author hasn't completed it, or that I've spent ages on a chapter but been beaten to the punch by another quick-fire author. It's dissapointment in myself.
Another one of my seemingly excellent short story ideas has collapsed and died.
This time it was called 'Man In The Box', and although I had originally intended it to be solo, I've now opened it up to the floor to see what others make of it. However, due to my lack of real popularity, I doubt it will see the light of day ever again.
No more plot developments. No more 'Wow, that would be a great title chapter!' No more nothing.
Just another failure of a story from LairdTom, a 17-year-old gentleman from Oxford, United Kingdom.


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At the time of booking RBA were a cheap option at $750 return x 2 pax. Booked about six months prior to travel.
Happy with the service and travel. An hour stopover in Brunei on the way over and a three our stop in Brunei on the way home. I don't travel well on planes so the stop over was pleasing to me, allowing me time to stretch and walk around. Facilities at Bandar Seri Begawan airport a bit limited, undergoing reservations presently, but fine. I had read mention of the toilet facilities at BSB being not that good re squat toilets and cleanliness. We found the facilities to be clean with the option of squat toilet and western toilet.
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Future Reacts To Rumors Of Him Cheating On Ciara With Wardrobe Stylist
Rapper Future is finally responding to the cheating rumors with his wardrobe stylist. Just three months after giving birth to their son Future Jr. him and Ciara called it quits.
Rumors have it that Ciara called the engagement off once she heard of Future's alleged affairs. The woman who he allegedly cheated with is revealed and now the 'Move That Dope' rapper is speaking out.
Tyrina Lee is the woman according to US Weekly rumored to have slept with the rapper. And here is what Future had to say:
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my dog is one of my best friends & she will never be put in a situation where that could happen to her. being a responsible pet owner usually keeps this from happening.
this may not have been the dogs fault & it probably wasnt... maybe they should have shot the owner too.... but thats irrelevant.
the cops first responsibility is to go home safe every day to his family. his next one is to the situation he enters.
my other 2 best friends are a cop & an ex military cop.... both of them have been bitten on multiple occasions.... both of them have shot dogs because they felt like they needed to at the time.
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Amethyst helps you attain wisdom by reminding every aspect of your being of its inherent spiritual nature. Amethyst and the purple ray it carries draw your attention beyond the mind to the realm of pure spiritual knowledge and then bring this wisdom back into clear, conscious thought. Amethyst helps you let go of all that is old and all that holds you back so that you may fully embrace your spiritual destiny.
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Benefits of Wearing a Therapeutic Amethyst Necklace
Amethyst helps you attain wisdom by reminding every aspect of your being of its inherent spiritual nature. Amethyst is the gemstone bearer of the purple ray. It can help you let go of all that is old and all that holds you backon every level and in every aspect of lifeso that you may fully embrace your spiritual destiny.
When you wear a necklace of Amethyst spheres, it forms a column of energy that extends from your physical body through all your inner bodies to Soul itself. This column allows Amethyst energy to rise upward from your heart to your head and beyond, into the innermost, spiritual aspect of your being, bringing your attention with it. In the process, Amethyst draws your attention through your inner bodies, increasing your awareness and knowledge of them. Then, Amethyst and the purple ray bring this wisdom back into clear, conscious thought. The longer you wear Amethyst, the stronger and wider this column of energy becomes.
Amethyst's purple ray reflects the highest aspect of the mind, which is also known as the intuition. It stirs the intuition. This stirring helps your mind become aware of its own intuitive aspect and, ideally, of that which lies just beyond itsoul itself. When your mind becomes aware of its highest aspect, the energy that the mind once fed its undesirable tendencies is redirected. If Amethyst is worn long enough, these undesirable tendencies will begin to dissolve.
Amethyst can also help you understand and let go of anything that keeps you attached to a condition. When worn as a necklace of spheres, Amethyst affects all your subtle bodies, bringing the perspective needed to let go of attachments.
Amethyst promotes both inner and outer focus. By focusing your attention on a higher, more spiritual state, Amethyst keeps you from falling prey to the many distractions that impede spiritual growth. As it helps dissolve the duality between inner and outer experience, Amethyst helps you see that all of life is spiritual.
Amethyst urges you on all levels to look beyond yourself to the level of pure spirit and the true self. Within Amethyst's blueprint is a memory of pure Spirit, where matter, energy, space, and time do not exist, and where there is no duality. This memory also lies in your cells' blueprints. When you wear Amethyst, its blueprint resonates with those of your cells. The memory of your cells' optimal state is awakened, and the call of soul to return to this higher awareness is rekindled.
When you wear Amethyst in a necklace that lies near your heart chakra, its energy first connects with your emotions. It stimulates the area where emotions are born and uplifts the area's consciousness. This upliftment fosters a higher perspective on your emotions and helps reduce or balance emotional extremes. The balancing effect on the emotions is cumulative. Therefore, if you are easily imbalanced by others, you should wear Amethyst continually to cultivate this balance and allow it to grow.
When an Amethyst necklace falls near the throat, the purple ray tends to flow directly to the head and mind, bypassing the emotions and increasing the amount of energy flowing in through the throat chakra. This gives energy to the voice. Therefore, if you must address a group but are afraid to speak, you will benefit from wearing Amethyst around your neck near your throat. Wearing such a necklace will also benefit those who lack the self-confidence to express themselves or who speak too quietly or with uncertainty.
Amethyst should never be worn in a necklace that reaches much below the heart chakra. Necklaces of Amethyst that are too long will start to draw energy from the rest of the body to the stomach area, thus diffusing the necklace's focus and creating confusion.
Amethyst and the Nervous System
Each of the seven color rays of the life force is particularly healing and nourishing to certain aspects of the physical body. The purple ray nourishes and supports the body's communication system, including the nerve cells and brain. Consequently, wearing Amethyst can help strengthen these parts of the body and help resolve certain conditions associated with them.
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Those who love to wear gold can wear it freely with Amethyst. Not only will the two look beautiful together, but the Amethyst will provide an understanding and supportive influence by helping lovers of gold understand why they may cling to certain attitudes, feelings, or conditions. This understanding is important, because it will form the basis for lovers of gold to take further steps in their evolution.
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Amethyst color occurs naturally in a wide range from light to dark purple. Therapeutic Amethyst falls somewhere in the middle of this range and resembles the vibrant purple seen in a rainbow. As Amethyst moves away from this optimal color and becomes darker or lighter, its therapeutic value diminishes. The lightest purple is not the gemstone known as Lavender but only a washed-out Amethyst.
Clarity also plays a key role in Amethyst quality. Flaws and inclusions, or foreign matter, detract from its ability to radiate its healing energy. A tiny amount of flaws in a sphere is acceptable. However, when evaluating Amethyst, be aware that flaws disrupt or block the sphere's ability to radiate its energy in direct proportion to the flaws' size. The exceptions are minor flaws that have a prismatic effect. When a sphere with these flaws is moved in natural light, the Amethyst displays a rainbow or partial rainbow of colors. This property is an asset. All other flaws and inclusionsespecially cloudiness, dark flecks, internal fractures, or pieces of the rock matrix in which the Amethyst grewinhibit the Amethyst's energy and should be avoided. Poor drill holes or any damage to the sphere's surface, such as scratches, gouges, or chipped areas, also render Amethyst non-therapeutic.
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These virtually flawless, deep-violet gems are extremely rare and increasingly scarce. We at Gemisphere are both delighted and honored to be the planet's only source of them in rondel form. In fact, it is to make this rare find as affordable and available as possible that we are offering these gems as rondels rather than spheres. The rondel shape preserves as much of the crystal as possible while transforming the crystals into potent healing tools.
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February 14, 2014
Most vehicles are adept at driving on land, but the FIAT® brand has taken their vehicles up a notch, taking on not only land but also sea. First shown during its "Immigrants" TV ad, vehicles joyously cliff-dove and leapt into the sea to make their way from Italy to the U.S.
Next, this concept was brought to life by introducing FIAT 500 personal watercraft at various events in cities across America.
During Vans U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif., three specially constructed FIAT 500 models built on top of high-powered personal watercraft entertained surf fans during the opening day of the competition.
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Letting Loose the Hounds: Storiesby Brady Udall
"Funny, unpredictable, and abounding with strange beauty . . . a fierce new voice of the American West."—OutsideExploding with an unsettling exuberance, Brady Udall's stories traverse a geography of lost love, fragmented lives, and satisfying revenge. From the night a six-foot-three Apache Indian holding a goat steps into a/p>/em>
"Funny, unpredictable, and abounding with strange beauty . . . a fierce new voice of the American West."—OutsideExploding with an unsettling exuberance, Brady Udall's stories traverse a geography of lost love, fragmented lives, and satisfying revenge. From the night a six-foot-three Apache Indian holding a goat steps into a moonlit Arizona backyard in "Midnight Raid" to the pivotal moment when a man, delirious from a dental extraction, gets rescued by a stranger in the title story, Udall injects his stories and characters with equal parts darkness and humor. These are sad and sweet stories, moving from the familiar to surprising destinations. But even when disaster looms, Udall's fine comic sense sustains his men and women in their sometimes extravagant efforts to connect and cope. Plunged in the moment, these stories have velocity; they spray gravel as they take off.
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Udall's carpenter chic self-consciously draws him to men "stricken with heartache and fracture and fallen hopes": men, in other words, who drink too much, live too hard, and suffer "the confusion that comes with being lost in the world"though for no- account losers and "irretrievable failures," they sure do speak eloquently. In "Midnight Raid," a divorced and drunk dad sneaks up on his ex-wife's new house to deliver a pet goat for his son, against the mother's wishes. Another regular guy, a handyman who drives a "cowboy truck" and is irresistible to women, finds himself infatuated with a pretty girl suffering from a nervous disorder ("Junk Court"). "Ballad of Ball and Chain" makes its cynical comment about marriage pretty explicitly: A bachelor-party prank leads to the groom's accidental death and leaves his guilt- ridden best man with only one way to punish himselfby getting married. A teenage boy's perspective lends some innocence to other tough-guy tales: In "Buckeye the Elder," the narrator's sister takes up with a man who charms the whole family, an illiterate reformed alcoholic who's converted to Mormonism; and in "He Becomes Deeply and Famously Drunk," a juvenile delinquent whose father died when he was five returns to the ranch his father worked and discovers responsibility in work as a cowboy. In the most affirmative story, "The Opposite of Loneliness," a middle-aged divorced man discovers real familial joy as the supervisor of a group home for the "developmentally challenged."
The macho blather wears thin, and the mystery men aren't as intriguing as their creator might think, but beneath the affected surfaces it's clear that Udall has talent. He remains a writer worth watching.
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Chapter One
Midnight Raid
Roy growls and gives me the evil eye from inside his doghouse. He's flustered; I'm fairly certain this is the first time in his life a six-foot-three Apache Indian holding a goat has walked into his backyard in the middle of the night. Roy, there under the comfort of his own roof, seems to be trying to come to a decision. He doesn't know whether to raise hell or to make friends with me. I slowly take a step closerno sudden movesand ask him, as sincerely as possible, not to make any undue racket. He pokes his head out of his house and yaps, causing the goat I'm holding to let loose a thin stream of piss down my leg.
I suppose this ought to be explained: Roy is the pet of my ex-wife Amy and her new husband Howard, whose backyard I am currently lurking around in. The goat is a present for my seven-year-old son, Tate. Tate is somewhere in this immense, tacky house and my plan is to get this goat to him without Amy or Howard finding out about it. This is Scottsdale, Arizona, close to midnight and not too many degrees shy of a hundred. I would be untruthful if I didn't say I was a little drunk. I have dead grass in my hair and my belly feels like it's full of sharp sticks. Small, silvery fish are swimming around in my head, flashing behind my eyes like coins.
I'm positive that what I'm doing is the correct, the honorable thing. In that earnest, heartbreaking penmanship of his, my boy has written me at least half a dozen times asking for his pet goat, and no matter what my wife has to throw at me, the injunctions and restraining orders and so forth, I am going to get it to him.
"Roy," I say, looking up at this pink stuccoed mansion that's big enough for two zip codes, "where's Tate?"
Roy has no idea. And he's wondering how I know his name. Fact is, it's written in big capital letters above his little door, exactly the way they do it in cartoons. Roy tiptoes out of his house, his head cocked to one side, to have a better look at me. He's perplexed and not afraid to admit it. I hold out my hand, the universal peace offering, and he gives me a doubtful sniff. From the looks of him, Roy is not a pure breed of any kind. He has a thick, wedge-shaped head and bulging Marty Feldman eyes. His butt is as pink and hairless as a baboon's. He circles me once, paying particular attention to the goat. I think he's beginning to understand that neither of us are here to cause any harm.
Two lights are still on upstairs; I'm going to have to wait here until everything is dark and quiet before I make my move. Meantime, I'll sober up, gather my wits, get to know Roy a little. The backyard I'm in is nothing more than a football-field-sized patch of dry grass with a doghouse in the middle of it. There's no swing set or old soccer ball or anything else you'd expect to find in the yard in which a seven-year-old plays. Poor old Roy here doesn't even have a rubber bone to chew on. This is more a wasteland than a backyard, as if the soul of the desert still festers in this very spot, refusing to be driven out with sprinklers and lawnmowers and fertilizer. I sit down on the baked, crunching grass and look up at the drifting clouds that have been turned murky shades of orange and green by the lights of the city.
It would have been much more simple and comfortable to wait in front of the house in my air-conditioned truck, but this beefy woman security guard kept walking by, asking what my business in the neighborhood was. I made up elaborate lies about a surprise party for my mother-in-law who lived just down the street. Pretty soon she started asking for names and addresses. She wanted to see some identification. I mumbled and coughed and acted drunker than I was and she told me I'd have to leave or she'd call the cops. So I parked my truck at a mini-mall about a mile away and came in on foot, sticking to the shadows and bushes, the goat heehawing and complaining the whole time. I had to be particularly careful because nearly all the houses around here have huge floodlights, as powerful as the kind you might find at Yankee Stadium, that are specifically designed to keep people like me away.
Theoretically, the art of sneaking and hiding and stealing through the night should be in my blood. I'm three-quarters Apache, a registered member of the White Mountain tribe. They say my ancestors could melt into the underbrush, run at full speed without making a sound, crouch as still as a tree stump for hours on end. Soldiers of the U.S. Army used to swear that the Apache had the power to make themselves invisible. Right now, I would settle for just being able to keep this goat quiet.
I never lived the Apache lifestyle, even by today's standard; I grew up in a middle-class section of Winslow where my father worked at the post office. Most of my extended family lives on the reservation and when I go to visit they all laugh at me. They tell me I talk like John Wayne. The say I smell like a department store. And I married a white woman which did not go over too well. What has being an Indian meant to me? A scholarship from UCLA, a boring job at an electronics firm and suspicious looks from the clerk whenever I go into a 7-11.
Most everybody thinks that the breakup happened because of the pressures and conflicts that go along with an interracial marriage. Actually, this had nothing to do with it at all. Our divorce was an honest, smash-mouth affair based on past indiscretions and betrayals on both our parts. Until the very end we went on pretending that everything was perfect, never looking one another in the eye. Then one day my wife came home and accused me of "malfeasance." Right then I knew it was all over. You don't come into your own home throwing around words like "malfeasance" unless you've been talking to lawyers. Amy got the boy, our classic Cadillac and most of the money, leaving me with the house and the pickup. Now she's married to a retired rancher who has the money to waste on lawyers who have the arcane ability to twist the law, make it so that a father cannot even see his own son. "Damn the law," I say to Roy. "Damn the Constitution." Roy licks his chops and doesn't disagree.
In the backyard that adjoins this one somebody has begun making a racket, splashing around in their pool and burping and singing snatches of old Sinatra songs in a way that is painful to hear. After awhile I can't stand it anymore and I walk over to the fenceit's quite a long walkwith Roy following behind. The fence is much too high to see over so I just have to yell, "Will you put a lid on it over there?"
"Who said that?" the guy calls out. By his voice I'd guess he's around retirement age and has a good bit of beer in him.
"Over here," I say.
"Are you my neighbor?"
"I could be."
"What's the yelling for?"
"It's to quiet you down."
"I think you're just jealous of this nice pool I've got. You're the only goddamn one in this whole goddamn neighborhood without a pool. It's common knowledge around here."
I don't have anything to say to that so I keep my mouth shut.
"Well, why?" he says.
"Why what?"
"Why don't you have a pool?"
I think about it for a minute. "Because I'm a horse's ass."
"Ten-four," he says.
I go back to my spot next to Roy's doghouse and sit down on this lawn that's as soft and inviting as the bottom of a skillet. It really makes me wonder what kind of sense Amy and this Howard character have. What's the point in living in a place like this, knocking elbows with the rich and the famous, and not owning a pool? I could be taking a few laps and cooling off while I wait instead of sitting here, covered with a grainy film of sweat and smelling like a world war. I think if I was the goat I'd be complaining too.
Tate loves this damn goat more than anything in the world and for reasons I can't understand, Amy won't let him have it. I've fought with her about it, called her up on the phone and told her that for a child to grow up without a pet is not right. She told me Tate had a pet, a dog that he got along with rather well. Tate wrote me a letter to set the record straight. He said he didn't like the dog much at all; it was ugly and stupid and had bugs living in its fur. Though Roy does have his positive qualities, I would have to say Tate had him pegged pretty good. All I want, Tate wrote, is Jumpy, my goat. That tore my heart in two meaty halves, brought water to my eyes, and here I am, doing what I can to make my boy happy.
As long as the truth is coming out all over the place, I might as well admit that the goat I'm holding in my arms, the one Roy is sniffing warily right now, is not the original Jumpy. Tate found the original Jumpy tangled in some barbed wire near our home in Flagstaff. We were never able to find the owner so Tate kept it. It was a cute little thing, so tiny, with its flopping ears and old man's beard. Tate loved it so much he kept it in his room for the first few days, put Pampers on it and fed it with a bottle. After the stink got to be too bad I built a small pen for it out back. A few months passed and we noticed that it wasn't growing at all. We took it to the vet and he told us it was not a baby goat as we'd thought all along, but an adult pygmy goat. He held up one of its hind legs and said, "See there? Fully developed gonads."
"Adult?" we said. "Gonads?"
The vet said, "Adult as it gets. It's a pygmy goat. It's small. That's the point."
We didn't have the heart or the know-how to explain to Tate that this cute little pet of his was not an innocent baby, but an adult with an active sex drive, fully developed gonads and the whole bit. We let him live with that childhood notion that it's possible for things to stay the same, that everything in this world does not have to become old and tired and undone.
When Amy left with Tate, she wouldn't let him take Jumpy. Maybe, like me, she saw the goat as a symbol or a reminder of something: our shared life, our togetherness. They went away and I never fed the goat again. I don't know how long it was before it died; I stopped going to work, I was drunk and fairly deranged twenty-four hours a day. I came unglued; there were pieces of me all over my suddenly too-large house. I wandered room to room, shuffling my feet and knocking things over like a clumsy ghost. One day I looked out the window. Down in Jumpy's pen were several buzzards and some crows all crammed in a huddle as if discussing secret matters. I grabbed my shotgun, intent on blowing those carrion-eaters into next Sunday, but in my condition I couldn't even find the safety on the gun and those evil birds got away scot-free. Jumpy was just a little pile of bones that looked like the remains of somebody's chicken dinner. He had eaten every last weed and blade of grass inside his pen and the bark on the lower sections of the cedar fence posts had been completely chewed away. Right then I would have turned the gun on myself had I been able to locate the goddamn safety.
I let almost a year go by before the guilt, eating at my insides like an ulcer, drove me to do something about it. It took two weeks, around four dozen phone calls and a three-hundred-mile trip to Albuquerque to find a pygmy goat that looked anything similar to Jumpy. The guy that sold it to me was an old Mexican bean farmer with unnecessarily perfect teeth. I guess he could see the desperation running rampant on my face and he couldn't stop smiling about it. He told me he wouldn't part with this goat for less than one hundred and thirty-three dollars. He said he had special feelings for this particular animal and to give it up to a stranger like me would cause considerable pain no matter what the price. I coughed up ninety dollarsit was all I had to spareand on my way down here I stopped at a Burger King and bought the goat a Whopper, some fries and a shake.
We've been together two days now and this goat is beginning to get to me. Sometimes, for no reason at all, it raises its tiny head and lets out a high-pitched squall that sounds like the screech of car tires. It has already bitten all the buttons off my shirt and swallowed them, not to mention the pissing and shitting every half hour. Roy, who apparently has come to the conclusion that neither of us provide any great threat, sits right next to me, his butt jammed against mine, and looks up at me with these glossy, rolling eyes. I give him a squeeze. We all need love and Roy is no different. He sighs in my face and I inform him his breath could be better.
Both of the lights upstairs go off within seconds of each other. I get up and wander around the back of the house, checking the windows and the sliding glass door. All locked. A dry, cottony panic expands in my throat, shutting off my air. I had this crazy idea in my head that I could just crawl through a window, locate Tate in the slumbering household, leave the goat with him and be on my way. This was the plan I came up with after a few rounds of tequila at the bar earlier this evening. Now that I'm bordering on sober, I'm aware that that it's not going to work. No doubt Howard has an alarm system rigged up to protect his house; Amy wouldn't just marry any idiot. And if there's one thing I don't want, it's to get the police involved.
I lie down on the grass and squeeze my head between my hands, trying to think. Lord, this heat! Hell could not do much better than this. It feels as if all the moisture has been sucked out of my brain, leaving it as useless as a punctured football. My teeth and eyeballs are like old wood. Roy comes over and goes to work licking my face. I take an after-dinner mint from my jeans pocket and give it to him. He gnashes it into a fine green paste, smiles at me and waits for another. I pull my pockets inside out to illustrate there is no more where that came from.
My watch tells me it's already one a.m. I have to do somethingI can't spend all night commiserating with a dog in this pounding heat. I stand up and look around for something to throw; there's nothing in the grass, not so much as a stick or a pebble. I peel one of the tar shingles off Roy's doghouse and sling it like a Frisbee at what I hope will be Tate's window. The shingle misses by a good five feet and thwaps against the side of the house, causing a shower of stucco dust to float to the grass like pink snow. For some reason this sends Roy into a barking frenzy and before I can get him quieted down a light comes on upstairs. I crouch behind the doghouse, my chin between my knees. I hear a window slide open and Amy say, "Roy, will you shut up?" in that beautiful voice of hers that sounds like rain falling on a lake. Back when we were going out I used to call her answering machine when she wasn't home just to listen to the puff and slide of her vowels.
I can't help myself. Staying where I am I say, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair."
There is a long, thunderous silence before she says, "Jerry?"
I stand up. No more sneaking around like a coward. I pick up the goat and say, "I'm here toI brought thisI'm absolutely serious, dammit."
She is a black cut-out against the light behind her. I can tell she is straining to see; she takes her contacts out before she goes to bed. She whispers, "Oh, Lord."
She moves away from the window and seconds later a light blinks on in the living room. I tuck my shirt in and try to shake the debris out of my hair. She opens the door and sticks her head out. She's wearing black-rimmed glasses and an expression of bewilderment. Roy barks happily and the goat gives me a solid kick in the ribs, a blow akin to being jabbed in the midsection with the fat end of a pool cue. Howard appears at the top of the stairs and begins an uneven, thumping descent. From this distance, he looks younger than his sixty-one years. His skin is the polished bronze Hollywood actors would sell their souls for.
Holding my gut, I push the door open and step inside. A frosty air-conditioned current swirls over me and it's as if I've just stumbled into heaven. I shut the door behind me so as to not let any of this wonderful air out. Roy puts his nose on the glass and looks up at me as if I've betrayed him.
"For God's sake, Jerry," Amy says. Why would she have to be wearing the green satin nightgown I bought for her birthday a few years ago? This is the nightgown that shows up in a good many of my fondest memories. I can smell the aloe lotion she likes to use on her skin.
"I brought this goat, for Tate," I say. My voice is a wounded, struggling thing in the cool elegance of this living room. "Just two minutes to give him the goat and say hello and I'm gone. You won't even notice me."
Howard limps up next to Amy and I see under the hem of his bathrobe that he has one normal, tanned leg and one that is made of shiny, flesh-colored plastic. His white hair is like the bristles on a toilet brush. Can it be that my wife left me to marry this liver-spotted senior citizen with dentures and an artificial leg? Then I remember how rich the son of a bitch is and it makes me feel a little better.
"Would someone kindly inform me as to what in the name of hell is going on here?" he says. If it is possible to make a western drawl sound refined and high-minded, then this guy is pulling it off. We are standing on a circular rug that is made from the hides of at least six cows. Expensive Navajo rugs hang from almost every wall.
"Is Tate's room upstairs?" I ask.
"Now wait right there, son," Howard says, standing between me and the foot of the staircase. "You're breaking the law here. You've just entered my house without permission and broken the terms of the restraining order placed on you last month. You're up shit creek and sinking fast."
Did he call me "son"? I look at Amy to see if she is as astounded by this as I am. Her arms are folded over her chest and she's chewing on her thumbnailtick tick ticka habit that used to drive me crazy until I bought her a self-help book that aided her in finding the inner power to stop.
I start for the stairs and Howard blocks my way, resting his hand lightly on my shoulder. He gives me this terrifically sincere look and says, "You and the farm animal are invited to leave."
I shift the goat to my left arm and hit him in the mouth with my right. He teeters for a moment on his good leg, his lower lip already sprouting blood, before he goes down. I know that he is handicapped and older than my own father, but who ever accused an Apache of fighting fair? Maybe when everything is finished Howard will count himself lucky that he made it through this whole situation without getting scalped.
What I feel climbing the stairs is not the mindless, teeth-grinding anger that usually rises up when I'm in a situation that involves confrontation and punches and blood. At first the only thing inside me is the blinders-on determination that I'm not leaving this house without seeing my son, but something else comes over me, a sudden ache of sadness at the measures we have to take, the desperations and last resorts. I feel an unwieldy heaviness, all thirty-eight years of me pressing down, and as I haul myself up those last few steps it's all I can do to keep from dropping the goat down the stairs.
I open all the doors in the upstairs hallway and the last one is Tate's; I can tell it instantly by the smell of dirty socks and model airplane glue. I put the goat down and kneel by his bed in the strip of light coming in from the hall. Can there be anything more sweet and beautiful than a sleeping child, especially your own? He snorts and rubs his face in his Robocop pillow, oblivious to the adult idiocy going on around him. Amy stands in the doorway for a second, most likely to make sure that I'm not doing anything drastic, and I have this terrible sense of deja vu: after dinner and TV, Tate wrapped up in his covers, me telling boring stories about my college years in the hopes it will put him to sleep, Amy looking in on the both of us.
When I glance up again Amy is gone. I can hear her downstairs exchanging whispers with Howard. Looking down at my sleeping son, feeling his heart vibrating through the blanket, I'm nearly paralyzed with the thought that in a matter of minutes I'll be forced to walk away, leave him here in this strange room, in this strange house. It takes what little strength I have left to move away from the bed, turn on a lamp, retrieve the goat from over by the desk where it's chewing on one of Tate's baseball cards. I empty out his toy box and put the goat inside so it won't be able to run loose. I sit down at his miniature desk and write him a short note with the only writing instrument available, a fat neon-green marker shaped like a dancing dragon. In a shaky, trailing hand I remind him to make sure to feed the goat every day and to mind his mother. I tell him that I love him and to remember me in his prayers. Before leaving, I tidy up his room a little.
Downstairs, Howard is on the phone, blood smeared on his chin and a shiny old-style silver and gold pistol dangling from one hand, explaining calmly and eloquently to the police that an intruder, a crazed Indian no less, has violated the sacred boundaries of his home. He informs them that if someone does not arrive on the double, he may be obliged to use the kind of deadly force you read about in the newspapers.
I stand at the bottom of the stairs unsure of what to do next. Amy is nowhere to be seen. I know I should get out of here fast if I don't want to be making conversation with druggies and car thieves in the county jail tonight, but first I feel something has to be said, some apology made.
Howard puts down the phone and says, making sure I can see the gun in his hand, "Are you on your way out?"
Unable to come up with anything better, I say, "This is a real nice house you've got here, Howard."
Amy appears out of the kitchen with a glass of scotch in her hand. She stares at me blankly, as if I'm a salesman who has entered her house to demonstrate a product she has no interest in.
"You might think about getting a pool, though," I say. "A pool would be nice."
"I can't swim," Howard says.
"It's late," Amy sighs, pinching the bridge of her nose with her thumb and forefinger.
"Migraine?" I say.
She says, "Please, Jerry."
"Okay, yep, no problem." I'm talking on my way to the front door just to fill the silence. "I better be leaving. Bye-bye."
Once Howard has shut the door on me and I'm outside, empty-handed and loping across the scorching street, I feel more lonely and lost than I ever have in my life; it's as if I've been completely scraped out from the inside. I make it to the end of the block before I do a one-eighty and sprint back to Amy and Howard's backyard. I open the gate and Roy is waiting right there as if he knew I would return. "You want to come?" I whisper and he goes haywire, huffing and yapping, his tail whipping all over the place. He ricochets off my chest and runs around in a tight circle. I take out my pocketknife and scratch a few words above the name on his doghouse so it reads like a short farewell letter:
I'm long gone Love, ROY
I grab hold of his collar and lead him out into the street. I don't have a leash, but he stays right with me, his shoulder sporadically bumping my leg. We're trotting across someone's front lawn when I have to pull him into the bushes to let a patrol car go by, lights pulsing. I get my wind back and we're off again, ducking and sprinting from house to house, dodging through sprinklers and hiding behind an occasional decorative cactus, keeping to the shrubbery and shadows when we can.
Meet the Author
Brady Udall is the author of The Lonely Polygamist, a New York Times bestseller, and Letting Loose the Hounds. He teaches at Boise State University and lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife and children.
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This is pretty much the same as all the other Breed books so far... same basic plot...
The storyline of the Breeds get a bit more developed as the Breed Law is now fixing to be passed and the President's daughter needs to be protected so she can't be used to sway the vote... Her guards get distracted and she gets attacked and it up to the Breed male to protect her. The Hero is a coyote and we have learned so far that the Coyote Breeds are the worst Breeds, even other Breeds don't like the Coyotes.
The Hero is seperated from other Coyote Breeds and he mates with the President daughter, but she don't want to stay with him.
Great smex between these two, as in all Lora Leigh books...Definately worth the credit, if you have invested into the series.
Great Credit.
Narration was pretty good. No issues...
"great series"
this a wonderful story and great plot. With great feeling and characters. Love this series.
"Book hog."
This book is something I would rather use a free credit on. Elizabeth's wolf with Dash was fantastic. Writers have to understand you get get top rate price when the naranator who just reads. I will admit that most of my books have had people who really get in to what they are reading. Some do a crapy job with multiple voices,however I find I can deal with it much easier than listing to the person reading this. I always try to listen to the samples because some sound like reporters at the end of a chapter. Some sound like nails on a blackboard. Either was the case with this book. She had no passion for at least the main characters. Also I am so sick of hearing the the C word for a female part. Once or twice in a book is fine. The rest are just dropped in as a crude word. I read soo much being disabled. Audio book is going to make me broke. I would love a better system on making purchases like being able to choose the naranator. Mostly in the cases when purchasing a 5 hour story for dam near the price of 35 chapters. This book is compact so I would buy & read it you will enjoy it. Here well if you can close out the naranator. Michelle.
"Really Disappointed in the Narrator!"
The story line was similar to all the others, and just another step in the series.
This is a different narrator that the others that I have listened to in this series. In my opinion, she was AWFUL! The male Kiowa sounded like a villain, and not as part of his character. I just did not like Ms. Lewis's voices which she used throughout. After about 5 minutes of rolling my eyes at her character rendition, I was seriously considering returning the book. The only reason I did not, was that I wanted to follow the series. However, if Ms. Lewis is now the regular narrator, I will no longer purchase the remaining books.
"Soul Deep"
I enjoy the Breed Series by Lora Leigh and this is a great addition but a little light on story line for this author
It is very similar to her other shorts and lacks the plot development and finishing touches that the later books in the series contain
I don't think I really had a favorite in this book. I like Cassie the best in the Series so maybe her.
NO, this is one of the stories you can listen to over time.
I don't want anyone to think this book is not good because it is. I just think it is not one of Lora Leighs best and I am comparing it against the others.
"Great Author"
I have read most of her books of her "Breed" series and I love them. Some are better then others but this book was great! Steamy with heart.
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School varsity boys' tennis team got its season off to a fine start Thursday when it defeated Woonsocket High School 7-0 in a division match at home.
Head coach Tina Schroeder said she's excited about the new season.
"I think it's going to be the strongest team we've had since I've been here," she said while watching Thursday's play. "We've got depth this year, especially in the doubles lineup."
Senior Luke Lewis has the number-one spot in singles play.
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Applesauce Brownies Recipe
Diabetic Friendly Recipe
Applesauce Brownies use olive oil, the good fat. The use of unsweetened applesauce and cocoa powder keeps sugar content down. Natural honey sweetens these brownies perfectly.
Recipe Ingredients
3-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 package active dry yeast
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
3 tablespoons apricot preserves
2/3 cup ground almonds
Recipe Directions
Preheat oven to 375-degrees.
Combine oil, applesauce and cocoa. Add honey and stir until dissolved. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients together and stir into the mixture.
Pour the batter into a greased and floured (or wax paper lined and sprayed) 9-inch square pan. Sprinkle on nuts (optional). Bake about 20 to 30 minutes or until top is set but edges are not dried out. Toothpick will come out clean.
Recipe Note
If no pure honey is available or on hand, you can use another 1/2-cup unsweetened apple sauce instead.
Nutrition Information
Yield: 24 squares
Serving size: 1 bar
Calories: 116; Fat: >6g; Carbohydrates: 15g; Cholesterol: 9mg; Protein: 2g; Sodium: 59mg;
Exchanges: 1 Bread, 1 Fat
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Attend Bible School
ROXBURY TWP. Vacation Bible School is being offered by the Lower Berkshire Valley United Methodist Church, 294 Berkshire Valley Road, from Aug. 5 to Au g. 9., Sunday to Thursday evenings, from 6:30 p.m to 8 p.m. Children ages 5-11 a re welcome from all faiths. The theme is "We Are The Church." Each evening wil celebrate a different church season. Crafts, music, games and a snack will be offered. The fee is $5 per family. Call (973) 366-2895 for registration.
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MOUNT ARLINGTON Mount Arlington will host its annual "National Night Out " against crime on Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. The event will be held at the Mount Arlington School, Howard Boulevard, rain or shine.
Residents are invited to join the police department, the DARE program, the fire department, the first aid squad, emergency management services, the county sheriff's office and other law enforcement agencies. The purpose of the event is to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness and to generate support for local crime prevention efforts. A community walk will begin at 8:30 p.m. Residents are asked to bring flashlights.
For more information, call Kerri Mulligan at (973) 770-8191.
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ROXBURY TWP. An informative program on protecting one's assets will be held at the Roxbury Township Public Library on Tuesday, Aug. 21. The program is open to all and will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the library's meeting room. Registration is not required, but is recommended.
Richard DiTarano of Seniors Only Fiancial will address a variety of tools necessary for seniors to be more educated and to be able to make decisions regarding t heir assets. Call (973) 584-2400 for more information.
Kids' programs planned
ROXBURY TWP. Roxbury residents in grades one through seven can attend the Roxbury recreation Summer Playground Program this summer. The children do arts and crafts, play games and take trips. They run through Friday, Aug. 10. Parent s can choose from one of four locations. They include Berkshire Valley, the Jefferson School in Succasunna, the Lincoln/Roosevelt School in Succasunna and the Nixon School in Landing. Registration is in process at the recreation office, 72 Eyland Ave., Succasunna. For more information, call (973) 448- 2015.
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NETCONG Vendors are being sought for the Netcong Day Street Festival. The festival is planned for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9. For more information, call (973) 347-0067 or email to Netcongdayaol.com.
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A free, first-time home buyer's seminar for households on modest incomes will be held at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 31 at Commerce Bank, 535 Route 10, Randolph Township. The Housing Partnership for Morris County is sponsoring the seminar. Pre-registration is required. Call (973) 659-9222 to register or for more information.
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ROXBURY TWP. The First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna is planning a new Bible Study for the summer months.
The study will run on Sunday evenings for six weeks, through Aug. 5. The study will be on the Book of Acts and is entitled "How We Grew To Be The Church." Studies begin at 7 p.m. and run until 8:30 p.m. and are held in the fellowship hall. All are welcome to attend. The church is located at 99 Main St., Succasunna. Call (973) 584-5238 for more information.
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ROXBURY TWP. The First Presbyterian Church, located on Main Street, Succasunna, will change its summer worship schedule. Beginning this week, worship service is at 9:30 a.m. The schedule will continue through Sunday, Aug. 26.
The congregation will join with the congregation of the United Methodist Church of Succasunna and will meet in the Presbyterian Church sanctuary this week. Beginning on July 29 through Aug. 26, the group will worship in the sanctuary of the United Methodist Church. For more information, call (973) 584-5238.
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ROXBURY TWP. Sugar "N" Spice Nursery School, located in Succasunna, is now accepting registrations for the 2001-2002 school year. The school offers a one day per week program for 2.5 year-olds, two and three days per week programs for 3 year-olds and three and four day per week programs for 4 year-olds. For more information or to arrange a tour, call director Nancy Chontow at (973) 584 -9010.
Enrollment Open
ROXBURY TWP. Reedemer Christian School, located at Eyland and Unneberg Avenues in Succasunna is accepting enrollment applications for the 2001-2002 school year. The newly established school is open to children from ages 2.5 to 5 year old. Call (973) 584-6300 or send an e-mail to RedeemerSchoolhotmail.com for m ore information or to request an application.
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ROXBURY TWP. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2833 of Kenvil is accepting old flags for proper disposal. Flags may be put in plastic bags and hung from the post's rear door at any time or can be dropped off in person on any Friday nig ht. The post is located at 16 High St., Kenvil.
Suggestions sought
MOUNT ARLINGTON The Mount Arlington public school district is currently in the planning stages for the 2001-2002 Title 1 Basic Skills Improvement program. Should any parent or citizen have any suggestions or recommendations about this program, they can contact Principal Jane Jameson at (973) 398-4400.
Volunteers sought
MOUNT ARLINGTON Volunteer first aid squad members are needed by the Mount Arlington Rescue Squad. Anyone interested in helping the community by joining can call the captain at (973) 398-4437. Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older. Free training is provided. Classes start this month.
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ROXBURY TWP. Redeemer Lutheran Church, located on the corner of Eyland and Unneberg Avenues in Succasunna, holds regular worship at 8:30 a.m. and 10 a. m. each Sunday. Contemporary services are at 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Sunday School is held at 9:45 a.m. for ages 3 to adult. Call (973) 584-6300 for more information.
Borrow DVD's
MOUNT ARLINGTON The Mount Arlington Public Library, located on Howard Boulevard, is now stocking DVD movies and music CD's. The library is open from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Pre-register kids
ROXBURY TWP. The Succasunna Nursery School, located at 99 Main St., Succasunna, has limited openings for its 2.5, 3, and 4 year-old morning class. In addition, there is an afternoon class for 3 and 4 year-olds and a five day program for 4 year-olds. Call (973) 584-3771 for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Join school
ROXBURY TWP. The St. Therese School in Succasunna has seven openings in its Pre-k, 3, and 4 year-old Early Childhood Programs. If interested in registering a child, call Sister Mary Elizabeth Davies at (973) 584-0812.
Donate cartridges
ROXBURY TWP. The Kennedy School in Succasunna is recycling used laser and ink jet printer cartridges in exchange for points to purchase computer techno logy. The program is ongoing throughout the year.
The program is called Educational Technology and Conservation Exchange Program (ETCEP). ETCEP will award Kennedy School with points towards computers, printers, scanners, modems, etc. for returned laser and ink jet printer cartridges. If anyone is interested in helping out, you can return your old cartridge in the new cartridges' box to the Kennedy School. There is a collection box located at the school. Photocopier, re-manufactured or damaged cartridges are not accepted. For more information, check the website at www.ETCEP.com.
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ROXBURY TWP. The Ladies Auxiliary of Berkshire Valley Firehouse Co. No. 3 is looking for new members to fulfill its membership. The group meets at the firehouse, located at 271 Berkshire Valley Road, Berkshire Valley on the second Monday of the month. For more information, call (973) 366-4103.
Seniors meet
ROXBURY TWP. The Roxbury Senior Citizens Club meets at 10 a.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at the new Horseshoe Lake facilities in Succasunna. Please use the front recreation department entrance until further noticed. Doors will open at 10 a.m. and refreshments will follow the meeting. Bring a sandwich and friend. Coffee, tea and desserts will be served. Membership open to Roxbury residents 60 years of age or older.
On Aug. 2, the group will take a bus trip to the Monmouth Race Track.
From Sept. 4-8, the group will spend five days and four nights in Niagara Falls for the 1,000 Islands Bus Trip. The bus leaves at 9 a.m. from the senior center.
On Nov. 16, the group will visit Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The cost is $55 per person. Sign-ups are required by June 1.
For "Dial-A-Ride," call (973) 398-5305.
Tire collection planned for Roxbury
ROXBURY TWP. The Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA), in conjunction with the Board of Freeholders, and several Morris municipalities, is sponsoring seven tire amnesty collections events this summer. The program is funded by a grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection and is available to Morris County residents at no charge. Any Morris County resident may deliver up to four automobile or sport utility vehicle-sized tires (inside diameter must be less than 16.5 inches) per residential address. Proof of residency, like a driver's license, is required. Tires may be on or off the rims. This program has been created in response to concerns about the West Nile Virus issue because discarded tires holding rainwater can become breeding grounds for mosquitoes which carry the virus. Tires will be accepted between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the seven collection events.
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Zinfandel from Sierra Foothills, California
Winemaker's Notes
Head-trained, dry farmed vines are prized for their production of small, concentrated clusters of grapes that are vinted into incredibly rich and intense wines. For years, Bogle has sought out these gnarly old vines to create our Old Vine Zinfandel.
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Called gold country since the mid-1800's, the Sierra Foothills, located between Sacramento and the Nevada border, was a hot spot for those seeking a gold rush fortune. Some of these settlers brought some European vines with them and somewhere in that mix was the Zinfandel grape.
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Furthermore, Kazakhstan borders China, facilitating access to lucrative emerging markets. The airline recently managed to expand its fleet with the addition of a third factory-fresh Boeing 767-300ER, augmenting a 31-strong fleet of Boeing 757-200s, Airbus A320-series jets and Embraer E190s.
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Hyderabad, Oct 21 (UNI) SumTotal Systems, the market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, today appointed Arun Chandra as the company's Chief Executive Officer(CEO), with effect from November one.
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Mr Chandra, who began his career as a software engineer at Hewlett Packard, held many leadership positions, before becoming vice president worldwide marketing, strategy and alliances for the Technology Solution Group, a 30 Dollar enterprise business, during his 20-year tenure at HP.
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