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Nid's Nature Dairy Watch-Journal--ISSUE 1
Article by: nid
Status: Finished
Genre: Religion and Spirituality
Enchanting-bringing joy to your lives
Hello everyone! As you all know that this will be a new series of journals titled "Nid's Nature Dairy Watch". These are the joyful fictionalized accounts of Peace, Nature, God and Life. You can also comment, shout-it-out and share your happy stories or ideas. You can too contribute to become a happy woman or a man!
This Week's Article By Srinidhi.R [Nid]
A Garden Of Flowers -[The Beauty Of The Flowers]
The sweet scent of the flowers wakes me up in the morning. I have always been obsessed to the scent of the flowers-especially to the rose, like a bee. I open the windowpane and see the glorious sight of the flowers to smell the sweet perfume. If someone had ever given me a gift which I would cherish for the rest of my life it must be my aunt who first presented me this flower garden. I can totally relate this to the quote made by Susan Polis Shutz about flowers.
Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair
Utterly true! If you gave me a bunch of flowers including a flower called the Sierra Evening Primrose I would dance wearing that in my hair. If you give me a red rose, I would give it to my Girlfriend and dance with her instead of me dancing alone.
Last night I spoke with the sunflower. It said that it enjoys the sun so much. I even kissed it and spoke my heart out about how much I loved it. God must have been a genius and an artist of exceptional talent to make them and we human beings do not even notice the beauty in it. The other day I saw a man crushing the rose under his feet as his lover had not accepted his proposal. It was such a humiliation to a flower! Men will only improve themselves and be aware when there will be a law saying that men should not harm flowers and plants.
I feel so proud that there are some beautiful artistic elements in life to be glad about and flowers are one of them who give a strong positive energy to us.
Hoped you liked this week's article. Please share your comments or reviews. Come back next week again for another article describing nature and peace. Bye! Enjoy your weekend!
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This was a great start nid to your enterprising new initiative, i applaud you for the idea don't know if it will catch on but maybe a name change might be appropriate like for example "NIDS NATURE DIARY WATCH" OR NIDS NATURE TALES, Oh well just an idea you know best and thanks for sharing this piece with me i was impressed by the content.
Ps thanks for your positive input in to my poem of christmas too much appreciated.
"Many had gathered in admiration and awe to hear him speak.The Buddha simply held up a flower...and only one man understood".
Only if we have beauty in our hearts can we see the beauty that surrounds us.
Thank you for your beautiful heart,Nid and a creative idea.
"Many had gathered in admiration and awe to hear him speak.The Buddha simply held up a flower...and only one man understood".
Only if we have beauty in our hearts can we see the beauty that surrounds us.
Thank you for your beautiful heart,Nid and a creative idea.
pls del this entry and my first incorrect posting, thx
Well done I loved that and you are right a flower has such beauty and the sight of a red rose always puts a smile on my face even if its not for me!
Nice job. :] You're not too far away from poetry. Right now it's still a journal, but it holds so much emotion. It was as if each word held a bloom! Indeed, I felt tickled pink, even if it wasn't even my own recollections, fictional or not.
PS, thanks for commenting on my page. :] I've been gone for a while, but I'm back. Come again soon!
being an englishman , you won't be surprised to know i have a passion for roses , dahlia's too . the stories you link so beautifully to flowers carry such meaning for me .
wonderful journal, nid.. flowers make life more beautiful and fresh :)
This is great. I was also thinking of writing something like this. But studies didn't give me a second of peace.
Many Thanx to you.
This was a nice one.......it reminded me of a saying "Art is man's Nature bt Nature is God's Art".....v keep "looking" at things instead of "noticing" them.......v can only hope on d hope dat man opens his eyes to d beauty around him!!! Hv a good day!!
It's really nice :D you describe it well
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On June 30th, the final day of the fiscal year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a balanced California budget, settling a $26.6 billion deficit mainly with massive spending cuts, but also via deferred payments and, some say, much-too-optimistic revenue projections. The contested budget assumes $4 billion in projected revenues which, if not realized in about 6 months, could trigger another $2.5 billion in spending cuts -- $1.5 billion of it coming from schools. Read more »
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Twice a beaten Crucible finalist, the 2000 and 2005 runner-up was in sparkling form against local hope Shaun Murphy as he surged into a 11-5 lead in Sheffield.
Playing for the first time since the 2005 Crucible final which Murphy won 18-16, the pair resumed to play the second session of their best-of-25 frame quarter-final. And it was world number 14 Stevens who dominated proceedings, winning seven of a possible eight frames.
Victory for Stevens would go some way to repairing the hurt caused when Rotherham's Murphy battled back from 10-6 to beat him two years ago in a thrilling final.
But even though he is now favourite to progress to the next phase, a meeting with either Leicester's Mark Selby or Tiptree's Ali Carter awaits for a place in the final.
A break of 61 gave Stevens the early initiative before he pinched a scrappy 10th frame which lasted over 40 minutes to lead 6-4.
Murphy hit back to win his only frame of the evening, a run of 30 enough to win the frame on points 75-47.
But from there on it was Stevens who controlled matters.
A run of 62 saw the former Masters and UK champion restore his two-frame cushion, before Murphy looked to have pulled back to 7-6. However, this season's Malta Cup winner broke down on a break of 52, missing the blue off its spot and Stevens snatched the frame.
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Date of Stay: August, 2015
No working WiFi at our site in spite of being told it would be good when making reservations. Owner explained they changed providers 5 months ago and are having problems. Their saying they have WiFi when they know they have problems is a. Machines in laundry room are ancient and one of 6 broken. Several run down single wides with run down residents mixed in with RVs.
Date of Stay: August, 2015
I go out of my way to avoid KOA parks. In 25 years of RV'ing I've stayed in 5 or 6. With the exception of a KOA park in San Padre, TX I find them to be overpriced and lacking in amenities. This park is by far the worst the worst. We reserved a 50 amp pull thru with full hookups and satellite availability. The park is gravel and dying grass. Staff acted like they were doing us a favor to take our $124.00 for 2 nights. I returned to the office when I saw there was no satellite line of site. At first the host told me none were available when I made my reservation. I informed her the person on the phone assured me there would be satellite line of site. A man sitting nearby then told me they just bought the park a couple of months ago and relied on notes from the prior owner relative to satellite line of site. Apparently they are too busy to correct the prior owners note. When I suggested this should not be the customers problem the owner stormed out of the office leaving his wife to apologize. These folks won't be in business long. Perhaps the next owners will behave as hosts. Also no Verizon and slooow internet.
Date of Stay: July, 2015
Laundry room filthy with 3 of six machines broken. WiFi didn't work. When inquiry was made at office an employee said we get lots of complaints about this. This park was apparently purchased by new owners and is not kept up. Do yourself a favor and stay elsewhere.
Date of Stay: January, 2015
This could be an excellent park. Best feature is a restaurant on site. About half full of long term-but clean. Owners poured a small concrete patio with grass but everything else is hard packed sand which gets wet when they water the lawn. Try getting tracked in wet sand out of your carpet. Impossible to keep it out! We will never stay here again.
Date of Stay: August, 2014
Paved lot with gavel sites. No tables-no room! The most narrow sites I have experienced in 20 years of motorhome travel. Pull through sites are not pull through. Two units park one in back of other. Pet ares is actually small strip of dead grass on public right of way adjacent to street on one side of park. Internet marginal at best. Friendly staff but stay elsewhere.
Date of Stay: August, 2014
Paved lot with gavel sites. No tables-no room! The most narrow sites I have experienced in 20 years of motorhome travel. Pull through sites are not pull through. Two units park one in back of other. Pet ares is actually small strip of dead grass on public right of way adjacent to street on one side of park. Internet marginal at best. Friendly staff but stay elsewhere.
Date of Stay: May, 2014
This park is wonderful. The amenities are outstanding. There is an excellent restaurant / bar on site. This will go down as a favorite when in the area.
Date of Stay: May, 2014
Stayed here 10 years ago and remembered is as being bad but close to downtown. It is now much worse. I doubt that they have spent a dime on maintenance let alone improvements in ten years. Dirty, unkempt, and gross. Internet worthless. Stay at one of the local casinos and take a cab. It will be cheaper and much nicer.
Date of Stay: September, 2011
The front half of this park is not much but the back half is beautiful. You can rent the "owner" lots for about $45.00 a night. They are landscaped, The pads are concrete and 40 x 80. The roads are paved. The pet area is grass and very large. This is far superior to the other parks in Moab. The only complaint is that they only have 3 small washers and dryers in the laundry room. This is the only place we will stay on our return.
Date of Stay: September, 2011
Find the most dusty field you can find and park in the middle. At least you will not have the dust from vehicles driving around in this campground. Pet area too small for a mouse. We booked this "Resort" based on reviews. We are moving tomorrow and I will have to wash my 40' RV to get it as clean as it was when we arrived at this stop.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
WARNING pet owners. This park has a pet area they wish you to use. It is full of little sticker that immediately attach to animals. We spent over an hour removing them from our dog after 5 minutes in their fenced area. We stayed here last year and had the same problem but did not remember until it happened again. We will not stay here again. If a park says they have a pet area it should be clean and SAFE.


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Ardross (horse)
|Run the Gantlet
|Le Melody
|Tom Rolfe
|Paddy Prendergast
Elisabeth Ireland Poe
Charles A. B. St-George (from 1978)
Paddy Prendergast
Henry Cecil
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|Ardross is a thoroughbred racehorse out of Le Melody by Run the Gantlet. He was born around 1976 in Ireland, and was bred by Paddy Prendergast.
|Major wins
Gallinule Stakes (1979)
Jockey Club Cup (1980)
Yorkshire Cup (1981, 1982)
Ascot Gold Cup (1981, 1982)
Goodwood Cup (1981)
Geoffrey Freer Stakes (1981, 1982)
Prix Royal-Oak (1981)
Jockey Club Stakes (1982)
Henry II Stakes (1982)
Doncaster Cup (1982)
|Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
|Last updated on October 25, 2008
Ardross (1976–1994) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was a co-holder of the record for consecutive wins in European racing. Ardross was bred by trainer Paddy Prendergast for his American owner Elisabeth Ireland Poe who was also the breeder of Meadow Court. His sire was Run the Gantlet, a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Rolfe. His dam, Le Melody, was a daughter of Levmoss.
Racing at age two, Ardross got his first significant win in the Gallinule Stakes at the Curragh. Ardross's head defeat by Akiyda in the 1982 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the final race of his career, showed that in spite of being a top class stayer he was more than capable of holding his own at top level over middle distances. Ardross first raced for Ireland's Paddy Prendergast and, after his death, was bought by Charles A. B. St. George and trained by Henry Cecil in England, winning fourteen of his twenty-four starts, thirteen of them coming at Pattern level. He twice won the Ascot Gold Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, and his other major successes came in the Prix Royal-Oak and the Doncaster Cup and Goodwood Cup. Before moving to Newmarket he had been runner-up to the Henry Cecil-trained Le Moss in the Ascot Gold Cup. When he went to stud Ardross was syndicated for £2 million, but none of his progeny came anywhere near his level of ability. His best flat horses were Karinga Bay and the filly, Filia Ardross. Overall he did better as a sire of jumpers with the Champion Hurdle winner Alderbrook, Anzum, Young Kenny and Ackzo to his credit.
Ardross died of a heart attack at age 18 on February 19, 1994 at Southcourt Stud in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.
- The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing - written by Bill Mooney and George Ennor
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Per Newsweak's Michael Isokoff (the CIA fly on the wall):
"Newly released court papers could put holes in the defense of Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, in the Valerie Plame leak case. Lawyers for Libby, and White House allies, have repeatedly questioned whether Plame, the wife of White House critic Joe Wilson, really had covert status when she was outed to the media in July 2003. But special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald found that Plame had indeed done "covert work overseas" on counterproliferation matters in the past five years, and the CIA "was making specific efforts to conceal" her identity, according to newly released portions of a judge's opinion."
Oh yeah? And she was where? Was it Niger about, oh, say about 1999? And what "specific efforts". Was that when Harlow called back to Novak after "he checked" Plame's 'status'?
If so, were these 'efforts' so "specific" that they outside of the way that that the Agency normally protects a covert agent's identity. But "just for Plame" they did it differently this time?
Byron York, in a January 6th, 2006, take on these documents wrote:
"The newly released portions of a judge's opinion to which Newsweek refers come from a February 15, 2005 opinion by Judge David Tatel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In that opinion, Tatel wrote:
As to the leaks' harmfulness, although the record omits specifics about Plame's work, it appears to confirm, as alleged in the public record and reported in the press, that she worked for the CIA in some unusual capacity relating to counterproliferation. Addressing deficiencies of proof regarding the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, the special counsel refers to Plame as "a person whose identity the CIA was making specific efforts to conceal and who had carried out covert work overseas within the last 5 years" — representations I trust the special counsel would not make without support."
So Judge Tate doesn't actually "know" anything, except that he trusts Fitzgerald. The only problem with that is Fitzgerald case is beginning to appear more jumpy than a frog in a asphalt parking lot on a hot summer day. Byron asks the obvious:
"Given that "the record omits specifics about Plame's work," Tatel based his analysis on a footnote in an August 27, 2004, affidavit submitted to the court by Fitzgerald. That document, too, was released last week. In the footnote, Fitzgerald wrote:
If Libby knowingly disclosed information about Plame's status with the CIA, Libby would appear to have violated Title 18, United States Code, Section 793 [the Espionage Act] if the information is considered "information respecting the national defense." In order to establish a violation of Title 50, United States Code, Section 421 [the Intelligence Identities Protection Act], it would be necessary to establish that Libby knew or believed that Plame was a person whose identity the CIA was making specific efforts to conceal and who had carried out covert work overseas within the last 5 years. To date, we have no direct evidence that Libby knew or believed that Wilson's wife was engaged in covert work.
That is the entire text upon which Tatel based his conclusion. Was Fitzgerald saying that he knew in fact that the CIA was making specific efforts to conceal Plame's identity and that she had carried out covert work overseas within the last five years? Or was he simply reciting the requirements for prosecution under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act? It's not entirely clear. The only fully clear part of it is that Fitzgerald had no direct evidence that Libby knew Plame was covert.
Tatel also placed great emphasis on a statement by then-CIA spokesman Bill Harlow in which Harlow asked journalist Robert Novak not to publish Plame's name. Tatel pointed out that Harlow told Novak that, in Harlow's words, it was "very unlikely that she will ever be on another overseas mission...it might be embarrassing if she goes on foreign travel on her own." That statement, Tatel wrote, "strongly implies Plame was covert at least at some point."
What the hell! So this "definitive proof" is based on "feelings" and "beliefs"? Swell. Let's just call it the "Ophra Prosecution of Scooter Libby", and we know how trustworth those "feelings" are don't we Oprah?
Fact is that IF she was covert the CIA could produce and Fitzgerald would have included in his affidavit the evidence the agency used to establish protection. The fact is that there isn't any.
But then that begs the question. Is Fitzgerald the bad guy - the dupe? Is he on the take? Or was he take for a long ride?
This article from Albert Eisele in the The Hill from last year again answers the question, at what is at the Heartof the Plame Game:
"Joe DiGenova, who served as an independent counsel investigating alleged misuse of passport information by the Clinton administration and now is in private practice with his wife, former Justice Department official Victoria Toensing, lays most of the blame for this explosive controversy on the CIA.
"I believe the agency didn't properly protect [Plame's] identify because they didn't want to and clearly didn't try," he said. "To think that journalists are being put through this is crazy. Where we are now is absolutely absurd."
DiGenova says he hasn't changed his mind from what he told me in March, when we had a long conversation just before I left for a reporting trip to Iraq. He pointed out that the statute that protects the identity of covert agents "has a very high standard for prosecution.
"The only way an investigation can begin is if the agency swears — swears — that it took every conceivable step to protect this person's identity."
For example, the CIA had to answer 11 specific questions about what steps it took to protect the identity of a covert agent. But diGenova questions whether some of the information the CIA provided the Justice Department on those 11 questions "was materially false."
In addition, he pointed out that the CIA paid for Wilson's trip, didn't ask him to sign a confidentiality agreement, didn't object to his writing the op-ed article in the Times and allowed him to conduct TV interviews and to appear in a photo with his wife in Vanity Fair, he noted.
"The CIA isn't stupid," he said. "They wanted this story out. I'm raising the question: Did the CIA mislead Fitzgerald?"
That might just be the case.
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Plame Game - I've Got Ur Covert Right Here!Posted by Jack Moss
Per Newsweak's Michael Isokoff (the CIA fly on the wall):


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good restaurant where th large windows that they opened wide. small room but nice and quiet.
Great hotel, great location, friendly staff and fantastic French breakfast!
Really easy to walk to the old city centre where ther are plenty of cafés, bars and restaurants. The beautiful old cathedral is a must.
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This card doubles as either a greeting card or an invitation. You can attach your photo to create the perfect holiday greeting card or print your wording to invite friends and family to your holiday event. Platinum foil embellishment. Envelopes are included.
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The islandby Mi Nu Ra
Fine art print on bright white, fine poly-cotton blend, matte canvas using latest generation Epson archival inks. Individually trimmed and hand stretched museum wrap over 1-1/2" deep wood stretcher bars. Includes wall hanging hardware.
The Turtle Island Theory
The name "Turtle Island" comes from a common Native American legend and is their name for the North American continent. The story tells us that North America is perched on the back of a very large tortoise who has volunteered its shell as a home for the land animals.
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The New Unger's Bible Handbook, Merrill F. Unger, Revised by Gary N. Larson, Moody Press, Chicago, 1984, p. 481
The Bible teaching on sanctification - Largely misunderstood and abused, sanctification (a setting apart for God's worship and service), as taught by the Scripture, is in three aspects: past, present, future. The following chart will illustrate.
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When I was heading off to Vegas and mentioned that I'd let you know about anything "newsworthy", this isn't really what I had in mind. I am going to blog about one of the weirder and possibly the creepiest thing that has ever happened to me (and I used to live in LA!). I actually debated about whether to blog this at all, but I decided that I really had to. This blog is about me and my personal experiences and it's also about marketing. As much as I might like to not relive the weirdness of this incident, I think that plenty could be learned about handling "customer issues". Anyway, enough stalling; this is what happened.
Last Wednesday, I was having a good morning. Dropped Jonas off at his boarding place, got my coffee and headed off to the airport looking forward to my trip to Vegas. Got to the airport with plenty of time and decided to "carry-on" my bag instead of checking it. I electronically checked in at the Alaska counter and headed off to my gate. When they called for "final boarding", I headed down the walkway to the plane. As I walked down, wheeling my bag, a man who appeared to be a baggage handler was standing near the entrance to the plane. I said "hi" and entered the plane…it was a full flight. I wheeled through first class and entered the main cabin where the flight attendant told me that there was no room for my bag in the overhead compartment and we would have to "gate check" it. She asked me to leave my bag at the front of the main cabin and to head back to my seat. She would retrieve the bag and have it gate checked.
She came back with a pink ticket for me and we joked about how nice it would be to have my bag waiting outside the plane when we got to Las Vegas, instead of at the baggage claim. Uneventful flight otherwise, arrived in Vegas and my bag was waiting for me right outside the plane, headed to my hotel, etc., etc. I go up to my room and one of my coworkers is with me. I unzip my bag so I can hang some of my clothes and I notice something in my bag that I didn't put there. It looks like a little piece of paper with writing on it. I picked it up. On one side, there's some kind of Alaska Airlines form with a paw print on it (I'd later find out, it was part of a tag that goes on a pet carrier when it's checked). On the other side (I kid you not), is a hand written note: " Ill like to Have sex with you U. Have a Nice Butt" and a phone number. Appears to be the same ink as the writing in the pink ticket (blue felt tip).
I don't know if you have ever had anything happen to you that made your skin go cold and your heart beat like crazy. I immediately felt completely shocked and a little sick. And I had just gotten to Vegas where there are plenty of other creepy things that cold have made me feel a little sick. Let's be clear, I really don't think this is about my butt at all; and it's not about sex.
I didn't really blog about this to explore the emotions someone feels when something creepy like this happens. What I want to talk about is how a company handles something like this. We've all seen blog posts about customer complaints and what companies do (or don't do) to address them. I don't have any relationship with Alaska Airline other than being a frequent flyer. I initially thought that perhaps if I blogged about his, Alaska Airlines wouldn't treat me as well in taking care of this issue. I've had several phone calls with them over the last several days. I'll update you on those soon as well as ongoing developments.
Definitely one flight I am never going to forget. Let's just hope that Alaska can do the right thing here (nothing has happened so far that makes me feel like they won't). More to come..


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Short for Near Field Communication, NFC is a widely used technology around us. It's behind daily applications such as access control system and mobile payment system. NFC Shield features a highly integrated transceiver module PN532 which handles contactless communication at 13.56MHz. You can read and write a 13.56MHz tag with this shield or implement point to point data exchange with two NFC Shields.
In this new version, we assign an independent PCB antenna which can easily stretch out of any enclosure you use, leaving more room for you to design the exterior of your project.
The PCB comes stuck on the shield, but you can easily peel it off.
- 10cm max effective range
- SPI pin saving interface
- Serve for contactless communication at 13.56MHz
- Support P2P communication
- Support ISO14443 Type A and Type B protocals
Please visit our wiki page for more info about this product. It will be appreciated if you can help us improve the documents, add more demo code or tutorials.
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Community Outreach
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WhenIt's flexible! We'll work with your schedule.
Where4155 N Rancho DriveSuite150Las Vegas, NV 89130
Help PAL Humane Society be a voice for pets and people in our community!
PAL Humane Society's Pets For Life program helps qualified veterans, seniors and homeless in the Las Vegas Valley feed and care for their pets. We also operate a pet food pantry, educational programs, and a service dog program for qualified veterans. In order to be successful, we need to get the word out. This is where you come in!
Volunteers are needed to help with Tabling in front of predetermined stores. Volunteer responsibilities include:
- Table set up and break down
- Distribute PAL brochures
- Collect pet food and monetary donations
- Encourage people to sign up for email list
- Engage people in conversation to inform them about PAL's mission and programs
- Represent PAL as an ambassador
PAL volunteers typically table in pairs. Volunteers table at larger chain stores and local pet supply and feed stores. Site ideas are welcome!
New volunteers are required to attend a volunteer orientation at PAL. Training will be held in our office before your first tabling day.
Successful tabling volunteers enjoy connecting with people, have friendly personalities, and have the ability to talk to a wide variety of people with ease and respect.
- Fundraising
- Community Outreach
- People Skills
- General Education
- Relationship Building
Good Match For
Teens People 55+
Requirements & Commitment
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
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Hi, i'm Effy, or Lizzy.
- Living between London and Bournemouth.
- pierced
- stretched
- varying in hair colour
- I'm incredibly geeky.
- I own an Ocarina.
- I will make you cry with my mad Mario Kart skills.
- I sing all the time.
- I narrate my life through the medium of song. Often when i'm walking around Tesco's.
- I like your shoelaces.
- I quote everything.
- ...I'm also the kind of guy that laughs at a funeral...
Being competitive,
Maiming the competition when I'm losing,
Being a sore winner,
Making tea (despite not being an avid drinker myself),
Making references that no-one understands.
Having accidents.
- That I apparently look like Alex Vause from Orange Is The New Black.
- My hair is ridiculously long.
- I'm not impressed by very much. Unless its shiny or do-hicky. always love the do-hickies.
- I am justice.
Books: In the middle of reading two psychology books. And 3 other regular books. Walking dead comics. Sometimes I enjoy reading manga.
Cell by stephen King is my all time favourite.
Music: Anything, I listen to anything from the 60's onwards - introduce me to something!
Favourite song of the moment: Afraid by The Neighbourhood
Movies: If its Zombie, i'll love it. If it's funny, I might like it. If it's romantic, I'll reguard it with polite interest. If it's a biopic, I probably won't be interested.
Food: Is this even a question? I like food. All food is my favourite. Except Tomatoes and parsnips - F*ck you Tomatoes and Parsnips.
3 cigarettes
And a book
And the steam sales
- What my life would be like if my genes were in an aesthetically pleasing order.
- I'm still stunned by dead rising 3.
- The fuck even is an rss feed?
- That Kris Kross was right, he can make me jump.
I'm not allowed to play with the guide dogs at work anymore, I keep untraining them in less than 20 minutes...
I once kicked my potential boss in the face on a job interview not once, but twice.
I spend far too much time in the retro club. Fucking love me some cheesy music.
Scottish accents are sexy as fuck.
If I checked out your profile and didn't message you. I chicken out all the time.
Also, you should definitely message me if you just lost the game (70% of the time, it works all the time)
You can teach me how to skateboard.
You want to be my new texting buddy.
Achievement unlocked: 5 minutes of your life you won't get back.


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The official word: FOX has picked up nine additional episodes of the arresting new comedy BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, bringing the series to a 22-episode order, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. BROOKLYN NINE-NINE will join NEW GIRL in a special one-hour comedy event, airing immediately following the Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014.
"It's exciting to see that both critics and fans love BROOKLYN NINE-NINE as much as we do," said Reilly. "With Andy and Andre out in front of this incredible ensemble, it feels like this show is going to be around for a long time."
With its same-day viewing, DVR and VOD playback, and its streaming on www.Fox.com and www.Hulu.com, the series premiere of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE has drawn a total audience of more than 14.6 million. Through five telecasts, the comedy is averaging a 2.1/6 among Adults 18-49 with 4.9 million total viewers, according to Nielsen's most current data. BROOKLYN NINE-NINE also has the third-highest concentration of upscale viewers ($100k+ HH) of any new series so far this season and has boosted the network's averages among key male demos by +38% to +45%.
In "Halloween," next week's all-new episode of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, airing Tuesday, Oct. 22 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, it's Halloween night, a busy time of the year for any police precinct. Amy (Melissa Fumero) detests the holiday, and is not thrilled when she has to don a costume to go undercover on street patrol with Charles (Joe Lo Truglio). Back at the precinct, Jake (Andy Samberg) bets Captain Holt (Andre Braugher) that he can steal his Medal of Valor before midnight, which results in him bringing out some costumes of his own.
Created and written by Dan Goor ("Parks and Recreation") and Michael Schur ("Parks and Recreation," "The Office") BROOKLYN NINE-NINE stars Andy Samberg as a talented, but carefree, detective and Andre Braugher as the new precinct captain with a lot to prove.


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Unidentified Bee
Observed: 25th March 2012 By: Eskling2
Added: 28th March 2012
Other observations of Common Carder Bee (Bombus (Thoracombus) pascuorum)
Species with which Common Carder Bee (Bombus (Thoracombus) pascuorum) interacts
Bombus Pascuorum maybe.
28 March 2012 - 10:18am ranon.2011
Bombus Pascuorum maybe.
Aberrant B pascuorum?
Assuming it's not some migrant or introduced species, it's difficult to see what it could be other than a strange-looking form of B. pascuorum.
Thanks to all
4 April 2012 - 12:52pm Eskling2
No one has disagreed with the comments to date, so I am glad that an ID has now been added.
I agree with what has been said above but I believe it is a Common Carder Bee. Regards Chris
Chris Brooks - www.dragonfly-images.co.uk
My Flickr site - www.flickr.com/photos/ceb1298


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At Talent Lounge, Damansara Perdana last weekend..
I must say, the experience was fruitful..
Met some bloggers and even friends who was working at the event!
With 0% parabens, mineral oil,
Colourants, animal origin ingredients and soap...
Cetaphil Baby...
Is really formulated,
To be gentle,
For daily use...
To nourish baby's skin..
With gentle, effective skincare,
To start healthy skin journey...
About how to keep baby's skin happy & healthy...
I love the question and answer session very much!
It really tested how much knowledge I really knew...
After taking care of my 3 little babies....
Dr Mazlin,
A widely experienced and well-versed,
In the filed of dermatology and skin health,
Having been involved in..
Various publications,
Throughout the years..
She's currently a Dermatologist,
At KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist Hostpital..
With Cetaphil Baby Product..
Demonstrating the correct way,
To bath our 'baby'...
Miss Lim Li Li,
With 12 years of experience in nursing,
And has gained proficiency in diabetes care,
Emergency care,
Including medical surgical nursing (Adult & Pediatric)
with advance knowledge in medical devices...
Immediately trying out.......
All the technique we just learnt..
Besides testing the temperature of the water with our elbow,
Another good tip is to,
Put yourself in your baby's show..
Would you like to bath in a cold room?
Nope! So, don't bathe baby in air-con room..
Had a wonderful time,
Bathing our 'baby' aka doll...
Teaching us the massaging techniques...
I pretty much need to learn this..
As my kids love massaging a lot!
And I enjoy the bonding session,
While doing massage for them...
Corina Lau,
Has been practising nurse,
For 7 years and specialises in,
Nursery and diabetes nurse care,
With a breadth of relevant,
Knowledge and experience..
All the massage techniques,
I just learnt..
Slow and gentle is key.
I start with the feet, rubbing and massaging,
Then move on to the hands...
It's not that hard anyway...


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Proof That Holding The Door For Someone Can Be Awkward! (VIDEO)
Holding the door for someone is always a nice gesture... but sometimes it can get awkward. For instance, if the person is just a little too far and you decide to hold the door, they'll start to run. See, it gets weird. Check out this awkward door-holding prank! Haha


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The Get Even SeriesMature
Instead of religion immortals have a new way of proving their presence; sponsorship. Just like an athlete gets a new pair of shoes from a sponsor deities sponsor humans by granting them inhuman abilities.
"You're no royal! You're nothing but a spineless coward!"
And among other things were being shouted from outside the royal palace. Crowds were big before but even rats didn't scurry to rotten road kill quite like the citizens of Apalia Halo to the royal square. This civil unrest was unlike anything ever witnessed before in history. What would it matter? It's not like anybody would care or give a damn. That was apart of the problem. Politicians and "silver borns" were indicative of compulsive nostalgic-mongers.
The city was on fire as if someone with gasoline urine let loose upon the brick and mortar to only breathe breath of fire upon the nearly chaos ridden utopia. The royal palace? It looked like a giant penis and the people viewed it as such. The vultures that ran that blasted place were urinating on the commoners and climaxing upon the very ideals that this beautiful escape was built upon. Where was the zeal? Where was the pride and the love of Apalia, the royal lineage and the idea that dictatorship was the only true way? All it took was the passing on of a torch.
"Your highness! Your highness!" shouted an out of breath advisor.
Rushing into the bronze throne room, past the executioner's dwelling, up the three steps of the Trinity and to the Savior's feet came a small, pale and often viewed as hideous person. The royal garb this gremlin of a soul wore was almost like camouflage from it being so light in color combined with his own pastry dough pigment. Pressing his nose into the carpet was a terrible idea for it was so long and pointy that he almost broke it upon impact. Sitting in the bronze chair with the golden eagle theme spilled throughout stared a rather carefree looking emperor.
"You have fifteen seconds minus the five seconds that I took to say this to explain why you have troubled me."
It was amazing this man could even say such a thing. Slumped over the backside of his chair was a young girl with her face physically glued to his crotch, zipper down and giving him a mouthful of appreciation. For a person not even belonging to the reality that he so despised he resembled so much of his center of hatred or at least the historical figures of that other world. He hated the Earth that warranted invisible gods being worshipped yet he was the perfect embodiment of the emperor Nero.
No, he had no fiddle but an oral sex session with a girl not even old enough to smoke in the other world played louder than any instrument mankind could ever create. Her body was laid on top of him upside down and with her hanging onto the backside of the chair like a snake. The advisor would have been disgusted if this sort of behavior were not expected from a man so many considered to be a waste of molecules.
Those ten seconds were tickling away quickly. The words mumbled at first for the sake of wiping away much ganged up sweat.
"The people are rebelling! They're at the front gates! What are your orders on dealing with this rebellion? Shall I summon the royal guard Emperor Knollus?" asked the creature of a man.
A hand found itself gripping a handful of golden colored hair and shoving a young woman's face into a grown man's lap. This monster was suffocating this girl. A more disgusting thought was that he intentionally ignored bathing just so he could torture an unfortunate female doomed to be forced into a sexual relationship with him. Such force, such strength and such determination to end a life succeeded in mere seconds.
The killer's head turned towards a nearby handmaiden. "Cut off her hair. I'd like to add it to my robe. Think of it as a trophy," was the cruel words.
Tears was all this maiden could muster up as words would not have accurately expressed her sorrow. That girl, that teenager at just the age of fifteen whose life was so needlessly interrupted was this woman's daughter. In this world one must sacrifice something to prove their worth; every last person. Even if that something happened to be a somebody. A mother dragged off the lifeless body of a beloved child off to be mutilated further for hair removal.
"Your highness?"
There this man sat naked but he reached under his butt and pulled out a handgun. Loading the weapon would have prompted the servant before the feet of a tyrant to flee in terror. No one would dare do that. To suffer an unjust death was better than to try to escape it. The penalty for refusing the emperor's execution had much less appeal than to just take a quick expiration.
"Your highness! Please! I answered your query in the time limit allotted!" pleaded the cretin. Perhaps falling to a double knee of a begging position would afford some mercy. Not today.
"I said you had ten seconds. I never said that you accurately answered my question in its entirety. Therefore, I must kill you in order to teach you a lesson. Although it is a lesson that you will only briefly learn from for you will die in two more seconds."
He lifted the gun towards the goblin's head and practiced a commonly used action of slowly squeezing the trigger with the tip of his index finger. That way, the fire will come as a surprise as most gun experts would attest that it should be.
"No, no, NO!"
A sickening pop illuminated the palace in sound. Yet another dead body was near this man. Only this time the echo of a Berretta summoned senior and even lower ranked members of the Royal Guard. If someone needed a living body to account for one point of age to become old enough to consume alcohol in the other world they would have the exact count needed. Twenty one people in all. Irony was filthy in this. For there were only twenty one ranks within the Guard.
"Your highness, we do not dare demand orders from you but I'm afraid that we must act or else the gates will cave in, the rioters will invade this sacred ground and you will be in imminent danger."
The eye of the hurricane destined itself to fall upon everyone in this room like the general predicted. Something had to be done. Not a single citizen daring enough to show up to the palace was absent. This whole scene was eerily similar to those that the emperor viewed in the other world.
If it were not for certain gifts and abilities that this man possessed he wouldn't know how to effectively rule. With thanks to his eyes that could see into anything including other realities and dimensions he was well aware on how to deal with unruly "peasants" as he referred to his own people as.
Every person within the city was considered to be ungrateful ingrates to this man that worshipped himself. His head turned to view the mirror that was posted just behind him so that he could view his own eyes. No pupils were present. All that could be seen out of those peepers were swirling circles of teal, yellow, red, blue and sky blue circles that resembled the image of the universe out of a telescope. He was looking into the future to only laugh when he viewed the sick course of action that he would employ.
"Bring Dunn to me. Comply!" remarked the emperor with a deep and almost angry sounding tone.
"Dunn, your highness? Who is Dunn?" a man, a private even, so foolishly spoke. His superiors rushed to shush him but it was too late.
In lightning-like flash the emperor's birthday suit seemingly teleported from one side of the room to the other with the end result of a clamping hand wrapped around this under ranked royal's neck. No part of the human anatomy was supposed to snap like that. Really, it should not have.
The tyrant turned his head towards the others with the spirals in his eyes rotating at a rapid pace.
"Anymore questions? Now find her!"
Locating the person the imperialist leader wanted to have in his presence so badly was a task in of itself. This mattered not. Either this Dunn person was found or every person that stepped foot in the throne would should seriously consider updating their life insurance policies. Then again, such a thing as insurance lacked existence here.
Time passed as the emperor waited. Only a minute, literally, a minute elapsed and yet he felt like this retrieval mission took entirely too long. Upon the sixtieth second the soul required appeared with the officers and lessers following close behind. A little girl? That's what this mad man wanted? What? Was he going to molest her too, perhaps take her life and give these men that he so reluctantly called in a show none of them would ever forget?
"Your highness, we recovered this adolescent standing right outside with an ear pressed against the door. She is the Dunn you were searching for. I thought it was I you were looking for but I was already here. We were not certain because it is her last name. She is my cousin. What does your highness require of her?" asked the general. He prayed he only called her to serve him food or drink. Goodness forbid this vile man required her for anything else.
Rarely did the emperor say words that were not necessary to say and take actions that were not just as essential. "None of you will have the strength to slay those who oppose me. I ascended to the throne through the death of my father. Most of you don't even believe that I should truthfully be the emperor," said the evil son.
Gasps, thoughts of shock and amazement with a hint of heads turning from left to right in disagreement. However, those necks quit forcing those same heads to turn for those heads would roll if any of these men were to call the emperor a liar. The men simply dropped to one knee while this Dunn girl walked forward and knelt before the emperor.
"What does your highness desire?" she asked.
The emperor didn't want to abuse her. Not yet. There was no need to. No, he needed to show just how expendable his men and women were. Killing a few fair ladies here and there just wasn't enough. Even Jack the Ripper did not acquire the respect that some should have given him. Not the kind of respect that a decent person should be warranted. But the kind of reverence that a tiger was given even though tigers, like most big cats, had the mental capacity and killer instinct to slay humans if given the chance. He doesn't need future sight to foresee that if he did not establish an iron fist and ruthless nature now he might as well be a teddy bear.
A rather bi-polar ruler's hand reached down, cupped the little girl's chin and encouraged her to stand up upon her feet. Filth in a mind was the only thing that allowed this man to remain unclothed in front of this child.
"General, what is the enlisting age minimum?" inquired the supreme power.
What kind of question was that? He couldn't be seriously trying to enlist this kid into the Royal Guard. That prestigious military force that literally conquered deities would be insulted by this blasphemy of an enlistment?
"Your highness, with all due respect, you should know this. You changed the enlistment age this morning. You changed it to one years old. And that, means, and I'm sure of it, that even if you aren't even old enough to pronounce your name you can be drafted into the Guard and sent to die for Apalia," the General responded with.
This was a joke. Dunn was awarded the obviously unwanted honor of being the first eight year old enlistee into the Royal Guard. The emperor didn't even formally announce it. Upon the rags that she wore symbolizing her family's impoverished state bore a large spear emblem on the right side of her torn shirt. In a split millisecond the ruler had placed the object upon the child and fully expected her to perform all the duties of a Royal Knight.
"Welcome to the ranks Lieutenant," greeted the emperor.
Surely this general heard wrong. Prayerfully the emperor had made a vocal error or he just awarded an eight year old with an officer's rank that was just enlisted in less time than it took to take ecstasy. "Lieutenant?! Your highness! This is preposterous! You can't be serious! She's just a child! She can't possibly gain a rank like that as a new recruit anyways!" the General exclaimed in utter protest.
"I can and I just did! You dare question my authority?! You must be gotten rid of! Lieutenant!"
The girl only impersonated what she saw other Guard members do. She stood straight up, both heels of her very dirty bare feet pressed together and a fist slammed into her chest covering her heart as this was the salute of the Guard to the emperor. "Your highness!"
"Slay every last one of these rat bastards. All of them. Do it and do it now," he ordered.
Dunn couldn't help but look up at her superior with a confused expression. One can't rationally expect a child to carry out such a heinous command. She wasn't even sure she was capable of murder. He was serious. No joke. Not only was she now required to take the lives of men that did nothing wrong but to take the life of a family member as well; the general. A firearm was placed into her hands. She stared at it much like a virgin stared at her lover's naked body for the first time. Just holding it caused tears to drop from her eyes and seemingly did the drops give the weapon a cold wash. But no more colder than the action expected of her.


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Pentagon delays release of images of tortured Afghan, Iraqi prisoners despite court order
- published: 30 Jan 2016
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The American military has again delayed the publication of images of torture in US prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. They were supposed to be released on Friday under a court order. The American Civil Liberties Union requested the photographs over 10 years ago, after the scandal surrounding Abu Ghraib broke. Back then, the media released pictures showing the abuse and humiliation of detainees at the facility in Baghdad. The Pentagon agreed to release just 10 percent of the requested two thousand images, but that hasn\'t happened. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark....


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Goals from Paul Anderson and Paul Green weren't quite enough to take Town into the Play-Off places in a thriller at Portman Road.
Anderson gave Blues the lead deep into the first-half and Aaron Cresswell hit the post with a free-kick soon after before a fantastic overhead kick from Steve Cook levelled it up before the break.
Town went in front again when Green scored his first goal for the Club before Matt Ritchie gave Bournemouth a point with a free-kick that deflected in off Cole Skuse.
Town made three changes to the side that went down at Watford on Saturday, with Christophe Berra and Luke Hyam both ruled out through injury. Frank Nouble dropped to the bench with Frazer Richardson coming in for his first start for Blues, Anderson and Stephen Hunt handed the wide roles.
Dean Gerken was quick off his line to cancel out the threat from Lewis Grabban as the Cherries' leading scorer looked to get in, the frontman then firing wide from the edge of the box after Bournemouth countered.
Skuse was in the right place to stop Grabban's cross reaching a team-mate as the visitors shaded the first 20 minutes but without really worrying Gerken in Blues' goal.
Andrew Surman had a shot deflected behind, Simon Francis powered an effort over the bar, then Yann Kermorgant headed over as Bournemouth continued to hold the upperhand.
Kermorgant was closer with another header from Marc Pugh's cross, then Ritchie sliced another opening right into the path of Eunan O'Kane, who blasted over.
Cresswell had Town's first effort, just past the half hour mark when he latched onto Williams' flick but his shot went wide and on 36 minutes Blues were ahead. Skuse did brilliantly to get behind the Cherries' defence and from an even better cross, Anderson guided the ball in at the far post.
The goal lifted Portman Road, Williams immediately winning a free-kick on the edge of the box and it needed a fingertip save from Lee Camp to force Cresswell's free-kick on to the post and away.
Ritchie responded for Bournemouth, crossing from the right after good interplay – Richardson doing enough to prevent the danger, then Grabban had a great chance to find the net but dragged his shot wide under pressure from Cresswell.
Surman saw a shot blocked by Tommy Smith but Bournemouth wouldn't be denied and after a free-kick wasn't dealt with, Cook put his side back on equal terms with a spectacular overhead kick just before the break.
Anthony Wordsworth could have sent Town in at half-time ahead but his sidefooted effort from the edge of the box was straight at Camp before referee Andy D'Urso brought the half to an end.
Town made a change at the break with Green on for the injured Wordsworth, Ritchie swinging in an early cross that Gerken dealt with.
Anderson, looking as though the hamstring injury that saw him miss the defeat at Watford had flared up again, was replaced by Nouble eight minutes into the second-half.
Seconds later Town were ahead, Cresswell's free-kick was flicked on by Murphy at the near post and it cannoned into the net off Green.
Bournemouth should have been level on the hour, Simon Francis got down the right and from his cross, Pugh smashed the ball high over the bar from close range.
It was the wideman's last kick of the game, Tokelo Rantie his replacement, with Adam Smith on for Charlie Daniels as the Cherries changed things around.
Grabban found space on the right but his cross was cleared by Richardson, Williams then sending Murphy though on goal, the Cherries saved by the offside flag.
Tyrone Mings replaced Williams for the last 15 minutes in Town's final change, Cresswell then whipping in a fierce free-kick that skimmed off a defender for a corner.
At the other end, Mings and Gerken combined to stop Rantie getting on the end of the ball over the top before the Cherries levelled again on 80 minutes, Ritchie's free-kick taking a wicked deflection off Skuse to beat Gerken.
Mings was inches away from putting Town in front with a header from Cresswell's free-kick, Grabban failed to get his shot on target as the game swung from end to end, Nouble's cross then cleared as Murphy looked to divert the ball in.
Gerken fisted away Kermorgant's volley as the game reached a thrilling climax, the Town 'keeper again just doing enough to tip Grabban's shot behind before referee D'Urso's final blast of the whistle left honours even.
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Beverley Hughes said youngsters from disadvantaged homes too often lacked the inter-personal skills considered crucial by employers.
Schools will be instructed to help them develop these attributes through activities such as voluntary work and trips to the theatre and museums.
She told a seminar on child poverty that middle-class youngsters often had such skills in abundance since their parents could afford to give them "enriching opportunities."
But some less privileged children never got the chance to develop so-called "soft skills" like communication, problem-solving, initiative and leadership.
It means they are disadvantaged on the job market since bosses increasingly put a premium on personal qualities.
The new drive to nurture such qualities were last night being dubbed "finishing lessons."
Traditional finishing schools, many of which are in Switzerland, prepare students for social activities and teach them interpersonal skills and etiquette.
Under Mrs Hughes's initiative, primary and secondary schools will be encouraged to forge better links with theatres, libraries, galleries, museums and voluntary groups.
They should use these facilities to expand children's experiences and give under-privileged pupils the type of perks traditionally enjoyed by their middle-class peers.
But Mrs Hughes risks angering teachers since schools are understood not to be receiving any extra cash to implement the scheme.
They should instead take advantage of £680million funding already earmarked for schools to help them cater for 'latch-key children' by extending their opening times to 50 hours a week.
Under the so-called extended schools programme, all primaries and secondaries should, by the end of the decade, offer activities between 8am and 6pm to help working mothers.
Ministers want the activities to include sport, music tuition, art, crafts, chess, theatre trips, language learning and volunteering.
In a speech to the Social Market Foundation, Mrs Hughes said: "Traditionally, it is mainly advantaged young people who have been able to access these opportunities."
"We want to change this so every young person gets the chance to benefit, often giving something back to the community in the process."
"I want to see us open up a new frontier in the skills and attributes we're giving young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, through positive activities and enriching opportunities."
She went on: "It is increasingly clear that qualifications are not necessarily enough on their own to enable young people to get and keep a good job, and to move up the ladder."
"'Soft' or 'generic' skills are increasingly required by employers too - including resilience, flexibility, leadership, initiative and good problem-solving and interpersonal skills.
"It seems likely that good parenting helps to foster these attributes in children, and since poverty is a barrier to parenting because it is draining and stressful, this is another reason for prioritising additional help for the parents of poor children, and not just in their early years."
"It is also thought these skills are developed as much in children and young people through engagement in organised recreation and leisure activities as they are in the classroom or lecture hall."
Mrs Hughes said such measures were needed to put the Government in reach of its target for ending child poverty. Ministers want to halve child poverty by 2010 but an interim goal of cutting levels by a quarter by 2005 has already been missed.
Mrs Hughes's plan has echoes of earlier initiatives launched by former Education Secretaries David Blunkett and Charles Clarke and former schools minister David Miliband.
Mr Blunkett envisaged a "pupil learning credits" scheme giving them cash to go to museums and galleries. Mr Clarke called on every school to offer a "residential experience" that would be character-building while Mr Miliband wanted youngsters to go on US-style summer camps during the holidays.
Meanwhile current Education Secretary Alan Johnson has praised private schools for teaching children the social skills needed in the workplace and giving them a rounded education.
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The chamber shone in the moonlight, each crystal pillar brilliant with the silver beams that filtered in from high above. The only noise was the echo of footsteps, intrusive in the peaceful silence, harsh and awkward in the ancient place. The footfalls were urgent and pressed, and the small group that caused them completely intent upon their goal, though only one of their number knew for whom they strove.
Time was irrelevant in the moonlit chamber, and so it mattered little that the decent took a seeming eternity. The urgency was felt only in the mind of one, and it was he that pushed himself to the limit, forcing himself toward an event that seemed rigidly inevitable. His legs jolted with the rough contact of the steps, and he panted slightly from the exertion despite his excellent physical condition.
And suddenly, he came to a stop, startling those that followed behind him.
"Cloud?" asked a dark-haired young woman cautiously as she placed a hand on his shoulder. He didn't respond, training his mako blue eyes instead on the platform they'd come to stand before. Her gaze, curious, mimicked his own and she gasped quietly.
"Aeris..." His voice was barely a whisper, and the silence that followed was filled only by the quiet sound of the flower girl's prayer.
And then...
The sword was drawn above the head of the one called Cloud, glinting dangerously in the moonlight.
"No..." It came as a soft moan, a denial of his own actions. "No..." And he sank to his knees, trembling; the massive blade clattered to the ground. Desperately, he put a hand to his head, as though in an attempt to prevent something from reaching the surface and forcing its way out.
"Cloud!" The voice that reached his mind belonged to Tifa, and it harbored barely contained alarm. "Cloud- he's here!"
The young man's brilliant eyes flared as they focused on the platform at the chamber's center, and he drew his breath in sharply at the sight he beheld. The flower girl still kneeled, bathed in moonlit radiance, head bowed as her lips mouthed silent words. Behind her, though, green eyes burning with hell fire, stood an imposing figure-the one that haunted fire-filled memories and lurked in the darkest shadows of unconsciousness. Sephiroth. The Great Sephiroth.
And without a word he raised his great sword, gleaming dull and cold beneath the moon, and without a word he thrust the blade into her. It reappeared on the other side, a bright spot of blood blossoming around the point, shockingly crimson against the faded pink of her dress.
Cloud stared, frozen and helpless, as the girl's lucid eyes widened almost imperceptibly with the pain. She pressed her lips together, though, fighting back a cry, as her aqua gaze searched out his face.
...And then, amazingly... she smiled. Hope was in that expression, hope and a little sadness, perhaps, that she wouldn't be able to see where the hope she had given the world was taken.
But then the blade was withdrawn, shattering with its exit the tentative smile, and time seemed to freeze around the flower girl as she fell to the ground. Blood seeped from her still form, marring the crystal purity of the chamber and the magical quality of the moonlight.
"Aeris!" The cry that wrenched itself from his lips was filled with the weight of a thousand thoughts, a thousand feelings. He was so intent on the girl lying dead on the ground that he didn't see the monster standing still behind her, blade slicked crimson with still-warm blood.
But when the haunting words
You are... a puppet.........
echoed in his mind, and a new monster descended from the heavens demanding blood, he was forced to notice.
It was completely silent, now, in the ancient chamber; the light of the moon danced over the water and shone with amazing brilliance on the ethereal structures. All had left the ancient place of moonlight and prayers, all save one man, and a woman who would never again see day.
He held her tenderly as he stepped into the water, supporting her body with strong arms as he lay her into the waiting pool. Gently, then, he leaned forward, allowing his lips to brush hers in a gesture he had never dared while yet she lived.
"Goodbye... Aeris......" It was a whisper, barely spoken. And then he stood, leaving behind the chamber and the woman inside, bathed forever in moonlight and surrounded by the echoes of her prayers.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-3756?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13202498#comment-13202498 ] Shai Erera commented on LUCENE-3756: ------------------------------------ I disagree :). The fact that the API allows chaining (a builder pattern I think?) doesn't mean you need to use it. I find it very useful and convenient that I can do new IWC().setOpenMode() for example. If you remove that capability, you will affect many people that like it, while those that don't like it can still call the setters one in each line. > Don't allow IndexWriterConfig setters to chain > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-3756 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-3756 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Michael McCandless > Assignee: Michael McCandless > > Spinoff from LUCENE-3736. > I don't like that IndexWriterConfig's setters are chainable; it > results in code in our tests like this: > {noformat} > IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, newIndexWriterConfig( TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, new MockAnalyzer(random)).setMaxBufferedDocs(2).setMergePolicy(newLogMergePolicy())); > {noformat} > I think in general we should avoid chaining since it encourages hard > to read code (code is already hard enough to read!). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Cultural Activities
Enjoy learning Spanish not only during class but also during our cultural and extra-curricular activities, offered daily at both campuses. If you combine both campuses, you will be able to sample our unique activities at each location, embracing the different cultures Costa Rica has to offer.
We offer a selection of activities every day, conducted in Spanish (the majority involve no extra charge). Students should check the notice boards in reception daily for times, sign-up sheets and specific information. We encourage all students to participate in as many activities as possible, as you will find they greatly enhance your understanding and connection to the culture.
For current local and cultural events in the area check out our Facebook Fanpage. Every time something is going on we post it there!
|Latin Dance
|Cooking class
|Film night
|Walking Tour
|Historic/Museum/Nature Tour
|Arts & Crafts
|Weekly evening outing*
* Students pay transport and entry fees!
**Conversational interchange with local Students of English... practice Spanish with Ticos and make new friends in the community!
|Colonial Barva
|1st Tuesday of the month
Walking tour of Barva's colonial church and historic buildings, declared National Patrimony and boasting houses made with traditional adobe and "baraheque" mud and straw techniques. Also view the Artwork and Sculptures in the Central Plaza. OR
Tour one of the earliest colonial farm-house complexes, converted into a museum of popular culture. This is a non-profit project is managed by the National University as part of its extension program aimed at increasing knowledge of traditional culture.
Alajuela Museum & Marketplace OR
Tour of San Joaquín de Flores
|2nd Thursday of the month
Take a walking tour of the nearby city of Alajuela and visit the Juan Santamaría Museum and monument to the country's national hero. Visit the cathedral and a traditional marketplace where you will try some typical Costa Rican foods! OR
Visit San Joaquín and it's famous church, built in 1880, with every rock that is part of the church brought from Cartago by cart, 87 km away! The Spanish painter Jose Claro painted the images inside the church, which also boasts a cavern with a Lourdes Virgin and armchairs made of stone to sit down and view the garden flowers.
San Rafael & Monte de la Cruz OR
San Isidro
|3rd Thursday of the month
Travel to Monte de la Cruz nature reserve, passing by the beautiful San Rafael Church, for a nature walk in the mountainous cloud forest surrounding Heredia. OR
Take a walking tour of San Isidro, a folkloric community whose origins date back to pre-Colombian times when it was occupied by the Huetar tribe, still in existence today. San Isidro is also home to one of the most important archeological discoveries at a local church in the Central Volcanic Range, and the church's most prominent feature is a large ceremonial table carved in stone, which was used in large agricultural celebrations, representing an environmental myth.
Santo Domingo OR
Las Caricias Reserve
|4th Thursday of the month
Lying on the outskirts of Heredia province within minutes north of the capital, Santo Domingo de Heredia is a charming colonial town, with friendly locals and beautiful surrounding landscapes. This small town is quaint and picturesque, with lovely old colonial homes and buildings in a delightful setting amidst huge coffee plantations in the lush and verdant Central Valley of Costa Rica.
Bosque Caricias is a private nature reserve managed by the Tico family who has owned the land for generations, conserving the primary rain forest and creating hiking trails in a beautiful area in the mountains north-east of Heredia. It borders the Braulio Carrillo National Park, and is home to many species of animals, including the elusive Tapir (Danta).
What do students like to do in their free time when studying at Intercultura?
Our students have all different interests, for example;
At our Heredia campus,
- some like hanging out at the central park in Heredia playing dominoes with the locals;
- some like going to university bars and meeting "tico" students;
- others like going to San José for theatre, art openings and concerts;
- others prefer to get involved in sports activities like yoga, football (soccer) or basketball, swimming in the Olympic-sized pool one block from us, or going to the gym.
At our beach campus,
- students can learn to surf and/ or surf one of the area's many beaches,
- go horse-riding down the beach, mountain-biking or hiking to nearby beaches or forests, zip-lining, doing yoga, kayaking to the island,
- some students like to just hang out and enjoy the beautiful beach.
- others choose to volunteer in our communities
- some enjoy playing soccer on the beach or at the synthetic field with their Spanish teachers.
- some like to go out with their fellow language-learning friends, play pool or darts, trying out the local "bocas" (typical dishes) at a beachside bar or restaurant.
And lastly, almost all our students like to explore Costa Rica, whether going to a volcano, park, beach or rainforest, there is always somewhere new and exciting within easy reach for both weekend and day trips.
"I was very impressed with the professional manner in which the school was run. Both the teachers and directors were very accommodating in tailoring a program to fit my specific skills and needs....The classes were demanding and interesting, and after class, having fun with the cultural activities was the high point of my day!...My experiences with both the school and the family were exceptional." Tracy Hicks, CA. BA Sociology / Psychology
"The program was fantastic, there was a good balance between classes and other activities such as cultural learning and the excursions over the weekend/week. I would recommend the Intercultura experience for anyone wanting to learn Spanish". Jemma Button, Australia
I am very impressed with how organized and inclusive this program is, and how welcoming and friendly the staff is. The homestay with Lilli's family has definitely been the best part, but I've also really enjoyed being able to spend time in the school, meet other travelers, dance, etc. Enrique is a gem, by the way. I thought I couldn't dance, turns out I was wrong about that... Gracias por todo!" Shelby Ziesing, USA
"The program was great! The dance classes a lot of fun and have made me want to keep learning at home. Weekend activities were fantastic" Sarah Beechey,
"Really good, a real experience. Gave me an insight into costa rican culture that I would not have got if I just stayed in the tourist places. One thing I really loved was the trip to the museum in San Jose. Marcel was so knowledgable and it was so interesting to learn a bit more about the culture." Nynke Raven
"The dance classes were very fun, the cooking class was so great...I liked that we got to keep copies of the recipe. The extra activities on the weekends were also really fun and so were the program trips like the one to the buffet restaurant in the mountains." Han Pham