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Barrington police are hoping a dark-colored gym bag may lead officials to more answers in the case of an armed abduction that occurred Monday, June 30.
According to police, a man brandishing a handgun approached a Barrington resident who was leaving his home near the town beach at about 7:30 a.m. on Monday. The suspect — possibly a Hispanic male, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, dirty faded jeans and a camouflaged bandana over part of his face — ordered the resident into his car and told him to drive out of town while the suspect sat in the car holding the gun.
That's when the gym bag surfaces.
Barrington Police Chief John LaCross said that shortly after the resident began driving the gunman away, he was ordered to pull over to the side of the road where a dark-colored gym bag rested on the ground. The car reportedly pulled near the bag, where the gunman opened a car door, reached down and picked up the bag. He carried the bag with him for the rest of the trip.
The suspect ordered the resident to drive all the way to Interstate 90 in Massachusetts; the vehicle was approaching the Mass./New York state line when the suspect told the resident to pull the car over to the side of the highway. The resident obliged, and the gunman fled into the woods bordering the highway while carrying the gun and the gym bag.
Chief LaCross said the gym bag is described as being black or navy blue and having a white Nike swoosh on the side. It is an average size gym bag.
Anyone with information regarding the identity or whereabouts of the suspect — he is approximately 5-feet 8-inches tall and possibly in his 20s or 30s — should call the Barrington Police Confidential Tip Line at 437-3933 or the detective division at 437-3937.


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With a brief 8-paragraph article, Time.com's David Kaufman today approvingly explored the trend of 'ultra-gay hotels":
In January, Fort Lauderdale's Royal Palms will reopen after expanding from a 12-room gay-friendly guesthouse to a 62-room boutique hotel that caters to an all-male clientele who prefer a clothing-optional environment. With a spa, café, bar and gym, Florida's Royal Palms Resort and Spa is marketing itself as North America's biggest "full-service" gay retreat, but it won't retain that title for long. Later in 2011, Manhattan will usher in the Out NYC, a massive, 90,000-sq.-ft. (8,400 sq m) "urban resort" close to Times Square.
From W to Wynn, Marriott to Kimpton, major hotel chains have been targeting lesbian and gay travelers for more than a decade. But now it's gay hoteliers' turn to court their own community. And why not? The LGBT travel market is worth an annual $63 billion in the U.S. alone, according to consumer-research firm Community Marketing Inc. "There have always been gay inns and B&Bs," says Lords founder Brian Gorman. "This is the time to take this concept to a far larger scale."
At no point did Kaufman find a critical voice from a social conservative perspective, although he did find a businessman concerned that such a niche business plan was dicey in today's economy:
As additional LGBT megaresort brands like G Worldwide prepare to open in New York City and Florida next year, Jan Freitag, vice president of Smith Travel Research, warns that the properties' financial success — and, with it, expansion to new locations — could prove challenging. "These hotels are cutting out a majority of travelers," Freitag observes. "Nongay travelers may feel uncomfortable staying there, so these will always be niche businesses."
It seems an odd story for Time to have devoted resources to. Then again, it is the 3rd most popular story on the site right now (see screencap above).
[For a related NB item, check out Tim Graham's criticism of an August New York Times puff piece on the OUT NYC resort]


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BeschreibungPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) was a regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. The regiment's traditions and history are now maintained by The Rifles.The 53rd Regiment of Foot was raised in Leeds in 1755 and renumbered the 51st in January 1757. In 1782, in common with other regiments of the line, the 51st was given a "county" designation, becoming the 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot. The title of Light Infantry was given in honour of its former commander General Sir John Moore in 1809, and in 1821 the regiment was given royal status when King's Own was added to its title, becoming the 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment.
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Scotland Yard said on Thursday it had paid money to disgraced former commander Ali Dizaei as a contribution to his legal fees to settle an outstanding employment tribunal.
The force said it had not paid compensation to Dizaei, who was dismissed from the force after being convicted in February 2012 of using his powers as a senior officer to frame a man, in a row over money.
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BeschreibungThis volume brings together a team of leading psychologists to provide a state-of-the-art overview of adolescent development.
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InhaltsverzeichnisList of Contributors. Introduction by the Editors. Part I: Biological and Genetic Processes. 1. Behavior Genetics and Adolescent Development: A Review of Recent Literature (Joseph Lee Rodgers and David E. Bard) 2. Pubertal Processes and Physiological Growth in Adolescence (Andrea Bastiani Archibald, Julia A. Graber and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn) Part II: The Social Context of Adolescence. 3. Religious Development in Adolescence (Geoffrey L. Ream and Ritch C. Savin-Williams) 4. The Family Ecology of Adolescence: A Dynamic Systems Perspective on Normative Development (Isabela Granic and Thomas J. Dishion) 5. Sports and Leisure (Steve Danish) 6. The World of Work and Careers (Fred W. Vondracek and Erik J. Porfeli) 7. Education: Junior and High School (Jacque Eccles) 8. College as a Transition to Adulthood (Marilyn J. Montgomery and James E. Cote) Part III: Developmental Patterns and Processes. 9. Autonomy Development during Adolescence (Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck and W. Andrew Collins) 10. Identity Development during Adolescence (Jane Kroger) 11. Cognitive Development during Adolescence (James P. Byrnes) 12. Moral Development During Adolescence (Judith G. Smetana and Elliot Turiel) 13. Emotional Development in Adolescence (Gianine D. Rosenblum and Michael Lewis) 14. Self-Concept and Self-Esteem Development (Jerome B. Dusek and Julie Guay McIntyre. Part IV: Personal Relationships. 15. Dating and Romantic Experiences in Adolescence (Heather A. Bouchey and Wyndol Furman) 16. Crowds, Cliques, and Friendships (B. Bradford Brown) 17. Relationships Outside the Family: Unrelated Adults (Nancy Darling, Stephen F. Hamilton and Katherine Hames) 18. Adolescent Sexuality: Behavior and Meaning (Lisa J. Crockett, Marcela Raffaelli, and Kristin Moilanen) 19. The Intimate Relationships of Sexual-Minority Youths (Lisa M. Diamond and Ritch C. Savin-Williams) Part V: Problem Behaviors. 20. Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing (Brent C. Miller, Bruce K. Bayley, Mathew Christensen, Spencer C. Leavitt, and Diana D. Coyl) 21. Alcohol and Other Substance Use and Abuse (Michael Windle and Rebecca C. Windle) 22. Understanding Conduct Problems in Adolescence From a Life-Span Perspective (Deborah M. Capaldi and Joann W. Shortt) 23. Leaving Home: The Runaway and the Fogotten Throwaway (Thomas P. Gullotta) 24. Crime, Delinquency and Youth Gangs (Daniel J. Flannery, David Hussey, Laurie Biebelhausen, and Kelly Wester) 25. Eating Disorders in Adolescence (Janet Polivy, C. Peter Herman, Jennifer Mills, and Heather Brock) 26. Depression and Suicide during Adolescence (A.D. Seroczynski, Farrah M. Jacquez, and David Cole) 27. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Adolescents: Risk Factors, Antecedents, and Prevention Strategies (Ralph J. DiClemente and Richard A. Crosby) Author Index. Subject Index.
PortraitGerald R. Adams is a distinguished Professor of Family Relations and Human Development in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph, Ontario. He is Editor of the Journal of Adolescent Research. Michael D. Berzonsky is Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at Cortland.
Pressestimmen"Including contributions by both venerated scholars in the field and promising up-and-coming researchers, this well organized volume presents dense summaries of current research in specific areas of adolescent development ... Another bonus: contributors include sociologists and social workers; the editors note that such colloborations are necessary to conduct good research and influence public policy. Summing Up: Essential. All collections supporting work at the upper-division undergraduate level and above." S. K. Hall, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Choice, December 2003 "With the strong emphasis in the book on theory and reviewing the research literature, students and trainees in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and related disciplines should find it very useful." Ali El-Hadi, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, January 2004
Untertitel: 'Blackwell Handbooks of Develop'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: BLACKWELL PUBL
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Jane Helen Thompson, the daughter of Harry and Dorothy (Sager) Garrelts, was born June 14, 1930, in Ayrshire. Her childhood years were spent in Ayrshire, where she received her education, graduating from Ayrshire High School. She later continued her education, graduating from Colorado Women's College in Denver, Colo., in 1949.
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In this week's three punch combo, I first of all want to state why I feel the Nonito Donaire-Abner Mares fight is the best potential fight that can be made for 2013. Next, I will look forward to what I feel is the best fight on paper so far in 2013, the matchup between Gennady Golovkin and Gabriel Rosado. And finally, I'll look at the positives from Saturday's controversial bout on NBC between Tomasz Adamek and Steve Cunningham. Donaire vs. Mares in 2013 Credit: Chris Farina - Top Rank There are several quality fights that can be made in boxing in 2013. But by far the best potential matchup out there is between Nonito Donaire and Abner Mares. First of all, I am fully aware of the difficulty in making this fight. Golden Boy, who represents Mares, and Top Rank, who represents Donaire, typically do not do business with each other. We have seen occurrences in the past where such feuds were put aside. Remember in 1999 Top Rank and Don King put their long running hatred aside to m...
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Ryou frowned thoughtfully as Kayla stared up at him. Yami's confusion doubled as the small girl shook her head.
"It's gotta be good, Ry-Chan. My Show N' Tell has to be special," she whined. Yami blinked.
"Show and tell?"
"Kayla has show and tell tomorrow," Ryou explained patiently.
"Sensei said to bring our something special," she added.
"Well, what are you bringing?"
"She doesn't know yet. She wants something really special."
"Yeah! 'Specially special!" she agreed.
"Especially special? Hm..." Yami tried to think. "Will Mr. Kiba do?" he asked, thinking of the stuffed Blue Eyes she'd (mis)named after his rival Seto. He still swore it was alive...
"No! I broughted him last time!" she cried indignantly.
"Oh.. Then why not one of your pictures? That you drew of us?" Her eyes suddenly lit up.
"I know!" she cried. Throwing her arms around him, she kissed his cheek. "thank you!" she called, running off. Ryou smiled at his bewildered partner.
"Did I say something?" he asked. Ryou laughed.
"I believe so."
As the three headed to the bus the next morning, none of them noticed the sprinkling rain that fell on their heads. Yami complained playfully that Kayla, who was very excited, would not tell them her secret Show and Tell. Finally the two gave up trying to convince her to tell them, and ushered her to the bus.
"You promise to come and see my Show N' Tell?" she asked again. "Sensei said you could."
"Yes, yes. We will," Ryou assured her, kissing her cheek and pushing her onto the bus. Hugging Yami, she waved, then joined her friends.
"Any ideas?" Yami asked his lover, as the two moved down the hall to the classroom door. Ryou shrugged.
"I wanna know," Yami whined, opening the door. The teacher's welcoming smile was barely returned before both men were dragged by Kayla to the front of the classroom, bewildered. The class was silent as the girl cleared her throat.
"For my Show N' Tell, I brought my Yami-Sama and Ry-Chan. They're My Something Special."
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Paris: Where grey is beautiful
Sunday draws to a close and I remember my promise of blogging everyday. It's easy to give up. Who's going to hold me to account? But I then think about all those days I spent traveling last month that I have yet to write about and guilt overcomes me. Travel deserves to be written about especially if you've been to unusual places and had out-of-the-ordinary experiences. And so here goes….roughly in reverse order!
Paris. Early November. Winter is beginning to set in and its a windy, rainy day. I've spent the previous day, a sunny one, indoors reading and working. And on this blustering day, I'm out with Valerie to walk the streets of Paris. She meets me outside the Louvre pyramid armed with information from her husband and children on what could be unusual and exciting for a half day walkabout in the city.
We wander around the Place du Carrousel and stand under the Arc de Triomphe (du Carrousel), located at one end of the famous axis historique that begins here and stretches westward through the city passing through the more famous Arc de Triomphe (in the Place de Etoile) all the way to monumental and modern Le Grande Arch in La Defense. We go inside and under Pei's remarkable pyramid to pay it obeisance and emerge soon after to walk across to the Comedie Francaise. Children play on the fountains and I revel in how public art enhances these beautiful public spaces, marrying the modern with the medieval in this ancient yet completely contemporary city.
We backtrack, walking back to the Louvre and past the older courtyard of the Louvre Palace and across the Seine towards the Institut. To the left, we see Pont Neuf and the Notre Dame Cathedral towering over the other structures on Ile de la Cite. This was the first of our many crossing over the beautiful river that morning and the city, shrouded in grey, looked mysterious and lovely and much better than I remembered seeing it on a summer day in 1999, when it was chock-a-block with tourists and the best monuments were draped in veils as they were being restored in preparation of the new millenium.
Down the steps and alongside the Seine we walk, briefly stopping beneath Henri IV astride his steed on the Ile and sstaring in amusement at the hundreds of love locks visitors had left here after the millions on Pont de Neuf were brought down last year!
In Place Dauphine, a quaint triangular park, Valerie talks about the character of these inner courtyards- often oddly shaped- that remain serene even as tourist hordes pass by near enough. Places that a Parisian would take you to!
We go back over the Seine, along the Pont Neuf this time and trek to Rue de Rivoli, all prepared for a totally different experience. We've heard of an artists squat, where artists had illegally occupied an entire building in historic Paris for years until the city made it legal recently. Eager to experience this hopefully eccentric place of peaceful anarchy, we trekked in the rain. Only to find the door firmly shut!
Not ones to give up, we change strategy and take the Metro to the next recommendation- the Pavilion de l'arsenal where we are told there is a giant interactive map of Paris. When we get there, we indeed see a number of screens on the floor making up a large LED space where, using a touch screen, you can navigate through the city and watch a giant google map before you. We have great fun zooming in to see the terrace of someone's home or the bus stand outside the University and trace the route we had walked. The space also has a thorough exhibition of the city's history, starting medieval times until the present. It's really well done and we spend over an hour discussing many historical phases and then looking at current redevelopment projects, also presented here. The history aside, the architectural and planning content of the exhibition was so well put together, enabling any visitor to get under the skin of Paris and understand its context. I wish Delhi, Mumbai and many other Indian cities would attempt something like this and throw it open to the public the way Paris has done. It would not only educate but also involve citizens in a way that, I think, could have transformative impacts on our future.
Satiated and our minds full of imagery we cross the Seine, yet again, but this time to walk through the quaint and endearing Isle Saint Loius. I have always wondered about the little island next to the Isle de la Cite, one that is less famous but surely equally historic. It did not disappoint. Here we saw some stunning doorways, a little church built into the street and well ordered street facades that reflect its history as an early urban planning experiment from the 17th century. For the first time in Paris, back then, this island had homes that were oriented towards the street and not towards the inner courtyards, that now became small and narrow.
We have a lunch appointment and we are running late, we realize. And so we rush forward, crossing the Pont Saint Loius back into the Isle de la Cite, dashing into one street to see the few preserved medieval structures, crossing in front of the magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral and dashing in and out of the quaint churches of St Severin and St Germaine de Pres to reach our lunch destination. The clock is ticking and I have a flight to catch but we aren't nearly done yet with our magical wanderings in Paris this nippy November day!
The women of Cuenca
The more you travel, the more you admire the industry and hard work of women. In Cuenca, we saw women carry things and sell eats, flowers and knick knacks on pavements and in street markets. Women manned the entries to churches and museums, sold us tickets and showed us around. Women served us in hole in the wall eateries, scurrying between kitchen and table even as their menfolk cooked inside. Here are some clicks of the beautiful women we met today, many of them clearly from native tribes of the region (like the Otovalos and Canari), distinct in their facial features and ethnic attire.
Cuenca, Ecuador: Night walk
Another city in Ecuador, quite different from Quito. Nestled in a wide valley and not that high altitude-wise, this is a laid back city and a haven for retired expats. That means many more people speak English and it's rather small, so it's much easier to get around. We landed here early in the morning and ended up wandering the city for hours waiting for check in time. More on those wonderful and crazy wanderings later.
After check in and a much needed afternoon nap (call it stone-dead slumber!), we walked to the city centre. Breathtakingly beautiful and full of unexpected sights, Cuenca has stolen my heart in a way that few places have. In addition to the gorgeous churches and squares, endless colonial facades and graffiti, there's an earthy reality to the city and a sense of pride that is very endearing.
Here are my shots from our walk around town tonight. Consider them placeholders till I get time to blog in detail about what we are seeing and doing. Much love from Cuenca, Ecuador…..
A whirlwind #workation in Indonesia: Is travel planning overrated?
One of the interesting contradictions in my life is how little I research my travel before I set off, despite being a researcher by profession. This trip to Indonesia, which Greg and I had planned as a recce visit to explore collaborations and case sites for a new project, was one of those in which I literally landed up at the airport with a lets-see-how-this-goes attitude. Part of this was related to how much we had riding on this trip work-wise, the nature of the visit was exploratory. We didn't even have a fixed itinerary- except for the knowing when we arrived in and departed from Jakarta, we were literally making this up as we went along!
Far from being apprehensive, I was enormously excited about this trip. It felt like a true adventure, which would entail seeing a bunch of places I had never imagined going to and a couple that I didn't even know the existence of! There were a few comforts though. One, Greg speaks Bahasa Indonesia and had spent enough time there to act as guide and interpreter (he did a fantastic job of that!). And I had been to Bali and Surabaya earlier this year (yes, this is my 3rd trip in a span of 3 months!), gained an initial understanding of Indonesian people and had a few reliable contacts there.
My expectations about how much I would be able to "see" on this trip were low from a touristic perspective and because I really enjoy the urban wandering as much, if not more than straight-jacketed tourism experiences, this wasn't much of a concern.
And so I land up seeing four Indonesian cities and some of its countryside in eleven days. First: Jakarta, the sprawling capital and primary city, where the country's economic and political power concentrates, where young people dream of living and working, where life is buzzing and traffic is painful. Second: Yogyakarya, fondly called Jogja, city of universities and students, a special region where the Sultan still rules, once laid back and pretty, now seeing new wealth. Third: Kupang, out there in eastern Indonesia, capital of the province of Nusa Tengarra Timor (NTT), a sleepy city with hilly outcrops and stunning beaches. Surrounding by hinterland that is arid and poor. Fourth: Semarang, a large industrial port city in Central Java, a city that celebrates its colonial history even as the part-rural counties around it pulsate with the excitement of promised new industrial investments.
We do this by buying tickets hours before we fly out, sometimes even deciding on the go! We use Whatsapp shamelessly to contact NGOs, academics and government officials wherever we go. We end up working long stretched in cafes, using their free Wi-Fi connections to take Skype calls, write emails, consult collaborators and download data, all for the price of a few cups of coffee! We try budget hotels and budget-budget hotels and laugh at the Spartan decor and not-really-there breakfasts. We meet people who go out of the way to help us (some of them were meeting us for the first time!), giving us their time, inviting us into their homes on weekends, finding us contacts and even accompanying us to difficult meetings. Everything works out and we accomplish nearly everything we had hoped we would, with minimal pre-planning, mostly by being able to take reasonably quick decisions, by keeping our wits around us and by listening carefully to what our Indonesian contacts had to say to us. In my opinion, the Indonesian cultural traits of respect for outsiders, gentleness of manner and inordinate helpfulness were our biggest assets on our trip. And since we weren't overthinking the trip before we started, I think we got a lot of the 'pleasant surprise' factor out of it than if we had had everything perfectly lined up!
Watch out for more posts about our experiences in beautiful Indonesia!
Already published: Crumbling legacy, so much potential: In Jakarta's Kota Tua
Conversations with co-travellers
A journey from Delhi to Jakarta. What's so special about that? Two flights, some time to kill at Changi. Ho hum….
I'm not one to think like this before a journey starts. I'm always super excited about travel but some journeys are made special by the people you meet and the conversations you have. This one certainly was. Trying to sum them the best I can….
Conversation #1 : book buying advice from a stranger
When someone stands next to you at WH Smith and proclaims that a particular title is 'the best book in the world', it's hard not to pull his leg right? "The best book in the world?" I challenge him. "For now…" says he, with a twinkle in his eye. He is recommending to me Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and I'm skeptical as hell. It sounds very pseudo self-improvement to me, a genre I detest but he protests vehemently, saying it's just the opposite. At this point we are joined by a 50-something Indian woman who announces her absolute dismay that the book section of the store has been slashed by half. "Change your name!" she cries, waving her hands about at the shop attendants, who launch into a long babble by way of explanations. As I bill and leave, I hear hip Aunty offer free book advice to the free book advice giver!
Conversation #2 : dreams never die
Looking for a place to drink my coffee, I end up sharing a table with X. I have no intention of chatting but his gentle face and curious smile draws me in and I venture to ask about where he is from and where he is going. Over the next half hour, I hear a story of innovation, ambition, pride and disappointment that moves me. X is from Sydney, Australia. After winning a food innovation award for odourless garlic in 1990, he embarks on a journey of entrepreneurship, manufacturing and selling cosmetic and food products made from garlic, which he believes has medicinal properties especially in regulating respiratory conditions like asthma among other diseases. From what I gather, the business environment changed and one way or the other he ended up losing his business. Now, in the end years of his working life, he is trying to revive his business and traveling to explore partnerships in manufacturing technology, marketing and distribution. He is thinking of new markets and is fascinated to hear about the popularity of Ayurvedic and natural cosmetics and food in india. X is well read and reasonably well travelled but old world, still hoping to sell his ideas basis a spiral bound documentation of his past success.
We talk about brain drain and economic policy, jobs and aspirations, the world order. I'm struck by his optimism and how his eyes light up when I ask if he has a sample of his product! He pulls out a small box of cream and I rub some on my arm. It's anti ageing and full of garlic, all natural and aromatic too. He glows with pride as he sees how pleasantly surprised I am. "You gotta have a dream" he says "to do something for your country". Clearly it's not profit but something larger that drives him. And the fact that his beautiful wife and daughter have used his products for years is endorsement enough! His parting shot to me: "it was lovely to meet someone who thinks and cares"!
Conversation #3 : fearless parenting
The guy sitting next to me asks to borrow some part of my gigantic copy of The Strait Times and I comply. We start talking. Careers, business, the state of Indian roads, politics…staple conversation for two educated urban Indians meeting on a plane. We even speak about cultural aspects of doing business in south east Asia and I hear him eagerly, soaking in information that might help the project we are starting in Indonesia. And then I ask him about his family. It's a different guy talking now. A father with a five year old son and a two month old daughter. And we talk about how it's fear and paranoia that drives modern parenting. To my utter surprise, he agrees with me about how we need to change that and give our kids the chance to find their own survival mechanisms. We argue as well. He loves the tech solutions- get the kid a phone and data card and google maps will be the solution! I argue for a belief system that trusts people, even strangers. It is a delightful and intelligent conversation that I enjoy.
I end the long day with another long conversation with my dear friend and project partner Greg. This one meanders all over the place like it does with us but hovers somewhere around the themes we work on nevertheless. We can't be blamed for losing focus! I go to bed and wake up a few times at night, excited for dawn. And here it is….
Sweet and sour escapades in Bali
This short trip to Bali presented a set of varied and interesting experiences. I had heard from friends and family about the quaint Balinese worship rituals and sure enough, the carved stone statues and beautifully decorated offerings to the Gods and demon spirits were everywhere. So was the tourist-oriented commerce with its plethora of souvenirs and knick-knacks, though the large number of designer clothing and accessory stores with high quality products and tasteful displays were the icing on the cake during our sojourns through Seminyak and Kuta. And, of course, there was the glorious sea!
We had done little advance planning for this trip, and I had the sense of floating from experience to experience over the three days we were in Bali. And because we had known each other so long, we were able to laugh at the imperfect decisions just as well as we savored the ones that turned out well. Which is just as travel ought to be, spontaneous and rich in detail, and stress free to boot! Presenting a set of small stories from our Bali sojourn….
The kindness of strangers
Bali offered us the perfect escape into anonymity, allowing us to have a reckless element to our capers on the beach. One evening, a couple of us were caught in strong currents and taken a tad further out to see than we had anticipated. Reaching the shore rather breathless (and a bit shaken) after a strenuous swim back, we were touched to find that the man from whom we were renting our deck chairs was already in the water, genuinely concerned for us and ready to get help!
Laughing at ourselves
One night, we ventured into Kuta to sample the nightlife and got lost trying to walk our way to Hard Rock Hotel. Now this is hard to do in Kuta, which is small and linear, but clearly we have talent! After resorting to an exorbitant cab ride to get to our destination, we caught the last one and a half songs of a talented rock band at Centrestage, in Hard Rock Hotel. After the band wound up and we downed the drinks we had hastily ordered, we moved to Hard Rock Café, only to find that the live band there, the one producing screechy noises in a language that was hard to identify, was also on its last song. And so, much amused by our pathetic attempts to enjoy Kuta's nightlife, we spent a few silent and awestruck moments on the beach, watching the bright moon and sparkling stars reflected in the rhythmic waves, before heading back to the hotel.
For happy senses, go to the local Warungs
With two vegetarians in our midst, one of them prone to a number of allergies, we were slightly skeptical about food. We need not have been. We delighted in the local Warungs (equivalents of dhabas in India) as well as the streetside cafes and restaurants we found. The Warungs specialised in local Balinese and Indonesian food. Our first meal, in the tiny Warung opposite our hotel, was chosen from a limited menu but was deliciously prepared, happily customised and served with side dishes of conversation and friendliness! My favourite meal in Bali it was. Warung Ocha in Seminyak allowed you to pick what you wanted from a buffet and the most tasteful dishes were the salads and veggie stir fries.
There's also a lot to be said for the highly developed sense of aesthetics in Bali and the sinple Warungs capture this well. In Ocha, the landscaping and interplay of indoor and oudoor spaces would put most high-end restaurants to shame! Warung Damar in Kuta was more upmarket and the beef redang and veggie gado gado were memorable. Dinner at La Sal, the Spanish eatery down the road, with its sense of space, stood out for its careful preparation and assembly.
Unexpected celebrity status
That Indian cinema is popular worldwide is not news. Two young girls who offered us a share of the their offerings at Tirta Empul giggled about Salman Khan and Shahrukh. But we were all rather surprised that soap operas from Indian television seemed to really capture the Balinese imagination.
Wayan, our taxi driver for the day trip we took to Mount Batur, had me down as his contact person. Even as we discussed how common his name was in Bali, he expressed how delighted he was to have met a person called Mukta in person! Now this was a bit strange, as mine isn't a particularly common Indian name. He murmured something about Mukta being a character in a daily Hindi soap called Utaran that he watched (dubbed in Bahasa, of course). At the buffet lunch we ate that day, our server Putu (another common name in Bali), was ecstatic when I introduced myself. She beckoned to her friends in excitement, pointing to me and saying "Mukta Rathore, Mukta Rathore…" once again referring to the character in the soap. I sure did not expect to be a celebrity in Bali!
Click-click under the Flamboyant trees: An afternoon in OCT, Shenzhen
Our first few hours in Shenzhen were a gentle transition into the city's messier spaces, its urban villages, which were the staple fare for our week-long exploration. But before I tell you this particular story, let me introduce to you our talented research collaborators in Shenzhen, whose expertise and insights made it possible to take in a phenomenal amount of information about the city and its context in a fairly short period of time. Mary Ann O'Donnell is an anthropologist, American in origin but a resident of Shenzhen since the mid '90s (read her fantastic blog Shenzhen Noted for her insights into the city). Fu Na is a Chinese urban designer. Both are associated with the Shenzhen Centre for Design, a city think tank that promotes innovations in urban and environmental design. During Mary Ann and Fu Na's visit to Delhi, a few weeks before ours, we had already interacted intensively over common areas of interest and established an easy rapport. And so, we found ourselves headed for lunch to the Tibetan restaurant that Mary Anne had promised to take us to, eager to hear about the itinerary they had chalked out for us!
Our hotel, and our current destination, are located in an area developed by the Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Holding Company popularly called OCT, short for Overseas China Town. Financed by investment from overseas Chinese, the area contains a set of theme parks (Windows of the World, Happy Valley and the like) that are popular among tourists, high-end housing, landscaped pathways, restaurants and parks. In general, it gave the impression of an upscale planned neighborhood and we were not surprised to learn that Singaporean companies were involved in the design and landscaping of these spaces.
The lush green of a tropical urban landscape is refreshing and despite the extremely uncomfortable levels of humidity and the lack of sleep, I was happy to be out there, getting our first glimpses of Shenzhen. At the public park within which the Tibetan eatery was located, we were greeted by a beautiful array of Flamboyant trees, in full bloom. These Flame of the Forest or Gulmohar (in Hindi) trees are a familiar sight back home in India as well, but unlike in North India's dry hot climate, the fiery orange flowers were particularly vibrant and attractive in Shenzhen's coastal climate.
What's more, the park was dotted with people on their lunch break, taking pictures of each other for an ongoing photography contest. Smartphone cameras and DSLRs went click-click-click, as women and children (not a single man!) preened and posed, hoping for a perfect frame. We took a bemused spin around the park, watching this wonderful set of happy people (the first among many 'happy people' we would meet in Shenzhen), before settling down to a fantastic lunch (the first among many delicious meals we had).
Later that night, after Mary Ann and Fu Na had left for home, we returned to the park with some packed street food and watched some more happy people dancing. They dotted every bit of the park, some five or six groups dancing distinct styles (from Tango to Zumba) congregated close to separate boomboxes playing different types of music. We learnt later, as we came across more evening public dancing sessions in different parts of the city, that there could be a scramble in certain spaces as to who comes and sets up the boombox first, that some of these were paid dance lessons and others dance enthusiasts who had just come together to have a good time. That night, as we walked back to the hotel, I thought about value that different cultures place on certain types of community activities and whether public space design adequately catered to these practices and preferences.
Shenzhen Diaries: In anticipation
I first heard of a possible trip to Shenzhen in mid-March from Partha (we work together at the Centre for Policy Research) during a taxi ride from Delhi to Gurgaon. The name Shenzhen triggered memories of conversations we had about the buzzing Chinese city across the water from Hong Kong back in the early 2000s when Amma and Papa (my in-laws) lived in Macau. Those were the years shortly after Hong Kong (in 1997) and Macau (in 1999) were handed over to China and much was changing in the Pearl River Delta. Papa was flying helicopters for a private airline at the time; and in addition to his usual stories of the rich folks he ferried between Hong Kong and Macau on the famed casino circuit, he was talking about the rich business investors he was flying to Shenzhen and Zuhai, both among 5 Special Economic Zones set up by China along the Eastern seaboard in 1980 as key elements of economic reform. On my trip to visit them in 2000, a year before my wedding, they even took me on a day trip to see the wonders of Zuhai's swank streets, tall glass buildings and sparkling amusement parks. I wondered if I should expect Shenzhen to be something similar. Over the next few days, however, Shenzhen slipped my mind and I got busy with other things.
Then, in the last days of April Mary Anne and Fu Na arrived in Delhi from Shezhen, full of immense curiosity and enthusiasm, surprisingly unaffected by the oppressive heat of the Delhi summer. Over the intense conversations we had while showing them around the urban villages and slums of Delhi and Gurgaon, I began to piece together a different picture of Shenzhen. Of spaces similar to the ones we work in here in Delhi where migrants and long-time residents squeeze together, feeding off the glitzy growing city and yet, strangely distanced from it. Of a city of hope and entrepreneurship but also struggle and despair.
Our plans to visit Shenzhen began to crystallize over the month of May and I crammed as much reading about the city and its environs as I could. The picture became fuzzier with every paper I read. Facts and figures, strains of urban history and theory mingled together, shapeless and drifting. I stored as much as I could in a mental shelf labelled "Shenzhen, China".
We landed in Hong Kong airport in late May and the mountains rising out the water greeted me like familiar friends. On the ferry across to Shenzhen, I finally allowed myself to give in to the excitement of anticipation coming to an end, of the relief of seeing and feeling a city that I've tried in vain to conjure out of mere words. Join me on my journey as I attempt to synthesize and interpret what we saw over an intense week of exploration in Shenzhen. Presenting, the Shenzhen Diaries.
Last weekend in Kochi, a memorable slice of time
To me, travel is therapeutic at many levels. Whether I travel for work or leisure, or even to meet family obligations, I revel in the sensory overload that travel brings. Earlier this month, I was in Kochi to serve as external jury member for 3rd year architectural students at a relatively new private college. While that was an interesting experience in itself, the highlight of the trip was spending time with one of my closest friends and her family.
College buddies, especially if you've shared hostel rooms, clothes, intimate secrets and much more, have an understanding of each other that is rare and precious. Both of us found we had saved conversations up in our heads for years and years for the time we would meet and have a chance to have a leisurely conversation. So that was super fun. Just as much fun was interacting with her kids; who felt familiar after only two days of time together.
The ease of being with people who feel like family seeped into the one day we had free. We visited the touristy part of town, Fort Kochi, but we hardly had tourism on our minds. Instead, we wandered through artist Paris Mohan Kumar's art exhibition at the iconic David Hall, a restored art gallery and cafe that was once a Dutch bungalow. The paintings, which were largely monochrome revolved around the themes of nature and human relationships with an emphasis on the female form, were fascinating in their ability to be complex and simple at the same time.
We then hung out in the cafe part of the building for a while, cooling down drinking mint iced tea and gazing onto the patch of Kerala green and the pristine white stone wall, solid like they built them in the 16th century. Talking, laughing, thinking. And having some unexpected deep conversations.
Soon enough, phone calls came in, errands were run and appointments were rushed towards. The afternoon went by in a tizzy of sushi tasting, professional commitments, shopping and driving around a city temporarily scarred by the construction of the Metro line.
A week later, I'm still carrying that slice of time at David Hall with me. Memories are not necessarily made of a famous piece of architecture, high culture or amusement parks. Nor of expensive meals, cruises and moonlit walks. They are equally made of ordinariness, of words exchanged with an 11-year old child wise far beyond her years, of time spent with someone who understands you better than yourself. Of laughing over spilt cold coffee and of counting ants climbing up a tree. And in the day of smart phone, of taking a goofy selfie.
Kolkata's delights: Eclectic Fairlawn Hotel
I'd only been once to Kolkata before, a long time ago. And I'd been dying to go. Our team at work had been engaged in a field study on auto rickshaws in Kolkata and a consultative workshop in December was the perfect occasion for us all to go in an engage with the project a bit more.
My colleague Manish, who is never satisfied with the usual run-of-the-mill stuff, bullied us all into booking what he called "a quaint heritage property on Sudder Street". It's only when we got there that we realized this was the famous Fairlawn Hotel. With its interiors painted a bizarre green, its walls cluttered with newspaper clips, photographs and paintings, and its rooms full of eclectic curios, Fairlawn is a sensory explosion indeed!
We spent quite a few amused and excited moments recognising famous faces, including Patick Swayze and Shashi and Jennifer Kapoor (who apparently spent their honeymoon here!), several photographs of British Royals (I'm not they ever visited though!) and some very detailed water colours of Fairlawn that I particularly liked. Fairlawn's infamous owner Violet (Vi) Smith, who was well known as a talented racconteur and host, passed away at the ripe old age of 93 only in 2014! One could see, standing there in those rooms full of atmosphere, that Fairlawn had seen some really interesting times! The building, I gather from news reports online, is over 200 years and was inherited by Vi from her Armenian mother. Through its history, it has been a home, a barracks and mess for Canadian airmen during the World War II and finally, a hotel that was a must-visit for foreign visitors in Kolkata for years. Vi's daughter Jennifer runs it now.
Amid our busy work schedules, we managed to sneak in some crazy pictures of ourselves in Fairlawn as well as some moments of leisure chatting while standing in its historic corridors.


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Good electric DA sander
Does anybody know if there is a good electric one available? I see lots of pnematic ones for sale but no electric. The DeWald 6" RA sander that I have is not very effective at removing paint from the deck.
Porter-Cable 97366 6" Random Orbit VS Sander Kit its all about the tool
Why is it better than the DW 421 that I have?
Its is gear driven not direct drive so it doesn't stall if you lean on it and it has a bigger counter weight so it works better. I have both, the one you have is great for light sanding the other stripped the bottom of my boat in one day.
I'm in..
Count me in on my vote for the Porter-Cable 97366 as well! Like my Makita 9227C buffer I have to agree it's all about having the right machine..
On my woodworking forum, everyone says the Festool ROS is best, but it comes with a hefty pricetag. Here's my favorite sanding tip....
Use the vacuum attachment!!! Not only does it keep the dust out of your lungs and skin, it makes the sander work faster. Because it's sucking up the dust you just created, the sandpaper doesn't have to grind the dust over and over. As a result, the sanding goes faster and the paper lasts longer.
I learned this once when I had my boat at a yard that mandated dustless sanding. I was amazed how much more effective the sander worked with a vacuum connected.
Thanks for the input! Jimmy - thats what I needed to hear.
I had never seen the Festool ROS but after goggling it they seem very similar it also looks like a good choice.
I am using Bosch 3107DVS - it is a 5" random orbit sander, but it worked great for all my paint removal projects. It's the only one so far that I can work with for long periods of time without getting too tired.
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A rare golden lion tamarin and a male lion have died at zoos in Auckland and Wellington.
Auckland Zoo said its male lion, Ngala, was euthanised earlier today after he was unable to recover from multiple health issues resulting from a ruptured cruciate ligament in his hind quarters.
The 12-year-old lion suffered the injury about 18 months ago. It led to arthritis due to the instability of his leg and, more recently, lameness.
File photos: Ngala's visit to the dentist
Zoo spokeswoman Kate Orgias said Ngala's weakened physical state left him vulnerable to attacks from the zoo's other three lions.
She said the decision to euthanise Ngala was made in the knowledge his physical condition would not improve, and his overall welfare and quality of life could not be maintained.
"This type of injury is one that could also happen to a lion in the wild, and due to reduced mobility, would ultimately be fatal," Ms Orgias said.
"Unfortunately, surgery to repair the ligament -- something that rugby players sometimes undergo -- is impossible for an animal like this due to the type of after-care that would be required."
Ngala is survived by female lions Sheeka, Kura and Amira. His death leaves Auckland Zoo without any male lions.
African lion Ngala. Photo / Auckland Zoo
The zoo said there were no plans at present to import male lions, but it would be considering it as part of its normal collection planning.
Ngala came to Auckland Zoo from the Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa in 2003, along with fellow male Lazarus, who was transferred to a zoo in New South Wales in 2012 as part of an Australasian regional breeding programme.
Video: Ngala gets root canal
Meanwhile, Wellington Zoo said it was saddened by the death of its male golden lion tamarin Orolito.
The diminutive South American primate died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon.
Zoo spokeswoman Charlotte Whitelaw said staff were waiting for the results of a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death.
Orolito was found to be quiet and lethargic yesterday morning, and was taken to the zoo's vet clinic for fluids, glucose, warmth and antibiotics.
The zoo said he died a few hours later, despite further care throughout the afternoon.
Orolito is survived by female tamarin Clementine.
Male golden lion tamarin Orolito. Photo / Wellington Zoo
Ms Whitelaw said tamarins were very social primates, so the zoo was in contact with the species coordinator at the golden lion tamarin breeding programme in Brazil.
Depending on her genetic make-up, she may be paired up with a breeding male or put into a general social group.
The zoo's vet team was keeping a close eye on her in the meantime.
"We're just wanting to do the best thing for her and take in account that these animals are endangered, and we want to be boosting their population numbers."
Orolito settled in at Wellington Zoo last September after he was transferred from Cleveland Zoo in Ohio, United States. Clementine came from Santa Ana Zoo in California.


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The large merchant vessel lit a torch behind its mainsail, signalling its leave. A large orange glow emanated from the sail, striking painfully at my heart with every flicker of the hidden flame. Our freedom and safety had escaped us on swift wings of ill-fated timing and cowardice. We were weak. But we never deserved this of all punishments.
I jumped from the rowboat and pulled Mira along behind me. We ran from the docks as the waves crashed upon its weak waterlogged structure.
They were coming.
Mira's small hand was beginning to slip through mine, so I squeezed it and continued to pull her behind me. Fog began to creep from behind us, rising past us and into the village. The thick mist made it difficult to see where we were headed. What were we running from? I did not know. Yet my body reacted to the situation as though I had been anticipating everything that had happen thus far. Somehow I knew that the chamber was too far away to reach in time.
Mira's red tunic sported small wet spots from the rain. She was barely keeping up with me, and I knew that she wouldn't last much longer. I could hear her breath catch as she tripped on a stone and pulled me down with her. I felt my head hit something hard. I looked up at the dense black trees shading the clearing. We had almost reached the stone steps to the nearest safe house. I tried to crane my neck to see Mira, but I was greeted by a searing pain that reverberated through my entire body. Hopefully Mira had made it to the safe house. I would never be able to forgive myself if anything happened to her.
Agonizing shrieks split the black forest from nearby. I could already form a picture of them in my mind: Human-like figures with dead skin clinging haphazardly to perforated muscle tissue and semi-decomposed bone. First would come the stench of rot. A miasma of disease would follow shortly after. Finally they would be upon you like a pack of large rats, tearing you apart and burying you. Within five days you would rise from the earth and join them in their never-ending quest for bloodshed. The Unsent were created through an alchemic experiment gone wrong, as we were taught.


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Matthew Rushton had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit83 ontwerpen ingezonden door23 freelance designers.
We are a Web 2.0 startup building a live blogging platform. Our service is similar to those of Wordpress and Blogger, with a focus on live blogging. It also includes social networking elements like Twitter and Tumbler. Our tag line is "Broadcast your blog live" (this should not be part of the logo). We are a small, fun startup and we want our logo to reflect that!
Our target audience is anyone who produces or consumes social media. This includes bloggers etc...
We are looking for a logo for our startup Blogcastr. The logo should contain our name "blogcastr" entirely in lowercase using the typeface Coolvetica which can be downloaded for free here: http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/larabie/coolvetica/. The logo should have a distinct Web 2.0 feel, good examples of which are Twitter and Friendfeed. A great starting point for the logo has been attached, which includes an RSS like wave coming off the end of the logo. We have not decided on the color palette, so experiment and see what works best. For deliverables we would like the following formats: layered .psd, .eps, .jpg, .gif, .tif, .bmp.


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my collection
Looking at my
work, I realize that I am a storyteller, but not in the usual sense.
I build my stories in terra cotta clay , layering the surfaces with
found object marks and fired colarants. These stories have no
ending- nor do they contain answers to the questions they pose. They
are inquistive, honest, and dwell on the mysteries and joys of daily
Each one of a kind sculpture is hand built, mainly using thick
coils, then multiple fired. The pieces may be fired three to seven
times depending on the color and surface that I'm trying to achieve.
I approach the color on the clay as a painter. My palette is a
combination of stains, glazes, oxides, slips, dry clays, underglazes
and underglaze pencils. I mix- I paint, never exactly sure of the
end results - another mystery. I enjoy the surprises!
Q. What is the primary motivation behind your work?
A. As an artist, just going into the studio is motivation. In fact I become quite restless if I am out of the studio more than a few days. Of course, the rituals of daily living such as the roles of the female and the personal relationships give me enough information to allow me to work for a lifetime. I am always in question while working – asking why, what if?
Q. How would you describe your creative impulse?
A. Being quiet with myself and allow free thinking in a notebook which could include writing, drawing. Listening to poetry and lyrics in music allows me to see the words and visualize. When I work – which is daily – I allow spontaneous actions to manipulate the clay. Ideas develop and stories appear. These stories dwell on the mysteries and joys of daily life. The search continues until I reach the core – the spiritual level of the sculpture. Then the work can speak.
Q. Why do you prefer to work with ceramics?
A. This is almost god-like, being able to create a form. I love the fact that I am working with basic elements from the earth. The warmth and freedom clay gives the sculptor is exciting and challenging to me. Plus working large scale is physically hard – and I like that. I like being pushed.
Q. Please give a basic description of your creative process.
A. Studio and me and music and clay and hours – I usually start five or six large pieces at a time since clay has properties (needs to set-up before adding more clay). This allows me to move around the studio working a little on each piece. Sometimes I have a basic idea or sometimes it is just faith. The actual building can take many weeks and then the clay needs to dry. After the drying, the firing of the pieces begin. Each piece is bisque-fired which takes a day. Then I become a painter and start working with the surface. All colorants on my work are mixtures of oxides, glazes, underglazes and slips. I will repeat the firing of each piece until I achieve the look I want for the piece. I prefer to look and observe the piece for a week or so before I have it photographed.
Q. Please correct me if I'm mistaken, but it seems as if you exclusively create the female form; how does this particular symbol/form suit your creative ideal?
A. I often question myself, who is this female? The need to express the female figure has visited cultures from the beginning of time and has continued to appear in my studio. I guess the figure could be a form of self-portrait. I do experience the female every minute; it's what I know best.
Q. How do you choose your color palette?
A. Since I am working with clay materials for color, of course the colors will have a natural feel. The oxides which I use as a stain come from the earth. They are so rich and warm. I stay away from heavy glazes – I don't want to cover my marks and cover the beauty of clay. Recently I have been using more blue – symbolic for water – which comes from cobalt oxide. Red is used as a memory and a big thanks to my mother. Most pieces finish with three red dots (this is a glaze) that is addressing my mother's presence.
Q. How do you feel your work has progressed throughout your career?
A. Working daily allows this to happen naturally. Earlier works – more stylized, flatter surface, smaller in scale. The depth of the work can only happen with age, once life has been experienced. I reflect on my past – my childhood, the stories of the orphanage where my mother was raised, the rituals and rules of the church where my father was a minister, the loss of my brother from cancer at an early age, the birth of my children and my role as a mother, the fall of the family unit due to divorce and now, the joys of a positive relationship. Having all this stuff with me has allowed my work to grow. Of course technical skills have improved but it is the spiritual level that I can achieve with the work that gives it the soul and mystery.
Q. Which artists do you admire?
A. Favorite painter – Tapies – surfaces, freedom he allows me to feel, no limits; I could sit with his work forever. Creative genius – Picasso. All materials sculptor – Magdelena Abakanowicz – her strength and knowledge and expression.
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Students headed for university are facing a double pinch from the labour dispute between teachers and British Columbia – the province's biggest university won't use Grade 12 marks, and a looming teachers boycott on extracurricular activities will further impoverish their applications.
"This consumes every day of our lives," said Zoe Schmidt, a Grade 12 student at Vancouver's Point Grey secondary school, who has applied to the University of British Columbia, which on Wednesday night voted to use Grade 11 marks as a basis for the bulk of admissions. "Grade 12, you know it's time to give everything you've got into it, but Grade 10 and 11 you don't think it matters nearly as much."
Under the new guidelines, marks from Grade 12 courses, unless completed in a previous year, will not be considered by UBC until May, when roughly two-thirds of first-year spots will already have been taken, said associate director of undergraduate admissions Michael Bluhm. He said the move was made partly to keep admissions offers on a similar timeline to previous years.
With an absence of report cards as part of the BC Teachers' Federation work-to-rule action, offers based primarily on Grade 11 marks will go out in mid-April, he said.
"It's messed up the whole year," said Tessa Walsh, student council president at Point Grey. "I hate it, I hate the strike," she said, adding that any further restrictions on extracurricular activities, currently being mulled by teachers, will hurt her admission chances even more. "I think there's a lot more extracurriculars I'd be doing if I could this year, just to beef up my application. Sports and clubs are definitely off the table and it's not good."
Mr. Bluhm said B.C. students with poor Grade 11 marks would not be disadvantaged by the change. "It will be business as usual in considering Grade 12 grades," he said. "What changes potentially is that if you're not admissible on Grade 11 grades in April, the offer might come a little later than it normally would have."
Some out-of-province students were relieved to know their Grade 12 marks would be accepted.
"I probably would have done a lot better in math and English if Grade 11 were going into the equation, pretty much because I just would have tried harder," said Kathleen Dawson, a Grade 12 high school student from Ottawa.
In past years, UBC has relied on grades submitted to its website by students themselves and later verified through official report cards. The registrar's inability to check self-reported marks against report cards also helped prompt the change.
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1361 Presidential Dr, Tri-Village, Columbus, 43212
Commute to Downtown Upper Arlington
The rent at Heritage Apartments ranges from $679 for a studio to a $1,639 three bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 6% more expensive than the Tri-Village average. This is a pet-friendly apartment.
This apartment is in the Tri-Village neighborhood in Columbus. Nearby parks include Miller Park, Memorial Park and Upper Arlington Historic District.
Heritage Apartments has a Walk Score of 63 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
Minutes from downtown, OSU, the Arena District, & State Rt 315, we invite you to experience the best value & location in Columbus. Nestled between Grandview Hts. & Upper Arlington, we offer countless opportunities for work & play, right in your backyard.
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Stuckey drops Bosh w/ poster dunk
Pistons, little known G, Rodney Stuckey dropped Heat Chris Bosh with a sick poster dunk. The Detroit Pistons still lost the game 94-100 to the visiting Miami Heat. Dwyane Wade connected with Lebron James on a nice full-court alley-oop as well. Check out the video's right here!
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Playing With Fire
The wagons were loaded and ready to go. Soldiers and workers had been busy packing up the camp all morning. Tents came down, weapons locked away, food preserved on slabs of ice, and horses fed and readied for the long journey home.
A bonfire had been held last night, immediately following the battle. The bodies of over a hundred soldiers had been cremated on the battlefield. A priest had recited the final good-byes and each of the survivors watched silently, praying that the souls of their companions would find rest. Smoke still drifted into the air from the smoldering ashes.
While everyone was busy packing, Callie sat on top of a low barren hill, watching the smoke float upwards towards the clouds. Her solitary bag full of all her Earthly posessions rested at her side. She had finished packing before the others woke, and had been sitting in the same spot since dawn.
Michael longed to approach his sister, but he knew better than to do so at that time. A few of the newbie soldiers had already tried to confront her for not helping pack up, but the veterans held them back. They knew not to disturb her when she was deep in thought.
Callie couldn't fight the over-whelming sense of guilt she felt while staring at the dying fire, just like she felt every time. Callie understood that the soldiers had willingly sacrificed themselves for the good of mankind, but it was the fire that somehow made their deaths final. When they were burned, there was no going back. Callie might as well have burned them herself for all the difference there was.
But she felt even more guilty of the fact that her primary sorrow was not the dead, but a certain shadow. If only she'd been able to kill him last time, none of this would've have happened. The brave warriors wouldn't have lost their lives. They would've been at home with their families, families that would now be distraught with the passing of a loving father or son.
She knew this wasn't true though. Even if she had killed Fioundt, another would have just taken his place and lead the battle instead. The shadows were not the type to grieve over the loss of life, even those of power. The death of a general wouldn't faze them in the slightest.
And she also knew she couldn't have killed him. It wasn't because she was too weak physically. Oh, no. She could easily take him out with one swipe of her sword. No, it was the weakness in her heart that held her back, a weakness that she knew would never go away.
"Callie," Michael called softly. He placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, "I'm sorry to disturb you, but we have to head out. We have to leave immediately if we want to make it to Sombre before nightfall."
Callie merely nodded. She wasn't ready to head out just yet. She needed more time to think. She wouldn't get the chance to with soldiers constantly speaking to her and horses whinnying.
"You go on ahead," she said, standing up. She removed her brothers hand from her shoulder, not turning to look at him."I'll catch up."
"Where are you going?" he asked.
Callie paused a moment before speaking. "Somewhere they can't follow me."
And with that, she took off at a run. Heads turned to see her dashing off towards the battlefield. Except she never made it that far.
Their was a small boulder in her path, arched like a ramp. She took advantage of it and with all her speed behind her, she jumped off it.
If anyone expected her to land, they got the surprise of their lives. Instead of falling back down to Earth, Callie took off higher into the air. Her arms and legs began to stretch outward, and feathers appeared all over her skin. Her mouth grew long and pointed, turning into a sharp beak. Curled red and orange feathers formed on her backside, creating a tail. Another curled red feather appeared on top of her bird head. The tips of the feathers ignited in a bright hot blaze, their powerful colours swirling and dancing.
The soldiers looked on in awe as the phoenix flew farther and farther away from the camp, soaring towards the sun.


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