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Asher lives in 2025 when the world is overrun with technology. Overcome with rebelliousness and loneliness, he makes an escape trip to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. There, he finds a sleeping girl named Ava. Who is she?
She was like an angel, cast out of the heavens. Her frail, skinny body lay in a small opening in the woods where she slept on a luscious green patch of grass. Trees were surrounding her as if they were hiding her, protecting her from the outside world.A glorious sun ray burst through the trees making her the spotlight. Dust particles drifted through the light as if it were a sparkling cloud.
The girl was lying on her back, her legs together, her head turned to one side and her arms were spread apart from her body slightly bent. Her golden hair strands were scattered around her head, glinting like a blade as it does in the sunlight. Her face was pale, beautiful and serene.
Anyone who could stumble upon her would think she was a magical creature.
Her eyes and mouth twitched."Help me," she whispered, her mouth barely moving.
Asher's appearance and background made any students at his high school create rumors about him. They were mainly about him ending his own father's life because his father abused him when he was a child. It is partly true. When he was a child his father did abuse him. But he did not kill his own father. That is a whole different story.
It is in the year, 2025 and technology has far advanced. Humanity's population has decreased dramatically and the US government has more control over the citizens. Most of the United States population no longer has care for freedom and morality because they have become dependent on technology. It is their life.
But not Asher's.
He spends his time roaming his town's streets, watching the dark heavy rain clouds of New Hampshire pass over the majestic White Mountains. His parents used to take him to the White Mountains a couple of times for picnics when he was a child.Asher looked out of his bedroom window. Rain began to pour outside. The dreaded feeling of loneliness and boredom started to drift in the air. He had to get out.
He went downstairs.
His mother was sitting in the living room enveloped in the newest version of the smart phone. She noticed him walk right past.
"Where are you going?" she asked and followed him to the door.
"No where important," he answered bluntly.
"I am taking the car."
His mother lingered in the doorway and watched as the electric car carried him away.
He pulled up along an old gray road engraved with deep cracks. Around him were tall, pine trees just along the foot of the White Mountains. He parked along the side of the road and when he got out, he felt a cool breeze amidst the hot air brush against his face. It had been sixteen years since he came to the White Mountains and already faint memories of his childhood were flooding back to him.
He started walking towards a trail. Or what was left of a trail. An old sign was lying in the dirt in two pieces and it's white writing that indicated the name of the trail, was wearing off. He treaded through the bushes and weeds that hid away the path. The slope of the trail gradually increased and soon he was heading up the mountain. The air felt fresh. More fresh than back home. The feelings of loneliness and boredom were now vanishing with each step he took.
He hiked higher and higher until he came to a lake with dark waters. He stood before it, watching as the wind caused the water to form ripples. The rain clouds were almost upon him. He hiked around the lake until he came to a large grove of pine trees. There were so many close together that he couldn't see beyond their branches. It looked so dark he imagined it to be haunted. But with curiosity, he painfully moved through them to see what was on the other side. After five minutes of struggling, he made it through the branches. He was standing in a small clearing of long, green grass.
A human figure caught his eyes. A girl in a white dress was lying in the grass just a few feet away from him. He examined her and wondered why she was here. He walked towards her slowly. There was no movement from her. Just the faint movement of her hair carried away by the wind. He drew closer until his feet were inches away from touching one of her arms. He gazed down at her and the first thought that crossed his mind was, she's beautiful. All of the sudden, cold rain drops started to fall from the clouds.
Face red, Asher bent down and picked the girl up in his arms. He carried her to shelter before the rain could soak her dress all the way. He sat underneath some branches and set her body in his lap. He took off his black jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders. He felt awkward holding her. Her back and head rested against his chest and he felt his cheeks burn with embarrassment. What would she think when she woke up? He could have just left her and headed back down the mountain but how could he? He didn't see anyone else around so he wondered why she was here alone. Sleeping.
He sat for a while, listening to the rain as it hit the ground. It was growing cold and he felt himself shivering. At home, he put up the image of being a rebel and showing unkindness to others but here now, he felt like that image disappeared while helping to shield this girl from the rain. He felt her stir against his chest. He could see her eyelids open and he waited to see her reaction. Abruptly, she jumped from his lap and scooted as far away from him as possible. But she ended up bonking her head on a large branch. She grimaced and braced the back of her head. Asher reached his hand out to her.
"It's okay, " he said. "I just found you lying there in the grass."
"Who are you?" she asked. Her eyes were full of fear and hey grew moist. She was about to cry.
"I'm Asher. Who are you?" He asked. By seeing her fear and her tears, his chest tightened and his heart thumped harder. He didn't like to see her cry in fear before him. When she didn't reply, he asked her again who she was and why she was here alone. But she continued to cry.
"Mother, father," she spoke within sobs. "Why did you have to die?"Asher didn't say anything else. He sat there frozen with his eyes glued to her. He wanted to comfort her but he knew she wouldn't let him. She was afraid. Of him. He looked away from her.
"I am not going to anything bad to you," he told her calmly. He could feel her eyes on him.
"I was hiking and I found this place. I found you asleep here and it started raining. I only meant to shelter you from the rain." Her sobbing stopped. He looked back at her. Tears were still streaming down her face but she seemed to calm down. They both looked each other in the eyes and Asher felt like he could advance closer. She watched him warily.
"It's okay. Remember I said I won't do anything bad to you?" He reassured her. When he got close enough that he could hug her, she spoke.
"You are not one of them." Her eyes bore into his. They were light blue, the color of the sky.
"What do you mean I am not one of them?" he asked her. She smiled weakly. He felt his heart flutter.
"You are not of the darkness. You are a human. A kind one." He looked at her in bewilderment.
"You act as though you are not kind, but your heart tells otherwise."
"What do you mean that I am not of the darkness?" He asked. He thought of the times when he acted unkind and rebellious to the people around him. In truth, he regretted acting that way. He wanted to be kind. The girl looked away from him.
"The darkness is what killed my clan."
"Your clan? What do you mean?"Tears welled up in her eyes.
"My clan is Light. We survive off of the kindness and the goodness of people. But I am the only one left. The clan of Darkness came and destroyed my whole clan. We weren't strong enough to defeat them because kindness has faded away in this world and thus we started to die. There was a time in history when my clan flourished because there was more kindness. Humans interacted with each other more than they do now. They put each other first and their hearts were strong. Today all that is changed. Technology is more valuable than a relationship or friendship. Technology is used more than communicating and interacting with one another. There is still communication and interaction, just not enough. Thus there is less kindness."
Asher stared at her. Everything she spoke of sounded crazy but there was truth to her words. He felt like he barely knew his mom. They only lived together. Nothing more. Every time he came home from school, she was on her phone or on her computer. They rarely talked or did things together. He was too annoyed with her to do anything about it.
They continued to look each other in the eyes. She touched his chest with her hand.
"Everyone has kindness. They just don't express it enough. It is caught in a cage that needs to be open and known."He looked down at her hand and then back at her. She brought her hand away and put it in her lap.
"I am dying. I am the only one left and I fear the clan of darkness will come back and try to find me."mSuddenly, she grimaced and put her hand to the back of her neck.
"Are you okay?" Asher asked. His eyes widened. A black mark started to spread quickly across her neck, chest and shoulders. She whimpered.
"This black mark is covering my whole body inside and out. When it does completely, I will die."
Now Asher believed everything she said about her clan.
"Yes. Nothing can stop it now."
"I'll save you," Asher told her. She shook her head.
"I already have the black mark. All of your kindness is not even enough to save me."Asher felt a sadness creep into him. She leaned closer to him.
"I need to show you something." She stood up and Asher followed her lead. As he ran behind her, he watched her movements carefully. The way her hair moved and the way she ran. This felt extremely familiar. Then he remembered a forgotten memory of when he was a kid. He was here in the mountains having a picnic with his parents. He met a little girl in the trees. The little girl was on her own and he became her friend. They played together each time he came to the mountains. But he forgot her. Ava? He thought.
The girl slowed down and stopped at a large willow tree. She reached down into a hole and pulled out a plump, wrapped blanket. Asher stared at it in awe. Wrapped in the blanket was a sleeping baby. The girl whispered to him,
"I wasn't going to tell you about this but when I realized who you were, I knew I could trust you. I saved this baby when my parents helped me to escape the attack. This is the only baby left. He won't start to die until he gets as old as me." Tears welled up in her eyes again and she handed the baby over to him.
"Please Ash, take him to a place where the people possess enough goodness and kindness so that he can be safe from the clan of darkness. And also that he can live a long, good life."He held the baby close to him.
"I will." She smiled and put both of her hands to the sides of his cheeks. Her hands were cold and he noticed that the black mark spread up to her face.
"I am going to give you all the strength and light that I have left so that if the clan of darkness come, you can resist them and escape." His face turned red as she pressed her lips against his. A powerful warm feeling of happiness and goodness flooded into his body. Then she pulled away and the black mark enveloped the rest of her body.
"Wait!" He exclaimed as she fell to the ground. He felt his own eyes water. Her eyes were closed and she was no longer breathing.
"Ava," he said her name. He wiped away his tears and looked down at the baby. He was awake and he had the most beautiful, clearest light blue eyes he had ever seen.


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Experts are claiming that the rise of 'sex robots' in the future may cause those of us with a less than 'perfect' body to suffer from sexual performance anxiety.
The idea being that in the future advances in technology will inevitably lead to the development of human looking androids which men and women can have sex with because let's be honest that's what we do, The Mirror reports.
But unlike us, these robots will be perfect in almost everyway with nary a love handle in sight, unless you want one put on to carry your robot lover around.
David Levy an artificial intelligence expert has gone so far as to predict that as people grow more comfortable with robots sex, and maybe even love and marriage, with our mechanical brethren will become more and more common.
Unfortunately because these male and female sex robots will be built to be perfect partners, those with less-than-perfect human bodies could become worried about whether we can compete with these android Adonises.
Levy,who penned Love And Sex With Robots, rather strangely said that robots will be 'wonderful lovers' who could cause 'performance anxiety' among men and women.
His ideas clearly aren't that weird though with new research in the UK revealing that one in four would happily date a robot.
Of course, according to the survey of 18- to 34-year-olds, the only catch is that these androids must by a "perfect match", and must look like a real-life human being.
I notice no one's asking the robots what they want in this slightly creepy sex-slave deal.
The survey also found that older people are less accepting of robosexuals, with only 17 per cent saying they'd have sex with a robot.
I'm sure the robophobes will be about protesting the day that man and machine can marry, with banners claiming love is for Adam and Eve, not Adam and Eva.


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Nyack Unity Concert Gives Hope
by Jocelyn Jane Cox
In this current political enviroment filled with rancor and disagreement, it's good to know that people are also coming together. Five local bands played in the name of unity at Nyack's First Reformed Church on Jan 14 with all proceeds benefiting Planned Parenthood and Helping Hands. I was lucky enough to catch the tail end of this Unity Concert that featured Sammy Cannillo, Hold On, Caulfield, The Foxfires, Who Are They and The BeStills. It was more than just uplifting. It gave me hope.


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Wednesday 25th January 2012
Jesse James is both a DJ and promoter who has consistently kept up to the times with both his DJ selection and the calibre of artists he books for his night, Connected. February's line-up is no different as he brings in the hotly tipped for 2012, Waif's and Strays, who have kept the level of interest in House emanating from Bristol at an all-time high with their work on labels like Futureboogie. Ahead of the night on 11th February Jesse James treats us to a mix that gives us an insight into what's moving the dancefloors at your typical Connected night and will definitely whet your appetite for what's to come.


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Public pitches in to keep state parks open
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Not sure how I feel about this. Yah it's cool that a lot of these parks won't immediately close... but what does it mean in general for the functions of the state to be taken over by private entities? In many of these cases, it was wealthy donors who disproportionately funded the parks near their homes.


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Rosejay "Jay" Elizabeth Danna, who won a naming contest that gave the GRAMMY Award its name, died Feb. 14 in New Orleans. Danna, a retired executive secretary for New Orleans Public Service Incorporated, was the winner of a national contest that was held in April 1959 to name the GRAMMY Award. Although several other submissions proposed the name "GRAMMY," Danna's was the first to be received in the mail. For her winning contest entry, she received 25 LPs as a thank-you gift from The Recording Academy.
It's the ultimate summer camp for young high school musicians.
A destination where activities like rafting and tree climbing are replaced with songwriting sessions, jamming and tutorials on how the music business really works. Or in Maren Morris' words, it's "Disney World for a music freak."
More than 115 high school students hailing from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Valencia, Calif., and all points in between, will get an expansive primer on their music career path of choice at the 13th annual GRAMMY Camp this summer.
View a full list of students participating in 2017 GRAMMY Camp
The GRAMMY Museum's interactive music industry camp will take place in two cities. First on the docket is GRAMMY Camp at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., from May 30–June 3. Participating students will take part in a curriculum focusing on four career tracks: Audio Engineering, Songwriting; Vocal Performance; and Instrumental Performance for bass, drums, guitar, and keyboards. The program will culminate with an open house on the final day, offering an opportunity for the students to showcase what they learn during camp.
The Los Angeles installment will follow at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music from July 18–22. With a menu focusing on all aspects of commercial music, this program will offer eight tracks, each of which culminate in media projects, recordings or performances: Audio Engineering; Electronic Music Production; Music Business; Music Journalism; Songwriting; Video Production & Motion Graphics; Vocal Performance; and Instrumental Performance for bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, and winds & strings.
Campers will receive advice and tutelage from seasoned music industry professionals and GRAMMY-winning and -nominated musicians. Past GRAMMY Camp participants include Maroon 5, Colbie Caillat, Tori Kelly, GRAMMY-nominated producer Harvey Mason Jr. and Village Studios CEO Jeff Greenberg.
"The program engages campers to work collaboratively across their chosen career tracks, so they increase their skills as they move ahead on their musical paths," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "I have no doubt GRAMMY Camp will produce future GRAMMY winners such as Maren Morris, who was a participant at our very first GRAMMY Camp in 2005 and received the 2016 GRAMMY for Best Country Solo Performance."
How do you get to GRAMMY Camp? Interested students just need to submit an online application. The application window is now open for 2018 GRAMMY Camp, with the deadline to apply on March 31, 2018. Students looking for some help with the submission process will find some in the form of this handy GRAMMY Camp audition tips video.
Watch GRAMMY Camp alum Maren Morris win her first career GRAMMY
It's that time again, when we gather some of the best new releases from the last month and deliver them straight to your front door. While it's always near impossible to choose just a handful of new releases to spotlight, we want to give you a little bit of everything — from pop, rock, hip-hop, country, and more. So without further ado, take a look back at the Monthly Music Roundup for May.
The Afghan Whigs, In Spades
This '90s alt-rock mainstay is back In Spades with their second release since reuniting in 2012. "Bolstered again by the louche and ravaged voice of singer Greg Dulli," writes Pitchfork, "the latest from the indie rock icons is delightfully stuffed with romance and rancor."
Diana Krall, Turn Up the Quiet
The sultry-voiced GRAMMY winner takes it back to basics for Turn Up The Quiet as she revisits standards such as "L-O-V-E," "Blue Skies" and "Night And Day" with alternating backing bands. Produced by GRAMMY winner Tommy LiPuma prior to his passing this past March, AllMusic.com says of the album, "The end result is so elegant, it seems effortless."
Natalia Lafourcade, Musas
Like many of her acclaimed albums, GRAMMY winner Lafourcade's Musas "serves as a mini lesson in Latin American music." A combination of Latin American standards and songs written or co-written by Lafourcade, she told Remezcla the album represents "patience" and "humanity."
Mary Lambert, Bold
The "Same Love" GRAMMY nominee is back at it with her latest, the crowdfunded EP, Bold, which Bust describes as a mix of "emotionally deep and thought-provoking songs" and "fun feel-good jams." Bold is an open and honest ode to living a full life and includes a little dancing, a little poetry and even a duet with her mom.
Lil Yachty, Teenage Emotions
With guests such as Migos, YG, Kamaiyah, and GRAMMY winner Diplo, Lil Yachty is ramping up with Teenage Emotions. The 21-song album reflects an empowering, "be yourself" message. "Don't be afraid to do you, to be you," Lil Yachty said on Instagram Live. "If you have vitiligo or if you're gay or whatever it is, embrace yourself. Love yourself. Be happy, positive."
Logic, Everybody
Rapper Logic has taken his game to the next level withn Everybody, on which he tackles everything from mental health to his biracial identity. The album has already charted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and XXLmag.com said it "further solidifies Logic['s] solid standing in hip-hop."
Paramore, After Laughter
Paramore's After Laughter is a "very of-the-moment" pop record that ditches the bubblegum but keeps the catchy hooks. Or, as Rolling Stone says, it's "a record that's so sunshine-bright it gives off a glare at times, rooted in fleet basslines and beats made for open-road drives and solo bedroom dance parties" that also has a bit of "cocked-eyebrow trepidation."
Perfume Genius, No Shape
Perfume Genius — aka Mike Hadreas — is back with his fourth studio album, No Shape. Produced by GRAMMY winner Blake Mills, the singer/songwriter continues his confessional brand of indie-pop in grand style. "These songs swoop and chatter like flocks of mad starlings, light up like religious paintings, … make the cosmos explode inside your ribs," Pitchfork writes. "No Shape rebukes tasteful minimalism and embraces beauty at its most transgressive."
Chris Stapleton, From A Room: Volume 1
His first album since winning the GRAMMY for Best Country Album for 2015's Traveller, From A Room: Volume 1 also embraces '70s-sounding outlaw country, including a cover of Willie Nelson's "Last Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning." While the record only runs approximately 30 minutes, Variety said, "Country has been holding out for a hero so long, even a display of superpowers as modest as From A Room feels epic enough."
Wale, Shine
Rapper Wale's fifth studio album, Shine, covers a lot of musical ground across 14 tracks. There's dancehall with a Diplo co-produce, a Latin connection with a J Balvin feature and a revisit of the seminal, "Smile." While Complex calls the album "a new dad rap classic" in light of its devotion to Wale's daughter, it's not a bad thing — the "different flavors" the album evokes are cause for celebration.
Roger Waters, Is This The Life We Really Want?
The former bassist for Pink Floyd, Waters' latest album hearkens back to a 1970s sound. GRAMMY-winning producer Nigel Godrich was given unusually strong oversite of the album. The result is an album that reaches from politics to the personal in a Floydian-esque package of the best kind. Waters told Entertainment Weekly, "It's about the transcendental nature of love and, I suppose, how it can transform anger into compassion."
Zac Brown Band, Welcome Home
Appropriately titled, this LP takes Zac Brown Band back to their roots of a more traditional country sound, including "Roots" and "Family Table." AllMusic.com says, "The sound of Welcome Home is a warm, comfortable bath" that "is the very definition of music as comfort food." For those who appreciate this melodically inclined country band, it will definitely be a Welcome Home.
Deluxe Editions
The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
A must-have for collectors, the 50th-anniversary super deluxe edition of the Beatles' classic 1967 album is packed with fabulous bonuses and extras. Aside from a new stereo mix of the album and track outtakes, the super deluxe set features 33 more recordings from the Sgt. Pepper sessions, unreleased mono mixes, surround-sound audio mixes, a documentary, and commemorative hardcover book.
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Well, the fights from UFN reflected the fights from TUF 4. Lutter vs. Cote was too fast and Serra vs. Lytle went the distance with nothing really happening! In the past, UFN had some pretty awesome fights! Evans vs. Imes even had me on the edge of my seat. The two fights tonight however pretty much sucked!
What are your thoughts on UFN 4?
Worst UFN so far. I thought the Cote/Lutter fight was going to be a war but Cote coulnt hang. Serra/Lytle was honestly boring and yeah not much to say about it.
what about pett sell and scott smith..that is gunna be in the best of O6
What happened to his fight? UFC site says nothing about it.
*edit-Never mind, I found it. Headline only, no details. "Visa issues scrap Bisping TUF 4 Finale fight".
Mediocre!?! I thought this was one of the best finales so far! That Scott Smith and Pete Sell one was one for the history books and the Thales Leites vs Martin Kampmann lived up to my expectations and both showed a ton of skill and heart. I thought the Lutter fight was good because he didn't even get hit one time and that's pretty cool for him. I didn't get to see past the 1 minute mark in the 3rd round of t he Serra Lytle fight cuz my DVR didn't tape it all, so I don't even know who won but that was the most boring out of all but it also showed a lot of skill for Lytle I thought. Reminded me of Hughes Penn 2. I give it a 8 out of 10 overall. :thumbsup:
Lutter/Cote was a clinic, Serra/Lytle was okay, Smith/Sell was incredible, Thomas and Rivera both showed talent, Kampman/Laites was great. I'd say it was pretty good.
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LONDON British Treasury chief George Osborne said Wednesday he will make major changes to a financial regulation system that "failed spectacularly" to halt the financial crisis.
Osborne told lawmakers that the Bank of England will be handed greater responsibilities in an effort to avoid the need for any future costly taxpayer bailouts of the financial sector.
Lawmakers have long complained that Britain's three-point regulation system — comprising the central bank, the Financial Services Authority, and the Treasury — was too complex and hampered decision making. Last year, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee said the system had failed to provide adequate surveillance of the financial system as a whole.
"The tripartite system ... failed spectacularly in its mission to ensure stability in the financial markets," Osborne told lawmakers in the House of Commons.
The Financial Services Authority, set up under the previous government to scrutinize individual institutions, will have a more limited role under Osborne's plans. He said he will offer more detail in a statement Thursday.
"Unlike the last government, this government is prepared to confront the difficult challenges of the regulation and structure of the banks," Osborne said. "We are prepared to learn the lessons of what went wrong."
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Osborne said that a former Bank of England chief economist, John Vickers, will be appointed head of a new commission on the future of the banking industry. Vickers will consider proposals for the break-up of Britain's largest banks, which could see deposit-taking institutions separated from investment banks.
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Ex-Treasury chief Alistair Darling said Osborne's reforms would weaken regulation.
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The one thing I wished I still had was my cell phone.
Dad, being the successful business man that he is, made sure that all of my ties to the outside world, mainly Alex, were gone until the end of August. I couldn't stand the idea of my dad thinking so badly about Alex. He had saved his youngest daughter and he had obviously saved me from deeper issues that my dad could never understand.
The night that I found Jacob's broken bracelet had been two nights ago, leaving me with only ten days to fix the mess that I had somehow let myself get into. I agreed to go with my parents on their little adventures, but for my first rebellious night I had a different plan.
My parents always stayed up to watch a movie with Angela. The movie usually ended at around nine o'clock at night and with a single knock at my door as a goodnight, they would put Angela to bed and soon be in their own room. This all happened slowly, so I would need to be patient.
But I needed to get out somehow.
So, feeling the adrenaline of Jacob's silent wish and my heart's beat of need I awaited the goodnight knock. I sat on my balcony, observing the sky but not fully staring as I had before, I was somehow awakened with the excitement of my escape.
Then it came, hollow and soft, knock knock. Not a word from either my mom or dad, but I knew that it had been them. I heard their footsteps creaking down the hall then down the stairs to the second floor, and their room. Then I waited for another long thirty minutes.
Gingerly, I opened my bedroom door. My black hair swung in a long braid against my back and I held my black flip-flops in my hand. I would have never done this before because I had never felt the need to sneak out, but things needed a change before I became suffocated in this makeshift world my parents were creating for me.
The lights in the house were all off, except for the eerie glow of the night lights plugged into random outlets and the bright, shimmering moonlight reflecting off of the ocean and into our living room. From upstairs I heard my dad's loud cough as I tip-toed my way towards the sliding door. Taking in a deep breath I slid the door open and walked out onto the cold patio.
The sand was bitter and cold under my toes as I walked over to the fence after taking a patio chair soundlessly with me. Jumping over the fence was a lot easier than I had imagined. For one brief moment I imagined what it must have been like for Alex whenever he jumped over. The sand on the other side of the fence didn't change in temperature, it was still the same, as if no fence cut its path off.
I straightened my red halter top and blue shorts before slipping my black flip-flops on. I had thought it through the whole day: I would visit Alex at the restaurant and if he wasn't there then I would... I then realized I had never been to his house.
I tried to think positive thoughts as I walked out of the beach and onto the street that led me towards Habana Vieja. In Toronto I had always felt too afraid to travel at night by myself because of all the reps that several streets got for the amount of violence, drugs, and other illegal activity. But in Pueblo I felt at home, almost ironically peaceful walking down the dark and quiet streets. The houses were small in comparison to the beach houses, but they were comfortable. Some were brightly lit, while others were darker than the night itself.
I stopped when I was across from Habana Vieja. It was busy tonight and, as I watched a couple stroll out of the medium sized restaurant, I prayed that Alex would be there. Out of habit I looked sideways and was not surprised to see that no cars were coming. As I pushed the heavy glass door of the restaurant open I told myself that it was either this chance, this risk, or never seeing Alex again. I wanted to have myself know that I at least tried.
"Welcome to--" Rosana stopped when she saw that it was me and corrected herself. "Hola mi hija, come in, I'll grab you a table!"
I smiled and followed her through the crowded space. "Is Alex in tonight?" I yelled over the loud Spanish music. Some men in one of the corners were playing what looked like dominoes and were smoking cigars, their pitchers of beer were nearly empty as a pretty blond teenage girl with a too-tight shirt rushed her way past me and over to them.
"No," Rosana answered and when she looked back at me I saw genuine regret, as if it were her fault. "But I will tell him that you were here looking for him."
"Thanks," I replied, trying to hide my disappointment. She stopped at a table near the bar and handed me a menu. The table was slightly different from all the other ones, newer in a way. There was a layer of glass over the wooden table top and a menu of drinks sat in a wooden centerpiece. There were only two chairs, new as well, and it felt cozy against the wall and beside the bar.
"Pick whatever you want," she winked at me. "It's on us."
I smiled as she left and looked down at the menu. Pictures of different foods promised me a full stomach, but I wasn't hungry for food.
It took me a minute or so to realize that someone had sat in the chair opposite from me. A flash of freckles and brilliant red hair brought me the sight of Amanda. Her blue eyes twinkled as she smiled wildly at me.
"So, you decided to come out and play?" She asked casually.
I nodded and smiled gently at the menu. "I wouldn't call this playing."
"Close enough!" She suddenly grabbed my hand that I had placed on the table beside the menu. "So where have you been? Don't you leave, like, super soon?"
I flinched, but hoped that she didn't see. "Yeah, the twenty-fifth."
"Well then, there's a lot to catch up on then." She waved her free hand in the air signalling me to begin the story that I had to apparently tell her.
I began telling her about my trips out of town with my family, how I had gotten in trouble with my dad, and that that was why I had been M.I.A for the last week and a half. She nodded then asked me the question I was hoping she would avoid, "Why did you get in trouble?"
I told her about Alex and the strangest thing happened: her expression sort of twisted and she dropped my hand. As much as she tried to cover what she had just done with a false smile and a loss of twinkle in her blue eyes, I knew that I had said too much.
She had left shortly after, claiming that she had an early morning, but I only smelled trouble. I walked back home, hating myself for speaking without thinking and for not seeing Alex.
So much for my adrenaline rush.
I found a tiny foot hole (that Alex probably used) and got myself over the fence. I quietly walked through the beach house and up to my room, where nothing but despair awaited me.


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David Cameron has apologised to Conservative councillors who lost their seats as his party suffered an electoral backlash from voters.
He said the elections took place against a "difficult national backdrop" but insisted the Government was doing the "right thing for our country".
Mr Cameron said the coalition would carry on taking "difficult decisions" to tackle the economic crisis.
The Tory leader said: "I am sorry for all the hard-working Conservative councillors who lost their seats, obviously against a difficult national backdrop.
"These are difficult times and there aren't easy answers.
"What we have to do is take the difficult decisions to deal with the debt, deficit and broken economy that we've inherited and we will go on making those decisions and we've got to do the right thing for our country."
Mr Cameron said that in places like Amber Valley in Derbyshire, which had been Labour for decades, there was still a Conservative council.
He added: "When you are trying to bring the country out of the debt, the deficit and the broken economy that Labour left us, there aren't easy decisions but we've got to make sure we do everything to demonstrate that we are on the side of people who work hard and do the right thing for themselves and their families.
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Unparalleled private setting just a short walk to downtown Wayzata. Rare 3 acre Ferndale estate surrounded by 42 acres of Nature Conservancy land. Classic 1940s New England colonial 5 BR main house w/traditional details and 360 degree views. Additional 2 BR home/guest house was fully remodeled in 2015, plus additional garage. Lake access. Choice of Orono and Wayzata Schools. Incredible opportunity. Listing includes 4 separate parcels being sold together for the first time.
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Property Details for 649 Ferndale Road W, Orono, MN 55391
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 3 Full | 1 Three-Qtr | 1 Half
Lot Size: 2.90 Acres
Lot Dimensions: Irregular
Year Built: 1941
Garage Dimensions: 2 car
Garage: Attached Garage, Heated Garage, Garage Door Opener
Style: (SF) Two Stories
Water: Well
Sewer: City Sewer/Connected
Square Feet: 4719
Above Ground Sq Ft: 4215
Below Ground Sq Ft: 504 (approx)
Room Information for 649 Ferndale Road W, Orono, MN 55391
Main Floor
Living Room: 24x15
Dining Room: 15x13
Family Room: 28x14
Kitchen: 17x11
Sun Room: 16x13
Den: 16x13
Upper Floor
Bedroom 1: 16x15
Bedroom 2: 15x12
Bedroom 3: 15x14
Bedroom 4: 12x9
Lower Floor
Fifth (5th) Bedroom: 10x9
Amusement Room: 36x14
Dining Room Description: Separate/Formal Dining Room, Eat In Kitchen
Family Room Characteristics: Main Level
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School District: Orono
School District Phone: 952-449-8305
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Air Cond: Central
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Fireplaces: Yes
Basement: (504 sq Finished) Full, Finished (Livable)
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When I was much younger, I had a favorite book and I would dream about seeing it made into a movie someday. Oh, what a wondrous thing to see the characters I so loved on film. And they'd look just like I imagined. And the plot would follow the book exactly. And I would be so happy.
Umm, yeah.
Flash forward 30-some years. I still love the book. I read it again just last year. From start to finish, I am transported to another world. When it ends, I cry. Every time. And it's now a series on MTV. Except instead of Elfstones of Shannara, they're calling it The Shannara Chronicles.
I've been studiously avoiding it since I first heard the news. Oh, early on, I glanced at some of the cast members to see if maybe they came close to the images I have in my head. Nope. Sorry. Wil ain't blond. Amberle is but now they've got her as a brunette. I don't even want to see who they got to play Allanon. I have a sinking suspicion he'll end up looking like a taller Dumbledore.
I caught a commercial for it by accident yesterday. They kinda got The Ellcrys right, but the effect of her dying wrong. I changed the channel before I saw any more. It feels like a piece of my youth being ruined for public entertainment.
Oh, Hollywood has gotten a couple things right. But it's been a long time since I've seen a book put onto film that even came close. They did it with To Kill a Mockingbird. They managed it kinda with The Fountainhead (and they missed only because taking a book of that magnitude and cramming it into a movie length is impossible).
Let's not discuss Rizzoli and Isles, shall we? I can't watch the show anymore and I can no longer read the books without seeing the A.D.A from Law & Order in my head. Bones is okay because I didn't read any of Ms. Reichs books before I started watching. I've read one or two since, and I couldn't merge the two in my head.
Maybe it's because I'm a very visual reader. The writer puts the words on the page and I create images in my head from those words. The image in my head might very well be different from what the writer intended, but once those images are in my head, I want them more than I care about what anyone else's concept is.
I write the same way. I have images in my head of what my characters look like and what the scene is like. I'm not inclined to put an actor's face in its place.
On the other hand, if one of my readers has a totally different idea in their heads of what Jace or Dennis or Jo or Randi looks like, that's fine by me. I want you to make up whatever idea you have on your own. Hell, I hesitated to put Jo's face on the cover of Wish in One Hand because I didn't want to ruin the idea all y'all have in your heads of what she looks like. (And if my doing so messed with your mental images, I apologize.)
Maybe it's just me. So many other authors find images of their characters in the form of models and actors to present to the world. "This is what Artie Smartie from my latest release looks like." :shrug: I can't do that. Not and keep my imagined idea intact. Sure, I did find a model who looks almost exactly like my concept of Jo. But now I have that gal in my head when I write about her. I've lost the original idea entirely. Same with the model I found for Zeke. And the one I found for Mary. They're all pretty close, but they weren't exact. Now they're set in stone in my head as someone else.
I can live with that. For this series.
Anyway, it's a thing. My thing, most likely. What do you think? Have you read Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks? Have you watched The Shannara Chronicles on MTV? What's your take?
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Books into Movies or TV Shows
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Labels: books, ideas, movies, opinion, television
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- jblynn said...
Didn't read it. Haven't seen it.
I suspect that the Harry Potter movies did so well because they were pretty faithful adaptations.
- January 15, 2016 at 9:45 AM
- Karyn Good said...
I have been watching The Shannara Chronicles. I haven't read the books. But I like it enough to keep watching. I might get the books for my son and his girlfriend though! My son's is a fantasy fan. It's too late for me because I've already started watching. If I'm going to read a made-for-TV series I have to read the book first.
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Safety and Tolerability of Aclidinium Bromide/Formoterol Fumarate Compared With Formoterol Fumarate in Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Drug: Aclidinium Bromide/Formoterol Fumarate
Drug: Formoterol Fumarate
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Long-Term, Randomized, Study of the Safety and Tolerability of a Fixed-Dose Combination of Aclidinium Bromide/Formoterol Fumarate Compared With Formoterol Fumarate in Patients With Moderate to Severe, Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Percentage of Patients to Experience at Least One Treatment-emergent Adverse Event (TEAE) [ Time Frame: Up to study Week 56 ± 3 days ]TEAEs were coded Version 16.0 of the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA)
- Percentage of Patients to Experience Any Potentially Clinically Significant (PCS) Post-baseline Change in Clinical Laboratory Values for Hematology, Chemistry or Urinalysis at the End of the Study [ Time Frame: Up to study Week 52 ]
<0.85 x lower limit of normal (LLN) or > 1.15 upper limit of normal (ULN) for hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood cell, platelet, white blood cell, neutrophil and lymphocyte counts >1.15 × ULN for eosinophil, basophil and monocyte counts
>1.15 x ULN for aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyl transferase, total bilirubin, creatinine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, total cholesterol, triglycerides <0.85 x LLN or >1.15 ULN for fasting glucose, calcium, phosphorus, total protein and albumin <0.95 x LLN or >1.05 x ULN for sodium, potassium and chloride
Urinary blood, ketones or pH <0.85 x LLN or > 1.15 ULN
- Percentage of Patients to Experience a Potentially Clinically Significant (PCS) Change in Pulse Rate, Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: Up to study Week 56 ± 3 days ]Systolic BP ≥180 mmHg and increase ≥20 mmHg from baseline or ≤90 mmHg and decrease ≥20 mmHg from baseline; Diastolic BP ≥105 mmHg and increase ≥15 mmHg from baseline or ≤50 mmHg and decrease ≥15 mmHg from baseline; Pulse rate ≥ 110 bpm and increase ≥ 15% from baseline or ≤ 50 bpm and decrease ≥15% from baseline
- Percentage of Patients to Experience Potentially Clinically Significant Changes in ECG From Baseline [ Time Frame: Up to study Week 56 ± 3 days ]Potentially clinically significant changes were defined as listed in the table below for QT interval, QTcB, QTcF, QRS interval, PR interval and heart rate (HR)
|Actual Study Start Date:
|September 19, 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|April 30, 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 31, 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Inhaled aclidinium bromide 400 μg/formoterol fumarate 12 μg fixed dose combination (FDC), high dose twice per day
Drug: Aclidinium Bromide/Formoterol Fumarate
Inhaled aclidinium bromide 400 μg/formoterol fumarate 12 μg, high dose twice per day
Active Comparator: 2
Inhaled formoterol fumarate 12 μg, twice per day
Drug: Formoterol Fumarate
Inhaled formoterol fumarate 12 μg, twice per day
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Current or former cigarette smokers with a cigarette smoking history of at least 10 pack-years
- A diagnosis of stable moderate to severe COPD and stable airway obstruction as defined by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines and stable airway obstruction.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have been hospitalized for an acute COPD exacerbation within three months prior to Visit 1
- Any respiratory tract infection (including the upper respiratory tract) or COPD exacerbation in the six weeks before Visit 1.
- Patients with any clinically significant respiratory conditions other than COPD
- Clinical history that suggests that the patient has asthma as opposed to COPD
- Chronic use of oxygen therapy ≥ 15 hours/day
- Patients with clinically significant cardiovascular conditions
- Patients with uncontrolled infection that may place the patient at risk resulting from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), active hepatitis and/or patients with diagnosed active tuberculosis
- Patients with a history of hypersensitivity reaction to inhaled anticholinergics,
- Patients with Stage II hypertension, defined as systolic pressure of 160 and above, and/or diastolic pressure of 100 and above
- Current diagnosis of cancer other than basal or squamous cell skin cancer
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01437540
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|Study Director:
|Esther Garcia, MD
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|NCT01437540 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 19, 2011
|Results First Received:
|December 19, 2016
|Last Updated:
|April 3, 2017
Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Bronchitis
Airflow Obstruction, Chronic
Chronic Airflow Obstruction
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Formoterol Fumarate
Bronchodilator Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
Adrenergic beta-Agonists
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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News & Activities
In addition to our course offerings, the Liberal Arts department hosts special performances and creates publications showcasing students' work from Liberal Arts classes, as well as guest lecturers. Our ongoing events and activities include the Creative Arts Festivaland academic journal Hear Here!
Guest Lecturers
Geoffrey O'Brien joined Ruth Lepson's Contemporary American Poetry class on April 23, 2015 to to present on music review writing, as well as reading and discussing some of his poems.
"Geoffrey O'Brien is an American poet, editor, book and film critic, translator, and cultural historian. In 1992, he joined the staff of the Library of America as executive editor, becoming editor-in-chief in 1998. O'Brien began publishing poetry and criticism in the 1960s. He has been a contributor to Artforum, Film Comment, The New York Times and The New York Times Book Review, Village Voice, New Republic, Bookforum, and, especially, to the New York Review of Books. He has also been published in numerous other publications, including Filmmaker, American Heritage, The Armchair Detective, Bomb, Boston Globe, Fence, GQ, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, Men's Vogue, Mother Jones, The Nation, Newsday, and Slate, and has contributed many essays for liner notes for The Criterion Collection. In addition, his work has been included in numerous anthologies."
Carol Dine, renowned poet and author, joined Linda Cutting's Interarts class on October 1, 2014 to read poems and show the Samuel Bak paintings on which her book, "Orange Night" is based. Carol Dine's book, Orange Night (2014, Pucker Art Publications, dist. by Syracuse University Press), combines her poems with the images of acclaimed artist and Holocaust survivor, Samuel Bak, offering the reader an intimate confrontation with history. Of Van Gogh in Poems (2009, The Bitter Oleander Press), art critic John Berger wrote,"Her words are strung on Vincent's life-line."
Laura Mullen, poet, author, and teacher at Louisiana State University, visited New England Conservtory to present a poetry reading and discussion event on November 7, 2013.
Iris Fanger, historian, theatre, and dance critic, visited Jill Gatlin's Wilderness to Wasteland class on March 12, 2013 to discuss Martha Graham/Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring and American dance.
Oni Buchanan & Jon Woodward visited Ruth Lepson's Contemporary American Poetry class on February 21, 2013.
Poet and ecologist Andrew Schelling visited Ruth Lepson's Contemporary American Poetry on April 24, 2012. His lecture about his ecopoetry and his translations of Buddhist poetry and Sanskrit stimulated and engaged students: "I left the class feeling like more of an artist than ever before," one student said. Schelling's visit complemented students other studies, as well: "I have been taking Gretchen Breese's Buddhist Philosophy class this semester so all of [Schelling's] thoughts on Buddhism and how it relates to poetry were really interesting to me," another student commented. Schelling's presence made a big impact on the classroom, as one student describes: "His whole life has been centered around exploration of many things such as language, history, religion, etc. It was so interesting to listen to him read his own poetry...When Andrew read, it was almost as if he was completing the other half of the words on the page."
Poet Brenda Ijima also visited Ruth Lepson's Contemporary American Poetry on April 16. Ijima has edited an anthology of ecopoetry, the ecolanguage reader, and concentrated on that work as well as reading her own poetry in her appearance at NEC. She is writing an informal encyclopedia on animals used as surrogates by humans. Ijima is also the editor of Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs and a visual artist as well as a poet. Her books of poems include Around Sea; Animate, Inanimate Aims; revv.you'll—ution; and If Not Metamorphic.
Guest speaker Professor William Mayer discussed the 2012 Super Tuesday primaries and the issues they raised for the presidential election. William Mayer, Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, has written and lectured on the politics of presidential elections for almost three decades. In such works as In Pursuit of the White House, The Swing Voter, and The Making of Presidential Candidates, Professor Mayer has explored the new, entrepreneurial campaigns emerging out of the protest politics of the 1960s, as well as the expanding role of money and celebrity in the modern presidential election cycle. Professor Mayer spoke in collaboration with James Klein's Liberal Arts Elective, The Presidential Campaign: Party Politics in the 21st Century.
Claudius Conrad, a part of the Music in Medicine research group at Massachusetts General Hospital, gave a presentation to Jean Chandler's Owner's Manual to the Brain class on December 13, 2011 in Pierce Hall. He spoke about his research on the impact of music on patients during surgery. (Read about Conrad's work in this article from The New York Times.) Poet Elizabeth Willis previously visited Ruth Lepson's Poetry Workshop class on October 20, and theater director Judy Braha visited Patrick Keppel's Origins of Drama class on October 27 to speak about a play she directed at Boston University, Intimate Apparel.
Several exciting guest lecturers appear in Liberal Arts classrooms every year (watch for announcements in Upcoming Events).
Past Special Events
Jennifer Cole Field Trip to Solar Panels and Steam Plant
Professor Jennifer Cole took her "Environmental Science" class to visit solar panels and steam plant!
Katya Popova Workshop on Graphic Notation 2014
Guest artist Katya Popova visited Professor Linda Cutting's Interarts class on November 12, 2014 to present a workshop on graphic notation. "The students were completely engaged in first creating and then singing their collaborative graphic notation!" -Linda Cutting
Interarts Dalcroze Workshop 2014
On Wednesday, October 22, Professor Linda Cutting's Interarts class was joined by guests from the Longy School of Music of Bard College. A performance of "Plastiques" (improvised movement) on a Bartok String Quartet was given by Graduate Dalcroze students as well as a Dalcroze eurythmics workshop by Adriana Ausch, graduate Dalcroze instructor.
Laura Mullen Poetry Reading and Discussion 2013
On November 7, 2013, a special guest artist from Louisiana State University - poet, author, and teacher Laura Mullen - joined us in an incredibly inspiring evening presenting a poetry reading and discussion with students.
Laura Mullen is the author of seven books: Enduring Freedom: A Little Book of Mechanical Brides, The Surface (which makes use of traditional forms), After I Was Dead, Subject, Dark Archive, The Tales of Horror (a postmodern gothic), and Murmur. Her books are "concept albums," and Tales of Horror and Murmur are 2 sections of a trilogy dissecting genres that define the construct of women: horror, mystery, and romance novels and films. She deals with disaster in her writing, from Hurricane Katrina to personal loss.
She has received many awards for her poetry and is a frequent visitor at the Summer Writing Program at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa. Her work has been widely anthologized and is included in Postmodern American Poetry, and American Hybrid (Norton), and I'll Drown My Book: Conceptual Writing by Women (Les Figues). Mullen lives in Baton Rouge and teaches at Louisiana State University.
Hear Here! Liberal Arts Journal Publication 2013
On April 23rd, 2013, the department held a special event celebrating the publication of NEC's fourth annual academic journal published by the Liberal Arts Department. President Tony Woodcock spoke and presented the Liberal Arts Writing Award to Julia Dombek and Mattia Maurée. Hear Here! is a journal edited of exemplary essays, fiction, and poetry written by students at NEC in Liberal Arts electives and outside of their academic work. They are selected and edited by an editorial board comprised of faculty members and students. Take a look at it (and previous issues) here.
Liberal Arts Drama Workshop Performs Pains of Youth by Ferdinand Bruckner
Originally written as a warning about the confused and purposeless generation being created in Germany between the wars, Pains of Youth has seen a revival in recent years, receiving many productions in Europe, the US, and Canada. The NEC production was performed workshop style, with each role played by multiple actors from the Drama Workshop, a Liberal Arts elective taught by Patrick Keppel. The actors in this year's Workshop were: Josh Azenberg, Jeremiah Barcus, Samantha Bennett, Tommy Boynton, Wesley Chu, Stephanie Economou, Jean Huang, Neal Markowski, Paige McGrath, Abby Miller, Julia Partyka, Zach Preucil, Rachel Taft, and Joanna Wiebe. The play featured original music by Stephanie Economou and Neal Markowski.
Hear Here! Liberal Arts Journal Publication 2012
President Tony Woodcock presents student Colby Parker with the Liberal Arts Writing Award for his essay in Hear Here! On April 24th, 2012 in the Keller Room, the department held a special event celebrating the publication of NEC's third annual academic journal published by the Liberal Arts Department. Hear Here! is a journal edited of exemplary essays, fiction, and poetry written by students at NEC in Liberal Arts electives and outside of their academic work. They are selected and edited by an editorial board comprised of faculty members and students.
David Amram's visit to the Poetry Workshop
Composer, conductor, improviser, and writer David Amram visited Ruth Lepson's Poetry Workshop as part of his residency at NEC on November 2, 2010. Amram, who in the 1950's collaborated with legendary beat writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, spoke to the Workshop about his approach to improvising music to poetry and about the aesthetic validity of combining the arts. Amram then improvised music to several students' readings of their own poetry, solo and in collaboration with other students. The class ended with a group improvisation.


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Gotta give us some more info....Carry, range, home defense??
hi guys im looking to buy a new 9mm, not sure which one im going with , would like to hear some opinions.
Gotta give us some more info....Carry, range, home defense??
Best advice is get what feels comfortable in YOUR hand. What feels good for one person may not feel good to another.
Decide whether you like the function of a DA/SA, DAO or SAO type trigger. You will need to invest some time at your local gun store and hold some models in your price range (which is another consideration) to try each one out. All manufacturers have varying trigger pulls and what someone else likes may not be what feels good to you.
Aftermarket support in a considerstion if you plan on carrying... make sure you can get a holster for whatever you choose if you intend to carry.
Size is another subject worth mentioning... is this for concealed carry, open carry, home defense or general target... or all of the above?
Try to rent any firearm you are considering and make notes to compare to others you've tried. Don't overwhelm yourself with too many at once since there are so many choices. Let your budget dictate what models you wish to look at & try. Try 2 or 3 at a time per range session so you csn do a fair comparriso.
All metal or poly frame? This is another decision to ponder and goes back the firearms intended use... as well as capacity of magazines.
Hope I gave you some things to consider and good luck on picking out a good fit for you.
* I didn't mention any manufacturers because I'm bias towards my favorites (I have 3 I like equally) because I truly feel the ultimate decision needs to be made by you. It will be your gun, not mine... and what I like may not be right for you.
Ditto what others have said. You will have to determine what you intend to use it for (CC, HD, EDC, Target/Fun) and that will go a long way to helping you make some decisions, but the CZ-75 is the best 9mm platform known to man. You can find multiple permutations of that platform, all great guns.
Sorry this gun will be used for carry.
Beretta or a Sig.
You can choose full-size or a compact, and they both have numerous calibers available.
Gee, from the information you have given us, I would definitely have the following recommendations, in no particular order:
I expect you can probably find something you might like, if you select something from my brief list.
What, no glock on your list?
Ruger SR9c, Ruger SR9 isn't bad for carry the compact is a bit easier
Before you decide, visit a store that carries the CZ75 family of guns. I purchased a CZ 75 Compact a while back and it is now my favorite 9mm handgun. The gun is very ergonomic, grips feel great, closest thing to a 1911 grip that I know of. Can be carried "condition one" cocked and locked or in regular double action. Gun is slim in design and easy to conceal in a IWB holster. Extremely reliable and very accurate. I think anyone looking at a concealed carry gun should at least look at the CZ's before they make a decision. Just my opinion.
I'm hungry, what kind of sandwiches do you guys reccomend?
You're killing me dude....
This thread proves if you ask 12 people what the best gun is, you'll get 12 different responses.
One reason I didn't bother to throw out any recommendations in my first post, lol.


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|Dworcowa, 81-704 Sopot, פולין
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• Fully equipped kitchen for cooking utensils, pots, glassware, cutlery, lunch, and utensils:
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• Ceramic hob
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The apartment consists of 2 bedrooms and is designed for 6 people
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Nice Apartment on a great location.
It is a spacious place, with a big bedroom, a livingroom, separate kitchen and bathroom. The balcony is big and is a great place to be outdoor.
Beds are good and comfortable. Place is clean and well maintained.
The location is just away from the crowded main street, but very close to the (new) railway station and main street / beach. It can be a bit noisy. If you live in a city you will understand.
The only thing we found missing were a few extra pans to cook our own meal. Plenty of restaurants around, so no need to cook really:)
Great value for money!
This apartment is amazing, better than we expected. Very spacious and nicely furnished. The location is perfect as well, being very close to the main street. Even though it was this close to the main street, we did not hear any noise during the nights, so we always got a good nights sleep (comfortable beds helped as well).
Yes, it is on the 4th or 5th floor with no elevator. If you can't manage walking stairs like this, then you should keep that in mind. For us it was fine as we felt that we needed to move a little bit extra after being extremely lazy in wonderful Sopot all day, every day :)
If I have to name one negative aspect it might be that the pressure of the shower was a bit on the low side, but it wasn't a big deal, would still rent this apartment again! Recommended!
Nice, clean apartment at a super location! Very satisfied with our stay!
Apartment very good and nice and closed to the main area Monte Casino. Minus one star depending on somewhat bad parking possibilities for the cars. Minus one star then the apartment's wireless internet no good. Very slow! Internet must be upgraded. We used our from Sweden brought wifi with roaming instead. The 4g is good in Poland. Very nice people in the rental company. We found Sopot a very nice place and we recommend it!
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It was a very nice apartment with a good locasion.
Nice and clean Apartment located in a quiet street, but still close to Monte Cassino. Large enough for a family of five. Our host was service minded and followed up our queries rather promptly.
We enjoyed our stay in Sopot a lot. The apartment has a nice location, it's close to the beach and in the heart of Sopot. The facilities are great, too. The only thing we missed, though, was wifi. Our contact person was service minded and helpfull. Thank you!
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Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer who has had a timeless effect on design. His influence can be seen in the iPhone in your hand, your bedroom clock radio and many other products available today. His style of design can be summed up by the phrase he uses, "Weniger, aber besser", which translates as "Less, but better".
The Ten Commandments for good design which he created can be applied to all facets of the design industry, he absolutely nails it:
- Good design should be innovative — It does not copy existing product forms, nor does it produce any kind of novelty just for the sake of it. The essence of innovation must clearly be seen in all of a product's functions. Current technological development keeps offering new chances for innovative solutions.
- Good design should make a product useful — The product is bought in order to be used. It must serve a defined purpose, in both primary and additional functions. The most important task of design is to optimise the utility of a product's usability.
- Good design is aesthetic design — The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.
- Good design will make a product understandable — It clarifies the product's structure. Better still, it can make the product talk. At best, it is self-explanatory.
- Good design is honest — It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.
- Good design is unobtrusive — Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user's self-expression.
- Good design is long lived — It does not follow trends that become out-dated after a short time. Well designed products differ significantly from short-lived, trivial products in today's throwaway world.
- Good design is consistent in every detail — Nothing must be arbitrary. Thoroughness and accuracy in the design process shows respect towards the user.
- Good design should be environmentally friendly — Design must make contributions towards a stable environment and sensible raw material situation. This does not only include actual pollution, but also visual pollution and destruction of our environmet.
- Good design is as little design as possible — Less is more – because it concentrates on the essential aspects and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity
Dieter creates stylish products which are both functional and aesthetic, he has even been credited for influencing many of apple's products. His work has been exhibited across the world and even if it was created years ago, still proves to be timeless. I type this as I'm wearing a Braun Watch designed by the man himself.
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Jordan's Famous Lasagna
- In sauce pot heat olive oil to medium-med high heat and add garlic/onions sauté for a few moments and then add both meats until well browned.
- Stir in tomato sauce, paste, crushed tomatoes and water (swirl the water around all tomato cans) and then add salt, pepper, sugar, basil, parsley, Italian seasoning and optional red pepper. Add butter and grated parmesan cheese, stir. Simmer for 1½ hrs covered and stir occasionally.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. In 9x13 inch pan put unbaked lasagna noodles & hot tap water until they are submerged; let sit for about 10 minutes drain and pat dry.
- In a bowl, mix one egg with salt and chopped parsley to the ricotta cheese, stir in grated parmesan.
- Spread about 1½ sauce on the bottom of the pan. Lay noodles on top, spread some ricotta mix and mozzarella. Repeat. Top with remaining mozzarella and cover.
- Bake for 25 minutes covered and then 25 minutes uncovered (at 375°F). Rest for 15 minutes. ENJOY!


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B&B Malennio is situated in the historical centre of Lecce, just 985 feet from Piazza Duomo. It offers free WiFi and has a unique interior featuring restored artwork alongside ancient stone walls. Once a convent, Malennio B&B now display antique furniture in a spacious and bright interior. The rooms include air conditioning, a flat-screen TV, and private bathroom with free toiletries and a hairdryer. You can enjoy the daily sweet breakfast in the breakfast room or served in your room. There are several restaurants and bars within 329 feet of the B&B. Porta Napoli, also known as Arch of Triumph, is a 3-minute walk away. Lecce Train Station is a little more than 0.6 miles from the property.