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The last time the Knicks looked like a playoff team, they had won four of their last five games and had blown away the highly regarded Milwaukee Bucks on the road.
That was a year ago. Then, with the future looking bright, Jeff Van Gundy startled the team by resigning abruptly after nearly six years as coach. The Knicks have been awful ever since.
Sunday is the one-year anniversary of Van Gundy's stunning announcement.
''It seems longer,'' Latrell Sprewell said. ''It seems like it was a long time ago. A lot has happened.''
A lot of it bad.
The Knicks, who were 10-9 at the time of Van Gundy's departure, have gone 25-56 under Coach Don Chaney, Van Gundy's former assistant. Last season, they failed to reach the postseason for the first time in 15 years, and the legitimate hopes of reaching the N.B.A. finals that were commonplace during Van Gundy's tenure have been replaced by equally legitimate hopes of winning the draft lottery. Making the playoffs is a pipe dream for the Knicks, who are 5-13 after tonight's 100-97 loss against the Washington Wizards.Continue reading the main story
Allan Houston said Van Gundy's resignation was one of the major factors in the decline of the team, not only because the Knicks lost a very good coach but also because the ambiguity surrounding his departure diminished the players' confidence in the organization.
''When Jeff left, something changed,'' Houston said, ''not just a belief in ourselves and where we can go, but there was a sense that we weren't really sure of what's going on in the organization, what's really happening for your coach to want to leave. We wished him the best, but that was a strange situation for us. And from that point, I think we were really unsure about a lot of things, from the top down. That was a key turning point.''
Van Gundy, who had two years and roughly $7 million remaining on his contract, had several reasons for leaving at the age of 39. He cited a desire to spend more time with his wife, Kim, and daughter, Mattie, and he was deeply affected by the World Trade Center disaster, in which his college roommate, Farrell Lynch, died.
He also said he had lost the ''laserlike focus'' that had enabled him to be so successful.
But there were other factors that went unmentioned. Van Gundy, who joined the Knicks as an assistant coach in 1989, had a poor relationship with James L. Dolan, the chairman of Madison Square Garden, and was wary of Dolan's growing influence in the team's basketball-related decisions.
Van Gundy, who was bothered by the Knicks' refusal to extend his contract, had also been critical of his own performance that season and might have worried that he was losing control of the team.
Chaney said he thought Van Gundy was also annoyed by the declining quality of the team's roster since the trade of Patrick Ewing in the summer of 2000 and the retirement of Larry Johnson shortly before Van Gundy left. ''I think he was getting frustrated in the last couple of years,'' Chaney said.
Sprewell said the absence of Van Gundy was not the reason for the Knicks' troubles. He pointed to the players as the main factor.
''Guys kind of put it behind us,'' Sprewell said. ''We figured that he had to do what was best for him. It didn't linger on. I think it really was a function of the talent we have here.''
Van Gundy, who is working as an analyst for TNT Sports, will almost certainly surface as one of the league's top coaching candidates in the off-season. He might have taken a job last summer if the Knicks had not held his rights through the end of this season.
Van Gundy has the third-most victories (248) among Knicks coaches, and his .590 winning percentage is second only to that of his mentor, Pat Riley (.680). Because of Van Gundy's success, it is hard to imagine the Knicks struggling the way they are if he were still around. But there were signs that their winning ways might have ended even had Van Gundy stayed.
In April 2001, the Knicks lost in the first round of the playoffs for the first time in 10 years. With Marcus Camby injured, they played the first 14 games of last season with a lineup similar to the one Chaney has this season. The Knicks went 6-8, despite playing against nine teams that eventually failed to make the playoffs. Camby returned and the Knicks won four of five games, but none of those victories were against playoff teams. This season, all but 3 of the Knicks' first 17 games were against playoff clubs.
There was an inkling of the team's maddening habit of blowing large leads under Van Gundy. They had a 20-point lead in a loss to Indiana and a 16-point lead in a loss to Detroit, and they barely beat Atlanta despite leading by 16 points with three minutes to play.
As Sprewell said, the Knicks' fall is probably more traceable to the losses of Camby, Larry Johnson and Antonio McDyess than to the loss of Van Gundy.
Houston said: ''We've had some unfortunate things happen with our team, so you can't put it all on the loss of one person or the gain of another person. We've had other things that played a big role in that. I don't really like to reflect on it, because it's over with. We're in a new regime, I guess. This is where we are. I've always said I learned a lot from Jeff, and I appreciate the things I learned from him. We won and had some experiences with Jeff being here that I never would've had without him. But we're in a new situation now.''
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|Reviews for Mega Man X: The Sound of Mavericks
| Fireminer chapter 19 . 7/8/2013
Lots of oil, mixing with sweats, adding anger plus sorrow, and finally, a dash of humor. This story is terific!
| Arcane Maverick chapter 12 . 5/26/2012
I say that I've liked this story a lot less that previous ones. Partially for the huge focus on OC characters that, unfortunately, are not developed well enough for my tastes.
| Silver Warrior chapter 19 . 2/5/2008
wow. Bristol was pretty cool. Interesting pieces going on has left the Hunter's to find his way. Sigma's set up an enormous army in the background, ready to rise up and destroy at any time. The Hunters hav independent allies in the Forsaken Five. Catchy name, btw. Mega Man'd be proud of his little bro in giving his former enemies a chance to make right the wrongs they did.
| jfr07 chapter 19 . 5/3/2007
Good work, Erico. Another great addition to the world of MMX.
And with a few (Okay...A LOT) of good ideas (I just love the Foregone Five! I hope we meet them again in a future story...)
| I Am Sparty chapter 19 . 7/17/2005
Nice job with this story. Took me some time to finish it, but time was scarce, as you well know. However, I enjoyed it look forward to reading your next story. I see you have something up your sleeve all nice and ready to pop out from cover. Keep honing your talent for writing, Erico.
| Random Mega Man Fan chapter 11 . 1/24/2005
I loved An Uncertain Future, Island of Awakening, End of a Dream and Whispers In Time {not to mention The Collected Studies of the Physics of Mega Man} but..
I'll be blunt; this one sucked. It had some interesting plot points going on, but they all seemed so marginalized in favor of Bastion. It's like this entire 'fic was meant to be mostly just about him, with everything else either serving to give him "emotional growth" or were just there as a half hearted attempt at breaking up the Bastion heavy portions of the story.
I have nothing against original characters and Bastion seems like a good character.. but this 'fic dragged him into the middle of dull land, beat him into the ground and made me never want to see his name again.
I had high hopes for this.. but I'm giving up on it.
| neo x chapter 3 . 7/26/2004
hey I have to say this story is really great and I have only read the first chapter oh well.
| RandomMan chapter 3 . 12/1/2003
M*A*S*H Was a cool show.
| Guest chapter 19 . 12/6/2002
These novels have quartered my productivity since I started reading them! I have only one beef with your stories: Bastion has too many names!
Desert Storm, Desert Fire, The Desert, Heaven's sumthin-or-other, Angel of Death, Desert Angel...
We should name him SandyFeather and leave it at that.
| Revokov chapter 1 . 10/18/2002
I finally finished this one-snail pace, I know-and I really can't tell you enough how much I like your characters. Bastion's added background gives him whole new dimensions, and his rivalry with Horn-not to mention the character of Horn himself-is done well. Even touchy things like love were pulled off effectively. Allegro and Andante were quite nifty, if not gullible, and of course there is Hazil, one of my all time fav characters. Go grumpy old dude!
But my favorite additions have to be Bristol and Christoph. Bristol is obviously the most intriguing character, since I don't know a thing about her past, and her manner makes her likable. Cristoph is in a league of his own...I probably like his role so much because I like to harp on the Evil Human Types a lot in my own fics, and Christoph was a guy you loved to hate. I almost wish you hadn't ended him, though it was nice to see him get his just deserts.
Great characters, great plot, great battle scenes, and a general great job.
| Yar Kramer chapter 19 . 6/4/2002
Well, Erico, you've done it again. BUT - I must say that, though I may use some of your ideas, I can't really accept these as DEFINITIVE, because the scenes with Dr. Cossack have no mention of Ran! ;) Just kidding.
| Rowan Seven chapter 19 . 4/10/2002
Wow. Yet another and terrific 21XX story from you. Out of all the others in this series that I've read so far, I enjoyed this one the most. The story was terrific, keeping me guessing until the mysteries were answered, and Sigma and Fluid Ferret made wonderful villains. Bristol was an enjoyable new character as was Horn, the twins, and the trio and the politics involved in this story made for some very enjoyable reading. Great job.
| Shawn chapter 19 . 2/27/2002
Truely another awesome piece of writing. Keep the stories coming and i'll be sure to keep reading
| AshtonZero chapter 19 . 7/15/2001
So far I have readed three of your stories AUF, EOAD,and TSOM. There is only one thing that I can say, they all kick ass. Bastion is my favorite hunter. I hope that you keep writing your a good inspiration to furture such as myself. Keep up the good work.
| Magus523 chapter 19 . 7/5/2001
Wow. Erico's previous ones were great, but this... this is awesome. I especially loved the usage of Cossack's Crew. If you haven't yet, READ IT!

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Justice McCoy, 18, was killed early Friday after a stabbing inside a Milwaukee home in the 2600 block of N. 14th St. McCoy died later at Froedtert Hospital.
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Barbara Killebrew, 60, was stabbed to death June 24 at her home in the 3800 block of N. 24th Place.
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Waukesha County Technical College President Barbara Prindiville will retire at the end of the month after serving eight years as president.
Prindiville, who has 34 years of administrative leadership and teaching experience within the Wisconsin Technical College System, said in a letter to WCTC staff last week that she was proud of what they accomplished together on behalf of students, staff and community.
The WCTC District Board is expected to accept her July 31 notice of retirement at a meeting this week and will begin discussing the process and timeline for a presidential search.
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Man found hanging was waiting on sentence
A man found hanging by a bedsheet in the Portage County Jail was awaiting sentencing for killing a woman and sexually assaulting and burning her body, according to a news release from the sheriff's office Monday.
Jose Luis Flores Aca, 33, was found about 11:30 p.m. Sunday and was pronounced dead in his cell, according to the release.
On June 27, Aca pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide and sexual assault in the August death of Jamie Koch, 36, according to state court records.
Koch was a neighbor of Aca in an apartment complex in the village of Plover.
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A 28-year-old man at a Madison restaurant was hit with a "glass drinking boot" that left a wound requiring several stitches to his face, according to a Madison police report.
The man was at a table with his friends at the Essen Haus about 12:30 a.m. Sunday when another man, identified by police as 44-year-old Gerald Krueger, began talking with the group, police said.
Krueger was upset by something in the conversation, grabbed the glass and hit the 28-year-old man, who was taken to a hospital. Krueger was arrested on tentative charges of substantial battery, according to the report.
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- If they were misdirected by HMRC, who did they speak to? Is there any supporting evidence?
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- When did the error occur and what chain of events caused the error?
- Who made the error and why? What is their role in the business?
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- What safeguards were in place to control the risk of clerical errors, if none, why. If there were safeguards in place, why did they fail?
- What steps did the person take to check their work was correct, if none, why?
- Did the person or another person know or subsequently find out about the error? If they did, why were HMRC not informed?
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- Was it a genuine systems error or a clerical error due to a misunderstanding or mistake in using the system?
- Are similar errors common, but normally corrected? If they are common, is the system or correction mechanism sufficiently robust?
- Did the person subsequently find out about the error? If they did, why were HMRC not informed?
Claim that it was the agent's fault
- What work did the agent carry out?
- What information did you give the agent?
- What did the agent tell you?
- What checks did you make on the agent's work before submitting/signing the return?
A person cannot delegate responsibility for their own returns and accounts. Any claim that errors, omissions, failures or wrongdoing are due to poor work by an accountant should normally be rejected.
If the evidence does indicate that the inaccuracy, failure or wrongdoing was attributable to the agent, see CH84545.
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- What type of accounting system is in use? Is it computerised or manual? Do they have an accountant or bookkeeper?
- Was this a genuine lack of knowledge about the correct accounting treatment or a systems or clerical error, such as using the wrong sage account code?
- Why was the transaction treated in this way?
- If they were uncertain about the correct accounting treatment, what advice was available and what was sought and from whom?
- If they did seek advice what advice was obtained and did they follow this fully and correctly. If not, why not?
- How long have they employed this treatment?
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- Was it a simple transcription error or omission? If so, why did the person believe it occurred and what could they suggest could be done to stop it occurring in the future? If not, was there an underlying accounting or systems error?
- Did they or anyone else check the return or documents before it was submitted? If not, why not?
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William: UngratefulMature
I sat at the dinner table, staring at my horrid step-mother from across the table. She was practically a child. Younger than me, and married to my father! She was not even half his age!
Yet, her father had insisted upon their marriage, I could tell. I knew she was unhappy with the arrangements. Surely, her father had decided to arrange this marriage for the advantage of her family.
She placed down her spoon and removed her napkin, asking to be excused. My father gave his consent.
She walked away quite quickly, as if there was something on her mind. I'm sure there was; she had basically been sold away to a man she didn't even love by her own father.
I supposed I could sympathize. However, that did not mean that I disliked her any less than I already did. She was quite ungrateful. My father had agreed to marry her, aiding her family, and now, even when she was being so miserable, he showed her the courtesy received by an honored guest! She was utterly thankless!


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Rib Ticklers & Choux-Ins : 110 Sensational Recipes, from Steaks & Bakes to Cheesecakes Hardback
by Glynn Purnell
The yummy Brummie returns! Glynn's first book, Cracking Yolks and Pig Tales, shared behind-the-scenes stories and exciting dishes from his Michelin-starred restaurant, Purnell's.
Now he's back with an enticing selection of recipes inspired by the success of Purnell's Bistro.
The menu here is described as 'rustic home cooking with an eclectic twist', and with dishes such as Confit Lemon and Vanilla Pork Belly with Salt Baked Pineapple and Grilled Szechuan-style Chicken Skewers, there's plenty to explore.
Kick things off with a Scorched Lemon and Vanilla Margarita, impress with Duck with Spice Plum Jam and Watercrss, and finish with a Poached Summer Fruits in Basil and Cardamom.
Written with Glynn's trademark cheeky wit ('Big, juicy, spicy plums!
Oo-err missus!') and packed with tempting recipes, this is a great choice for anyone who wants to get creative in the kitchen.
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 192 pages, Colour photography throughout
- Publisher: Kyle Books
- Publication Date: 15/09/2016
- Category: TV / celebrity chef cookbooks


text: Dicle Tıp Dergisi / Dicle Medical Journal 2014; 41 (4): 746-747 doi: 10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2014.04.0511 CASE REPORT / OLGU SUNUMU Posttraumatic basal ganglia infarction: A rare complication in a child after mild head injury Posttravmatik bazal ganglion infarktı: Çocukta hafif bir kafa travması sonrası gelişen nadir bir komplikasyon Ahmet Mete1, Duçem Mete2, Sedat Işıkay3 ABSTRACT ÖZET Head trauma usually causes hemorrhage, but in young children ischemia of the basal ganglia may develop. We are presenting a case of mild head injury presenting as an ischemic stroke. Bleeding was ruled out with computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed acute infarction in the right lentiform nucleus. Herein we aimed to emphasize that mild head trauma may cause serious consequences such as acute infarct in pediatric population. Kafa travması genellikle hemorajiye neden olurken, küçük çocuklarda bazal ganglia infarktı gelişebilmektedir. Bu yazıda hafif kafa travması sonrası iskemik inme gelişen vakayı sunmaktayız. Kanama bilgisayarlı tomografi ile dışlandı ve manyetik rezonans görüntülemede sağ lentiform nükleusta akut infarkt saptandı. Biz burada pediatrik popülasyonda travmanın akut infarkta varabilecek önemli sonuçlara neden olabileceğini vurgulamayı amaçladık. Key words: Cerebral infarction, head trauma, traumatic stroke, magnetic resonance imaging INTRODUCTION Trauma can cause many vascular complications, and can lead to cerebral infarction. However, the recognition of childhood stroke is difficult and challenging. Ischemic stroke after minor head trauma is a major clinical problem and in children under 18 months of age is a rare eventuality (< 2% of all ischemic stroke in childhood). It is caused by vasospasm of the lenticulostriate arteries, frequent in childhood, which are disrupted by head injury [1]. We present a 2-year-old boy with hemiparesis due to a posttraumatic infarction in the territory of the right lenticulostriate artery. CASE REPORT A 2-year-old male boy was referred to our observation following a head injury involving the right 1 Anahtar kelimeler: Serebral infarkt, kafa travması, travmatik inme, manyetik rezonans görüntüleme temporo-occipital region. He fell from a height of approximately 50 cm onto a thinly carpeted floor. The child did not lose consciousness and had no history of a seizure. Almost six hours later he developed a weakness of his left arm and leg. A computed tomography (CT) scan of his brain revealed a hypodense lesion at the right lentiform nucleus. Diffusion-weighted images showed a sharply demarcated high-signal intensity lesion in similar area on T2weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences images, compatible with acute infarct on the territory supplied by the lateral lenticulostriate artery (Figure 1). Conservative therapy resulted in symptomatic improvements and the patient was discharged with a left hemiparesis on the tenth day of his admission. Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Gaziantep, Türkiye 2 Şehitkamil Devlet Hastanesi Radyoloji Kliniği, Gaziantep, Türkiye 3 Gaziantep Çocuk Hastanesi, Çocuk Nörolojisi Kliniği, Gaziantep, Türkiye Yazışma Adresi /Correspondence: Ahmet Mete, Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Gaziantep, Türkiye Email: [email protected] Geliş Tarihi / Received: 30.10.2014, Kabul Tarihi / Accepted: 21.11.2014 Copyright © Dicle Tıp Dergisi 2014, Her hakkı saklıdır / All rights reserved A. Mete et al. Posttraumatic basal ganglia infarction Figure 1. T2-weighted (A), FLAIR (B), and diffusion-weighted (C) images showed a sharply demarcated high-signal intensity lesion and ADC (D) image showed hypointense lesion compatible with acute infarct on the territory supplied by the lateral lenticulostriate artery. DISCUSSION In childhood, ischemic stroke due to a mild head trauma is an exceedingly rare event, and each year 5/100000 children are affected [1]. Although rare, mild head injury can cause basal ganglia infarct, and therefore, facio-brachio-crural hemiparesis can occur. This syndrome appears to be more relevant to young children because the angle between the main middle cerebral artery and the lenticulostriate arteries is more acute, the length of these extracerebral segments also tends to be shorter, and these arteries are functional end arteries [2]. Any trauma of the brain may lead to disruption of the vessel between the mobile extracerebral portion and the fixed intracerebral portion. The territory of this lenticulostriate branches is thus mechanically vulnerable to ischemia as a result of vascular occlusion or mechanical spasm following arterial disruption, even following mild head injury [3,4]. Also mild head trauma may lead to intimal trauma and subsequent thrombosis. Secondary causes responsible for cerebral ischemic lesions in young children are attributable to bleedDicle Tıp Derg / Dicle Med J 747 ing, traumatic dissection of the common carotid, internal carotid arteries or of the vessels of circle of Willis, congenital predisposition to rupture of cervical or intracranial arteries, emboligen heart disease and congenital thrombophilia [5,6]. It is mandatory to exclude all possible secondary causes before classifying a cerebral infarction in children as idiopathic. Therefore CT scan, brain MRI with Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI), angio-MRI, carotid color doppler imaging, echocardiogram and complete blood work-up should be performed. In conclusion, mild head injuries may cause cerebral infarction at the internal capsule due to mechanical vasospasm or thrombosis of the perforating vessels, although ischemic symptoms are not so severe and tend to disappear in the early period by conservative therapy. Rapid reversal or attenuation of neurological symptoms may be attributed to the resolution of vasospasm. However, the healing process despite an infarction may be the result of the childhood neuronal plasticity, a theory which was supported by research reports [7-9]. Radiologists and pediatricians must be aware of lenticulostriate infarction as a rare complication of mild trauma in young children and early diagnosis by performing DWI can prevent possible permanent neurological damage. REFERENCES 1. Shaffer L, Rich PM, Pohl KR, Ganesan V. Can mild head injury cause ischemic stroke? Arch Dis Child 2003;88:267-269. 2. Umansky F, Gomes FB, Dujovny M, et al. The perforating branches of the middle cerebral artery. A microanatomical study. J Neurosurg 1985;62:261–268. 3. Dharker SR, Mittal RS, Bhargava N. Ischemic lesion in basal ganglia in children after minor head injury. Neurosurgery 1993;33:863–865. 4. Kuroiwa T, Tanabe H, Takatsuka H, et al. Paramedian thalamic infarction following blunt head injury. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 1994;34:20–22. 5. Kieslich M, Fiedler A, Heller C, et al. Minor head injury as cause and co-factor in the aetiology of stroke in childhood: a report of eight cases. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:13-16. 6. Fullerton HJ, Johnston SC, Smith WS: Arterial dissection and stroke in children. Neurology 2001;57:1155-1160. 7. Anderson VA, Catroppa C, Dudgeon P, et al. : Understanding predictors of functional recovery and outcome 30 months following early childhood head injury. Neuropsychology 2006;20:42-57. 8. Kochanek PM. Pediatric traumatic brain injury: quo vadis? Dev Neurosci 2006;28:244-255. 9. Seçkin H, Demirci AY, Değerliyurt A, et al. Posttraumatic infarction in the basal ganglia after a minor head injury in a child: case report. Turk Neurosurg 2008;18:415-419. www.diclemedj.org Cilt / Vol 41, No 4, 746-747


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Maori Party whip Te Ururoa Flavell will call for an inquiry into the impact Operation Eight had on Ruatoki residents.
Mr Flavell said he would present the Maori Affairs Committee with terms of reference for an inquiry next week, into the impact the raids had on people.
Chair of the Maori Affairs committee Tau Henare said he had asked Mr Flavell for the terms of reference by the end of the week so they could be taken to National Party caucus next Tuesday.
If National agree to them, the inquiry would go ahead.
Mr Flavell said during a Parliamentary general debate that the trauma of many people who were raided had not be heard, and he was collecting statements from those affected.
He received a letter of complaint from veteran Tuhoe activist Tama Iti on behalf of his partner and his 17-year-old daughter.
In the letter Mr Iti, who was found guilty of firearms charges, said the family were asleep and were unaware 14 police officers from the special tactics group and Armed Offenders Squad had cordoned off the address.
Mr Flavell told Parliament Mr Iti was arrested and the two women were separated from each other and searched.
"The older woman was in a nightgown; the younger woman in a thin singlet and shorts. She remembered later feeling ashamed, embarrassed and bursting out crying.
"After being detained, the two women were taken to the police station, separated again and statements obtained. They were still in their nightwear - cold and for the older woman who was diabetic, requiring her insulin and testing kit," Mr Flavell said in the house.
Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) chairman David Carruthers' wrote to Mr Iti and his family this year.
He wrote: "being woken in the early morning by armed officers shouting for them to come out of their house with their hands on their heads, having guns trained on them, a dog barking throughout, being barefoot and only dressed in nightwear and scared about what was happening to them ... these actions.. personally searching them in an intrusive manner and taking them to the police station were contrary to law".
Mr Henare said in eight weeks the Tuhoe settlement bill will before the house, and could incorporate an apology.
Last month an IPCA report found in some areas police acted "unlawfully, unjustifiably and unreasonably"during the raids.
Police Minister Anne Tolley apologised for unlawful road blocks and searches during the Urewera raids, but deferred any Government apology as a matter for the Prime Minister and his advisers.
Mr Carruthers said in the report the detention of the occupants at five properties of the 41 properties raided was "unlawful and unreasonable".
Police were also criticised for the unnecessary stopping and searching of vehicles and taking 66 photos of drivers and passengers, including children. It left some people feeling "degraded and intimidated".
The 2007 raids resulted in 18 people being arrested, four of whom were left facing charges.
Police Commissioner Peter Marshall apologised for mistakes made by police by not for the investigation, which focused on alleged military-style training camps in the remote Urewera forest.


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Writer's Block.Mature
"I don't think I can do it..."
"It's your dream, you have to do it."
"I don't want to look like an idiot... I can't. I just can't."
The blonde sighed and ran her fingers through her short locks.
"You're never going to get anywhere if you don't try, Rem." she started, pausing to grab the attention of the stubborn brunette sitting beside her. "You want this. You've always wanted this. Now it's your chance, you can't give up on your dream so easily."
"Easy for you to say, Ms. I'll-Be-A-Kindergarten-Teacher-So-I-Don't-Have-To-Do-Anything." The brunette spat back, earning her a questioning eyebrow raise from the shorter blonde.
Rem sighed and gave her blonde comrade the best apologetic puppy dog pout she could muster. "Sorry... I'm a little wound up, I think."
"Wound up?" The blonde chuckled, moving to massage her friend's neck. "By the feel of these knots, you're a little more than wound up."
Rem accepted the contact unabashedly and showed her thanks as a long, content moan. "God, Liv, have I ever told you that you give the best massages known to man?"
The blonde shrugged a shoulder and grinned at how easily she could please her headstrong friend. "Once or twice."
The massage was cut short as a buzz came over the loudspeaker, and "Rem Samuels, Mr. Cassel will see you now" rang out through the small room they were occupying.
Rem let out a loud sigh and stood, shooting her blonde friend a pathetic pout before she straightened out her white dress shirt and black slacks, straightening her usual slumped posture to perfection as she headed for the door marked "Jaden Cassel."
She thought as she turned the knob slowly. Her palms were sweaty, and her body was shaking. Her nerves were definitely getting the best of her. She swallowed the lump in her throat and opened the door.
"Here goes nothing..."
The scowl on Rem's face as she left the room, and how she slammed the door behind her gave Liv a good enough idea of what have might gone on in there. She immediately jumped up and ran over to her tall friend, and asked the obvious. "How'd it go?"
"How'd it go? Are you fucking kidding me? That jackass wouldn't give me the time of day if I didn't have boobs. I was a talking set of boobs." She started, storming out of the small room and into the hallway of the large business building. "He looked at me like he was a hungry dog who just found a big slab of meat. He didn't listen to a word I said! It was ridiculous, Liv!"
Liv knew by now that it was just best to let her friend rant out all of her frustrations, and followed the brunette out of the building to her silver SUV quietly, offering just her ear. It wasn't unusual for men to ogle her friend. Hell, even Liv had spent a share of her time ogling the beautiful brunette. She was everything any man - or even woman - wanted. She was tall, slender, tanned, and had the most beautiful straight, chocolate brown hair reached the centre of her back. But the most breathtaking feature that her friend possessed were her eyes. The brunette's eyes were an unnatural shade of light blue, so light that they appeared to be silver in the right lighting. Her eyes were so intense that it sent a shiver down her spine just to get caught in them for more than a moment.
"... can you believe that guy, Liv?" Rem asked after a long fifteen minutes of ranting that Liv decided to ignore most of. She had already heard it all too many times.
"Nope. A real jerk, he is." She replied with little enthusiasm.
Rem frowned and looked over to the passenger's seat of her SUV where her friend sat, uninterested. "You weren't listening."
Liv sighed and looked at Rem, who was now pouting at her. Dammit! Not the pout!
"I was listening..." She lied.
"You were not!" The brunette whined, sticking her lower lip out even more in what had to be the most childish, adorable pout Liv had ever seen.
Liv shook her head with a chuckle and diverted her eyes elsewhere, there was no way in hell she was going to let Rem win her over with that pout. She knew what happened when Rem pulled out the pout.
"It's just one more stupid publisher, Rem. Next time why don't you go to a female publisher, like I suggested? Maybe then you won't be eye molested by some jerk." She suggested, deciding that the rearview mirror was suddenly more interesting.
"Because, Olivia, there aren't any suitable female publishers in the area." Rem growled with mock anger, realizing her pouting was doing no good.
Liv smirked to herself. She knew what game Rem was playing, and she wasn't going to let her win. Not this time. "Well, Hermes, maybe you should look into another profession until you find a suitable publisher?"
Rem let out a horrified gasp and covered her mouth with one hand while she used the other to steer the SUV. "Olivia Marie Stewart, did you just... Use my REAL name? Because if you did, then you've got a serious ass-whooping waiting for you as soon as I pull this car over."
Liv chuckled to herself and turned to look at her friend, who was trying to contain a smile of her own, but failing miserably. "I think I did, hot shot. And if I'm not mistaken, it's ME who has the black belt, kid. I think I'll be the one whooping ass."
Rem stroked her imaginary beard thoughtfully and adjusted an imaginary monocle before replying in a horrible fake British accent. "You've got a good point, old chap, but I've got a few feet on you so..."
"Feet?! I'm not THAT short!" Liv whined, slapping her friend on the arm playfully.
Rem rubbed her arm and pouted, giving the blonde her best teary-eyed expression. "That hurt..."
It was too late for Liv to look away. She looked into the beast, and she was smitten. She groaned and hit her head off the dash. "Stupid! I fell for your trap!"
With a grin, Rem diverted her attention back to the road and made a quick turn into the nearest Dairy Queen. "Ice cream on you?"


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It started with a porno – well, a stack of them, really – in a gas station on the outskirts of Copiague. Jay needed cigarettes and rumor had it that the new gas station, curiously named "Sonjim," was cool with selling to minors. While we waited in line, Jay pointed to the shelf above the attendant's head. Wild titles, one after another, promised carnal fulfillment, the likes of which the common Copiaguian had never experienced. All we did was laugh. On the way back to my house, I got the idea.
"We should prank that place. I got a tape recorder in my room. We can tape that guy talking about porno flicks!"
Small towns are notoriously stingy when it comes to entertainment. It was inevitable that my friends and I would get around to prank calls. Plus, this was the spring of '92. Caller ID wasn't really on the scene yet.
So, we got back to my place. I found some batteries, taped them into the tape recorder (did those things ever have backs?) and found the listing in the Yellow Pages. I hit the speaker button on the phone and the sound of the dial tone met the rising level of anticipation in the room. On the third ring, a man picked up.
"Hi," I said, needlessly disguising my voice with a high and measured affect. It's not like he knew my voice. "I'm calling around to all the establishments, inquiring about adult movies. I'd like to know if you carry them."
Jay ducked into the hallway, stifling his laugher. I sounded like some sleazed-out cruiser looking to hit pay dirt.
"Which one?" the man asked in a soft-spoken Indian accent.
"A-dult moo-vies."
"Uhhh…Just hold on."
There was some confusion on the other end as the attendant conferred with his colleagues. I watched the spools in the tape recorder go through their steady revolutions.
"Hello," said a new voice. Foreign, yes, but deep and confident.
"Hi," I said, with diminishing nerve. "Do you have any adult movies?"
"Adult movies."
"Yeah, who's this?"
I hung up and Jay lost it.
"Why'd you hang up?" he laughed.
"I got nervous."
"The hell does he care who you are? If you're buying that kinda stuff, you don't wanna give out your name!"
"I think he knew I was just a kid."
I told my dad about the call when he got home from work.
"Yeah," he said, pausing with his tie in his hand. "He probably knew you were messing around. We should call them back."
"What? I was debating whether or not I should even tell you about it."
"Ah," he waved his hand. "Lemme change and get a cup of coffee and we'll call them."
Twenty minutes later, I was back downstairs, tape recorder going, listening to the rings with my father.
"Songee…" It was Soft Spoken Man.
"Yes, good evening," my dad said. "Is this a business called Sonjim?"
"Just hold on."
Confusion again. I wondered why the guy who didn't know English worked the phones.
"Hello?" It was Deep Voiced Man.
Careful, Dad. This guy's a pro.
"Good evening," my father said in a grand tone. "Is this Sonjim?"
"My name is Mr. Jameson, sir, and I'm from Orion Pictures."
"Which one?"
"Pictures! Moving pictures. Hollywood."
"Hollywood! Do you…Can you understand me?"
"Well, sir, what we'd like to do is use your gas station as a film location. Now we normally give businesses a substantial sum of money but we'd have to close your business down for two days."
"No, we don't like that."
"Sir, before I get on, now look, lemme tell you what's going on. I guess you've heard of uhh…Brian Dennehy?"
"Listen to me," Deep Voiced Man said. "We don't talk to anyone on the phone for business, okay? You come personally, talk and we'll discuss something. Otherwise, we don't discuss something. Bye."
"Hold it," my dad said. "Wait. I don't know who you are."
"I'm sorry," he sang. "Bye bye. No business over the phone. When you come over here, ask for the manager and he will talk to you."
Now it was my dad's turn to feel unsatisfied. His call hadn't gone as planned either. It must have been on his mind too because a week later, he came into my room and asked if I wanted to call again. Did I? The reviews for his first call had been fantastic. My friends were clamoring to hear the tape and now he wanted to do a sequel?!
As we prepped in the living room, he asked if I had taken advantage of Sonjim's coffee.
"Nah," I replied. "It's too expensive."
"It's free."
"No, it's not," I said, dialing. "You just take it and they don't charge you for it."
My father chuckled. "Nice bunch of guys."
"Yeah," Dad said, sounding like James Cagney. "Sonjim,702 Oak Street?"
Which was strange since that wasn't their address.
"Mr. Seville here, from the Long Island Retail Gasoline Association. Good evening."
"Good evening," Soft Spoken Man said.
"It's ten after six. We're doin' an audit. You have your pump sheets there?"
"Pump sheets."
"Uhh…just hold on."
A new voice picked up. "Hello?"
"Mr. Seville here. Long Island Retail Gas-"
"Yes, the owner is not here. He will be back after half an hour, I think."
"No, no, sir. I cannot wait. This is Mr. Seville. I need your pumpsheets. I need some figures fast."
"Pumpsheets. Total gallons pumped today. Get the sheets, sir."
"Okay, okay. You'll get it. Where are you? Are you coming here?"
"No!" Seville growled in frustrated. "I gotta do it for all the stations in the area, this evening. We have a shortage from Iran coming in!"
New Voice put the phone down and we could hear mass confusion on the other end. After a few moments, a woman picked up. This threw us for a loop because we had never noticed any female attendants there. My father then recognized her as a woman from town who had taken to hanging around the gas station. In fact, she had agreed with my dad not twenty minutes earlier on the merits of Sonjim's coffee.
"This is Mr. Seville, ma'am. I think we have a breakdown in English here."
"How can I help you?" she asked.
"Yes, Long Island Retail Gasoline Association. I need you to check your pumpsheets. I'm looking for a few quick figures. I need the total gallons pumped today."
"Stop," she laughed. She wasn't buying it.
"Look, if I have to send an examiner out, it will cost fifty dollars which is why I'm calling this evening."
"I ain't gonna pay fifty dollars to send somebody out here."
"Then you will tell me total gallons pumped from this morning 'till this evening. That is all I'm asking. I will STOP deliveries, ma'am."
"The pump isn't no good?"
"No, no. The gallons you pumped today, the total gallons."
"How many total gallons you wanna know."
"On your pumps, yes."
She relayed Mr. Seville's request to the guys at the station. "He wants everything – total gallons – or else they ain't deliverin' no more gas."
The background erupted. Chaos and contention! It made no sense!
"It don't matter!" she yelled at them. "Unleaded, regular, everything."
Of course they were disagreeing with her. What the hell did my dad know about gasoline statements? I don't know where he got "pumpsheets" from and there's never been a "Long Island Retail Gasoline Association."
"It's late in the day, I realize that," he continued. "I'm gettin' pressured by the state to do this myself. I'm sorry for the intrusion."
"Okay, hold on."
We heard some cross-talk for a little while then she returned to the phone.
"It's 1-5-0-0."
"Okay," my father said, "please hold one second."
He pressed some buttons on the phone and mumbled through imaginary calculations. After a few moments, the pumpsheets were filed.
"Thank you, ma'am."
"Anything else?" she asked.
"That is it," he sighed like she just helped him avert a war. "Thank you. Good night."
The Pumpsheet Call, as it came to be known, was huge that summer. Bits of it, along with the Orion Call, ended up on mix tapes and answering machine messages all over town. My father had pulled it off.
We tried a third call later that summer. This time, he pretended to be an old woman who needed a lot of soda. She was having a big party and the "soda delivery truck exploded." Unfortunately, there was little reaction on the other end of the phone, which I guess is funny unto itself. Still, we both thought they had seen through that one. It felt like the magic had gone so we decided to hang it up.
On Christmas Eve, my father wanted to come out of retirement. By this point, we actually knew a lot of the guys that worked at Sonjim. I would go by for milk, my dad for cigarettes and (free) coffee and they would ask how we were doing. In hindsight, it's kind of foul that we called them again. I guess we both felt this call would have something the others didn't. It did, but it wasn't anything either of us had anticipated.
"Yes," my dad said in a slow drawl, "this is the long distance AT&T operator. I have a collect call for a Mr. Binky."
"Who?" Soft Spoken Man asked.
"Mr. Binky."
"He is not here."
"It's a collect call from Pakistan, Rhajahbatase. It's rather important."
"Can you give him a message?"
"No," he replied, "because I don't know where he is."
"It's a collect call from Rhamashahasha, India."
"India, yes. I'm sorry. Can you please hold on, sir?"
My dad pressed a few buttons on the phone. I guess he was out of ideas. Pressing buttons had worked on the Pumpsheet Call, so why not? Not to mention, the cat was pretty much out of the bag when the collect call had mysteriously jumped from Pakistan to India.
"Sir?" he drawled. "Are you still there?"
Soft Spoken Man had hung up.
I stopped the tape.
"Where's Rhajahbatase, Dad?"
"South, I think."
The next day, we all went to my grandparents' house for Christmas and my grandmother met us at the door.
"You try calling your house?" she asked.
"No. Why?"
It then occurred to me that our phone had been strangely silent all morning.
"An Indian man picks up," she said.
My father and I looked at each other and my mother screamed laughing.
"You forwarded our calls to Sonjim?" she howled. "On Christmas?!"
I picked up the phone and called our house.
My God.
"Ahem…Good morning, sir, and a Merry Christmas to you. Our, umm…our lines must have crossed and you seem to be getting our calls. It being a holiday–"
"This is a business! This is not a family! Please stop calling here!"
Figures. It was Deep Voiced Man. After yelling at me, he slammed the phone down.
My grandfather called us jerks and we drove home to turn off the call-forwarding that my dad had activated somewhere between Pakistan and India.
In the days that followed, we explained to our family and friends why their calls didn't make it through.
The next time my father went into Sonjim, he inquired about the large metal box beside the phone.
"Caller ID," Soft Spoken Man explained. "For the bad calls."
"Yeah," my father sipped his coffee. "Kids…"
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3 cups cooked rice
3 cups milk or milk substutite
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups granny smith apples, seeded, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon cinnamon
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Combine rice, milk, sugar and apples in 2-3-quart saucepan.
Cook uncovered for 30 minutes over medium heat.
The rice pudding is done when the rice and milk have formed a thick porridge.
Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon and gluten-free vanilla powder.
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"At Recyclebank, we strive to innovate new ways to collaborate with our partners and members to rethink the consumption cycle so that we not only eliminate waste but also create a mutually beneficial business model of profitability," said Jonathan Hsu, CEO at Recyclebank. "We are honored to be recognized by so many distinguished organizations and judges and see this as a wonderful affirmation of our mission to motivate individuals to make small, green lifestyle changes in order make a collective difference for our planet."
Presented by the World Technology Network in association with TIME, Fortune, CNN, Science/AAAS and Technology Review, the 2011 World Technology Awards recognize a roster of organizations and individuals from more than 60 countries around the world deemed to be doing the most innovative and impactful work. As a finalist in the environment category, Recyclebank was selected through an intensive, global process over the course of several months by prominent advisors including futurist and author Ray Kurzweil, TIME editor and author Lev Grossman and more.
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I'm flying into La Guardia May 22 to attend a wedding on the 24th. I'll be traveling with my mom and we first want to drive to New Rochelle to visit her alma mater. When I check directions on mapquest, I see there are some tolls en route. Do the toll roads in the NYC metro region have manned booths that give change? I hate having to pay rental car companies for use of an easy tag.
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I'm flying into La Guardia May 22 to attend a wedding on the 24th. I'll be traveling with my mom and we first want to drive to New Rochelle to visit her alma mater. When I check directions on mapquest, I see there are some tolls en route. Do the toll roads in the NYC metro region have manned booths that give change? I hate having to pay rental car companies for use of an easy tag.
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Yes, there are cash lanes where you can get change at all toll booths.
The number one place to visit in the Tarrytown area is Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate. It's located in neighboring Pocantico Hills. Note, however, that you park in the Phillipsburg Manor lot, a historic site in Sleepy Hollow, another neighboring community, to access the Rockefeller site.
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There's one bridge going out of the city (the Henry Hudson) that allows only cashless tolls, so you may have to plan your route to avoid that. The tollbooth will take a photo of your license plate, and the car-rental company will charge back the toll plus a huge surcharge. Coming straight from LGA, you should be able to get around this fairly easily because it's a bridge between Manhattan and the Bronx.
But you should be able to pay with cash everywhere else, though the tolls are considerably higher paying cash, so it might all even out if you are just renting the car for a couple of days to get the tollpass with your rental, depending on the company (I'd definitely price it out). For example, you save $2.37 on the toll for the Triboro Bridge by using an EZ pass. And you could encounter a couple of such tolls on the way to New Rochelle.
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Thanks for the information! Doug, it never would have occurred to me that using an ez pass would make the toll cheaper. I appreciate the tip!
Howard, Kykuit was on my list for sure and I'm looking forward to it. Hoping to find a few "hidden gems" along the way.
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Doug is righta bout the toll on the Henry Hudson. I forgot about that one. That bridge is on the West Side. If you drive up on the FDR on the east side to the Major Deegan (Route 87), the toll in Yonkers does have cash lanes.
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Ask the rental car company about the ez pass, it might be worth it just in the time not spent at in the toll booth lines.
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If you are driving first to New Rochelle [my hometown]you will have no need to drive on Henry Hudson. And from NR, you shouldn't need to deal with it either.
From NR to Tarrytown, take I 95 north to 287 west.
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Be aware that many rental car co's charge you a ez pass fee for every day of the rental, not just on the days you use it.
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For commuters the major benefit of an EZ Pass is the discounted rates - saves a huge amount for a regular commuter.
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DebitNM, are you forgetting that to get to New Rochelle from the city I believe you have to go on Route 95, and I believe there's a toll there!
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No, Howard, I was picking the trip up from New Rochelle to Tarrytown. I didn't really mention tolls other than to say there was no pressing need for OP to go on Henry Hudson going to NR.
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Union Church of Pocantico Hills has windows by Matisse and Chagall
this site will give you information on all of the sites in the Tarrytown area, admission fees and combo passes.
Rockefeller State Park Preserve has groomed paths surrounding a lake.
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Actually, the Rockefeller State Preserve has acres and acres and acres of pristine parkland, in addition to those paths around the above-mentioned lake, all ideal for a morning or afternoon walk.
A visit to Kykuit and a walk in the preserve would indeed make for a wonderful day in Rockefeller country!
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PS: DebitNM, I wasn't intending to criticize you. My point is simply that I assume the OP was starting out from the city and this would have that toll on I-95.
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| samstryker01 chapter 1 . 8/1/2016
wow! Nice story.. but the ending made me a little disappointed.. I wish you could make more stories about gai x tenten...
| Skyrere chapter 1 . 10/7/2013
well done. :D
| CutieSOS chapter 1 . 5/15/2012
this was really good
| Lionasha No Bruja chapter 1 . 7/23/2010
I found this really funny, but it seemed like they were kind of... disconnected? out of order? Like, 10 should've come before 8? Also, it was really funny and sweet, and then the last one left it as kind of sad.
Nit-picky, maybe, but I try to give decent criticism.
| roseredautumn chapter 1 . 11/10/2009
that was hilarious. especially- "Um. But. Then… who'll wear the dress?"
Gai brightened.
"Why, Neji, of course!"
| KuroxSaku chapter 1 . 12/31/2008
That was amazingly good! It kept me laughing and definitely made my day! Nice work! *thumbs up*
| OCQueen chapter 1 . 9/21/2008
I liked this... it was simply interesting and funny.
| SemixQuaver chapter 1 . 6/25/2008
So Sad...
Stupid arsehead Gai! But I love him :D
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| dr. sluice chapter 1 . 6/5/2008
Love it!
| southdakotaboy chapter 1 . 5/16/2008
I have never really seen these two as a pair but you did a very good job making it happen.
| Lou chapter 1 . 3/12/2008
I searched for this pairing...I dunno, just curious, I guess. And you captured everything that such a [insert any adjective you feel is worthy of describing GaiTen] pairing would be about!
I loved Gai gloating about her, and how she handled it each time. Too cute. (Poor, unappreciated Tenten~!) The whole ordeal with her first period was PERFECT. Then there was the shower scene, and the sex, and the gyahh ENDING.
The ending hurt the most. It was beautiful.
| omtatelo chapter 1 . 12/17/2007
GaiTen is a very original propose of pairing. I'm trying to write one myself but is in spanish. I liked most the end, it was... gosh!
"no, Tenten. No"
| Izi Seishyun chapter 1 . 11/23/2007
I was shocked at first, but well, I actually praise your writing. You did a beautiful job there, for both of them _
| ilovekoga chapter 1 . 11/4/2007
I've never looked at these two as a couple b4, I knew that they were out there but I never thought it could work.
But with each little story you had I was looking for more.
Thanks, not I'm going to see if I can find a good Gai/TenTen story.
| Sagishi chapter 1 . 11/4/2007
Ooh, I like how you characterized Tenten. True to what little of her character we've seen in the series, but also very human. And you got Gai down perfectly. XD He's brilliant. XDD Number 10 was definitely my favorite... I can completely see Gai turning away like that... he was always a good teacher. Interesting pairing... I'm gonna have to look up more of it. Great job!


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I'm often asked at signings or lectures what I miss most about my near-yearlong stay in Portugal while I researched my cookbook. Honestly, the answer changes. It's not that I'm being capricious or anything (although I can be—a lot). My response is tied to the calendar.
Ask me in October, and it's São Jorge, one of the nine Azores Islands. It was there that my friend, Portuguese food scholar Janet Boileau, and I scoured the island in search of the finest sample of its namesake cheese: queijo São Jorge.
Ask me in March, and it'll be the still-green undulating plains of the Alentejo, the great swath of land that cuts through the midsection of the country. In spring a riot of flowers speckle the landscape, almost in defiance of the sun that will pelt all of it into a tawny brown. The One and I spent three glorious weeks there, crawling on our bellies and eating, it seems, every living creature in sight. Read more »