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There are three large bedrooms, master with en-suite and two further bedrooms one double, one twin with shared bathroom. There is a wc to pool area. The spacious accommodation also includes a lounge, formal dining area, kitchen/diner, utility room and double garage with remote controlled door.
Master bedroom has queen size bed luxury en suite with bath, walk in shower and twin vanity units. There is also access to the pool and lanai through patio doors.
Bedroom two, double bed and large wardrobe.
Bedroom three, twin beds and shares the second family bathroom.
The lounge is large and airy with floridian style furniture and sliding doors leading to the pool and lanai.
Formal dining area
Well equipped kitchen and separate utility room
Full air conditioning and ceiling fans in every room
South West facing pool and Lanai, 24ft x 12ft solar outdoor pool with child safety guard, patio furniture with gas BBQ.
Wireless INTERNET access (just bring your laptop)
Large television, DVD player, and music centre
Nevaeh villa has full A/C and ceiling fans, well equipped kitchen with dishwasher, Fridge/Freezer, Microwave, cooker, all linen and bathroom towels are provided.
No pets please
Our local professional Maintenance team are just a phone call away, if you want to ask a question or have any problems. They look after our home and ensure that is is prepared before guests arrive and maintain the high standards our guests are used to.
5 of 5 stars
Reviewed June 29, 2014 NEW
We have stayed here twice. Recently returned from a two week holiday. The house is spacious, comfortable and so easy to relax ! We wanted for nothing. The pool area is more than adequate. The pool temperature spot on. Listen to nothing but the wildlife outside. The odd tortoise is a bit noisy! Plenty of birdspotting on your doorstep.
There's plenty to do and see within a short drive. Alligators and dolphins in the wild if you want . Who needs theme parks !
Absolutely well worth a stay !
My husband and I enjoyed our stay at your lovely home,we had everything that we needed and particularly liked the pool. We had friends staying nearby so they were able to show us lots of places round the area.
Not alot to say other than fantastic ,lovely house in quiet area. Would recommend to anyone
Nous avons séjourné 9 jours à Long Meadow et ce fut des vacances parfaites pour toute la famille. La maison est vraiment très bien équipée et il y a même tout ce qu'il faut pour une journée avec les enfants à la plage.
Le quartier est vraiment très paisible. Situé dans une parc protégé, on y retrouve une variété d'animaux et le calme absolu.
Nous avons profité de 4 plages de sable blanc différentes, toutes à moins de 25 minutes de la maison.
Englewood Beach (plage publique avec dépanneur, restaurants, boutiques, location de kayaks, bateau et parasail à proximité)
Manasota Beach (plage publique particulièrement calme avec un parc pour les enfants au fond du stationnement)
Stump Pass Beach (plage dans une réserve protégée, coût de 3$ pour le stationnement et un magnifique sentier pour observer la faune et la flore ** À voir)
Boca Grande (plage située sur une Île... tout à fait magnifique!)
À visiter ou à faire, à moins de 30 minutes: Fishermen's Village, Fish and Cove adventure (mini golf) à Port Charlotte, Cedar Point Environnemental Park, Punta Gorda
Idéal pour des vacances reposantes loin des grandes villes et des parcs d'attraction.
My wife & I have recently returned from our fifth two week vacation at this villa in the last 5 years which probably says it all about our opinion of this property!!
Tho owners are a pleasure & easy to deal with. The property itself is spacious, comfortable, spotlessly clean & equipped with everything you could reasonably need for a self catering vacation. The owners employ a local management team to maintain the property on their behalf & they do a great job.
The villa is in a very quiet residential area yet there are several large supermarkets only a 10 minute drive away & beautiful beaches about 20 minutes away.
If you are looking for a quiet relaxing beach holiday in Florida away from the theme parks & the hustle & bustle of the big resorts then I cannot praise this villa & area enough. Which is why we have kept going back!!
This was our 2nd extended stay here. From Jan 7th thru April 4th 2016.We now regard it as our home away from home as we plan to stay here in 2017..This is an excellent location for anyone looking for a mix of peace, quiet and busy local attractions. The home itself and the pool are spotless and very well maintained. The owner even had the mattress changed to make our stay more comfortable.All of the beaches are nearby, gorgeous with great shelling. The home is situated only 40 mins north from Venice and 1hr from Sarasota and to the south there's Port Charlotte & Northport 30 mins away with great shopping.in both locations.Restaurants like Beyond the Sea have great shows at reasonable prices & the Bi-weekly Englewood Review lists all the attractions and events for both kids and adults.The local library on Dearborn Ave also has many free& interesting programs for both adults & kids. Golfing is king here with excellent courses& whether you golf or not, club restaurants like Boca Royale are open to all and offer excellent.food and service. This home is maintained with comfort in mind and should a problem arise the property manager takes care of it immediately
My family was very pleased with the property. The home was stocked with everything we needed for a great vacation from a coffee pot to beach chairs. The pool area was beautiful and the water was warm. The home is located in a safe, quiet neighborhood. The kids rode the bikes provided.
Rotonda is within easy reach of beautiful beaches, golf courses, intra coastal waterway, fishing and boating facilities, excellent restaurants and shopping.
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So I went to the optometrist for a check up. And when I told the young, just out of college, doctor I have noticed my vision has been a bit blurry lately and I find I'm having to hold things further away to read them, she smiled and replied cheerfully: "Yep, you're at just the right age".
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The good news is, I don't need prescription glasses yet and can get away with using the reading glasses they sell at the drug store. The glasses I bought didn't come with a case and, being absent minded and accident prone as I am, I need to have a way of protecting them. And I may be old enough to need reading glasses, but I'm not too old to have a little fun.
So here it is, my quick and easy glasses case. This one is not designed to be used for carrying the glasses in a purse or anything, since it is open at the top and not too sturdy. It's just to keep them from getting scratched or otherwise damaged when sitting on my nightstand or in my pencil holder. It would be a good project for kids who are getting their first pair of glasses. 8-)
Step 1: Materials
Small container for glue
Toothpick for spreading glue
A straight edge or ruler
And, of course, eye glasses
Step 2: Measure and Cut
The exact measurements will depend on the size of your glasses. I started with a piece of foam that was 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches. My glasses are about 5.25 inches in length, so I decided to use the width of my foam, 5.5 inches, as the length for the case. I then trimmed 2 inches off of the length of the foam, leaving me with 6.5 inches for the width of my case. (If you're confused at this point, that's okay, so am I. I will try to explain this better later if I can.)
Remember to leave a little extra room for gluing.
Step 3: Glue
Once the side has set, glue the bottom of your case the same way. Then leave it until you are sure the glue is completely dry. (Mine sat overnight, but this was only because it was late and I was too tired to wait. I am sure 30 minutes would be long enough.)
And that's it. You're case is done. All that's left now is to decorate it.
Step 4: Decorate!
Step 5: Bonus Book Mark
Using the small piece of foam I trimmed off, some curling ribbon, and the same little stick on foam bows, I made a matching book mark.
First, poke a hole in the foam with a toothpick. Then wiggle the toothpick back and forth, pressing firmly but gently against the sides of the hole, until you make it a little bigger. (Or you could use a hole punch, if you have one.)
Next, insert ribbons through the hole, tie them together, and curl them with a pair of scissors. (My ribbon was previously used so it was already curled.) Stick the bow on, and start reading!

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This week I have a deadline. By Sunday, I need to have written a fairly lengthy short story for a creative writing class. I have the idea in my mind (and a little on paper), but I'm having a difficult time just sitting down and knocking it out.
I have been wasting time re-doing my blog. You like? lol
Every time I go to sit down and write or do any kind of homework, my long-lost friend, Procrastination shows up and keeps me so distracted that I rarely get anything done. So, here's my question for all of you on-your-A-game people out there (if there are truly any that actually exist), how do you stay focused? What are some helpful tips that you've found that keep you on track with your writing?
Here's a few quotes that I've found that fit my situation perfectly. These are for all of us sometimes-more-than-we-admit procrastinators!
"My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season." -Mary Todd Lincoln
"Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill." -Christopher Parker
Cheers to kicking Procrastination to the curb! :)
Read you later!
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SOUTH CAROLINA.; Message of Gov. Gist to the Legislature. South Carolina Resolved on Secession Other States Pledged to Sustain Her. DIRECT TRADE.
Published: November 29, 1860
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The introduction of slaves from other States, which may not become members of the Southern Confederacy, and particularly the border States, should be prohibited by legislative enactment, and by this means they will be brought to see that their safety depends upon a withdrawal from their enemies, and an union with their friends and natural allies. If they should continue their union with the non-slaveholding States, let them keep their slave property in their own borders, and the only alternative left them will be emancipation by their own act, or by the action of their confederates. We cannot consent to relieve them from their embarrassing situation, by permitting them to realize the money value for their slaves, by selling them to us, and thus prepare them, without any loss of property, to accommodate themselves to the Northern Free-soil idea. But should they unite their destiny with us, and become stars in the Southern galaxy -- members of a great Southern Confederation -- we will receive them with open arms and an enthuslastic greeting. Should, then, danger approach their borders, or an enemy, open or disguised, make war upon them, there is not a doubt but a living rampart of freemen, from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico, would line their borders and beat back the invaders.
To dispense with the necessity, as much as may be possible, of resorting to lynch-law and illegal executions, in punishing offenders against the peace of society and the safety of our citizens, I would suggest the enactment of a law, punishing summarily and severely, if not with death, any person that circulates incendiary documents, avows himself an abolitionist, or in any way attempts to create insubordination or insurrection among the slaves. If some act of this kind is not passed, the people, goaded to madness by the frequent attempts to disturb their quiet and destroy their property and lives, will not, under excitement, be very careful in measuring the punishment they inflict, and it is to be feared that the innocent may suffer with the guilty, and scenes of violence and bloodshed too frequently occur. With the knowledge that there is a law to reach the cases, the legal tribunals of the State will be the first appealed to, and in most cases their decision will be satisfactory to the people, made, as it with be, under oath, and with time for reflection and examination.
The Resolution of the General Assembly directing the Governor to communicate to all the slaveholding States certain resolutions adopted unanimously, expressing the opinion they should immediately meet together to concert measures for united action, was soon after the adjournment acted upon, and copies of the resolutions sent to every Southern State. Mississippi and Alabama were the only States that agreed to meet South Carolina in Convention, and as no delegates bad been appointed by the Legislature, I did not feel authorized to make an appointment without there had been a general agreement of the Southern States to meet. Had such been the case, I would either have convened the Legislature to appoint delegates, or have taken the responsibility of appointing them myself. The consequence was, no Convention met, and each State was left to act for herself, and upon her own responsibility.
It was proposed at the extra session to raise $400,000, by issuing State bonds, to arm the State and prepare for her defence, but for want of time, no decision was made on the proposition. In the meantime, however, and with great promptness, the Bank or Charleston, through its President, telegraphed to me that it would take $1,000 worth of the bonds of the State at par; and since then a formal resolution of its Board has been sent me to the same effect. This act of patriotic duty, on the part of the Bank at Charleston, merits your highest commendation, and sets an example of love to the State and devotion to her cause, worthy of general imitation. The mere "money-changer" would calculate the value of the investment and prospect of gain; but the patriot sees nothing but the necessities of his State, and hastens to pour out his treasures to relieve them.
The separation of the Southern States from the North, will leave the Southern States, to a great extent, without the facilities of manufacturing arms, for the want of armories; and it will, therefore, be important for each individual State to establish an armory, or that two, three or four States should unite for that purpose. We should not be dependent on the North, or a foreign country, for our weapons of defence, lest in the hour of need the supply may be withheld from us. Major R.S. RIPLEY, a citizen of South Carolina, proposes to establish an armory for the South, in Georgia, Alabama, or South Carolina, according as may be agreed on by those States. All he asks is, that each of the three States named should contract with him for fifty thousand dollars' worth of arms annually, for five years, and extend their patronage for a short period thereafter; the arms furnished to be up to a standard model, to be determined upon and delivered at prices fixed by competent authority, and to be subject to the proper military inspection, in parts, by State officers, those of each State to inspect the arms for that State. This would be preferable to having an armory, and would preclude the necessity of burdening each State with an extensive establishment, dependent upon it for management by salaried officers, and would require no expenditure by the State until its value would be received.


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Washington, November 3 (ANI): NASA's Fermi telescope has detected gamma rays from "star factories" in other galaxies.
Two so-called "starburst" galaxies, plus a satellite of our own Milky Way galaxy, represent a new category of gamma-ray-emitting objects detected both by Fermi and ground-based observatories.
"Starburst galaxies have not been accessible in gamma rays before," said Fermi team member Seth Digel, a physicist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California.
"Most of the galaxies Fermi sees are exotic and distant blazars, which produce jets powered by matter falling into enormous black holes. But these new galaxies are much closer to us and much more like our own," he added.
Gamma rays are the most energetic form of light.
Fermi has detected more than a thousand point sources and hundreds of gamma-ray bursts, but the satellite also detects a broad glow that roughly follows the plane of our galaxy.
This diffuse gamma-ray emission results when fast-moving particles called cosmic rays strike galactic gas or even tarlight.
"For the first time, we're seeing diffuse emission from star-forming regions in galaxies other than our own," said Jurgen Knodlseder, a Fermi collaborator at the Center for the Study of Space Radiation in Toulouse, France.
Knodlseder revealed an image captured by Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) of a star-forming region known as 30 Doradus within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
Located 170,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Dorado, the LMC is the largest of several small satellite galaxies that orbit our own.
More stars form in the 30 Doradus "star factory" than in any similar location in the Milky Way.
"The region is an intense source of gamma rays, and the diffuse emission we see with Fermi follows the glowing gas we see in visible light," Knodlseder explained.
The region lights up in gamma rays for the same reason the Milky Way does - because cosmic rays strike gas clouds and starlight.
But Fermi shows that the LMC's brightest diffuse emission remains close to 30 Doradus and doesn't extend across the galaxy.
This implies that the stellar factory itself is the source of the cosmic rays producing the glow.
"Star-forming regions produce lots of massive, short-lived stars, which explode when they die," Digel said. "The connection makes ense," he added. (ANI)


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I read the first page of replies...an interesting take-
Windows users are saying LOL. We enjoy a good laugh. While the truth is completely avoided, it still makes us laugh.
Flash back to the two previous 'Apple Attack Ads'. They state nothing but the truth. And the threads were filled with 'Whoa whoa whoa wtf that's a low blow'.
So recap.
Apple Ads- unsubstantiated claims about Windows 7.
Windows user response- Lol that was funny =]
Windows Ad about App Store- truth about rejection of apps, over-population of useless apps
Response- WTF low blow what a-holes
Verizon Ads- "There's a Map for that" and "iDon't"
Response- WTF low blow, at least we came first (no support for AT&T =p)
Get off your damn high horses Mac fanboys.
iPhone 4- I'll start theming again
ima80baby (2009-10-24)
Love those commercials . However , I cant see why the Mac is so expensive. I mean lower your price already . Your doing the same thing as a PC with better tech support , but that doesnt mean double the price . I am sure if Apple would lower their cost on all their machines (including iphones and ipod ) their sales would double.
The ads are fairly amusing which is more than I can say for reality. I've been using Windows 7 on a desktop and a netbook for several weeks and it works great on both systems. I hate to say it but if Apple doesn't step up and put more effort into what it's selling instead of trying to tell me what I can and can't do with it, I'll be heading back to Windows full time. Same with the iPhone, for that matter. I wonder what features could have been added or fixed if Apple cared more about that than it does about keeping me from jailbreaking the phone? As a dev, the two to four week wait to get Apple's blessing for anything has gotten really tiresome, too.
Oh...per the above messages....Apple prices are higher because they don't sell crap. Seriously. I don't buy the low end Compaq, HP, Dell stuff anymore because it's trash. They can't go three months without a hardware failure of some kind or another and when it happens, where are you going to take it? If you buy a PC with hardware comparable to Apple's hardware from a place that offers in-house support and throw an OS on top of it, you'll find they're in the same ballpark. So it's not that Apple is that expensive, it's that they don't throw a bunch of second rate junk in a box and call it a computer. In addition, in the middle of a bad recession Apple can't meet demand for it's products. Why should they lower prices?
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These ads are hilarious
pc will always win in the business and gaming market. mac just doesn't run anything.
linux ftw
techrider62 (2009-10-23)
I just downloaded Windows 7 last night. 5 hours later, i was EXTREMELY Disappointed. It is way too much like Vista. Besides a few parlor tricks, it SUCKS as much as VISTA. My next PC WILL be a Mac. Luckily i purchased at a student rate of $30, or I'd be really angry.
Can i ask what was so wrong with vista (recent service pack)? I use my computer for school, gaming, web surfing, ect. and never really had any annoying problems...so whats with all this vista is the worst os ever when I get zero problems from it? Well anyways I got windows 7 anyways because its even "better". I just find windows 7 alittle quicker and nifty gadgets and tweaks which are cool.
I had Vista for 2 years and never had a problem, don't know why people complain, same goes for XP, I never had viruses either and I download soo much shite from the internet , I do have Norton though.
Btw, I have a MBP now.
On another note, there's this thing that just annoys me when people say MAC to refer to Apple computers- STOP IT!! it's not MAC. MAC= Media Access Control= a unique hardware address that is assigned to the Network Interface Cards (NIC) or the Network Adapters.
Last edited by dale1v; 2009-10-23 at 08:37 PM.
F vista...
This is getting a lil' ridiculous...
Last edited by JAG2621; 2009-10-23 at 08:42 PM.
If anything was usefull a thanks would be great!
I love my PC but I do find these funny. I do love Windows 7. Even pulled me away from Linux.


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By MARY ANN MARGER
© St. Petersburg Times, published March 8, 2001
Enjoy the views as St. Petersburg's Downtown Arts Association holds its monthly gallery walk from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Openings along the way include Violetta at Ambiance Gallery (Straw Goat, an oil on canvas, is pictured), "Digital Fusion" and Allison Smith at the Arts Center, "Contemporary Craft from Costa Rica" at Florida Craftsmen, Jacqueline Roch at 531 Central and Ludner Confident at Studio Encanto.
The walk is free. Some venues offer refreshments and music. Pick up a guide with map at any participating gallery:
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BEACH DRIVE AND THE PIER: Merrick Gallery, Glass Canvas, Red Cloud Indian Arts, Thomas Kinkade Gallery, Trinity Gallery, Crystal Mirage Gallery.
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Food For The Christian Soul Visits Kefi Greek Restaurant
This month our Food For The Christian Soul Ministry visited Kefi Greek Restaurant in Palos Heights.
Fr. Paul blessed the meal and "Christ Is Risen" was sung.
Over 40 people were in attendance.
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Of course Flaming Cheese Saganaki was ordered. OPA!
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Once again our ministry leader Matt deserves our thanks for a job well done.
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Timothy F. O'Keefe
|Timothy F. O'Keefe
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|Timothy Francis O'Keefe
January 18, 1919
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|October 14, 1984(aged 65)
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|United States Air Force
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Timothy F. O'Keefe (1919–1984) is a former General in the United States Air Force and the former commander of various units over the years.
Early life[edit]
Timothy was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1919. He graduated from St. Francis Preparatory School, in Brooklyn in 1936 and attended St. Francis College thereafter. In March 1940 he entered military service as an aviation cadet and in November 1940 completed flight training at Kelly Field in Texas, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps Reserve.[1]
His next assignment was as a flight instructor at Kelly Field, Texas. On January 22, he married Eileen McSweeney.[2] In June 1941 he was assigned as assistant aviation cadet supervisor of the Primary Flying School at Cuero, Texas, and in 1943 he became the commander. In January 1944 he attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and upon graduation in March 1944 returned to the Primary Flying School as commander.[1]
In September 1944 General O'Keefe became operations and training staff officer for the Thirteenth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific. In January 1946 he was assigned to Headquarters Army Air Forces, Washington D.C., to serve as a member of the Operations Staff. He reported to Randolph Field, Texas, in July 1946 for duty as assistant director and then commander of the Primary Pilot Training School.[1]
In September 1947 he entered the Air Command and Staff School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and upon his graduation in June 1948, was assigned as air inspector at the Air Training Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. In July 1949 he returned to Texas, this time to Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, as commander of the 3545th Pilot Training Group.[1]
Korean War[edit]
General O'Keefe next went to Japan as deputy for operations, Far East Air Materiel Command. During the Korean War in April 1951, he went to Korea as commander of the famed "Mosquito Group," the 6147th Tactical Control Group, which under his command underwent equipment improvement and tactical advances important in the development of tactical air control used during the Vietnam War.[1]
He returned to the United States in January 1952 and was commander of Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, until December when he entered the Advanced Instrument Flying School at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Upon his graduation in March 1953, he was reassigned to Pope as inspector general for the Ninth Air Force.[1]
From August 1953 until August 1959, General O'Keefe served with fighter units at Alexandria Air Force Base, Louisiana, where he became deputy commander of the 366th Fighter-Bomber Wing, and at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, as deputy commander, 83rd Fighter-Day Wing and then commander of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing. Between 1954 and 1958, he led the Tactical Air Command gunnery teams in the Worldwide Gunnery Meets at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.[1]
In August 1959 he entered the National War College in Washington D.C., and after graduation in July 1960 was assigned to the Seventeenth Air Force in Germany as deputy chief of staff, operations. He returned to Washington in July 1963 and was assigned to Headquarters United States Air Force as deputy director of operational requirements, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs and Requirements, and in August 1964 became Assistant for Logistics Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff, Systems and Logistics.[1]
Vietnam War[edit]
General O'Keefe entered on his second tour of duty in Japan in August 1967 as vice commander of the Fifth Air Force and earned his third Legion of Merit while in this assignment. He had previously served with the Fifth Air Force during the Korean War. In August 1968 he returned to the United States as commander of Tactical Air Command's Ninth Air Force at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.[1]
In October 1969 he was appointed director for logistics, the Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Washington D.C.. On February 11, 1971 Timothy's son Richard was killed in a plane crash while returning home from a mission in Vietnam.[2] Timothy became vice commander in chief, Pacific Air Forces, in August of that year. Tim was appointed deputy commander in chief, U.S. Readiness Command with headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, in April 1973.[1]
He assumed command of the U.S. Support Activities Group/Seventh Air Force, with headquarters at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, on October 8, 1973.[1]
Retirement and death[edit]
He retired on September 1, 1974.[1] Timothy died on October 14, 1984. He was survived by his wife Eileen, who died in 2005, his sons Timothy Jr., Terrence, J. Vincent, and Richard's son Dennis Michael O'Keefe.[2]
His military decorations and awards include the:[1]
- Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
- Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters
- Bronze Star Medal
- Air Force Commendation Medal with an oak leaf cluster
- Korean Ulchi with silver star
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
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Walmart e-commerce is true to their values and insuring their employees are compensated and have work/life balance (in 75 reviews)
Great place to help start a new business in e-commerce (in 21 reviews)
Code quality is pathetic, people are not professional and work life balance is not great either (in 20 reviews)
While compensation is competitive among the market, lacking in other benefits such as healthcare, no free food, and not many other perks (in 11 reviews)
I have been working at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than a year)
Great People. Lots of Passion.
Cultural Ambiguity. A combination of old school (Arkansas), new school (San Bruno), small start-up (Jet).
Advice to Management
Follow Netflix' approach and really drive a consistent culture of the top behaviors we expect from the associates.
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I worked at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than a year)
Bad management, no decisions, no leadership
No productivity and effectiveness. Burning cash.
Advice to Management
Visionary people who has operational and execution excellence should run the company. It takes months to make a decision and hundreds of people just sit and do nothing but wait for the decision. This how the company should be run.
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I have been working at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than 3 years)
Good people, dedicated and hard working. I enjoy working here most of the time.
Lots of potential for the company to go big things.
Frustrating lack of understanding about an online business Vs. Stores. Walmart.com is a comparably small business to Walmart stores, does not have the real independence needed to be as big as it could be.
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I worked at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than a year)
Only pros I can think of is that they have new buildings in san bruno and sunnyvale so you are not sitting in bad smelling and moldy offices like they do in Bentonville. Other than this, since they are desperate for talent and have a very bad reputation in Bay Area for the mediocre quality of their senior leadership, they tend to pay quite a bit to hire anyone. So maybe join them with a higher salary and then instantly start looking for your next gig which you can take in one year once you earn your sign on bonus. Other than this it is a laughable circus run by jokers
Quality of senior leadership bench is exceptionally poor. Most of the good talent from mid executive to executive levels including from Kosmix (now walmart labs) is already gone further concentrating the pool of mediocrity. Instances of many senior leaders making a fool out of themselves in meetings as they do not really know much about ecommerce or innovation in retail. Lot of empty noise about competing with Amazon and Alibaba while basic talent in many functions is deplorable. I found it to be the biggest collection of underperformers ever seen with virtually every single project years behind schedule with very poor quality code. Some of the projects they will launch wont even matter now as the time of them have already gone by. If this is your idea of innovative and inspiring workplace then go ahead and join. Within first week you will regret your choice and then wait 51 more weeks to earn your signing bonus and get out. Most of the folks do the same.
Lots of other game of thrones like drama goes on as incompetent leaders try to prolong their survival by always blaming someone or something else. Look up linked in profile of leaders whose group you might join and you will be shocked at their inexperience versus titles. Most negotiated their way in at those ranks from similar positions in small, inconsequential companies else they cannot even become Directors from inside working their way up. Many are quite dishonest too in their dealings. Do your research first and talk to at least a dozen insiders first before you join as some of the rosy reviews you read here might actually be posted by recruiters or some of the senior leaders themselves to save their face as they are quite dishonest in their dealings or talk to the people in the valley and ex Walmart folks to hear the real version
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You should be really ashamed at running such a sub par entity in a place like silicon valley. A small firm of 100 people can really accomplish much more than what you have delivered in last several years and you are to be blamed for this nonsense and no one else. Let some talented executives from the likes of Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook etc. come and take over the executive leadership ranks as they will understand technology, innovation, and even retail much better than you do and finally give this place a chance to deliver something of value.
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I have been working at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than 3 years)
All advantages have been wasted away. Couple years back this outfit could have seriously challenged Amazon and the likes but likely it will not survive couple more years.
Only pros as some have mentioned earlier are decent salaries while you really look for your next job away from madness and get your H1B done through them.Also if you are out of station candidate, use them to get your relocation done etc.
Just too many to list so will only mention themes- incompetent senior leadership (virtually bulk of VP+ folks), incompetent CEO who has no domain knowledge of the business, constant and maddening re-orgs to hide lack of work delivery, intense politics to get rid of people who can threaten survival of few top leaders who are mostly incompetent and ignorant, ludicrous leveling like few VPs who actually are senior manager level.
If you are smart and can work for other top notch firms in the bay area like google, facebook, apple etc. then stay away unless you want to use them for relocation, H1B etc. as mentioned above. Every few months there are mass exits of people leaving voluntarily while the CEO and CTO spin stories to hide their incompetence and lack of knowledge. Excessive influence of Bentonville and they even inject their own clueless people in ecommerce arm. Most of them fail and waste more time while the world around Walmart.com is everyday innovating. I have a sell rating on this company. It likely will not even come close to giving Amazon any real competition.
Advice to Management
Accept your mistakes and step down. You are the ones who are really destroying this place just to keep your fat paychecks going. Any other Fortune 50 firm, you would have been fired by now. Only once the top levels of leadership are purged, can this company try to salvage what is remaining but time is passing by soon and I think mostly likely it has already passed this company by
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I have been working at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than 3 years)
cush job if you want to hang out and not work hard, great work life balance, good pay relatively speaking
- incompetence at the most senior levels of the company
- no ability to make decisions
- several 'pet' folks who stick around without delivering, lack of accountability
Advice to Management
- listen when negative information is coming through
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I worked at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than 3 years)
Amazing chance to make life better for people that really need it, all around the world. Resources and backing of the world's largest retailer. A chance to make a difference in ecommerce.
Walmart is way, way behind Amazon in ecommerce and doesn't seem to want to spend the money to catch up. Constant changes of leadership make it feel a little like the Hunger Games. Which is great if you're on the "winning" project and deadly if you're not.
Advice to Management
There are huge cults of personality things going on. Good luck...
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I worked at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than a year)
- Low expectations and standards (note, if you are motivated and truly an A player this will drive you crazy)
- They pay better than start-ups I guess
- Lifetime employment: it's virtually impossible to get fired at Wal-Mart or walmart regardless of incompetence...see the execs
- Free sodas and coffee (unlike Wal-Mart in Arkansas)
- Really good talking points and sales pitch (although reality is the complete opposite)
- Completely and totally incompetent executive management: exec leadership team comprised of yes-men with no backbone or expertise to push back
- Unethical execs: the worst was actually pushed out leaving for a much smaller retailer, but don't expect any execs to live by the 3 core beliefs at all (and don't expect the company to care about ethical lapses that impact Associates)
- This is supposed to be a technology driven company...it's not, execs are clueless, and innovation is simply a talking point
- Incompetent HR: from comp policies, to how to treat associates, HR is incompetent...and not beyond violating confidentiality of calibration sessions to friends/proteges
- Agents of change driving to fix problems will get nowhere...this is why top talent is very quick to leave the company and why there is an annual exodus of talent as soon as bonuses are locked down
Advice to Management
Game over! Without any real commitment to fixing problems and upgrading the executive ranks (particularly on the technology side) walmart will continue to fall father behind Amazon. Yes 30% growth is more than 20%, but PR spin aside, I'd rather take Amazon's $10Bn growth vs. walmart's $2Bn. So ignore your own spin and PR and be honest with yourselves. The business is broken, the technology is a disaster and if you need a remind of that recall that the entire web site was priced wrong...and no one knew or did anything for about 12 hours last November.
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I have been working at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than 3 years)
The largest retailer in the world. Huge opportunity to capture greater share of eCommerce.
Lots of really smart people.
Real work/life balance.
Recent changes in compensation make company competitive in Silicon Valley
Real interest in Diversity (women, lgbt, cultural)
Neil Ashe has great ideas and is inspiring.
Teams can be very territorial and tribal
Engineering trying to run agile with the resources for waterfall.
Lack of clear guidance on direction in technology orgs.
Enough resources to keep up but not innovate
Advice to Management
Pick a direction and stick to it. Stop being penny-wise and pound foolish. Customer focus means knowing who your customer is not just saying you are customer focused.
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I have been working at Walmart eCommerce full-time (More than 8 years)
This company really allows you to stretch your creative problem abilities. If you can think on your feet, enjoy working with diverse teams, and enjoy making significant impact to the business, this is a great place to work. Structure does exist but the online channel of this company is growing quickly and the business needs are also changing just as fast.
The people are great, kind and compassionate. Walmart.com really embraces their core beliefs, especially "respect for the individual". People are competitive in meeting and exceeding KPIs, but not with each other. They also are great about celebrating the successes of the individual as well as the team. There are many opportunities to grow in role and take on new opportunities in the company. The company makes significant investments in training for both work related and personal growth as well.
Amenities are decent. Who doesn't appreciate a free soda, coffee or free daily snack offering? Also free access to the gym and specialty gym classes.
The tools to support the analysis and judgement have long been lacking. My associates have great breadth and scope of responsibility but are clamoring for tools that make them much more efficient. The good news is the company is dedicated to investing in personnel to create tools necessary to support the business.
When engaging with Bentonville things move much slower and involve more red-tape. It is becoming really important to have great relationships in Bentonville but challenging as our scope is so broad and their scope is much more narrow. Creates a many to one relationship which can sometimes slow down the speed of doing business. We have a lot of autonomy to run the business as we need but the opportunity to create better partnerships there does exist.
Advice to Management
As we bring on new talent, it is important not to lose part of the culture that has been in existence since the start of dot com. We can achieve great things while still being "nice" and respecting one another. Newer employees sometimes take a little longer to adopt to the "Respect the individual" but it helps if we are all keeping each other in check.
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Minimum difference puzzle in Ruby
Posted by rnaufal on 28th August 2013
Folks, here we are for another puzzle from Javalobby:
Given two arrays, sorted and exactly the same length, write a function that finds a pair of numbers – one from each of the arrays – such that the difference between both is as small as possible.
Suppose our input arrays are
[1,2,3,4,5] and
[6,7,8,9,10]. Below is my solution in Ruby, it's a one liner code :-):
[1,2,3,4,5].product([6,7,8,9,10]).map {|x, y| [x, y, (x-y).abs]}.sort { |a, b| a.last<=> b.last }.first.take(2)
The output is
[5, 6].
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i'm a newbie and i'm knitting booties but now im stuck as pattern says break yarn With right side facing, join yarn and knit up 11sts on right side of instep, knit across the sts on needle, knit up 11 sts on left side of instep and k across . how do you do it. i asked a friend and she said knit into the back of the stitch but that didn't work so how do you do it help please.
It means to pick up stitches knitwise (see the Tips page for a video). Some patterns use this instead of pick up and knit sts, which can also be confusing.
Is this a free online pattern that you should give us a link to? It might help us to help you better.
From what you've typed, though, it sounds like you are going to pick up the gusset stitches, just like you would if you were knitting a sock. There is a video on this site for picking up stitches, just scroll down till you see it. You might also check out Silver's Sock Tutorial for great info and pictures on how to pick up a sock gusset.


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Type: semi-submersible rig
Period: First quarter 2014
Regalia left the drydock no. 7 on February 3, 2014. This semi-submersible accommmodation vessel stayed in our yard for maintance.
Earlier, in 2009 the vessel underwent a major life extension refurbishment and refit.
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Type: Accommodation Jack-up unit
Periode: Summer 2007
In July 2007, the "Ekofisk Accommodation" Jack-Up "Port Rigmar" docked in the mammoth drydock. The main work consisted of the strengthening of one of the unit's legs, making her suitable to continue operating as the Ekofisk main accommodation unit. Specific for this job was the use of high yield strength steel ("Dilimax 690") and the position to actually execute the work: at approximately 100 metres above the dock floor. Simultaneously, the regulatory class special survey, bottom plate renewals and the installation of new and additional marine equipment like offshore cranes, water makers, and air conditioning units were carried out
Eigenaar: Prosafe Rig Pte. Ltd.
Type: Semi-submersible accommodation rig
Periode: December 2008 - May 2009
MSV Regalia, owned by Profsafe Rigs Pte. Ltd entered dock number 7 in December 2008 for a major upgrade. The scope of work not only enhanced the vessel's facilities as an accommodation rig, but also extended the structural lifetime of Regalia. The refit included partial removal and replacement of accommodation. The new accommodation is state-of-the-art with single occupancy cabins, all with en suite facilities and NORSOK compliant. All six main engines and generators are removed and replaced with new. Furthermore, all the pontoons, columns and bracing, including under deck, box girder and deck, have been blasted and painted. While at dry-dock, the five year special periodical survey has been performed including the renewal of all main class and flag certificates.
Eigenaar: OSM Offshore AS
Type: Semi-submersible accommodation rig
Periode: May 2009
The COSLRival (ex Port Reval), managed by the Norwegian company OSM Offshore AS, is an Aker H-3 (enhanced) semi-submersible accommodation rig. She was built in 1976 as drilling rig and converted to accommodation rig in 2004, The rig arrived early May 2009. The rig was dry-docked in the mammoth dry-dock no. 7 for general class renewal surveys, inclusive of all inspections, overhauls and repairs. The activities also contains upgrading works of electrical switchboards, piping systems and overhaul of (marine)-equipment, deck crane reinforcement and overhaul of main gangway. Further the yard carries out a complete paint program.
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Type: Jack Up
Periode: Second quarter 2012
The Ekofisk Accommodation Jack-Up rig COSL Rigmar of owner COSL Drilling Europe AS, a subsidiary to China Oilfield Services Limited, arrived at the the Keppel Verolme yard on May 12, 2012.
The rig was in our yard for its 5 year SPS. On 20 June the rig undocked, 5 days before schedule. Client's appreciation resulted in a bonus for early delivery and completion without LTI's.


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If you are looking for a still unspoiled exclusive hidden paradise , very near to Patong and Karon, this is the right place to go. Very personal service, nothing is impossible. It starts immediately at the entrance, we were warmly welcomed by very efficient reception staff (one distinguished receptionist Aplle even speaks French)
Santichai is a highly efficient, friendly hotel manager, great staff always helpful and smiling, we were so spoiled by them during our 2 weeks stay, and they do speak english. And there was Nu, a real IT specialist, always helpfull when wifi problems. Centara Villas is a real typical wooden small Thai resort build on a hill/cliff consisting of separate large beautiful villas with a spacious balcony overlooking the Andaman sea , this in the middle of an exotic green vegetation. Mosquito tablets available. No insight view in the villa , you have your privacy. Don't worry , you don't have to climb, there are mini shuttles to take you around in the resort, with 2 beautiful not to too large swimming pools and a bar/resto. Happy hour twice a day ! Beach is reachable via a path downstairs, (a 5 min walk) where we used also use the facilities of sister hotel.
Room service twice a day, each day after our return late afternoon we found a spotless clean room ( our room was often a mess, sorry for this) and a nice plate of exotic fruit .Free shuttle to Patong (only 10 min) , fox a late return you have to pay the funny ride in a tuktuk ( a to do) or taxi 300 bath. They also have their own taxi service.
Wifi for a small fee. Delicious fish buffet and Thai food (we opted for the haute cuisine salads ) in the romantic Cliff restaurant overlooking the bay , so nice at night ! (also in the morning for breakfast)
Spa has an amazing view overlooking the sea, you feel zen. Excursions can also be booked at the hotel. Most positive: The location and typical style of the hotel, an exotic paradise, still difficult to find in Phuket, though very near to Patong for shopping, resto's and night life and not to forget the very friendly helpful staff, always smiling ! This all will appear as too good, but is only what we experienced during our stay. Thank you for the lovely holiday and we can only recommend this exclusive resort as outstanding and exclusive !
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- Nestled in lush tropical greenery and overlooking Karon Beach and the Andaman Sea, the four-star Centara Villas Phuket is a romantic hideaway located steps away from the sweeping expanse of Phuket's Karon Beach. Each romantic, private villa, nestled within its own screen of green, directly faces the sea from a dramatic inclined perch, ensuring that views are endless and the quiet all-pervading. The minimum villa size is a generous 46 square metres and some come with the option of a plunge pool or a Jacuzzi. The large two-tiered swimming pool, with its fabulous ocean views and shady spots, is the epicentre of relaxation. For another form of relaxation, Spa Cenvaree is a refuge for the senses offering a choice of therapeutic treatments including traditional Ayurvedic methods and Thai foot and body massages. The resort also offers hands-on Thai cooking classes, and two restaurants and a bar that boast sublime ocean views. For those who wish to venture out of its oasis of serenity and tranquillity, the tour information desk will be delighted to arrange activities such as island-hopping, bungee jumping, and family treks. For a change of pace, a complimentary scheduled shuttle service connects the resort with the fabled nightspots of Patong and Karon. Centara Villas Phuket is just one hour's drive away from Phuket International Airport. ... more less
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The Grand Challenge Program has instilled five important areas of personal development within me, including awareness of global needs, interdisciplinary skills, entrepreneurial skills, service responsibility, and the idea that I am a global citizen. In what follows, I will describe in greater detail my journey through Olin that included these five areas and the ways in which I have grown personally and professionally.
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Franklin W. Olin College Grand Challenge Scholars Program.
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Okay, I love reading fanfics about the Cullen crew (Bella and Hales included) and a nice 'clean' game of truth-or-dare decided to write my own. I give credit to vampiress225, musical-gerbil, Golden Dawn and MANY others. If you have a twilight truth or dare please, please, PLEASE send me your name in a review so that I can A) read it, and B) suggest it to people who read this (chances are that I have read it, the three at the top were ones I have read in the past few days). Just know that not all of this is going to be original ideas, but they are going to be changed.
I obviously don't own twilight, as evidenced by the craptastic story ahead of your poor, poor eyes.
Oh, and Ms. Sillywilly, you are my idol!
On to the craptastic story, yall!
"Okay, everybody, it's Friday!" Alice squealed.
"Very good, Alice! Eighty years is all it took to teach her the days of the week." Emmett snorted.
We all knew all too well that Friday nights were Alice's designated torture time-game night.
"What did you have in mind, Love?" Jasper inquired. I am pretty sure that you could hear the dust fall on the piano as the room went silent. Since when did Jasper call Alice 'Love?'
"I think we're having a bad influence on them, Darling." Edward squeezed my shoulder, collecting scattered chuckles and a gentle conspicuous kick from Alice.
"Terribly sorry, what did you have in mind, Mrs. Hale?" Jasper corrected himself sarcastically.
"If we are done mocking my relationship with my husband…Truth-or-dare" She smiled wickedly.
Oh, Hell no!
"Pardon me?" I gulped.
"Bella, calm down. I won't let the mean vampires hurt you." Edward chuckled.
"Easy for you to say, you've never played truth or dare!" I squeaked.
"Oh, come now, I am sure it's not that bad." He sighed.
I shot him a look that clearly said 'we are playing with four vampires and a human, and a deranged Alice, here!'
Now he looked worried.
"Come on, you are all such babies! Will you suck it up and come sit in the living room?" Alice pleaded.
We walked single-file into the next room, all knowing that we were damned further than anything 'vampirism' could do.
"Who's going first?" Alice was bouncing on the edge of the sofa, Jasper sending her wave after wave of calm, to no results.
Then Emmett spoke. "I say the oldest goes first."
"Emmett you retard!" Rosalie smacked him. "Why the Hell would you request Edward going first? Are you trying to kill us all?!"
Alice ignored the indignant blond. "Okay, Edward. You go."
Edward had to speak a little louder than usual, due to Rosalie's continued bellowing. "Rosalie, hey Rosalie. YO! ROSALIE!"
I snorted…Yo?
"What? Oh-" When Rosalie realized that she was being shouted to by the man with the power to ruin her life, she immediately stopped shouting. Instead, she fluently strung together words that I didn't know were curse words, but there you go.
Edward clasped his hands around my 'innocent' ears.
"If you're done poisoning the mind of my Angel, truth or dare?" Edward requested.
I couldn't help but giggle, my mind was being poisoned by cursing? I had a feeling that by the end of this game, if words were poison, we would all die, immortal or no.
"Fu…Dare. I am not scarred of you!" Her previous cursing session, along with her eyes, disagreed.
"Oh, you should be." Edward laughed manically.
"What the Hell, Edward?" I slapped him out of his "muahahaing." Unfortunately, my hand paid the price. I gave off a curse or two of my own. The whole room gaped. "What?" I shrugged. At least Edward no longer resembled fictional vampires.
"Okayyyyyyyy," Rosalie broke the silence. "Edward? What is my dare?"
"Dare, oh, right. I dare you to empty your wardrobe and give it all to the homeless shelter." He announced proudly.
"WHAT?!?!?!!?!?!?" Rosalie shrieked, and then started cursing again.
"And you can't back out of it!" Edward shouted.
"Why, why, why, why, God, why?" Rosalie paced.
"Hey, Edward, oh brilliant one? What the Hell is she supposed to wear?" Emmett cut in.
"Um, she can go shopping?" He suggested.
"Edward, you shall perish, damn you! Giving her a reason to shop? Are you friggen kidding me?"
"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Edward howled, earning slaps from the four other vampires in the room.
I fell off the couch laughing at the dumbfounded look on his innocent face. I am going to miss that face, Rosalie is going to tear it off!
"Come on, Rose," Alice grabbed her. "It's okay, you can kill the mean, demonic Edward later, but I'll help you get all of the stuff out.
Fifty-three minutes later, we were all back in the living room, Rosalie still cursing Edward to the most inner circles of the firing pits of Hell and all of its Hellish wonders.
"Okay, Rose. It's your turn. No death or high scale war, 'kay?" Alice sniffed.
"Wait, I can't dare Emmett to declare war on Canada?" She groaned.
"Fine." She looked around the room, glaring at each of us in turn. "Bella, truth or dare?"
Oh, CRAP!
"Truth, Bella, Truth!" Edward whispered urgently.
Of all the people to want me to choose truth, it was the one person with whom I had a mile high plethora of secrets. There was no way on earth I was prepared to share those secrets with this room. And besides, what could they possibly do to the little human girl?
"Dare." I said.
"Nooooo!" Edward moaned. "Why, Bella, why?"
Wait, now it was starting to sink in. I had just accepted 'dare' from Rosalie, the queen of revenge. WHY THE HELL DID I DO THAT?
"Okay, Bella. We are going to be taking a little trip into town for this one."
Oh crap. "Um, why would that be, Rosalie?" I asked wearily.
"Because, my no-longer-so-innocent little human, you are going to get dressed in an outfit of my choice, from Alice's closet, and we are taking you clubbing!"
"I'm sorry, WHAT?!" I screamed.
"Oh, you heard me!"
"What happened to truth, Bella? Why would you do this to me?" Edward moaned.
"To you? I have to dress up like Rosalie, and go clubbing!"
Somehow, Rosalie and Alice had managed to stuff me into a black, slinky tube-top, a miniature mini-skirt (you know, the kind that comes ON A FREAKING BARBIE DOLL in toy stores), high-healed boots (black and leathery, of course), and too much make-up to use on every girl in school individually, let alone on my red little face.
What would Edward do to them when he saw what they had done to me? Oh, this meant war!
Alice had to carry me down-stairs so that my skirt would stay on.
"Alice why the Hell do you have these cloths in the first place?" I prompted as she set me down next to the front door, beyond which, stood a soon-to-be murderous Edward. Oh how he would avenge me!
She and Rosalie exchanged a sheepish glance, and then both fell over laughing.
"What the frick?" I eyed them both suspiciously. God only knows-or wants to know-what the Hell Alice and Rosalie would be doing with clothing twenty sizes too small for even little Alice, or why the memory seemed to be painfully hilarious. Better question, WHY MUST THEY FORCE ME INTO IT NOW?
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Rosamund Pike is so darn pretty it's a wonder Pierce Brosnan ever let the 24-yearold English rose out of his clutches. If you've seen Die Another Day, you'll know what I am talking about.
The 24-year-old Oxford graduate played treacherous Olympic fencer Miranda Frost in last year's Bond movie - and turned parrying into a new and dangerous kind of foreplay. She also changed Bond history by taking part in a love scene so unprecedentedly steamy she practically melted the the ice bed on which her seduction with Pierce Brosnan took place.
And she set herself on a path to fame and glamour that most fledgling actresses would kill for - but which Pike is happy to walk away from, at least temporarily.
An only child, she graduated in English from Wadham College, Oxford, in the middle of filming the 22nd Bond movie, by which time she had already hit our television screens as Fanny Mitford in Love In A Cold Climate. Today, she's earning a humble £380 a week in Terry Johnson's play Hitchcock Blonde at the Royal Court Theatre. It's going to be hard to keep herself in designer frocks on those kinds of earnings.
But Pike, an earnest thespian to her core and daughter of opera singer parents, doesn't care. 'I just want to be able to live,' she says in her clear, clipped tones. 'The Court pays the rent. It means you take a bit of a cut in luxury, but I had a good dose of luxury doing
Bond. You enjoy it when you've got it, but I know that, as a person, I can survive on nothing.' Paltry earnings aside, Pike gets a real kick out of taking part in a Royal Court production. 'For me the
Court is an exciting place.
So many of the really bold plays had their premiere there.'
Of Hitchcock Blonde, she says, 'I've never read or seen a play like it.' And that, she says, is why she chose to go for it, adding, 'I had to audition for it you know,' just in case I thought she'd got too big for her Bond-girl boots.
Still, a five-week run at the Royal Court may be prestigious, but it's hardly high-octane glamorous.
Actually, says Pike, who is wearing various layers of black silk and mohair, there's plenty of glamour in Hitchcock Blonde. Set in 1912, 1959 and 1999, the play is an innovative study of women, power and the iconography of the blonde. Pike plays the blonde plucked from obscurity - and a life of domestic drudgery - by Hitchcock. 'The world I am living in is Fifties Hollywood. That's where glamour began. It is a great world to get lost in.' It is characteristic of Pike to talk about 'the world I am living in'.
She immerses herself in her roles, takes on their characters completely. 'I like escaping into other people,' she says almost conspiratorially, 'getting to live doubly, to live twice over.'
There's a quiet exuberance about Pike, a sparkle in her manner and in her eyes that, until now, has been held back. There are long pauses before she answers questions, as if what she says might snare her in a trap of seeming immodest or complacent. Only now do you glimpse the energy and zest for life that clearly drives her.
Get her on to Bond and that exuberance takes full flight. 'It was an intoxicating experience,' she says but, because of the presence of the formidable Judi Dench, a 'terrifying one' also. 'The one day I met her I had my hair back, my suit on, and had the mantle of a cool, controlled character. That layering didn't expose the heart beating underneath. I mean, I've admired Judi Dench since I was tiny. I was longing to rip the clothes off and have a gossip. Instead she sat across the table from me, looking at me with the stern eyes of M.'
Transforming herself into a Bond babe was a physical revelation. 'It was a kind of unlocking of the body,' she says, stretching her torso upwards. 'I had to have the courage to go further and further with myself. I had to live up to being an Olympic champion.
All the normal limitations of what I set myself went out the window.' The training was rigorous, she says, but it made her feel fantastic. 'I became more conscious of my body. I felt good, stronger. I now like being physically fit. It speeds up everything, speeds up the mind.' She's downed her foil, however, and cycles and runs around West London where she grew up, and still lives, instead.
Right, that's the training out of the way. What I want to know is what Brosnan was like, you know, in flagrante? 'Oh, that has been so done!' says Pike sighing. Then she throws me a morsel of boudoir intimacy: 'You certainly wouldn't say he looks better on screen.' Emboldened, I ask if he, you know, made it easy for her, which is a mistake. 'He is charming and attractive and he helped me to have fun.' End of story.
Pike may be doing theatre now but she hasn't turned her back on movies. 'I look forward to the next film experience,' she says, but when I ask her if she'd do a steamy sex scene again, the strait-laced Pike bites back: 'How can I possibly know until I was asked.' Besides, she says, 'sexiness in films does not come from sex - some of the sexiest moments have taken place when there's been no sex at all.'
Pike, whose boyfriend, Simon, is a fellow thesp, doesn't know what she'll be doing after Hitchcock Blonde. She looks forward to a bit of spare time, even though she admits she's 'not good at switching off'. She also says she may well be a different person by the end of the play's run. 'The best thing about being an actress is that you get to live in a fantasy world,' she explains. 'Through your imagination your character takes you somewhere else.'
It's early days, but that somewhere else could well be Hollywood, and I wonder if being seriously famous features in her fantasy world. 'I don't think you can imagine it,' comes the considered reply. 'Acting is a merry-go-round. The horses go up and down, don't they?'
Hitchcock Blonde, from Thur 27 Mar, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs At The Royal Court, Sloane Square, SW1 (020-7565 5000).
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We have known Mr. Seeno for long years. Without any exceptions, he visited our booth at the shows in Reno every single year for nearly a decade. Our conversations mostly revolved around a possible Bezoar hunt at these shows. Just as we were wondering if this hunt would ever materialize, he finally announced that he had managed his time to make it this coming season. Since we knew Mr Seeno's heavy schedule, this was the best news of the whole show. He explained that he would not be alone on this trip. Albert III was to join him on his quest of Bezoar ibex and Konya sheep. So after years of making plans with Mr. Seeno, we would finally have...
Mychal Murray and T. J. Sanchez met in a hunting camp somewhere in Russia and started hunting together since then. Both are fine young hunters with a considerable amount of international hunting experience under their belt. This past February found them in Pakistan hunting ibex, both kind namely Sind ibex and Himalayan ibex. Both hunters were fortunate enough to be rewarded with monstrous size Sind ibex and also with good representative Himalayan ibex specimens
Only a few family produced as many international hunters as Sackman family did. We are not talking about hunters who hunt an animal here and there several times a year. At least five members of the family pursue game species most of us never heard of in the most secluded corners of the world. This relentless quest this time took them to 3 different hunting destination, namely Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Barbara, Alan, Marry Ann and Warren was to hunt 4 Mid Eastern Red deer in Turkey before they move on to Kyrgyzstan to chase ibex. The last lag of their hunt would be the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan where great big Marc...
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One of our best selling hunts is a Blanford urial and Sind ibex combo. However most hunters would like to throw in at least one more specie to make the trip worthwhile. In most cases this specie happens to be a Himalayan ibex. Mike Borel's trip to Pakistan involved such a combination. He scored with a huge Blanford urial along with good representative ibex of Sind and Himalayan kind.
J. Demaske had a long waiting period before his visa was issued for a trip to Pakistan. But he certainly made up for the lost time when he set foot on Pakistani soil. He collected 4 great size animals in 10 days including travelling time. It took him two days to score with two monster trophies in Karachi area including a 46 inch Sind ibex and 34 inch Blandford urial. His good luck travelled with him for the rest of the trip. He was then rewarded with a good size Punjap urial (29") and a Himalayan ibex that was above the magic number of 40 inches. But what made this trip unique was that all these was done in ten days.
One of the weirdest things had happened to Susan on her first trip to Turkey. His dead Bezoar which was estimated to be a 50 incher had disappeared into thin air when they arrived to the kill site. But two years later a determined Susan returned to collect even a bigger billy. She has now settled this matter with these strikingly pretty animals and is taking home a giant, 130 cm (51") Bezoar. Congratulations Susan.
A. Ceylan of Turkey is an avid hunter but he takes special joy in hunting bears. Collecting this monster 650CIC point European Brown bear in Romania earned him the SCI's Grand Slam of the Bears of the World in diamond. We have been told that there isn't any bear as big as this one even in the museum of Chavushescu, the former dictator of the country.
Years ago Dennis Campbell made a comment about the combination hunts of 3 Tur species. At that time there were only 9 guys who had ever tried to collect 3 species of Tur on one trip and only 3 of them -out of 9- were successful in their pursuit. Not knowing the statistical figures, R. Flahive decided to take up that challenge. He indeed collected all three Tur, Dagestan, Mid Caucasian and the Kuban besides Caucasian chamois with flying colours. What is more, he was in Russia one week before the Caprinae staff arrived in order to make the summit of mount Elbrus at 5642 meters ( 18,510ft)
P. Dooley had become a familiar face for us after visiting us at the SCI conventions in consecutive 2 years. He finally booked the hunt and made it to Turkey right in the middle of Bezoar rut. It seems like he was making plans for the right time to connect with this monster ibex.
Pero Caveleros book this hunt at the very last minute as the season in Azerbaijan was drawing to a close. Despite all the negative conditions with weather on the mountain, Pero worked hard a few days passing a few animals and earned this great looking, huge size Dagestan Tur.
David Deanda of Guadalajara (MX) has a large family with five sons whom all are hunters. David gets to be accompanied by one of his sons each time he takes a hunting trip abroad. This time it was Jorge's turn. On this two destination-four animal trip, father and son went to Azerbaijan first and were awarded with two good Dagestan Tur that would leave any mountain hunter envious before they travelled to Turkey where they chased Mid eastern red stag in roar. Four days into the hunt both scored with two nice stags. We are wandering what their next trip with Caprinae will be.
M. Hansen and G. Smith did most of their international hunting together which included quite a few trips to different parts of Asia. Setting their goals for Super 20 happened somewhere on the way right after they both completed the 12 species for the Capra & Ovis World Slams. Being so close to 20, they figured a combination of multi species hunt on a single trip in several destinations would do the trick. In a two-week period they harvested Balkan (Macedonia), Carpathian (Romania) and Alpine chamois along with Alpine ibex (Switzerland) which earned them the Super 20. We are just wondering what these two gentlemen's next...
It is always fun to hunt with J. Shockey. No doubt, he has a good sense of humor and he surely knows how to and when to use it. There is no need to tell you how deadly he is with his muzzleloader. But let us tell you, he is even deadlier with a rifle even though he uses it rarely. In July Jim and his cameraman Matthew, very nice young fellow from N.Z, showed up at the Baku airport. Whatever normal challenges on a hunt takes place, there are twice as many with a camera crew. But shooting a 40 inch Dagestan Tur with Jim did not take that long. Because there was no way to get within the Muzzloader range for this huge animal, Jim took him w...
M. Boyacioglu of Turkey set his goal for Capra Super 40 long time ago when one of his hunting buddies had already collected a mere 21 species of Capra. Murat had worked his way up to 18 species when he decided to book a hunt for two Tur species in Russia along with Caucassian chamois. Within a week time his count was up to 21 species when he included both Kuban Tur and the Mid Caucasian Tur. With the number of hunts he already booked, it seems to us Murat will be celebrating his Super 30 by this time next year.